HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 11/29/1999November 29, 1999 Vol. 34, Page 105.
1 City of Petaluma, California
2 Minutes. ofa Regular.Adjourned
3 City Council Meeting
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5 iVlonday, November 29, 199.9
6 Council Chambers
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8 The Petaluma City Council. met on this day at 7:00 p.rn. in the Council Chambers.
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10 ROLL CALL
11 Present: Cader=Thompson, Hamilton, Healy, Keller (7:05), Maguire, Thompson,
12 Torliatt
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14 Absent: None
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16 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
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18 At the request of Mayor Thompson, Buzz, Don Weisenfluh led the Pletlge of Allegiance.
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20 MOMENT OF SILENCE
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22 At the request of Mayor Thompson, a Moment of Silence was observed.
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24 PUBLIC COMMENTS '~ ~ ~ ` .~
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26 Terence Garvey 83 Maria :Drive asked' Council to consider passing a Resolution
27 honoring the Jewish people of Petaluma.
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29 Geoff Cartwright 56 Rocca Drive Spokeregarding Willow Brook. Channel report that was
30 distributed at the last, Zone 2A .me:eting. ;He read,"from 'the report and, noted there was
31 an extreme flooding prgb'lem,in Petaluma acid that this projecf area was upstream.
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33 Rick Savel, ~ Penngrove Area Plan Committee P O. Box 227 Penngrove asked City
34 Management to consider having sbmeone~from the'City attend a special working group
35 comprised of representatives from Sonoma :State University, Gotati; Penngrove, County
36 staff, and Rohnert Park that fad.been formed to IooK at traffic circula#ion in the area. Ne
37 thought the City, of Petaluma was a part ofi that loop.- ~ There was a meeting scheduled.
38 for Friday,, December 3,, at 2 OQ,p:m. at the City of R:ohnert Park, City Hall. He wanted'
39 to receive information on the Corona Reach project,in order to review it in tandem with
40 an Adobe Road project that h~ad~.been funded from Lynch Road to Jacobson Lane. He
41 had heard comments at Council's .meeting on. November 22 about faire. districts and the
42 possibility of shared department ~ services .changes related to Corona. Reach:, He
43 requested a, copy of-the wafer retention-study (RMI Study).- He then inquired 'if the
44 Lafferty Park Environmental Impact Report,:(EIR) had :been.~ompleted.
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46 Council Member Keller stated that-~it had not been completed.
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3 COUNCIL `C:OMMENTS
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5 Council Member Cader-Thompson wanted' o know if the. RMI Study was set for C'ouneil
6 to review on December 20,
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8 Council Member Ke11er noted that ;it .was. currently set for December 20 but he, had
9 called City Management with a reggest to have it moved: #o the January 3, 2000. agenda,
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10 as he would be out of town on the December 20. H'e did not know if' a final date had
11 been. set:
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13 Director of Engineering Tom Hargis confirmed that he had received. direction. from City
14 Managernerit to schedule for January 3 agenda, early in the agenda.
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16 Council. Member Cader-Thompson wanted to make sure; that peop e w,ho :had ;asked to
1`7 6e notified were. contacted about the .change and.. notified of whom they 'should call to
18 get a copy of the report,,.in, cludmg people in the rural :areas that; had requested to be' a
19 part of the review process:: S,he, had ~aftended the. Zone 2A meeting the previous week
20 and was disappointed about the way the committee was working. S:he hopedthat some
21 questions would be asked about what Zone 2A was about and that the committee
22 further its understanding about its purpose. `, ... .,
24 Council Member Keller requested the names of everyone on the Zone 2A,committee. "
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26 Council TMember Cader-Thompson said., 'she,: ,would prbuide that for C.ouneil Member
27 Keller.
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29 Council .Member Cader-Thompson continued that she had received ,a letter from the.
30 public asking if the design of the ,fjus~~stop could• be reconfigu"red so it would not .obstruct
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31 the view of -the:. mural: behind it. andwanted City Management ao respond with a leffer
32 back to the individual. In :addition; she ~_had received a complaint about :the. Victoria..
33 signs on Petaluma Boulevard and"1Nestern Auenue being on public: property and that it
34_ seemed to be a continued problem. ' " ... ,, ._ ~ "
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36 .Council :Member. Maguire :responded that;he: had repeatedly asked City Management to
37 address ,the issue and knew if was actively being worked; on. _ ~ ," "
39; Council Member Cader-Thomp"son -continued her _~comments referring to complaints
40 about the .Petaluma Junior High soccer field and expressed her concern that ,the School
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41 District -would close the field and..not look .:at other solutions. Slue wanfed :City
42 Managemenf to discuss solutions with the School Distract:'
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44 Council Member Keller ,noted that it was his uncle"rstan"ding that there had never been an.
45 environmental review of 1Nillow Brook channelizaton and that what had been done: so
46 'far had been done without the benefit of a rural project -environmental review: Before
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1 Zone 2A approved any funding or any project movernenf; 'City Management needed to
2 find out the status of environmental review on that project .both 'for the' County and within
3 the City. _
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5 Council Member Torliatt was -also concerned about the soccer fields,;and that the Schoof
6 District would close the field and not look',at" other solutions: She .hoped- City
7 Management had been working on resolving the problems such as trash, and noise.;.
8 and not have closing the field 6e the solution. The field ,benefited the community as part
9 of its recreation infrastructure.
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11 She. then noted information that Council had. received~•-regarding, :a water: supply
12 transmission project that the Sonoma County 1Nater Agency (SCV1/A) was .considering
13 to put in place: to provide more water to the' South County and Marin County. A couple
14 of alternative locations for the pipeline went. through th°e Corona' Reach area and sfe
15 wanted City Management to obtain .additional information and investigate coordination
16 of acquiring easements and pedestrian access in the, area in conjunction with SCWA
17 timelines.
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19 In addition, she had received .notification about a San Francisco Bay Trail. project
20 announcing a two million five hundred thousand dollar gr""ant.. program. available. She.
21 wanted City Management to pursue funding 'if in fact the project scope included -Sonoma
22 County.
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24 Council Member Cader-Thompson .wanted verification from City Management that a
25 letter had. gone out in lieu of a conversation she had with Randy Poole regarding the
26 availability ofi funds for fish in Petaluma. S.he also mentioned an article in the Sunday
27 edition of the SF Examiner :entitled 'Rafters Rule Over East Bay Hills' regarding the
28 return of bird habitat to the East Bay Hills. She suggested the article be maintained with
29 the Lafferty EIR file.
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31 Mayor Thompson requested. that the City Clerk add Rick Savel to the public outreach
32 list for the Corona. Reach Specific Plan.
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34 Council Member Cader-Thompson noted a complaint she had received. regarding 'the
35 flags at Victory Chevrolet on the Boulevard that. had. not. been taken down. She asked
36 City M'anagement,to send them a letter asking that they be removed.
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38 PUBLIC FI.EARING -
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40 1. Continued Public Hearingon Proposal to IncreaselNastewater Rates and Fees.
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42 Council Member Cader-Thompson asked if the connections for Penn,grove were the
43 same as the City of Petaluma.
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45 Mr. Hargis stated. he did not know. The fees taken in were-done so by the County,: ,
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1 Gouneil~."M'ember Keller asked 'if the, service ,district contract charge was a certain rate.
2 and~then the County :charged at their will.
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4 Mr. Hargis ~di~d not., know.
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6 Council Member Keller- asked if the billing `for the service. connection fee would be in
7 addition to~the contract charge rate. --
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9 Utility Engineer` :Michael Ban thought the only fee being charged was the monthly fee.
1'0 He would-report-back to Council with That information.
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12 Council Member Gader-Thompson wanted to know the capacity ofi the aystem.
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14 Council Member .Healy .inquired if there was proportiona#ely more build out for
15 Penngrove thanPetaluma.
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17 Mr. Ban replied no.
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19 Council Member Healy wanted to know the percentages not the actual numbers.
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21 Council Member Caller-Thompson asked.. who,:determined the number of hook'=ups.
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23 Council Member Maguire replied that if was subject to the County's General Plan.
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25 Mr. Hargis thought the City did not charge a per eonriection fee.
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27 Discussion continued about reduction in water use and the impact. on sewer fees.
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29 Council Member Healy talked about .growth as an aspect of development fees. The
30 County billing was use base and they had not charged the City a capital use
31 component.
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33 Mr. Hargis said that was correct. The issues relative, to the: parallel pipeline were based
34 on the existing-General Plan,; othenivise; the. numbers, did not go into the, report. .
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36 Councif Member-Maguire asked for clarification and'the minimum commercial fee.
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38 Council :Member Keller asked for clarification. about the rate increase in Santa 'Rosa..
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41 Vasco Brazil r.,ead his comments and delivered a copy to the City Clerk for the record.
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43 Kathy Hayes;North BaySQ~ssociation of Realtors, 131 A Stony Creek Circle.., Suite 850
44 Santa Rosa, CA ~95'4Q1 presented a letter to the Council and discussed options for City
45 Management fo address., .
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1 Victor Che.chanover 2301 Marylyn Circle was not in favor of a three-year increase; use
2 more, .pay more; use less, pay .less.
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4 Rick Saver Penngrove Area Plan Committee. P. O. Box 227, Penngrove - was'in favor of
5 fairness and asked a number of questions about how fhe rates would affect the citizens.
6 of Penngrove. He then presented information. about larid use in Penngrove. He had
7 other questions and suggested he type: them up and if he did, to whom should he direct
8 those questions.
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10 Council Member Torliatt _recommended Mike Ban.
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12 Terence Garvey 83 Maria Drive recommended the City go with the US filter design plan.
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14 Don Weisenfluh 1092 1Nren Drive'quesfioned if it'would be cheaper to keep the existing
15 plant.
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17 Diane Reilly-Torres Rai;riier was in favor of a plan that would keep the sewer plant and.
18 build ahigh-tech smaller one.
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20 Bryant R. Moynihan Nexus :Realty Group., ;Inc.. 22 Dawn .Place spoke against.. -
21 wastewater rates, increase~~andcautioned Council to make sure all the questions asked
22 be answere before proceeding. with rate changes. (environmental soundness;
23 efficiency,, and-cost)
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25 Council Member Cader-Thompson stated that:a new sewer plant needed to be built.
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27 Council Memb_ er Hamilton wanted to know how it would be affected when serious water
28 rationing was implemented, - -
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30 Council Member Healy questioned rates versus connection fees. He wanted the total
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31 percentage of income compared to rates; an equity argument on previous connection,
32 fees; he wanted more- information if the funds had been used for minor capital.
33 improvements to date. ~ He was in favor of getting. a Request for Proposal out soon and'
34 wanted to know how quickly things could be put together.
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36 Council Member Maguire: wanted to hear staff's report on what it would take to get it
37 .going.
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39 Council Member Keller wanted to see what would happen. to the connection fees and
40 how they had been expended or if they had been used to subsidize other funds. He
41 thought the City had been short funded by the developers in the past and now it had to
42 be addressed..
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44 Mayor Thompson continued the Public Hearing to Monday evening, December 6..
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46 Recess: 9.:20 p.m.
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2 Reconvened: 9:30 p.m.
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4 NEW_ BUSINESS
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6 2. Presentation by Alex' Amoroso, AICP; Senior Planner from the. Association :of Bay
7 Area Governments (ABAG); on Regional .Housing; Projections.
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9 Council concurred that Mr. Amoroso report their concerns: regarding a planning process
10 and the, establishment of figures that did.. not take- into .con. sideration environmental,
11 geographic;, and quality of life factors when creating models fgr~determining inc_ reases~ in:
12 housing: They asked that ,he .come back in six months after receiving information from
13 other agencies/organizations and advise this- Council of the status.
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17 Thee meeting adjourned at 1'0:1'D p.m.. , ,
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