The URL can be used to link to this page

Home My WebLink AboutStaff Report 1.A 12/19/2011Agenda Item # 1.A City of Petaluma, California MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL/ PETALUMA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION Draft City Council/PCDC Minutes 1 Monday, December 5, 2011 2 Regular Meeting 3 4 5 MONDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2011 6 CLOSED SESSION – 5:30 P.M. 7 8 CALL TO ORDER - CLOSED SESSION 9 10 A. Roll Call 11 12 Present: Chris Albertson; Teresa Barrett; David Glass; Mike Harris; Mike Healy; 13 Gabe Kearney; Tiffany Renée 14 Absent: None 15 16 CLOSED SESSION 17 18  PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION: Title: City Manager. 19  CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION: Subdivision (a) of California Government 20 Code Section 54956.9: City of Petaluma, et al., v. County of Sonoma, et al., Sonoma County Superior 21 Court No. SCV 248948. 22 23 PUBLIC COMMENT ON CLOSED SESSION ITEMS 24 25 None. 26 27 ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION 28 29 30 MONDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2011 31 EVENING SESSION – 7:00 P.M. 32 33 CALL TO ORDER - EVENING SESSION 34 35 A. Roll Call 36 37 Present: Chris Albertson; Teresa Barrett; David Glass; Mike Harris; Mike Healy; 38 Gabe Kearney; Tiffany Renée 39 Absent: None 40 41 B. Pledge of Allegiance 42 43 John Cheney, Petaluma 44 45 Vol. XX, Page 2 December 5, 2011 C. Moment of Silence 1 2 AGENDA CHANGES AND DELETIONS (TO CURRENT AGENDA ONLY) 3 4 None. 5 6 REPORT OUT OF CLOSED SESSION (ACTIONS TAKEN) 7 8 None. 9 10 GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT 11 12 Tim Lorenz, Jude Mion, and Michael Giotis, Occupy Petaluma, spoke about their 13 accomplishments to date. Tim Lorenz read the first page of their letter. 14 15 Jude Mion read the second page of the letter. 16 17 Michael Giotis read the third page of the letter. 18 19 Peter Tscherneff, Petaluma, spoke about home foreclosure evictions, the Catholic Church, and 20 Occupy Petaluma. 21 22 John Cheney, Petaluma, spoke about the good that has been done by Occupy Petaluma and 23 asked people to join them on corners in Petaluma between noon and 1:00 p.m. 24 25 John Bertucci, Petaluma, thanked Council for their support of Occupy Petaluma and their 26 understanding comments at the last Council Meeting. He also thanked staff for their assistance 27 with Occupy Petaluma’s presence in Penry Park. 28 29 Ed Maas, Petaluma, said he appreciates Occupy Petaluma and what they have done. He 30 thanked the citizens of Petaluma who have signed the petitions he has circulated in the City. 31 32 Katherine Bobrowski, Petaluma, told Council that the mobile home park where she lives has no 33 responsible on-site manager, has gang problems, and fire and health code violations. 34 35 COUNCIL COMMENT 36 37 Council Member Kearney 38 39 Council Member Harris 40 41 Council Member Renée 42 43 Vice Mayor Healy 44 45 Council Member Albertson 46 47 Mayor Glass 48 49 CITY MANAGER COMMENT 50 51 City Manager Brown 52 December 5, 2011 Vol. XX, Page 3 1 Lieutenant Tim Lyons, Petaluma Police Department 2 3 Mayor Glass 4 5 1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 6 7 A. Approval of Minutes of Regular City Council/PCDC Meeting of Monday, 8 November 21, 2011. 9 10 Motion: Approve A. Minutes of Regular City Council/PCDC Meeting of Monday, 11 November 21, 2011, as presented. 12 13 Moved by Mike Healy, seconded by Gabe Kearney. 14 15 Vote: Motion carried 6-0. 16 17 Yes: Chris Albertson; David Glass; Mike Harris; 18 Mike Healy; Gabe Kearney; Tiffany Renée 19 No: None 20 Abstain: Teresa Barrett 21 Absent: None 22 23 2. APPROVAL OF PROPOSED AGENDA 24 25 A. Approval of Proposed Agenda for Regular City Council/PCDC Meeting of 26 Monday, December 19, 2011. 27 28 Vice Mayor Healy 29 30 City Manager Brown 31 32 Council Member Renée 33 34 City Manager Brown 35 36 Council Member Renée 37 38 Mayor Glass 39 40 Council Member Renée 41 42 Mayor Glass 43 44 Council Member Renée 45 46 City Attorney Danly 47 48 Mayor Glass 49 50 Motion: Approve Proposed Agenda for Regular City Council/PCDC Meeting of 51 Monday, December 19, 2011, as amended to add the words “and possible 52 Vol. XX, Page 4 December 5, 2011 action” to the agenda title of the development impact fee modification item; and 1 to add an item for a resolution approving a letter to the California State Attorney 2 General urging her to enforce laws against fraudulent foreclosure processes. 3 4 Moved by Teresa Barrett, seconded by Gabe Kearney. 5 6 Vote: Motion carried 7-0. 7 8 Yes: Chris Albertson; Teresa Barrett; David Glass; Mike Harris; 9 Mike Healy; Gabe Kearney; Tiffany Renée 10 No: None 11 Abstain: None 12 Absent: None 13 14 3. CONSENT CALENDAR 15 16 A. Resolution 2011-162 N.C.S. Approving Claims and Bills for October 2011. 17 (Mushallo) 18 19 B. Resolution 2011-163 N.C.S. Accepting the Cycle 3 Safe Routes to School Program 20 Grant for the Safe Routes to School Plan 2011 Project, Approving the Proposed 21 Project Budget, and Authorizing City Manager to Sign the Grant-Related 22 Documents. (Zimmer) 23 24 Council Member Albertson 25 26 Motion: Approve A. Resolution 2011-162 N.C.S. Approving Claims and Bills for 27 October 2011; and, B. Resolution 2011-163 N.C.S. Accepting the Cycle 3 Safe 28 Routes to School Program Grant for the Safe Routes to School Plan 2011 Project, 29 Approving the Proposed Project Budget, and Authorizing City Manager to Sign 30 the Grant-Related Documents. 31 32 Moved by Chris Albertson, seconded by Gabe Kearney. 33 34 Vote: Motion carried 7-0. 35 36 Yes: Chris Albertson; Teresa Barrett; David Glass; Mike Harris; 37 Mike Healy; Gabe Kearney; Tiffany Renée 38 No: None 39 Abstain: None 40 Absent: None 41 42 4. NEW BUSINESS 43 44 A. Resolution 2011-164 N.C.S. Authorizing the Purchase of Two Replacement 45 Paratransit Vans for Petaluma Paratransit. (Rye) 46 47 Joe Rye, Transit Manager 48 49 Council Member Albertson 50 51 Mr. Rye 52 December 5, 2011 Vol. XX, Page 5 1 Council Member Albertson 2 3 Mr. Rye 4 5 Council Member Renée 6 7 Mr. Rye 8 9 Council Member Renée 10 11 Council Member Kearney 12 13 Motion: Approve A. Resolution 2011-164 N.C.S. Authorizing the Purchase of Two 14 Replacement Paratransit Vans for Petaluma Paratransit. 15 16 Moved by David Glass, seconded by Mike Healy. 17 18 Vote: Motion carried 7-0. 19 20 Yes: Chris Albertson; Teresa Barrett; David Glass; Mike Harris; 21 Mike Healy; Gabe Kearney; Tiffany Renée 22 No: None 23 Abstain: None 24 Absent: None 25 26 5. PUBLIC HEARINGS 27 28 A. Resolution 2011-165 N.C.S. Adopting a New Rate Schedule for Water Service 29 Superseding Resolution No. 2007-022 N.C.S., and, Resolution 2011-166 N.C.S. 30 Adopting a New Rate Schedule for Wastewater Service Superseding Resolution 31 No. 2007-023 N.C.S. (Scherzinger) 32 33 Rem Scherzinger, Interim Director, Water Resources and Conservation Department 34 35 Bob Reed, The Reed Group, Sacramento 36 37 Mayor Glass 38 39 Mr. Reed 40 41 Mayor Glass 42 43 Mr. Reed 44 45 Mayor Glass 46 47 Mr. Reed 48 49 Council Member Albertson 50 51 Mr. Reed 52 Vol. XX, Page 6 December 5, 2011 1 Council Member Albertson 2 3 Mr. Reed 4 5 City Attorney Danly 6 7 Mayor Glass 8 9 Council Member Renée 10 11 City Attorney Danly 12 13 Council Member Renée 14 15 Mr. Scherzinger 16 17 Council Member Albertson 18 19 Mr. Scherzinger 20 21 Council Member Kearney 22 23 Mr. Reed 24 25 Council Member Kearney 26 27 Mr. Reed 28 29 Council Member Kearney 30 31 Mr. Reed 32 33 Council Member Albertson 34 35 Pamela Tuft, Special Projects Manager, Water Resources and Conservation 36 37 Council Member Albertson 38 39 Ms. Tuft 40 41 Mr. Scherzinger 42 43 Council Member Albertson 44 45 Mr. Scherzinger 46 47 City Manager Brown 48 49 Council Member Albertson 50 51 Vice Mayor Healy 52 December 5, 2011 Vol. XX, Page 7 1 Mayor Glass opened the PUBLIC HEARING. 2 3 Don Weisenfluh, Petaluma, asked the Council if the revenue from the water 4 treatment plant is co-mingled with general fund accounts, and complained that 5 residents are being asked to conserve as well as being charged higher rates. 6 7 Rick Brown, Petaluma, voiced his concern over the water rates and proposed 8 increase. He stated he thought the City should be looking at other options, such 9 as deferring capital improvement projects. 10 11 Paul-William Scoggins, Petaluma, stated that he saw the rates increasing on the 12 graphs and charts displayed, and suggested that the rate increase be tied 13 to debt service reductions. 14 15 Steve Block, Petaluma, spoke of his concerns on the cost per gallon of water. 16 17 Mayor Glass 18 19 Vice Mayor Healy 20 21 Mayor Glass 22 23 Council Member Barrett 24 25 Mayor Glass 26 27 Mr. Scherzinger 28 29 Mayor Glass 30 31 City Manager Brown 32 33 Mayor Glass 34 35 Mr. Reed 36 37 Mayor Glass 38 39 Mr. Reed 40 41 Mayor Glass 42 43 Vice Mayor Healy 44 45 Mr. Reed 46 47 Vice Mayor Healy 48 49 Mr. Reed 50 51 Mayor Glass 52 Vol. XX, Page 8 December 5, 2011 1 Vice Mayor Healy 2 3 City Manager Brown 4 5 Vice Mayor Healy 6 7 Mr. Reed 8 9 Vice Mayor Healy 10 11 Mr. Reed 12 13 Mayor Glass 14 15 Vice Mayor Healy 16 17 Mayor Glass 18 19 Vice Mayor Healy 20 21 Mayor Glass 22 23 Vice Mayor Healy 24 25 Council Member Barrett 26 27 Council Member Albertson 28 29 Mr. Scherzinger 30 31 Council Member Albertson 32 33 Mr. Scherzinger 34 35 Mayor Glass 36 37 Mr. Scherzinger 38 39 Council Member Albertson 40 41 Mr. Scherzinger 42 43 Council Member Harris 44 45 Mr. Scherzinger 46 47 Council Member Harris 48 49 Mr. Scherzinger 50 51 Council Member Harris 52 December 5, 2011 Vol. XX, Page 9 1 Council Member Kearney 2 3 City Manager Brown 4 5 Mayor Glass 6 7 Council Member Kearney 8 9 Mayor Glass 10 11 City Manager Brown 12 13 Vice Mayor Healy 14 15 Council Member Renée 16 17 Council Member Harris 18 19 Mayor Glass 20 21 Council Member Harris 22 23 Council Member Kearney 24 25 Mayor Glass 26 27 Council Member Albertson 28 29 City Manager Brown 30 31 Mayor Glass 32 33 City Attorney Danly 34 35 There being no other persons wishing to speak, Mayor Glass closed the PUBLIC 36 HEARING. 37 38 Motion: Approve A. Resolution 2011-165 N.C.S. Adopting a New Rate Schedule 39 for Water Service Superseding Resolution No. 2007-022 N.C.S., and, Resolution 40 2011-166 N.C.S. Adopting a New Rate Schedule for Wastewater Service 41 Superseding Resolution No. 2007-023 N.C.S. 42 43 Moved by David Glass, seconded by Teresa Barrett. 44 45 Vice Mayor Healy 46 47 City Manager Brown 48 49 Mayor Glass 50 51 Mr. Scherzinger 52 Vol. XX, Page 10 December 5, 2011 1 Mayor Glass 2 3 Mr. Scherzinger 4 5 Vice Mayor Healy 6 7 Mr. Scherzinger 8 9 Vice Mayor Healy 10 11 Council Member Renée 12 13 Council Member Barrett 14 15 Mayor Glass 16 17 City Attorney Danly 18 19 Vote: Motion carried 5-2. 20 21 Yes: Chris Albertson; Teresa Barrett; David Glass; 22 Gabe Kearney; Tiffany Renée 23 No: Mike Harris; Mike Healy 24 Abstain: None 25 Absent: None 26 27 B. Introduction (First Reading) of Ordinance 2422 N.C.S. Amending Chapters 4, 7, 8, 28 and 24 of the City of Petaluma Implementing Zoning Ordinance to Promote 29 Economic Development. (Brown/Duiven) 30 31 Ingrid Alverde, Economic Development Manager 32 33 Scott Duiven, Senior Planner 34 35 Mayor Glass 36 37 Council Member Renée 38 39 Mr. Duiven 40 41 Mayor Glass 42 43 Mayor Glass opened the PUBLIC HEARING. 44 45 Onita Pellegrini, CEO, Petaluma Area Chamber of Commerce, spoke in support of 46 the amendments to the implementing zoning ordinance. 47 48 Anthy O’Brien, Chair, Economic Development Committee, Petaluma Area 49 Chamber of Commerce, spoke in support of the staff report and amendment of 50 the ordinance. 51 52 December 5, 2011 Vol. XX, Page 11 Clark Rosen, Petaluma, spoke in support of the amendment to the zoning 1 ordinance. 2 3 Michael Lerner, Petaluma, spoke in favor of the amendment to the zoning 4 ordinance. 5 6 There being no other persons wishing to speak, Mayor Glass closed the PUBLIC 7 HEARING. 8 9 Mr. Duiven 10 11 Council Member Barrett 12 13 Mr. Duiven 14 15 Council Member Barrett 16 17 Mr. Duiven 18 19 Council Member Barrett 20 21 Mr. Duiven 22 23 Council Member Renée 24 25 Mr. Duiven 26 27 Council Member Renée 28 29 Mr. Duiven 30 31 Council Member Renée 32 33 Mr. Duiven 34 35 Council Member Kearney 36 37 Mr. Duiven 38 39 Heather Hines, Deputy Planning Manager 40 41 Council Member Renée 42 43 City Attorney Danly 44 45 Mr. Duiven 46 47 Council Member Barrett 48 49 Mr. Duiven 50 51 Council Member Barrett 52 Vol. XX, Page 12 December 5, 2011 1 Mr. Duiven 2 3 Council Member Barrett 4 5 Mr. Duiven 6 7 Mayor Glass 8 9 Mr. Duiven 10 11 Mayor Glass 12 13 Mr. Duiven 14 15 Vice Mayor Healy 16 17 Council Member Renée 18 19 Mr. Duiven 20 21 Council Member Renée 22 23 Mr. Duiven 24 25 Council Member Renée 26 27 City Attorney Danly 28 29 Council Member Kearney 30 31 Council Member Albertson 32 33 Mr. Duiven 34 35 City Attorney Danly 36 37 Mayor Glass 38 39 Mr. Duiven 40 41 Council Member Barrett 42 43 Mr. Duiven 44 45 City Attorney Danly 46 47 Council Member Barrett 48 49 City Attorney Danly 50 51 Council Member Barrett 52 December 5, 2011 Vol. XX, Page 13 1 Mr. Duiven 2 3 Council Member Renée 4 5 Mr. Duiven 6 7 Mayor Glass 8 9 Mr. Duiven 10 11 Mayor Glass 12 13 Mr. Duiven 14 15 Ms. Hines 16 17 Mayor Glass 18 19 Council Member Barrett 20 21 Mr. Duiven 22 23 Council Member Barrett 24 25 Mr. Duiven 26 27 Council Member Barrett 28 29 Vice Mayor Healy 30 31 Motion: Approve continuing the meeting after 11:00 p.m., as required by 32 Council’s Rules, Policies, and Procedures. 33 34 Moved by Tiffany Renée, seconded by David Glass. 35 36 Vote: Motion carried 7-0. 37 38 Yes: Chris Albertson; Teresa Barrett; David Glass; Mike Harris; 39 Mike Healy; Gabe Kearney; Tiffany Renée 40 No: None 41 Abstain: None 42 Absent: None 43 44 Mayor Glass 45 46 Council Member Renée 47 48 Mr. Duiven 49 50 Council Member Renée 51 52 Vol. XX, Page 14 December 5, 2011 Mr. Duiven 1 2 Council Member Renée 3 4 Mayor Glass 5 6 City Attorney Danly 7 8 Council Member Renée 9 10 City Attorney Danly 11 12 Council Member Barrett 13 14 Mayor Glass 15 16 Mr. Duiven 17 18 Mayor Glass 19 20 Council Member Barrett 21 22 Mr. Duiven 23 24 Council Member Barrett 25 26 Mayor Glass 27 28 City Attorney Danly 29 30 Council Member Barrett 31 32 City Attorney Danly 33 34 City Manager Brown 35 36 Mayor Glass 37 38 Vice Mayor Healy 39 40 Mr. Duiven 41 42 Vice Mayor Healy 43 44 Council Member Barrett 45 46 Mr. Duiven 47 48 Mayor Glass 49 50 City Attorney Danly 51 52 December 5, 2011 Vol. XX, Page 15 City Manager Brown 1 2 Mayor Glass 3 4 City Manager Brown 5 6 Council Member Renée 7 8 Council Member Barrett 9 10 Vice Mayor Healy 11 12 Motion: Approve B. Introduction (First Reading) of Ordinance 2422 13 N.C.S. Amending Chapters 4, 7, 8, and 24 of the City of Petaluma Implementing 14 Zoning Ordinance to Promote Economic Development. 15 16 Moved by Mike Healy, seconded by Tiffany Renée. 17 18 Vote: Motion carried 6-1. 19 20 Yes: Chris Albertson; David Glass; Mike Harris; 21 Mike Healy; Gabe Kearney; Tiffany Renée 22 No: Teresa Barrett 23 Abstain: None 24 Absent: None 25 26 ADJOURN 27 28 Motion: Adjourn the meeting. 29 30 Moved by Tiffany Renée, seconded by Teresa Barrett. 31 32 Vote: Motion carried 7-0. 33 34 Yes: Chris Albertson; Teresa Barrett; David Glass; Mike Harris; 35 Mike Healy; Gabe Kearney; Tiffany Renée 36 No: None 37 Abstain: None 38 Absent: None 39 40 The meeting was adjourned at 11:16 p.m. 41 42 43 ________________________________________ 44 D a v i d G l a s s , M a y o r 45 46 ATTEST: 47 48 49 50 ____________________________________________ 51 Claire Cooper, CMC, City Clerk 52