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November 1, 1999
City of Petaluma, California
Minutes of a Regular
City Council Meeting
Vol. 34, Page 49
Monday, November 1, 1999
Council Chambers
Mayor Thompson called the meeting to order on this date in the Council Chambers at 2:35
p.m.
ROLL CALL
Present: Cader-Thompson, Hamilton, Healy, Maguire, Keller, Thompson, Torliatt
Absent: None
Clerk's Note: Council Members Hamilton, Keller, and Maguire joined the Council .during
Closed Session.
Hamilton, Keller, Maguire joined the Council during Closed Session
PUBLIC COMMENTS
Vasco Brazil, 4551 Lakeville Highway, voiced concerns about the City's potential
acquisition of the Gray Property.
CLOSED SESSION
City Attorney Richard Rudnansky announced the following items to be heard in Closed
Session:
CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATOR, Pursuant to Government Code Section
54957.6, Unit 7, Fire. Agency Negotiator: Acorne/Beatty/Krout.
CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATOR Pursuant to Government
Code Section.54956.8. Property: 4104.Lakeville Highway, APN's 017-170-002 and
068=010-026. Negotiating Party: Frederick C. Stouder. 'UnderNegotiations: Price,
Terms or Payment or Both (Gray Property).
ADJOURN
Council adjourned at 2:40 pm. to the City Manager's Conference Room for Closed
Session.
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3 RECONVENE
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5 The meeting reconvened at 3:20 P.M. in the Council Chambers.
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7 Mayor Thompson' announced there was no reportable action taken on Closed' Session
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10 ROLL CALL
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12 Present: Cader-Thompson, Hamilton, Healy, Keller, Maguire, Thompson, Torliatt
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14 Absent: None
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16 Mayor Thompson thanked the'public for their patience as the meeting didn't begin on time.
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18 PUBLIC COMMENTS
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20 Robyn McCorkle Weinstock, 101' Post Street, spoke regarding asphalt patches on concrete
21 sidewalks on behalf of .Post, Upham, `B' Street, Bassett, and 6th Street residents. She
22 presented a petition, pictures, and some Fetters from residents who wanted to know when
23 the sidewalks were to be fixed,. She was in favor of a long-term solution.
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25 Geoff Cartwright; 56 Rocca 'Drive, spoke regarding fill in the floodplain/floodway.
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2.7 .Diane Reilly -Torres, 1657 Rainier Avenue, expressed gratitude. for the efforts of Officer
28 Mike Vail towards the community.
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30 COUNCIL COMMENTS
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32 Council Member Matt Maguire spoke with Chris Sampson regarding Bryant Moynihan's
33 recent article in Argus -Courier Mike Ban had responded to seven issues; he preferred
34 staff send a response to the Argus:
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36 Vice Mayor- Keller supported that and agreed for help staff draft the response.
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38 Council Member Healy announced that members of the Planning Commission received
39 information about a'half-day planning seminar in December at'Sonoma State University.
40 Topics included Affordable Housing in the Bay Area and ^issues surrounding SMART
41 growth actions. He asked the copies bedistributed to Council Members.
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44 Council Member Cade r-T,ho.mpson had learned that SPARC had approvedlandscaping on
45 Corona Road by the PG&E substation and in the Corona Creek area. She thought this did
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not make sense in light of the possible approval of Corona as a full_ interchange she
wanted the committee to readdress the matter after Council revisited project.
Council Member Maguire noted concern that Supervisor Tim Smith had announced he
wanted'to have Jean Kapolchok appointed`Open Space Land Use Commission;. she was a
Planning Consultant Who had worked for Peter Pfendler over the years. He spoke with
Mike Kerns and had not heard back.
Vice Mayor Keller wanted a letter written to Supervisor'S`mith and copied to the rest of'the
Board in opposition to the appointment.
City Manager Stouder asked Council Member Cader-Thompson, regarding her remarks
about the landscaping on Corona road, if the Council wanted to bring this back for review
before any work was done.
Council Member Cader=Thompson replied yes.
Council Member Torliatt asked City management to respond to Robyn McCorkle.
Weinstock's concerns.
Council Member Cader Thompson received a letter of the opinion that the City Manager
had too much control on the'Lok proposal_and assured the community that the Council was,
aware of what was going on.
PRESENTATIONS/PROCLAMATIONS
Mayor Thompson read a Proclamation for National Animal Shelter Appreciation Week.
to Animal Shelter Manager, and presented it to Animal Shelter'Manager, Nancee Tavares.
Nancee Tavares brought a.dog availablefor adoption at the�Animal Shelter and announced
the Shelter's Open House .on November 14.
Mayor Thompson read a Proclamation to IKON in Appreciation of IKON's Donation of
Office Furniture to't'he City of.Petaluma and presented -it to:.Marketplace President, Mark
J. Le Blank, and Branch Manager Dennis 'Krassig,, BranchManager.
Mayor Thompson read a Proclamation recognizing Po9ice Officer Mike Vail for
Exemplary Performance and read a letter of .recognition :naming Officer Mike Vail as
Employee of the Quarter. He presented the proclamation, letter, and presented Officer
Vail with a check in the amount of $100.00 as aIcash award for being selected Employee
of the Quarter.
Mayor Thompson introduced Interim Finance Director and Controller Paula Cornyn.
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Interim Finance Director and Controller Paula, Cornyri_ntroduced Susan Simmons as the
new Accounting Supervisor°forthe Finance Department.
COUNCIL LIAISON AND CITY MANAGEMENT REPORTS:
Council Member Healy commented about the Planning Commission's discussion re signs.
Council asked that the Planning ,Commi;ssion prepare a report stating the problem and
recommending ,solutions for Council to review:
Council Member Torliatt, announced recent and upcoming Association. of Bay Area
Governments (ABAG) and Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) meetings.
Council concurred to move the meeting scheduled for November 10 to November 8.
City Manager Fred jSto.uder assured Council that announcements would be mailed to.
interested parties to that effect.
AGENDA CHANGESa ADDITIONS, AND DELETIONS
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.CONSENT CALENDAR
Council Member Cader-Thompson requested item 2, be removed from Consent for
discussion. Council Member Torliatt requested items,4 and 5 be removed from Consent
for discussion. F
MOTION: Council Member Maguire moved_ , seconded by Torliatt -to
adopt Consent'Calendar items numbered 1, 3 and -6.
MOTION PASSED: 7/0/0
1. Resolution 99- 209:N.'C:•S. Approving Claims and Bills.
3. Adoption (Second Reading) of Ordinance 2098 N.C.S. Updating Radar
Enforceable Speed Zones Throughout the City.
6. Resolution. 9.9-210 NZ.S. Authorizing the,S.ubmittal of an Application to the
California State Department.of Housing and Community Development for
Funding Underthe HOME Program for Edith Street Senior.Apartments.
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Resolution Accepting the Resignation of Ann Amyes from theTree.Advisory
Committee.
Council Member Cader-Thompson wanted consideration given to expand the
scope of the committee's mission.
MOTION: Council Member Keller moved, seconded by Hamilton to
adopt Resolution 99=211 N.C.S. Accepting the Resignation of.Ann,Amyesr
from the Tree Advisory Committee.
MOTION PASSED: 7/0/0
4. Resolution Authorizing Street Closures in the Downtown Area for the Purpose
of Facilitating the Annual Veterans Day Parade.
Council Member Torliatt wanted City management to make sure the names of the
streets along the parade route were, included in future accompanying staff reports.
Vice Mayor Keller wanted City management to make sure the City was getting its
fair share of taxes from vendors set up for special functions such as this parade..
MOTION: Council Member Torliatt moved, seconded by Cader-
Thompson to adopt Resolution 99-2112 N.C.S. Authorizing Street Closures in
the Downtown Area for the Purpose of Facilitating the Annual Veterans Day
Parade.
MOTION PASSED: 7/0/0
5. Resolution Declaring 1979 Fire Department Pick -Up Truck Surplus-.
Council Member Torliatt wanted a report back on how the situation was going to be
handled, a solution, sooner rather than later.
MOTION: Council Member Maguire moved, seconded- by Hamilton to
adopt Resolution 99- 213 N.C.S. Declaring 1979 Fire Department, Pick=Up Truck
Surplus.
MOTION PASSED: 7/0/0
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
7. Verbal Report by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Regarding Status of Payran Reach
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3 Cod ncil-c -ncurred to schedule a discussion about plaques placed and to, be placed
4 at the Payran° Street and Lakeville Bridges for an agenda sometime in the future.
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10 8. Preliminary Discussion of New Fair Share Housing Allocations From the
11 Association of Bay Area Governments.
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13 Council.. -concurred rthat coordinated. planning .discussions with various -task_ forces
14 and sub committees. take place and recommended',Housing Administrator Bonne
15` Gaebler, as an ideal candidate to, represent City Management to attend meetings
16 and: report back to Council.
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18 Coundil Member Healy noted he. was willing to talk with people who had creative
19 solutions that is; to talk about regional solutions and decisions.
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21 Council Member Torliatt clarified that City Management was to move forward with
22 the City's housing needs.
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24 Geoff Cartwright, 56 Rocca Drive, spoke regarding the 'flooding problems in
25 Petaluma and the importance of not continuing to develop in the floodplain.
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29 The Afternoon Session adjourned at 4:45 p.m. to Johnny Garlic's.
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39 Present: Cader-Thompson, Hamilton, Healy, Keller, Maguire, Thompson, Torliatt
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43 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
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45 At the request of Mayor Thompson, Geoff Cartwright led the Pledge of Allegiance.
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MOMENT OF SILENCE
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At the request of Mayor Thompson a Moment of Silence was observed in memoriam of
Luke Broxmeyer, long-time Petaluma resident.
PUBLIC- COMMENTS
Reggie The Butcher (Reginald Leipsic), 855 South McDowell Boulevard, spoke in
opposition to prohibiting gifts to City employees.
Kelly Beck, 872 Holly Lane (Twin_.Creeks Subdivision), spoke regarding the landscape
assessment district care and presented Council with a petition.
Kim Johnstone,:423 King Road (Youth Sports);, spoke in favor of leaving the McNear lights
where they are for the youth of the community.
Geoff Cartwright, 56 Rocca Drive, spoke regarding the serious flooding problem in
Petaluma, the out of date FEMA Flood control maps. and landfill located in the area of
Petaluma Boulevard North.
Terence Garvey, 83 Maria Drive, spoke in opposition to. the City's Domestic Partners
Ordinance.
Vince Landof, 12 Cordelia-Drive, spoke regarding the plaque located at.Payran and not yet
located at Lakeville bridges to read that it had been bought and paid for by the people of
Petaluma.
Hank Flum, 172.1 Stonehenge Way, spoke regarding the climbing Animal Shelter budget.
He gavea presentation based on a letter and drawings submitted to Council with this
week's packet.
Bryant Moynihan, Box C, presented Council with a:copy of the petition to'widen Hwy 101, a
Measure on the November ballot. :He,also addressed items that City Management wrote.a
rebuttal to from a guest commentary that he had been a participant.
Troy Unger, 104 Vista View Place, spoke regarding Sunnyslope Road stop signs.
Mayor Thompson requested that Mr. Unger be contacted and noticed of any upcoming
meetings regarding Sunnyslope.
Bob Green, who lives on the west side of Petaluma, spoke in support of Mr. Johnstone's
earlier comments and in general of preserving sports on the west side of town.
COUNCIL COMMENTS
Council Member Keller:
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1 • Referred to Kelly Beck's comments regarding"Twin Creeks and asked'for an answer
2 from City Management to satisfy legaf requirements and then process. .
3 • Regarding sustainability; he had :a brief meeting with the Natural Step (TNS) and
4 they had expressed interest to participate is a community forum. He was pleased
5 that the Chamber was on the same track and noted an article in the Chamber's
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7 Noted that he had distributed a paper on floodplain management websites to the
8 Council and named specifically a DOE site: Hsustainable.doe. gov / amrivers.org.
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11 • Noted that Thompson Luke Broxmeyer wo-rked at. Mattei's for 50 years..
12 • Referring to land fill concerns raised by.Geoff;Cartwright, she wanted thle address
13 and ownership of the location of the property to which he referred.
14 • Announced -that Petaluma Community Access (PCA) was featuring Women's.
15 History and she had been asked to participate:
16 • Announced that°films would be shown at City -Hall on Fridays at 7:00 P.M., -and that
17 Beth Meredith had asked her to, announce•scheduled programming.
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20 • Asked the City Manager to provide 'a brief explanation about why City employees
21 cannot receive: gifts.
22 • Noted, that. she hada discussion with Ed Anchordoguy regarding the money
23 received from Twin Creek-residents1hat,had .been collected through.an.assessment
24 and reserved. She understood .it was time for the, developer to move forward and
25 wanted to know if the .City had performance bonds.
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29 • Announced that- the lighting at Prince Park had been approved by the.- Federal
30 Aviation Administration (FAA) for_lighting..
31 • Regarding Sunnyslope, she understood that the item was scheduled to go back to
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40 • Wanted .City Management to provide a report to the `Council regarding Twin Creeks
41 Landscape_ Assessment District.
42 • Wanted the Council, to revisit the issue, of taking the. lights down at,McNear`Park in
43 order to preserve lighted ball fields for the west side ,of Petaluma.
44 • He noted as letter from Council Member Keller he had received in the packet; and
45 noted it was timely.
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• He had prepared a draft document and submitted it to Council for review and
comment.
Council Member Maguire:
• Noted there had been discussion at the Park and Recreation Commission about
revisiting the lights at McNear. He would ask Jim Carr to address it.
Mayor Thompson:
• Asked City Management to improve the lighting at Rainier and McDowell.
• He asked City Management to notify Mr. Unger of any, discussions and meetings
regarding Sunnyslope.
PRESENTATIONS
Director of Engineering Tom Hargis commended the efforts of PCA and presented a video
they had produced that made a public service announcement for the residential toilet
giveaway.
Mayor Clark Thompson read a Certificate of Appreciation and presented it to Darren
Hansen, Videographer, who had made the film.
9. Presentation From Family Action of Sonoma County Regarding Childcare Study
Report.
Patricia Souza from Family Action of Sonoma County made the presentation.
Council concurred to have City Management move forward with finding a way to
implement some of the ideas presented by Ms. Souza.
No Action Taken.
Recess: 8:15 P.M.
Reconvened: 8:25 P.M.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
10. Presentation and Discussion on Interim Wastewater Rate Study and Proposed
Increase to Wastewater Rates and Fees. It is Proposed That Residential
Wastewater User Rates Increase From $15.75/Month/Account to $20_.75/Month in
January 2000; to $25.75/Month in January 2001; and to $30.75/Month in January
2002. Increases in Commercial and Industrial User Rates and Connection Fees Are
Also Proposed. The Increases are Necessary to Support Improvements to the
Wastewater System, Including Development of the New Wastewater Treatment
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Facility. (Ban/Stouder)
Engineer., Mike Ban reviewed his memorandum dated October 19, 1999 and
introduced Mary Winer, of Brown and Caldwell.
Chief Economist Mary Winer made a slide' presentation providing Council with
background information and proposals. (Draft document dated November 1, 1999
on file in the Office of .the City Clerk)
Council.Member Maguire asked if the charges proposed couldbe' rounded .up to an
even number.
Mr. Ban agreed to check with the Finance Department.
Vice,'Mayor Keller wanted information about a third revenue source for example,
sale of the: resource, to cover the City's expenses and be the responsibility of the
rnanagement.at Rooster Run.
Council Member Torliatt replied that City had paid for the wells and the electricity to
irrigate the facility:
Vice Mayor Keller did not want that an agreement like that with Rooster Run
extended to ball fields near the. airport.
Council Member Healy was in favor of passing' a one-year rate increase based on
this kind of,a.structure and asked whether the Council could come back in one year
and revisit the issue.
Mr. Ban replied that it was the Council's decision
Mr. Stouder mentioned that he was seeking information from Bond Counsel about
the level -of comfort of underwriters in this area.
Council Member Healy asked for clarification whether staff's proposal was tied to
any one design or if ,it was independent.
Mr.. Stouder replied, _yes and no; there was no "final design project. Until that
happened the true cost was not known.
Council Member -Healy asked whether the proposed rates -would get the City where
it Wanted 'to be.
Mr.. Stouder replied yes.
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Vice Mayor Keller,questioned arbitrage.
Mr. Winer stated the arbitrage rules state that an entity cannot make money by
investing money they -are paying less interest on.
Vice Mayor Keller asked if that was during or beyond the proposed three-year
program.
Mr. Winer replied he thought it was beyond the three- year program.
Mayor Thompson noted dates for future public hearings as November 15 and
December 6.
PUBLIC COMMENT
Hank Flum, 1721 Stonehenge Way, asked how one would determine what the connection
fee would be if they were a new user connecting with the system.
Mr. Ban explained that a table of typical loading values would be established and a refund
based on actual figures could be issued if applicable.
Bryant Moynihan spoke regarding pretreatment, that businesses should be given a rebate,
and that the capital improvements did not include design cost. He wanted to see a more
economic approach.
Gertrude Jacobsen was in favor of a special rate for citizens with lower usage.
ADJOURN
The meeting adjourned at 9:50 P.M.
ATTEST:
Beverly 'J. Kline, City Clerk O
E. Clark Thompson, Mayor
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