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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 04/17/1967City of Fresno Ins'anitaky- Condition 100 Douglas Stireet Consolidate Election Petaluma City School District Letter from Mayor Floyd H.•'Hyde of the City of Fresno with' a copy of Resolution No. 67 -27 concerning Assembly Bill No,. 3 and.' requesting. support in- the adoption of similar resolu- tion for transmittal to legislators in Sacramento, read anci filed It -wa•s noted by: thie City Manager - .that no action is necessary be- eau the bill is. dead•: - Letter, dated April. 7, 1967, - from Walter C. Clowers, M: D., Director'of Health Services forSonoma County, regarding the insaz',itary condition at Douglas Street and requesting the ass;istanceof the City Attorn'ey•in•order to alleviate said con - di•tion,• -read and - filed. • Upon the -recommendation of the City Manager, the subject matter was referred to City Attorney Robert for Ms attention after he returns from his trip. Letter,' dated` April 12 1967, from Lesly H. Meyer, Secretary and Superintendent of Petaluma City Schools, and certified copy of Resolution #6667 -18 adopted-by the Board of Education con - firming request for election consolidation with the City of Petaluma, read and- filed. MINUTES OF MEETING OF CITY COUNCIL PETA.L'UMA, CALIFORNIA A ..prtl 17, 1967 Council Meeting Regular meetng.of the Council of the City of Petaluma called to order by Mayor Putnam' at the hour of 7:30 o'clock p. M. A ttendance . Present: Councilmen Battaglia, Brainerd, Cavanagh, Jr. , „ Colin, Joerger, Lipman and Mayor Putnam. Absent: None. Invocation The invocation was given by Chaplain Wayne F- Kildall, Two _. Rock Ranch. Station. Mayor Pulliam announced that Chaplain Kildall will be leaving his assignment at Two Rock Ranch Station and that tonight will be his last visit with the City Council.. The Mayor thanked him for his faithful attendance whenever asked to give the invoca- Lionv At this time, Chaplain Kildall, spoke of his transfer to Korea and of his pleasant association with the City of Petaluma. Approval of Minutes Councilman Cavanagh, Jr. , noted the following .omissions in the April 3, 1967, minutes: - Page 2 - Retail Merchants Commit- tee - "Motion, carried unanimously" to be added at the end of the paragraph, and Page 5 - Golden.Agers Club - "and two Council members to be appointed" to be inserted .in the following sen- tence "After a, brief discussion, Mr. Shollenberger was directed - to work wit=h the Golden A ger.s, Mr. Parent, and two Council - member•s to be appointed on ........... The minutes of April 3, 1967, were then approved as corrected. 3 4 -Wheel Drive Chassis Report, da April 17, 1967,. of-Fire Chief R. A. Benton Res. ° #4717 NCS garding the bids received at the bid opening on April 13 1967, for the subject for the Fire Department, .read and filed, - _ whereupon Resolution #4717 N. C. S. awarding contract to 'the - low bidder, • W.esterterp, Bros. of Petaluma, for purchase of one (1) new 4 -wheel drive chassis for the Fire Department truck, was Lnttr =oduced •by rLipman, seconded by Councilman Colin; and adopted by-.7. affirmative votes. Board of .Supervisors Letter,. dated -April 5,: ,1967•, from the Board of Supervisors of County of Santa Clara the County of Santa Clara, regarding a policy statement on regional government, read .and filed.. Because of the importance of the A s'sociation of Bay Area Governments' proposal, the Mayor requested that a- -copy of•the subject policy statement be furnished to each member of the Council. City of Fresno Ins'anitaky- Condition 100 Douglas Stireet Consolidate Election Petaluma City School District Letter from Mayor Floyd H.•'Hyde of the City of Fresno with' a copy of Resolution No. 67 -27 concerning Assembly Bill No,. 3 and.' requesting. support in- the adoption of similar resolu- tion for transmittal to legislators in Sacramento, read anci filed It -wa•s noted by: thie City Manager - .that no action is necessary be- eau the bill is. dead•: - Letter, dated April. 7, 1967, - from Walter C. Clowers, M: D., Director'of Health Services forSonoma County, regarding the insaz',itary condition at Douglas Street and requesting the ass;istanceof the City Attorn'ey•in•order to alleviate said con - di•tion,• -read and - filed. • Upon the -recommendation of the City Manager, the subject matter was referred to City Attorney Robert for Ms attention after he returns from his trip. Letter,' dated` April 12 1967, from Lesly H. Meyer, Secretary and Superintendent of Petaluma City Schools, and certified copy of Resolution #6667 -18 adopted-by the Board of Education con - firming request for election consolidation with the City of Petaluma, read and- filed. Claims _and - Bills Resolution #4720 N. C..S. approving claims and bills Res. #4720 NCS Nos. 10714 to 1.0820 inclusive and Nos. 941 to 97'5 in- clusive, was. introduced by Councilman Joerger. seconded by Councilman Lipman, and adopted by 7 affirmative votes: State Lands.Commission City Manager Robert Meyer reported that: the State Lands, re' Marina 'Land' Commission will meet �on April 27th at 10:00 a:. m, to coin cider definite boundaries of •land ownership by the State, City and -McINear's in connection with the ;sale of land for, the Marina.. If accepted, the next step would be agreeing on a price with the State for the land Land then negotiating with the McNear''s and M`r. Hover, the Marina dev.lopers. y Mr. Meyer added that the City will have a representative at the April 27th Commission meeting. State Compensation City Manager Robert Meyer read a letter from the State Insurance Fund Compensation Insurance .Fund presenting the City With a dividend check for $9, 583.76 earned by the City for. the year ending July 1, 1966,• indicating a saving, of the year's premium and the largest dividend earned by the C'i.ty of. Petaluma. Said letter submitted for filing., The Mayor commended all those responsible for achieving this fine record.. April 17, 1967 Consolidate Election Letter., dated April .1'2, 1967, from John C. Gaffney, Petaluma.Ci.ty School Assistant County Counsel, County of Sonoma, formally District requesting Council action on the consolidation of election. Res. #471'8 NCS for the purpose of the bond attorney's request, read ,and filed, whereupon Resolution #471'8 N. C. S. consenting, . to bond-election consolidation, introduced by Council- ' ,was man Lipman seconded by Councilman. Colin,. aid adopted by 7 affirmative votes. Petaluma. Northeast Local Agency Formation Commission approval of'Peta- Annexation No. 7 lama Northeast Annexation -No 7, submitted and filed,. Res. #4719 NCS Director of Planning `Robert Byrd explained the location of the area on ,a map, as being that 28 acre parcel which lies at the intersection of E. Washington Street and Ely Road and oppos the Petaluma Gardens Subdivisib.n, said parcel recently prezoned to an R -M -1500 zone, whereupon Resolution #4719 N. C. S. giving notice of proposed :annexation to the City of Petaluma of uninhabited territory described herein and designated "Petaluma Northeast Annexation No. 7" and giving no tic eof Urn-e _and. place for hearing of protests thereto, Was i troduced :by Councilman Lipman, seconded by Councilman Brainerd, and adopted by 7 affirmative votes. I:t was noted by the City Clerk that the pub hearing date is May 1,. 1967, Chamber of Commerce Letter,, dated -April 13, - 1967, from Robert Pope, Prest- j1 - X / dent Petaluma Chamber of Commerce, expressing appre- ciation for the expedient action in providing the new° . laiid'ing float and ramp for the yacht turning basin, :read and filed. _ Law `of Pre - emption Letter, dated April 10; .1967' from Wdrren M. Dorn, First. Vice- President; County Supervisors Assn. of California, 'one. and of four officers of county government who served on the Governor's Commission on Pre-emption who Was unable to support, the -legislative recommendations° of the Commission, with. Dissenting Report proposing legislation which, if enacted; will effectively solve the problem of implied pre - emptions and -reflecting the policy position of the County. Supe- rvi,sors Assn. of . California as well as the League of California Cities, read and filed. Acting City Attorney John Klein cormrriented that the City Attorneys are meeting in Sacramento May 3, 4 and 5th and that he will bring back. any informatio available on the matter in the event Mr. Robert i& unable to attend. ; Claims _and - Bills Resolution #4720 N. C..S. approving claims and bills Res. #4720 NCS Nos. 10714 to 1.0820 inclusive and Nos. 941 to 97'5 in- clusive, was. introduced by Councilman Joerger. seconded by Councilman Lipman, and adopted by 7 affirmative votes: State Lands.Commission City Manager Robert Meyer reported that: the State Lands, re' Marina 'Land' Commission will meet �on April 27th at 10:00 a:. m, to coin cider definite boundaries of •land ownership by the State, City and -McINear's in connection with the ;sale of land for, the Marina.. If accepted, the next step would be agreeing on a price with the State for the land Land then negotiating with the McNear''s and M`r. Hover, the Marina dev.lopers. y Mr. Meyer added that the City will have a representative at the April 27th Commission meeting. State Compensation City Manager Robert Meyer read a letter from the State Insurance Fund Compensation Insurance .Fund presenting the City With a dividend check for $9, 583.76 earned by the City for. the year ending July 1, 1966,• indicating a saving, of the year's premium and the largest dividend earned by the C'i.ty of. Petaluma. Said letter submitted for filing., The Mayor commended all those responsible for achieving this fine record.. • -1� April 17, 1967 1 Medi -Cal The City Manager read a letter from Medi -Cal Payment Control indicating that by machine audit,* they are unable to verify the / eligibility of the recipients of cane shown on claims and by '� sample ;studies,, only 3% of the claims in this category are for ineligible patients and that this percentage is therefore de- duc.ted, for all claims,, in, this category to pool the risk among all providers `for an immediate payment, Mr. Meyer added that 977 ,constitutes full settlement and payment for these ambulance accounts; however, • if the Council chooses not to accept 977 , 100 'payment may be requested in which eligi- bili'ty can be established by a detailed manual audit. A motion was made by Councilman Colin, seconded by Councilman Joer:ger, to accept '97% 'on all the subject claims. Motion carried unanimously. Wally Byam. Caravan The City Manager stated that the Chamber of Commerce de- Film sires to know if the Council 'would'be interested .in viewing the Wally Byam Caravan film.. Some members of -the Council in- dicated that they have seen the film, but the City Manager was asked to check into arrangements for the show ing of the film for . those' who wish to'see it, Bills City Manager Robert Meyer reviewed several bills being con - `State Legislature sidered by the State Legislature: AB #363 providing compul- sory arbitration of firemen, S.B #615 removing community :antenna television from local control and subject to the juris- diction of the Public Utilities Commission, AB #127 regarding mandatory hiring standards for firefighting personnel, AB #880 providing that cities and other public agencies shall have the power to enter into collective bargaining .agreements with _ _ their employees, and AB #7.76 regarding labor organization representation.' Redwood Empire Di- . The members.of .the Council who wish to attend the subject vision League -,of Cali.- meeting at Napa on April. 29_ and 30, 1917, were asked , by City fornia. Cities' Mee.tingManager Robert; Meyer .to notify, his secretary so that necessary reservations. ca_ n be made. 'He noted that the Executive Board meeting' starts at 4:30 p, m. Sw riming Pool - Recreation Director Richard Shollenberger presented the Total.A;ttendance Council with a summary of total attendance and receipts of and Receipts _ the swimming pool for the first, one -half month's operation. . He briefly reviewed the, information contained therein.' Copy - of- said summary submitted for. filing. ` Swimming, Pool - R ecreation. Director- Richard Shollenberger discussed the Spectator Area spectator problem, at the swimming pool. He pointed out that at •the present time there is,no reasonable means of taking care of spectators, and with the use of a sketch of the swimming pool,complex,. • he outlined a proposed area adjacent to the wading pool to accommodate fifty to sixty spectators, ' This .are 'a,, added, would be completely fenced -ih, blacktopped, and provided with bleachers; the fencing �to be done by contract Land the blacktopping and . installation of: bleachers to•be done by City forces. Follow- ing; a brief discussion, a motion w °as made by Councilman Joerger, seconded by Council man' Colin, authorizing, the staff to •proceed.with the .spectatox area project. Motion carried. unanimously.' Swimming Pool. - Recreation Director Richard`Shollenberger addressed the Public Addre:s,s Council regarding the vital heed of a public address system System idr the'swtmrning pool, Ladd ng'that he has secured two in- formal quotations one from a local firm. A brief discussion followed, after which. a motion ways made byCouncilman Colin, and seconded by Councilman Battaglia, authorizing the Recreation Director to contact all sources within the City for additional quotations and proceed with the project. Motion carried unanimously. �9 4 . April 17, 1967 Omit Study Session In l ize'with the City'M'anag -r's request, it was agreed April 24, 1967 by the Council to omit the study session for next 1Vlon -ay night," A' pr 24,`. 1967, but' if a matter. developed re,- qu ring attention, the Counc.il.will'be notified iii advance. Loading Zone Councilmanjoerge,r, Chairman of the subject Committee; Committee reported that two meetings have been held relating loading and . unio'ading problems in the downtown area and that 'certain •cozclusioils'nave been reached which .are tn' a trial stage 'atK th'e present time. He added that a recommendation will be.preseiated to the Council within ' two weeks'. L Chamber of Commerce Councilman Lipman` reported on the Chamber of Commerce / Board of Directors meeting_ held today at which the budget . and prograrri of Work-for 1J67 = were discussed. Entrance. Signs Richa.,rd• Lieb ' of: the' Chamber's Board of Directors, commenced on the `status of the City enrt trance `sigiis'.' One stgn`is- 'complete, he said, and the Barber 'Sign Company' is.,fabricating the second sign as. negotiations are ,being. made for a location on the northern .entrance wt`th the Foster property for $'1 pe.r'. year lease. -He 'added' that "plaits 'are being made to hang temporary banne:rs`on the 'signs for special occasions and that ''pas sib will be hung for the Wally Byam'Caravan. Industrial. Brochure. Councilman Lipman 'infotmed the' Council that the; In- dustrial'Brochure'being developed by the Chamber af' Commerce and City of Petaluma `i's nearing comple tion and soon will be ready for professional review. Chamber of Commerce. Councilman "Cavanagh, Jr., .,complimented the-Charriber Quarterly Report of Commerce for the fine resume of activities submitted for the first quarter of - 1967- and commented that such a report helps_ to i the communications between. the Chamber and :the Council. The City Clerk was asked to send an appropriate letter to the Chamber in recogni t on of eLr accomplishments. Zoning Planning Commission Resolution #6 recommending Amendments certain, amendments to Zoning Ordinance #662 N. C.'8.. ,, sub;initted.`and filed. Director of Planning Robert Byrd reviewed the proposed modifications to the Zoning Ordinance which were unanimously appfoved by 'they PlanningQ Commission. In _discussing Section 2 of ,the subject Ordinance, a question. was raised regarding minimum sideyard setback,.requirements. Upon sug gestion; by the .City Manager',, this section was referred to the Planning •Comm ts's'ioli for- revision of the language for recommendation to Council. Castlewood Subd.. Planning Commission Res ©lotion #4 -.67 approving tentative map.of Castlewood Subdiv.ision (located on Schuman ,Lane west of Laurel Street intersection.), submitted and, filed. Director of Planning Robert Byrd showed a map designating the location Hof the area. Lands of Perry Planning Commis ion Resolution #5 - approving tenta: tive map of Lands of Perry .(located easterly side of Lake - ville ".Interchange and extend -ng from .Lakevi -1_le 'Highway to South 'McDow'ell .Blvd ), .submitted and filed,. Director .of Planning ;Robert Byrd_ showed a map designating the 'loca tion of the :area. 1 1 April 17, 1967 O &.:1% #865 NCS educe recommended a g g uRdelineBor enfor(�err p of- th ent • of the subject ordinance. • "After a- review of the ordinance and -with the consent of the introducing and seconding council- nien,_ the following r,e, s�ion-s and additions were authorized: E ' . 'S`ection 7.7 Oha-nge 5 days to 10 days. ' Section 7. 8 - - 'Change 10 days to 15 days. Sect ion 7. 15 = Add "and persons acting under his direction as fol +lows: "to be abated by City forces or pr ate contract and !the- C'tty Managerand persons acting under his • direction are " Section 7-. -.19' Add the following as the second paragraph: "In enforcing this section, the City Engineer may use City forces• or., when necessary, may employ an �independe It contractor for demolition on force account at cost plus fifteen percent without prior authorization of the Council. " In discussing - whether to publish or post the ordinance, ' Councilman Lipman felt that it would not be widely read if it were ,published in the legal notice section of the news - paper, because of the small print and suggested that another method be used to get it before the public. In checking with Acting City Attorney John. Klein, posting the ordinance in the City Hall would meet the legal requirement and that it would take a unanimous vote of the Council to decide whether to post or publish said ordinance: Ord'inancc 4865 N. C. S. amending the Petaluma City Code of 1958 by adding. thereto Chapter 7, Sections 7. 1. through 7. 21. , said chapter to be enti tied - ' of Buildings and Property. Abatement of Nuisances" to establish a nuisance abatement and hearing board, to provide pro- cedure for abatement of nuisances as defined in the ordinanc to provide for abatement procedures and the collection of the costs involved therefor, was introduced by Councilman Joerger, seconded by Councilman Lipman, and carried by 7 affirmative votes. Because of Councilman Cavanagh',s concern of getting the ordinance before the most people and Councilman Lipman's . concern regarding the readability in the legal notice, Mayor Putnam appointed them toi serve on a committee to devise the best means of presenting the ordinance to the public. A motion was made by Councilman Colin, and seconded by Councilman Cavanagh, Jr. , to post the ordi- nance in the City Hall and have the committee work on the best. way of informing the public. Motion carried unani- mously. Fire Zone Boundaries ordinance was delayed until the next regular Council Establishing Time of The subject ordinance was tabled on January 16, 1967, for Operation of Taxicabs consideration on April 17,. 1967; therefore, said ordinance O:rd. °' #856 NCS was removed from the table. Mr. Leo Nielsen of the Pet Co :ues :ted the Council to allow them to use their own discretion in establishing time of operating the cabs, and since it was noted by Councilman Lipman that facts regarding the proposed ordinance have not changed, it was felt the Ord'inan'ce was not necessary, whereupon Ordinance #85.6 N. C. S. amending Chapter 24, Article IL, of the Petaluma City. Code: of 1958 by amending Section 24. 36 thereof, to add a subs_ecctio,n "E" thereto es- tablishing the. time of operation of taxicabs, was introduced by Councilman Cavanagh, Jr., seconded by Councilman Lipman and defeated by 7 negative votes. April 17, 1967 Calling Regular Municipal Election Res. #4721,NCS Records Audit Adjournment Resolution 44721 N. C S. calling and providing for a regular municUpa-1, - election, to be held in, the Cit y--of Peta7lu.ma; including -the Pe-taluma High School Distrtct,� June 1967, for . the purpose of electing public officers; designating the *recimcts and polling places- P.. for said -election'; appointing election officers and. pro- viding for notice.; thereof, was introduced by Council*- m Ei an pman, seconded by Councilman Colin, and adopted by 7,af-firmative votes. Coun cilman Cavanagh, jr, - requested a session with Mr'. Davis to-review, the R,e.cOrds Audit submitted at- Llie*last Co6n'c'il' - meeting. There being. no .further business to come before the Council, the 'm'eeting was adjourned at 11:05 o'clock P. M. 0