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HomeMy WebLinkAboutDraft Minutes 02/22/2000 I ' DRAFT DRAFT DRAFT 3 Draft;Minutes of a 4 City of Petaluma, California 5 City Council Meeting 6 7 Regular Meeting 8 Tuesday, February 22, 2000 9 10 11 The Petaluma City Council melon this day at 5:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers. 12 13 ROLL CALL 14 15 PRESENT: Council Chambers Healy, Cader-Thompson, Keller, Hamilton, Maguire; 16 Vice MayorTorliatt .Mayor Thompson. 17 18 ABSENT: None 19 20 'PUBLIC COMMENT 21 22 None. 23 04 CLOSED SESSION 5 26 City Attorney Rich Rudnansky announced the following items to be addressed during 27 Closed Session: 28 29 Conference With Legal Counsel, Existing Litigation (Subdivision (a) of 30 Government Code § -54956 9), City of Petaluma vs. Holmberg; Sonoma County 31 Superior Court Case No 222739. 32 Conference With Real Property Negotiator, Pursuant to Government Code § 33 54956.8 "Property: 4104 Lakeville.Highway (APN's 017-170-002 and 068-010 34 .026). Negotiating Party: Frederick C. Stouder. Under Negotiation: Price, Terms 35 of Payment, or Both..(Gray Property). 36 Conference With Legal Counsel, Anticipated Litigation, Initiation of Litigation 37 Pursuant to Subdivision(c) of Government Code §'54956:9. (2 Potential Cases) 38 39 Conference With Legal. Counsel, Existing Litigation, (Subdivision (a) of Government 40 Code § 54956.9): City of Petaluma vs: Madison Village Homeowners Association, 41 Sonoma County'Court Case No 1SCV 221052. 42 • Draft Minutes City of Petaluma, California City Council Meeting Tuesday,February 22,2000 Page 1 DRAFT DRAFT DRAFT I Conference With Legal Counsel, Existing Litigation, (Government Code § 54956.9): • 2 Baykeeper vs. California State Water Resources Control Board; Sacramento Superior 3 Court Case# 99CS02579 4 5 ADJOURN 6 7 6:10 p.m. 8 10 11 RECONVENE 12 13 The Petaluma City Council reconvened its regular meeting at 7:05:p.m. in the Council 14 Chambers. 15 16 ROLL CALL 17 18 PRESENT: Council Chambers Healy, Cader-Thompson, Keller, Hamilton, Maguire; 19 Vice Mayor Torliatt; Mayor Thompson. 20 21 ABSENT: None 22 23 REPORT OUT OF CLOSED SESSION 24 25 Mayor Thompson reported that no reportable action was taken on items heard during 26 Closed Session. 27 28 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 29 30 0 At t th e request A a quest of Mayor Thompson, Eileen Morris, reporter for the Argus•Courier, led the Allegiance. Mayor Thompson also thanked-Eileen for her solo during Mayor 32 Hilligoss' memorial service. 33 34 MOMENT'OPSILENCE 35 36 At the request of Mayor Thompson, a Moment of Silence was observed. 37 38 PUBLIC COMMENTS 39 40 Annette Golterman, 1060 Skillman Lane, Member of the Northwest Petaluma 41 Concerned`Citizens Coalition (NWPCCC), was concerned about:the road construction 42 on Stony Point Road between Pepper ,Road. and Petaluma Boulevard North: She 43 thought that raising the roadbed 3 feet it would cause more flooding along Petaluma 44 Boulevard North to the West and increase the flooding in the headwaters of the 45 Petaluma River. Draft Minutes - • City,of Petaluma,California city Council Meeting Tuesday,February 22,2000 Page 2 DRAFT DRAFT DRAFT 1, 02 She 'asked the date of the next Corona Reach Specific Plan meeting. She asked 3 Council to review the NWPCCC::letter to Mayor Thompson,=.dated July 12, 1999, in 4 which they requested an Intra City/County Planning Advisory Agency much like is in 5 effect in Sonoma. NWPCCC believes that it is in the public's best interest to coordinate 6 planning activities between the City and County, especially for the citizens living outside 7 of the City limits who are greatly impacted by City development, yet are unable to 8 register their concerns in`the.ballot box. 9 10 Bill Paxton, 690 Skillman Lane, reminded the Corona Reach Committee that the 11 NWPCCC is still very serious about working together with the City to come up with a 12 solution to .the traffic problems in that part of the district. On February 14, 2000, the 13 Cinnabar School District passed and approved a resolution to bring in the Petaluma 14 American Little League program, which will contribute to theatraffic problems. 15 16 Rick Savel thanked Vice Mayor Torliatt and Council Member Cader-Thompson for 17 meeting with the Penngrove Advisory Committee about their concerns for a northbound 18 Corona off-ramp at Highway 101 and existing traffic conditions on Adobe Road. He 19 would also like the City and County to work together on mitigating the traffic issues- He 20 also spoke regarding a lot split at 1775 Adobe Road. 21 22 Betty Harrison spoke on behalf of Petaluma Community Access. 23 David Glass thanked the Council;for all their long hours and hard work they have put in gt24 on the many issue that face especially the flood issue. 25 26 Wayne.Bigelow, 1617 Lancaster Drive, announced that May'4, 2000 was National Day 27 of Prayer and extended an invitation to Mayor Thompsonfora Mayor's Prayer Breakfast 28 at 7:00 a.m. at St. John's Episcopal Church. Friday night he went to a wonderful 29 program at Lucchesi on Black History Night and thought it was a shrewd move on the 30 part of Council Member Janice Cader-Thompson, she was called out of town so she 31 sent her teenage daughter to,represent her and she did great job. 32 33 Kevin McDonald spoke regarding the Petaluma Youth Soccer Leagues. There is a 34 need for more.fields:. Two.have closed on the west side of town and the field at Casa 35 Grande High School has beenclosed tothem. 36 37 Richard Brawn, 141 Grevillia Drive, spoke regarding stop signs on Sunnyslope Road. 38 Stop signs have been placed on residential streets to slow the traffic: He would like to 39 see a written policy statement that specifically says that City management will install 40 stops signs on arterial roads in order'to prevent speeding. Mail him a copy. 41 42 Rick Pearce, 1549 Creekside Drive', spoke in support of Petaluma Community Access. 43 44 Terrance Garvey stated. Council -.Members Keller and Maguire owed Bryant Moynihan 45 an apology for criticizing him during the February 7th meeting. • Draft Minutes - • City of:Petaluma, California City Council Meeting Tuesday, February,22,2000 Page 3 DRAFT DRAFT DRAFT • 1 •2 Geoff•Cartwright:spoke against Measure B because it included the,Rainier Interchange 3 and Overcrossing. The development of the Rainier project would increase flooding in 4 the Payran area.' 5 6 Diane Reilly Torres spoke in support of Petaluma Community Access. 'She suggested 7 people write to the FCC' in Washington to complain about AT&T. She was frustrated 8 with the process of getting a building permit for the construction of >a shed on her 9 property. 10 11 Bryant Moynihan , 102 Dawn Place, spoke regarding the completion of.the Disinfection 12 Facility Project. He would like to see a final project cost before it is accepted. He was 13 also concerned with the potential odor problem that the wastewater`treatment pond 14 could cause and would like to see that addressed before it became a problem for 15 Petaluma. 16 17 Unidentified Woman, 515 Western Avenue, supported Petaluma Community Access, 18 describing it as a lifeline for the Hispanic community. She was outraged at AT&T for 19 their "bullying tactics." 20 21 COUNCIL COMMENTS 22 23 Council Member Hamilton wanted the Recreation, Music and Parks Commission to 24 meet regarding new playing fields and report back to Council. • 25 26 Council Member Maguire thought Mr..Moynihan should get his facts!and'figures'.straight 27 before taking on an issue. Regarding the remodeling of the Council Chambers, he will 28 discuss it;with other members of the committee. He thought art for`the walls should be 29 the final step. 30 - 31 City Manager Fred Stouder asked that'final.project cost be included on Agenda'Bills in 32 the future. 33 34 Council Member Torliatt asked that item 4", Disinfection Facility Upgrade, be removed 35 from the agenda. Vasco Brazil would liketo'speak to this item:is recovering from recent 36 surgery. She asked that it be moved to March 6, 2000. 37 38 Sheasked City management to review and report to Council regarding: 39 - 40 1. Parking restrictions on Western Avenue near Petaluma Junior High School. 41 2. Agendizinga Closed Session for the City Clerk's Evaluation. 42 3. City Attorney Rich Rudnansky to review the Public Notice Process, including 43 publication of notices in the newspaper.. 44 .4. Expanding the Homebuyer Program for Public. Safety Employees "'to all 45 employees. Drag.Minutes •- City.of.Petaluma,California City Council Meeting Tuesday;February 22 2000 Page 4 DRAFT DRAFT DRAFT 1 5, Clear butting in Santa Rosa for vineyards. The. Magnolia site in Petaluma was 2 cleared, supposedly for agricultural use, but the only proposals indicated have 3 been for housing projects. 4 6. A letter from the Schulz Neighborhood Grant Program, which provides $1 ,500 for 5 neighborhood projects. 6 7 Council Member Keller explained that The Schulz Neighborhood Grants was founded 8 by the Schulz Family (of Peanuts fame). They will be very happy to help anyone with 9 filing the grant application and defining the project. The phone number is 570-4073. 10 11 He announced that both of the Exxon Gas Station dealers in Petaluma were being 12 threatened by the merger of Mobil and Exxon. Both Exxon stations had in their 13 contracts with Exxon that-they had first right of refusal to purchase their stations. That 14 right was being denied them by Mobil-Exxon, which hadsdecidedwith federal assistance 15 or guidance to require all of their stations to be sold to one entity; along with their • 16 refinery. That meant that both stations, Peter's Exxon Station on East Washington 17 Street and the Exxon on Old Redwood Highway, would be sold to some other 18 corporation. He would like the,Council to write a letter to Bill Lockyear and John Burton 19 requesting that the First Right:of Refusals in the contracts be'honored. 20 21 He read from an article from the.New York Times regarding "no sales tax on Internet 22 purchases." This could affect'local services and reduce revenues. 23 ..4 Council Member Cader-Thompson spoke regarding the firing of talk show host Pat 25 Thurston from radio station KSRO, the Hardin Lane lot .splits. She encouraged the 26 school districts to support PCA because it is used to videotape sports events and school 27 meetings: She noted that improvement on Skillman Lanehad resulted in flooding on the 28 opposite side of that street. 29 • 30 She was asked to do the closing statement for the Black History Month, and because 31 she-wasscalled out of town, her fourteen-year-old daughter took her place. She was very 32 proud of her. 33 • 34 Council Member Healy agreed with expanding the Homebuyers Program to include 35 employees other than public safety employees. 36 37 PROCLAMATIONS 38 • 39 Mayor Thompson read a proclamation for National Engineers' Week 40 41 MINUTES 42 43 September 22, 1999; January 24 and January 31, 2000. 44 • Draft Minutes City of.Petaluma,California City Council Meeting, Tuesday,February 22,2000 Page 5 DRAFT DRAFT DRAFT 1 MOTION: Vice•Mayor Torliatt and seconded by Council Member Maguire to approve • 2 the minutes of September 22, 1999, January 24, 2000 and January 31, 3 2000. 4 5 MOTION 6 PASSED: 7/0 7 8 ' GOOD NEWS 9 10 Even"though-the Corps of Engineers' project is not complete, the construction to 11 date has yielded significant improved levels of protection for the residents in the 12 Payran area. 13 14 AGENDA CHANGES, ADDITIONS, AND:DELETIONS 15 16 None 17 18 CONSENT CALENDAR 19 20 Items 2, 3, 5, 7were removed from the Consent-Calendar 21 22 MOTION: Council Member Maguire moved, seconded by Hamilton, to approve the 23 following consent items. 24 • 25 1 Resolution 00?25 N.C.S. Adopting=Quarterly Treasurers Report. 26 27 4. Resolution 00-28 N.C.S. Accepting Completion of the Disinfection Facility 28 Upgrade Project, Project#9875" This project included conversion a;safer and 29 more.reliable; Disinfection/Dechlorination Process of the Wastewater Treatment 30 Plant, and ensures compliance with EPA ;regulations. The contractor was - 31 -Frontier Contracting, Inc. Final project cost: To be determined.. 32 . 33 6. Resolution 00-30 N.C.S. Declaring Scrapped Water Meters as Surplus and 34 Authorizing the City Manager to Dispose"of'the Water Meters. 35 36 ******.* 37 38 2. Resolution 00-26 N.C.S. Declaring Weeds a Public Nuisance and 39 Establishing a Protest Hearing to"be held'on April 3, 2000. 40 41 Council Member Cader-Thompson thought that repeat offenders who don't clean up 42 their weeds should-be required to pay,20% more than first time offenders. 43 44 Draft Minutes City California • City Council Meeting • Tuesday,February.22,2000 • Page 6 DRAFT DRAFT DRAFT 1 MOTION: Vice Mayor Torliatt.moved, seconded'by Keller, to adopt Resolution 00-26 •;2 N.C.S. Declaring Weeds a Public Nuisance and Establishing a Protest 3. Hearing.to be held on April 3, 2000. 4 5 MOTION 6 PASS ED:• 7/0 7 8 3. Resolution 00-27TNCS?Designating Kenilworth.Park as a Lawn Bowl Site 9 10 Eugenia. Shribbs„ 2100 E. Washington Street, came .to Petaluma four years ago and 11 realized Petaluma did not have a lawn bowl green. She worked with the Parks and 12 Recreation'Department to install one at.Kenilworth Park. Those interested'in this game 13 should have some training. A ball will be provided to practice with and anyone from 9 14 years old to 100 years old can participate. It will be advertised in the newspaper. 15 Anyone wishing to contribute. money to this project can do so through the Parks and 16. Recreation Department. Anyone needing additional information can reach Ms. Shribbs 17 at 769-7380. 18 19 Dorothy Cavalieve, 52 Michael Drive, encouraged Council to pass this resolution to 20 provide a very worthwhile recreational outlet in Petaluma. 21 22 MOTION: Vice Mayor Torliatt moved, seconded by Maguire, to adopt Resolution 00- 23 27 N.C.S. Designating Kenilworth Parkas a Lawn Bowl Site. 4 25 MOTION 26 PASSED: 7/0 27 • 28 5. Resolution 00-29 N.C.S. Authorizing the Filing of an Application for Federal 29 Surface Transportation and Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement 30 Program Funding for Bus Purchase and Committing the Necessary Local 31 Match for the Project(s) and Stating the Assurance of the City of Petaluma to 32 Complete the Project. 33 34 Council member Torliatt would like the city to keep their options open and look at 35 alternative fuel buses. 36 37 MOTION: Vice°Mayor Torliatt moved, seconded by Maguire, to adopt Resolution 00- 38 29 N.C.S. Authorizing the Filing of an Application for Federal Surface 39 Transportation and 'Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement 40 Program Funding for Bus Purchase and Committing the Necessary 41 Local Match for the Project(s) and Stating the Assurance of the City of 42 Petaluma to Complete the Project. 43 44 MOTION 45 PASSED: 7/0 • Draft Minutes City of Petaluma, California City;Council Meeting Tuesday, February 22,2000 Page 7 DRAFT DRAFT DRAFT 1 2 7. Resolution-00-31 N:C:S. Authorizing the Purchase of Red Light Emitting Diode • 3 Traffic Signal Replacement'Modules From Dialight Corporation in the Amount 4 of $39,726:22. 5 6 Council Member Torliattwanted to know how many lights this.$40;000 purchase would 7 buy. She was advised by Alan Tilton, Traffic Engineer, that these lights come in a 8 variety of different sizes and there are over 500 separate units. He also advised 9 Council that this program would pay for itself'in one year to eighteen months. 10 11 MOTION: Vice Mayor Torliatt moved, seconded by Healy to adopt Resolution 00-31 12 N.C.S. Authorizing the Purchase of Red Light Emitting Diode Traffic 13 Signal Replacement Modules Frorri Dialight Corporation in the Amount of 14 • . $39;726:22. . 15 16 MOTION 17 PASSED: 7/0 18 19 UNFINISHED BUSINESS 20 21 8. Verbal Report by .U. S. Army Corps of Engineers Regarding 'Status of Payran 22 Reach Project and Discussion and Possible Direction Regarding Payran Flood 23 Management Project, Financing and.Budget. 24 • 25 Continued to March 6, 2000. 26 27 9. Status Report and Possible Direction Regarding Use of Department of 28 Transportation Funds for Construction of Transit Mall. 29 30 Council Member Keller wanted to expedite an agreement to take over control of that 31 block from the railroad, either a long-term.lease or a purchase, so that the City could 32 proceed with project planning, as was proposed in the Central Specific Plan.. 33 Development in that will depend on what the City does with the site. He hoped to meet 34 with the Northwest Pacific Railroad (NWPR) board the following Monday to move the 35 project forward. 36 37 Council Member Healy wondered if it would be possible to split the project into two 38 phases; ,i.e., Copeland Street would be Phase 1, and the City would use, the existing 39 monies for that Phase 2 would be essentially.a replacement for Phase 1 closer to the 40 rail depot 'site. He wanted to know what the prospects would be for additional 41 federal funds-for Phase 2 at that time. 42 - 43 Brian Aibee, Sonoma County Transit, repliedthat with project of this type, the chances 44 of getting-additional funds-in the future were slim. 45 Draft Minutes City of Petaluma,.California - •' City Council;Meeting. Tuesday,.Februany, 22,2000 Page 8 m DRAFT DRAFT DRAFT T Allan Tilton, Traffic',Engineer, explained that the Copeland Street improvements would •2 be primarily reconstructing the roadway, constructing drainage, water and sewer -3 infrastructure in that,roadwayto°facilitate future.development: It would provide a good 4 road base surface, sidewalks and some modest bus shelters and other amenities for the 5 bicyclists and other transit users. Copeland Street provides the most reasonable 6 access?,for'bus,service of all the bus users, and is an intrinsic part of transit development 7 on that site. 8 9 Diane Reilly Torres, 1657 Raini'erAvenue, thought that the Golden Gate Bridge District 10 opposed the railroad because it would affect their `revenues: She noted that Marin 11 County had a ;program called Golden Gate Transit East Meets West that was bus 12 service from Marin County to the Bait station. She thought Sonoma County needed 13 such a program. She explained that a request needs to be made to MTC to subsidize 14 this to provide a public transportation bus service.from Petaluma to the Bart station. 15 She believed that if the•City approached that as a regional program, it could happen. 16 17 J.T. Wick, CSW Stuber-Stroeh, representing the Haystack Market Place Partnership. 18 Two years ago they started a Community Outreach to SPARC, the Planning 19 Commission and Council to develop an innovative mixed-use project for this site that 20 would renovate the rail barn, bring in retail, office, residential and some recreational 21 uses. What resulted was a project that had some on-site parking, but relied significantly 22 on on-street parking. Council's direction at that time was to distribute the $50-$75,000, 23 to ROMA to do a study of the depot 04 25 During th"e•last year, based upon the representations that the design•should go forward 26 using on-street parking as a significant part of our design solution they spent tens of 27 thousands of dollars to develop a design review package. That brought up some of the 28 same circulation constraints, particularly access onto 'D' and Washington Streets, that 29 the Rail Authority would have to confront should'they one day choose to develop the 30 depot site, however'they,•choose to develop it. He•agreed with Mr. Tilton that Copeland 31 Street is an intrinsic part of traffic circulation in that area No matter how the site is 32 developed, transit mall or depot, busses will have to exit onto Copeland Street to get 33 back onto the local streets. It could not happen at mid-block because the. traffic 34 volumes were too great on either street. He thought improvements to Copeland Street 35 could be phased, as long'they allowed forr eventual redevelopment of that street to allow 36 on-street parking. That was the only'way to maintain consistency with a specific plan 37 that will hopefully be adopted one day that calls for congregate parking only on the West 38 side'of'the river, not on the East side: The site could make it on its own, but it needed 39 parking on Copeland Street. • 40 41 Council Member Keller would like to see a copy of the grant that NWPR•used for 42 purchasing that block to see-whether or not the grant specified how that block was to be 43 used. 44 • Draft Minutes City of Petaluma,California City Council Meeting Tuesday,February 22,2000 Page 9 DRAFT . DRAFT DRAFT 1 Council Member Healy thought it possible that the Golden Gate Bridge District or the 2 Rail Authority thought it was in their best interests to "scare off' the City by foot 3 dragging, so that they would, then have the entire site for revenue generating 4 development. If that was the case; they were being very short sighted and loosing an 5 opportunity for 'a win-win situation. He pointed out that they would' need the City's . 6 cooperation for developing that site. He wanted the message conveyed to then" that 7 they were"not holding all the cards." 8 9 Mr; Albee asked Council Member Keller, if he did meet, with the INWPR Board the 10 following Monday, to get a letterfrom'the Board stating that they are in support of this 11 projectand will work with the City of Petaluma and the County of Sonoma to further our 12 application. A cooperative agreement will have. to be created between the Bridge 13 District, the County and the City. That would take some time, but.a letter such as he 14 described could certainly keep the application going. 15 • 16 Vice Mayor Torliatt wanted to also ask,the NWPR board to create a subcommittee to 17 work with is subcommittee of the Council, so that,the political leadership was on the 18 same pageas the.City!management. That would provide better communication skills.so 19 the project can moveforward. 20 21 City Manager Stouder announced that the Railroad Authority was about to issue a 22 request, for proposals to secure contract;services for an economic evaluation of the 23 sites, so that the Railroad Authority can negotiate the future uses They are proceeding 24 with leasing or disposing of the sites in the future and'asking for major contract;help to •, 25 do so. He asked if Council would want to get in front of that, if the City were iinterested, 26 as opposed to competing with other entities. 27 28 Council determined they would like to keep the transit mall site near the depot. Mr. 29 Albee, Sonoma County Transit Manager, was asked to compose a letter for Council to 30 take with them when they meet with the NWP R.Directors:on February 248, 2000 at 10:00 31 at the Bridge District.Offices. The letter should state that the NWPR would work with the 32 City to develop the intermodel transit facility: 33 34 10. Resolution 00=33 N.G.S. Declaring Intent to Reimburse Certain. Capital 35 Expenditures Relating to the City's 'Wastewater System from Proceeds of 36 Indebtedness. 37 38 Michael;Ban, Water Resources and.Conservation Engineering Manager, addressed the 39 Council regarding the resolution, which is required toi assure the:ability.of the City to use 40 bond proceeds to repay the cost of these capital projects, including construction of 41 wastewater treatment facilities, related structures, and delivery systems; cost studies, 42 project management, •environmental studies and measures to determine project 43 feasibility; administrative costs and general ov,_erhead associated with the projects; and 44 facility design and engineering. The second phase will be directed more toward the Draft Minutes City of Petaluma,California • City Council Meeting Tuesday,February.22„2000 Page 10 DRAFT DRAFT DRAFT 3 balks recycling facility. Once the.cost of that project;is determined, it will make up the 1 water recycling fac issuance of bonds: .4102 3 4 MOTION: Council Member Healy moved, seconded by Keller, to adopt Resolution 5 00-33 N.C.S. Declaring Intent to Reimburse Certain Capital 6 Expenditures ,Relating to the City's Wastewater System from 7 Proceeds of Indebtedness 8 9 MOTION 10 PASSED: 7/0 11 12 PUBLIC HEARING 13 14 12. Discussion and Possible Action on the Draft-Bicycle Plan. (Removed) 15 16 NEW BUSINESS 17 18 13. Resolution 00-33 N.C.S Approving Increase in Hangar Fees at the Petaluma 19 Municipal Airport as Recommended by the Airport Commission. 20 21 Vice Mayor Torliatt received an e-mail, which was forwarded to City management, 22 asking the following questions: 23 • 4 What is the justification for another increase in rents above the inflation level'? 5 Will the additional revenue be used solely for aviation purposes'? 26 - 27 Ted Anderson, Airport Manager, stated that the revenue would be used solely for 28 aviation purposes. There had been two increases in the last five years, and the airport 29 had incurred some unbudgeted expenses in the past year 30 317 Vice Mayor Torliatt stated that the next time this came before the Council, she would 32 like to see a comparison of the other rates in the area. In the future, a comprehensive 33 report needed to be provided, including the Airport budget, revenues generated from 34 hangar fees, fuel sales and any other revenue that the•airport brings in. 3.5 36 Council would like the Airport Commission to develop a,plan to become self-supporting 37 within two, five, or ten,years, and present it to Council,a"s quickly as possible. 38 39 MOTION: Council Member Hamilton moved,; seconded by Maguire, to adopt 40 Resolution 00-33 N.C.S Approving Increase in Hangar Fees at the 41 • Petaluma Municipal Airport as Recommended by the Airport 42 Commission. 43 44 Draft Minutes City of Petaluma, California City Council Meeting Tuesday; February 22;2000 Page 11 DRAFT DRAFT DRAFT 1 MOTION 2 PASSED: 7/0 • 3 4 14. Discussion and Possible Action Regarding:City Council Comments or Position on 5 Proposed State of California Initiatives and Other Legislative Matters. 6 7 A. Support Resolution opposed to Proposition 21 Gang Violence and 8 JuvenileCrime Prevention Initiative. 9 10 This initiative increases punishment for'gang-related felonies; death penalty for gang- 11 related murder; indeterminate life sentences for home-invasion robbery, icarjacking, 12. witness 'intimidation and 'drive-by shootings; creates crime of recruiting for gang 13 activities; and authorizes wiretapping for gang activities: Requires adult trial for 14 juveniles 14 years or older charged with murder or specified sex offenses; eliminates 15 informal probation for juveniles committing, felonies. Requires registration of gang 16 members committing felonies; allows disclosure of information on juveniles committing 17 serious felonies; limits sealing of violent ,offenses committed by juveniles 14 or older; 18 requires;statewide' reporting of felony juvenile records. This measure would result in 19 unknown major net costs to the state of at least hundreds of millions of dollars°annually 20 and 'one-time costs of at least several hundreds of millions of dollars: It would also 21 result in unknown net costs to local governments of at least tens of'millions of dollars 22 annually, and tens ofmillions to hundreds of millions of dollars in one-time costs. 23 24 Council Member Hamilton opposed this measure. She pointed out California:is first in • . 25 the nation in money spent on prisons, and forty-first out of fifty in education. She 26 thought-.the fiscal impact was too great. We need to put more money into education to 27 turn these juvenilesaround. 28 29 Council Member Maguire explained that 80% of prosecutors' current requests to try 30 juvenilesias adults are now granted; There did not seem to be much_of,a problem if in 31 circumstances that warranted that approach'. What this measure would'do`is take away 32 the discretion of a judge'and put it in the hands of the prosecutor. He thought it a self- 33 destructive measure. 34 35 Beth Grimes :stated that both she and her husband Ozzie were opposed to this 36 measure. She thought there was; some racism' and sexism involved, as African. 37 American children were three times as likely.to be arrested and incarcerated as white 38 children, and Latinos 60% more Seventy-five percent of the juveniles who'arrested are 39 males: 40 41 Victor Checf anover,.2301 Marylyn 'Circle, thought that the fiscal aspect of the measure 42 would result in unknown net costs to local •governments of ,tens of millions' of dollars 43 annually, and tens:of millions to hundreds'of millions of dollars for one-time costs. • 44 Draf`Minutes _ Cityof Petaluma,California City council Meeting 411. Tuesday,February 22,2000 Page 12 • DRAFT DRAFT DRAFT 1 Council Member .Keller explained that the tradition in criminology has swung between 0 rehabilitation and punishment. In the late 1950's, 60's and 70's, the tradition tended• "3 MOe towards rehabilitation, that people were intrinsically good. The trend has 4 changed in the past twenty years to retribution. He thought it came with a big price. 5 6 MOTION: Council Member Hamilton moved, seconded by Keller to support 7 opposition to this measure. 8 9 MOTION 10 PASSED: 7/0 11 12 B. Save the Laguna San Ignacio California Gray Whales from Mitsubishi's 13 Plan to Build a 116 Square Mile Industrial Salt Factory in the Whales' 14 Breeding Ground:. 15 16 Council Member Hamilton would like a resolution brought back on consent for a vote of 17 the Council. 18 19 Council Member Healy stated.he would plan to abstain on this resolution as he sees this 20 as unrelated to our mission as a City. There was only one side being presented, and he 21 would like to know both sides before'supporting or not supporting this measure. 22 23 C. Earth Day 2000 14 5 Council consensus was that the City of Petaluma was already an Earth Day 2000 26 Community. They approved and supported adopting the principles of Earth Day 2000. 27 28 D. Green Power 29 30 Kerri Smith, Green_ Power, will come before Council on March 20, 2000 for a 31 presentation on Green Power. 32 33 Council Member Cader-Thompson would like to place the River Plan on a future 34 agenda to incorporate a Water Element into it, stating that there,was money available 35 for fish, habitats if the River Plan contained a Water Element. She would also like an 36 update on the Chedaspill. 37 38 She also,thought it,important to bring Measure B and C for a;full discussion at a Council 39 Meeting so the public would get the real facts, as they were "literally being lied to about 40 what Measure B is going to give them and what that sales tax is going to do." She 41 stated that it was not true that the Novato Narrows was going to,.be.completed, nor were 42 other sections, and she thought the public had a right to know this so they could base 43 their vote on the facts. 44 Draft Minutes City of Petaluma,California City Council Meeting Tuesday, February 22,2000 Page 13 • DRAFT DRAFT DRAFT • 1 Council Member Keller support adding Measures B and C to the agenda for the next 2 Council Meeting. 3 • 4 5 ADJOURN: • 6 7 The meeting was adjourned at 10:20 p.m. in memory of M. Patricia Hilligoss, Mayor of 8 Petalurria'from 1986 — 1998. 9 10 11 12 13 • E. Clark Thompson, Mayor 14 15 • 16 ATTEST: 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 • 24 25 • 26 27 28 29 Paulette Lyon,- Deputy:City-Clerk 30 • • • • • Draft Minutes City of Petaluma California City Council Meeting .' Tuesday,February 22,2000 • Page • 14"