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Home My WebLink AboutStaff Report 1.C 11/07/2016Agenda Item # 1.C City of Petaluma, California MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL/ PETALUMA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SUCCESSOR AGENCY Draft City Council/PCDSA Minutes 1 Monday, October 3, 2016 2 Regular Meeting 3 4 5 6 MONDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2016 7 CLOSED SESSION – 5:00 P.M. 8 9 10 11 CALL TO ORDER – CLOSED SESSION 12 13 A. ROLL CALL 14 15 Present: Chris Albertson; Teresa Barrett; Mike Healy; Gabe Kearney; Kathy Miller 16 Absent: David Glass; Dave King 17 18 CLOSED SESSION 19 20  CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS: Pursuant to California Government Code Section 54957.6. 21 Agency Designated Representatives: Scott Brodhun, and Dianne Dinsmore. AFSCME Unit 1 - 22 Confidential, Unit 2 - Maintenance, Unit 3 - Clerical/Technical; Petaluma Public Safety Mid-23 Management Association, Unit 10 - Public Safety Mid-Managers; and, International Association of 24 Firefighters Local, 1415 Unit 7 – Fire. 25 26  CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION: Paragraph (1) of Subdivision (d) of California 27 Government Code Section 54956.9: Waters v. City of Petaluma, Sonoma County Superior Court Case 28 No. SCV-256309. 29 30 PUBLIC COMMENT ON CLOSED SESSION ITEMS 31 32 Council Member Healy opened Public Comment on CLOSED SESSION items. 33 34 Felix Huerta, Business Agent, AFSCME Local 675, spoke about the current negotiations 35 between AFSCME Local 675 and the City of Petaluma. 36 37 Ken Whaley, Utility Service Worker II, Public Works and Utilities Department, President of AFSCME 38 Local 675, spoke about the current negotiations between the Union and the City of Petaluma. 39 40 Seeing no other persons wishing to speak, Council Member Healy closed Public Comment on 41 CLOSED SESSION items. 42 43 ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION 44 45 Vol. XX, Page 2 October 3, 2016 1 MONDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2016 2 WORKSHOP – 6:00 P.M. 3 4 5 CALL TO ORDER – WORKSHOP 6 7 B. ROLL CALL 8 9 Present: Chris Albertson; Teresa Barrett; Mike Healy; Gabe Kearney; Kathy Miller 10 Absent: David Glass; Dave King 11 12 PRESENTATION 13 14  Presentation Regarding Implementation of Quiet Zones in Petaluma. (St. John/Bates) 15 16 Curt Bates, City Engineer 17 18 Council Member Miller 19 20 Mr. Bates 21 22 Council Member Kearney 23 24 Mr. Bates 25 26 Council Member Kearney 27 28 City Manager Brown 29 30 Council Member Healy 31 32 Mr. Bates 33 34 LeeAnn Dixon, Federal Railroad Administration Region VII Manager for Highway-Rail Crossing 35 Safety and Trespass Prevention Programs, Sacramento 36 37 Council Member Healy 38 39 Ms. Dixon 40 41 Council Member Barrett 42 43 Ms. Dixon 44 45 Council Member Barrett 46 47 Ms. Dixon 48 49 Council Member Barrett 50 51 Ms. Dixon 52 October 3, 2016 Vol. XX, Page 3 1 Council Member Albertson 2 3 Ms. Dixon 4 5 Council Member Albertson 6 7 Ms. Dixon 8 9 Council Member Healy 10 11 Council Member Albertson 12 13 Ms. Dixon 14 15 Council Member Albertson 16 17 Council Member Healy 18 19 Ms. Dixon 20 21 Council Member Healy 22 23 Bill Gamlen, Chief Engineer, Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART) 24 25 Council Member Healy 26 27 Mr. Gamlen 28 29 City Attorney Danly 30 31 Ms. Dixon 32 33 City Attorney Danly 34 35 Ms. Dixon 36 37 City Attorney Danly 38 39 Council Member Healy 40 41 City Attorney Danly 42 43 Council Member Healy 44 45 Council Member Barrett 46 47 Mr. Bates 48 49 Council Member Kearney 50 51 Mr. Bates 52 Vol. XX, Page 4 October 3, 2016 1 Mr. Gamlen 2 3 Mr. Bates 4 5 Council Member Healy 6 7 Council Member Miller 8 9 Ms. Dixon 10 11 Council Member Healy opened Public Comment. 12 13 Sylvia Ross, Petaluma, spoke about the challenges living near the train tracks. 14 15 Julie Lederhaus, Petaluma, spoke about the challenges living near the train tracks and 16 thanked the council for working on the noise problem. 17 18 Catherine Bartel, Petaluma, spoke about the challenges living near the train tracks and 19 supports the Quiet Zone. 20 21 Gretchen McEvoy, Petaluma, inquired about the SMART train's use of the horns. 22 23 Mr. Gamlen 24 25 Rick Cullen, Petaluma, spoke about the challenges living near the train tracks. 26 27 Bob Ulmer, Petaluma, presented a petition with 450 signatures supporting Quite Zones. 28 29 Monica Harwood, Petaluma, spoke in support of Quiet Zones and expressed appreciation to 30 the Council for working on the issues. 31 32 Joi Losee, Penngrove, spoke in support of the Quiet Zones. 33 34 Council Member Healy 35 36 Ms. Losee 37 38 Mr. Gamlen 39 40 Council Member Healy 41 42 Mr. Gamlen 43 44 Andrea Krout, Sonoma County 2nd Supervisorial District Director 45 46 Seeing no other persons wishing to speak, Council Member Healy closed Public Comment. 47 48 Council Member Albertson 49 50 Council Member Kearney 51 52 October 3, 2016 Vol. XX, Page 5 Council Member Miller 1 2 Council Member Healy 3 4 5 MONDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2016 6 EVENING SESSION – 7:30 P.M. 7 8 9 CALL TO ORDER - EVENING SESSION 10 11 A. ROLL CALL 12 13 Present: Chris Albertson; Teresa Barrett; Mike Healy; Gabe Kearney; Kathy Miller 14 Absent: David Glass; Dave King 15 16 B. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 17 18 C. MOMENT OF SILENCE 19 20 AGENDA CHANGES AND DELETIONS (TO CURRENT AGENDA ONLY) 21 22 None. 23 24 PROCLAMATION 25 26  Fire Prevention Week: October 9-15, 2016 27 28 Council Member Healy 29 30 Fire Chief Leonard Thompson 31 32 Retiring Fire Marshal Cary Fergus 33 34 GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT 35 36 Council Member Healy opened GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. 37 38 Katherine Bobrowski, Petaluma, spoke of problems at the mobile home park where she lives. 39 40 Seeing no other persons wishing to speak, Council Member Healy closed GENERAL PUBLIC 41 COMMENT. 42 43 REPORT OUT OF CLOSED SESSION (ACTIONS TAKEN) 44 45 None. 46 47 1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 48 49 None. 50 51 52 Vol. XX, Page 6 October 3, 2016 2. APPROVAL OF PROPOSED AGENDA 1 2 A. Approval of Revised Agenda for Regular City Council/PCDSA Meeting of Monday, 3 October 17, 2016. - Revision No. 1 - Monday, October 3, 2016. 4 5 Motion: Approve A. Revised Agenda for Regular City Council/PCDSA Meeting of 6 Monday, October 17, 2016, as presented. 7 8 Motion by Kathy Miller, seconded by Teresa Barrett. 9 10 Council Member Albertson 11 12 Vote: Motion carried 5-0 13 14 Yes: Chris Albertson; Teresa Barrett; Mike Healy; Gabe Kearney; 15 Kathy Miller 16 No: None 17 Abstain: None 18 Absent: David Glass; Dave King 19 20 3. CONSENT CALENDAR 21 22 A. Resolution 2016-149 N.C.S. Approving Claims and Bills for August 2016. (Mushallo) 23 24 B. Resolution 2016-150 N.C.S. Accepting Completion of Work by the City’s Weed 25 Abatement Contractor and Authorizing the City Clerk to File a Notice of 26 Completion with the Sonoma County Recorder’s Office and Authorizing City Staff 27 to Release the 10% Retention Fee for Services Performed by the City’s Weed 28 Abatement Contractor. (Thompson/Fergus) 29 30 C. Resolution 2016-151 N.C.S. Ordering the Summary Vacation of an Existing Storm 31 Flow Retention Pond Easement on Assessor Parcel Number 150-020-036, 32 Petaluma, CA. (St. John/Bates) 33 34 D. Resolution 2016-152 N.C.S. Authorizing Execution of First Amended Agreement 35 with the Sonoma County Water Agency for the Petaluma River Stream Gauge 36 Installation Project. (St. John/Zimmer) 37 38 E. Resolution 2016-153 N.C.S. Ratifying the Tentative Agreement Reached by the 39 Duly Authorized Representatives of the City of Petaluma and the Peace Officers’ 40 Association of Petaluma. (Dinsmore) 41 42 Motion: Approve CONSENT CALENDAR items 3.A, 3.B., 3.C, 3.D., and 3.E. 43 44 Motion by Gabe Kearney, seconded by Kathy Miller. 45 46 Vote: Motion carried 5-0 47 48 Yes: Chris Albertson; Teresa Barrett; Mike Healy; Gabe Kearney; 49 Kathy Miller 50 No: None 51 Abstain: None 52 October 3, 2016 Vol. XX, Page 7 Absent: David Glass; Dave King 1 2 4. NEW BUSINESS 3 4 A. Resolution 2016-154 N.C.S. Amending the Classification and Compensation Plan 5 by Establishing the Classification and Pay Range of Deputy Police Chief, 6 Authorizing the Position Allocation of One (1.0) Deputy Police Chief, and 7 Eliminating One (1.0) Police Lieutenant. (Dinsmore) 8 9 Police Chief Pat Williams 10 11 Council Member Healy opened Public Comment on Item 4.A. 12 13 Seeing no persons wishing to speak, Council Member Healy closed Public 14 Comment on Item 4.A. 15 16 Motion: Approve A. Resolution 2016-154 N.C.S. Amending the Classification and 17 Compensation Plan by Establishing the Classification and Pay Range of Deputy 18 Police Chief, Authorizing the Position Allocation of One (1.0) Deputy Police Chief, 19 and Eliminating One (1.0) Police Lieutenant. 20 21 Motion by Gabe Kearney, seconded by Teresa Barrett. 22 23 Vote: Motion carried 5-0 24 25 Yes: Chris Albertson; Teresa Barrett; Mike Healy; Gabe Kearney; 26 Kathy Miller 27 No: None 28 Abstain: None 29 Absent: David Glass; Dave King 30 31 Council Member Kearney recused himself for the Item 4.B, and left the dais. 32 33 B. Resolution 2016-155 N.C.S. Proposing Formation of the Avila Ranch Subdivision 34 Landscape and Lighting Assessment District; Resolution 2016-156 N.C.S. of 35 Preliminary Approval of Engineer’s Report for Avila Ranch Subdivision Landscape 36 and Lighting Assessment District; and Resolution 2016-157 N.C.S. of Intention to 37 Order the Levy and Collection of Assessments for Avila Ranch Subdivision 38 Landscape and Lighting Assessment District and Setting a Public Hearing. (St. 39 John/DeNicola) 40 41 Ron DeNicola, Parks and Facilities Maintenance Manager, Public Works and 42 Utilities Department 43 44 Council Member Healy opened Public Comment on Item 4.B. 45 46 Seeing no persons wishing to speak, Council Member Healy closed Public 47 Comment on Item 4.B. 48 49 Mr. DeNicola 50 51 Vol. XX, Page 8 October 3, 2016 City Attorney Danly explained that Council Member Kearney had recused himself 1 as he has a client in contract to purchase within the subdivision. 2 3 Motion: Approve B. Resolution 2016-155 N.C.S. Proposing Formation of the Avila 4 Ranch Subdivision Landscape and Lighting Assessment District; Resolution 2016-5 156 N.C.S. of Preliminary Approval of Engineer’s Report for Avila Ranch 6 Subdivision Landscape and Lighting Assessment District; and Resolution 2016-157 7 N.C.S. of Intention to Order the Levy and Collection of Assessments for Avila 8 Ranch Subdivision Landscape and Lighting Assessment District and Setting a 9 Public Hearing. 10 11 Motion by Kathy Miller, seconded by Chris Albertson. 12 13 Vote: Motion carried 4-0 14 15 Yes: Chris Albertson; Teresa Barrett; Mike Healy; Kathy Miller 16 No: None 17 Abstain: Gabe Kearney 18 Absent: David Glass; Dave King 19 20 Council Member Kearney returned to the dais. 21 22 C. Resolution 2016-158 N.C.S. Authorizing Award of Contract for the Petaluma 23 Community Sports Fields Restroom Improvements Project. (St. John/Zimmer) 24 25 Director of Public Works and Utilities Dan St. John 26 27 Council Member Barrett 28 29 Motion: Approve C. Resolution 2016-158 N.C.S. Authorizing Award of Contract for 30 the Petaluma Community Sports Fields Restroom Improvements Project. 31 32 Motion by Teresa Barrett, seconded by Chris Albertson. 33 34 Council Member Albertson 35 36 Council Member Miller 37 38 Mr. St. John 39 40 Council Member Miller 41 42 Mr. St. John 43 44 Council Member Healy 45 46 City Manager Brown 47 48 Council Member Healy 49 50 City Manager Brown 51 52 October 3, 2016 Vol. XX, Page 9 Mr. St. John 1 2 Vote: Motion carried 5-0 3 4 Yes: Chris Albertson; Teresa Barrett; Mike Healy; Gabe Kearney; 5 Kathy Miller 6 No: None 7 Abstain: None 8 Absent: David Glass; Dave King 9 10 5. PUBLIC HEARINGS 11 12 A. Public Hearing and Adoption of Resolution 2016-159 N.C.S. Confirming the Cost of 13 Abatement of Weeds and Confirming Approving of the Forwarding of Unpaid Bills 14 to the County Assessor’s Office for Collection as Assessments. (Thompson) 15 16 Motion: Approve A. Public Hearing and Adoption of Resolution 2016-159 17 N.C.S. Confirming the Cost of Abatement of Weeds and Confirming Approving of 18 the Forwarding of Unpaid Bills to the County Assessor’s Office for Collection as 19 Assessments. 20 21 Motion by Kathy Miller, seconded by Chris Albertson. 22 23 Council Member Healy opened the PUBLIC HEARING on Item 5.A. 24 25 Seeing no persons wishing to speak, Council Member Healy closed the PUBLIC 26 HEARING on Item 5.A. 27 28 Vote: Motion carried 5-0 29 30 Yes: Chris Albertson; Teresa Barrett; Mike Healy; Gabe Kearney; 31 Kathy Miller 32 No: None 33 Abstain: None 34 Absent: David Glass; Dave King 35 36 B. Resolution 2016-160 N.C.S. Repealing and Replacing the Current Park Land 37 Development Impact Fee Resolution for Future Development within the City of 38 Petaluma, Resolution No. 2014-037 N.C.S., Adopted March 3, 2014, to add 39 Funding for Lafferty Ranch Improvements. (Duiven) 40 41 Senior Planner Scott Duiven 42 43 Council Member Healy opened the PUBLIC HEARING on Item 5.B. 44 45 Michael Caruana, Petaluma, spoke about lack of public access to Lafferty Ranch 46 and the various issues with that land. 47 48 Seeing no other persons wishing to speak, Council Member Healy closed the 49 PUBLIC HEARING on Item 5.B. 50 51 Council Member Kearney 52 Vol. XX, Page 10 October 3, 2016 1 Motion: Approve B. Resolution 2016-160 N.C.S. Repealing and Replacing the 2 Current Park Land Development Impact Fee Resolution for Future Development 3 within the City of Petaluma, Resolution No. 2014-037 N.C.S., Adopted March 3, 4 2014, to add Funding for Lafferty Ranch Improvements. 5 6 Motion by Gabe Kearney, seconded by Kathy Miller. 7 8 Council Member Albertson 9 10 Mr. Duiven 11 12 Council Member Albertson 13 14 Mr. Duiven 15 16 Council Member Albertson 17 18 Council Member Barrett 19 20 City Attorney Danly 21 22 Council Member Barrett 23 24 City Attorney Danly 25 26 Council Member Barrett 27 28 City Attorney Danly 29 30 City Manager Brown 31 32 City Attorney Danly 33 34 Council Member Barrett 35 36 Council Member Miller 37 38 Vote: Motion carried 4-1 39 40 Yes: Teresa Barrett; Mike Healy; Gabe Kearney; Kathy Miller 41 No: Chris Albertson 42 Abstain: None 43 Absent: David Glass; Dave King 44 45 COUNCIL COMMENT 46 47 Council Member Albertson 48 49 Council Member Miller 50 51 Council Member Kearney 52 October 3, 2016 Vol. XX, Page 11 1 Council Member Barrett 2 3 Council Member Healy 4 5 CITY MANAGER COMMENT 6 7 None. 8 9 ADJOURN 10 11 The meeting was adjourned at 8:25 p.m. 12 13 __________________________________________ 14 D a v i d G l a s s , M a y o r 15 16 17 ATTEST: 18 19 20 ______________________________________________ 21 Claire Cooper, CMC, City Clerk 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52