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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 12/02/1974MINUTES OF MEETING OF CITY COUNCIL PETALUMA, CALIFORNIA December 2 1974 COUNCIL MEETING Regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Petaluma.was called to order by Mayor Putnam the hour of 7:30 p.m. ATTENDANCE Present:_.Councilmen Harbers.on., Mattei, Perry, Jr., and Mayor Putnam-. . Absent: Councilmen Brunner, Cavanagh, Jr., and Daly. INVOCATION Due to the absence -of Reverend Gary Lombardi, St. Vincent's Church, no invocation was given. APPROVAL OF The minutes of November 4, 1974,- and November 12, MINUTES 1974., were.approved as 'recorded. CONSENT CALENDAR A motion was made by Councilman Perry, seconded by Councilman Harberson, approving Consent Calendar Items #1 through #3. Motion carried unanimously. Agenda Item #1 Resolution #6750 N.C.S. approving certain assurances Assurances - relating to federal financial assistance and auth- J Federal Highway orizing the Mayor to sign was introduced by Council - Act man Mattei,.seconded by Councilman Harberson, and Res 46750 NCS approved by 4 affirmative votes, 3 absentees. Agenda Item #2 i Resolution #6751 appointing the Personnel Designating Officer as Civil- Rights for federal Civil Rights funding was introduced by Councilman Mattei,, ­ Coordinator seconded by Councilman Harberson, and approved by 4 Res 446751 NCS affirmative. votes, 3 absentees. j project. located%at 1051 Petaluma Boulevard,South,was Agenda Item #3 Resolution ;46752 a public hearing 6 % Calling for date for the purpose of considering reclassifying Public Hearing A-.-P. 448 04716-.and A.P.48 -04 -06 from a C-N,(Neighborhood- Rezoning Commercial) District to an R -C (Compact Single - Res 46752 NCS family Resident) District (208 -210 Baker Street) was introduce&.by Councilman.,Mattei, seconded by Councilman Harberson, and approved by 4 affirmative votes, 3 absentees. DELETE UPSTREAM A letter directed to David-.Young-,z-City Engineer,;, A NAVIGATION from Colonel H. A. Flertzheim, Jr., District Engineer, Corps of Engineers, 'was,,read. and filed.:, Mr. Young explained it had been the City's intention at the time the Washington Street Bridge was built to abandon the navigational rights upstream from the bridge and the request in the letter is conducive to our previous plan. There will be no further dredging of this area by the Corps of Engineers. RES #6754 NCS man.Perry., and approved by 4 affirmative votes, 3 absentees." Senior Planner Dennis Boehlje explained to the Council that the EIR, prepared by Del Davis and Associates.;• -.f,or this- :project had -been reviewed by-approxi- mately 16 agencies and.comnients - had been made by the.Sonoma County Water Agency, the Assistant City Engineer, Pacific Gas-and Electric Company, the PUBLIC HEARING -- Resolution 46754 N.C.S. certifying the Environmental EIR, KIECKHEFER Impact Report for Walter Kieckhefer's condominium , CONDOMINIUM project. located%at 1051 Petaluma Boulevard,South,was PROJECT introduced b y.. 'C � y by.-,'.Councilman Mattei seconded b Council- RES #6754 NCS man.Perry., and approved by 4 affirmative votes, 3 absentees." Senior Planner Dennis Boehlje explained to the Council that the EIR, prepared by Del Davis and Associates.;• -.f,or this- :project had -been reviewed by-approxi- mately 16 agencies and.comnients - had been made by the.Sonoma County Water Agency, the Assistant City Engineer, Pacific Gas-and Electric Company, the 3Q® December 2, 1974 PUBLIC.HEARING =- City's Building Division, Fire Chief, Recreation EIR -; KIECKHEF.ER Director, and the Planning Department. Mr. Boehlje CONDOMINIUM indicated that Del Davis and Associates had adequately PROJECT responded to comments made by these people,and,it RES #6754 NCS -was the staff's recommendation that the Council (continued) certify the EIR. Councilman Mattei voiced an objection to the requirements of preparing such extensive environmental impact reports stating he felt it was an undue expense for residential developments such as this project. Mr. Mattei further stated that he realized the.requirements were those of State and federal agencies. Mr. Del-Davis, President of Del Davis and Associates, responded to Mr. Mattei indicating that he has-been involved i:n the preparation of EIR's for various agencies wherein the matters have gone to court and is currently involved in 4 court cases concerning the adequacies of EIR's. He further stated once an EIR is done on? a certain area, it -need never be done again. Mayor Putnam opened the public hearing. Mr. Walter Kieckhefer -, the principal developer for the project, spoke to the Council agreeing that the EIR was a voluminous technical report, but it Was necessary. Mr. Kieckhefer stated the project conforms with the plans for the Petaluma .River as out -lined in an earlier- study of-the river. He is hopeful there will -be other residential projects developed along the river and this project will be the incentive for future residential development. He feels certain this goal w -11 be obtained if the upstream pollution of the raver is controlled. Mr. Kieckhefer stated that up until now, persons wishing to move-to-Petaluma had very few choices of lifestyles and-develop- ments. This condominium project wi -11 offer condominium living, - recreational areas, and river access. Mr. Kieckhefer reviewed the land uses surrounding the subject property stating that directly across the river was the prestressed concrete plant built by Gerwick's, to the south -of the project are numerous gasoline storage tanks -, and -the other areas in close- proximity are commercial and industrial. The gasoline storage tanks are no longer being used as such and Mr. Kieckhefer stated he was hopeful -tha-t, in the future, they would gradually disappear from the area and the land would be put to higher uses such as residential and up- graded commercial Director of Community Development Frank Gray outlined the proposed project on the wall diagram for the audience and the Council showing where the structures would be, the streets, and where some of the existing vegetation is being considered for incorporation into the final project. Mr. Gray stated that provision must be made for public - access along the river and indicated some type of neighborhood park would probably be required in the area. These are concerns which will be taken up when the subdivision is reviewed. City Manager Robert Meyer remarked-that even though the EIR called for 2 police officers per 1,000 population, there were -other - factors which entered into this ratio. He also noted the EIR stated there were no unusual crime problems in the area. Mr. Meyer asked that the footnote on page V (2'8 footnote) be changed to read "Police Chief" instead of "Fire Chief:. A discussion.was held regarding additional corrections to the EIR or omissions from the document and-how `they were to be handled. Mr. Gray felt this particular EIR had,been very carefully - reviewed by the agencies and the Council could certify the accuracy of:the. report. City Attorney Matt Hudson advised the Council the report was an attempt to lay out all the facts to the best of the City's-ability. He felt the document had been thoroughly reviewed and could.be a'guide -in making.future decisions. It is not -any type of decision in itself,,. but could.be used as a guideline by the Council. He further stated it had been sent out to. all the agencies for 1 December 2, 1974 PUBLIC HEARING-- comments.;.negative_comments had been received, and Elk, KIECKHEFER at point., the Council action is to certify it CONDOMINIUM has been completed in compliance with all State PROJECT .- laws. _ RES #6754 NCS (continued) No:.other comments were .received from the audience and Mayor Putnam closed the public hearing. At the conclusion of the public hearing, the above legisla- tion was adopted. 3�1 BID OPENING-- Memo fr-om Purchasing Officer David AIR. BLOWER Smith to the Mayor and City Council, dated November 27, RES #6755.NCS 1974, was noted and filed. Mr. Smith recommended all bids be rejected and =,the Council authorize a new call for bids. The various -bids were discussed by Public Works Director He . was of the opinion that the high bidders probably, for reasons of their own, did not.want the bid at this time. The other bids received were lacking in conformity to the specifications in one way or another. In response to Councilman Harberson's question where the money was budgeted for-this item, Mr. Young indicated it was :,emergency item and would have to. taken from contingency funds; however, : - if- delivery was not until next year sometime, they would budget for it. He felt -that all new bids to be received should.include an escalation clause in order to cover additional costs due to the rising economy and the time needed for delivery. Upon conclusion of the discussion, Resolution #6755 NCS rejecting all bids for one air blower for the Wastewater Treatment Plant was introduced by Councilman Perry, seconded by Councilman Mattei,, and adopted by 4 affirmative votes, 3 absentees. l l k CALL FOR BIDS- -AIR Resolution #6756-N.C.S. authorizing the purchase of I / BLOWER, WASTEWATER one.air blower for the Wastewater Treatment Plant TREATMENT -PLANT was - .introduced by Councilman Mattei, seconded by RES 46756 NCS Councilman Perry by 4 affirmative votes, 3 absentees. CLAIMS AND BILLS Resolution #6757 N.C.S. approving claims and bills RES 46757 NCS 442106 to 42241, inclusive., and 442544 to x{2574, inclusive, as-approved by -City Manager Robert H. Meyer, was introduced by Councilman Mattei, seconded by Harberson, and approved by 4 affirmative votes- 3-absentees. WATER CONTRACTORS' ADVISORY COMMITTEE RES 446758 NCS Resolution #6758•N.C.S. appointing David A. Young as representative•- and.Thomas J...Wilson as alternate to the Water Contractors' Advisory Committee, 2 Sonoma County Water_- Agency, was introduced by Councilman Mattei, seconded by Councilman,Perry, and approved by 4-affirmative votes, 3 absentees. , City.Manager Robert Meyer explained the -Water Contractors' Advisory Committee was.established for the new water contract. The purpose_of the Committee is to review all proposals set forth by the Water Agency which involves_ a significant capital outlay.for the transmission system -or any .other project which would change the level of service or.all other-.expenses to-be borne by the water users. The Committee is. composed of one._representative selected by :each water contractor. Each representative will .be. allocated, a weighted vote which must be based on the.amount of water the contractor buys. Mr. Meyer further explained this Committee give .the water contractors a voice in decisions made concerning.the system. P,•reviously, matters: had gone directly to the Board of Directors from the Sonoma County Water Agency without input from the contractors. 322. December 2, 1974 PROPOSED MEETING Mayor Putnam reported she had been contacted by Dr. HOSPITAL'BOARD Groverman asking that -a joint meeting_between City - Council and the Hospital Board-of Directors be set up to consider the two sites recommended-to the hospital by the advisory committee. Mayor Putnam indicated she preferred to wait until a full Council was present.to:.determine whether or not they wanted to meet with the Hospital Board.on this matter. /rl FEES - -WEED Resolution #6759 N.C.S. setting fees for weed.. ABATEMENT SERVICES abatement services provided at the request of RES #6.75:9 NCS property - owners in the City of Petaluma was intro- duced by Councilman Perry, seconded by Councilman. Mattei, and approved by 4 affirmative vo.tes, absentees.*. Fire Chief Joe Ellwood explained the reason for the increase in fees for, this year -was predicated -upon the rising costs for the chemicals used in the service--for instance, one chemical- had.•gone'-from $2.85.a pound- to-$6.10 a pound. Another item which contributed to the higher -cost was the increase in the cost of labor. MODIFY SUBDIVISION Resolution #6760 N.G.S. granting c'er-tain modifica- �� / ORDINANCE RE 519 tions w. -the requirements imposed.by the.Subdivision J AND 525 KEILER ST. Ordinance of this City relating to the premises RES #6760 NCS located at 519 and 52-5 Keller Street was introduced by Councilman Mattei, seconded by Councilman Perry -, and approved by 4 affirmative votes, 3 absentees. Director of Community Development Frank Gray pointed out the 2 lots in question on the overhead projector. He explained to the Council the request was to allow the lots to be created at less than -65 -foot frontage and less than 100 -foot depth. He further indicated the creation of these lots was necessary because of an unusual circumstance wherein a portion..of the-lot had been granted as a right -of -way for a dr private. residence quite some time ago. The 2.- lots, if approved., would_ be as large.. or larger than the - surrounding neighborhood.- The Planning Commission, at .. its meeting-of November 19th approved.the reduction. A copy of Planning Commission Resolution 423 -74 and -the minutes of November 19, 1974, are on file with the City Clerk. WASTE DISCHARGE Director of Public Works David Young advised the ° REQUIREMENTS-- Council -he had written to the Regional Water Quality �'� WATER POLLUTION Control Board, as discussed in the meeting of CONTROL PLANT November -25th, setting forth 8 points on the was.,.te discharge requirements for the City of Petaluma. He is to meet with the Board on December 10., :1974. Most -of the points in his letter were technical in nature, but Mr. Young felt by meeting with the Board they could be resolved: He reminded the Council of the hearing scheduled for December 17, 1974, and asked Council to -give consideration to writing a letter on their views in order to be received by that date. Mr'..Young -felt the staff of the Board would incorporate his suggestions in modifying the requirements and shortly after the hearing on the 17th the requirements would be adopted. In discussing the types of statements which could be contained in a letter to the Regional Water Quality Control Board for the hearing, the Council discussed discussed several items. They-felt the Board should be made aware the City of Petaluma-is -in the midst of- completing- a ponding system which -had been .a requirement of the Board; however, even before it was completed, it appears to be obsolete and more advanced treatment is necessary.- Another concern. was the need'-for additional manpower to -.meet the discharge requirements to. be imposed upon - the_City in the near future. The Council also felt that. both the State and 'federal government should make some provision::to assist agricultural -and food 'industries in order prevent further escalation of the cost of food products to the consumer.- This would be some type of 323 December 2, 1974 WASTE DISCHARGE REQUIREMENTS— WATER 'POLLUTION CONTROL PLANT (continued) prepare a letter to the Council. It was California Senators, EXECUTIVE SESSION - reimbursement for source control and pre- treatment. The availability of dump sites for the disposal of toxic-and poisonous materials was also a concern to the'Council- -where are they located and the types of materials to be accepted at such sites. At the conclusion of the discussion, Mayor Putnam asked the staff - -Mr. Young, Mr Hudson, and Mr. Meyer - -to the Regional Board incorporating the ideas presented by further asked that copies of the letter be sent to the our Congressman, State Senator and Assemblyman. The City Council convened to an executive session at -9 :07 p.m. and reconvened at 9:37 p.m. The purpose of the executive session was the selection n the Planning Commission, the Recreation, Music, and Community Development Committee, and to confirm the the Historical and Cultural Preservation Committee of members to serve o Parks Commission, the Mayor's selection of members. APPOINTMENT- - EDWARD E. HORCIZA PLANNING COMMISSIONER RES #6761 NCS Resolution #6761 N.C.S. appointing Edward E. Horciza to the Planning Commission was introduced by / Councilman Perry, seconded by Councilman Harberson, and approved by 4 affirmative votes, 3 absentees. APPOINTMENT-- Resolution #6762 N.C.S. appointing Jeanette E. JEANETTE E. ANGLIN Anglin to the Petaluma Recreation, Music, and Parks / RECREATION Commission was introduced by Councilman Harberson, COMMISSIONER seconded by Councilman Perry, and approved by 4 RES 46762 NCS affirmative votes, 3 absentees. APPOINTMENTS-- Resolution 446763 N.C.S. establishing a Community COMMUNITY Development Advisory Committee and appointing DEVELOPMENT Robert A. Maser, C. Glenn Head, Mary Isaak, Roger ADVISORY COMMITTEE Giese, and Carolyn Geiger to said Community Develop - RES #6763 NCS ment Advisory Committee and appointing Jane Jewett, James J. Grossi, and Van Marter'Peck as alternates to said Committee was introduced by Councilman Perry, seconded by Councilman Harberson, and approved by 4 affirmative votes, 3 absentees. CONFIRMATION-- Resolution 46764 N.C.S. appointing and confirming HISTORICAL AND certain members of the Historical and Cultural CULTURAL Preservation Committee was introduced by Councilman PRESERVATION Harberson, seconded by Councilman Perry, and approved COMMITTEE by 4 affirmative votes, 3 absentees. The members 0 / RES 46764 NCS appointed by the Council include William B. Doty, representing the legal profession with term to expire June 30, 1976; John W. Eliassen, representing the architectural profession with term to expire June 30, 1976; Frederick K. Schram, representing a local historic and cultural preservation organization with term to expire June 30, 1975; and Barbara.J. Lind, representing a local historic and cultural preservation organization with term to expire on June 30, 1975. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business to come before the Council, the meeting was adjourned at 9:47 p.m. Mayor ATTEST: ity Cler