HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 01/16/1961January 16, 1961 - 7:30,p- M.
City Hall - Petaluma, Calif.
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egular meeting. of the Council of the City of Petaluma .called to order by
Mayor parent.
ROLL tA LL
Present: Councilmen Crinella,
and Mayor Parent..
Absent: Councilman King,
INVOCATION:
Ellis, Gustafson, Matzen, Van Bebbor
Invoc'ation was given by Reverend Fred Brock, First Baptist Church.
Copy-6f ap lication for transfer of qlcoo licl�nse,� The Bend,
�9 Petaluma B lv d .' p I " ., I transfer !.. . - 7 ,4,
Blvd. North, by Chie Police Del Maestro, submitted
and filed.
PETIT IONS' PETIT & CQMMUNICATIONS
Mayor Parent at this time: welcomed to the meeting Mr.: Smith's seventh
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grade lass from the Petaluma Jr. High_S6
. APPROVAL OF MINUTES,:
. from thejneetin s of J,Ap,, 3 and, 9, 1961 - were ap
meetings -proved as recorded.
Letter from Senator Clair EngI Jan. 4, 1961, re development and
,:,:),ahitenan0e- of Petaluma River ship channel;, .read and filed.
Letter from. Senator Kudhel dAted jan. 3, 1961, - re development
and of Petaluma.-River ship channel, read and filed.
request from the Library Board of Trustees funds to - cover fees for
archit.6 _tu�al consulting services re new Libr'ary' building was' re -read at
this timb The report had been filed at the mOetin�r, of - D&c.—O 1960'
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Miss 11�n* Truebloo President the Board, addressed the -Council
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Libras v,;:is very efficient- the;!bbildifig - bxid eqq.ipm..ep.tleay.e much to be
r C ever , gr wi , ng -pbpUl4t,
desi ed,' - Cbnsi.dQr* ion 6f - -the 'C City Miss Trueblood
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asked th,-,.Aft Counc'it n
'R everei Haitzel, and Mr.. i'Herolld' addressed the Council
qu tihg r emendation req uesting that I t . h e - r' e d ion of. Library Board I be Mr. Mahoney
that h&wds k an individual mirig; this matter -
noted spea a divi. _ua c6nce
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'te v' - had expressed their desires to move
er4l mem ei�s : of the ; Cdu' ilcit
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ahead b n s,pr . oject; 'a motion was- made by Councilman 'Matzep and seconded by
,ou Gustafson that the , Council pt6vide funds in amount of :$6. 000..00
to cOver, fees for''archite6tur.'aI -& conSLIltihg for the.,pprppspof developing
a. y.p 4ns for a ne by 6
prelimina 1 i - The motion carried affirmative
votes, 1* absentee.
Petaluma A'queducr
X- County Flood _ & Wa Conse.rvation..District'
dhiod Jai, xO`specifications contract drawings for the - Petaluma A queduct,
submitted and filed.
tit Engineer Al Roberts pk fet'8ed his approval of the 'specifications and
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contract drawings with the,., exception of the Ely Rbad 6" - inch turnout which he
recommended be' enlarged to 1*2-'or 16"Jnch turnout. He, informed the Council that
e xception had - b lLfded_ i the; resaiuti6n:'to� be'ated on at this time;
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Petaluma Aqueduct - cont'd
January 16 1961*
. ,Res.. #2633 N. C,. S2,
introduced by. Councilman Ellis, seconded by Councilmah Crinella, entitled,
"RESOLUTION- APPROVING THE PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS
AND CONTRACT DRAWINGS PREPARED. BY THE SONOMA -
COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL AND WATER CONSERVATION
DISTRICT FOR THE PETALUMA AQUEDUCT..
E_etter of x'q'signatioftj rbiti Recreation & Park . _'Comm'ijssion - :signed. by
Mrs. Earl Gerhardt and dated Jan. 11, 1961, read and f iled whereupon,
Res. .#2634 N. C.-S,
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introduced byCouncil an Gustafson,.. "seconded by Countim an 'Ellis, entitle
"RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE RESIGNATION'OF"MRS. EARL.
GERHARDt'AS A MEMBER OF THE R AND PARK
COMNfi8SION° .
was read and adopted by 6 affirmative votes, I absentee.
Letter from the McKinley School Student Body signed ,hy President
Susan 11 mb
Lo ard! and dated Jan. 12,. 1961, thanking.. ounc'il installing new".'
crosswalks and stop;signs near McKinley.S.chool, read and filed.
Notice of-meeting.,of the Association of Bay Area t6.be
held on Friday,, Feb: 24, 1961, read and filed.
was read and adopted 6.affirma.tive votes, 1 ababnite"e.
Letter from Sonoma , County .Flood ,Control & Water Cons Of vatio i District
dated Jan. 5, 1961, re .request ofTelingyrove County Fire Protection D'i stri'ct - to
install fire hydidnts on the Petaluma Aqued within. their district,, read and nd f iled.
City'MaIiAger - Lawrence Larson reported. that -thi's matter had been
. disc us.sedwwith, -the Water Commission and thatthere - would be a communication
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. on the. subjpc-t. �on the agenda at a later date. - He went to say:that -t; & Pet luffia
Water Commission recommended. the. installation of - th;e - reqqested,:'hyo-):ants, , at,
the expense of the PennardveWater Company and - that th rendered
by the Clty Petd.luma.: Mr. Larson stated that this was also the recommendation
of the staff,. He believed. it would be in order, if the Council so: desire to
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on -record as fl vorihg the - Comm ission's proposal and recommendation on-,tfie
matter, so that-. those agencies involved could be advised accordingly.
A -motion.Was then made by Councilman Van Bebber - seconded by Council-
man Crinella,. thatAhe Council approve these installations, ' to no cost
to the C ity ity of Petaluma and the City to furnish the service.. The motion. carried
.by 6 affirmative votes, I absentee.
-- ofMrs.. Earl Gerhardt from Re reatid r
Resipiqtion c, n Ta k Co"mmission.
No,tice of quarterly meeting_,pf the North Bay Div: League of California
Cities to be held in Santa Rosa on Jan;. 28, 1961, submitted and filed.
jheCity Mql was di,retted to handle reservations'forthe meeting
REPORTS OF CITY OFFICIALS,
Mayor
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. pointm-orit A Council Committee Administer- the Thomas: Lee
'Charity Fund
Let-ter from Mayor Arthur W. Tar6nt Jan 42', '1961, appointifig.
mittee to. establish, rales proceduTO, . etc.,. for the administration of the Thomas
Lee Charity Tund, read and filed.: (coilt'd
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� pp.to of Corrimfttee Thomas Lee Charity, Fund - cont'd
1'e following appointments- were set forth in the letter:
Chairman Councilman,- .Crinella
Councilman, Ellis
Councilman Gustafson
City .Manager
C aims approved .for payment, by the City Manager were submitted - and
filed., - yrhereupon,
Res.. #2635 N, C, S
imroddced by Councilman Gustafson, seconded by Councilman Van,.Bebber,
'approving claims''and bills (Nos.'. 1034. to 1111 inclusive;`:661'6 "to 6720 inclusive
513V4'` to 552W inclusive), was read and adopted by.6 , affirmative votes, 1
absentees .
Re �ort,. re. Bud et,for E - - enditur.e of En ineerin _Allocation of Gas Tax
Funds. for Fiscal- Year 19 ,1, -2
The �City Manager'called_the Council' aitention' to a resolution now before
them which is necessary in ordek. for the State to make the allocation the City
for 1961'62 engineering =and administrative costs; It'was noted that the allocation
f6r- J961,42 would - be - $3; OOOa 00n
A - resolution oii the subject was then adopted as follows:
Res. #2636 N. C. S.
'introduced by Councilman Matzen, seconded by :Ellis, entitled,
",RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
_ P:ETALUMA ADOPTING THE BUDGET FOR THE'EXPENDI
'?TURE OF'`FUNOS ALLOCATED UNDER SECTION 2107° 5 OF
THE STREET.S:AND HIGHWAYS CODE AS PREPARED`BY THE
CITY ENGINEER, "
rt�,ac. tend adopted by 6 - affirmative votes, 1 absentee,
.City Attorney :
R�� eyort re Request of PenngroveFire°Protectx on l3h�t` ng Release
City Attorney `Ed: Robert stated that tie had requested the County Counsel's
office to him of code section under which the Penngrove
Trotection:Disto was formed,.so- -that he could determine wfia`t
a ction should be
taken in the matter, - No answer had been received from County Counsel's
off ice, as yet
Complaint for Damages for Breach of Contract..- Donald Noriel vs City
• _ .° - •of Petaluma , . �.. _
The City Attorney reported, that he proposed to take the necessary legal
steps to answer the subject complaint,
Director .of Public Works
Water Main Replacements & Improvements, 1960'-
Plans &:...specifications for the subjdet project were submitted and filed;
whereupon,
Res, #2637 N C, S
introduced by Councilman Matzen, ,seconded by. Councilman .Ellis, entitled,
January '16, 1961 S�
Res, #2.637 NCS ° cont. °
"RESOLUTION APPROVING THE PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS
E D0 96 61 °° AND UTHO IZI G' THE CLERK�T
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ADVERTISE FOR BIDS FOR SAID WORK, "
was read and adopted by 6 affirmative votes, 1 absentee.
Plan Lines East 'Washingtori Street
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plan lines alon Ea g Washin to� Streem ethat-thi ppwoud- setting forth
p g. g p ld' provide, for.
90' of. right ° °way whi- h.coul.d include 4 lanes of traffic aid 2 parking.sti
The proposed plan was to widen the street.15 on .either side.- lVlro ' Roberts
went on to say that he was very much in favor of establishing plan lines for all
major City streets.
To a question by Mayor Parent, the City.Attorney replied that it appears
that the general practice for establishiig.plan lines, as he understood it; was
by means of an ordinance .establishing, the authority to - set forth plan lines. The
purpose for es "tablshing them is, fairly well explored and stated - in the ordinance.
The ordinance would define plan lines and give the City the - authority to establish
them from time to Mimeo The problem, facing; any City in establishing plali• lines'
is whether or not you; are actually taking away a person's property; This
depends upon the - basic reasons established in the ordinance and the purpose of
the City in setting forth plan lines, He went on to explain that if the sole purpose
of establishing plan lines was to widen a ,street,. there would be a question-.as ,to
whether .or not is legal without immediatelygiving owners compensa-
tion. If there are other reasons involved. such as to - assi! t in:.developing traffic,
ways, clearanee' - fire- protection, . , . then` you have a b-etter situation°
Mr, James. Butner, owner',of property -on .East-Washington ;Str;eet addressed
the Council ;stating that he believed there would be no objection; to any widening
in that area. The main :thingjhe property owners were interested in-was to have
their property rezoned` to c.omme- rcial, - However, "Mrs Butner[•felt that widening
the street to provide for as - .4 lanes of ;traffic would rather'
extravagant. - He felt that it.might bebetter to eliminate onmstr"eet parking on
East Washington St. to - provide .for more traffic lanes, -
After further discussion on the ,subjec,t and at the request of Councilman
Van.Bebber, the City-Attorney was directed to prepare a model ordinance on. .
plan lines for the`Council's consideration at the- next meeting,
8055 pa ma A recess was declared at this times
9000 p, mo m The meeting was called back to order.
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Report re Request of Shell Oil Co. for Encroachment Perm -it:
City. Engineer's report dated Jan. ' 16, 19 1`9 re .Oil Cd-j' encroachment
application, submitted and filed, A.
The City,,.Engineer reported that the Shell Oil Co. will request that thie .
Planning Commission amend their Use Permit to allow them 'to have a pump
island on the right-6f-way, Other than this pump island, light standards, 'and a
sign, no actual structures vill..be constructed oil -the public rightmofmwaye Mr.
Roberts went on. to say" that Shell Oil had agreed to remove these facilities , as
soon as the .City required use of the 'r ght�:of ®way. It was his recommendation
that the nec'essar-y permits be granted, subject to the condition that they are
revocable and that the applicant agrees to bear all costs of'rem val or relocation
of facilities, .
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January 16, 1961
Shel Oil Co, Encroachment Permit Request. cunt'd
Mr.. Piper Shelf. , Oil Company representative, addressed the Council
ver'ifyi'ng the fact than his company agreed to bear all costsfor rem ' val or
relocation of facilities ,at such time as the City requires use of the right -of -way.
There were no objections to the recommendation of the City Engineer in
this matter. -
Water Commissio
Recommendation of the City. Water Commission dated Jan. 13, 1961, re
sale of Water Dept, property to 01d'Adobe School District and other items, read
and.filed.'
The City Attorney noted that an ordinance would be prepared relative to
the -sale of property to the Old Adobe School District.
ADOPTION: OF. ORDINANCES:
4591 NCS Amend. Zonz ng to Reclassify Property Located at
7 :3.3. E. Wash. Ste froim R -1 to C 1 DeCa`r_li Rezone
Before roll vwas called on 'the subject `ordiizance, - Councilman Matzen
=::exp a%ned,tha.t he, had voted "no" on the introduction of the ordinance'bocause
hei`vas n of rezoning the entire parcel with!the set -back lines.
Ord'. #591. N C So
:.r introduced by Councilman. Van .Bebber, seconded by Councilman Ellis, entitled,
"AN. ORDINANCE AMENDING ZONING ORDINANCE NO. 340
N. C. S. TO'RECLASSIFY ASSESSOR'S PARCEL NOS. 7- 063-8
AND 7- 063 -10 LOCATED AT 732 EAST WASHINGTON STREET
FROM AN "r °l" ZONE OR DISTRICT TO "C-1" ZONE OR
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DISTRICT'."'
adopted by '6 affirmatiive .vo.tes, I absentee.
CU? ' , ] SIDERATION OF NEW OR UNFINISHED BUSINESS;:
:. Etes. Accepting Resignation of Wesley Hill; Water Dept'' Mgr.
Res, #2638'N. C. S. ,
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introduced by Councilman Van Bebber,' seconded by Couilcilm:an Crinella., ` eiiti led,
"RESOLUTION ACCEPTING RESIGNATION OF WESLEY R.
HILL AS WATER DEPARTMENT MANAGER.
read and adopted by 6 affirmidtive votes, I 'abseiltee,
R =es. Appointing__Freeman Axthelm Acting Mgr, of Water Dept.
Res. #2639 N.C. S.
introduced by Councilman Crinella, seconded by Councilman Ellis, entitled,
!!RESOLUTION APPOINTING: FREEMAN AXTHELM ACTING
MANAGER OF THE PETA'LUMA 'WATER DEPARTMENT. "
read and adopted by 6 affirmative votes, I absentee.
January 16, 1961
Re Municipal Swimming Pool
Speaking .orr of those who had circulated petitions for the construction
of a municipal swimming pool, Mr. .Dalton Dray addressed the Council requesting
to know the Council's intentions in this matter.
Councilman. Matzen felt that the Council should give serious' consideration.
to the - request of people. However, he *could not recall' having heard any
information relative to cost estimates or location of the pool° He s_u_ggested
that the Recreation Commission look into the matter thoroughly 'and submit its
findings to - the Council Within the next month or so.
Mayor Parent remarked that he would like to see both the swimming' pool
and library issues, plus what the City should do about the Washington Ste Bridge,
put on the ballot.. He, requested the. R ecreation Commission work °together
with members of: the staff iivorder to formulate definite plans for the swimming
pool project>
The City` °Mana - ger was directed to exp6dite the matter.
Flood. Control. Wilson Ste Area
Mr Victor DeCarli addr-'essed the Council stating.-that `he had'.�been, asked
by the people on 'Wilson* 'St.. to find' out if something - .could be done now iii - regard
to flood control in - that area.
Councilman Van Bebber informed Mr. DeCarli that the Flood Control:,:
District was- already working on this,
Mayor Parent - suggested" that Mr,. DeCarli appear- before •th'e group
representing_ this area on the Flood Control Board for further information.
ADJOURNMENT:
There beng..no further business to come before the Council, the meeting
was adjourned to Monday, Juno 30, 1961 at 7:30 po m
Mayor
Attest: ' �6 �-,'
C y: Clerk.
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