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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Minutes 06/26/2000June 26, 2000 Vol. 35, Page 7T 1 ~ City of Petaluma, California ,. 2 Minutes of a Regular 3 ~ '~ City Council Meeting 4 5 ~ Monday, June 26, 2000 6 ~ ~ Council Chambers 7 ~ .. 8 9 The Petaluma City"Council met on this date at 7:OQ P.M. in the Council Chambers. 10 e . ~ ,: . 11 ROLL CALL 12 ~ . 13 PRESENT: Council Members Caller-Thompson, Keller, Healy; Vice Mayor Torliatt 14 ,; ~, ~ "_ 15 ABSENT: Council Members Hamilton; Maguire; Mayor Thompson 16 z,. .: 17 PUELIC COMMENT . '~: ~` ~ ' . 18 19 Lauren Williams, 12 Norfh Napa. Drive, Director of the Petaluma Trolley Corporation,. 20 asked. to be included on the'July 17th agenda in anticipation. of the discussion and 21 direction regarding the Central Specific P an. The Petaluma Trolley's Board of Directors 22 includes three founders and Marshall West,~CPA. Mr. Williams would. like an elected 23 official and a Chamber of "Commerce ,member ~to be on the board as well. Anyone. 24 wanting information or to volunteer their time can call 763-7366. 25 26 Terence Garvey, 83 Maria .Drive, would like to post reward flyers in response to the 27 arson incident of Fishman 'Supply. 28 29 Bob Martin, 171 Payran Street, thought That if adequate storm drainage fees had. been 30 collected long ago; the-City wouldn't be have. to dip into the redevelopment money. 31 32 Vince Landof, 12 Cordelia Drive, spoke about the Payran Flood Project. 33 34 Geoff Cartwright, 56 Rocca Drive, attended the Urban Water Management Plan 2000 35 community workshop. He explained. that the Sonoma County. Water Agency (SCWA)` is 36 asking customers: to -reduce water use by 1~5% and` plans: to increase water :rates by 37 appr..oximately 4"0%0, while building a new pipeline. to; supply water to: Marin County. He 38 pointed out that California has:dry periods. and wet periods. Right. now, the State is 39 ;going Through a period of~wet' winters. If we're being asked to reduce-water use and: 40 being charged mere for tfe`water we do use now, he w.oridered, what will happen when, 4.1 we have a drought? He thought water customers would be left "up the creek without a 42 paddle." "Actually.," he said,. "we won't need a paddle because the creek will be dry and 43 we'll be left with a lot of canoes;." ,, 44 "~ 45 Hank Flum, 1721 Stonehenge 1IVay,'.spoke regarding the proposed factory outlet 46 expansion in the floodplan. Vol. 35, Page 72 June 26, 2000 2 Vasco Brazil, 45.51 .Lakeville Highway;:spoke r`.egard~ing the 1Nater Recycling. Project. On 3 April 3, -2000 Council :approved. a~ contract with. Carollo,: Engineers for Phase 1 of the 4 Water Recycling Project. 901,2. Carollo was; to evaluate and .conduct aside-by-side 5 comparison of a range of .recycling treatment plant types; identify a development plan 6 for the treatment facility andmeet the projecf .report requirements of the State Water 7 'Resources Control',Boards State Revolting Fund Program.... - 8 9 There are five basic SRF fund .requirements.; Number_ two_,requires acost-.effective 10 evaluation of alternatives over a `twenty-year ~ planning period. The evaluations. 11 presented must include an evaluation of the :alternative of upgrading operation and 12 maintenance of the existing facility to improve effluent quality: . 13 14 Number five requires information" on total .capital costs, annual operation and 15 maintenance costs, as well as the estimated;.. annual., or .monthly cost to residential and. 16 industrial users for all the; alternatives. This SRF requirement caused the old bio-filter 17 plant to be added as .a. number' five alternative to- be evaluated. To e.nsu.re that this 18 would occur.,, this City Council recommended and appro~ed`Option 3, Refined Scope of 19 Work, plus other tasks in the service agreement with Carollo Engineers. 20 21 The-first public forum for Phase 1 was held. on June. 14 at thE; Community Center. On 22 display for the public to examine before. and after the meeting were aerial photo of :the 23 old plant site, the ponds: site and the adjacent property owners' 'land: None of the 24 Alternative 5 option, layouts were on display, The public did. not see any of th_e plant 25 layouts :until Mr,. Ban descr.~ibed them. There was. no layout. for the 950 Hopper Street 26 site, because the Value Engineer Team had decided that the existing Bio-filter Plant 27 should be demolished and, was no longer in. the SRF requested evaluation. process. 28 Three Bio-filter Plant deficiencies were discussed; with three matching photos. The. lack 29 of a blueprint of'the old plant, making underground repairs:, difficult, also. was cited. 30 31 This decision by the Value Engineer Team.. to rern'ove the existing Bio-filter plant ¢rorn 32 the evaluation process at the beginning of Phase. 1 raises the question of a biased 33 process and defeats what the process is designed, to ~do, "which is find out what' will give 34 the ratepayers the best "bang for their buck," by evaluating th;e cost and ...reliability fore a 35 new plant, out` of four alternatives, at another sife, against the cost of updating the 36 existing Hopper Street plant site fora 20 years extended ;life and reliability. 'The only 37 way to find.-out is to evaluate all of them. The Value Engineer Team hould be made to 38 reverse their decision and to get on with what they were fold to do. 39 - 40 COUNCIL C.OIVIMENT 41 42 Council Member Caller=Thompson: ~~ 3 43 ,. ~ ~ ~. 44 ® Attended an open house for Petaluma Cable Access (I'CA). 45 ® Attended a Take Your D'og `to` Work Day at Knowledger Poirt. June 26, 2000 Vol. 35, Page 73 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 2q 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 ® Announced a new bike path in back of the Lynch Creek office buildings leading from the east side to the west side under the freeway. ® Read that the Town of Windsor updated Park Fees. She would like the City to reevaluate its fee structure. ® Has received compliments from constituents about the professionalism our Fire and Police Departments. ® Would like to adjourn the meeting in memory of Allen Shainsky, owner of Petaluma Poultry Processors, who passed away recently. Council Member Healy: • Regarding the meeting about the Hopper Street Sewer, he understood that would 6e an analysis of what could be rehabilitated, which was less than 100% of what's there. Some of the structures date back to the 1930's and it did not make sense to upgrade them. Vice Mayor Torliatt: ® Concurred that the City's Park. Fees needed to be reevaluated. o Announced that The Leadership Institute in Ecology and Economy was inviting the community to a forum on Land Use and Transportation, Saturday, July 15 at the Petaluma Community Center, 320 North McDowell from 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. o Attended a conference in Portland, Oregon that hosted by the Congress for New Urbanism, about high-density infill projects, etc., AGENDA CHANGES, ADDITIONS AND DELETIONS MOTION: Council Member Healy moved, seconded by Cader-Thompson, to move Unfinished Business Agenda Item 12, Resolution Awarding Contracts for Landscape IVlainfenance in Landscape Assessment District Areas 1 and 2 to North Bay Landscape Management and Area 3 to Nessco. Rejection of Bids for Landscape Medians, Area 4, to follow Item 14. MOTION PASSED: 4/0/3 (Council Members Hamilton and Maguire and Mayor Thompson absent) MINUTES Minutes of November 8, 1999 were approved with the following correction: Page 1, Line 32, change "Chief Parks"to "Chief Krout." Minutes of June 1, 2000 were approved with the following correction: Page 3, Line 22, change "Prince Park"to "Lucchesi Park,"and Page 6, Line 2, change "benefif staff report"to "benefit of staff report." Vol. 35, Page 74 June 26, 2000 1 MOTION: Council Member Healy moved, seconded by Cader.-Thompson, :to 2 approve the minutes of November 8, 1999 and June 1, 2000, as 3 corrected. 4 5 MOTION 6 PASSED: 4/0/3 (Council Members Hamilton and Maguire and Mayor Thompson 7 absent) 8 9 CONSENT CALENDAR 10 11 1. Resolution 00-103 N.C.S. Awarding Contract to ReplacE~ the Roofs on Fire 12 Stations'2 and 3 to Henri's Supply, lnc., for a Total of $122,865, and Authorizing 13 a Total Budget of $130,000. (Carr) 14 15 2. Resolution 00-104 N.C.S. Authorizing the Purchase of a John Deere Tractor 16 and Loader from Valley Truck & Tractor in the Amount of $25.,.439.65 for 1Nater 17 Conservation & Resources Department.. (Hargis) 18 19 3. Resolution 00-105 N.C:S. Accepting Completion of Project to Expand the 20 Petaluma Community Center and ,Lucchesi Senior Center Parking Lots by 21 G'hilotti Brothers Construction, Inc. Total Project Cost: $267,750.10. (Carr) 22 23 4. Resolution 00'-106 N:C:S: Declaring City Vehicles andl Other Materials 24 Surplus and Authorizing Disposal of the Vehicles and Other Material 25 (Skladzien/Corriyn) ., 26 27 5. Resolution 00-107 N.C.S. Authorizing the Sole Source Purchase of Traffic ` 28 Video Camera Detection Equipmenf From Kar-Gor, Inc., in the Amount of 29 $43.,213.40. (Skladzien) 30 31 7. Resolution 00-108 N:C:S. Accepting Resignation of Karen Greene from the 32 Recreation, Music & Parks Commission: (Kline) 33 34 8. Resolution 00-109 N.C.S. Calling and Giving Notice Of A Regular Municipal 35 Election To Be Held On Tuesday, November 7, 2000 For Election of Three 36 Council Members and Two School Board Members. (Kline) 37 38 9. Resolution 00-110 N.C.S. Requesting The Board of Supervisors To Consolidate 39 A Regular Municipal Election On ,November 7, 2000 With The: Statewide 40 General Election: (Kline) 41 42 MOTION: Council Member Cader-Thompson moved, seconded by Healy, to 43 approve Consent. Calendar Items 1-5 .and 7-9. 44 1 2 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 3'6 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 June 26, 2000 Vol. 35, Page 75 MOTION PASSED: 4/0/3 (Council Membe_ rs Hamilton and Maguire and Mayor Thompson absent) ~ . 6. Status Report on the General PIan.2000-2020 Work Effort. (Tuft) Director of General Plan.. Administration Pamela Tuft presented a status report on the General Rlan 2000-2020. A date for a workshop has not been set. The scope of work is just beginning. The outline is incomplete, the General Plan Executive Team is working on it and the details will be presented to the Council. The request fonight is to be allowed. to .break the scope of work into two phases, completing the Water Resources component separately. The primary activity this Fall would be the beginning of surveys, statistic gathering, and completion of maps. City Manager Stouder noted that a lot of research and preparation was completed several years ago on elements of the Water Resource. issue that would need to be brought current. He thought the technical work could proceed without jeopardizing even early public discussion. Council Member Torliatf~thought~ Council should hold a workshop to discuss those items and establish a frame work to which the community could make additions, deletions etc. Ms. Tuft stated that she assumed, given the Council's agenda load, that they would be unable to review•the scope until August. Council Member Keller thought "Cultur"al Resources" should be part of Section 5, making that "Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources." MOTION: Council. Member .Keller moved, seconded by Cader-Thompson, to separate the Water Resources component from the General Scope of Work for the General Plan°'2000-2020. MOTION _ PASSED: 4/0/3 (Council Members `Hamilton and Maguire and Mayor Thompson absent) ~" PUBLIC COMMENT Geoff Cartwright, 56 Rocca Drive, sagreed with the two-phase approach so a closer look could be taken at. the Water Resources element. He suggested that the City save money in the future by hot allowing building in the floodplain. END PUBLIC COMMENT Vol. 35, Page 76 June 26,.2000 1 UNFINISHED BUSINESS 2 3 10. Discussion. and Possible Action on Boards,- Commissions and Committees 4 Report. (Kline/Stouder) 5 6 City Manager Stouder presented. a guide prepared by City Clerk. Beverly Kline to 7 govern the recruitment and .appointment process for the City's Gommissio.ns. He 8 noted that this was Council's opportunity to .review certain roles and 9 responsibilities of the various Commissions.. 10 11 City Commissions serve . a. valuable function, save a lot of time. for the Council 12 Members,, and .enhance the. dialogue with the public. At. least five fo six full-time 13 ,positions. end up being spent; supporting Commissions.. The City needed, to look. 14 at how Commissions could support themselves, were there some fees that could 15 be established that would support the cost. Commissions? One example would. 16 be a tax on bicycles to support the Bicycle Committee. 17 18 PUBLIC CO.MIVIENT 19 20 Vince Landof, 12 Cordelia Drive, asked what .Council wanted to do with the City 21 Commissions. Were they thinking about eliminating all of them or some of'them? 22 He requested that all Commission members: receive. copies of the staff report. 23 24 END PUBLIC COMMENT 25 , 26 Council Member Keller thought aIl~Commission, members should be notified and 27 receive documentation. Council -sh'ould meef~ once ~ year with the Planning 28 Commission,. Parks Commission .and Airport Commission. He thought Council 29 should take a look at SPARC's role i~n reviewirg~projeets after others have signed 30 off on the projects. 31 32 Council Member Caller-Thompson agreed that Council, should look at SPARC's 33 role in their review of ;projects and the .duties of-the Pl~~nning Commission. She 34 would like to update some of the-.titles of the Commissions. 35 36 Council Member Healy ,agreed with the idea of -meeting with some of the 37 Commissions on a regular basis; starting` with, those to which Council does not 38 have a liaison, SPARCbeing a prime example. 39 40 Vice Mayor Torliatt also agreed that the roles, the Cornrnissions play needed to 41 be better defined. 42 ~ .. a: 43 City ;Management will provide this information to all City Commission members. 44 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 June 26, 2000 Vol. 35, Page 77 11. (Removed) Verbal Report Regarding Status of Payran Project and Discussion and Possible Direction Regarding Payran Flood Management Project Financing and Budget. (Hargis/Stouder) 14. City of Petaluma .Budget A. Resolution 00-111 N,.C:S'. Approving the :Revised fiscal Year 1999-2000 Budget and Adopting the Fiscal Year'2000-2001 Buc9get. (Stouder/Cornyn) MOTION: Council Member Keller moved,, seconded by Cader-Thompson; to adopt Resolution 00-111 N.C.S: Approving. the Revised Fiscal Year 1999-2000 Budget-and. Adopting the Fiscal' Year 2000- 2001 Budget. MOTION PASSED: 4/0/3 (Council .Members Hamilton and Maguire and Mayor Thompson absent) B. Introduction and.Adoption of lJrgency Ordinance 3001 N.C.S. Appropriating ,Funds for the Operation of the City of .Petaluma From July 1, 20:00 to June 30, 2001 and Declaring the Urgency Thereof, to Take Effect Immediately. MOTION: Council Member Keller moved; seconded by Cader-Thompson., to adopt Urgency Ordinance 3001 N.C.S. Appropriating Funds for the Operation of the City of Petaluma From July 1, 2000 to June 30, :2001 and Declaring the Urgency Thereof, to Take Effect Immediately. MOTION PASSED: 4/0/3 (Council Members Hamilton and Maguire and Mayor Thompson absent) C. Resolution 00-112 N.C.S'. Adopting. Fiscal Year 2000-2001 Appropriations Limit. (Cornyn) MOTION: Council Member Keller moved, seconded by Cader-Thompson:; to adopt Resolution 00=112' N:C.S. Adopting Fiscal Year 200'0 20.01 Appropriations Limit. MOTION PASSED: 4/0/3 (Council -Members Hamilton and Maguire and Mayor Thompson absent) Vol. 35, Page 78 June~26, 2000 1 15. Discussion and Possible: Action on Adoption of lnterfund .Loan Policy. (Cornyn) 2 _ 3 Interim Finance Director Paula Gornyn presented to Council the Inferfund Loan 4 Policy, explaining how it .would differ depending on the length of time for which 5 the money is borrowed. A Short Term Loan would be .90 days or less. Medium 6 Term Loans would be 90 days to one year, Long Term Loans would be over one 7 year in duration. A ,:Long Term loan inyol~e ,a Promiss.ary Note that would come 8 before Council.. The' Quarterly, Treasurers Report would reflect outstanding 9 balances and payments made: during he quarter: She referred to a chart of ,the 1:0 loans from the beginning of the Fiscaf Year showing additions and :repayments 11 and the loans ;that are outstanding as of May 31:.. She noted. that.. the City has 12 always disclosed: and commented .on Interfund Loans ih the City's CAPER, the 13 combined annual financial report, and they have had some mention in the 14 budget. 15 16 PUBLIC COIVIIUIENT 17 _ 18 Bryant Moynihan, 102 Dawn Place, suggested that the Interfund Loan. Policy 19 should include the following: 20 21 1, Inte;rfund Loans are to be avoided when possible. 22 2. The: Short Term loans may be initiated by the Finance Director ,from the 23 General Fund, provided the Finance Director #ully expects the funds will 24 be available within the near future.. All such loans must be repaid within 25 90 days or converted to a General, Fund expense or converted to an 26 Interfund Loan. 27 3.. A11 Interfund' Loans must be approved within::30 days by'the Council in: fhe 28 form of a; written Promissory 'Note with a statad interesf rate, terms of 29 repayment and termination date. 30 4. Interest expense ahould be booked quarterly between the funds. Alt 31 Interfund Loans, including the balance increases, the reductions; and 32 interest, should be reported as part of each Quarterly Treasurers Report. 33 34 EN® PUBLIC~COIVIMENT 35 36 Council Member Healy wanted to see the policy. tightened up. He thought the 37 Low & .Moderate: Housing Fund should be made off limits in the future for 3$ Interfund Loans: He 'would like #o. see City Managei~n'ent authorized, either the 39 Finance. Director or City Manager, to ,make short-medi~%m term loans (6 mo%1`80 40 - days) at their~discretion if they were-.reasonably certain that the money would be 41 repaid from an appropriate source during that time.. 42 43 MOTION: Council Member Healy .moved,, seconded by Cader;-Thompson,- to 44 Adopt R'e~solution 00-113 N.C.S; , Interfund Loan Policy. 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 June 26, 2000 Vol. 35; Page 79 MOTION PASSE®: 4/0/3 (Council Members Hamilton and Maguire and Mayor Thompson absent) 12. Resolution 00-114 NG.S. Awarding Contracts for Landscape Maintenance in Landscape Assessment District Areas 1 and 2 to North Bay Landscape Management and Area 3 to Nessco. Rejection of Bids for Landscape Medians, Area 4. (Carr/Anchordoguy) Parks Maihfenance Supervisor Ed Anchordoguy reported that when the item was brought before Council on May 1, 200.0; Council expressed concerns regarding the use of~pestcides by contractors. Negotiatons~were made with the contractors for their compliance with the City of Petaluma Integrated Pest Management Program. r PUBLIC COMMENT Ronnie Cohen, 1'77 Grevillia Drive; had a Cori ersation with `North, Bay Landscape about the cost to maintain Landscape Assessment Districts without any chemicals .and was told. it would cost ,60-70% more due to pulling weeds by hand and ;pruning more frequently. She ,was against the. use of plant growth regulators used. ~ She suggested test projects. where some areas don't use: any chemicals at all', to see if the cornmunity'can'be convinced that that is `th'e: way to go .. Vice Mayor Torliatt would like to see one to two pilot projects done and a report brought back to the Council. MOTION: Council Member Healy moved, seconded by Keller, to adopt Resolution 00-114 N.C.S. Awarding: Contracts. for Landscape Maintenance in Landscape Assessment` District Areas 1 and 2 to North Bay Landscape Management and Area'3 to Nessco and Rejection of Bids for Landscape Medians, Area 4. , MOTION PASSED: 4/0/3 (Council Members 'Hamilton and Maguire and Nlayor Thompson absent) 16. Status Report regarding the Closure of the "D" ,Street Bridge. (Sklacizien) Rick Skladzien, Director of Public Facilities and Services, gave the Council a, brief overview of the. closure of the ``D" Street Bridge as ofi June 19th. There have been approximately 31,000 brochures mailed to all residents, businesses and. post office boxes with City of Petaluma zip codes. Articles have been in several newspapers. Petaluma Community Access has run live programs and information has been placed on two web sites. Six electronic Vol. 35, Page 80 June 26, 2080 1 message .boards .were activated: in and around strategic streets: There: is also,a 2 "D" Street Bridge hotline. telephone number posted on the construction area 3 signs. 4 5 Since .closure; the Traffic Departrnent has been adjusting the timing on the traffic 6 signals as necessary to :accommodate. the :change.. i`n traffic flow. Traffic signals 7 along the 1Nashington Street corridor have been upgraded. 8 9 Meetings have been held wth~the Downtown Merchanfs Association; Chamber of 10 Commerce -Visitors Organization;- Police and Public Safety officials. 11 ~ ;i ,. 12 The period 9f closure is.June 19 through .August. 25, To date; asks are on 13 schedule and there will; be monthly updates;as the project progresses: 14 15 NEW B.USIIVESS 16 - - - 17 17. Discussion .and Direction to -City Management to Commence Discussion .and 18 ~~ ApplicationProcess: with the Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation and Open 19 Space District (SCAGP,QSD) for the. Potential .Acquisition of a Portion of the 20 McNear Peninsula., (Tuft/Carr) - . - 2.1 _ -. - ._ . , .. 22 Director of;General Plan Adrnrnistratibn. Pamela Tuft asN;ed-for Council direction 23 to cornmerice~:discussions with ttie.owners' representatives and the Open Space 24 District. Council agreed; . ~ ~- 25 - 26 Council Member Healy was very'anxious to ee the parrel acquired..He did not 27 think that"$3:5 million was even a basis for starting, dse~assions. 28 29 Council Member Keller thought the acquisition. was long, past due. 30 -- ' 31 Vice Mayor Torliatt`would.likc City Management to contact Supervisor Kerns as 32 soon as possible so he is in on`ttie negotiations and acquisition process... 33 34 CLOSfD SESSlOIV -.~ ~ " 35 36 Mayor Thompson announced that .Council would adjourn to ClUSed Session for°the 37 following items: 38 39 Conference With Legal Counsel, ExistingLitigation (S.ubdivision (a) of Government 40 Code §54956.9-)', Allen vs. City of Petaluma. Sonoma County Court Case No. 222730. 41 42 Conference With .Legal Counsel, Anticpated',~Litigation: °Sgnificant Exposure ;to 43 Litigation Pursuant to Subdivision (b) of Government Code.':§54956.9 (2 matters) 44 June 26, 2000 Vol. 35, Page 81 ' 1 Conference With Legal Counsel,. Existing Litigation Subdivision (a) of Government } 2 Code §54956.9, Lionsgate vs. City of Petaluma, Sonoma County Superior Court Case 3 No.220489. ' 4 5 Conference With Legal° Counsel,. Existing Litigation Subdivision (a) of Government ; 6' Code §54956.9, Ncoli vs. Lionsgate, Sonoma County`Superior No. 219989. 7 8 Conference'With Real Property :Negotiator, Pursuant to Government Code §549.56.8. _ 9 Property: 945 Petaluma Boulevard North, APN 006-450-01:8.. Negotiating Party: 10 Stouder: Under Negotiation: Price, Terms or Payment, or Both. 11 12 Conference'Wth Labor iVegofator, Pursuant to Government Code §54957.6, Unit 6 13 Police, Unit 7`Fire, Unit '8 Department Directors, Unit 10 Public Safety Mid- 14 Management. Agency Negotiator: Aeorne. 15 - - 16 Council Adjourned to Ciosed Session at 10:36 P.M. '~ 17 18 ~yy ~ 19 20 Pamela Torliatt, Vice Mayor 21 22 23 ATTEST: 24 . 25 - 26 27 Paulette Lyon, Deputy Qi ~lerk - 28 29 ******