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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 01/20/1987G~(JP~oV~ 2v5 c.cYvee.-kd 2-2- S'i January 20, 1987 V.23 P.89 MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE PETALUMA CITY COUNCIL MONDAY, JANUARY 20, 1987 ROLL CALL: 3:00 p.m. PRESENT: Davis, Sobel, Woolsey, Cavanagh, Balshaw, Vice Mayor Tencer, Mayor Hilligoss ABSENT: None The Mayor and City Council went on a guided tour of the wastewater treatment plant. Envirotech staff made a presentation describing the various steps in treating the City's wastewater, conducted the walking tour, and described the computer program they are using . Recess for dinner 5:00 p . m . to 7:00 p . m . ROLL CALL: 7:00 p.m. PRESENT: Davis, Sobel, Woolsey, Cavanagh, Balshaw, Vice Mayor Tencer, Mayor Hilligoss ABSENT: None The Pledge of Allegiance was recited. 't .~ ~$~The Invocation w.as.-led by~~Reverend Kevin Kirby PUBLIC COMMENT .JESSIE LANE WATER RUN-OFF :. Mr. Hans Schneider, 190 Jessie Lane, Petaluma (outside corporate City .. .. Limits) . He feels there is a subdivision located in the City that drains onto his property; he attributes the loss of 13 oak trees and 22 lambs to this drainage. He said that he traced a heavy summer water flow up to a swimming pool being pumped out into the street and subsequently draining onto his property. Currently Mr. Schneider is processing a subdivision through the County. One of the requirements is to construct a 'run-off' ~r,,, system to carry the water coming from the City. He asked for relief from ,; ~ responsibility to drain "the City's run-off" .There will be a :staff report to the Council for the February 2, 1987 meeting. HISTORICAL AWARD Mayor Hilligoss announced the. receipt of the Mariano Vallejo Government Award from the Sonoma County Historical Society which was presented to the City of Petaluma on January 18, 1987, for the City's Archival program and for supporting the Main Street Program. V.23 P. 90 "' ~ January 20, 1987 CONSENT .CALENDAR- ~ ~ . The following .items were approved by the adoption of a single motion which was introduced by Brian Sobel, seconded by Jack Cavanagh. AYES: Davis, .Sobel, Woolsey, Cavanagh, Balshaw, Vice Mayor Tencer, Mayor Hilligoss NOES : None ABSENT: None ORD. 1668 NCS .. ZONING. TEXT AMENDMENTS Adopt Ord. 1668 NCS adopting text amendments to Zoning Ord. 1072 NCS. ORD... 1673 NCS .. FARRELL HOUSE HISTORIC LANDMARK. Adopt Ord. 1673 NCS declaring the Farrell House (222 Weller Street) as an historic landmark. ORD. 1674 NCS COUNTY WELL ORDINANCE Adopt Or.d . 1 74` .NCS ~ .adopting the County Well Ordinance Regulations by . reference. - ORD . 1675 NCS AIRPORT COMMISSION Adopt Ord. 1675 NCS establishing the Airport Commission to be composed by seven members (Councilmember, Petaluma Area Pilot's Assocator representative, one possibly non-resident with a Petaluma mailing address , four City residents) . ~ ' . RESO. 87-9 NCS ~ y. KENILWORTH SIDEWALK & FENCE COMPLETION Reso. 87-9' •NCS accepting• completion of new sidewalk and post/cable fence: for Kenilworth Park awarded toFish .Concrete Construction Company October 27, 1986 RESO.. 87-10 .NCS .. " FLOOR COVERING RECREATION OFFICE • Reso. 87-10 :NCS accepting completion of new . floor covering for; Recreation .Offices awarded. to Wayne.. Johnson Flooring . Company on December 1, -1986. RESO. 87-11 NCS _ HOME RELOCATION (GROUP, OE 5. HOMES).. Reso.. 87-11 NCS accepting completion of five home relocations Project No. 9432-35 .awarded to Crawford Construction. ~~ I January 20, 1987 V.23 P.91 • RESO. 87-12 NCS :~. ,., • .rrHEARING-TRUCKS PAYRAN & E. 'D' . ~ Reso. 87-12 NCS regarding notice of hearing on a proposed prohibition of truck traffic on portions of Payran Street and a portion of East D Street. Hearing set for Monday, April 6, 1987. RESO. 87-13 NCS CABLE TV NAME CHANGE Reso. 87-13 NCS approving assignment of Cable Television franchise from Viacom to Viacom Cablevision of Sonoma Inc. a~ * * * * END OF CONSENT CALENDAR ABATEMENT BUILDING F.LOODWAY - 400 HOPPER STREET Planning Director Warren Salmons noted there is a manufactured .structure which Shamrock Company has placed on their property within ::the Federally designated 'Floodway' . The hearing was opened. Mac •~. Cerini, Shamrock President, ;told the Council he purchased ~ Petaluma Readi-mix from the Von Raesfeld family. He showed several photographs of the Shamrock site. The building is three feet off the ground and was placed there without a City. permit. State Fish and Game required that. there be no water runoff to the River from Shamrock land and that they construct a berm by the river. It is the contention of Shamrock that the manufactured building is at an elevation which is above the Floodway . The placement of the Floodway boundary is going to be appealed by Shamrock in the form of a suggested map amendment through the Federal Emergency Management Administration. Emil Mogel, Cvil:.Erigineer, advised the elevation of the building is 11.02 feet, while .the:. elevation. .of the Floodway is 10'.3 to 10.9 feet. The hearing was . closed . Reso. 87-14 NCS declaring .the use and occupancy of a manufactured building located at 400 Hopper Street., . Petaluma, a public nuisance and . ordering said nuisance to be abated by July 1, 198?, or to cause an .official change to the Floodway boundary on this site by that date. . Introduced by John Balshaw, seconded by Brian Sobel AYES: Davis, Sobel, Woolsey, Cavanagh, Balshaw, Vice Mayor Tencer, Mayor Hilligoss NOES : None ABSENT: None RESO. 87-15 NCS AIID.IO/VIDEO SIGN-.DENIAL The Council considered an appeal from William Kerr, Audio Video and More, 627 E. Washington Street. Their request for a sign permit for asix-foot sign (the height limit is five feet for free-standing signs-a Planning Commission policy) . V.23 P. 92 January 20, 1987 The sign was erected without benefit of a permit., After some discussion, Reso. 87-15 NCS denying the appeal for a permit to `main;tain. a six-foot -free standing sign for Audio Video and ' More at..y 62Z.., ;E. Washington Street. • ' ~ .. Introduced by Vice 'Mayor Tencer, seconded by John Balshaw AYES: Sobel, Woolsey, Balshaw, Vice Mayor Tencer, NOES: Davis, Cavanagh, Mayor Hilligoss ABSENT: None FAU PROJECTS LIST The Council asked .staff to prepare a list of FAU fundable projects in a suggested order of priority, including a locator map identifying these projects. The Council suggested bicycle paths, landscape medians, and widening Redwood Highway from McDowell to U . S . Highway 101. ,' ~' t'r ;" :_ RESO.. 87-16 .NCS. ~;.~~~• TRANSIT ROUTES .. Reso.. 87-16 NCS approving the issuance of a negative declaration pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act for the amendment to the bus certificate for Sonoma County Transit. ' .Introduced by John Balshaw, seconded by Briari Sobel AYES: Davis, Sobel, Woolsey,. ,Cavanagh, Balshaw~, . Vice Mayor Tencer, Mayor Hilligoss .. NOES.: None ABSENT: None RESO. 87-17 NCS . TRANSIT ROUTES ; Reso. 87-17 N-CS granting an amendment to the Certificate of Public Convenience to Sonoma County Transit to operate bus service in the, City of Petaluma. The route for bus Route #44 from the bus depot at Fourth and C Streets is: Fourth Street to ':D! Street; 'D' Street to Lakeville; Lakeville to E. .Washington S reet; E. Washington to Payr•an Street; Payran Street to Fairgrounds • Drive; ' to the other side of 'the freeway. The trip inbound is a repeat up to 'D' Street. From 'D' Street and Fifth Street to 'B' Street.; 'B' Street to Fourth Street; Fourth Street to the Depot at Fourth and 'C' Streets. ' Introduced by Vice, Mayor Tencer, seconded by M-ichael Davis AYES: Davis, Sobel, Woolsey, Cavanagh, Balshaw, Vice Mayor Tencer, Mayor Hilligoss • ' ' NOES : None ABSENT: None ~. , • January 20, 1987 V.23 P.93 HOUSING PROGRAM The City Council had a long discussion on land acquisition, direct developer assistance, and second mortgage program. A Council Committee will be appointed by Mayor Hilligoss to develop guidelines for the program. Suggestions for the Council Committee include the following paraphrased comments: °The lenders and realtors should be advised about the program and its parameters . °We want families with chil ren:W+~ u-0~ / 3 of the "in lieu of low income housing" fees the City collects should go to land acquisition, 1 / 3 to support the development, and 113 to support of equity mortgage. l °,A non-profit housing agency could administer the program; but we need not necessarily have Burbank Housing as the defacto housing ~~~~ agency. No funds should be turned over to Burbank; but the City • could contract with them. °Would like to have the private sector try to handle the need if possible. 1 1 °There should be no cost to the community. °A Council Committee should be appointed with the charge "to come back with an outline of how the program can be implemented in one or two ways . " There was Council consensus to this idea . The Housing Program Council Committee will try to have one project ready,,lf~V~rslf~~.$$.Y. The Mayor appointed Brian Sobel, Lynn Woolsey, .and 'herself' to' the Commiftee. . + Recess 9:05 to 9:10 Q/> ~ ~ COMMUNITY ATHLETIC FIELD (Gray property - E. Washington/Old Adobe Rd) AIRPORT OPEN SPACE (between Airport and Town) r -Recreation Director Jim Raymond requested Council direction regarding • development of the Community Athletic Field area (100 acres near the intersection of East Washington and Old Adobe Road)• and the open space areas on the Northeast (Sonoma Mountain) and Southwest (City) sides of the airport. 1 V.23 P. 94 January 20, 1987 The suggested projects are: Gray Property -Community Ath_ letic Fields °Storm water run-off detention ponds and channel Major athletic fields °Support' structures °Open space Air ort O en S ace - North._ E_ ast. Side (Sonoma Mountain ) °Storm water run-off by-pass channel Airport Open Space -South West Side (City). °Storm water run-off detention ponds .- ~,. °Pedestri'an and. bicycle pathways ,per ~~ ~» ~1~~~;~Q.C./ °~r.rraj ~ ?•~~~~c,. ~~ 'Tf'~'1~~ 'r 'Fi P1 ra M~n~~ ,v~J It was Council consensus to retain one architectural firm to prepare `the recreation Master Plans for the Gray Property and for the airport open space area located sou-thwest of the airport. The storm water run-off detention pond and related projects will be designed by the City's •Engineering Department. It was the Council's consensus not to• authorize planning of the open space at the Airport on the Sonoma Mountain side at this time. The date. for Council interviews of the., architects is April 6, 1987,. The Council asked .staff to plan the activity areas on the other side of E. Washington from the airport so they may function without lights., but to leave the "lights" option open. _- RESO. 87-18 NCS. .. - . _ AUTOMATED SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR _ . Reso. 87-18 NCS amending classification plan to establish a new position classification of ,information systems administrator and designating it to Unit 9 (Mid-Management) . Introduced by Lynn Woolsey, seconded. by John Balshaw AYES: Davis, Sobel, Woolsey, Cavanagh, Balshaw, Vice Mayor Tencer, Mayor Hilligoss s NOES: None ABSENT: None CORONA/ELY SPECIFIC PLAN SUBCOMMITTEE Mayor Hilligoss appointed John Balshaw, Larry Tencer, and 'Mi!chael Davis as • the .Council ,representatives to the Corona/EIy' Specific --Plan subcommittee. .Also to be ,appointed pare two Planning- Commissioners,. one of whom. shall be Planning Commission Chairman Fred Tarr . 1 January 20, 1987 V.23 P.95 RESO. 87-19 NCS RECYCLING • Reso. 87-19 NCS consenting to the assignment of curbside recycling program from Petaluma Refuse Company, Inc. to the Petaluma Recycling Center Introduced by Jack Cavanagh, seconded by Michael Davis AYES: Davis, Sobel, Woolsey, Cavanagh, Balshaw, Vice Mayor Tencer, Mayor Hilligoss NOES : None ABSENT: None COb4MISSION APPOINTMENTS • The Council asked for an agenda item to be scheduled soon to discuss whether or not the commission appointments should be amended by adding the. words "to serve at the pleasure of the Council" . GROWTH MANAGEMENT SYSTEM The Council asked staff to schedule a discussion on January 26, 1987 to r:~. discuss the process by which the Growth Management (Residential :a: ,_s ,..Development Control System) Revision will be made. "t. CABLE TV COVERAGE COUNCIL MEETINGS The Council asked for an agenda item the first meeting in February to discuss the possibility of having television coverage of the City Council ,..~ Meetings . At, 10:00 p.m. the meeting recessed- to a Closed Session to discuss Personnel. The meeting was adjourned at 10:15 p . m . ATTEST: a ricia ernar City Cler