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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Minutes 04/18/1977MINUTES OF MEETING. ,OF CITY COUNCIL PETALUMA, CALIFORNIA APRIL 18, 19`77 REGULAR MEETING A Regular Meeting of the Petaluma City Council was called to order by Mayor Helen Putnam at the hour of 7:34 p.m. ROLL CALL Present:' Councilmen Brunner, Cavanagh, Harberson *, Hilligoss., Mattei Perry„ and Mayor Putnam Absent: None *Councilman Harberson arrived at 7:35 p.m. INVOCATION The invocation was given by Reverend Henry Rankin of Two Rock Presbyterian Church, rather than Reverend V_ Edward M. Underwood of the Evangelical Free Church as scheduled. PLEDGE OF Mayor Putnam acknowledged the presence of a group of ALLEGIANCE Weblo Scouts from Pack 74 and asked one of the scouts, Paul Salisbury, to lead the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. APPROVAL OF MINUTES The Minutes' of March 21, 1977, were approved as amended. MOTION TO ADD A motion to add an item regarding the.appointment of P. ITEM TO AGENDA Lawrence Klose as acting Legal Council was introduced -by Councilman Brunner and seconded by Councilman Harberson. Motion passed unanimously. APPOINT Resolution #7737 N.C.S. appointing P. Lawrence Klose r� � C P. LAWRENCE KLOSE acting Legal Counsel was introduced by Councilman (- J ACTING LEGAL Hill goss,, "seconded by Councilman Perry, and adopted by COUNSEL seven affirmative votes. RES #7737 NCS CONSENT CALENDAR Regarding Item #3, Councilman B- runner commented that Del Davis & Associates seemed to be handling many E for the City. Planning Director Ronald Hall replied that they have done an E.I.R. on the 7- Eleven Store at "D" Street and Petaluma Blvd., they are familiar with Petaluma and have a backlog•of information, and they do an excel- lent job, 'Councilman Brunner suggested it may be an opportunity for a buddy system, and Community Development and Services Coordinator-Frank Gray answered that the City supplies a list of consultants to the developer, and the developer chooses whomever he wants. A motion was made by Councilman Cavanagh, seconded by Councilman Perry to adopt items #1 through #3 on the Consent Calendar. Motion carried unanimously. Agenda Item #1 APPROVE AGREEMENT - OPERATION OF BUS SYSTEM UNION CITY TRANSIT, INC. RES #7738 NCS Agenda Item #2 LOT LINE ADJUSTMENT. 319 323 HOWARD ST. CAETANO & SIMARD RES #7739 NCS Agenda.Item #3 APPROVE AGREEMENT FOR EIR - 7- ELEVEN, 2 01 S.McDOWELL BLVD. RES #7740 NCS Resolution #7738 N.C.S. authorizing the Mayor to sign an agreement with Union City Transit, Inc., for the operation of the City's bus system was adopted - . Resolution #7739 N.C.S. approving lot line adjustment. - 319 and 323 Howard Street -- (Gaetano and Simard) was F l approved. Resolution #774.0 N.C.S. approving,agreement for prepara- tio.n and,submission of Environmental Impact`Report for proposed 7- Eleven Store, 201 South MCDowell.Blvd. with F Del Davis & Associates was approved. April 18, 1977 Q AMEND ZONING ORDINANCE x{'1072 NCS fre BY RECLASSIFYING Planning Director Ron Hall showed a viewfoil of the. project area. He, explained that 'Tom Gaffey was the applicant.and the property was being rezoned from M -L . PROPERTY. AT 10.10 (Light Industrial) to C -H (Highway Commercial) to allow LAKEVILLE ST., - a shopping center. The present uses already existing TOM GAFFEY are an auto repair, office space.' a carpenter shop, ORD #1240 NCS wholesale fish sales, warehousing., and a boat repair (SECOND READING:) and sales. Under M- L,. :boat sales is.not.an allowable use. Because the major tenant -owns the boat repair and sales; Mr. Gaffey is asking that-the property be rezoned to C -H to allow it. The Planning met with property owners along Lakeville Highway, and there was general agreement to rezone the property. Also„ the tenants at -1010 Lake- ville Highway own small businesses', so there should not be any additional traffic. Mr. Hall explained there is one.prob'lem„ though, and that is the shopping center shares common access with Moran Plumbing and a common right-of- way with Mini Stor. -It Warehouse. Presently, there is a spillover of parking onto Moran's property, but there are conditions which should take care of it. Mr. Hall ended his report by saying the.Planning Commission recommends approval of the rezoning:. Planning Commission Resolution No,. Z2 -77 submitted and filed. Planning staff report dated March 10, 1977, submitted and filed. Councilman Mattei asked why this property is referred to as a shopping center, and Mr. Hall answered it is not a shopping center in the usual sense; but a distinction has to be made between a single -use facility and a multi -use. fac- ility, Councilman Hilligoss inquired about the traffic expected to be generated. Mr. 'Hall replied traffic was a major concern of the•'Planning Commission, and conditions were imposed to permit only small -scale businesses which would not generate much additional traffic. After further discussion by the Council, the Public Hearing'was opened.. No communications regarding the proposal had been "received by the City Clerk. The Public Hearing had been duly noticed as required by law. Mr. Tom Gaffey spoke in favor of the rezoning- He said he would like to have customers as tenants who would be generators because they produce the best return and are the best.investment for him. Mr. 'Leon Bohling spoke in favor of th'e, project. He felt the site had been left to deteriorate before Mr.' Gaffey started a program .to revitalize the area and congratulated' Mr. Gaffey for what he had done to improve, the property. After further discussion, the Public Hearing was closed. Ordinance . #1240 ,N.G,.S. amending Zoning Ordinance #1072 N.C.S.. by reclassifying A.P. #005- 060 -38 (consisting of .approximately 1.12 acres) from M -L (Light Industrial,) to C- H,(Highway Commercial) located,at 1010 Lakeville Street - (Tom Gaffey) which had been introduced "by •Councilman Perry and second`ed.by Council- man Hilli -gos`s at the Meeting of ,April 4., 1977, was adopted by seven affirmative votes. Effective date is May 18, 1977. PUBL1G HEARING -- WEED ABATEMENT_ 1976 -7.7 RES 47741 NCS rl (0 - ( q . Mayor Putnam opened the P'ublic.Hearing. The notice of the Public Hearing and the parcels to be abated had been duly posted by the City, Clerk as required by law. Property owners had been Sent notices of abatement. ; No responses had been .received by the City Clerk., no comments were made at the Public Hearing, and the hearing was closed. Resolution 47741 N.C.S. ordering abatement of nuisances consisting of.weeds growing and rubbish, refuse,, and dirt existing upon the streets, sidewalks, parkways, and parcels of private property in the City of. Petaluma and ordering the Fire Chief to remove said weeds, refuse, and rubbish and dirt by contract or by his own forces was int- roduced by Councilman Harberson,,:seconded by Council- man Brunner, and adopted by seven affirmative votesi p p Charles D. Huffman advised bids were FOR WEE AWARD CONTRACT Purchasing Officer D ABATEMENT opened on April 13, 1977, at 11:00 a.m. for weed abate- n 1976 -7'7 merit contract,. The two bidders were C & I Enterprises RES 447742 NCS and Haynie Weed Abatement. Staff's recommendation was to award the bid to the low bidder, Haynie Weed Abate- ment of Petaluma, CA. Resolution : #7742 iI. C. S',. awarding contract to remove weed's l ere.to,for& declared to constitute a nuisance within the City of Petaluma wa's introduced by Council- man Perry, seconded by Councilman Harberson, and adopted by seven.;affirmative votes. ' q ,. .. ._ 1 ' j' April 18, 1977 r - _ AWARD CONTRACT City Engineer David Young reported eight bids were I LUCCHESI PARK received, and the apparent low bidder was not properly r ' DEVELOPMENT, PHASE I licensed.. The second lowest bidder, then, was Bresnan PROJECT 9602 & Dalecio.. Mr; Young felt, the. bids were competitive, RES #7743 NCS and there would be no advantage to going out to bid again. The recommendation was to award the contract to Bresnan & Dalecio; however, there was some question as t'o whether there would be sufficient funds to complete the entire project. if funds are not available for the'entire project, this firm has indicated they would be willing to nego tiate their contract to delete certain; items. •. City Manager Robert Meyer explained the parking and utilities are very expen- sive, and the comfort,stat on could be el- iminated. He advised $90,000 had been allocated to do the work and another $'80,659 authorized from Revenue Sharing. - If the entire contract 'is awarded', an additional $46,186 needs to be allocated. Finance Officer John Scharer suggested either all or a,por -ton of the remaining amount could be taken from funds encumbered for park development, bikepaths, CAL OSHA, or social services. Councilman Harberson said he felt the funds should come from park development, and the project should include the comfort station. Councilman Hilligoss said Lucchesi Park development had been dis- cus's'ed by the Recreation Commission; their feeling was that the project should go ahead completely and the funds allocated for this phase of the development. Resolution #7743 ii.C.S. awarding contract for Lucchesi Park Development Phase I (Project 9602) including tlie, comfort station,with remaining funds to come from Park Development was:ihtroduced by Councilman H lligoss, seconded by Councilman Harberson, and adopted by four affirmative and three negative votes. Councilmen Brunner, Mattei,, and Perry voted no because they did not agree on the matter of financing the project.. 'They are not opposed to the project, but they found themselves in the position o voting on both the project and financing. CITY MANAGER'S REPORTS: CLAIMS & BILLS Resolution #7744 N.C.S.. approving_ claims and bills RES #7744 NCS #1925 199'8„ inclusive,, General City; and #346 -364, inclusive-, Water, approved for payment by the City manager, was introduced by Councilman Perry, seconded by Councilman Cavanagh, and adopted by seven affirmative votes. WATER EMERGENCY Mr-. Meyer reported there would be a meeting Tuesday, STATUS April 19, 1977, between.water contractors and the County regarding the Russian River and the Sonoma County Water Agency's budget for next year. Councilman Cavanagh inquired about the status of the City parks, the pond water, and water trucks. Community Development and Ser- vices Coordinator Frank Gray explained.wells are operational in McNear, Wicker- sham, and Walnut .Parks. Some areas will be ,hand watered, but the large turf areas in parks without wells 'will not be irrigated. A portion of La Tercera will be watered and a.portion will not be watered; Miwok will not. Mr. Meyer explained the City does not have enough manpower and time to hand water those parks without wells. Mayor Putnam suggested postponing any further discussion to May 2, 1977, when more information w11 be available regarding a program for watering, what the possibilities are, what can be done with additional man- power, etc. Regarding the' water truck, Mr. Gray explained that it has arrived with a plumbing adaptation, and it's ready to hook up to the City's system. The fire tanker and a`truck from the Sewer Department are also being-used. As far las.the pond water goes, Mr. 'Gray explained a letter of permission was received to use that water. on City property for City projects. Due to comments made by the 'Sonoma'County'Public Health Of -f =ices, the City will.not have permis- sion to use the reclaimed water for private purposes until May 17. Mr. Meyer advised two wells should be drilled by May 'l5, 1977. Mr. Meyer reported that the Office of'Emergency Services in S:ac- ramento is providing Drought Response Training and Technical Assista -nce in the areas of Water Con servation Management and Drought Contingency Planning Tuesday, May 10, 1977, in Santa Rosa. RECESS Mayor Putnam called'a ree'es's at 9:09 p.m., and the Council reconvened at 9 °:15 p.m. April 18, 1977 \ ESTABLTSH PETALUMA City Manager Robert Meyer explained that Mr. • ro people t HOUSING FINANCE McCartt suggested citizen participation n e housing COMMITTE E and finance program; ram; various peo .le wrot` e letter RES # 74 NCS asking to serve. The.nine people chosen to serve on the committee had different interests, widely divergent occupations and various backgrounds. Mr. Meyer said that the committee shouldn't .be too large or the purpose of the.grou,p wouldn't be served; however, additional names could be ;added at a later date: Those people chosen to be on the committee a-re Herbert Bundesen, David Voss, Lou Rasmussen, Charles.Dawson, Robert Fulwiler, Martin Gavrilof.f, Gloria Letinich, Helaine Dorenfeld and Larry Vol'at. Resolution X67`745 N..C.S'. es'tab'lishing the Petaluma Housing 1..inance Committee and appointing members to said committee was introduced by Councilman Retry,, seconded by Councilman Harber-son, and, adopted by seven, a1firmat -ive votes. OTHER REPORTS; CPR TRAINING_`. City Manager Robert Meyer reported the Public Health Department would like to come before. the Council and make a 40 - minute presentation regarding- CPR Training, Mayor Putnam replied the training is very good and there is an interest in the pro: will have to be set aside for now until budget review has been COUINTY- -WIDE, Mr. Meyer said he sent a copy of a summary ,of the PUBL-I`C SAFETY proposed Public Safety Communications System for :Sonoma COMMUNICATIONS County to the Mayor and Council. There will be discus - SYSTEM lion at a later. date with the. idea of getting Council's approval or disapproval regarding' this County =wide consolidation. FOURTH OF JULY Mr. Meyer advised that more money will b'e-need'ed for PROGRAM the 4th of July Program in order to have additional booths:. He will report back to the.Council when he has more precise figures. HUD FUNDS Mr. Meyer explained.Petaluma will be receiving from the Department of Housing and Urban Development $'220,000, which is almost half the amount allocated to Sonoma County. COUNCIL REPORTS FIREWORKS Councilman Brunner reported that Sebastopol and Rohnert Park ate going to sell fireworks this year no matter what the other cities decide to do,. i LEGISLATION Councilman Cavanagh reported the Councilrshould take � ( AFFECTING CITIES. action on four.,proposed bills: AB 1265;, the Moscone 1 Q Act, Executive Session for appointment of' all offcer:s' ` SB 90, : revisions proposed,in State - mandated cost reimbursement law{; SB 164 ., compulsory and binding arbitration; and HR 4703, Community Development Block Grant 'Reauthor;zation Bill. A motion supporting AB 1265 and HR 4703 and opposing SB 90, and SB 164 was introduced by Councilman.Cavanagh and seconded by Councilman H lligo::ss. Motion passed unanimously. OTHER REPORTS Councilman Hilligoss reported attended a committee meeting at the California Lea;gue,of. Cities regarding leisure services. One of the main topics of discussion was the.Dra'ft Urban Recreation Policy for the State Parks and Recreation Department. The State Recreation Department is thinking of getting involved. in State urban parks by not only buying the land but developing and maintain -ing i She was against the policy because they had no overall policy to begin with. She felt it was poor planning to go from no policy to an urban : ;policy. REPORT.ON EPA City Engineer David-Young advised.he had attended a PROPOSED PRE workshop session and briefing by EPA where. their pro - TREATMENT posal for pre - treatment industrial waste was discussed. REGULATIONS EPA believes they are doing a fair job throughout the April 18, 1977 REPORT ON EPA United States on controlling point sources of indus PROPOSED PRE- trial discharge into the waters of the nation. How- TREATMENT ever, they ,feel they are doing an economic inustice,to REGULATIONS the point sources they- are controlling in that they do (Continued) not equally cont -rol those industries that discharge wastes into the waters of the .municipal systems. In the February issue of the Federal Register alternative approaches to this control of waste, from the pre-treatment point of view•, were published. The objectives of EPA's four. proposals are to prevent the pass- through to the waters of the nation and to not interfere with municipal treatment works. Mr. Young explained he felt EPA was concerned that the regulations must be accept- able to the entire country, but California, which "has been a leader in the pre- treatment field, wondered why there couldn't be s't'andards applicable to given areas. Mr. Young also stated Petaluma has a small industrial base, but it is very vital, so we have a large stake in EPA's proposal. Mr. Young then showed the various options on the viewfa l and explained them. He also stated industries do not want.anything done about the situation, but if it has to be done, they would prefer local control. The major utilities are also asking for more local control. Further discussion followed, and Mayor Putnam asked Mr. Young to keep the Council 'informed of future developments. DENY TWO OUTSIDE Community Development and Services Coordinator Frank WATER & SEWER Gray explained the 'Council granted an outside water � 51�13 CONNECTIONS-- connection to Mr. John Lake for a nursery school /day 821 SUNNYSLOPE RD. care center on the site of his house. Mr. Lake has now RES #7746 NCS applied to the County to divide off the house and day care center and to create three additional lots. The County has referred the matter to the City, and Mr.' Lake has had to apply for outside water and sewer connections from the City. The problem is one of policy, whether the Counc liwants.,1to;:grant a water connection outside the City limits in this time of drought. As yet, there is no existing policy regarding outside water connections. Discussion followed with the general feeling that the City should look after the people within the.City limits before allowing the creation of new lots and granting outside water and sewer connections. Resolution #7746 N.C.S. granting two residential outside water and two resi- dential outside sewer connections to John G. Lake, for.property known as 821 Sunnyslope Road, Petaluma -- (A.P. #19- 201 -14) was introduced by Councilman Perry, seconded by Councilman Brunner, and defeated by one affirmative and six negative votes. Mr. Brunner voted aye. Mr. Gray advised a draft_ resolution, outlining the Council's policy regarding outside water and sewer connections during the drought would be prepared for Council's consideration. ROYAL EARLS EXTEND TIME EIGHT RESIDENTIAL ALLOT - MENT UNITS (60 DAYS) Planning Director Ron. Hall explained eight residential �Q allotments for the 1976 -77 construction year had been (� awarded to Mr. Royal Earls near the East Washington /(� _ 77 Street interchange. Mr. Earls does not plan to proceed with the project, and the Planning staff recommends rescinding the allotment. Reverend Marvin Barbee stated there was a buyer for the property, and requested an extension of time be granted.. After some discussion, a motion extending Royal Earl's allotment for 60 days was introduced by Councilman Harberson and seconded by Councilman Hilligoss. Motion passed unanimously. MANUEL PACHECO Mr. Manuel Pacheco explained that he would like to add,���. EXTEND TIME Mr. Jack L,. Hart'_s.._name to his 50 -unit allocation. SO RESIDENTIAL Community Development and Services Coordinator. Frank 76o - ALLTOMENT UNITS Gray said if Mr. Hart is the builder, then the allotment (30 DAYS) should be transferred to Mr.. H'art's name. After some discussion, Mr. Pacheco requested a 30 -day extension to work on the project and to contact Mr. Hart. A motion to grant Manuel Pacheco a 30 -day extension of time was introduced by Councilman Mattei and seconded by Councilman Harberson. Motion passed unanimously. April 18, 1977 . / SUSPENDING TIME Ordinance #1239 N.C.S. suspending time .for abatement of ABATEMENT OF SIGNS certain signs and outdoor advertising structures which & OUTDOOR ADUERTTSING was introduced by Councilman Cavanagh and seconded by STRUCTURES Councilman'Perry at the 'Meeting of April 4, 1977, was ORD #1 NCS adopted by seven affirmative vot;es. , Effe.ctive date is May 18,1977. ADJOURNMENT: There being no further business to come before the Council the meeting was adjourned at 10:37 p.,.rm:, to an Executive Session; to -an Executive Session Apr- -1 25, 1977, at 7:00 p.m.; and, to an Adjourned Meeting April 25, 1977, at 7;30 p.m. Mayor 1 Attest: Debuty City Clerk