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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 08/19/19551 23 - 3 August 19, 1955 - 8 - :00 P.M. City Hall - Petaluma, Calif. ll Adjourned meeting of the Council of the City of Pet. aluma ca ed to order by Mayor Schoeningh. ROLL CALL: Present: Councilmen Adams. Bigelow, mown., Gustafson, Norwood and Mayor Schoeningh. Absent: Councilman King. APPROVAL OF MD\ After having been corrected by the City Clerk., as directed, minutes from the meeting of August 9., 1955, were approved as recorded. REPORTS OF CITY OFFICIALS: City Manaqr Re Annual R 1954 - 55 Letter from the dated kugust 15, 1955, re annual reports for 1954-55, read and filed. . -Annual reports of,the City Manager, City Attorney, Director of Finance & Records, Public ' -,, Norks Dept., Ta Collector., Police Dept. ', fire . Dept,, Public L Ambulance Operations and Recreation &,Par.ks Dept. were submitted and filed. A: suggestion of Mayor Schoeningh, 'conTlents and questions on the reports were postponed until the first meeting in Sept. CONSIDERATION OF UNFINISHED 9,JSINESS: Tay, Rate 1955-56 - Committee Retort Councilman Brown, Cfiairiyan of the Committee appointed to study the 1955,-56 rate, re ported that a letter had been received from the County Assessor's office outlining the'revised figures. After computation of these figures b7 - � the City Manager, the Corilmitte'e',rezommi I �nded setting the rate at 81.65 per,$100.00,as.sessed valuation Councilman Brovin explained that,' although this rate was - 8.20 lower than last yeaxis rate, the actual 'amount - of taxes collected Would be approximately the same; to-h _ igher - appraisals this veAr. The' dou with this recommendation.' City Attorney Karl' Brobks was directed to - prepare an ordinance for introduction, , at the adjourned meeting of August 29, 1955, setting - e at 51.65 as recommended by the Committee. 1 the rat Res, AclmowledayinF- Receipt. of Notice of Intention to at A pF SiinrFu.vs Ave . Annexation Res. #1639N.C.S. introduced by Councilman Gustafson., seconded by Councilman Adams, entitied,, "RESOLUTION ACKNOWLEDGING RECEIPT OF NOTICE OF INTENTION TO CnCTJLkTF, PETITION FOR ANNEXATION OF INHABITED TERRITORY CA L I FORNIA, BE KNOWN AS THE TO. THE CITY OF PETALUAA, RNIA '10 B I b UE XNNEKAT ION " TO THE CITY OF 1955 SUNT\n-r SLOPE 'GRANT .AV EN PETALUMA, AND APPROVING THE CIRCULATION OF SAID PETITION." adopted by 6. affirmative votes, .-I absentee. In the absence of Don- Baird, a'res'olution which had been Sr,heduled for absence at this time, accepting his resignation as , or f Pub lic Works a Dire 'o -' was held over until Dire, City Engineer.., the ne meeting', 234 August 19, 1955 CONSIDERATION OF UNFINISHED .BUSD cont. Re Parking - Dist. #1.955 ®1 Att rney.Eugene Sturgis informed the Council that he.had endeavored-to obtain options or - contracts on the various parcels that were to be obtained for the parking -district and after -doing. so., had learned that the total cost of the bond issue'would''be aiD 1271, 000. 00. instead - of $220, 00 00 which was the original estimated cost. He'.stated that he believed the Council, should keep,the bond issue as close to the original estimate as possible, and made the following recommendati lowering the cost: (1) Eliminate 40i of'the Vons'en lot because there a very severe question of the City having to pay severance damage-, due to the way in which the ownership of the property is vested, na, stated that this procedure could run into a considerable expense on 'the part of the City which would not warrant.. the acquisition of the property,-and that.,this 40 would probably.cost greatly in excess of the cost of the balance of the lot, (2) Eliminate the old City Hall site as Councilman Brown had suggested that.the City would have enough money to make this into a parking lot without it's being in the parking district. (3) Eliminate the North Main Street lot, due to the fact that there had been considerable controversy on this parcel. (4) Purchase the Gervasoni property on Main Street as he believed the price being asked is fair and the parcel is a logical piece of property to include in the district. Mr. Sturgis explained that, if the Council were to eliminate the North Main Street lot, the old City Hall site and 40 of"'the Vonsen property as herecommended, this would reduce the bond issue to approximately $207,000-00. He advised the Council to make a decision as soon as'pos as to the properties to be acquired and inform the property owners accordingly. Councilman King joined the meeting at this time, and Mr, Sturgis reiterated his recommendations for his information. After thoroughly discussing the subject, a 5 minute recess was called. Durin.c the discussion,,C. B. Brake and Stewart Stone, two of the people who were instrumental in circulating 'petitions for the parking district, appeared before the Council. Both spoke ift.favOr of keeping the North Main Street lot in the district. Mr. Brake, also expressed an opinion that the entire Vonsen-lot should be purchased, if possible. It was the decision of the Council to eliminate the old City Hall site, eliminate 40 of the Vonsen lot and have the City Engineer check on the property near the Gervasoni parcel to determine if any of these lots could be obtained at a lower price, this could then. be used for a walkway or driveway from Main Street to Water Street, Councilman King did not concur with the rest of the Council on this procedure. He stated that he believed this bond issue should be put to the vote of the people of Petaluma. The City Etmg ineer was directed to check the properties on-the East side of Main Street to compare them with the value of the. Gervasoni lot and the purchase - price which had been quoted. in the meantime, the Council was to determine whether they should or should not eliminate the North Main Street lot. The matter was deferred until the adjourned meeting of August 29, vilien-the City Engineer would submit hi's report and further discussion on the matter could take Place. I (2) August 19, 1955 CONSIDERATION OF UNFINISHED BUSINESS :.-cont. Re Ord.. Revising Subd. Fees U — of -. — Council man I - t - the reques -Norlriood, introduction of an ordinance to revise subdivision fees was deferred until the meeting of August 29, for further study. Re LandscaDin� Plalqs New Police 'Station Plan for .landscaping of the new Police Station were submitted and filed. In answer to the request of Councilman King, the City Manager explained that this plan was the same as the original devised by N1r..Leiser, and that none of these items would run enough to warrant the necessity of putting the workout to bid.. ADJOURNMENT: There,being no further business to come before the meeting, the meeting was adjourned to Monday, August 29, 1955, 7:30T.M ,ivlayor Attest: Cr y C er . I (3)