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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Minutes 08/01/197718'1 MINUTES OF MEETING OF CITY : COUNCIL PETALUMA, .CALIFORNIA AUGUST 1,, 19,77 REGULAR MEETING The Regular, Me'eting of the Petaluma City Council was called to order by Mayor Helen Putnam at the hour of 7:30 p.m. ROLL CALL Present: Councilmen Bals'haw, Bond, Cavanagh, Harberson *, Hilligoss, Vice -Mayor Perry *, and Mayor Putnam. Absent: None. %Vice - Mayor T er,ry arrived at 7:35 p.m., and Councilman Harberson arrived at 7:58 p,.m. INVOCATION The Reverend Brian Vanciel of the Church of the Naza- rene gave the Invocation. PLEDGE 'OF ALLEGIANCE Mayor Putnam asked Kathleen Garvey,.83 Maria Drive, to lead the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. Mayor Putnam advised the audience that Kathleen had been an exchange student last year in Japan and had a guest with her and asked Miss Garvey to introduce her gues't. Miss Garvey then introduced Mr. Toshinori Otake, who was the host father when she visited Japan last year. Mr. Otake teaches English in Japan. APPROVAL OF MINUTES The minutes of the Regular Meeting of July 5, 1977, were approved as mailed. The minutes of the Adjourned Meeting, of July ll,, 1977, were approved as mailed. The minutes of the Special Meeting July 18, 1977, were approved as mailed. CONSENT CALENDAR Mayor Putnam asked the Council if there was any one of the nine items on the Consent Calendar which the Council wished to have removed. Councilman Cavanagh requested Item #6 be removed and Mayor Putnam indicated the matter would become #2 : 0 -A on-the Agenda. Vice -Mayor Perry requested Item #4 on the Consent Calendar'be removed. Mayor Putnam indicated this would then become #17 -A. A motion was then made by Vice -Mayor Perry seconded by Councilman',Balshaw, to adopt Resolutions for Items #1 #2, #3, X67, #8 and #9, and introduce the Ordinance, Agenda Item • #5. Motion carried unanimously. Agenda Item #1 CALL FOR BIDS -- ONE 1937 OR 1978 . GASOLINE MOTOR SCOOTER RES #7848 NCS Agenda Item #2 APPROVE CLAIM FOR DAMAGES OF THOMAS E. KIDDER RES #7849 NCS Agenda Item #3 DENY CLAIM FOR DAMAGES -- HOWARD S., TONY A. AND FLOYD G. SAMPSON RES #7850 NCS Agenda Item #5 INTRODUCE ORDINANCE TO REZONE NJE:CORNER OF LAKEVILLE AND -E. WASHINGTON STREETS ORD #1259 NCS Resolution #7848 N.C..S. authorizing the purchase of one new 1977 or 1978'gasolne motor scooter for the Police (oc; Department, was adopted. Resolution #7.84:9 N.`G.S._ approving claim for damages for � S Thomas E. Kidder, was adopted. Resolution #7850 N.G.S. denying claim for damages of �� Howard S. Sampson, Tony A. Sampson, and Floyd G. Sampson, was adopted. Qrdi_.nance. Jt12591 N.0 $'. amending Zoning. Qrdinance A072 , . N.C.S. hey .reclassi,f� ng and rez' ni_,ng .A.P.. J17- Q82 -21, 17- 0.$2 -22 and J17- 082 -30. (consisting . of, a p 'oximatel .4 acre)..from C -N and: M -L to C-11 (HighwayE x ommercia1 located at the northeast corner of Lakeville and E'as't Washington Streets (Kragen's) was introduced and ordered published by 7 affirmative votes. August 1, 1977 Agenda Item #7 AUTHORIZE 'SIGNING & ENDORSING CHECKS WELLS FARGO BANK HUD 31`2 LOANS' ESCROW ACCOUNT RES #785`1 NC& Agenda Item #8 5 APPROVE CLASSIFICA- TION—PUBLIC WORKS C t SUPERVISOR t RES #78'52 NCS Agenda Item #9. APPROVE CLAIMS. AND :BILLS RES #7853 NCS APPROVE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC WORKS 'REPbkT OF COST' OF WEED ABATEMENT {� RES #7854 NCS Resolution #7851 N.C.:S. authorizing signing and en- dorsing checks, warrants, and other instruments (active and inactive commercial accounts)' (HUD 312 Loans - Escrow Account) was adopted. Resolution #785.2'N.C.S. establishing the classification title, specifications, one position, and. salary range for 'a Public Works Superyisor, was adopted. Resolution #7853 N,.C,.S. approving claims and bills #2634 = #2798, inclusive, General City; and, #502 - #518, inclusive, Water, approved for payment by the City Manager,, was adopted. .Fire Marshal Clyde' Thomas advised 4.99 notices had `been sent out for properties which were subject to weed abatement. The total number of lots abated was 133. The expenses for the weed abatement was $5,857.35 The income was $6,,,524.59. 'The balance, of $667.24 would cover the administrative charge's for billing, etc.. Fire Marshal Thomas advised the bills for the abatement would be mailed the following day, Any statement not paid by August 22 would be added to the property owners' tax bill. Mayor Putnam opened the Public Hearing. There were no comments from the audience, none had 'been received by the `City Clerk, and the Public Hearing was, ordered cl o sped Resolut1on W1854 `N. C.. S. confirming Superintendent of `Public Works r•epor -t of cost of abatement, of weeds, rubbish, refuse and dirt existing upon the streets, sidewalks, parkways and parcels of private property in the City of'Petaluma, ordered abated by:Resolution #7741 N.C.S., was" adopted by 6 afffirmative and 1 dbsentee, votes. �� 1� PUBLIC HEARING -- Associa "te r Planner Fred Tar reviewed the staff report REZONE 587, 807 809 from the Planning Department to the Planning Commis- LAKEVI -LLE STREET FROM sion -, a copy of which is on file with the City Clerk. Al M -L (LIGHT INDUSTRIAL) Excerpts of the Planning Commission Minutes of July 6,, TO C- H,(HIGHWAY 1977, submitted and filed; Planning Commission Reso COMMERCIAL) lution No. Z7 -77; adopted July 6, '1977, submitted and' - ORD #1255 NC S filed; Notice of the Public Hearing , had been published (SECOND READING) by the City Clerk as required by law and notices were sent tb 30 property owners within a 300 -foot radius of the subject ,propert'ies. Mayor Putnam declared the Public' Hearing opened. There were no comments from the audience; none had been received by the City Clerk, and the p;ub'lic hearing was declared closed.. Ordinance #1255 N.G.S. amending Zoning Ordinance #1072 N.C.S. by reclassifying . and rezoning A.P. #7- 111 -47, #7- 11-48, #7- 111 -49•, and #3" 111- 50 (consisting of .5 acre) from M -L (Light Industrial.) to C -H (Highway Commercial) 16;cate'd at 58.7, 803 and 8`09 Lakeville Street (Elmer Fisk) was 'adopted by 6 affirmative and 1 absentee votes. Effective date of Ordinance, August 31, 1977. 5 ACCEPT RESIGNATION ALBERT BRIANS FROM OF A defter dated July 27, 1977, to Mayor -'Putnam, from uns, 8Q10 P e Hill Road, Penngrove,, BOARD OF BUIhDINC -aluma Cali fornia, resign.rng, from the Petaluma Board of, Appeals Pp- REVIEW as of July 31, 1- 9,7,7, is on f - ile with the City Clerk. RES X67855 NCS Mayor Putnam commended Mr. Brians for his_many' years of service to the City a member of the Board.of Building Review and Board of Appeals and asked that a letter be writiten. to him. Resolution X1855 !,_C.S. accepting the resignation of Albert Brians from the Board of Building. Review and Board of Appeals, was adopted by '6.affIrmative and 1 absentee votes. �r August 1, 1977 CITY MANAGEW S.REPORTS STATUS OF WATER WELL City Manager Robert.Meyer reported he had attended the PRODU:CTION_'& AQUEDUCT Board of Supervisors Meeting this afternoon from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m.;, when there was some discussion on what the County planned to do with the wells they have installed. The contracting cities were present -at the meeting,. Mr.. Meyer: - reported the County is reluctant at this time to test the wells;, however, the water contractors felt the wells should be tested. in order to determine what the actual production will be -. Mr. Meyer suggested that since the Board of Supervisors sits as the Board of Direc- tors of the Sonoma County Water Agency, he felt t, was important for them to assign one of their members to attend the meeting of the contracting agencies in order to provide liaison tb the Board of Supervisors. Because of possible lawsuits, if individual property, owners are deprived of water in their private wells, the County was urged to test their wells immediately. They have agreed to the testing; however, the wells will monitored very closely, and if any problems seem to arise, the wells will be shut down. The report regarding the Aqueduct is still the same. The Sonoma. County Water Agency feels-there will-be a supply available until- October or November. Mr. Meyer stated the County wells which..are in operation, i.e., the Todd Road, Sebastopol and Occidental wells, are producing 1.7, 1.36, and 1.75 MGD, respec- tively. The eight contractors now have the capacity of 24.3 MGD due to the additional wells that have been drilled. This .figure does' not include the. Rohnert Park wells. Santa Rosa has 7.4 MG. CITY COUNCIL.REPORTS Councilman Hilligoss reported the Recreation, Music and Parks Commission held a study session last Wednesday. The Chairman of the Commission assigned a special interest to each member of the Commission to investigate and report back. Vice -Mayor Perry advised the group of Japanese. students had been guests of the City at the Petaluma Swim tenter and were given a tour of'the facilities. Councilman Balshaw stated that even though he has not formerly been installed as a member of the Planning Commission, he attended the last public hearing, and stated he feels there is going to be a policy issue facing- the City Council regarding the Petaluma Sky Ranch. The Council would either be receiving a negative reaction from the Planning Commission or an appeal from the applicant. Mr. Balshaw feels if the City declares the-airpora property as open space, it cannot bring it into the City under any other designation. Mayor Putnam asked City- Attorney Larry Klose to research the matter and report back to the Council. APPROVE LOT LINE Vice -Mayor Perry had asked for this :item to be removed ���r � ADJUSTMENT- -62 "D" from the Consent Calendar for discussion at this time. AND 630 "E" STREET He questioned whether the lot line adjustment was the (MITTELMAN & LAYNE) correct procedure to take until the land is released by RES V7856 NCS the mortgagee. City Attorney Larry Klose advised the approval for the.lot.line adjustment has to come first before the release•by the mortgagee. Associate Planner Fared Tarr advised the City is in receipt of the legal descrip- tion of the line. The owners are in agreement. A letter has been received from the Layne's asking the City Council to approve the lot line adjustment. The Mit- telmans and Laynes are working out a deed or agreement of sale., which is satisfactory to both parties. Resolution #785.6 N.C.S. approving lot line adjustment for properties located at 625 "D" Street ,(A. #8- 201 -05) and 603 "E" Street (A.R. #8- 201 -16) (Richard Mittelman and Chester Layne) was introduced by Vice -Mayor Perry, seconded by Councilman Hilligoss, and adopted by 7 affirmative votes. CITY . ATTORNEY' S The _memorandum dated July.. 28, .19.77_, • directed to the OPINION RE CONFLICT Mayor and members of 'the b.y. City Attorney. OF INTEREST -- MEMBERS Lawrence Klose,'had been submitted to members of the OF ADVISORY BOARDS Council and a copy is on file with the City Clerk. The opinion from the City Attorney was the result of a question in a letter from R. L. Comyms, 1424'Tanager Lane, regarding on the Recreation, Music, and Parks Commission. Mr. Klose stated a person who serves on a non - profit organization may sit on a City Commission. When matters are discussed concerning the . nori = profit organization in "which he is interested, he should disqualify himself'whenever an item of business affecting his orga nizat;ion is being considered by the Commisssion, 1 gp _. August 1, 1977 REQUEST FOR DRIVEWAY By means of the viewfoil, Assistant City Engineer ACCESS- -NEW CAULFIELD Thomas Hargis located the subject property for the LANE EXTENSION benefit of the City Council. Mr. Hargis stated Mr. (WILLIAM GIPPLE,) Gipple has access off Crinella Drive however, he: is requesting permission to -make a new.driveway access off Caulfield Lane'Extension. This new access, would require an excavation permit. The staff recommends denial since Caulfield Lane will be a four -lane arterial street with no parking permitted The Engineering staff feels a driveway access onto 'C'aulfield Lane would be. hazardous. Mr. Hargis also explained, that most of the property along the new construction has a one -foot non - access easement which would prohibit driveways from entering onto the Caulfield Lane Extension. There are, however:,. three houses which do not have this one -foot non- access; easement.. Mr. Gip spoke in favor of. the 'proposal. He indicated, the inter'sec -ion of Crinella Drive and Caulfield Lane would have a four -way stop sign.wh ch would slow traffic. The 'reason for. his request is. they would like to .convert the present garage into living space and build a new garage'at the rear of the property with the access onto Caulfield Lane,. Mr. Gipple stated it was his understanding there were. three houses in the, ar_ea.that did not have,-covenants for the non- access easement.: He has spoken to the other , property owners and they have no interest at this time for access onto Caulfield Lane. Mayor Putnam asked.the :'City Attorney how the covenants would- affect the .City. Mr..Klose indicated he did.not feel the City would be •required to grant access onto Caulfield Lane as long as the pro_p.erty owner had reasonable access•to his property, and in this case, Mr. Gipple has access on Crinella Drive. There was some discussion.about the current traffic problems and +Councilman Harberson indicated the Traffic Committee has been meeting with the residents of .Caulfield Lane and questioned whether they were still concerned about traffic in the area. 'Mr. Hargis .indicated the citizens,are still concerned _ about speeding in the area. The Police Department is monitoring the section on a limited bas'i's; however, since !school is out of 'sess.ion for the summer, the.' problem. has. eased, somewhat. 'The .extension of Caulfield Lane., however, will accentuate the problems,-especially if the new residential development on,the easterly side of 'Ely Blvd. is completed.. Further discussion was held regarding the house at the corner- of Caulfield 'La and 'McDowell Blvd.. which the City was required to purchase in order for the extension of Caulfield Lane to go through. Councilman Balshaw ind'ic'ated he-did not feel it would be proper to allow access for this piece of property onto. Caulfield Lane where others would be denied. The City Attorney stated.if the house had to be purchased from a private owner at this time and the City had to remove the garage, there would.be responsibility for the City to provide an access to the property. City Manager Robert Meyer' indicated he was not certain u4hether access could be provided ,from :McDowell Blvd. Mayor Putnam stated she did not feel the matter could be resolved without some further review and continued the discussion to. the meeting of'.August 15:,. 1977. DESIGNATE SONOMA CO. r 3� PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE �O ENFORCEMENT AGENCY-- \ SOLID WASTE CONTROL ACT OF 1916 RES #1857 NC'S Resolution #78-57 N..C.S,. designating Sonoma,County Public.Health Service as the Enforcement Agency under the Z•'Berg Kapiloff Solid Waste Control Act of 1976, was introduced by Vice - Mayor Perry, seconded by Council- man Balshaw, and ,adopted by 7 aff=irmative. votes ACCEPT q fromthea Cavana ConsentCalendar. He uestioned whe 1 � WHEELCHAIR -- c had asked t have this item the em rem oved PROJECT 9410 contractor had completed the 83 ramps called for in the (CDG•1 -76.) bid document. Assistant City Engineer Thomas Hargis RES #7858 NCS advised 83, ramps -had been.- completed,; however,, some which were des- ignat.ed on the' specifications were 're- located. Some of the relocations were made at the request of property, owners and others were made where they discovered manholes or other utilities and the ramps could not *be. built. In addition, 'Councilman Cavanagh_ questioned the change order for extra•sidewalks as appeared on..the summary of the completed project. Mr. Hargis explained there were some places where sidewalk ramps were installed and the adjacent paved .areas were in, poor, condition and 'had to be replaced:. This° resulted in 52.5, square feet of paving at a cost of $5..55 a square foot, for a total of $291.38 in the change order. Resolution 47858 N.C.S. accepting completion of wheelchair ramps, Project 9410 (CDG 1 -76) was introduced by Councilman Harberson, seconded by Vice -Mayor Perry, and adopted by 7 affirmative votes. August 1, 1977 I,G t APPROVE PLANS=- ANIMAL The architectural firm,of Lieb and Quaresma of Petaluma_ CONTROL. CENTER had prepared the. plans and specifications for the EXPANSION expansion of the Animal Control Center. The bid open AND CALL FOR BIDS ing date is scheduled for September 8, 1977. Police - RES #7859 NCS, Chief Robert Murphy explained,preliminary plans had been submitted approximately ,six months ago; however, it was necessary to make some.minor changes ;ih order to keep within the budgeted amount. As 'a result, some of the dog runs and one restr in the office were deleted. The estimate is still about $6,000 more than the budgeted figure. Councilman Cavanagh questioned if proper planning had been exercised for the size of the dog runs. Chief Murphy felt the alternatives for the building had been thoroughly explored. Mr. Richard Lieb, representing the firm of Lieb and Quaresma, advised his firm'has prepared plans and specifications for about 12 similar installations. He and th_e.Animal Control Officer had visited the Marin Humane .Society building- and felt the plans submitted would present a very workable scheme. Resolution #7859 N.C.S. approving plans and specifications, and calling for bids September 8, 1977, for expansion of the Animal Control Shelter, was introduced by Vice -Mayor Perry, seconded by Councilman Cavanagh, and adopted by 7 affirmative votes. SOUTH COUNTY A letter dated July 12, 1977, directed to Mayor Helen REGIONAL PARK Putnam by Joseph D. Rodota, Director, Sonoma County Reg onal.Parks, had been distributed to members of the Council and was not read by the City Clerk but is on file: Councilman Harbersot pointed out some sections of the ,letter which he felt needed clarification. He suggested Mr. Rodota, and possibly Supervisor DeLong, be invited back to the Council meeting to clarify some of the problems. Councilman Hilligoss indicated a meeting she and Jim Raymond had attended, the Sonoma County Parks Advisory Committee still feels the Varnhagen property would be the most suitable, If 'the selection was the Gray property, this would be an activity -type park which would be in the immediate vicinity of .Lucchesi Park. Councilman Hilligoss stated she asked if the money to be allocated for a South County Regional Park could be used to develop Lucchesi Park, and she further asked if there was any inter,es,t in the purchase of the Lafferty Ranch property. Both questions were negatively answered. Some further discussion was held regarding how to resolve the matter. City Manager Robert Meyer suggested' the Council ask for time on the Board of Super- visors' Agenda. Mayor Putnam *suggested the City invite Supervisor DeLong to come and discuss the matter with the City Council. If Mr. DeLong is unable to meet with the Council, then time should be requested on a Board of Supervisors'. Agenda. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business to come before the Council, the meetingwas adjourned at 9:55 p.m. to an Executive Session, and to Monday, August 8, 1977, to a time immediately following the meeting of the Petaluma Community Development Commission scheduled'for 4:00 p.m. Mayor Attest:: y Clerk