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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 07/18/1955oLQ July 18, 1955 7-.3b P.M. City Hall - Petaluma, Calif. Regular meeting of the Council of'the City Of Petaluma called to order by Mayor Schoeningh. ROLL ' CALL : Present: Councilmen Adams, Bigelow King, .w, Brown, Gustafson Norwood and Mayor Schoeningh. Absent: None. INVOCATIOR: Invocation was given by Reverend William Ruhl, Grace Evangeli- cal and Reformed Church. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Minutes from the meeting of July 11, 1955, were approved as recorded. PUBLIC HEARINGS: Rezone Southeast Side of "B" St. - 10th to Laurel time -_ J t hearing protests on the I i is being the ' and place se proposed rezoning of the side of "B" Street from 10th to LaUrel from an R-2 Zone to an R-3 Zone, Mayor Schoeningh invited anyone in the audience who wished to speak on the subject, either - pro or con, to do so at this . 'Dime Dr. Charles Bascom of:913 B Street, asked if the City Clerk had in her possession a copy of a letter which had been written to the Planning Commission by Mr. M. M. Rosenbloom, and requested that the letter be read. City Clerk Gladys Wallin then read the letter submitted by Mr. Rosenbloom dated May 21, 1955, protesting the proposed B Street rezoning, and a letter of explanation thereon received from the Planning Commission and dated July 15, 1955, was submitted and filed. Mr. Charles Corbin., who resides at 100 - 10th Street, objected _ to the rezoning, stating that he felt it would detract from this area which had been for so long a time residential; and, he believed ,,the 'things proposed to be done in the.rezoned area could very well be'done in the zones near by which are not residential. Mrs. Corbin stated that thev were also opposed to the rezoning because of the fact that - there was so much vacant land which would be rezoned,, making it possible for non-residential things to go into 'the area, thereby _changing . the neighborhood greatly. Miss Edna Flohr, speaking - for her Mother, owner of property at 22 - 10th Street, stated that she objected to the rezoning for the 'same, reasons as Mrs. Corbin had stated. Councilmen Adams and Brown stated that they were in favor of rejecting the rezoning as the Planning Commission had done. Council- man Brovm stated that this would not.keep Dr. Ritter from building his proposed laboratory as he understood there would be plenty of land available for these, when the new hospital was built. Councilman Bigelow, Council rewesentative on the Planning Commission, explained that the Commission had denied this application because of the great opposition to rezoning the property 11 FR_3 11 ; whereupon, Res. #152.2 N.C.S- introduced by Councilman Bigelow, seconded by Councilman Drown, entitled, "RESOLUTION RESJECTING THE PROPOSED AMENDI= TO ZONING ORDINANCE NO. 340 N.C,.S. TO REZONE THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF 11 STREET FROM TE�TTH STREET TO LAUREL AVENUE FROM AN llii, ZONE OR DISTRICT TO AN 11 R-3 11 ZONE OR DISTRICT. was adopted by 7 affirmative votes. E� July 18, 1955 CONSIDERATION OF BIDS: Project #33 Bids on Project #33 were opened and read as follows: Name ,&,Address of Bidder Ghtlotti Bros., Rafael J. Henry Harris, Berkeley I. J. Ely Company, Larkspur M. Amaral, Petaluma 44,571.15 50,396.24 45,202.29 48,715.90 The bids were to a consisting following: Councilmen Brown, Gustafs and Norwood, together. with City Attorney Karl Brook's a of Public Works D , on Baird as advisors, for . their r study and I recommendation to the council. PETITIONS & COMMUNICATIONS: Copy of letter dated July 11, 1955,_from Mr.,G. S I tonitsch of Stonitsch & Arvold., protesting the Cedar' Park'Rezoning, submitted and filed; letter of�explahation thereon from Planning Commission dated July 15, 1955, read and filed. With the approval of the Council, the Mayor instructed the City.Clerk to put this copy of Mr. Stonitsch's letter on " file. The letter had been previously read at the meeting of July 11" 1955. REPORTS OF CITY OFFICIALS: City Manager Claims apprbved.for payment by . the City Manager were submitted, whereupon, Res. #1523 N.C.S. introduced by Councilman Adams, seconded by Councilman Gustafson, approving claims and bills (Nos. 1I.2 to'224 inclusive) was adopted by 7 affirmative votes. Director of Public Works - Drivewav at 5avmond & Oli 'and Gustafson had checked this site with him and felt that it would cost t t I he City less than 9100.00 to tear out the.curb and re-build the curb and part of the sidewalk, so that Mr. S,ou hwick could then build the driveway from property line.in. Councilmen? Brown and GU were both in favor of . ahead with this'work. The rest of the Gouncil"being in agree- ment, providing costs would be kept beiow 910A 00, the City Manager was directed to take up the e m ' at with with'Mr . Baird, so that plans' could be made to proceed'with 'the work. Re Sunnv Slope &- "I", St. Sewer ReT)rt o_of'Direztor of PUblic Works dated July 18,, 1955 ' stating _'that, after investigating the matter, it was learned- that this line had been laid across an abandoned . septic . tank which had caved -IIn and allowed the line to settle; and, since the obstruction has been 'removed., it's quite possible that this will last for several years without having to be replaced, submitted and filed. No further action in the matter was deemed necessary by the City Council. Total Amount of Bid I (2) July 18, 1.955 4 ", REPORTS OF CITY OFFTCIALS cone. Direc o f Public Works Re Sewer - 7 Grand View Avenue Letter from Director of Public Works dated July 15, 1955, recomznendin,a_ reconstruction of a disposal system, in 'that area and that ,steps be taken to acaui.re a 50 fl,00t right of way for Grand View Avenue, instead of the 40 foot that now exists. Also, that _ -.. -be f inanced by cash donations from the property owners or the formation of a small sanitation district. Oscar Schindler, 7 Grand View Avenue, appeared before the Council to clarify the problem involved, stating that the sewer line throuF-h the back yards of several property owners in this area which caused.quite a problem; this being a , privately owned sever line, all repairs had to be borne by the property owners Mr. Baird stated that he had talked with two of the property owners ;.n _ the area and that they were in favor of forming a small Sanitation district. The Director of Public Works was directed to have a consulta- tion i) ith all of the 7 property owners affectived by this situation, not with the - view of the City paying for any of this as it is a p'll"Lvately owned line, but merely to help them over the engineering prob.em involved. Re McDowell Road Sewer - Unit .1 Report o.. City t ©rnev.de e -July 18, 1955, giving his opinion that it would be perfectly in order for the City to pay for the cost, of this proposed project out of the 1953 Sewage Worka Enlargement.: Construction Fund, read and filed° Report of Director of Public Works dated July 14, 1955, . reconEnending that a sewer be constructed from Lindberg Lane to McDowell Village on the northeasterly side of McDowell Road and that this be done in conjunction with the improvement of McDowell Road, submitted and filed; plans and specifications thereon, submitted and filed. Councilman King su.Nested running 'the sewer line between the sidewalk and curb, in th sway makin possible to construct the street without laying the sewer line at the same time. After consideration, the matter was tabled for.the time being. Oth City Officials "Monthly repor °ts of the Police Dept., Engineering and Public Worka,IDept., and Librarian were submitted and filed. Report of the' Citv Manager dated July 14, 19.55,. submitting the budget estimate for 1955 -56 for Civil Defense,. submitted and filed. To a question asked by Councilman King regarding the Civil Defense budget, City Manager Ed Frank and Mayor Schoeningh explained that the City was merely a spending agent for these funds. Colonel Wiley O ?Mohundro, Assistant Director of Civil Defense in Petaluma, pointed out the reason for the increase in this year's budget stating that the major reason was the Civil Defense job here 'a =.a�rrig i n.crea.sed considerably in the past year, with Petaluma being r1. e of the retuge points for dispersees from the Bay Area in case of attack. Councilman King also inquired about the $1,000.00 to be contra buted� to� C evil Defense by the City; whereupon, Colonel OlIvlonundro explaihe`d that the City of Santa Rosa matches .Civil Defense funds from the County, dollar for dollar, while - Petaluma ha I sp: nt nothing in the past. At the suggestion of Councilman Br own, this matter was deferred I„ unt;i ! the next meeting, and Mayor Schoeningh appointed a - committee, (councilmen Brown and Tdorwood) , to" meet wlth the Civil Defense Dersornel and give their recommendation to the Cou (3) July 18, 1955 REPORTS OF CITY OFFICIALS: Cont. Other City Officials Re Aerial. Ladder Fire Truck At thIs time, .Councilman King asked Fire Chief Dan Nielsen, if the specifications for this 'truck, which had been furnished the Council, would eliminate any firms from bidding on the truck. He stated that he believed the Citv -shou . ld . "6sk for b . ids from the various companies first, then a seiaction'could be made with. such changes as desired if the truck cho'seh was . Lot satisfactory in all respects. explained that Fire Chief Nielsen and members of the Council ' e p, these t * rucks were not built first and then sold, but must be brd.6ted according to specifications. With the consent of 'the Council, Mayor Schoeningh directed the City C lerk lerk to.put this matter on the.'agenda f6r the next meeting for further di8'cu8s1on as to whether the Council d6sii to go along'with these specifications, and whether they wished to call for bids at that time. ADOPTION OF ORDINA14CES00 Rezoning C e dar Grove Park Ord. #401 N.C.S. introduced by Councilman Bigelow, seconded by Councilman Brown,, entttled "AN ORDINANCE, AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE NO. 340 N.C,.,S. Ff REZONING FROM "M" ZONE OR - DISTRICT TO '"R -1" T1 R­2.TT AND "R-3 ZONES OR DISTRICTS NORTH OF BRIDGE STREET." adopted by the following vote: Ayes- Councilmen Bigelow gelow '9 - , Brown., Gustafson., King and Norwood. Noes: Mayor SOhoeningh. Councilman Norwood refused to vote on the forgoing 6rdinance; therefore, the City Clerk was obligated to record this as an affirm- ative vote. CONSIDERATION OF UNFINISHED BUSINESS: Res. Referring A for Annexation of 11 1955 Suhn nex to Planning 'Commission ,S - oe. , Grant Ave. Kn_ t t � - Mayor - ScKde_Himff announced ha — thi - 8 resolution would have to be held over, pending,necossary information which,had not as yet been 'received from the Sonoma County Boundary Commissioni Re Uniform Plumbing Code - 1955 — ci — ty - AttoPhey Kati Brooks was directed to prepare the necessary legislation for adopting the 1955 Uniform Plumbing Code at the next meeting. Mr. George Pet ' erson, 508 Broadway, addressed the Council requesting that something be done about the noisy booster near his home. He stated that this matter had been pending for quite some time and he would appreciate some 'action being taken, as soon as possible. Mr. Frank informed Mr. Peterson that an engineer California liVaterService Company' had investigated the cause of this .noise and what could b& done about it, and the Council was now awaiting their answer on the survey. To assure immediate action, theCouncil directed Mayor.,, S to draft a telegram to the Calif. Water 'Servide Co.. signed by hims'elf. �4) I H I OHO July 18 1955 ADJOUMMT: --There being no further ' business to come before the meeting, the meeting vTas adjourned. A tes 41MV t, t : �W ,gity Clerk. 11 I[] (5)