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Home My WebLink About07/21/2008City of Petaluma, California PETALUMA CITY COUNCIL/ PETALUMA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION AGENDA Monday, July 21, 2008 - 3:00 p.m. Council Chambers, City Hall, 11 English Street, Petaluma, California 94952 Regular Meeting City Manager's Office: Phone 707.778.4345 Fax 707.778.4419 E-mail: citymgr@ci.petaluma.ca.us City Clerk's Office: Phone 707.778.4360 Fax 707.778.4554 E-mail: cityclerk@ci.petaluma.ca.us City Website: citvofpetaluma.net Revision No. 1: Friday, July 18, 2008 MONDAY, JULY 21, 2008 AFTERNOON SESSION - 3:00 P.M. CALL TO ORDER - AFTERNOON SESSION - 3:00 P.M. A. Roll Call Council Members Barrett, Freitas, Harris, Nau, O'Brien, Rabbitt and Mayor Torliatt B. Pledge of Allegiance C. Moment of Silence PRESENTATIONS Swearing -In Ceremony for Larry Anderson, Fire Chief Water Conservation Raffle for High -Efficiency Clothes Washer and High -Efficiency Toilet. (Ban/Iribarne) APPOINTMENTS Appointments for Mayors' & Councilmembers' Association: a. Recommendations to the City Selection Committee to fill a vacancy on the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC), to complete the term of Bob Blanchard (Santa Rosa), which expires February 2011. The City Selection Committee will submit three names to the Board of Supervisors who will make the final appointment at their August 5, 2008 meeting. b. Recommendation to the Board of Directors to fill a vacancy on the Sonoma -Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART) Board of Directors to complete the term of Robert Jehn (Cloverdale), which expires January 2011. FEIn accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act if you require special assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact the City Clerk's Office at (707) 778-4360 (voice) or (707) 778-4480 (TDD). Translators, American Sign Language interpreters, and/or assistive listening devices forindividuals with hearing disabilities will be available upon request. A minimum of 48 hours is needed to ensure o availability of translation services. In consideration of those with multiple chemical sensitivities or other environmental illness, it is Guested that you refrain from wearing scented products. The City Clerk hereby certifies that this agenda has been posted in ,accordance with the requirements of the Government Code. In accordance with Government Code §54957.5, any materials of public record relating to an agenda item for a regular meeting of the City Council that are provided to a majority of the members less than 72 hours before the meeting will be made available on-line and at the City Clerk's Office, I I English Street during normal business hours. Materials of public record that are distributed during the meeting shall be made available for public inspection at the meeting if prepared by the City or a member of its legislative body, or the next business day after the meeting if prepared by some other person. Petaluma City Council/PCDC Meeting Agenda Page 2 July 21, 2008 PUBLIC COMMENT Public comments are limited to 3 minutes per person. When you address the City Council, you should fill out a speaker card and submit it to the City Clerk so the order of speakers may be determined and an official record of speakers obtained. Please be ready to step forward to the microphone as soon as the previous speaker has concluded his/her comments. The public is invited to make comments on items of public interest not listed on the agenda at this time. COUNCIL COMMENT CITY MANAGER COMMENT AGENDA CHANGES AND DELETIONS (Changes to current agenda only.) 1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES A. Approval of Minutes of Regular City Council/PCDC Meeting of June 2, 2008. 2. APPROVAL OF PROPOSED AGENDA A. Approval of Proposed Agenda for Regular City Council/PCDC Meeting of Monday, August 4, 2008. - Revised Friday, July 18, 2008. 3. CONSENT CALENDAR A. PCDC Resolution Approving the Project Budget and Authorizing Award of Contract for the Petaluma Boulevard North Bike Lane Project C00200108. (Marengo/Zimmer) - Staff report provided Friday, July 18, 2008. Resolution Authorizing a Street Closure on Second Street Between "B" Street and "D" Street on Saturday, August 9, 2008, from 8:00 AM to 8:30 PM, for the Petaluma Music and Wine Tasting Festival (Formerly Waterfront Jazz Festival). (Hood/Edwards) 4. UNFINISHED BUSINESS A. Designate Council Members to Prepare a Draft Ballot Argument Against Initiative to Reduce Current City of'Petaluma Wastewater and Water Service Rates to Rates In Effect on January 1, 2006 and Provide for Specified Annual Adjustments Thereto for the General Municipal Election to be held on November 4, 2008. (Cooper) 5. NEW BUSINESS A. Introduction (First Reading) of an Ordinance Authorizing the City Manager to Execute All Documents Relating to the Granting of an Easement to Pacific Gas and Electric Company for Relocation of Utility Pole in Connection with the Corps Railroad Industry Track Relocation Project. (Ban/Nguyen) B. Discussion and Possible Action on Fairgrounds Lease Extension. (Freitas/O' Brien/Rabbitt) - Additional information provided Friday, July 18, 2008. 6. PUBLIC HEARING A. Discussion and Possible Action Ordering Abatement of Nuisance Consisting of Weeds Growing on Public/Private Property in the City of Petaluma and Ordering the Fire Chief to Remove said Weeds by Contract or His Own Force. (Ginn) Petaluma City Council/PCDC Meeting Agenda Page 3 July 21, 2008 PUBLIC COMMENT ON CLOSED SESSION ITEMS Prior to adjournment into Closed Session, the public may speak up to 3 minutes on items to be addressed in Closed Session. ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION • PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION: Pursuant to Government Code §54957: City Clerk. MONDAY, JULY 21, 2008 EVENING SESSION - 7:00 P.M. CALL TO ORDER - EVENING SESSION - 7:00 P.M. A. Roll Call Council Members Barrett, Freitas, Harris, Nau, O'Brien, Rabbitt and Mayor Torliatt B. Pledge of Allegiance C. Moment of Silence PROCLAMATION Proclaiming December 2008 as "Buy Local Month" - Added Friday, July 18, 2008. REPORT OUT OF CLOSED SESSION (Actions Taken) PUBLIC COMMENT Public comments are limited to 3 minutes per person. When you address the City Council, you should rill out a speaker card and submit it to the City Clerk so the order of speakers may be determined and an official record of speakers obtained. Please be ready to step forward to the microphone as soon as the previous speaker has concluded his/her comments. The public is invited to make comments on items of public interest not listed on the agenda at this time. COUNCIL COMMENT CITY MANAGER COMMENT 7. NEW BUSINESS A. Public Meeting to Hear Testimony Regarding the Annual Assessments for the Landscape Assessment Districts and the Setting of the Public Hearing. (Brodhun/DeNicola) - Additional information made available Friday, July 18, 2008. B. Discussion of a Proposal to Ban the Sale, Use, and Possession of All Fireworks in the City of Petaluma and Possible Adoption of a Resolution Submitting the Question to the Voters at the General Election on November 4, 2008 or a City Council Ordinance Amending the Petaluma Fire Code to Enact a Ban. (Albertson Petaluma City Council/PCDC Meeting Agenda Page 4 July 21, 2008 (Anderson)/Ginn) - Title changed to match agenda bill and additional information made available on Friday, July 18, 2008. ADJOURN Petaluma City Council/PCDC Meeting Agenda Page 5 July 21, 2008 REVISED TENTATIVE AGENDA Revision No. 1: Friday, July 18, 2008 Monday, August 4, 2008 - Afternoon Session - 3:00 P.M. Regular Meeting CONSENT CALENDAR Resolution Accepting Claims and Bills for June 2008. (Carmichael) Resolution of the Council of the City of Petaluma Summarily Vacating a Portion of a Public Utility Easement Affecting Property at 500 First Street. (Marengo/Bates) Resolution Accepting Completion of the South McDowell Boulevard and Bodega Avenue Road Pavement/Rehabilitation Project C00500106. (Marengo/Zimmer) Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Enter Into Two License Agreements with Sonoma Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART) Regarding the Petaluma River Trail Project C00200503. (Marengo/Zimmer) ReselYtieR Awarding a Contract fer the Water Main and Sewer Main Replacement Gnd-Sewer - Moved to a date uncertain on Friday, July 18, 2008. Resolution Authorizing the Award of Contract for the Sewer Outfall Replacement Project. (Ban/Orr/Gothard) Adoption (Second Reading) of an Ordinance Authorizing the City Manager to Execute All f Documents Relating to the Granting of an Easement to Pacific Gas and Electric Company for Relocation of Utility Pole in Connection with the Corps Railroad Industry Track Relocation Project. (Ban/Nguyen) Resolution Authorizing a Street Closure of Water Street between E. Washington Street and Western Avenue, and Main Street between Water Street and Petaluma Boulevard North on Sunday, August 10, 2008, from 7:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M., for the Sesquicentennial River Fest. (Hood/Edwards) UNFINISHED BUSINESS Resolution Approving Draft Argument in Opposition to Measure _ (to Reduce City of Petaluma Wastewater and Water Service Rates) for the General Municipal Election to be held on November 4, 2008. (Cooper/Danly) NEW BUSINESS Introduction (First Reading) of an Ordinance Amending Chapters 1.10 through 1.15 of the Petaluma Municipal Code and Repealing, in its Entirety, Chapter 8.24 of the Petaluma Municipal Code. (Moore/Garcia) Introduction (First Reading) of an Ordinance Adding Chapter 1.16, Administrative Citations, to the Petaluma Municipal Code. (Moore/Garcia) PUBLIC HEARING Resolution Confirming the Cost of Weed Abatement. (Ginn) Petaluma City Council/PCDC Meeting Agenda Page 6 July 21, 2008 MONDAY, AUGUST 4, 2008 — EVENING SESSION — 7.00 P.M. PROCLAMATION Petaluma Health Center Week, August 10-16, 2008. PRESENTATION Petaluma Coalition to Prevent Underage and High Risk Drinking. (Pat Landrum) - 10 Minutes UNFINISHED BUSINESS Reselutien Approving the Funding Plan fqr the Rainier Avenue r-rona-Tol n Connector eRd Inharr.han-ge Project C500501204 (-All' Phattas of Project Development through Construction). (MGreRge GGkie) - Moved to the September 8, 2008 Council Meeting on Friday, July 18, 2008. Continued Discussion and Possible Action on the Preparation and Review of "Fiscal and Economic Impact Assessments" for Specified Projects. (Moore) Revisions/Updates to Legislation Regarding and Appointments to City Boards, Commissions and Committees. (Cooper/Danly) PUBLIC HEARING FY 08-09 Landscape Assessment Districts Annual Assessments Public Hearing and Setting of Assessments. (Brodhun/DeNicola) NEW BUSINESS Proposed City-wide Fee Increases. (Carmichael)