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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 12/16/19743 2 5 MINUTES OF MEETING OF CITY COUNCIL PETALUMA, CALIFORNIA December 16, 1974. COUNCIL MEETING Regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Petaluma was called to order by Mayor Putnam at the hour of 7:30 p.m. ATTENDANCE Present: Councilmen Brunner, Cavanagh, Daly, Harberson, Mattei, Perry, Jr., and Mayor Putnam. Absent: None. INVOCATION The Reverend Eugene Anderson, Seventh Day Adventist Church,, gave the invocation. APPROVAL OF MINUTES The minutes of November 18, November 25, and December 2, 1974, were approved as recorded. CONSENT CALENDAR A motion was made by Councilman Cavanagh, seconded by Councilman Perry, adopting the Consent Calendar, Agenda Items #1 through A. Motion carried unanimously. Agenda Item #1 Resolution ` #6765 N.C.S. accepting completion of the Parcel Map #68, work required in Parcel Map #68- -Lands of Perry - -was Lands of Perry introduced by Councilman Cavanagh, seconded by Council - Res #6765 NCS man Perry, and approved by.7 affirmative votes. Agenda Item #2 Resolution #6766 N.C.S. granting Ghilotti Brothers an Extension of extension of time within which to complete the South Time, South McDowell Boulevard Widening Project -- Project #RS 12 -73. McDowell _B1_vd. was-introduced-by Councilman.Cavanagh, seconded by Widening Councilman Perry, and approved by 7 affirmative votes. Res #6766 NCS Agenda Item #3 Resolution #6767 N.C.S. approving rental of the Petaluma Santa Rosa Jr. Swim Center by Santa Rosa-Junior College, Petaluma / College Re Center., and authorizing the Mayor to execute an agree- 3 / Swim Center ment for the use of the Swim Center was introduced by Res #6767 NCS Councilman Cavanagh, seconded by Councilman Perry, and approved by 7 affirmative.votes. Agenda Item #4 Resolution 46768 N.C.S. accepting completion of the (� Accepting Caulfield Lane Overcrossing Approaches -- Project #GT 1-73-- Completion— was introduced by Councilman.Cavanagh, seconded by Caulfield Lane Councilman Perry, and approved by 7 affirmative votes. Res 46768 NCS APPEAL RE PARKING Resolution 46780 N.C.S. setting date and time of REQUIREMENTS FOR public hearing appealing the decision of the Planning 3 1 NEW LIBRARY Commission of the City of Petaluma which placed certain / RES 46780 NCS restrictions on the site design of the Petaluma Public Library proposed for the corner of East Washington Street and - Fairgrounds Drive was introduced by Council- man Daly, - seconded by Councilman Brunner, and approved by 7 affirmative votes. The public hearing is scheduled for Monday, December 30,.1974, 7:30 p.m., in the Council Chambers, to•hear the appeal of Robert -.H. Meyer regarding restric- tions placed on parking requirements. MYREL A. MOSS ZONE RATES RE TAXICABS Letter from Myrel A. Moss, Petaluma Taxi Company, r dated November 18, 1974, to the City Council regarding / rate application , for - Petaluma Taxi was read by the City Clerk"and - ordered filed. WIN December 16, 1974 MYREL A. MOSS Speaking from the audience, Mr. Moss explained that ZONE RATES RE the rates contained in the letter would apply to TAXICABS second, third, or fourth passengers in the taxicab; (continued) however, the meter-rate would apply to the first passenger. In the discussion that followed, the Council felt it had been such a short time since the rates had been previously set and they did not feel they would want to change the rates or make any decision .regarding Mr. Moss's suggestions at this time, therefore, no action was taken. / REPRESENTATIVE The City Council is in receipt of a letter from the. - SONOMA COUNTY Sonoma County Arts - Council, dated December.3, 1974, ARTS COUNCIL asking for an appointment to the Board of-Directors. Mr. Lawrence Simons, President, emphasized in his letter that the person appointed should be someone with a. broad interest in and commitment to the arts who is sincerely interested in serving'. In the following - discussion, the Council asked.that some publicity be given to Mr. Simons' letter asking - members of the 'community to volunteer to serve on this The Clerk was directed to write a letter to Mr. Simons advising him we are making the community aware of the need for a.drector from the City and an appointment should be made probably by the January bth meeting. LICENSE FEES -- A letter had been received by the City Council from /✓ NEUTERED DOG'S Mrs. Albert Trenchard inquiring why Petaluma's dog - license fees for neutered animals are not being lowered. Mrs. Trenchard cited County of Marin, City of-Santa Rosa, and City of Rolnert Park as-already having this license fee structure in effect. City Attorney Matt Hu'ds'on advised Council he had written-to the three jurisdictions mentioned in Mrs. T.r.enchard's for their ordinances covering .fees. He also reported Lt. Kohl of the Police Department had been working on a draft ordinance which would amend the fees to include license fee reductions for neutered dogs as well as reduced fees for dogs. A report is-in progress and will be presented to the City a future date. Councilman Mattei requested a report be prepared for the Council on the results of the "Leash Law" recently by the City Council. PUBLIC HEARING - - Director of-Community Development.Frank.Gray pointed REZONING 208 - 210 out the'area on the wall diagram. He stated the BAKER STREET - requested rezoning is in harmony with ,the surrounding ORD #1165 NCS area and, in his opinion, it is amore logical zoning than Neighborhood- Commercial. One of the lots has a small dwelling on it presently and the other lot is vacant. The request is to reclassify the two lots to Residential- Compact. The Planning'Commission minutes of November 19, 1974, recommending approval of the site design were noted and filed as well as the staff report and the-site design review. Mayor Putnam opened the public Bearing. No proponents or opponenta were present to speak on the issue. The public hearing was closed and Ordinance #1165 N.C. -S. amending Zoning Ordinance #1072 N.C.S. by reclassifying A.P. #8 094 -16 and A.P. #8- 094 =06 from a.,C -N (Neighborhood- Commercial District- to an R -C (Compact Single - Family Resident) District (208 -210 Baker Street) was - introduced by Councilman Perry, seconded by Councilman Harbers -on, and ordered published by 7 affirmative votes. 1� BID OPENING =- Assistant Purchasing Officer David Smith reported six .,� FENCING KENILWORTH bids had been received for th e fencing for the \y ATHLETIC FIELDS Kenilworth At Fields. Of the six, Able Fence RES #6769 NCS Company of Petaluma appeared to be the lowest bidder with a bid of $6,751. Mr. Smith reported the bid met 327 December 16, 1974 BID OPENING- - FENCING KENILWORTH ATHLETIC FIELDS RES J6769 NCS (continued) the specifications and is below our cost estimate of $7,500; whereupon, Resolution #6769 N.C.S. awarding the contract for the purchase of backstop and sideline fences for the Kenilworth.Athletic Fields.was- introduced by Councilman Harberson, seconded by Councilman Mattei, and approved by 7 affirmative votes. BID OPENING-- Assistant Purchasing Officer David Smith reported AIR..BLOWER, three_ bid "s..had been received on the second call. for WASTEWATER bids for. the air blower for the Wastewater Treatment TREATMENT PLANT Plant. After reviewing the bids, it was found all RES #6770 NCS conformed to our specifications. There was, again, a distinct variance between the.high and the low bidder and D.irector.of Public Works David Young indicated he felt the high bidder was again not actually.compet -ing for the bid; whereupon, Resolution #6770 N.C.S.. awarding contract.for the purchase of one air blower for the Wastewater Treatment Plant to Mando Technical Sales Company for a sum not to exceed $9,481.76 was introduced by Councilman H_arberson and approved by 7 affirmative votes. i BID OPENING -- Three bids had been received by the City Clerk prior LAFFERTY RANCH to 5:00 p.m., December 10, 1974. The high bid was for RES X66771 NCS $2,85.0 from Mrs. Eda Sartori; the next highest from 1 Dr. Alfred Bettman, $2,,410; and the lowest bid from Mr. Frank Beffa, $2,185. Prior to the conclusion of business on December 16, 1974,- Mrs, Eda Sartori asked that her offer be withdrawn as she.plans to sell most of.her stock and would not,want -to use the Lafferty Ranch. The Council unanimously approved the withdrawal by Mrs. Sartori upon the motion -of Councilman Daly,. which was seconded by Councilman Brunner. Resolution X6.6.771 N.C.S. was then introduced by Councilman Daly, seconded by Councilman Perry, authorizing the.execution of a lease on the Lafferty Ranch with Dr. Alfred Bettman in.the amount of ; $2, -.410; and was approved by 7 affirma- tive votes. CLAIMS AND BILLS Resolution X66772 N..C.S. approving claims X62242 to RES 666772 NCS #2440, inclusive, with the exception of 662277, and X62575 to X62604, inclusive, approved for payment by the City Manager was introduced by Councilman Harberson, seconded by Councilman Daly, and approved by 7 affirmative votes. Claim X622.77 for payment to the Petaluma Auto - Body for repairs to Unit #16 and Unit #17 of the Police Department was withdrawn from the claims listing. The Council felt the bill should be paid directly by the insurance carrier with the City paying only the deductible amount of the insurance. WASTE DISCHARGE At the direction of'the City Council, a letter has REQUIREMENTS been prepared to the California Regional Water Quality 1 Control Board regarding waste discharge requirements 1 for-the Water Pollution Control Plant. The letter was read by the City Clerk and is on file.* Councilman Brunner and Councilman Mattei felt the letter should be more strongly worded regarding the Council's po =licy for the expenditure of funds to'meet- the State and federal discharge requirements. The letter -is to be delivered to the Board meeting to be held Tuesday, December 17, 1974. After a brief discussion, the Council reached a conclusion that a copy of the December 2, -1974, minutes wherein the matter was fully discussed by the Council should accompany the letter and the copies of the letter be forwarded to the City's representatives in thd.State Legislature and in Congress. December 16, 1974 -- COUNCIL - REPORTS - INFORMATIONAL Councilipan'Mattei reported that on Tuesday,-December 10th, MEETING=- BODEGA the Planning Commission had a meeting in the Council, AVENUE RESIDENTS Chambers which was attended by 50 to 60 people interested in the mpr of Bodega Avenue on the northerly side of Paula Lane to the City limits,. He commended Director of Community Development Frank Gray and Senior Planner Dennis Boehlje for the manner in which they conducted the meeting. Councilman Mattei felt the City is well on•its way to developing-plan-lines which will be right-for the City of Petaluma. �\ BICYCLE PATHS - -- Councilman Mattei commented on the publicity that has LINEAR - PARKWAYS been received regarding -the footage along Washington Creek to be used-as a parkway. He- stated the matter -:. had been discussed at length at the - Planning Commission meeting.. 'Director of Community- Development Frank Gray reported he- had.met the previous Friday with all the part =ies concerned, the City. Attorney, the City Engineer, the developer, and the Water Agency. He further indicated the, developer's engineer is supposed to work on some solutions to tle problem.. FINANCIAL STATUS,- Counci -lman Mattei asked Councilman Daly,,the Council':s i \ WATER DEPARTMENT' repres`eritative on the Water Commission, if he.were in \ a position to give a report on the surplus funds shown in the'audit.for the Water Department. Councilman Daly asked.-'John Scharer -, the City's: Chief Fiscal Systems Analyst-, if he could give a repot -t to the•Council. Mr. Scharer ,indicated the problem has-occurred because the General Fund and the Water Department use two different kinds of accounting systems. The generally accepted. municipal- accounting system is used for the General Fund and the enterprise system is used for the,Water Funds. -Each type of :accounting calls- for..surplus,, but they have.two different meanings in this case: The : General Fund -,has a•.balanced,'budget.with a certain. amount of-revenues-and expenditures -and what is left over at the end:of -:the -.. year is surplus. The Water Depa- rtment surplus is merely accumulated earnings since its inception in 1959. He explained that the $3.5 million is accumulated earnings over the last 15 years. These earnings have not been retained in cash, but have been reinvested in• the system. Thee, pr-:esenti.ass'ets. of the Water Department are $5 million.. $:2.3 million has been reinvested in the system and the actual cash surplus,at.the present is $1.5 million.. Councilman,Daly suggested the Council consider changing the function of the;. Water.Commission to.encompass a broader spectrum such as the Public Utility and Transportation Commission for the - City. He.further indicated he.felt it was time the funds accumulated by the.Water Department'-were used in other. areas for the City. He did feel, however., a.•ce amount of the funds should stay available for updating the water system. City Attorney Matt Hudson commented briefly that enterprise funding does give some flexibility; however, he.would have.to look further into:the matter before he could give an opinion. Councilman Brunner commented it was his understanding the funds earmarked.for`.early use,in updating the facilities.. City Manager Robert Meyer reported' that funds were earmarked over a 5 -year period.at the,rate $200,000 plus a'year or a total of $1.5 million for updating the water lines and system. He also.reminded the Council the cost of water, when the aqueduct. is finished ,in 1977 will be substantially. increased. The Council.will have -to make a decision also on appropriating a certain amount of money each year to pay off the aqueduct at a faster rate since the cost as estimated in.the_planning stage has escalated.considerably. Mr.. Meyer . sug- gested the.staff could list the various.alternatives for-investing the funds: or paying off the Water.Agency at a faster.rate in order to not increase the water- rate as high.as would be expected when the aqueduct.is finished. Mr. Meyer further pointed out that the water profit for last year included $119,000 interest on the $1 million which had been invested. He further remarked 3 December 16, 1974 FINANCIAL STATUS -- regardless-how the Council decided to utilize the WATER-DEPARTMENT surplus money for the Water Department, they would (continued) first have to safeguard the water system by updating the lines on the,west side:-of town. Mayor Putnam asked the staff to the Council with complete reports on the various aspects including the change in the function of the Water Commission and the protection of the system itself and the money needed to back that up. NATIONAL LEAGUE OF Councilmen Brunner, Cavanagh, and Daly had attended el CITIES MEETING the National-League of Cities 50th Annual Congress in Houston, Texas, December l to 5, 1974. Councilman Daly began the reports on the meeting by explaining this agency lobbys at the National level in much the same manner as the League of California Cities acts at the State level. The first two or three days were spent in orientation meetings, then the groups split up to attend the various committee sessions. Mr. Daly explained that in order for our city to have been properly represented, it would have been necessary to have nine people in attendance and since only three.attended, they were able to cover only about one -third of the sessions. He reported that after each day's sessions, the League printed a newspaper which was available to all delegates the following morning. In this manner, they were able to at least review the sessions which they were unable to attend. Two sessions of importance which Mr. Daly attended were (1) the session on Human Resources Development and (2) the session on the National Labor Relations Act. Councilman Brunner reported-'he had attended panel.sessions concerned with the Community Development Act, discussions on the key issues of local growth control with emphasis on the causes of urban sprawl, as well as sessions where energy consumption and the shortage experienced last year and the anticipated shortages were the topics of discussion. He also attended meetings concerned with the Affirmative.Action Program. Vice -Mayor Cavanagh reported that at the General Session held on Sunday after- noon,, the main speaker praised the cities of Petaluma, Ramapo, New York, and Boulder, Colorado, on their courage in trying to control growth in their communities. Mr. Cavanagh reported that wherever he went during the conference, he was questioned about the status of Petaluma's_ growth control case. Mr.' Cavanagh reported the National'League of Cities intends to take legal measures, on the Fair Labor Standards Act, and the Conferenee'of Governors has pledged $50,,000 toward the expenses of said suit. Councilmen Cavanagh and Daly both reported that many cities throughout the country are watching, with great interest, the course of the court proceedings in the matter of Petaluma's growth control. Both felt many communities would now, if approached, be willing to support Petaluma financially in the continuation of the court proceedings. Each of the above delegates brought back papers on the Congress for review by others which are available in the City Manager's Office. PROPOSED Both. Councilmen Perry and Cavanagh reported Senator LEGISLATION-- Marks and Assemblyman Knox anticipate introducing new REGIONAL legislation concerning regional government in the next GOVERNMENT session. NORTH BAY REGIONAL Councilman Perry reported that an airport study for AIRPORT the of California, completed by a San`Francisco planning agency, indicated Hamilton Field in Marin County to be the North Bay - Regional Airport. Some consideration had been given to the Napa County Airport; however, by the year 2 the study showed` Sonoma County_ air transportation would increase by two and one -half times. PROPOSED Both. Councilmen Perry and Cavanagh reported Senator LEGISLATION-- Marks and Assemblyman Knox anticipate introducing new REGIONAL legislation concerning regional government in the next GOVERNMENT session. k� 3/ December 16, 1974 TRAFFIC COMMITTEE Councilman Perry reported Traffic Committee had made a.. RECOMMENDATIONS RE recommendation that one parking space be removed from PARKING. Petaluma Boulevard in front of the North Bay Federal Savings and- as well as three parking spaces and a tree trimmed.on McDowell Boulevard. The matters were discussed briefly and it was the recommendation they be placed on the December 30, 1974, Council agenda. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Mayor Putnam reported she had been invited as a guest OF RETIRED PERSONS to go to Washington, D: C., and was there from December 10th to 13th. The conference was sponsored by the National Association of Retired Persons-and the American Assoc i = ation of Retired Teachers. Four representatives from the State of California attended, including the Mayor of Hemet, the Chairman of the Board of Supervisors of Riverside County, the Mayor elect of San Jose, and herself.. Mrs. Putnam indicated. she would report to the League'of California Cities on the conference as well as to'the Mayors and Councilmen's Association of Sonoma County. One of the concerns discussed at the conference' 'was the mandatory retirement age of 65. This retirement age along with the zero population'trend will create quite a change in. voting patterns all over the nation. The conference expressed concern regarding persons over 65..beig granted additional tax relief to on fixed incomes, the cost of medical care, and , the increased cost of food, and matters of this nature. FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT- - WORK PERIODS RES 446773 NCS Resolution 46773 N.C.S. declaring work periods for certain employees for the City of Petaluma pursuant to th`.e Federal Fair Labor Standards Act was introduced-by Councilman Daly, seconded by Councilman Perry, and approved by 7 affirmative votes. City Manager Robert Meyer explained that unless the resolution before.the. Council is passed by January 1, 1975, the City would be subject to. paying . everything over 40 hours in a seven -day work period at a time and a half rate. The Act also provides for the - reduction of Fire Fighters' hours to 60 hours per week.. It had been the City's .intention.to go to a 61..9 -hour work week on January 1, 1975. Primarily, Fire Dispatchers are effected by the.law as they work the same shift structure as Fire Fighters. The staff has been trying to come up with a joint Police and Fire .Dispatching unit; however, - the.problem of providing clerical help for the Fire Department. and physically manning the Police Station on a 24 -hour basis prevents such consolidation at this time. Mr. Meyer explained the most logical system for the City to adopt is,.the 28- day cycle wherein any in excess of 240 would be considered overtime SUMMER YOUTH Assistant City Manager David Breninger gave-a brief % EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM resume' of the program outlined by the State Employment 7 Department;, however, due to the absence of Robert W. Smith,, the who was to make the presentation to Council, the matter was delayed until the December 30, 1974, meeting. AGENDA ITEMS At.the request of Councilman Mattei, and with no 418 AND W19 objection' from the members of the Council,, the two items scheduled for discussion under "Library "'were reversed in order with Item 419 being discussed first and Item 418 being discussed second. 1 December 16, 1974 L JOINT POWERS Councilman Brunner, the Council's representative on ,1--l" AGREEMENT - -. the Library Board of Trustees, reported the Board met COUNTYWIDE LIBRARY in a special session on December 16th and .passed SYSTEM Resolution #1 -74 recommending the Mayor sign an RES #6774 NCS agreement, with the County of. Sonoma for consolidation of .public library facilities. In addition to the resolution, Mr. Brunner referred to a letter which accompanied the resolution recommending to the City Council that in implementing the agreement, the Council . should provide equivalent funds pursuant to Section 22(b)• of the agreement; or, if the Council elects in the future to become part of the.County Library Tax area, pursuant.to Section- ; 22(d), that the City tax rate be lowered by the amount of the initial County Library Tax. The letter and resolution are on file with•the City - Clerk. Councilman Mattei said he- agreed with provisions of the Joint Powers Agreement and was willing to go ahead with approving it.; however, he took some exception to the Library.Board'of Trustee's memo of, December 16th and felt the Council could take action on that -at some future date. Councilman Brunner, reviewed various sections of the agreement with the City Council and the question was asked whether . or not the,pres.entLLibrary Board would become an Advisor - -y Board'to keep the City and Council informed on the level of service and various_ other functions of the - Library. City Attorney Matt Hudson assured the Council the present Library Board members could become an Advisory Board if they so desired. ,The members could stay on in this capacity. In the matter of representation on the.Commission to be formed for the County- wide Library System, Councilman Brunner pointed out to the.Council.that the City of.Petaluma would have,equal repr t esenation with the City of Santa Rosa. The Chairman of the Library Board of Trustees Kenneth Wightman and Board member Dorothy Bertucci were in the audience to .answer questions from members of the Council. In response to Councilman Harberson's query on how Petaluma would benefit from the <cons,olidation, Mrs. Bertucci responded that our operation would be allowed funds from •the,County area to.support the Library, the*cost of.operation.would be lowered, and the County's-collection of books would be ,available to us. City Manager Robert Meyer indicated approximately 30% of the people using the Library live outside..the City limits and take advantage of the Petaluma Library service. By consolidation, we would receive a broader tax base under which to operate. The City Librarian Alice.-Hanna spoke to the - Council- indicating,that ever since she has assumed her position as the City's Librarian she has tried to raise the level of service. There are now approximately 15,600 patrons registered in the Library of which 3,500 don't live in the City of Petaluma; however, all patrons receive the same level of service.whether they live in the City or not. Mayor Putnam•spoke:n favor of, consolidation of the Library System pointing out that the- System is working well in Santa: -Rosa - and . the smaller.communities of Sonoma.and Sebastopol, -and with the.:structure proposed for the'Commission for the consolidated Library System, the City of Petaluma would have an equal voice in matters concerning the Countywide Library System. Miss Hanna reminded the Council after- the agreement. is•signed and the Council does not feel they want to remain ,in the Consolidated System, there is an escape clause written into the agreement. Mr. Wightman sai& he.was opposed to the consolidation as he-had some areas of concern - =one was the fact there was no specific - figure named the tax rate to be assessed at this time and other was.he felt -the matter of the building and the ownership of the central library in Santa Rosa should be resolved. The ensuing discussion centered <around. the Consolidated Library System's function and how they would benefit the members and the manner of books to be held in a special collection. City Attorney Matt Hudson advised the Council that before the agreement is completed, special collections of books which are to be retained by the City of Petaluma should be deeded to the City Council to insure their ownership. 33: 332 December 16, 1974 JOINT; POWERS Upon 'the conclusiori'of the foregoing discussion., AGREEMENT - = Resolution #6774 approving-the Joint Powers' COUNTYWIDE LIBRARY Agreement 'for consolidation of•public library facilities SYSTEM among • cities in the'County of Sonoma and the Countywide RES 16774 NCS provision of library services by the Sonoma County '(continued)' Library was introduced by Councilman Perry, seconded by Councilman Brunner, and approved by 7 affirmative votes'. City Manager Robert Meyer advised the Council that the final - signatures would riot "be atta "ched to the agreement until some minor matters were cleared up. I't' is understanding that some =funds ,will be made 'available by the State ' on' the - - consolidation 'arid it will be necessary. to.corifer with SCOPE on the personnel" assigned' to the Library, therefore, it may be a matter, of a month.or two before Petaluma signs the agreement. CALL FOR BIDS Resolutiori' X16775 N.C.S'. approving plans and - specifications PETALUMA' PUBLIC ana calling -for bids for Petaluma Public Library was LIBRARY introduced byCounc'ilman Brunner, - seconded by Councilman RES 116775- NCS Daly, and-approved by 7 affirmative votes. City Manager Robert Meyer reporte.d'the consultant for the new Library, .Mrs. Bertha Hellum.' indicated she was sati'sf'ied with the plans and's'pecifications and he had-also received a communication from the Chief' Building- Inspector that he 'had received the'plans back from the checker.- There were two items needin on of - th& architect, however, they did not affect the bid`d'ing - structure. A brief discussion -followed concerning the alternates to the bid and the estimate of $80,000 to cover the alternate.- The Council also discussed.the architects estimate of $1,215,400-an ' d 'thel funds available ' I for the 'construction $4288,000. At the conclusion.of -the discussion, the above resolution was passed. OUTSIDE SEWER Resolution 16776 N.-C.S. granting application of Robert CONNECTION -- 12.98 Watson, -a-'contractor; to connect one res'id'ential PAULA LANE - outs'ide sewer - at premises located at 1298 Lane RES 4 6776' NCS was intro'du'ced - by Councilman Mat'tei, seconded by cast Councilman Perry, and approved by 5 affirmative and '2 negative votes -. Mayor Putnam and .Councilman °Harberson the dissenting votes.' In the discussion preceeding the adoption of the resolution, Councilman Mattei questioned why the Council wasn't advised' this matter'bef'ore the structure was built and ready for occupancy.. Mayor- Putnam also expressed concern .how the Council was put in a position of having to approve an outside sewer connect -ion without first having received an'application for approval. Director of Community Development Frank Gray indicated the area on the wall map. He' explained the owner of the property, Salvatore Monticello, had previously built a home on a portion'of the property. 'At that time, he extended the 6- inch. sewer main along Schuman .Land. from Elm- Street to the -in tersect.fon of Paula -Lane. 'Mr.. Gray felt it was through a series of misunderstandings that the County issued tNe Building 'Permit and the applicant pioceeded "with construction under the assumption City services' -would be. provided. The Council directed, in order to avoid a similar situation in the future, that.the County be asked to refrain from issuing Building Permits for homes or structures in the County areas which require 'connection= to'the City' -s services until such approval is given by -the City Council. EXECUTIVE SESSION The Council adjourned to an executive session at p.m. and reconvened at 11:50 p.m. 333.. December 16, 1974 1975 -76 RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT CONTROL BOARD RES 46777 NCS With the exception of .the representatives from the various School Districts and the Planning Commission, the members of the Residential Development Evaluation Board were chosen by a "lottery" system with the following categories being chosen: Business or Professional, Citizens at Large, and City. Council representatives. The structure of the Board and - representatives areas .follows: City Council- - Fred Mattei and Robert Brunner.; Planning Commission - -M. Patricia Hilligoss and Edward E. Horciza; Business or Professional- -Bill Kearney, Robert L. Koenitzer, and Robert Maser; Citizens at Large -- Rodney Cameron, Robert Smith; Elizabeth Doty, Donald Marquardt, Barbara Lind, Donna J. MacKenzie; Petaluma Elementary School - -Dr. Lawrence Saunders; Cinnabar School District - =Jerry MacKenzie; Old .Adobe Union School District- -Don Bennett; St. Vincent's School -- Kenneth Nehmans. At the conclusion of the,selection of the Board, Resolution 46777 N.C.S. appointing certain persons to the Residential Development Evaluation Board for the construction year 1975 -76 was introduced by Councilman Harberson, seconded by Councilman Daly, and approved by 7 affirmative votes. 3 3�� LEGISLATION Resolution 46778 N.C.S. establishing a Legislation COMMITTEE Review Committee and appointing Councilman Jack W. RES 446778 NCS Cavanagh, Jr., and City Attorney Matt Hudson to said Committee was introduced by Councilman Perry, seconded by Councilman Brunner, and approved by 7 affirmative votes. 1975 HOLIDAYS Resolution #6779 N.C.S. establishing holidays for the RES 46779 NCS employees of the City of Petaluma for the calendar year 1975 was introduced by Councilman Perry, seconded by Councilman Harberson, and approved by 7 affirmative votes. The following holidays will be observed: New Year's Day on January . lst; Washington's Birthday on February 17th; Memorial Day on May 26th; Independence Day on July-4th; Labor Day on September lst; Columbus Day on October 13th; Veteran's Day on November 11th; Thanksgiving day on November 27th and the day after November 28th; and, Christmas on December 25th. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business to come before the Council, the meeting was adjourned at 12:02 a.m., December 17, 1974, to December 30, 1974. Mayor Attest: CC. , City Clete