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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Minutes 10/07/2002October 7, 2002 - Vol. 38, Page 237 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31. 32' 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 a . ~ City of Petaluma, Calforre`ia City Council 11~eefir~g ra58 City Council Meeting Wliinutes Tuesday, October 7, 2002.- 3:00 p. m. Regular Meeting - PRESENT: Coder-Thompson, Tocliatt ABSENT: Vice Mayor'Healy 3:00 P.M. -ROLL CALL PIfBLIC COMMENT Maguire, Moynihan, O'Brien, Mayor Thompson, Sylvia Ross, Petaluma, addressed the City Council regarding water rates,. industrial air pollution and senior housing needs. CORRESPONDENCE There was none. COUNCIL COMMENT,. LIAISON REPORTS Council Member Moynihan thanked the City Manager for forwarding information,. via memorandum, to the City Council regarding mooring fees. Council Member Moynihan MADE A MOTION. TO. RECONShD,ER~ the action taken by the PCDC/City Council on September 17, 2002 regdrding street reconstructio"n priorities. He would like this 'issue'. scheduled fo'r reconsideration dt the. October 21, 2002 PCDC/City Council Meeting. CITY' MANAGER :COM`M`ENT Triterim Cify Manager Mike ,Bierman commented on having sent memos to the City Council regarding dredging, which is scheduled. to begin mid to late October; turning basin fees; :and a recent meeting~ held regarding use of the Petaluma Theatre complex. He indicated there is no interest on behalf of the owners to continue .use. of fhe'property as a theatre complex. Vol. 38, Page 238 October 7, 2002 1 PRESENTATIONS 2 3 Employee Service Aw.ards~for Third Quarfe`r:of:2002 were p"resen#,ed to' 4 - 5 James Lopez, 15 years, Utilify~Engineering - 6 Shelly Koppel, General Plan Administration 7 8 The following individuals were not present buf were recognized for service.: 9 ~ . 10 Matt Thomas, 5 years, Pd,lice Department -. 11 Dan Miller; 5 years, Police Department 12 Norm Gannon, 30years, Recreation 8~ Parks De~parfinent~ 13 ~ ~ ' 14 Drawing fbr W. asking Machine Give-Away in ~Conjuncfion with Water 15 Conservation Promotion. (Ban/Spriggs) K: E. Steiner; 1791 Inverness. Dr., 16 Petaluma won the washing; machine. :, 17 18 PROCLAMATIOiVS. 19 20 Fire Prevention Week , 21 Domes:tic'Violence.Awareness Month 22 23 APPROVAL :OF MINUTES: M;ay 30, July 15, September 9,. September 16, and 24 September 17; 2002. 25 26 The May 30, .September 9, and September l 6, 2002. Minutes were approved as 27 submitted tjy the following vote: NI/S Maguire/Cader-Thompson 28 29 AYES: Cader-Thompson, Maguire> Moynihan, O'Brien; Mayor Thompson, 30 Torliatt - 31 NOES: None - 32 ABSENT: Vice Mayor Healy 33 ABSTAIN: None 34 _ . 35 The July l5, 2002 Minutes, page 22, were amended by Council Member Maguire, 36 to reflect his vote for Pamela :Asselmeier. The Minutes were then, approved b 37 the following vote: M/S MaguireLCader-Thompson . ~: 3 8 .. 39 AYES: Cader-Thompson, Maguire; O'Brien, Mayor Tf~ompsori, Torliatt 40 N.O;ES: None ~ . 41 ABSENT:' Vice Mayor Hedly ~ - -- 42 ABSTAIN: Moynihan _ . 43 - ... 44 The, September 1'7, 2002 City. Council/PCD'C Nleefirg Minutes were amended as 45 follows: ~ .~ 46 47 Page 16, Line 2, €~s-t Washington. Stree't`('Lakeville Street to Howard. Street`) October 7,.2002 Vol. 38,, Page.239' 1 . -Page 16, 'Line 4, Pa,yran Street ,West (;East Washington Street to Petaluma 2 Bo,ulevard),. 3~ ~4 Page l b, Lines: 8 and 9, MOTION to support curb-to-curb. reconstruction, 5 approving Phase I to include the above stdfed priorities and fo hade staff 'bring 6 buck. the building-to-:building. costs. 7 . 8 The September 17, 2002 City Council/PCDC Meeting minutes were then 9 approved as amended: NI/S Maguire/Cader-Thompson 10' 11 AYES: Cadet-Thompson, Maguire, Moynihan, O'Brien, Mayor Thompson, 12 Torlatt 13 NOES: None 14 ABSENT: .Vice Mayor Healy 15 ABSTAIN: None 16 17 CONSENT CALENDAR: 18 19 Items 4, 6 and 7 were removed from the Consent Calendar and discussed '20 separately. 21 22 The remaining Consent Calendar items were approved by th.e following vote: 23 M/S Maguire/Cadet=Thompson 24 25 AYES: Cadet-Thompson, Maguire, Moynihan, O'Brien, Mayor Thompson, 26 Torliatt 27 NOES: None 28 ABSENT: Vice Mayor Healy 29 ABSTAIN: None 30 31 1. .Resolution No. 2002-160 N'.CS. Approving Claims and Bills:. 32 33 2: Resolution No.:2002-161 IV:C:S. Approving Purchase' of a 2003 ford F250, 34 2WD Super Cab, Truck Cab and Chassis for Animal Control from Henry 35 Curtis Ford in the Amount of $23,182:59. 3'6 3.7 3, Resolution No. 2002-162 N.C:S. Declaring Scrapped Water :Meters. ds 38 ~ Surplus and Authorizing the City Manager to Dispose of fhe Wafer Meters. 39 40 4. Reso.lufion Authorizing the Purchase of Ammunition for the Police 41 Department from Adamson Industries in the Amount of $28,539.99: 42 Removed from the Consent Calendar. 43 44 5. Resolution No. 2002-163 N.C.S. Approving Purchase of Cardiac Monitors- 45 for Fire Department From Zoll Medical Corporation in the Amount of 46 $22,199.07. 47 Vol. 38, Page 240 October 7, 2002 6. Resolution. Ratifying the Memorandum of, Understanding Executed Between the City of Petalurn;a and' the American Federation of State; County and Munici"pal Employees (A'FSCME), Local 675 for Employees of Units 1 (Confidential), Unit 2, '.(Main#enanceJ, and Unit 3 .(Clerical/Technical).. 'Removed from the Consent~Cialendar. 7. Approval of Proposed Agenda. for-Council's 'Regulrar Meeting of October 21, 2002 with the .addifion o,f listing A~ppointrnents for the approval of` 2 SCTA members to the SMART Board. Of Directors. Re .moved .from the Consent Calendar: 4. Resolution: Authorizing; 'the Purc-Base: of Ammunnition for the P.oliee Department from Adamson Industries in the Amount of $'28;539..99. Council ,Member Maguire clarified this '.item was placed before the City Council because if was over the. amount that would have to go ou 'fo bid. M/S Nla;gu.ire/Caller-Thompson to approve: Resolution No:.2002-1:64. N.C:S: Authorizing the PurcFrase. of Ammunition for; the' ,Police Department from Adamson Industries in he Amount of $28, 539..:99... AYES: Caller-T.h`ompson, Thompson, Torliatf NOES: None ABSENT: V,'ice,Mayo,r Healy ABSTAIN: None :Maguire,. Moynihan, O'Brien, Tvlayor° 6. Resolution :Ratifying th:e Memorandum o.f Understanding Executed Between the' City of Petaluma ~a_nd the American Federgti'o.n of State, County and. Municipal. Employees (AFSCME),. Local 67S for Employees o.f Units 1. (Confidential), Un~i.# 2 `(,'Maintenance), and Onit 3 (Clerical/Technical), ` Council ,Member Moynihan commented that he is not supportive. of this c,ontra'c't; indicating that he feels 'if 'is inferior an'd a vote t,o support it would be a vote :against fiscal responsibility. MOTION, to approve.. M/S Maguire/Caller-Thompson. .Resolution IVo. '2002-165' N.C'.S. Ratifying the Memorandum o,f Understanding Executed Between the City of Petaluma and th,e American Federation of Strafe, County an,d Muhicip:al Employees ('AFSCNIE); Local 6:75 for''Ernployees of Units 1 (Co'nfidential), Urit 2 (N1aintenane'e),, and Unit 3 (,.Cleric- al/Tec'hnicdl). 1 2. 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 October 7, 2002 Vol. 38, Page 241 AYES: Cader-Thompson, Maguire, O''Brien, Mayor Thompson, Torliatt NOES; Nloy;nhan ABSENT: Vice Mayor Healy ABSTAIN: None 7. Approval- of Proposed. Agenda for Council's: Regular :Meeting of Ocfober 21, 2002: The City Council approved the agenda with the addition of the Reconsideration request regarding the :September 17, 2002 action to approve fhe Street Reconstruction Priorities. .MOTION to approve proposed agenda. M/S Maguire/Cader-Thompson: AYES: Cader-Thompson, Maguire., Moynihan, O'Brien, Mayor Thompson, Torliatt NOES: None ABSENT: Vice Mayor Healy .ABSTAIN: None APPOLNTM'ENT 7.A. Recommendation to the Mgyars' & Council Members' Association for Appointment to the SMART Board of Directors. MOTION to support Council Member Maguire as Petaluma's recommendation to the. Mayors' 8~ Council Members' Association for their appointment of the At-Large position on the SMART Board. M/S Cader- Thompson/Mayor Thompson. AYESt Cader-Thompson, Maguire, Moynihan, O'Brien, Mayor Thompson, Torliatt NOES: None ABSENT:. Vice Mayor Healy . ABSTAIN: None It was also noted that two additional appointments of SCTA members are still needed and should be scheduled for consideration at the next Gity Council Meeting. PUBLIC COMMENTS: There were none. CLOSED SESSION: • CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATOR, Government Code Section 54957.6. Agency Negotiator: Bill Thomas/Dennis Morris/Michael Bierman. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Vol. 38, Page 242 October 7, 2002 Employee Organizations: Unrepresented Employee Units "4 (Professional) and Unit 9 (Mid-Management). • CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - ExlSting' LltlgatlOn PUFSUant t.0" Governm`ent Code. Section 54956.9 (a); Denise Stewart w"s. City of Petaluma; Workers' Compensation Glaim No. 01-3352. • CONFERENCE WIiH LEGAL COUNSEL -EXISTING LITIGAT.[ON PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE- SECTION 54956.9 ('A); CITY OF' PETALUNIA VS: MOYNIHAN, SONOIvIA COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT CASE NO. 228276.: RECESS -The City Council recessed at 3.:30 p.m. to the evening session.. PET4LUMA CITY COUNC;I'L MEETLNG Monday,, Octo'b,er 7, 20,02- 7:00 p.m. 'RECONVENE -The City Council reconvened at' 7:00 p.m. ROLL CALL PRESENT: Ca.der-Thompson, Vice Mayor Healy, Maguire, Moynihan, O'Brien; Mayor Thompson, Torliatt ABSENT:. None PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE MOMENT OF SILENCE REPORT OUT OF CLOSED SESSIO.IV There was- nothing to report.. PUBLIC COMMENT: Brian Keith, Petaluma, addressed the City Council on behalf of` 'Petaluma Tomorrow and announced that group's support for Mayoral Candidate David Glass and City Council Candidates Cader-Thompson, Maguire; and Thomas. Mark Albertson, Petaluma, addressed the Gity Council, in opposition to the Southgate Development and submitted .a, letter :for the record, He expressed his disappointment in the design charrette rece;ntlyheld by B'c~sin Street Properties: Pierre Miramont, ',Petaluma; .addressed the. City .Council regarding the importance of maintaining roads, :indicating fhat the longer maintenance is put off, the"greafer-the cost will be. Peter Tscherneff, Petaluma; addressed. the City .Council regarding potholes and the importance~of purch-acing organicfood. October 7, 2002 ° Vol. 38, Page 243 1 Clciytori Engsfrom, Petaluma, addressed,,fhe Ciity Council. regarding his regret at _ _.. 2 the recent "mud-slinging'' campaigning~thdt'has'taken place'. 3 4 Barry Batchelor, Petaluma, addressed_the City Council regarding Liberty Street 5 improvements, needed Cherry Street improvements, and his desire to see 6 candidates -come: up with a mission statement for the. recently formed Citizen's 7 Committee to address street issues.' ~ _ 8 ... ~ . 9 Victor Chechanover; Petaluma, addressed the City Council regarding th'e recent 10 apartment fire: in Petaluma and suggested the Council consider a 'fire response 11 fee/developer fire suppression fee similar to ambulance response fees or to 12 consider eliminating the charge -for ambulance response. He also s'tated' his 13 support'for adjusting sewer rates to better fit fhe use; . 14 15 COUNCIL COMMENT, L`IAISOfV REPORTS ' 16 ~~ ' 17 Council Member Maguire agreed with comrn'enfs made by Clayton 'Engstrom, 1$ and commented on an article in the Argus Ctourier` 50 years ago> which dealt 19 with the street mproverpents needed in Petaluma. 20 21 Council M'ernber Torliatt clarified comments made by Mr. Batchelor regarding' 22 Cherry Street and the importance of redevelopment tax dollyrs going toward' 23 the development of a solid tax base for the community. She added that-tiiere 'is. 24 a need to discuss the charge of the. Citizen's Advisory Committee to address 25 street reconstruction. needs. 26 27 Council Member Torliatt also commented that Risk. Management staff would be 28 looking into filing a claim to recover costs incurred as a result of .the recent 29 apartment fire and'fire engine damage. 30 31 With reference to the letter submitted by the Del Oro Group, Council Member 32 Torliatt 'thought the request had merit and would support incorporating their 33 concerns into the General Plan process/discussion. She indicated her :desire: to. 34 see this item agendized. 35 36 Council Member Cyder-Thompson also agreed wifh the pel O,ro Group an,d 37 stated this issue should be dealt with in the General' Plan process. 'She also, 38 expressed her feelings that the chgrrefte could have been done better.. 39 40 Council" M'emb:er Cyder-Thompson also commented on her attendance at the 41 League of California Cities Conference in Long Beach, including the. North Bay 42 Division of the League's meeting. She indicd~fed she is now the past President of 43 the North Bay pivision. 'She also commented on having attended the swearing- 44 in ceremonies for City Clerk Gayle Petersen, who was-sworn in as President of the. 45 City Clerks Association o.f California. 46 47 Council Member Ggder=Thompson continu=ed by` commenting on `negative. 48 campaigning that has been taking place and referenced an inappropriate Vol. 38, Page 244 October 7, 2002 1 bumper sticker' that ..has been circulated; complimented a City employee for 2 assisting an e`Iderly woman, ;and. ~acknowLedged the passipg' of Justin Hile, a 2'1- 3 year-old member of tf;e Pefaluma.community. 4 5 Council Mem_bec Moynihan :thanked Jim Carr, ~"Direct:or of 'Parks and. Recreation, 6 for his input on the ~Gatti`Park CIP'issue; thanked tfle City Manager and; expressed 7 appreciation for his professionalism, and' concluded by`ii~'dica'ting he' is, looking 8~ forwardao the streets discussion "later... He: adde:d that.he is Iboking toward a'five- 9 year CIP and to bringing this issue .back in its entirety .to look at a long-range 10 ,plan. 11 ~ ~ .. ~ , 12 Vice Mayor Healy:requested that the "City Attorney 'take d look at the letter- of ,. _ - 13 request from Nlr. Albertson; indicating his interest in lookicng at how 14, redevelopment agency dollars might be used for street mainfenance where a 15 finding could. be made fora. ";blighted" area. 16 ' 17 Vice Mayor Healy continued: by indicating that the campaign season is in full 18 swing and he,, too:, is disappointed by inappropriate bumper stickers. 19 20 Mayor Thompson asked Mr. Albertson to leave. his conta~~t phone number with 21 the City Glerk so he could reach '.him later `to set q: meeting; thanked. residents _. r 22 who assisted in fhe reeerit apdrtment fire ,response by using their garden hos:es to 23 keep smaller fires under control as the .Fire. Department was. trying t9 respo,nd to 24 :many separate calls; .and, concluded by commenting on his attendance at fhe 25 'League. of California Cities.. Conference in Long Beach where he had the 26 pleasure o,f sweating in Gayle Petersen as President of the City Clerks .Association 27 of California:. 28 „ 29 PRESffVTi4TlO'N 30 31 Healthy' Community Recognition Award Presented by Healthy Corrmmunity 32 Consortium (HC2) 33 34 Bonnie Gaebler; Housing' Administrator, was th'e recipient: 35 36 Resolution No. 2002.-1.6:6; N.C:S. 37 APPOINTMENTS TO?TEEIV.COUNCIL ~ - 38 39 8, Approval of Appointments to fhe'Teen Council 40 . 41 MOTION to appoirt the following indi idua)s to the Petaluma Youth 42 Commission: 43 44 Terms .expiring 2004 (Two-Year Terms): 45 _. 46 Julia Coffriri St. Vincent High School 47 Qornenica Giovannini Casa Grande~High:School 48 -Brianna Lackey ~ P,etaluma Hgh.Schoo 1 2 3 4 5 6 '7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 Jonathan Noriel Taylor Norman. Sarah Ov;erto,n .Lorene Rechsteiner Alexia Tagliafetri Mollie Zapata October 7, .2002 Kenilworth, Junior High School Petaluma.J:unior High School .Petaluma Junior High School St. V,incen't High School Petdluma High School. Petaluma High.Schoo( Terms expiring 2003 (One-Year Terms): Emily Cohen Jessica Geneteux Katie Neizer Ashley Johnson Lindsay Pyle Elica Vafaie Bridget Zapata Petaluma .High. School Petaluma Junior Nigh School St. Vincent High School Petaluma High School Petaluma High School Petaluma High. School Petaluma Junior High School M/S Healy/Cadet-Thompson. Vol. 38, Page:245 AYES: Cadet-Thompson, Vice Mayor Healy, Maguire, Moynihan,. O'Brien, Mayor Thompson, Torliatf NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None UNFLNISHED BUSINESS 9. Discussion, Possible Direction and Action Regarding Additional Funding Sources for Street Reconstruction and/or Maintenance A. Gas Tax Fund (Fund #204). B. Major Traffic Mitigation Funds (Fund #213). C. Other. Interim City Manager .Mike Bierman gave a brief ptesentation on th°e recommended priorities for street reconstruction, He noted the report' by Mr. Thomas responds to various requests for,info,rmaton on fund balariees and funding levels. The maps and charts provided were flis recommendations on ,how to use..the $2 million dollars of traffic mitigation fees for street reconstruction .and rehabilitation. He noted further the recommended priorities were based on the following: 1. Work to be~done and residential feeder streets. 2. Curb-to-curb treatment. 3. Avery low PCI rating. 4; Continuity of street sections to gain efficiency in contracting. Vol. 38, Page 246 October 7., 2002 City Council discussion ensu:e.d regarding the recommendation for street reconstruction of: ® Keokuk. Street between Cherry- Street and. Magnolia Avenue. and between Oak Street' and Washington Street. ® Albert 1Nay between;McCregor,Avenue and Weaverly'Drive, ® Park Lane between Maria Drive'.and Alta Drive anal between Sarkesi'an Drive and Caulfield Igne. ® Bvngalow:Lane between Crine,lla'Drive and Daniel Drive. City Council cansensus~was reached regarding use of $2 million for street reconstruction, dnd ,$500,000: of General Fund monies fo augmenfi the street maintenance budget. Additional direction was given to pursue additional resources far revenue. Council Member Moynihan urged" the City Cou.neil to considercommitting to a specific amount of monies each year; recommending` `l'0~ of the General Fund Budget, for street maintenance. He concluded by commenting. that he is supportive of the `Council's "first steps" taken. this evening. 10. Discussion and Possible Action Regarding 'Ro'le c~nd Responsibilities of Citizens Ad~isgry Committee on Street Impro~emenihs. City Council discussion ensued regarding thE~ir specifiie role, the consideraf_ion of a sunset clause of six. months car one year,. and. the necessify fo have them. review possible funding sources. The desire to have the. Committee report .back to the City Council on a regular basis was also expressed... Additional issues discussed 'included the desire to have the Committee meet t.o d'et,ermine their collective mission .and, to use staff as a resource to :gain pertinent information needed regarding streets that are in need of reconstruction. The desire to have them come up with criteria for idenfifying how streets are prioritized -was 'also expressed. Public Comment: Barry ~ Batchelor; Petaluma; addressed fh,e" City Council, expressing concern with the Committee considering the raising of taxes. fior additional revenue; that the ind'ividuals~ appointed-dare ~volunt.eers and are not necessa"rily professionals and/or lobbyists; ~qnd -that trees are destroying the sidewalks grid should be dealt with at the 'time homes are purchased and/or sold. . Christopher :Arras; P.etalurna; addressed the City Coun il, stating the Committee should focus on revenue resources, but also. b'e educated :as to how the "streets have goatee "to this point. Staff sf;oul'd provide them with q history of street construction/reconstructon. October 7, 2002 Yol. 38, Page 24T 1' 2 Mark.Albertson; Petaluma; addressed the City Council, assuring th;ern that ' :3 the Committee will educate fh~emselves and fhen educate the public. He 4 acknowledged that each funding source has its own timeline and: °5 window of opportunity. 6 7 City Council consensus was readied to have the Committee work with. 8 staff and others to verify the problem and magnitude of the costs; fo 9 research possible funding sources; and to have them report to the City 10 Council 'in 30 days regarding fheir mission statement and plan 'for the 11 Committee. The sfaffing of this Committee is to be overseen by the City 12 Manager. 13 14 1 1. Presentation and Discussion on Water Resources Rafe Study. 15 16 Michael Ban, Interim Director of Water .Resources and Conservation, gave 17 a brief staff' report and introduced John Farnkopf, Consultant, who went 18 over the proposed: rates in greater detail. 19 20 Council discussion. ensued regarding different rate alternatives. 21 Suggestions. were made regarding information that would be helpful to 22 consider when fhe public hearing takes place. Those suggestions 23 included: 24 25 Creation of a pie chart for both the water and wastewater rates to 26 break down what the ratepayer is actually paying for. 27 28 Description of what the dollars and cents amount of $30.75 is actually 29 for.. 30 31 ~ Clarifiication of the Penngrove sewer rates (with the goal of targeting 32 industrial users. that add to the loads). 33 34 What the standard target of water use fora .single-family dwelling/per 35 person would be. 36 37 It was also suggested that the notice. of the public hearing to consider. the 38 proposed rates be placed in the nexf water and wastewater bills, as well 39 as pos ed on the City's website. 40 41 Public Comment: 42 43 Zglra SadegFi, Petaluma., addressed the. City Council. acknowledging all 44 the hard work staff has done.. She went over a history of how her water 45 .and sewer rates have increased over the years and stated her opposition 4:6 to any further increases in water or sewer rates. 47 Vol. 38, Page 248 .October 7, 2002 1 Add%tional discussion ensued with the. City Council stating their general 2 support of Alternative :3B ofi the Water .Rate Structures° for residential and 3 their desire. to stay with the transitional rates for commercial .and' multi- -~ 4 units. There was support forstaff's recommendation on wastewater rates 5 with implementation of annual `ihcreases over afoot-year period, Notiri_g 6 that .this issue will. need to be noticed, a,nd to come back to ~t_he Cify 7 Council for a fu_II public hearing, the Council supported setting a public 8 hearing for consideration of these rates on Monday, December 9., 2002. 9 10 ADJOURN 11 12 The meeting adjourned at l 1:00 p.m. 13 14 15 16 17 E. Clark rnpson,: Mayor 18 19 ATTEST: 20 21 22 23 Gayle P:e rsen, City Clerk 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 ****** 32 Y~