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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 03/20/1978MINUTES.'0•F"MEETING OF-CITY COUNCIL PETALUMA, CALIFORNIA MARCH 20, 1978 REGULAR_.ME`ETING The regular meeting of the Petaluma City _Council was called to order by'Mayor Helen Putnam at 7:30 p.m. ROLL CALL Present: Councilmen Balshaw, Bond, Cavanagh, Harberson, Hilligass, Perry and, Putnam. } INVOCATION The Reverend Hugh Coss of the•Firs Presbyterian Church gave the invocation. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Mayor Putnam asked.Reverend.Goss to lead the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. APPROVAL OF:MINUTES The of the.regu•lar meeting of February 21, 19'78 were approved -as corrected. CONSENT CALENDAR City Attorney -Larry Kl.ose.asked to have Item 10, an ordinance amending�the:.Zoning.:Ordinance to reduce criminal :penalties f'or-.violaton' thereof from a mis demeanor to an infraction, removed from••the� �Consent.'Calendar'. A: motion was then made by Vice - Mayor. Perry, seconded by Councilman Bond to adopt the res olutions Agenda Items 1 through .6,, post the- ..ordinance., Agenda Item #7, and publish the ordinances, Agenda.Items. #8 and #9. Motion carried unanimously. Agenda Item #1 ACCEPT COMPLETION' CAULFI'ELD LANE EXTENSION. PROJECT #9621 RES #8120 NCS Resolution. No:..8= 120.�N.C;.S;. accepting completion of the Caul'fiel& Lane improvements from. Crinella Drive to South McDowell Blvd., Petaluma (Project.#9621) was adopted. Agenda Item ;#2 Resolution No'. 8121 N,..C.,S. accepting completion of... ACCEPT COMPLETION public improvements; Parcel Map #102., Lands of Bars.tone PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS- Sambo's Restaurant was adopted:. SAMBO' S RES #8121 NCS Agenda Item #3 = Resolution No. 8122 =N.C.S. authorizing the purchase of AUTHORIZE PURCHASE one utility .body for the new one,.ton truck for the UTILITY BODY FOR Water Department was- -adopted-.!. ONE TON TRUCK RES #8122 NCS- Agenda Item #4 Res'olution•,No-._ N..C...S,t . Approving plans •and speci- CALL FOR BIDS -- fications: for traffic signals and street - improvements., TRAFFIC SIGNALS Petaluma Blvd'. North -and. Lakeville Street, Project No. AND STREET 9620 and calling,f.or bids.-on April 18, 1978 was adopted. IMPROVEMENTS PETALUMA BLVD. NORTH & LAKEVILLE ' STREET RES ' #8123 ' NCS' • Agenda Item #5 Resolution No. 8124 N.C.&. approving plans and speci- CALL %FOR BIDS--"B ficat ons for, sanitary, sewer installation., "NB Street STREET SANITARY' from,' Second str.ee.t to Po's.t. ;Street and Post „S.treet from SEWER INSTALLATION "B" Street - to Bassett Street -Project #WP1 - (4.002- PROJECT 4�WP1 =76 9115:): and •cal n'g fo,r bids, April 18, 1978 'was adopted. RES '# 81 -NCS' Agenda Item 46 Resolution No. 8125 N.C,,.S. approving claims and bills APPROVE CLAIMS AND 'Nos .'4413 - 4547, incfusive,,:General City; and, Nos. BILLS 8-5-8 - 879, 'inclusive;' Water, -was adopted. RES #8125 NCS A War. . March 20, 19.78 Agenda Item 17 ORDINANCE PROVIDING REGULATIONS FOR MOORING IN'PETALUMA RIVER ORD-#1284 NCS Agenda Item i/8 AMEND 'ZONING ORDINANCE' TO ESTABLISH PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT. PROCEDURES ORD #1285 NCS . Agenda I t em #9- • AMEND 'ZONING ORDI- NANCE TO PROVIDE' FOR ABATEMENT OF - SIGNS; PERMIT OFF- SITE SIGNS; CONSOL- IDATE SIGN PERMIT PROCEDURES , r - ORD #1286 NCS:-. Ordinance.No. 1284 N.C.'S -. of the City of'Petaluma repealing Chapter 13.24. of the Petaluma Municipal Code, and.adopting a.:new:Chapter 13.,24 to provide regulations for :mooring in the Petaluma River was introduced and ordered posted. Ordinance 'No.. 1285 - N'X- S .. amending Zoning Ordinance No. 1072 N.,C.S. by adding.Sections'19 -1000 through 19- 1005.4 thereto.,to. establish, planned unit development. (P -U -D) district procedures was 'introduced and ordered puKished. Ordinance , No. 128.6 :N- C.l.S. of the City: of Petaluma amend ing.0.rdinance No:.. 1072 „N;..C.S., the ,Zoning Ordi- nance, to, provide ,fo,r. abatement :of` signs which were nonconforming. at, the time; they were erected permitting continuing .use of lawfully erected signs upon ob'tain- ing a ,permit.therefor,, permitting off-sit:e sign's, consolidating, s' gn•perm t':'procedures into_ said Zoning Ordinance making ,related and conforming changes to the Petaluma, Municipal. Code; was introduced and ordered published:.- AMEND: ZONING ORDI Planning Commission: Resolution Z5 -78 ad`o.pted,Februa -ry NANCE TO - REZONE , 7 , 1978 recommending; approval; of the 'rezoning) submitted A. P. #00:6- 480 -15 and :f`iled...'P.lanning, staff, xepor.t dated. Janua=ry 1-,7,. GILBERT- -LARCH DRIVE 1978. submitied..and :filed.- , Excerpts ,of the minutes of ORD #1279 NCS the, .P.lann ng Commission:;of February 7, 1978 submitted (SECOND READING) and ,filed. . ,Notice of the Public Hearing had been advertised as required bylaw. Planning, Director Ronald Hall reviewed the staff ,report and stated, the pro posed zoning change from R- 1- 6,5'O'O:,to,R71- 204000 on the property located. between West Street and Bodega Avenue would bring the zoning into conformity with -the designation on the.Envir.onmental Design Plan and the General Plan. The zoning also conforms to the,.lot split for the parcel.. Mayor Putnam :opened the Pub 1ic`.Hearing.. No,. comments were received from the audience No correspondence, had been. received .by :.the City Clerk ,and the Public Hearing was declared closed.. Ordinance'No. 1.279 N.C.,S. amending Zoning Ordinance No. 1072 N. =C :S, by re- classifying and rezoning A..P. #00,6-4,80-15 (approximate three acres), from. R 1- 6,500' to-R -1- 20,,000 - Gilbert.was adopted,.. .'Effective date of ord hanceG April, 19 1918. , AMEND, ZONING ORD.I Planning Commission Resolution No. Z3 recommend NANCE REZONE A. P. approval of the rezoning. and..adopted February 2`2'; 1.978 #006- 092 -I3 'FROM :C - -H. submitted and filed. Planning staff report •dated T0. R =C 16 WEST STREET February 14, 19,78 submt,ted..and filed,. Pub;l,c Hearing ORD #1282 NCS had. been adver-tised.by�.the.C'ity Clerk as.required by law. Planning Director Ronald Hall' reviewed the „staff report., The site is currently a single_ family residence ,surrounded _ by,:an .open,,lot to the rear and single- family homes-on .other- side&. ;The existing..houseAs" proposed. to be converted' into a,- duplex., A Negative Declaration had -been, filed on the pr- ojec,t.. The rezoning would conform with the; General •.P.lan and,.the. Environmental Design 'Plan Lor the area.. S'everal..condi,tions were applied' "to..the site design,. Mayor .Putnam ,opened the Public Hearing,. No.!comments were received from the audience. The City Clerk ;had. -.no correspondence and the Public;Hear- ing was declared closed :' - Ordinance No. 1.282 N.C.S:.. amen drig..Z'on ng Ordinance No:. 107,2 N.C.S. by re- classifying and' rezoning..A.P. #0.06- 092 -13 .•'(.approximately 7 ,000 square feet) from C' -H (Highway Commercial) to R -C. (Compact :Residential) (16 West :Street - Hamilton) was adopted by seven affirma -five votes. Effective date of ordi nance: April 19, 1978. . March 20, 1978 AMEND ZONING QRDI- Planning Commission Resolution No.'Z -8 -78 adopted NANCE TO, tREZONE February :2 &, 1978. and :filed. Planning staff PORTION tOF PARK , PLACE report dated February 2 19.78 submitted and filed. SUBDIVISION TO PUD; PHASE II Planning- , Director,Ronald Hall reviewed the staff ORD #1283'NCS report and, stated, the request ,is from Qantas Develop - ment Corporat on for, a, rezoning for Phase II of Park Place S'ubdivis'ion from - Planned Community District to Planned;,Un t-pevelopment District,., The area.to be rezoned is 27.5 acres to a total of 95 parcels .of 52 zero;.side.yard single - family lots, 28 qua'draplo;t lots and 12 townhouse lots.. :In addi.tion,..there is a 4.5 acre park site and -a well site which has been - dedicated to...the City.. Mr. Hall stated that sub'sequen:t to receiving comments,fr.om reviewing agencies, particularly the Superintendent .of: `the '0'ld Adobe 'Schools,, a. letter 'had been received from Dr. Darwyne-Vickers., Secretary, to' ,the :Board of Trustees Old .Adobe Union School District, advising the location.presently .proposed the Qantas Development is not desirable for a , school site. Mr: Hall stated this matter should be discussed, when the tentative map., -which is.Ltem #2$ on,.the.agenda, is reviewed by the City Council. Mayor Putnam opened the Public Hearing-. No comments were received from the audience. No,correspondeiice had,been.received.by the Cit:y.Clerk and the Public.Hearing was declared closed,: Ordinance No. 1283'N.C:.S: amending . Zoning, Ordinance No. 1072, N.G..S. by re- classifying and rezoning a•_'p.ortion of .Park Place Subdivision from PCD (Planned Community Development)- to. a Planned Unit Development for Phase. II of the development (Qantas) (A, P._. l3:6 110 - 11,z 136 - 110 -18, 13'6 110 - 31, 136 - 110 =34, 136- 110 -38, 136- 110 -39 and 136 - 110 -40, being approximately 25 acres) was adopted by six affirmative and one absentee votes: Effective date of ordi- nance: .,April 19 , . 1978 . Note -. Councilman' Harber,son - was excused at_ J :5,0 p;m.., and returned to the Council Chambers at 8:0.5 p'..m..and,was,not,present.�to vote on this item. AUTHORIZE SOLICITA- Michael Acorne, Management•Analyst`, reviewed a memo -' TION OF 'INFORMAL randum dated. March 15,__1978,. directed to the City QUOTATIONS' - -TWO i -:.-, : Manager by John Scharer;. the Finance Director. -The INT_ERMED'IATE -SIZE - City had called - -f or. bids- on;February 8,, 1978 with a POLICE CARS_ bid opening date of March 8,, 1978, for two, intermediate- RES #8126 NCS size police vehicles;. No bids had' been received. The memorandum, explained' the.;•reason for the lack of bids as each- aut,omob:ile; agency._ in town had been contacted., Mr. Acorne advised the Council if the ,1978.,vehic-les.ate to be purchased an order would need to be.. placed .before 'March. 24.,. as this As the factory ;cut -off date. City Attorney Larry.. K:lose;:advise'd,the Charter provides that bidding procedures:.-can dispensed with. when no :adequate response, has °been. received. Based on, that- provision; the,Gity °.Attorney advised -the Council to obtain .informal - quotations from Xhe.automobile,..dealers and give authorizat ion. to issuer a- _purcha'se' order:. Councilman Bond asked to have. included in the, resolution .the purchase would be - wi:thin::the. ap,p.roved. budgeted amount of $16,000. �:. Resolution No. 8126 N.,C.S:. authorizing...solicitation, of, informal ,quotations for the. purchase. of two intermediate- size..p'olice. vehicles- =was: introduced by' Council- man Bond; seconded, by .Vice-Mayor Ter:ry.. and - adopted t,by.:six affirmative and one absentee votes Note: , ,Councilman , Harberson- :remained absent,.f,rom -.the Council Chambers, during this roll, .call:.. r - t. , it LETTER FROM MRS. MONA POWELL RE PARKING FINE INCREASES -; A letter dated March 3 1978 . directed to the City Council by Mrs. Mona Powell,,, 93 Eastside Circle., was read by the City ,Clerk.and ordered filed. Mr-s._ Powell - about the increase, in parking, finest from .•x$1_.00 ,to '$3..00, stated she .had discussed the- :with the ,SOnoma� County. :Boar'd Supervisors ,• and it was.their.suggestion.she contact the Council'regarding ,the matter... a Ma =rch 20, 1978 LETTER.•.FROM . City tAttorney , Larry K1ose,Lstated, the Council had ' MRS. MONA.POWELL previously igone on record - ',opposing the increa_se 'in the RE PARKING FINE. fine. He; has been working with the court and hopes to INCREASES have the matter resolved...shortly. Mr. Klose indicated (Continued`) it. was a difficult ' issue; to resolve because of the separation.of the.. powers , 6f - the court and the legis- t % • lative :bodies.: � The :City rClerk was directed to write 'to'iMrs. Powell• adv sing :- ber.•that the Council had not raised, the. fine,-but the.,-,judges had raised the bail. LETTER-:FROM": A •letter ldated March '8,, .19.78 directed 'to' the City WALTER PATRICK SMITH C'ouncil•by. Wal.ter.RatrickiSm ih; Petaluma'Industrial: t RE '= NEPCON" t '' Park,, • was; tread, by the City Clerki and ord'r•ed - filed '.. ELECTRONICS:SHOW Mr.; Smith complimentred. *the -City on its approach to 'Ithe orderl ' rowth in • terms of -•industr ' . philosophy--of Y- g y. This'. was ;. made_ evident by- Petaluma•'`s booth at the �= : ­recent • ".Nepcofi" electronics- show- held -•at the Anaheim Convention Center. Mayor .Putnam asked Frank • Gray, -the. Community' Development and Services Coor_ dinator;• to- report on, the fair •as<he.:: had beent ;.the• rep resentative. • Mr. ' Gray stated, a 10 -foot by' 10- foot booth was .constructed_ using an'. aerial photo- graph of the City as, the background. During.the,.time', contact was made with about 2,,0.00 people. Of these;..' there are. about, .20•1or. 30 which, appear to -be 'very good p "iospect :s • for new'. elec•tr-onic..indust.ries. for. the community.: Follow - up contacts, wl`1 be; made. The`.Cty,' of :Pe.tal.uma was• ; the only city represented at the fair-,and participants felt :it rwas., a very novel._ appr.oach... t, APPOINT ROGERS Letters indicating.an.int'erest in ,serving on the HOFFMAN _PLANNING Planning C.ommis's ion .bad, been received from the fol COMMISSIONER =TO '• lowing: JoAnne Ellwood,, Lawrence A. Jonas, Lawrence 6/30/79 Tencer,,, Marjorie D._ -Miller,. William A. Akers;, Ernest RES M127 NCS E. Vivas, Rogers Hoffman, Daniel G',. I Libarl.e, Mike Breslin ;and. Lester "Budd '.;,Popp. In addition,, Jim C.. Harris arid: Keith, Hayenga, who ,had been interviewed 'by the Council n,J.uly of 1977, indicated' they were st 11 interested in an ap- pointment• to the. 2lanninp,Commission....Mr. )Jerold..Phill ps, indicated an, interest .n seervinga; however, withdrew his_namerbecause of�i a possible conflict.' of interest,; ; Present and: speaking to the. :Council ..were Lawrence'. Jonas, Lawrence `Tencer, Marjoriej Mi'ller:,. William Akers,, &ggers} Hof;'fman., ;Budd. Popp and Keith Hayenga. There-vas 'ai discussion, on', the ;procedure, to .'be. used. for 'selecting t a new. :Flan- ning Commissioner. The Council .was.. advised• by .the. City: Attorney that under the provisions: of. Government.Co.de, Section 449701 the fact a vacancy exists must be mad_ e public., The Council . :mus.t,. also makes appointmentst in...an.. open ,meeting in order to comply with the Br,;own Ac,te.- Ahef Council, indicat'ed..they` would still p.r.efer , to 'interview people personally` rather_.than,.jus.t receiving letters of interest. They also• d'e:termined. to_. rate .,ap:pl•icants .in. the same manner .has they had in July, 1977. Votes were then cash and Rogers Hoffman 841 "B" :Street_, ways appointed- .... .. ., ..•... .,, t•., .. . ., Resolution No. 8,127 appointing iR'oger.s.:Hoffman. -t.o the. Planning Cbmm s's -ion• with term to expire June 30•, 1979, was introduced, by Vice -Mayor Perry, seconded by Councilman Bond and.:adop;fed by seven affirmative votes. Mayor Butnam- 'thanked 'all .the,..citizens .who. had responded by .lett0r', or' had appeared personally. She stated the,.City,,of,•P,etaluma is very fortunate to have so many well - qualified persons interested, in,;serving the - community. The list will be retained and persons . conacted• .as; the need arises for ' citizen participation on, commissions boards: or committees -: Letter. darted :March, 14,; 1978 from the 'Petaluma People Services Center., .Dale.Tu.rner,,. Executive Director, was read' by t.l e' .City.. `CTerk .afid..ord'ered filed. Councilman Hi-lligoss, stated. she felt the: distribution of, funds. to the various superviso:rial dist-ricts •was r March 20, 1978 SUPPORT PETALUMA_ unfair: Mayor, Putnam reviewed the funding allocations PEOPLE SERVICES attached to Mr:. Turner -'s ;letter. The Second District CENTER REQUEST FOR received $9,14'6 compared to,$33,624 for the First- COUNTY- REVENUE District $81,564 ;for- the Third District, $10,307. for SHARING .FUNDS the Fourth District,, and ':$15',346 for the Fifth District. RES #812$ NCS County -wide funding amounted fo $.229',643. The total (Continued,) amount of the Revenue Sharing,Funds. is $377,040. Mr. Turner .stated .there are only three agencies on the county -wide list which provide services in the City of Petaluma.. Councilman Hilligoss stated the Third District, which is the City of Sonoma,- received a greater allocation.than Petaluma which is many times larger than`the City of Sonoma. Resolution No., 8128 N.C.S_ supporting Petaluma People Services Center in its request for County Revenue Sharing Funds, and deploring.the proportionate reduction in..funding from previous year was.introduced.by Councilman Hilligoss, seconded by Councilman Harberson and adopted by seven affirmative votes. RECESS Mayor Putnam called a recess at 9:00 p.m. and the Council reconvened.at 9 <:10 p.m. CITY MANAGER'S' REPORTS: STATUS. REPORT Mr. .'Bill Richards,, of .CDM,. Inc., advised he had sent a BREACHING THE LEVEE courier to Sacramento f ; or'a letter from Mr. John Blubaugh, State Water. Resources Control Board, Division of Wa.ter.Qualty. Mr. Richards read the letter which had been addressed to City Engineer David A. Young...Mr. Blubaugh indicated the $176,084 is considered by the State Board to be excessive for the work involved and would not be grani'eligible. The,lett;e`r also suggests the pos- sible solution would b.e,to have the work done under force account. Mr. Richards commented on the letter and stated CDM's recommendation would be that the City not award the contract to Dut-ra Construction Company -. They further recommend the City allow the State-Water Resources Control Board to discuss doing work on a'force account basis with the ,Marin /S:onoma'Mosquit.o Abatement District. Under this arrangement all the responsibility for the work becomes the respon- sibility of the Mosquito Abatement District. Councilman Harberson questioned whether there may be legal ramifications if the Council opted to use force;account. for the.proj.ect.. City Attorney Larry Klose advised the-- Counc"11 has the.option to reject excessive bids. The force account would.be a matter. -for the .1egal, advisor of the Marin /Sonoma Mosquito Abatement District to research. Councilman Balshaw asked whether his,suggestion at the last meeting, i.e., to have the Corp of Engineer=s reassess the matter and perhaps determine that breaching the.levee.is not.feasib has been followed through. City Engineer David Young stated, this is being discussed. with.'Mr. Blubaugh of the State Water Resources Control`Board:. The.Ci;ty is taking'the position'of allowing the State. Water Resources Control Board to exp ore the possibility of the force account idea. City Attorney'Larry Klose suggested the Council take CDM''-s advice and allow the time to run out on the contract and direct.the staff and CDM, Inc. to explore the other possibilities; It.was the consensus of the Council, with the exception of`Councilman Ha "rbers,on who has continuously abstained from voting on this matter,, to- proceed in this manner. MOTION TO ADD A motion was made.by Councilman Harberson, seconded by ITEK TO AGENDA Vice -Mayor Perry to permit the addition of an item to the agenda. Motion carried unanimously. REMOVE FINAL City Manager Robert Meyer explained, under the: present SUBDIVISION MAPS legislation adopted by the Council,•the Engineering FROM MORATORIUM Department cannot accept -finai.sub.division maps even RES 8129 NCS', though they have gone through the tentative map stage . and all other requirements. ..The staff is requesting to have final maps excluded from the moratorium. Resolution No. 8129 N.C.S. amending Resolut;ion,No. 808,9 N.C.S. to permit the filing and processing of. final subdivision maps was introduced by Councilman Harberson, seconded by Vice -Mayor Perry and adopted by seven affirmative votes. (03`, March 20, 1978 COUNCIL, COMMISSION, BOARD AND.'COMMITTEE REPORTS TENNIS SCREEN Councilman Hi!lligoss, the.Council's representative on LUCCHESI PARK the Recreation, Music and-Parks Commission,, stated it had been brought to the attention.there were no wind 'screens.f;or' the Lucchesi tennis courts. To'have the wind shields: installed would cost about $1,`7.00. Councilman Hilligoss.suggested the work be,done at °this,:time rather than wait until the next budget year because it is very windy in the area. , She suggested -funds could. be taken from the park in- aieuif•ees,. Councilman Cavanagh stated,he had no objection installing ,the. wind shields:;, however, If they were the plastic netting type they would probably be sublect to vandalism. City, Manager Robert Meyer stated it was his understanding,the Commi =ssion wanted trees planted in the area'; however., he would get some firm figures and..the,matter could be brought back to the Council after he,gets the proper information. SURFACE RUNOFF Councilman Hirberson.,advised this'committee me,t,recently MANAGEMENT_ and drafted a letter to he submitted to; .the Association COMMITTEE of Bay Area Governments!. The Council had a copy of the draft letter before them. He stated if there were any corrections' to the letter to advise him as he intended to take it with him to the meeting on March 22. No corrections were made,. AIRPORT MASTER Community Development and•S.ervices Coordinator Frank PLAN STUDY Gray reviewed a memorandum which had`been submitted to the City Manager March,.16, 19.78, from his .office an& prepared by Fred. E Tarr,,, ..Senior 'P . The report Is the result of Council direction to have:.staff explore the different alter- natives -for the continued :existence. of the. Petaluma: Sky Ranch. At that time the staff reported to the Council. they .felt. the only ,possible way for the 'Sky Ranch to 'continue in business and. be ,,comp,etitiv.e., with other airports in the. area was the possible acquisition -by. the;City. The staff has been working. with the 'State.and Federal Aviation Agencies, have. contacted the -owners of the present Sky Ranch„ as well as seeking.proposals from_seven. firms to prepare the initial study in order to make .ap,p1- cation to ADAP for the "California grants. Through a series of interviews, the consultants have been narrowed down to four and the staff 'woul'd select ,two of the four and present their proposals to the Council. The funds,•for the -stud y may be grant eligible; however, the Council would have, to, commit between $20 " and $30,000 to accomplish the initial ,study. Once the .grants, were issued' about 60 to 75 percent of this would =probably be refunded as part.of the grant. application.. The staff, estimated the cost, if the. "City proceeds with a municipal airport, would -be $20,,000 for the initial- study,. $'500,,,000 for land acquisition -costs and $900,000 for construction costs. Mr. Gray emphasized these were :only estimated figures and. the total estimated. amount is $1,.•A million. The match -` ing funds needed by the City if it receives -a, grant,: could be in theL form of monetary gifts,, donation or partial donation..of' land, ..in -kind service or City funding,,. Mr. Gray stated after the analysis ..it is .the. staff's recommendation that the City proceed " - i.f'-interested in'pursuing a- municipal.,airport; to tentatively" authorize the staff' to 'go through the ADAP procedures: and that the City ten- tatively commit $20,000 to ,$30 - for thew purpose. of applying f:or funds. The staff would. :then :proceed..to interview ,the. consultants, with the two best proposals, with the air -port committee 'which, has :been formed for this purpose. Mr. Gray :stated there is:.,a, very good possibility, the developers, who are af- fected by the airport may advance the funds, for, the. study and then texpect to be reimbursed when the grant.has been received,. Mr. Gray stated if the Goun cil approved proceeding with the study, applicaton.would ' be'made immediately for the grants through the ;S'tate. °and, Federal, Aviation. Agencies. This would enable the City to make an..application.for a final.grant.on .the study and the airport - before the October 1 deadline while..the ;funding is still '90% grant eligible, 107. fo'r the City. Af at ter th•date the funds are reduced to 80% with 20% "matching. fund's. Mr. Gray suggested on the. matter of the initial money necessary . fore the 'study,' the CounciL may want to. hear from the. airport com- m ittee and 'also from a. -representative of the developers in the' area. } i March 20, 1978 AIRPORT MASTER Mr. Don Smith,, Chairman of the Airpor.,t Committee, PLAN STUDY advised the Committee has been very active. The (Continued) Airport Committee -met: on Monday, March 13, with Wesley Bailey and 'his; engineers and had a thorough discussion regarding `the glide path for the airport in.relation to the proposed houses. The Airport Committee is concerned regarding the safety.factor and the first tier, of ,houses to ;be. built, even if the airport is "flip- flopped". The Airport Committee-is also interested in what the study would have to say about the future of these.houses in the area with regard to the safety factor. At the..meeting Mr. Bailey.indicated he would advance the money for the airp.orl,.study for. the City of .Petaluma,. •. They feel the study is . important and will show not only the feasibility, but °"also advise the City regarding.the future operation. Mr. Van Logan of Duffel Financial and.Construction:Company, stated they are very concerned and:involve,d with the.situation and-are anxious to have the matter resolved. His project is very closely' related to the two being pro- posed by Mr. 'Wesley Bailey. ,He indicated he was.sp` "eaking.for both of them when he stated they would-,like to. advance. the .funds,, if. legally possible, . to, the City of Re'taluma in order ro- de.termine.the position,of the airport':and whether. it will remain 'in-the area.. .Mayor Putnam asked .the City Attorney. to. respond to the legality of .the advancement .of: funds,. Mri, Klose :stated he: felt it was permissible for a private 'organization ,to .grant: wlat. amounts to a .gift to a public organization to be designated for a specific purpose. It would be appropriate to accept the money as. long as there are!no conditions other than the conduct of the study, and there can be.no conditions on the outcome. Mayor 'Putnam asked -for. clarification whether or.not this would be an outright. gift. Mr. Gray :indicated it would. be -a gif t at 'this point, but it would. be understood, that any money- refunded..to. the City would, be returned to the devel- opers. The City Attorney indicated,.:he.felt this -could be res.olved.. Mr. Van Logan. stated if it- was - .possible, the -developers would like to. see. the matter go ahead. The whole airport issue has been in- a:sta,te of flux which affects not only the pilots but the developers. Councilman..Bond whether . the advance of the fund's by the d'evelopers..would. be, conditioned -.upon .the clarification of_the annexation for the--area.- Mr, Van Logan stated.although they would appreciate 'a .vote of. conf.idence.. in .their.ap;plication. to. LAFCO, they. would not condition the. advance -of the;• funds.. upon.,any sort .of, approval.. Councilman,Bond referred to the Airport Commi.ttee''s minutes of their meeting of March 13, a copy of, which. is .on..file with .the City Clerk, .and. stated the minutes indicate the advance .-of funds: for the study. would be; .based on the Commit -tee:s qualified endorsement of..the annexation. .Mr.. Logan stated they are not asking the City for this support. They feel.now,they are in concert with the people who.ar.e in;suppor.t of.the airport and would like to go. ahead with a legitimate approach. Councilman Bond.indicated.his.reason for voting "no" previously was. based on the - fact that -he wanted to retain the airport in the City. Now, however, 6a'sed on the recommendation of the Committee ,he would be willing to r:everse�h s. vote and.endorse.the annexation. Frank Gray stated he for the record of the Council,, it is. important to note the developers have been concerned regarding.the, continuing existence of the, airport. They had..opportunites to.pur-chase. this -land for' development but wanted to see it remain as an- airport. Frank Gray stated the staff is looking -.for direction from the Council whether, to proceed to work with the Airport Committee, interview the consultants and return to the Council on.April_3:with.proposals,for the study and funding. It was the consensus of the Council to proceed in "this manner.. City Manager Robert Meyer- pointed out the report submitted by Fred Tarr through Frank Gray, to.him dated March 16,, 19:7:8_should be corrected since the last. sentence in paragraph.one, page two is no longer factual through an opinion rendered by the.Ci.ty Attorney. This matter would -be; discussed under item #31 on the agenda.. 739 SOUTH McDOWELL City Manager ..Robert.Meyer, advised letters would be BOULEVARD sent to property owners,w th_in,3.00 feet of the resi- dence owned by the"Ci.ty at 739 South,-McDowell Blvd. Previously, the Council asked to have the neighborhood polled to determine if there would 'be any objection to the use of the structure as a child day -care center or a senior citizens .''.drop =in center. He questioned whether they would want_ to add senior citizens' housing to this list before the inquiry was made. Community Development..and Services Coordinator Frank March 20, 1978 739 SOUTH McDOWELL Gray explained it would. he possible to use the $51;.000 BOULEVARD set-aside fora senior..housin- - site'from C'ommuni:ty. (Continued) Development Block Grant 'Funds'to acquire this parcel from . -the' City, put 'toge her.. a.. "package and offer the project for bids.. .The.$53,000 would be refunded to the Community'Development Block Grant Funds.and, could be used toward the purchase of another site. The Council agreed.this option should_ be included in the fetter to the residents. REPORT BY The City Manager' ,and Finance Director had prepared a FINANCE: DIRECTOR report entitled Jarvis - . Gann, Impacts °for`presentat'ion EFFECT OF JARVIS -CANN to the City Council as. well. as a summary of the ini- INITIATIVE tiative,wh ch..will appear on the June 6, 1978 ballot as Proposition 11. A copy of the report and.summary, of the initiative.is on file with the City Clerk. Finance Director John, Scharer: ' read the summary of- the report prepared Arid stated he feels the .City has taken , a realistic: look at :the_impacts and have not provided,a "scare "' or "disaster".•ap:proach.. Mr. Scharer also stated there are some problems 'of definition in the!initiative which must,be' answered before all of the-Impacts can.be determined.,, For planning purposes, the possible impacts on the. City ,of' Petaluma. have been calculated. Mr., :Scharer then went:on to review the :entire report as presented to the.Ci:ty Council. The• report includes• a schedule, of reductions for the!.:var,ious departments of the City and. how ,these. would. be proposed to be accomplished. After reviewing the report Mr. S:charer.st.ated if Proposition 13 passes',, ;the. Council would be. requested to ;maintain the present level of services at least. through December of 1978. This would pr.ovide.an opportunity to assess the situation and present a more, stable plan ;rather- than just ..eliminating pos.- tions as of July 'L. During, the' Council, discussion Councilman,Harberson,ques- t oned whether impact, 'fees,.such as park :fees, had been considered. Mr. - Scharer indicated these had .been cons,idered.:but the only difficulty, is, the. budget would thenrbe.based.on an unknown•factor as,the City could not rely on the amount of fees in order to ba.laance . the', budget., Mr.. Scharer also stated. there is difficulty in the interpretation ,in,•the•.initiative whether or not such fees would be considered.a.tax:. City.Manager,Robert Meyer advised there would be some recommendations madei to..the,Council; during April and. May for raising, some - of the fees which have not been .revised..for a number of: years -. Mr., Meyer also .stated the staff. would. be •looking, _to. the, Council for direction and where they want-...to. put ,their• priorities -in, regard-to the levels of service to be maintained,. The City Manager also :stated if .the. City ,decides, to :levy a utility, users tax it should be done prior to July 4 in:.,order_ to avoid . the requirement of the two- thirds' vote 'of, the q.Ualif =ied_electo s in the .City. If -it was determined not to.:use the .tax, the; ordinance could be . repealed. Councilman Balshaw commented he was not pleased..wit'h.. the : way the Jarvis -Gann: Initiative came about but he felt: it is&, the result: -of the failure of the Legislature to do . something about. propertyi taxes.., He stated he +:did not feel the situation,vas as bleak as pre.sented.in the staff's 'report and felt the City - could `generate additional- - :revenues;.. He indicated he felt the City would. be 'able•to retain•most,of its personnel. Mayor' ,Putnam, questioned whether ihe..s':taff: had made. any predictions .as to .the. reduction in.. the City's forces. Mr. Scharer. stated,_ based on the report;, there would be a minimum of. l2t or, 21 .or. 22 ,people .who would have to `be laid. off. He also stated the fees collected. by the .City for. permits.,, licenses., etc. , do not generate very much money and felt, it. would be very' difficult- to ma'k'e up the 'anticipated deficit `by ,depending .:upon fees.. The goal is to retain personnel and provide service to the public. Mr. Mike Breslin spoke briefly to the..C'ouncil,. ' He stated he -felt the Council had an obligation- take the battle to ,the.`State.Legislature. Many 'programs are.mandated by 'the State, paid for out of City property taxes, over which•the City. has ,no control. Mr. Keith. Hayenga, adv ,sed'.it.. was, his, unders,tand'ing Mr, Jarvis will be in Pe:taluma.on.April 7. The Deputy Superintendent•of Schools for Sonoma Count >y, Dick Bacon, is to debate with 'Mr., Jarvis. The debate will be held. in the Kenilworth Junior High School at 7:-30 p.m., April 7. March 20, 1978 STATUS REPORT: Finance Direct,or.Joh_n Scharer stated he to TRANSPORTATION bring the Council up to date on a ,meeting held with DEVELOPMENT.ACT the County of Sonoma".and' representatives of-the cities FUNDS` within the county regarding. Transportation Development Act. Funds. These,:are� the funds which support the Petaluma Transit System. Several months ago the Golden - Gate Bridge District had' a .repor,t prepared by Richard J. Smart which recommends the District apply to `Sonoma County.for an additional $1,300,000 of the County's Development.Act Funds. Presently, the Bridge District collects 36.4% of the total funds. If allotted the additional amount., they will then_ be receiving 83% of the total funds. ,If. the request is granted, Petaluma will be short'approximateiy, $130,000 which would' effectively eliminate transit in Petaluma'on the 'local system. - Mt. Scharer st'at'ed the Board of Supervisors was "going to meet the following day "and adopt a "resolution. A copy of the d "raft resolution is:on.fle, as 'as excerpts of the Smart report, memorandum from Bill Liebe. dated March '16; and Mr. Scharer's summary of the meeting dated March 16,. .Mr'. Scharer indicated he :would report back prior 'to filing the City's claim. AUTHORIZE AGREEMENT, City Engineer 'David Young: stated he had been approached FOR WASTEWATER by Mr Dan Silacci, to extend the present agr, Bement for RECLAMATION - 'the- ise of 'reclaimed wastewater.. Mr. Sila requested SILACCI & MASCIORINI' 'an agreement for a ten- year.geriod as it . would -be to RES #8130 NCS his advantage to have a longer term agreement and also an advantage to the City to continue with the experi- ment,. Mr Young stated, ;in his opinion, it is an excellent agreement for the City.' It extends the experiment in irrigation for a ten -year period; however, the could`be cancelled by either party. Mr. Silacci has indicated, with this time.extension, he would`be in a much better position to secure financing for his farming operation. Resolution No. 8130 N.C. authorizing the Mayor to sign agreement for waste- water 'reclamation between the City of Petal "uma, Walter and Dan Silacci and-the Masciorini Estate was introduced by Vice. - Mayor Perry, seconded by Councilman Hilligoss and adopted b seven affirmative votes. APPROVE'TENTATIVE 'Planning'Comm ssion ,.Resolution,No. 2 -78, adopted MAP - PARK PLACE' February 28,. 197,8,submitted and filed. Planning staff SUBDIVISION,' report to the Planning;Commiss on dated February 21, PHASE II 1978 "'submitted and filed; A copy of the tentative map RES #8131 NCS and the development plan submitted and filed. Planning.D,irector R_on Hall reviewed the staff report and indicated some of the material had `been , covered earlier in the evening when the Council to the.rezoning for.the area. Mr. Hall stated the amended tentative map, designates..an,area for dedication of a well site to the City of Petaluma. The comments.and recommendation of the City Engineer, as a reviewing agency, were pointed out by Mr.. Hall. The staff recommendation fo the fencing on the development was for masonry in order,to comply with Council policy. The Planning Commission, however, .felt since Phase I of the develop- ment had a redwood fence it . would be a logical - continuation on -this portion.of the planned .community development to continue the redwood fencing -'to Profes- sional Drive. Mr. Hall reviewed some of the.conditions placed on the tentative map by the Planning Commission One.was that a park site be dedicated and the landscaping shall be planted as proposed by the applicant during the allotment procedure. Councilman Balshaw, the Council''s representative on the Planning Commission, stated he did not feel it was necessary for the.City Council to review ten - tative maps in such great detail. The Planning.Commssion reviews the ten- tative map, has the advantage of the. staff . report and., he felt the City Coun- cil should only hear those areas where the staff -and the Planning Commission differ. In this instance, the policy.of the'Council.regarding the .masonry fence had been brought to Planning Commission's attention by the Planning Director; however, the P. lanning Commission.decided..to delete the requirement for the masonry fence. City Manager,.Robert,Meyer stated the fact that the masonry fence had been deleted.by the Planning Commission should be considered by the Council. If they wish to adhere to,their policy, the tentative map stage would be the time to make the requirement .rather than at the final map stage. March 20, 19,78 APPROV,E'TENTATIVE Mr. Jon Joslyn of Qantas Development Corporation was MAP - PARK PLACE, present and stated he was unable to be present, when SUBDIVISION,_ the Council considered the on the development. PHASE II and asked. if there would: be any possibility of reopen RES #al31 AM ing the hearing. The, City Attorney advised if' the (Continued) hearing is reopened -it would again have to be noticed as. a Public Hearing., Once, the-matter has been aired-,. , the public. has. the right to expect the hearing to :be closed,. Mr. Joslyn, stated Unit II is�,virtually, ready, to proceed; however, other issues:have.evolved, pr warily, the location of the school, and they cannoa continue until a decision'has.b,een reached. It,was pointed out. to.Mr. Joslyn the _school site is not on this portion of thei tentative map which the Council is cons- idering,. Mr.. Joslyn indicated therei is; a relationship, how ever-, as the'area has been reserved for the school site next to the.,park site which appears on the tentative pap for ,Phase II;.. : After, some discussion on the school site, Mayor Putnam stated she would try to contact the Adobe School Board to determine if the matter could be resolved.. Frank Gray sated' the Old Adobe School District's action conflicts with two City, policies; one,, that the school site be placed on an arterial street; and the second, not to have the school located adjacent to a park site. Mr.. Joslyn also questioned -if the I3 -acre park and school 'site is reserved, who would be paying for the street to ,go. around the entire ,parcel'? He also stated he had been 'informed. by a member of the staff' it was, the City's policy that. a public street should :surround :a •park area and questioned whether- policy was still- being implemented., Frank Gray ,responded 'that the City. — ad. encountered a great deal -of..dif- iculty where parks backed up onto private residences -and' the only'way the'City can separate back yards from parks is,by putting a,.st -reet around the perimeter'. -City' Attorney ,Larry K_lose advised Mr. Joslyn this matter should properly• be- discussed at the final map, stage Resolution No,. 8131, R.C.S. approving tentative subdivision map of Park Place Subd'ivis;ion$ Phase- II.(Qantas) was introduced by Dice -Mayor Perry, seconded by Councilman Balshaw and adopted by,six affirmative and one absentee vo:t.es. Note;: Councilman Harb'erson was excused :from the Council meeting,- at.11:17 P.m. , and was not. pr;es the vote on this issue. _ADJOURNMENT There being no further „business to come before the Council, the meeting. was ; adjourned at 12:,07 a�.,m., Tuesday, March 21, 1978 to 7;3.0 pm.,, Monday.,, March 197:8.; Mayor 1 ' � Attest : ,�� mil Dspu City Clerk