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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 07/28/1999July 28, 1999 Vol. 33, Page 315 i C:ity of Petaluma, California 2 Minufes Hof a.:Regular 3 City Council :Meeting ,, 4 _ .. 5 6 - Wednesday, July 28,:1999° ~ ~ "" Council Chambers s ~. {. 9 io The City Council of the City of Petaluma met;:on this tlay in the City Council Chambers ii at 7:00 p.m. .'~ ' 12 r3 ~~. ~ ~ ROLL CALL 14 ~ '.. is Present: Caller-Thompson, Hamilton, Healy, Maguire, Thompson, Torliatt 16 Absent: ,Keller ~ ~ ~ _. ~ . is - PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: ,.~. 19 _. .-. 20 At the request of Mayor Thompson, Sheila_McBride led the Pledge of Allegiance. 21 ~_ - - 22 ~ MOMENT OF SILENCE 23 24 At the request of Mayor Thompson, a Moment of Silence was observed. 2s ... .. 26 ' ~ PUBLIC COMMENT 2~ 2s Geoffrey Cartwright,. 56 Rocca Drive, .spoke regarding a letter faxed .from 29 Supervisor Kerns' Office to the City Manager pertaining to the illegal fill behind 3o Adobe Lumber and inquired: whether #hey were trying. to .legalize that fill instead of 31 removing it. 32 33 Council Member Maguire responded that he had 'brought the matter up with the City 34 Manager and a letter to the County went out stating that. we did not want that 3s legalized, but hadn't heard what has happened since then. 36 3~ City .Manager ,..Fred Stouder stated that both those .letters were .of public record and 3s would be happy to ,provide Mr. Cartwright with. copies. 39 4o Mr, C;artwrigh;t also inquired abouf the status of the Sonoma. County Water ai Agency's recommendation that there be plugs left under the bridge. 42 43 Director of Engineering Tom_ Hargis stated that the Willowbrook Bridge was being. 44 worked on regarding fhe design and calculations for putting a plug in under the 4s bridge and was to be submitted to the 1Nafer Agency for review. 46 - Vol. 33, Page 316 July 28, 1999 i COUNCIL COMMENTS 2 _, 3 Council. Member Maguire .asked.. the Council 'to, adjourn the meeting in memory of 4 Ralph Conrad who died hisgleep on-:Saturday night. Ralph was a 78-,year old! s retired: rriinister and a ve lo~in~ , vrtal.force in the community and would be missed. 6 ~ Council. Members were 'in. agreement: s 9 Mayor Thompson announced that th`e Budget meeting scheduled 'for July 29th was io .canceled due to lack:of a quorum. . ' 11 ~ _. ~ . 12 UNFINISIED I~USINESS 13 14 1. Discussion and Review ,of' Budget for Fiscal Year 1999 - 2000: is i~ Finance Director~'Spilman. `announced that ~he~ would review the following Budget i~ items that had been delivered to the Council last ;weekend: Transient Occupancy is Tax ("TOT") funding request;: the ~ Five-year Capital fmprovernent Plan (which. i9 included the Fiscal' Year 1999-2000:• funding request) and the: Service;. Level 20 Enhancement Request. that .represented: additional services over and .above the Zi basic services already included in .thee ,Budget document. He stated that- at that 22 meeting; there were .members. of the public representing organizations that;-had 23 requested funding. 2s pon Lassen' of the Veterans Administration requested fide hundred dollars for ;the: 26 Veterans- Day Parade to help pick,, up 'some of the expenses that the Veterans: 27 Administration incurs: 2s 29 Council Member Torliaft commented on what a wonderful parade it was last:year. 30 ~ ~ ' 31 Courieil Member Cader-Thompson. informed M,r. Lassen that she would like to talk 32 to him. about the idea. of Veterans being taped fo,r PCA ("Petaluma Communfy 33 Access") so the youth and others in the community could learn about pe:o,ple who 34 served in: the' armed forces: ' 35 36 .Jessica VanGartner.; Director of. the .Petaluma Visitors Program, had submitted a 37 marketing ..plan for the 1..999-2000 year that covered a full, acope of services the 3s visitor:prograrn wanted to provide regarding public relations, marketing, advertising; 39 visitors' services; and community relations and asked if tlie.re were any questions .or a.o 'concerns regarding the report. She emphasized that by focusing dollars on 4r marketing for tourism industry investments; there was a return on the: investment. 42 43 Council MemberTorliatt commented. that the' subcommittee regarding TOT funding 44 was very helpful, and that they had:. not ;met She inquired whether 'the Great 45 Petaluma Quilt Show: had submitted a-funding request, 46 ~ ~ ' July 28, 1999 Vol. 33, Page 317 1 Council Member Hamilton,. responded Ghat they were self-sustaining and funding 2 was requesfed the: first year .only. 3 4 IVIs. Van Gartner asked for confirmation from Mr. Spi(man that they had not applied. s She wanted to see the event continued because it drove people into the downtown 6 area, and.. into the business community. The Petaluma Quilt Show was a 7 tremendous amount of work and required over six hundred community volunteers to s hang the quilts, watch over them during the show; and take them down after the 9 show. She wanted anon-monetary way to reward the community spirit and foster to events of this type. 11 12 Council Member Hamilton stated that there was a Petaluma Quilt Show this year. 13 She agreed with Council Member Torliatt's suggestion that the subcommittee meet. 14 She stated. that every year approximately three hundred fifty thousand dollars goes is into the general fund from the TOT funds.. Eventually, those funds would not go into 16 operating _expenses for the general fund, but.. would be used to help events that 17 "made a town interesting," such as the quilt show and the jazz festival. 1g 19 Council Member Maguire.: inquired why the. Petaluma Tree Planters had not asked Zo for any support. 21 a2 Finance Director Spilman responded that he was unsure of the reason, but knew 23 that they had, done sortie activity through the Chamber of Commerce and the 24 Petaluma Visitors Program, last year. 2s 26 Council Member Healy, as an alumnus of the Tree Advisory Committee, recalled 27 that that particular grant was for printing brochures and not for other activities. as 29 Council Member Torliatt supported Council Member Hamilton in her statements to 3o reduce the amount of .money-that the general fund received from TOT. 31 32 Council Member Hamilton asked whether five thousand dollars was sufficient to 33 support the City's web page `development. 34 3s Council Member :Maguire .felt that five thousand dollars was more than: ample for 36 annual access charges, but the cost of maintaining the web site was the question. 37 3s Mr. Stouder responded that this was one of the many tasks that the new City Clerk 39 had undertaken. This was one area where the City would try not to over commit 4o and .underachieve and priorities would be noted. 41 42 Council Member Hamilton wasn't searching for an answer right now, but would like 43 to earmark some of the ending available funds to stay available in case needed for 44 web page development. 4s 1 2 3 4 s 6 7 g 9 io ii 12 17 is 19 Zo 21 22 23 24 Zs 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 3s 36 37 38 39 40 4'1 42 43 44 4s 46 47 Vol. 33, Page, 318 July 28, 1999 Council Member Healy agreed with the sentiments expressed previously regarding the TOT funds. He suggested setfing a goal.,of limiting the City's general'. fund.. draw to no more than three-hundred fifty thousand dollars and keep it at that .level in future, years. so that all future growth in TOT :funds would. be used for future projects. . Council Member Hamilton, concurred with C.ouncif~ Member Healy's uggestion. Council Member Maguire agreed with the concept; but was unsure of making that commitment; given the income the City faced. Mr. Stouder stated that. if this were a goal for future :Budget preparation, an official, .action by the. Council 'in this process'would be appropriate so it was on, fh.,e record and could''be adopted as a goal by'this Council. Council Member T.orliatt .stated that presently there. was three hundred forty six thousand dollars in the.Budget, a fen: thousand .dollar increase over last year. She stated she did not-want to go over-that amount. Mr. Stouder would put 'the matter with final ,Budget documents as part of, the adoption. process. Council members concurred Kurt Lok; owner of Quality Inn in Petaluma, suggested that should there be any future reserves, those funds: go into a market reserve fund in case of` economic hard times. Mr. Spilman reminded 'the Council that.: this .had been discussed .last :year- and a ten percent reserve, in the fund was established. Th'e fund's ending balance was estimated. at' one "hundred and six thousand dollars, which included aseventy=five thousand dollar reserve. Ann Derby, Artistic Director of Petaluma'City Ballet., thanked the City for the past TOT funding. Their web site; which was developed based. on the' brochure they produced from TOT funding; received a bronze: medal at the Seattle .Arts Fair in March. .She informed C'ouneil that six thousandschool children in ,Sonoma County saw Petaluma. City Ballet's performances and next year it was estimated to reach approximately, eight thousand. Capita fmprovemen~ Plan Mr. Spilman presented the .preliminary Capital Improvement° Plan for the: next. fire years. The Capital Improvement Pfan was a compilati.or of six categories:., transportation improvements; drainage improvements, community facility improvements, park. improvements, water systern'improvements and water pollution July 28, 1999 Vol. 33 Page 31'9 i control improvements. `The Plan'fotals one hundred fifty three million dollars over 2 the next five years. The. largest portion,.approximately seventy-five million dollars, 3 was for the wastewater' pollution control improvements. (a new treatment facility, 4 reclamation, recycling improvements and collection system. improvements).. There s was aforty-six .million dollar'#igure for the completion of the flood control project and 6 street improvements, which still-`included the Rainier project. Department heads. for ~ all of the projects were there to answer any questions. Included in the Fiscal Year s 1999-2000 Budget documents were all the necessary actions to implement funds. 9 io Mr. Stouder stated for'~the record that this was a planning program with projects that ii may be fundable, but tha# there was not one hundred fifty-three million dollars' 12 worth of projects with one .hundred fifty-three million dollars' worth of revenues 13 available in the next five years. This was .a "planning document" or a "needs list," 14 not a "financing document." He emphasized that if funds. were used for one project, is there may not. be.~sources of funds available for another project. There were no 16 reserves in the. Wastewater Facility Fund.. That was something that was being r~ established beginning with the new bond that was to be issued to finance the ig Wastewater Facility .Plant and improvements. Since sewer bills would go up 19 substantially to. support this, there wou;ld.'be a revenue source to fund that. 20 21 Council Member Maguire inquired :about street circulation projects on Lakeville 22 Street Widening Between East `D' and Washington, page 25 of the section on file in 23 the. office of the City Clerk. He stated that ,he had discussed with Allan Tilton signal 24 reconfiguration at Lakeville and East. `IJ'' which 'included a split signal on the East `D' 2s side so traffic would go one way. 26 27 Senior .Engineer Mike Evert responded that the .project at Lakeville Street .between 2s East `D' and 1Nasfington had .gone out to bid and didn't .include redoing the signal 29 lights at East `D'~ ands Lakeville Street. He believed that the signals had to be 3o relocated to accornmodate~ the widening, but didn't think. it was a modification of the 31 signal. He stated fie would check-with Allan Tilton and .get back to Council. 32 33 Council MemberMaguire responded that he had been asked for this change for 34 four and a .half years and that people in the neighborhood were anxious to see it 3s` happen_. It was his;. understanding.that4'in .order to have a split. signal, another arm 36 was not necessary, just another bulb. 'He felt that it was going. to be a significant 37 cost increase if the signal' reconfiguration was done at a later time and .not in 38 conjunctio:ri with the widening. Since the signals needed to be relocated, he felt 39 both irnp.rovements.covld be done at'th. a same :time.. 40 . . 41 Council Member Torliatt statetl she did not want the widening project delayed in any 42 way, b.ut,,if staff would work details out:i~n a timely fashion and not delay the project, 43 she was in favor.of.ahe signal reconfiguration. 44 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 to 11 12 13 14 is 16 17 18 19 ?o 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 2s 29 30 31 32 33 Vol. 33, Page 320 July28; 1999 Council. Member Caller-Thompson stated `chat the' City should purchase ~ Jack's Produce property on the corner because sfe~ felt it -woultl help ~~the traffic: situation, but wanted to know what the procedure was`to put it>info~tfe Budget.., ,, Council Member Maguire responded that Jack had some long-term plans for ,his piece of property and h_e didn't ;feel. fha`t purchasing ,theentire pro,pe'rty was necessary. An alternative would be to buy _the~~ edge ~of thee: property to accommodate aright turn lane off of `D' Street. Mr,. Hargis described: the Budget ;process ,as a five-year planning process, Council developed pnor,ities based on requests f rom the community as welt as the. General. Plan;,andthe City provides funding forethe projects. . Council Member Caller-Thompson indicated that purchasing the Jack's Rroduce property was one of her priorities fo hePp with, traffic circulation at that intersection., Mr. Evert referred to page 33C in the Prelirn~inary Capital Improvement Plan, Anticipated List of Future Projects, and explained that° when development potential ~_ , came through the City, the anticipated list keyed, staff into acquiring appropriate. setbacks #oc future road widening which was one. of the ways the Cityacquired the right-of-ways: as part of the conditions of approvaf for development. Council Member Torliatf clarified that this was not. to purchase ahe .entire: property, only a portion in .order to perform roadway improvements. Council Member Healy ..referred to page 45 of the Prelirrainary Capital Improvement Plan, regarding the Improvements-for Configuration of the Lanes and Signals at East Washipgt`on' and; Payran scheduled for FY 20Q0-2001 and. asked if the project could be compacted before the `D' Street Bridge, closure, to help with traffic flow: Mr. Evert: respo.nd'ed it would re;qu'ire expediting the design, completing the plans and specifications, and going out 'to bid, which: was ~a. long process. -Allan Tilton would have to .fit this into his schedule and determine what other projects would be affected. ;. . -- 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 Council Merrlber,Healy inquired whetherthe irnp.rovement in traffic flow would justify expediting this project. Mr. Hargis stated that ,Allan Tilton should ,be consulted, modification. was far enough away from `D' Street that improvements would not be: seen: but felt that th_e, signal significant, measurable ,. Council Member' Torliatt: stated she and Council Member Caller-Thompson .had wondered how the evaluation of the 1Nashi'ngton Street'Corridor fit'in with the CIRs (Capital Improvement Plans), when and how .the study .costs were allocated... Jaly 28, 1999 Vol. 33; 'Page '321 i Mr. Hargis replied that the CI'P (Capital Improvement .Plan:) was an exchange of 2 dialogue process that focused attention on the types of projects based on Council's 3 direction. Once certain projects were identified,. a .report was brought back to the 4 Council-regarding time., dollars, and availability for a project. s 6 Mr. Stouder added thaf when a project was identified, it was then weighed against ~. other projects on the list and a decision was made about priorities. He stated that s the Council's number one priority last fall was. the Army Corps project: In looking at 9 the Corridor project which was a priority from last year,. estimates for the. project io ranged between four to six million dollars. Funding, for the project included funds ii from the Traffic. Mitigation Fund and some from 'the Redevelopment Agency. He 12 was. uncertain if there was enough funding -for both projects depending on whether 13 the Corridor project was a four .million dollar or a six. million dollar project and that 14 decision cannot:be made until the figure was ascertained. is 16 Council Member Torliatt inquired if the Payran and East Washington intersection i~ project was prioritized as it could reduce traffic congestion. is - i9 Mayor Thompson .referred to page 13 and stated his interest in expediting the. 20 sidewalk, curb, and` gutter replacement because of the. serious consequences to the 21 City. 22 23 Council Member To:r(iatt inquired, whether there-was a list that indicated the streets 24 in order ofi repair needs. She stated that `H' Street between 1st and. 2nd Streets Zs was in desperate need of repair. 26 27 Mr. Evert responded that there was a list, in order of condition, as part of the 2s pavement mana"gemenf ,p.rogram, and there were estimates of what it should cost to 29 resurface all the, treets if funds were available.: Street crews had targeted `H' 3o Street to be resurfaced by summer. Other streets to be resurfaced were .East 31 Washington .along the creek between Maria. and Sonoma 'Mountain Parkway, 3z Lakeville Street; parts: of Baywood Street, and.;possibly Lombardi. Recent streets 33 that had been resurfaced were Vallejo Street between East `D' and East 34 Washington, and Sarkesian between McDowell and Crinella. 35 36 Councl_ Member Cader-Thompson asked. whether these streets were to be fixed or 37 resurfaced'. She stated that on Washington between McD"owell and Sonoma 3s Mountain Parkway, the street was dropping and in need of resurfacing and inquired 39 what the" process was to put streets on the list. 40 41 Mr. Evert. replied. that the repairs were a thin cesurfaeing, about an inch overlay, and 42 that. was not along-term solution; 'but if would allow the streets to be traveled fior 43 several years.. In the McDowell/Washington. project,, seven hundred thousantl 44 dollars were designated for bike lanes and acknowledged that the street was in 4s poor shape. Steps were underway to try to resurface the street when the bike lanes 46 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 s 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 is 19 20 21 22 23 24 2s 26 27 2a 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 44 45 46 Vol. 33, Page 322 July28, 1999 were done. He, would refurri to ,Council for recommendations if funding was found or with a recommendation for funding out of gas taxes. Council. Member Torliatt clarified that a~grant'faad been .,received for the bike .lanes, to which she referred and was not= seven hundred thousand dollars of City dollars for the bike lanes. Mr. Ebert replied that. additional ;funds were being, looked at in :order to do a. complete project. Council Member Hamilton stated. that street and sidewalk repairs were a higher priority than„ for instance; the Magnolia widening. Council Me~rnber Maguire agreed with' Council .Member ~lamilton Council Member Hamilton. commented that ome of..the handicap. accessibility ramps were too 'steep. arid, spilled out into the roadway, for instance at McDowell, between the Plaza. North and Lynch Creek Road, and asked'. who established the designstandards. Mr. Evert stated that currently~~there were very high' design standards for handicap ramps and that the ,ramps referred to were probably installed several years before the standards were-adopted.; Council Member Cader=Thompson be ie~ed that the ramp to which Council. Member Hamilton referred was at :the new senior project next to Longs, at Vintage Chafeau: Council Member Hamilton ern,phaszed that,.she did not want this to' happen again, .. event w gere ea hpossble change in the design She participated in a Santa Rosa person took on a different- disability, .She was put i'n a wheelchair; which helped her undersfand what rnad'e a ramp "good" or "bad." Mr,. Evert referred to page 15 .of the CJP (Cap.ital. I.mp,ra~ernenf Plan) and; clarified that ahe City had not done wheelchair r._amps in a few years because the funding .for disabled access had gone to other City facilities. He stated he was. 'not "sure if there was funding for particular locations that .had been requested from the' disabled. community.. Mayor. Thompson reiterated that;`he felt th:e sidewalks were 'one, of the ,more. critical issues and wanted to ~rrmake it a priority in o.rdex to avoid lawsuits. '~ Mr. Evert, stated he had' asked Mike, Acorne to coordinate a survey to b.reak~the City up into areas, with, the downtown area. being a priority,. and. detail 'the condition of the sidewalks and the; cost of ..repairs: He advised that he woultl report°fo Council with the information and suggestions of where funding could be found. July 28, 1999 Vol. 33; Page 323 1 Council Member Maguire stated that in order to be apedestrian=oriented town, 2 sidewalk repairs were needed to prevent possible injuries to the public. He-agreed 3 that an inventory be taken throughout the City to determine what repairs were 4 needed. 5 6 Human Resources Direcfor and Risk Manager Mike Acorne felt it would. be useful to 7 coordinate the multi=year sidewalk program with.. the City Attorney in order to s develop a design that would yield the strongest defense against litigation. 9 to Bryant Moynihan complimented Mr. Spilman for including the CIP (Capital 11 Improvement Plan) with the Budget;; He stated his concern about the differentials 12 from last year to this year. He referred to page 1, entitled "Fund Sources." The 13 Total Fund Sources for 1998-99 was eight hundred eighty-nine thousand dollars 14 and the projecfed' Total Fund Sources :was. seven million thirty-nine thousand 15 16 17 is 19 20 21 22 23 24 2s 26 27 2s 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41, 42 43 44 45 46 47 dollars., a six million dollar increase. He sfated`'that.'a projection of true revenues or potential fund sources had to be fairly~probable or problems would arise. He was c_ oncerned about a line item called "Undetermined -Fund Sources," which indicated a total spent of approximately, six million five hundred thousand dollars. These funds. were borrowed from other fund balanees'or'fund sources. He was encouraged by the '2A assessrnents coming in this year- and that fund revenues would triple in the coming year.. He emphasized`that the revenue numbers need to be reworked in order to be comfortable. with revenue sources, and the probabilities associated with them to accommodate the six: million five ,hundred thousand dollars that were spent last year that had no fund source'.. - : _. .,, . Mr. Spilman repeated that the Capital Improvement=Plan was a "plan" and as such., funding sources reflected what- the project managers had: identified as funding sources available for projects. He stated that the funding sources were projections and were generated from development impact. fees or future bond issues. He emphasized that there would be no recommendation to the Council to adopt capital improvement. contracts or construction contracts' without having funding sources available and clearly identified. The 'Fiscal Year 1999-2000 .column in fhe Budget document was in fact funded and the funding sources had been identified, which' -was money in the bank or money committed from grants that had ;been approved or from ag"reements that .had .been .,approved or would be approved prior to expenditures, The revenues for ..1999=2000 were not all necessarily annual revenues that would come in Fiscal Year 1999. The "Park Fund" was an example and has a fund balance that had been carried over from previous years. Included in 1999-200.0 Budget: were all of the revenue sources and funding sources to pay for the. projects Listed in "this fiscal year. There were. certain assumptions, such, as the sewer cost for the freatmenf plant and collection system that would ,require additional actions by the City Council, but were included in the Budget. Mr. Stouder emphasized the importance of an annual budget of expenditures and projects that may cross two budget years; that is, the project might be obligated, Vol. 33, Page 324 July28, 1999 1 contracted for and .spent in one year, but the dollars had not; been paid out or taken 2 off the books or shown up as expenditures until the following: year. 3 ' 4 Council Member .Healy stated that those explanations were helpful in dealing with s long:-range planning,. He raised. the point .that he felt it was 'imporfant to -strive for 6 internal consistency acid accuracy and that when. Igokng at r,.evenue sources than 7 were tied to residential and commercial development,, th. e numbers should reflect g the latest, best thinkin of t g he Planning Department. As an example; he referred to 9 the "Revenue Park: Fees" that showed balance trends tU go down,. to zero by Fiscal to Year 2004;,. which would imply no more development, b.ut when looking. at page 1, 11 Traffic Mitigation, there was a two million„five hundred thousand dollar figure in the 12 current fiscal year„ a trend of up to almost four million dollars two years from riow. 13 . 14 Mr.:S,touder stated. a major report. had;been initiated late last fall on the Traffic is Mitigation .Fund. It had been on hold for the.last couple of months, but was in the 16 final stages of :being checked; The report .went back to 'the origina_L etting u;p of the 17 Traffic Mitigation. Fund,. identified all the: projects that were appropriafed projects: for is the Traffic- .Mitigation ..Fund., tracked what had happened sihce it was set ,up,: 19 determined if the projects 'had come in as anticipated, if the amount u ed was what 20 the .Traffic Mitigation f=und funded, what projects were still on the table, if he cost 21 estimates had been.br„„ought current, and' if the growth of the Traffic Mitigation Fund 22 would meet all obligation. s. The,~same mechanism could be applied to o#h:er'"impact 23 fees. 24 2s Council Member ~ Cader-Thompson `inquired abouf traffic signafs~ versus 26 roundabouts in Petaluma and stated that in the long-term .signals cost a lot; of 27 money:. She. felt that if a,roundabout was construcfed.in an area;.it might cost more 2s initially,, but in the long, term could'save money: She wanted the City to go in that 29 direction. 30 31 Mr. Hargis stated that. roundabouts had been looked at. as an alternative beca"use of 32 the energy and. maintenance` costs and `roundabouts,-not traffic circles, had proved 33 to be very functional in the places where they.;had been installed. 34 ~ ' 3s Council Member Torliatt stated that roundabout recommendations 'were needed 36 and that the matter should be agendized for review. 37 38 Council Member Hamilton. requested` fihat roundabouts be put. on an agenda. 'for 39 design recommendations.. 40 41 Council Member Healy.:believed that Alan Tilton had a working list of places in town 42 where roundabouts would be appropriate and that Sonoma Mountain Parkway at 43 Corona was being considered as one possible location: 44 July 28, 1999 Vol. 33;~ f?age 325 1 Council Nlerrnber Torl.iatt stated that, at one time the City had planned to install a 2 four-way stoplight at Baywood and .North. McDowell; but the neighborhood citizens , 3 objected. A four-way stop sign was i'nsfalled instead. 4 s Mr. Hargis responded that he had learned from Alan Tilton that a roundabout might 6 be appropriate at Baywood and North McDowell. s Council Member Maguire asked if that area was set up with temporary sandbags at,. 9 one time. to 11 Mr. Hargis thought it ;had been discussed, buf was unsure if sandbags had been 12 used. The residents immediately adjacent to the under section were concerned 13 about commute parking, 'traffic signals, accident patterns an'd noise. 14 is Council Member Hamilton informed the Council that in Seattle they have many 16 small roundabouts instead of .a four-way stop sign to slow traffic down and they 1~ work beautifully and, are attractive. is 19 Mr. Hargis responded that. roundabouts had been used as atraffic-calming device 20 because they formed a visual impediment in the street. With the,right landscaping, 21 they could be attractive.. He emphasized that just a flat island in the middle of an 22 intersection would not create the visual effect. desired. 23 24 Council Member Cad'er-Thompson inquired whether the project at Caulfield and 2s McDowell was a good example of where a roundabout would work. 26 z~ Mr. Hargis responded that the intersection may be orre where Alan Tilton thought a 2s roundabout would not work, but he would inquire. If there were, acceptance from 29 Council and the community for more roundabouts, there would be a stronger 3o inclination to continue to propose them. Initial feedback from the community and, 31 the adjacent communities. was needed. , 32 33 Council Member Torliatt asked if the Senior Center parking lot expansion, the forty- 34 five thousand dollar figure, was ,planned for completion. this year. 3s 36 Director .of. Parks and Recreation Jim Carr responded that bids for the Senior ~ , 37 Center parking expansion and Lucchesi 'Park parking expansion had been opened 3s Tuesday of that week. 39 4o Drainage 41 , 42 Council Member Healy referred to page:9 .regarding drainage work in Adobe Creek 43 and asked if a precedent had been setand if the City had opened up future;projects 44 such as this all over town. 4s 46 Council Member Hamilton thought it had. Vol. 33, Page 326 July 28, 1..999 2' Mr. Evert stated that the Adobe Creek. Homeowners' Association (Association) .has 3 asked the City to clear the gravel kuild-up in Adobe Greek under Ely Road,.because 4 the :Association felt that it .had. caused flooding due to a ..gravel bar und'er' the s roadway. The County maintained the creek portion, but the City had responsifjlity 6 "under" Ely Road. s Council Member Maguire responded that. if Zone 2A had done their job, there would 9 , , not have been a gravel build-up. - io ii Mr. Evert ,stated he had riot looked into. that, but that. the City's. street crew 12 supervisor felt it was the City's respons._bili.ty to clean fhe creek: There might be a i3 fair amount of vegetation upstream .and downstream that could pose a problem. 14 He said he would. report his findings to Council. is 16 Council concurred. i~ is Community Facilities 19 20 Council Member :Healy requested a seismic evaluation of .the City's three fire 2`1 stations,, particularly the Main :Station:. He' was "told by Fire Chief Terry, K_rout that: the 22 Fire Department had received some "educated laypersons' guesses" regarding how 23 the Main Station' building would handle an earthquake: 24 Zs Council Member Maguire referred. to page 19 regarding the Reconfiguration .of :the 26 Marina Berths and poinfed out that the. Council had not taken actdn on the rust 27 report proposed. for Fiscal Year 2000-2001. 2a 29 Council Member Healy referred to page 5 in reference to the Police Department 3o and stated that: he would .like to have the Police :Department assess 'their long- 3 :range space needs and their ability fo expand ,"up" rather than "out" so the Gty- 32 owned property next :door could be developed for' low and moderate-income 33 housing,...the purpose. for which it was purchased. 34. 3s Council Member Hamilton inquired about the Swim Center pool chlorination. system. 36 He felt that t_he Swim Center could make more money than 'it did. He requested.. an 3~ evaluation, be done to determine ifi'it could be utilized differently. Mr. Carr stated that a proposal had been, made to the Recreation:; Music and Parks Com__mission because income earned ~f'rom lap. swimming, did'. not cover the cost of heating the :facility in ,February., March and .April. Projects considered included the- - installation of a water slide, moving fhe Swim. Center fences out :closer to the. sidewalks to prevent people frorrm parking on' the lawns,, and adding a children's water ;play area on the: Kenilworth side. The idea was to make the. Swim: Center a revenue producer without a negative impact to recreational swim, the Petaluma July 28, 1999 Vol. 33, Page 327 i Swim Team and lap swimmers. Cost figures had been obtained, and would be 2 coming. back to the Council within four to six months. 3 4 , ~arkS 5 6 7 s 9 to 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Council Member Torliatt; complimented and thanked the. Parks and Department for a job well done in going.through the planning process. Recreation Council Member Cader=Thompson.. 'inquired .about Ofd .Adobe School's athletic fields. " .. ~.~F.. Mr. Carr replied; that °the Corona Creek Eiementa.ry School in the Waugh School Disfrict and the`'Qad Adobe Sehool~ District bu'ilt~~~their athletic fields on the urban separator. During"'after-school hours, those fields were the responsibility of the City and, -used for littleleague, girls' softball, and ..soccer. Money derived from those activities was applied toward °fhe City's agreement to pay one-third. of construction and maintenance costs ~-on an annual, basis; although the City ,had not .yet been billed. He understood problems with theschool's contractor might be the reason. . -~ x.., - .. .r 20 Water Systems 21 - -. 22 None - 23 24 Water Pollution Control System 2s 26 Council Member Torliatt:`referred; to page 18 and inquired, about the RMI study that 27 the Council received and what the status. was regarding the identified areas 2s targeted. to be fixed. 29 3o Mr. Evert responded that the RMI Study ..reviewed key drainage area basins of the 31 sewer system and' rated which of the basins .had the highest infiltration rates. 32 Mountain View wasconside.red one of the highest, so, under a pilot ,program, the 33 City surveyed. the condition of ahe manholes and viewed the sewer mains through a 34 .remote camera system. By injecting smoke into the sewer system, broken pipes 35. were 'located' to determine if there was a connection between the storm. drain and 36 the sewer. 37 3s Necessary improvements to reduce infiltration. were identified. The City was 39 negotiating a contract with a consultant to prepare the plans and specs needed to 40 obtain. bids f.or repair of identified defects. Once, the defects were repaired, the 41 infiltration .rates would b.e monitored during the winter to determine if repairs had 42 been effective. To date, thirty manholes had been relined. A contract was 43 negotiated to line the `F' Street sewer, one of the, highest areas of infiltration in the 44 sewer system. That work.. had not yet been completed. Repairs on the large 4s Mountain View area woulddefinitely reduce infiltration, and had been scheduled.. for 46 Fiscal Year 2000-2001, !at a total cost of nine hundred twenty thousand dollars. If 47 Vol. 33, Page 328 July 28, 1999 i reduction of; inflow .and infiltration. ri the Mountain View area. was successful, 2 expansion into the next basin could begin, ~ `. 3 , 4 Council Member Torliatf stated she wasunsure h`ow quantification of the :results s was determined regarding ,goal achievement and perforrriance, review and that :had 6 been .an issue when addressing sewer treatment. facilities. She .requested. ~ information f.or .Council's review. ~ ' , s .. 9 Mr.. Evert responded. that the consultant firm had. indicated that should the City io replace the old-sfyle; leaky manhole covers with watertight lids: and fix 'the: severe i i damage to deteriorated pipes, a~'reduction of ten percent would be achieved. 12 13 Ins addition, .:meters were to be placed. in the ewer~system that .would measure the 14 rate ofi infilfration during a storm: Hydraulic modelscould be used~to,~show,normal is flow in,sewer lines.: During a storm; peak~flow would be determihed based on inflow. 16 and infilfration: This. figure would"be compared with ,another measurement 'taken. r~ after.repairs had been completed"to determine their efficacy..; is _ • • . . . . _ :. :~ >. i9 Council Member Healy referred to page 1°7 regarding'tho"sewer line replacement on 20 Water 'Street .behind the O:Id 'Mill., The reco,mm:ended ~alternati~e was reattachmenf 21 of the: pipeline to the .retaining wall. He:~wondered if :there was any question of the 22 wall's stability. 23 24 Mr: Evert responded that replacement of the main_'had been under review. ,for 2s approximately three years., and was a very difficulttask.~ Relations:between'#h'e City 26 and the property .owner -have been positive during the process. Tfe property 2~ owner's engineer thought thaf the existing wall along' the .Mill was stable .and.. 2s capable of carrying the new sewer main: The wall had to be extended along the 29 .Mill, between the Mill's property and the- railroad' trestle, to protect fh~e rest ,of thaf 3o property... The .new wall would carry part of the new sewer ~mai:n and both would pe 31 done in a partnership project to benefit the property owner and the ~Cify. 32 33 Bryant. Moynihan referred to page "12 of the CIP (Capital Impro~ernent Plan), Water 34 Pollution Control System Chapter, where uses and sources had been broken down. 3s He liked they fact that the City :adjusted their rates. and generated the sources 36 necessary for projects;; .wh'ich prodded, a clearly identifiable: revenue source, with a 37 high level 'of 'confidence. He expressed concern that the. RMI Program did not 3s seem to be moving very quickly and felt the City's main. problem was the sewer 39 treatment -system, which required a couple .of years; to resolve: O,f` more immediate. 4o conce,rn was the infiltration that was ;creating .overflow during saturation: or. peak 41 flow; which resulted ,in potential dumping dir.'eetly into, -the creek'.. He asked that in 4z the short term, since'funding sources were identifiable and achie"vab,le:; the City step 43 up the program and complete the' RMI work. 44 4s Council Member Torliatt thought the purpose was fo .quantify its effectiveness and 46 determine the` cost/benefit ratio. July 28, 1999 Vol. 33, Page 329 1 2 Mr. Hargis responded that. there were three major components to the RMl Program 3 in the Capital Improvement Plan.Budget and referred to page 16, the Lindberg. Lane 4 Sewer Replacement, an approximately two million five .hundred thousand dollar s project that was the main pipeline with overflow problems, and page 21, the Pond 6 Influent Home Station, which by the time it was completed would cost six million 7 four hundred thousand dollars. 8 9 The RMI Study .identified a pump station improvement and a pipeline that. together to would eliminate the major source of overflows. The RMI program was along-term 11 program of doing repairs and sub basins that would gain on the .amount of inflow lz and infiltration coming in, reduce eventual flows between RMI and water 13 conservation programs that would lead to savings in future expansion of treatment 14 plants. is 16 Mr. Stouder commented that. he appreciated. Mr. Moyniha:n's support of the effort 17 because funding .sources in which the public had confidence would, in fact, be is passed. He stated. that infiltration was difficult to measure,. and said wastewater 19 engineers in ;many places had told him- that a city would. never have an infiltration 20 problem exceeding twenty-five percent,. but since the costs for the future were part 21 of the proposed rate increase, it could happen. 22 23 24 2s None 26 27 28 29 None 30 31 32 33 The meeting adjourned at 8:50 p.m. 34 35 36 37 COUNCIL AND STAFF REPORTS CITY MANAGER REPORTS ADJOdJRN E. Clark Thompson, Mayor 38 ATTEST: 39 40 .Beverly J. Kline, City Clerk 42 43 44 45 46 47 ******