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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Minutes 10/26/197642 MINUTES OF.MEETING OF.CITY COUNCIL PETALUMA, CALIFORNIA OCTOBER 26, 1976 ADJOURNED MEETING ROLL CALL An adjourned meeting of the Petaluma City Council was called to order by'Mayor Helen.Putnam at 7:34 p.m. Present: Councilmen Brunner., Cavanagh *, Harberson *, Hilligoss, Mattei, Perry, and Mayor Putnam. Absent: None. *Councilman Cavanagh arrived at 7:35 p.m., Councilman Harberson arrived at 7:45 p.m. INVOCATION The invocation was given by the Reverend Phillip Hall, new pastor of the United Methodist Church. Mayor Putnam welcomed Mr. Hall to the community and thanked him for giving the invocation.. APPROVAL OF MINUTES The minutes of September 27, October 4, and October 12, were approved as mailed.. CONSENT CALENDAR A motion was'made.by Councilman Hilligoss, seconded by Councilman,Perry to file the ABC Applications and adopt the resolutions on,the Consent Calendar. Motion carried by six affirmative and one absentee votes. Agenda Item #1 ABC Appl- nation. for- .Vic:tor's.- Delicatessen, 117 North ABC APPLICATION McDowell Blvd.., Therese and Victor Masarweh, person- F3 g VICTOR'S to- person transfer, off -sale beer and wine license DELICATESSEN was approved.. ABC APPLICATION A_enda_ ltem'��2' ABC Applicat for. E1.Torro Restaurant, 228 Petaluma .Blvd. North, Gloria C. and George N. Martinez, original F S EL TORRO RESTAURANT. license on -sale beer and wine eating place was approved. U Agenda :Item #3 DECLARE 'SCRAP METAL SURPLUS RES �kT554 NC_S. Agenda Item #4 CALL FOR BIDS HEATING ALTERAT,TONS' POLICE DEPARTMENT' CITY HALL BASEMENT RES #7555 'NCS Resolution 17554 N.C..S. finding.personal. property herein named as surplus, no longer required and directing the ��r //� City Manager to dispose of and sell the same was adopted. '? Reso'lution:#7555. N.C..S. approving plans and specifications and calling for bids November 11, 1976 for heating system alterations Police Department and City Hall basement was F705- adopted. PUBLIC HEARING City Attorney.Matthew.Hudson explained to the Council U REVERSION TO ACREAGE the procedure is a technicality to combine small parcels 1 9 ALDERWOOD SUBDIVISION into one large parcel. The Subdivision Map.Act provides RES #7556NCS for reversion to acreage if no improvements have started on the land.. :, . Mr. Hudson. stated one of the owners '.of_the property has no intention-to develop the land and does not want `t e new'owners to be tied to any specific plans. Mr. Hudson stated the necessary findings are recited in the body of the resolution. He further advised the Council the agreement for improvements was extended by the City Council for a period of one year, but the time has not elapsed. The actions taken by the Councii.pr.eserves.three portions of-the property for City, purposes. Of these,. one'could be.used for park purposes, one is for the widen ing of East Washington Street and the other is for the widening of Ely Blvd. 424 October 26, 1976 PUBLIC•HEARING City ,Engireer'Dav d._Young.also. indicated he. -would want REVERSION TO ACREAGE the - resolution to contain the retention of-that portion ALDERWOOD SUBDIVISION of ;land'_pr:eviously.' .dedicated for the widening -of Wash - RES #7556 NCS ington Creek. His..r•ecommendation.was to,have the City (Continued) retain..th s. parcel. ,City Attorney advised it would be incorpordted..into ,, ;the- ; resolution. 7 A short discussion was held by the City.Council.on the matter. A question was raised present owners were..'„ Mr..Hudson.advised Kaiser -Aetna and Mr. Frank LaPoin'te•'still has! - some •interest :. Mayor Putnam then declared the.publ -ic hearng.open. No written comments had been received by the City Clerk, none were offered from.the audience and the public hearing was closed. Resolution #7556 N.C.S. approving.reversion.to acreage..map (Alde.rwood Subdivi- siori) was'introduced.by Vice- Mayor'Brunner, seconded.,by Councilman Perry and adopted by seven affirmative vote'sr _ 1 - 1 SIGN ORDINANCE A letter, - dated;;Oc.tober_ - ll, .197.6 directed .to the City COMMITTEE REQUEST Clerk by the Petaluma Area Chamber of Commerce, Mr. \ \ FOR EXTENSION OF F. K: Schram, •Actin&`Secretary - of the, Sigrf Ordinance TIME Committee, wase,- r- ead`by_ the City Clerk and ordered filed,. Mr. Schramm was.present in the audience.to - speak - :to:the.;Co.uncilzand..stated although.the'Committee has. been working. very' d ligently.:gh_ rev ewing ..th "e;,s gn .ordinance he did not feel they would -be able to meet the:deadline.established in Ordinance #1217 N.C.S. After someydiscussion,,.it wass determined, to. have: the Chamber' s.,Sign Ordinance Committee pr-ep.are~ their- proposed, mod- if ications and present them to the Plann- ing Commission...by,De-cember 31, 19:7.6. Vice -Mayor Brunner stated he•would like.to. see a strong.sign ordinance -, however, he" was not pushing "for any. great' changes;. with- ,r,espect. , to the downtown, area. Mr. Brunner s.tated.that.he would favor..a sign ordinance applied to new construction arid, - 1f' a w "a's 'toy change. hands in",:the...downtown. area, the. - restrictions - of - a strong sign ord nance.should.be placed,on all new businesses: At tfie. conclusion of'the':d'iscuss on`the- City_.Att6rn y.'was- 'ditec.ted..to prepare an.,ordin:ance for intro - duction' at" h'e November 1, : 197.6. meeting' extend the _provisions of the - ordinance to March 3`1;`197 PIGEON AND STARLING Mr. Kenneth C<. Thomas who resides at .615, 617 Baker Street 6'11 BAKER' STREET sance at 611 Baker: 'Street..where a as large p m abate a nui- P ' palm tree' has not bee . .. .. _ . trimmed mmed for_ I a a nuil for some s sta .s causing _. CONTROL PALM TREE -- etitione <t e Cou n " n imber of. ,year and. ; iing a_ problem wherein pigeons and starlings: nest -in ttre'dry' limbs," A letter dated September 28, 1976 from Public Health..Officer Robert L- Holtzer, M.D., to Mr. Thomas submitted and. fi -led.. A letter' from Mr. 'Thomas` to the City Council dated October 2, 1976 submitted and filed., Memorandum from; Roy Kelly to Community Development and Services Co.ordinator°dated.October 20 7 ,'1976 submitted and filed and, a letter from L. R. Doolittle, District Sanitarian, `to .the City Council submitted and filed: Some' d'iscussi'on 'was 'held''on'-t`he':�mat.ter- :and r i`t� was .determined the matter, was a , civil one which should be. resolved between; the .:neighbors -,and`. since' the tree, was not in the' planter strip-the' City .would have no! j,.urisdTc`tion in the matter,. Council - man 'Cavanagh -indca he.'knew .the. owner of ".'the, property .next door to ,Mr.. Thomas and would be 'happy to contact her. Mrs ' W i lma E_ - ,Kruse: ", 120 Su.nnyslo.pe Avenue, the prop- erty owner, indicated to Mr. Kelly she,woula. give her perm _ssion,to have'.the trimmed, 'however-- she would not assume-the' co REQUEST FOR A letter :dated _October-: 12,, 1:976 from the of Grur sky, CERTIFICATION - OF - Pybr•um;' Skemp,. & Ebey,;. Attorneys at° Law - , .representing POLLUTION "CONTROL - and. ordered.:f led,. In a pa it 'was. read by the City response to Cl erk _ onst- ruction Com dditon, a letter of respons COMPLETION "WATER Granite.0 FACILITIES " -- Granite . tr.uctiontCompany by Mr:: Harry At,tr.i,- Senior - Engineet., ,CDM, .Inc . ,, dated October 18,, was riot read . by the Cit.y..Clerk.but was ordered as part,of the record and is on file in the Clerk's office.. Present at the Council meeting representing CDM, Inc., were Mr. Marvin Lindorf Mr. Bill Richards and.Mr. Harry Attri; repre- senting Granite Construct- Compan.y was Mr. Fred Hill. 425 October 26, 1976 REQUESTFOR City Manager Robert:Meyer asked the City Attorney to CERTIFICATION OF clari -fy the.matter for.the benefit of the City Council. COMPLETION WATER Mr. Hudson.stated the issue is.whether the Water Pollu- POLLUTION CONTROL tion Control Facility 1972.Project has been completed FACILITIES and if it has.been.completed what.steps the.:City should (Continued) be taking under ... the of the contract document signed in 1973. This document specified the engineer, .and in .this- .case.it would be CDM, Inc., has to certify that the work has been.completed.and.when. -that is done.a 30 -day test period begins. During this period the contractor has to make,certain the operating personnel at the plant fully understand how the plant works. At the end of this time the Council.can accept completion .of. work. Following-acceptance of-..the-completion there is.a 35 -day period -to make on.the contract. Mr. Hudson suggested the engineering firm of CDM.express their views to the Council on the time schedule for certifying completion of the work and also the -issue of how much of the plant has been,comp eted already and how much.has been given the appropriate testing. Mr Lindorf, Vice President of CDM,. Inc,.., spoke to the stating they had responded.to the Granite.letter and.outlined.the items necessary for completion of the.:proj.ect. Mr. Lindorf . stated..if the time schedule would be met by.the contractor the final ,payment date could.be made by January 15, 1977. One of the matters to.be resolved is the 30 -day operating test period for the chlorination and dechlorination system. Next to address the'Council.:was Mr. Fred Hill.of Granite.Construction Company. Mr. Hill stated his firm'contends.all work required by the contract is now complete. In question is the 30 day.operational...per,iod demanded by the engineers for the chlorination and dechlorination facil ity.. Granite Construction Company.feels they have complied with Specification SP -12 and his firm feels any additional operational work required by the engineers should,not delay payment of the contract. City Attorney'Matthew Hudson..stated..he _ had<.talked with Mr. Elmer Pybrum, the attorney for Granite Construction Company, and-felt the purpose -of their letter was..to be on record that they had.formally.demanded_,payment from.:the City _Council. Mr. Hudson further stated he did no.t think the.mat.ter:could be resolved by the Council. It now has been made a matter of record.and.the matter would be discussed between the engineers, CDM, Inc.,:and.the staff...Mr.:. Marvin Linforf stated there,.is a basic difference in the interpretation.of,the specifications. He further commented their firm wants to be absolutely sure all items_in.the.specif.ications are.in conformance before they recommend formal acceptance by the City Council in- order to.protect the grants from both.the State of California and the Environmental Protection Agency. Council took no action on the matter. CITY MANAGER'S REPORTS: CLAIMS & BILLS Resolution #7557.N.C..S. approving claims and bills #657 to RES #7557 NCS 4759,, inclusive,..G'eneral City; and, #100 to #120, inclusive, Water . (`#,99 ..Voided) ,. ip.proved for payment by the-City Manager, . was introduced by,Vice- Mayor Brunner, seconded by Councilman Perry and adopted by seven affirmative votes. REQUEST FOR A memorandum..directed.to. the City Manager by Public n LIGHTING-- Works' Superintendent.Roy Kelly regarding vandalism at �pC.� McNEAR PARK McNear Park was-read by the -City Clerk and ordered filed. - Mr. Kelly.explained.the.lights in the park would.be strategically located according to plans drawn up by Pacific Gas and Electric ,Company.., The lights would ,be similar to. those already: installed in 'La T'er.cera and:.Miwok ,in that they would be ap.prox mately 15 feet high with,a single lamp...on each ,standard.. Mr. Kelly explained from the date of his memo which wa's Sept-ember 13, 1973, until.this date there'had been another ser -ious occurrence of.vandalism a t.:McNear.'Park. In addition, a formal request_ for ng to? be''-done. about lights in �.the park had been received by Mr. -Lester Popp who; five's on:':G''.:Street: There wa& some d'iscuss gas to-: whether_•or •no;t lights, in the park would discourage vandals. Chief Roti'er,t Murphy.4ndicated'it may not completely solve the problem but could act as'a!deter.rent and also help to identify persons in the park. 1426 106 October-26, 1976 REQUEST FOR The c'os't.forw.installation of.the - lights was discussed. LIGHTING-- Mr.. K611y"iindicated. he..would - not know the initial. ~cost McNEAR PARK until he.'.had".;an :estimate, •from P.G.& E. He reminded the (Continued) Council,_however,.theye,- would be.an ongoing- cost"for electricity- after. the standards had been installed. ' At the conclusion..of the discussion,.a motion authorizing the Public -Works Superintendent.to proceed to obtain estimates for the work was introduced by Councilman" Perry, seconded by Councilman Harberson and unanimously approved. APPLICATION FEDERAL Community, :Deve Iopment. and- Services Coordinator Frank. PUBLIC WORKS Gray - advised..the Council ..the application "for..a: 2.5 EMPLOYMENT ACT million dollar grant.had been..submitted.to..the.Ecoriomc FUND Development Administration - in:Seattle, and.he had been advised the application was received.as:of this date. Mr °. ,Gray .stated 'he...is optimistic regarding the City's application and feels there is .;a.good. chance for the.Cty.to :be,.eligble for funds. Mr. Gray'indica'i6d the.applications.from all agencies would.be..re- viewed within the next 30 day's,and.the City...'should..receive: some word in_approx -. .imately 45 days whether.or 'riot f.unds.will be available. MARINA PROJECT -- Coipmunity. :Development and Service`s .Coordinator Frank MEETING WITH Gray,,reminded.the Council a meeting was scheduled for DNOD October 27. at -2.::30 p.m; , in Sacramento for member-:s of the 'Council , to -meet * "tbith the .Director.-and staff .members of DNOD. - Mr was, advised by the Mayor it. would not be .possible for members, to •attend this..meeting.and_ asked whether .ano:ther .date could . be established. Councilman. Cavanagh, then..,reported two members. of DNOD would be present at the California Marine Parks. '.and..Har.bors Association meeting at St. Francis Yacht -Club in San Francisco on November 5. He suggested that perhaps members of the City Council may want to attend the meeting in order to discuss Petaluma's.- marina project. PREMISES City Manager Robert Meyer advised the.Council. the premises 19.HOWARDtSTREET at 19 Howard - Street have now been vacated of enants.. The City is-seeking bids for demoltion.of the structure and these bids would.be opened October 28.,. 1976. . MEETING WITH 'Cit} Manag_r.reported.City Engineer David Young, Finance SUPERVISOR DELONG Director John.Scharer'and he had met. with.Supervisor DeLong, Sonoma - County Public Works.:Dir,ector Don Head and Hal Wood. One of the'. topics of discussion was-the Penn grove collection system. and the.lorce main project and how the City of Petaluma was going to serve the system. The second topic of discuss "ion..was.the water reclamation project which.had taken place during the past summer as a co.o:perat ve..effort between the County of Sonoma, the Farm Advisor:, and-the City of Petaluma "by using wastewater at the Silacci farm. The crops`planted...on the 1•ocation: showed -a $3,000 profit. The ,best crop seemed to be corn. 'City.Engineer'.Dave.Young advised the.Council the Farm Advisor, Lloyd Harwood, would be making a final report'of this crop planting. This report will be used as input into the facilities plan and also be made available to the City Council. RECESS Mayor Putnam called a °recess at 9:15 p.m. and the Council xec ^r, reconvened at 9:22.p.m. COUNCIL REPORTS COUNTY ROAD Councilman.Mattei reported as result of the letter �. CONSTRUCTION , directed to the Councih.:from the Petaluma.Chamber of PRIORITTES- Commerce--whichihad been discussed , at the90ctober 4, PETALUMA AREA 1976 Council. meet in ng reconstruction of a 2.5 mile. section, of "D ! 'Street Extension,, a meeting had been .arran'ged:;witl the Supervisor from the .district, Mr.. George' DeLong. Couhc ; lman._.Perry,, the: City.;Engineer, City Manager,, and an Assistant Engineer.. from Sonoma, :County.•,.:and ,he , attended 'the mee:ting.... Mr :. Mattei said he f;el..t the meeting. was a.ftuitful one. The Supervisor is well aware of the pressing needs for future:impr.ovements of County roads in'the Petaluma area. The priorities for construction_.as . set forth by the County 'were ,explained' at the meeting. The first project.to be-undertaken, is the Cor.ona:Road overcro-ssing. 4 October 26, 1976 COUNTY .ROAD Second -on the.li.st.of,priorities is Sunnyslope Avenue and CONSTRUCTION thi -rd would be-.the reconstruction of this section of "D" PRIORITIES-- ...Street.. Mr.. Mattei advised these projects would use all PETALUMA,AREA of the.available, the 1977 -78 budget year-. (Continued) With regard to the,Sunnyslope Avenue project, Mr. Mattel .noted the County.is - still hoping the citizens in the area will take some.action to form a district to install side- walks. He stated the Supervisor- .suggested,the.City..may want to contact some of the property owners to determine if a.consensus could be.reached of the residents - in the area to construct sidewalks. -•City Manager Robert.Meyer- reported Supervisor DeLong was very emphatic that the "D.. "..S.treet,project would be started in that fiscal year, but bids will.be..called for and the project initiated. There -was some further discussion regarding Sunnyslope Avenue and the fact.that.approx imately two years ago some interest had.been.- generated to make the improvements necessary for sidewalks. Mr..Mattei_ indicated he would contact one of the property owners � to determine . if. the.- ;inter.es.t- in, the assessment district . could be. again. The Council took.no.further.action on the matter. The Chamber of'Commerce is to be advised of the meeting with the County - Supervisor and - County personnel regarding the project. PROPOSAL BY Mayor Putnam stated she had asked to have copies of a - __'4. WILLIAMS & MOCINE letter dated September 24,. 1976 from the firm.of Williams' FOR.EXTENSION OF . and- Mocine.and their proposal to review and evaluate the ENVIRONMENTAL growth; policy plans-and control system and establish DESIGN•PLAN policy - for. future: action distributed to the Council. A copy of the..proposal and the letter is on file with the City Clerk._ Tle..f of Williams and Mocine had originally worked with the Co.uncil.to establish .- the.Environmental'Design Plan for.the City of Petaluma.- The proposal prepar'ed.%by Williams. .and.Mocine.would be for the years fol lowing the.conclusion.of the inter =im :pol -icy under which the City, is now working through' 1977 . Mayor: Putnam. stated' uthe...original Environmental Design Plan required a great deal of community, staff. and: Council involvement. Mayor .Putnam stated there is a committee of. interested citizens working on what they see for the -community for the future. In the course of the discussion. it -was. brought :.out the. request . for the proposal did not come from the staff, but was a•resul,t of a conversation between Mayor Putnam and Mr. Sidney Williams of the.firm of Williams and Mocine. Mr. Gray then, reviewed the,original Environmental. Design.Plan. and th& new intermediate range development. strategy. : now ..be ng..f;ormulated. -by citizens' committee of from 17 to:20.tpersons. .Mr..- Gray.. stated the .Planning.Commission will soon , receive: a copy. of I -this. committee's recommendations.; and if the proposal from Williams - and,,Mocine is a ccepted, the firm.will help organize a community con - ference- as = they for the-last Environmental Design Plan. When the Council re ceives the new intermediate range development strategy., it will have before it the recommendations -of a formal,�citizens group,.the Planning Commission, the community conference .and their own. - thoughts as a Council. Vice- Mayor- Brunner- remarked.he..felt when.the first Design Plans.were drawn .up the,. City ° 'was having'some.very..severe problems such as double sessions in schools and. other-!crisis prob which are -not now, facing the community. He wondered if. - •th`e' !s.ervice now needed. , A general discussion followed, whether.th "is.was.an appro.pr :ate time to entertain a new proposal from'Williams.and Mocine. .-It-,was also questioned whether or not some conversat'ion� should be held :with -the real estate. people and the contractors before embarking . on- :a.new Environmental. :Design Plan. Mayor Putnam indicated the proposal,was'mer:ely , an Adea for a means of proceeding and suggested it -might be appropriate to hear from Mr. Corwin Mocine. Mr. Mocine, agreed. with, the 'Council .that. the situation has changed since the years of 71 -72 when.. the ip'lan.. :was first_..f'ormulated. He , stated Petaluma was. a pioneer in their thinking at that .: time,, but ,he, now has reports from the Office of Planning and Research of situations many communities in the stat& which are now being faced with crisis situatons'..in one way or, another. Mr..Mocine also indicated since -the plan first -was .initiated .by the. - City. of Petaluma many new techniques, have been tried and proven... Petaluma',s. very..serious crisis has. been met but some ongoing ,issues continue. .From.what.he has been able to,observe, Mr. Mocine feels Petaluma has benefited from what..they.inst tuted.in 1971 and 1972. Mr. Mocine stated he felt much could, be_lo-st if the. City doesn`.t move ahead and have a strategy prepared for..the next steps. In v ew.,of - this.,., their .f.irm could .bring an objective viewpoint to bear. as. they.;are morking- on.many,.,of these issues.. in other parts of the state. Mr. Mocine further stated,, when and if the City is ready to proceed, their firm would be very happy'to once again become involved. 428 October 26, 1976 PROPOSAL BY Councilman Harberson,questioned whether or not Mr- Mocine WILLIAMS & MOCINE felt his 'firm should be come involved'before'Sh results FOR EXTENSION OF of the study committee had been reviewed by.the City ENVIRONMENTAL Council. Mr. Mocine stated the•citizens''con'ference DESIGN PLAN (:C: L17iued)'which they would..plan would be based on the modified (Continued) Environmental Design Plan. It would be necessary to wait until plan is completed, and he could not foresee having the conference before the first of the year in 1977. Mayor Putnam made a state-ment.regarding; the first•Environ- mental Design. Plan and felt it was' successful because the City was able to get the community involved.. Many are now watching and waiting to see what course of action the City of Petaluma will now take since the five -year plan has concluded. I LEAGUE OF Mayor.Putnam..gave,a brief report on the conference held CALIFORNIA CITIES in San` Diego*.and stated she was very happy the members ��- CONFERENCE SAN DIEGO of the Petaluma City were able to attend;. This �. CALIFORNIA was a very'good.confer.ence, where a lot'of w.ork.was handled OCTOBER 17 - 20, 1976 by the League. Mayor Putnam also expressed appreciation for the hospitality shown by Sonoma County. cities which was Well'received. attendees at the.meeting..._In addi tion, she advised the officers of the League this year were from.smaller communities such as Petaluma., Fullerton -and'Watsonville. Councilman Cavanagh.r.epor.ted Mayor Putnam had been elected President of the League of California Cities at this con - ference and will serve for the forthcoming, year. SOUTHERN S.ONOMA Mayor Putnam ,reported' on am_eeting held October 25, 1 COUNTY MUNICIPAL which was attended by `the City Manager, the Assistant COURTS_ City Manager', Police Chief, Councilman Hilligoss.and her- self. The invitation had been received, from Judge James E Jones,, Presiding Judge, .Sonoma County Municipal .Court to discuss the Southern Sonoma'County- Municipal System. Also in, attendance were Supervisors George Detong and Brian Kahn. At -the'Meeting the matter of in- custody arraignments being ,mad e in San.ta - ROsa.rather than the Southern Sonoma County courts was discussed. - The City Clerk.was...d rected write a letter indicating the ;:ounc ;,' Council's favor of the proposal a`s long as Petaluma area residents wou not be caused additional expense or inconvenience. RECREATION COMMISSION A memorandum;da,ted' October 22, 1976 to City Manager Robert POLICY -- OUTSIDE Meyer from Recreation Director Jim Raymond outlining the {\ PROGRAMS, FINANCIAL Recreation.. Commission's -policy - recommendation .regarding ASSISTANCE financial assistance to out side programs had been distrib- uted to member's. of the City Council, and'is on file with the City Clerk.' The matter had been referred to the . .Recreat "ion Commission by the Council when the'Boys' Club, Inc.,, a_'sked the.City Council for financial assistance during, the months when the ., Uiiited'Way' Drive; was underway and the Boy's Club was, 'una'b'le to solicit funds for 'their organization. The :Recreation Commission felt the. City, should not offer financial' -assistance to outside organizations,, but to continue with promotion and offering ;fac =ali't'es' for use for'recr:eational ` p.urposes. Councilman.Brunner stated it' washis under- standing when the, Council ,reviewed th'eI budget and held budget hearing "s I it was clearly und;erstood,no new programs would be undertaken during the fiscal year. Councilman Hlli'goss., the Counc'l's,represen`tative to'the Rec'rea'tion, Music and Parks Commission ,.reported.'briefly_stating.the Commission had not taken a vote on the matter but had concurred in their. de_ci sion. They -felt i't would be inap- p'ro,priate to vote.since they awa' t'ing:a legal decision regarding the.,use of 'City funds for outside 'organiz'ations. , The matter of providing a .service, fee for an organization called Grant Finders'in the amount of $25*0 a year,may be an appropriate method for researching grants for various.organizationp,. Each time a search would be requested. there would -be ;an additional ;fee of $25 which the - Commission recommended should be paid'.by the outside organization. Mr. John Allison, Executive Director of Petaluma.People Services'Center-., spoke b riefly to the Council regarding the.organ'zation called Grant Finders and stated the same information is available to any person who would .want to do° the research through.public librar- ies- or.by'sub'scriptions to various: publi- ..cations which, are available on.a quarterly basis. Mr. Allison 'indicated he had some ' and was successful in, obtaining grants for other organizations where he had been previously employed. 429 October 26, 1976 RECREATION COMMISSION Some discussion;.was „held by the Council regarding the POLICY -- OUTSIDE policy they had..estab`lished..at budget time not to PROGRAMS, FINANCIAL include an.y new.;programs >n this fiscal year. City ASSISTANCE Manager Robert,Meyer suggested the Council should (Continued) wait until receiving the.City Attorney's opinion regarding funding,outside organizations before consider.ing_any.contributions in the next budget sessions. He suggested.the..Boy"s' Club should be.informed of the Council's intention of not funding°any new programs during this budget year. RECREATION A�memorandum. dated October 22,.1976 directed to the City DEPARTMENT -- CHANGE Manager by Recreation Director. Jim Raymond .submitted and PROGRAM OF SERVICE' -- filed'.. Excerpts. of .the. Recreation. Commission. minutes of TEENAGE PROGRAM October 13, 1976.submitted and filed.. Mr. Raymond stated his: budget now contains $1,300 .for a_ movie..program and open gym. for..teenagers... A group known.as Teen Action had approached the City Council regarding: drop -in activities and.a.monthl:y dance to be held at Kenilworth Recreatiorr'Center. The Council.referred the matter..to the Rec- reation Commission and the .Commission's.. - recommendation is...to add these' activities to the Program of Service, however,. they should be under the auspices of the City of Petaluma. If the movie and open gym,, programs. are to continue and.these additional programs added, Mr. R'aymond,stated funds- amounting to $738 to provide leadership would be needed for the balance of the fiscal year. Some of this cost may be offset by the concessions at the dances. Some discussion was held rega "r,ding.the- success-of the movie program..and the gym program: Mr. Raymond indicated the, gym- ,program would not start unitl .Fefruary as gymnasiums are not now available._ Both programs,would be evaluated and.if' felt to' be .- unsuccessful could:. be eliminated,. If retained in .the budget, the $738 and the hiriing'' °of'onesupervisor for the dances would be necessary. At the conclusion of the discussion, a,mo;tion - was made by Councilman Hilligoss, seconded by Councilman Brunner.app.roving the change in the Program of Service for the Recreation Depaftment to include.. the. teenage program and add $738 to the budget. Motioh was carried by six affirmative and one negative votes. Councilman Perry voted no as he felt the matter should be discussed at budget time. Mr. Dan Barstow from Petaluma .Peoples..Services..Center, who is involved in the teen program, stated they have,been..allocated $10,000 in funds from.Sonoma County. These f:urids:, however, can.only be.used for capital outlay and not for personnel.: It. may be possible to use a. portion of these funds - to pur- chase a pool table. and materials to build a ping pong table which the City could utilize in the program. APPROVE OUTSIDE C6mmuni.tv.:Developme-nt.and Services Coordinator Frank Gray �}p SEWER /WATER reviewed.-the area for. the. benefit of the City Council. CONNECTION Mr. Gray stated .the.matter had been referred'by'the County - LEWIS'M. HILL for.comment. Several former subdivision lots in the area HIGHLAND ROAD' had-been combined into one lot and.then split. The Hill's RES #7558 NCS residence is..on.one-portion of the property and another homes proposed for.the second lot. The Council had re- viewed the,matt - .er- .previously. Assistant City Engineer Thomas Hargis memo `dated October. 13, . 1976:.regar,dng the subject application submitted and filed'. The City Engineer' indicates the. existing, 6 ", sanitary sewer is capable of serving the subj'ect lost. The of the fact it may not be possible to gravity sewer the lot and a:booster:.pump may be necessary. In relation to - the water system the elevation of thec property_,.is,..above 180 feet and it would be necessary to have a privydtely.owne& boost ng sy:stem.for the proposed structure. Planning Director. Ronald Hall s memo 'dated.0c '2l, 1976 regarding. the subject application submitted And fil Mr. Hall's:'findings' indicate- the..lot sizes 'conform to the City's Subdivi- sion and 'Zoning Ordinances, "the General Plan -and Environmental Design Plan. Mr. Gray indicated, the owner! .is aware at some .future tim& it would be necessary to annex the property to `the City ,of, Petal'uma.. This is not physically possible at the present time ' file` recommendation from a.11.. agencies was for approval of the application. Resolution 47558 N..C•.S. grant_'ing..the . ap.p of Lewis M. Hill for one residential outside sewer connection. and „one,outs de,residential water connection at premises known as :a portion. of A.P . 4 :19 .2"01- 04/'0'5 - parc'el two of parcel map #48.47 - Highland Road, was introduced by. Counclman,Mattei, seconded by Vice -Mayor Brunner and adopted by seven affirmative, vo.t:es ., 430 October 26, 1976 , CALL ,FOR BIDS Water _Pollution' Control ; 'Super ntend -ent ,Fred4 Sdh b6ne�eis TO REPAIR .AIR explained :.,this,., oll%Rand.. air: com pressor , one; =which COMPRESSOR (WPCP') was originally »;placed in the addition to Water Pollution RES #755 NCS Control, Fa'cilites..ap,proxmately.. nine years =ago 'Abou',t one -..year :ago the City authorized . the • purchas'e `of"as larger ;e'om= pressor. Viffi ic been° installed' and rt',,. •along with' anatl °er compr•essor,,.is presently; functioning at:<the plant Thin: smaller. Ingersoll' /Rand which ,has a capacity of ::,approximately 2.; 500 z cubic feet,.per :minute is the back ,up. unit- ' It is now oust of service, and ,coull" not be 'used .An n case . of emergency.- The plant. personnel" have ;dismantled . the, eompre 'sor'and wi't'h, the %a d'.'.of'- Cr•:iati ach ne Company,, who are.,experts on ".:Ingersoll /Rand• compres'sors;, : a• determination has :been made ,that .the, blower is- out„ of. alignment ,and 'tlie bear ngs:z'need. to, be ;replac'ed :" . Mr. Schoenewe'is. was..; asking, permission °,fiom,.the,_Council.. to,;go ,out ":`to" bid for: repair of -the compressor Mayor;Putnam..que'stioned•:what the 'cos't -: ;. is estimated to. be; -.and.. Mr.., Schoenewe'is Ind cafied it ,= would.;be;someiahere•fi;around $- 9;00,0. City : Manager ,.Ro:b'ert_ Mey.er,,stressed, the importa'nc'e:.'of,°having; a.,back =up;e unit for the plant in case there should be .another fa •lurer.. ,,-H'e : indicated .•the•. cost for the .repair would come from.Lthe. ,sewer . fund. Resolutionj7559 N.0 S. ..plans-,,-and peci_fi.cat'ions _and caol - 14A ; for'tbid's November .9, � 1,976 for - repairs,• to Ingersoll /Rand air compressor was ••introduced by Councilman �Mattei, seconded.. by ,Councilman ;Perry .and adoptedl affirmative ° .votes.. REQUEST-FOR Planning< D r.ecto.rr Ronald, Hall ` indicated he -.had d 1s.cussed PRIVATE STREET -- this- .matter with City Engineer 'David, Young prior to,� 712, "PARK LANE - - even. ng's• meet ng.,:: • The :p.lans.�f:or the pr vate street were REFERRED TO PLANNING late. comin& to_. the C tyy... offices and -the • Gity =Engineer, , COMMISST_ON after', his , review,..deter-mined,the..plans liadrt-not: .. proved by a .0 yil Engineer, but . by a licensed', surveyor and,.,there., could -be a problem with the dra- nage', in the,_; area.. Mr. Hall stated he had his staff contact Mr George Keller, the.: applicant,; and advise .,him, the Council =:: may °ngt action on. the matter: Mr':�Hah also stated :'if the Council .wished-, to. act on... the ; ma'tter:,at - „eoul'd be approv ed':; subjects to . approval b.y a Civil Engineer _: Mr :Hall; also stated the matter, o 44 .i: ;bul'_ ` turn, around for -:the: area had,_been discussed -,at the..Planning,.Commiss on leve =l however.,, because it:,was: rather short?.private, dr' Veway,. the Commission di'd not - feel a bulb turn around i49U - ld -.15e, necessary. City !.Erigineer., David _:Y'oung, stated', lie felt, the - mat.ter 6ould',. resolved •butrhe. 'was „;not certain whe,ther=• gr;-- not' ',;the • property coul'a %be,,sewer:ed� bytf gray ty._f ow Mr..- _Young further r stated .some. of. the find ngs�.iri the;.Planning',,Commission's Resolution #Z5 76 adopted. by; the - Planning "Commiss on.. :October .5,:,197F6. could not" ,hale happened, because -the: pl'ans not -reeeiyed until _th s ida -.It was, •tY en ,suggested -.- the . 'be :returned: to -the'�Planning,,Commission for their appr6va -1;. p. Mr.. Hall - .stated' there ' s a, ,procedural - quest on wh' ch ,arises: when pr-iva-te_ streets are requested As;. the*,proded'ure:s�,,are;.se - „forth now • the, developer,.musit .go:.;through anz improvement p'lan�, . hire ,a CiVil -;and - go ,to :t'h'e, expense ,of :d'rawi'ng ,up , the plans before ac,t.ually knows .or not. the: Count l_..w 1l appro�e;.,a.:.,' private street.. City.,MAna&r:_Robert :Meyer^ the.•Counci -1 may..'want:�tov; . study the_procedur.ea to . d'et'ermine whether, they_ • rather `have, an •opportun -ty 1. . to review private r.oads, befor`e requi:ring.. a . developer to .,prep are gall the <pl`an&,, including, water. and sewer.. City Engineer:; David 1 Young•. stated _t is may, work in some instances, , but. there,, could. be .,times; when.the characteristics of” ;the�pr vate road the_ Counci-%V._ decision-, ; In ; this instance there is- not, only,... a, :pr,ivate road, .but "a private storm .drain, and some decision .needs to,,:be, made on how.the. storm drain will be. maintained Councilman.Harberson . then suggested' ,the, matter be taken: back. toN:the Planning .Commis ion,. and ..no ,action wa's - fakeA- � ;, City'. Engineer, David. Young,.;adv se-d he had ; received a tom munication . fr:om,•Chuek: Jos'eph;. Manager of the Novato ,San :tary `pistrct which ; is the. administering; agency: for; the joint agreement fo,r ,the _Eas.tern.. Mar in /. `outh - Sonoma County Wastewater Facilit -ies. , Plan Mr.. Joseph•.adv the California, and the `Environmentaxl.:Pr.oteet `on .,Agenc arse, des 'rous..of having_ additsional ,-.,work; - covered; -; uxid'er: the faci'l ties plan, =not_'contemplated in, the.,- origi'nal work, pro,gram,,_ He' statede here is,, committee,. called t!he,Ma�r ne �_Estuaty Technical Committee .c of staf °f':.people,from; the:- State,.Division of Wa_t ,Q:ualyity; Con.- trol and scientists from' tthe academic community around.. the.. Bay: Mr,... Young', stated .even though -. the : Envir- onmental._;P,•rotection'Agency' : and; ;Sacramento had. ap= proved the sco;pe:.of, work'.,under..,,the;, joint ••powers, agreement, , xhe •Marine . Es,tuary: Technical Committee decided ,they'iaould_; °like: ,more extensive, modeling of the ''Eay l 1 431 October 26,, 1976, , AU-THORI-Z-E iADDIT..�I.ONAL -I dnd additional sampli#& dbrfe'_:to verify 'STTURIISL;'EASTZRN;: ' :r thel,accuracy,.pf ..the',"mathematical modeling. Additional tMARIR/SOUTHERR- x#bkk-:t�ould.'.c.bs't�:betweenI $80 - 000 and $150- 000. The SONOMA% COUNTY-: , ,original I,costt* bf..-the' f acilities plan was.$472,000. 7 CI - LITIES -.7 WASTEWATER, This �additional,woxk,- c ould bring the cost to $622,000. . (Continued;) tinued) ..P-rior to �entering�,. into -the joint power-s ag-reement, Lity, ha&,entere&'. into -_ an-,earlier, agreement which -covered - .. :more'-. Petaluma," sa share. of thenew -,-,,program. This new prp.gram-Is bein&�fund d by t Yederali'and State The City of Petaluma - ...was to_have:- received a -refund- of_ $16,j2aQ,,- If-the.additional work is to be authorized, it'; would Petaluma-,would­ r.eceive_,­$,14., 08q,,.. If, the plan is approved. by all agencies powers agreement, .: ut-limate .result,. would -be a regional .plan•. fdr•.fiiture grants'. 'whether-.., the, City,. goes to!.JAnd . reclamation for 'future,. treatment�_or�:t tertiary treatrrierit'. ..The,mork is being requested by the , Environmental Pro tect ion, Agency and the. bulk. ,of _. the !cos.t_.wiv be _borne by - State and Fed -eral a,genc-ies•. Mr. Young stated Mr. Joseph-is-asking intent to proceed from all.-member of the_j _oInt ppwqrs, . agreemept, liri- ord',er -.' to � have. the work proceed on schedu-1 difficulty,_a..rises in, circulating: the to all. agencies. ,- whichr­dbuld?,take from, twof,to. three: months If :one of' involved would not approve the additional ditional study;,.there would be-funds: available to do the modeling, but not complete the entire-study. Mr. Young stated that the.best intere'si. -is to,s.have a f acilities plan wil-I meet the Efivironmental Protection U pon .conclu.s`ion�,of Mr Youngs, presentation, a motion. was made by Councilman, Mattei,, seconded ,,by..Councilman;,=Pek,.rv commencement of, the-add-Itional, study'.. , The, motion, w s%;carr-ied.--.by. four'i of f irmative, two negative and one� votes. Councilmerv and Hili•igoss voted no.- ll . y ; Vice-Ma yqrl Brunner, was excused. and left- the meeting•. 1q CALIFORNIA TRANS- A copy. of � the draft =. plan summary of :.the California Trans- POR.TkT,I.0N_ PLAN - - �portation .�. ;.-Policy Element. dated- is on .7 _ 1 Plan , POLICY 'ELEMENT f ile, with;-_the City ,.Clerk,. City Engirr6er David Young ad- tp._ s vi, ed,­khe -he. -had- attended a -meet-ing.-the. previous e 7 e ­when - -t -he draft., summary: -y.- .element- had beeni dis- cussed­.-,. The: reqUiTement­.fl:kr- the-Ca-11fornia,- �Transp or tat ion Plan: was in the,. statutes of 197;2_­, The-F. Calif ornia,,'Sta -,, to have. acted and adopted a transpor- tation plan -,"` but has" . done so. In, ;the, .meantime, ­the Callf ornia `I-Transportat ion Plan Task has, prepared.=t-he,Cali-forn-ia Transportation Plan--Policy Element whichA the- legislation,, be.usedA by. bothi State Department of Trarisp*&rta the California- Tra:nsportation Board-.,as a-�guiddline'. Mr. Young stated the .66.cuTfteiit. will 'carry. a -lot afi&. be. important in. ,planning. matters as,far'As the state transportation system is concerned. The'.firsvIl . publi'd heaIr-ing,"to be heId draft summary is Monday, November 8th ,aC�t.-,'BARz.T-.,,;,,Ifi�-ddqi.ia.rt-ej7-i§.:'- , -in'- 'Oak . laqd*-.- Ma-yo Putnam felt the.City should,:be represented' and�=-ask- if.._he,wbuld­_-be in. attendance,:. Mr—Joung..stated heYould. attend', the ,'me'et '... W, _v eed withl • the-, .report in..principle- and would have no input tb:..-6 Miriaget ,Robert-t'-Meyer, suggested;, an :elected of f icial should also be a,t .the, ing'.. pr,present ic pri ques tIo '"I ' ed iwhether writ ten, comments -would be, accepted by the .n­ Cal-if o rnia ­Transpor tat ion Plan• Force.= Mr. Young..,advised the cutoff; date for writ:ten'.comii!erit- 22.. letter whdch� had been. received by AMEND- Mayor .-P;tit-nam:,.p",t-ione�d 6RDINAMECTO RE-ZONE the,'Planning, Commission' from.Mr. and Mrs. David Lobdell who ,.SOUTitt-AST.' .,6 • --,re Eighth Street. -Since_,,the matter before- the S TREETS. . l-L. tonight, wa order publicationtof the or- GRDt.-,#;I22-8t) NC-S .4inanc the- wiI reserved for the pub-1 hearing '1 'ember 15,­. h �d �-N 1976 to, be... e 01V .- -28'N:C'i amending Zoning.,Ord-inance: iilo-7-1: M.c...s. by reclassifying the 'pro,per,t ,y., . , sou, t-he-ast corner - of, Eighth- and .."V... Streets f rom R-176,500 to a PTTanned "Unit Development. (Go'Itermann,, Glazier. and was introduced by Cbunc�il *� seco Councilman ,Perry and. ordered. published by six affirmative and• one ab.sehte6 votes.*. 432 October 26, 1976 AMEND ZONING Ordinance.._ #1229 amending Section-24 =600 of Zoning ORDINANCE Ordinance - . 10.72 .N.,C': S.. _was introduced by Councilman. SECTION 2'4 -600 Harberson, seconded :.b_y..Councilman.Mattei and ordered pub - ORD °61229 MS lished. - by'.six. affirmative and one ,absentee 'vote's'. ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 11::55 p.m. Mayor Attest: "mot: 1�.t� City perk 7 LJ