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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 05/25/1959o May.!25, 1959 - 7030 po mo - City Hall - Petaluma, - Calif. Adjourned meeting of the Council of the City of Petaluma called to order bar Mayor Parent. .{ ROLL CALL Present: Councilmen Crinella, Ellis, Gustafson, Icing, - Matzen, Van Bebber and Mayor Parent. Absent- None. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Minutes from the meeting of May -1$, 1959, were -approved as recorded. PETITIONS & COMMUNICATIONS The following applications for transfer of alcoholic beverage licenses, which were approved by the Chief of Police, were submitted and filed: M. Co Hartwell & Ruby Go Hartwell Alberta J a McCoy & R Mervin McCoy. REPORTS OF CITY OFFICIALS City Manager Report re Subdivision Ordinance of Other Cities in .Bay Area City Mana.ger's report dated May Z,' , '1959; xe subdi.vision ordinances - developm:ent charges, submitted and filed° City - Attorney Ed. Robert stated that as he recalled the Upland ease, which was referred in the CityMana.ger' report, Petaluma's subdivision ordinance did. not f�1.1 within the limitations of this case. ;U.ncilman Crinella believed this case vas involved with a City cha rging; a subdivider for park improvements hen the park facilities were z: ava,,,�)1� to not only the subdivision, but everyone in the City.. Councilman King stated that he had never been in . favor of the subdivision fee which the City of Petaluma now has. Councilman.. Gustafson also felt that the City V 's present subdivision fee was too high. It was pointed out that, aside from the City of Corte Madera, Petaluma is the only City in the Counties of Sonoma .and 'Marn which charges a subdivision _fee ,, - The City 'Manager pointed out that the City. Engineer and City Council have to. approve of the drainage, etc, , in a subdivision before it is accepted, After further discussion on the subject,, a poll was taken to decide `whether or not the present - subdivision fee .of X600 00 per lot or $300a 00 per acre should be eliminated. Results of the poll were a,8 follows Ayes. Councilmen Crinel.la,. Ellis,_ ,Gustafson, King, Matzen, Van Bebber and Mayor Parent. '.Noes:° .None. - (Councilman Crinell.a's refusal to vote on this matter was counted as a "yes." vote in accordance with the provisions of the City Charter.) The City Attorney was 'directed to prepare an amendment to the City Code, eliminating the subdivision fees M o. Robert was also directed to are information for. th - Council; indicating exactly what portions of the Pre : p _ present legislation would be deleted, Councilmen _Crinella and. King sted that they believed the City's ta present map filing fee of- $25, .00 to subdividers was fair enough° (1) (cont'd) May 2:5 '1959° Subdivision Ord s contad To a question : .by Councilman Matzen, Mr.. Merl Harper, Suit- Harper Realty, stated. - that his firm will -be very willing to start annexation procedure .for its proposed subdivision, since there will no longer be a subdivision fee involved. . City,Planning Com Use Permit Copy of resolution granting Use .Permi.t to United Church of Christ to construct church, submitted and filed, Director of Public Wo Ken Park Recreation Bldg. - _Submissi Plans & Specifitation Plans & specifications ,for the - rebrea.tion wilding in Kenilworth Park were submitted and" filed. City, Engineer Al Roberts went over the plans with the Council, answer- irig various quesfiions relative to cost, siaee type of construction, etc Couneilma:n Crinel.l.a .stated that the Library Board Was very happy with the proposed—plans, Councilman Gust f on congratulated the City Engineer on the fine job he had done in. preparing the plans for the 'sub ject building,' . He also noted that Councilman Ian Bebber had worked with the City Engineer on the heating and plumbing plans for the building., The following resolution was then adopted° Res.,- #2245 N,o Ga S . introduced 'by Councilman. Gustafs seconded by Councilman Ellis,- entitled, "RESOLUTION APPROVING THE PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE WORK ' OF CONSTRUCTING THE IKENIL.Vi!ORTH RE'CREA-TI.ON : BUILDING AND AUTHORIZING THE CLERK TO ADVERTISE FOR BIDS-'FOR SAND WORK, read and adopted by 7 affirmative votes, INTRODUCTION OF ; ORDINANCES' -� - Sala Ord, - 1959` ° °60 To a - question bar Councilman _King, City Manager 'Ed Frank ansv -,ed that the subject ordinance was lbased, on the cost of living index as set forth. in a resolution adopte4by the Council last year=,, whereupon,, Ord,* . #538 N Co S, introduced by Councilman Cx°i;nella seconded -lay, Councilman Gustaf son, entitled, "AN ORDINANCE TO AM END SECTION 10 OF THE. SALARY ORDINANCE NO. 468 N'o Co S. FOR THE PURPOSE OF INCREASING THE, SALARY OR WAGE RANGE OF THE EMPLO 'EES.OF THE, CITY OF' "PEYALL41\44. was ordered published by 7 affirmative votes. Mayor Parent excused h-imself from the meeting at this time, Council man King, Mice -President of the Council, presided° (2) May 25, 1959 ADOPTION OF ORDINANCES: Ord - #537 NCS - -''Amend. Zoning Ord.. - Reclassifying Ppty. at Ord, #537 N. C. S. ,introduced by Councilman seconded by. Councilman Crinella, entitled, "AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE NO. 340 N. G� Sa BY RECLASSIFYING ASSESSOR'S PARC EL NO. 6-274r8, KNOWN AS AND LOCATED AT`210 LIBERTY STREET,. FROM AN "R. T' ZONE, OR DISTRICT TO A "C-2" ZONE OR DISTRICT., adopted by 6 affirmative votes, 1 absentee. Mayor Parent returned to the meeting. CONSIDERATION OF UNFINISHED BUSINESS: TV Antenna - Melvin, S treet Mt. Glen Clark, 416 Melvin.. Street, address,ed the Council regarding the problem of moving TV antenna which serves 19 people - in his neighbor- hood. Mr. - C lark explained that this problem had - arisen as - a result - of the English Street Ext. job now being done by the City, and requested that this group, the Melvih Street Cooperative Antenna. be to main,- tarn the antenna without additional cost .. He stated that - grou p now has an agreiem with Barbara . Pereira,. allowing them to have the antenna run along her fence. Mr. Clark read this agreement to the Council. The City*.A stated that,- according to law, he believed responsibility of *moving "the antenna was that of the Melvin St.. Cooperative Antenna Assoc. . 'A agreement s he understood the by Mr. Clark, - this - w,--v3 ad"tually not an easement, but merely an agreement.­ -. Mt. Robert further stated - diat Council might ' for - those - people, any right they have to. cross over or under the street, Would - ha'veto be given under nencToa'hme f%pe* i t "n order to Ii t a ' c n rmi i e imina e the possibility of - their getting a permanent righta the street, which, the City - could not approve, - and I it would: ave to be - a'license, - He - believed'these, , people would - have - to under. stand that - in the future; a thing of - this sort - would be their responsibility, shoul d the street have to be reconstructed, rerouted or. anthingdone. He did not -believe the City could take that responsibility -for. them legally. It was pointed out that the planned to start work.in this area right away; the 'contractor 'could not very well begin his work until this matter was set_ tled, Con's ideiable discussion took place, during which the majority of the CoLincil' expressed the minion that the relocation of - the antenna was the responsibility of the City,, . - inasmuch as the moving of the antenna was being necessitated by the City- Vs . work in the area The City 'Engineer was directed - to determine how much cable would h? Sze to e. moved aid how much 'it would A Committee, consisting 'of Councilman Crinella, the City Engineer stant City,.'Engineei, was 'app , "to U.nd. meet with Mr $ou.tz, who had origin4lly instdlled the antenna, to determine the best of relocating the cable The Committee was to report its findings `at an informal meeting to be -held on Tuesday, May 26, .9:05 p m A short intermission was declared, 9:15 P. m. ' The meeting was - called . bdck* to order (3) . May 25', 1959 Water Company. Acqu.isition Decision re Organization For the benefit of those Who had not' a.tt0h&ed the informal,meeting last week with Mr. - Wells, representative of Stone .& Youngberg, Mayor Parent related that members of the Council who had attended the meeting had felt that the operating ordinance should provide for the present rate schedule of the Calif. Water.'Service Co. . He pointed out that in order to maintain the time schedule proposed by Stone & Youngberg, the Council should decide upon the type of operation desired, etc. by June t Mr. -Robert stated-thathe would like to have some indication of the type of commission the Council desired, if they were .going to have a comp, mission type operation`¢. the duties of the commission, etc, Councilman King noted that the Council had already stated -that it planned to operate the Water Co. under a commission. He therefore felt that there should be a commission. type operation, Councilman Van Bebber 'suggested that the CounciH*appoint a commis- Sion for a trial period of one year to study the structure, 'make monthly reports to the Council and at the end of the year, make ; its final recommend'- tion to the Council, Councilman Matzen felt that it would take considerable - time -for the Council to decide upon the exact duties of a commission,- how the would function, etc; He believed it might be a good to set up a com- mission about a year after taking. over the Water Coo Councilman - Grinella felt the -Water Co. should be operated virtually' the same'as it is now operated-by Calif, Water' Coo ; - With the rates and procedures for - one year. In the meantime, the water - commission would have the opportunity to observe all these - rules and regulations and become familiar. the - operation. . Councilm Crinella believed the commission - shout -- be soon as Mayor Parent took a - poll of Council - to determine ,if - the maJority preferred to have commission type :operation of the Water Co. Thhere` were 7 affirmative votes cast..: City,Attorney Robert stated that the. City of Hays and seems to �wix1v rc� •�c:sentative °commission type operation, Its:Water Commis;, Sion, basically, ;investigates the operational facilities relating `to changes; niakcF recomm to Manager Council; recommends ways - of financing changes twadd:it ons to - the plans & methods of­ operation; reeom= mend's to the r c CitY Managehanges of administrative policy:; and, submits an annual 'financial statement with recommendations for - the budget and - - capital improvements program: - The - City -of Santa Rosa's, Board of Utilities has more author.ity the '=Wa;ter Commission in Hayward It sets the policy to be put - into operation by th;e City Manager- and - "Water- Dept. Manager. The ultimate control in both cities Ties with the City Council, . After discussion on the subject, the C qty:: Attorney' was directed' .to pr. epare an ordinance, similar to that of Haywa s, in _regard to the duties, em., of the :Water Commission, Mr.. Robert requested the Co.uncil's permission to 'contact both Mr.. Wells and Mr.. Orrick in regard :to the policy of the City °as to­outside connections, not - presently connected, and the policy of the City, : basically as to subdivisions and deposits, etc.. As he understood, the City 'Wou' Id have to change the present 'main extension policy He explained _that - the Calif o - Water 'Service .Co. does not charge. for 'connections o Mr R obert "noted that the City mighty if there were. homes to be connected,' obligate itself to spend :W 000. in install.ati.on a,nd meter costs. It the general feel:i of the Council that the City - should recover the cost of meter 'connections (4) 121 May 25, 1959 Budget Study $ud'et Sections 10, 11, 12, 14, 15 & 30 were tentatively approved as recommended by the City Manager, with the exceptions: t= is.ted below: Section 10. m $250 00 was del.ted from Section 10. 310, type- writer repairs, $185. 00 was added to Section 10. 510, purchase of new typewriter. Sections 11. & 12,, -'Approved. Section 1.40 -'Deleted :$25. 00 from Section 140 34 repairs to 1 typewriter. Added. $5140 00 to Section 140 51.0, new typewriter and Veri -File for bookkeeping records, Section 15. - Approved. S ection 300 - Added'.$500 00 to Section 30. 230, transportation. Auded $3000 00 to Section 300 510, start of law library. Councilman Van .Bebber suggested that the .$5000 00 in Section X 470 be put into the reserve fund; however, Councilman - ..Gusta.fson disagreed on this change.. After some discussion on the subject, a poll. was taken to determine if 'the majority of the Council favored putting this $500. 00 item into the reserve fund. The results of the poll were as _follows: Ayes: Councilmen Crinella,.- Ellis - and. Van Bebber' Noes: Councilmen .Gustafson King;.. Matzen & Mayor Parente The- $5000 00 was to remain in Section 300 470 ADJOURNMENT: There :being no further business to come before the Council, the meeting -Alas adjourned. Attest: ` V tl l a City tlerk. Mayor. (5)