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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 05/03/1999Vol. 33, Page 42 May 3, 1999 1 MINUTES z OF A REGULAR MEETING 3 PETALUMA CITY COUNCIL a MONDAY, MAY 3, 1999 s ROLL CALL 3:00 p.m. 6 Present: Healy, Torliatt; Cader-Thompson, Hamilton, Maguire, ~ Vice Mayor David Keller s Absent: Mayor E. Clark Thompson 9 PUBLIC COMMENT to Geoff Cartwright, 56 Rocca Drive -the pressure in the 84" storm drain pipe under Old Elm 11 Village may not be equal to the pressure that may exist at the river during peak run-off, and lz he wonders if that water could create pressure resulting in sort of a geyser in the weak spots 13 of the storm drain. 14 COUNCIL, COMMENT is Councilmember Pamela Torliatt participated in the 24 Hour Relay. It was successful and 16 thanked everyone who participated 17 Councilmember Michael Healy -asked for a letter of support to go to Governor Davis on the is appointment of Marsha Vass Dupree to the State Water Quality Control Board. 19 Councilmember Matt Maguire and Councilmember Jane Hamilton supported that request. zo PROCLAMATIONS: zl MINUTES zz The minutes of the March 29 meeting: z3 Healy -Page 1 Line 8 Councilmember Hamilton was not present. za These run 44 pages. It not was not good use of our time or stafFs time to prepare minutes of zs this type. Hopefully we will get away from that moving forward. I did have a couple of z6 other small catches. On Page 488, Line 6 should be `storm drain mitigation fees; Page 501, z~ first line the Gatti property that was `alluded to' not `allowed to;' on Page 502, on Line 16 zs we are talking about `detention ponds' not. `tension ponds;' Page S03, Line 43 there was a z9 quote attributed to me that is not mine, I think it might have been Councilmember Magures' 3o at the bottom of the page 503. Maguire -that was his comment. 31 The minutes of April 12 were approved as corrected 3z Councilmember Pamela Torliatt at the end of the discussion of the Fire Department's Master, 33 Plan, probably Page 59 around .Line 21, I had asked whether or not we had received an 3a endorsement from the Local Firefighters Union and wanted to make sure that, I know they 3s are on board with the project, but I wanted to hopefully encourage them to give us some 36 positive feedback and endorsement of the plan; and I also asked that it be brought back to the 37 Council so we could adopt it officially. May 3, 1999 i Councilmember Michael Healy - on. the same one Page z David Keller not Vice Mayor Thompson, whoever he is; 3 18 through 22 it reflects that a motion was introduced a recorded and it should be. It was.4 - 0 as I:recall. Vol. 33. Page 43 57, Line 7, absent was Vice Mayor on the last page on Page. 64Lines and seconded but the vote is not s The minutes of April 1.5 and 16 were approved as submitted. 6 The minutes of April 19 were approved as corrected: Councilmember Pamela. Torliatt was ~ abstaining from Parkway Plaza, but I would to .have the Council look at the. abstention that I s stated. because I made it really clear I made real 'specifi'cs about what my abstention was for 9 and why I was abstaining and that wasn't reflected in the minutes. io~ ~ P. Torliatt -continued - as well as Councilmember Healy had ,pointed out on the vote for ii Parkway Plaza it shows that everyone voted in favor'but myself and the Mayor did not vote iz on that project, we abstained. Councilmember Michael 1--Iealy that's done on 3 pages on the 13 minutes 12 and- 13 and then also on Page 15 the Willow Brook. pedestrian bicycle path I is actually voted `no' on that rather than `yes' as reflected in the minutes. And then more is generally on the ParkwayElaza Ithink, .Page 1S Line 4'1 Lines 39 through 41, I was a `no' 16 .not:. a: `:yes;' :I think .probably what. Bill White was responding to in terms of the way these i~ minutes are structured was that on Page 12 what. we .have is a series of comments that were is made as opposed to the consensus of the Council which should be reflected in the vote and I 19 think. City Clerk what I did when I took those minutes was to take down what direction the zo Council was giving when I did that,. now how would you .like me to do it' differently? zi Councilmember Michael Healy what I am; having; trouble with this appears to be a list of all zz the comments that the C.ouneil had. City Clerk - it was listed under `City Council requests' z3 so I will put ahe motion .first and the requestsafterward. Councilmember Janice Cader- za Thompson -.On Page 7, Line 35 ~ Randy Wyatt didn't da it on his own time; he actually did it zs on_ City time.. Councilmember Jane; Hamilton will abstain. I wasn't in ahe South of:France z6 getting a suntan. I was in Pennsylvania helping my mom who was :having surgery.. Since I z~ wasn't at any of these.. meetings Z am ..going to abstain and I am going to abstain on things that. za are on the Consent Calendar that I wasn t present at the meetings; although I tried to catch z9 up, I -haven't caught up on everything and haven't watched every single meeting. 3o Councilmember Matt~Magure in response. to the issues that Bill.. White brought up I don't 31 recall us having limited truck deliveries at 1,1:30. I think it was deliveries are to be 8:30 and , 3z after. Small trucks certainly I don't think we were trying to restrict small trucks from coming 33 in on Riesling, . 34 April -19 -.Pamela Torlatt= the.reason Iam going first here is to let: the-folks know that the 3s City Attorney gave me some words to say because I will be tepping down :from this decision 36 and he said that I should say that I will disqualify myself" from participation in this action. In 37 the last twelve months I received a real estate commission in excess ~of $25`0 as the result of a 3a transaction in which I represented ,a enant in a lease: in which. G' & VW/Great Petaluma .Mill, 39 LLC, was'the. landlord.. It is my understanding there i~ some relationship. between G & W ao Management Inc and the landlord which may or may not; create a conflict of interest. ar However; to avoid the perception of conflict in an abundance; of caution;. I will' not participate. az in this matter.. And I wanted to say something which is basically the same idea in spirit I a3 wanted fo clarify for the public that I was stepping down to avoid any ,perception of as impropriety. I .have never been employed by 'the developer. The reason the issue of conflict. as of interest arose was because I represented a tenant that was ,24-Hour Fitness and I located a6 them or helped .located them in their current- site in the Great Petaluma. Mill Vol. 33, Page 44 May 3, 1999 i downtown and G & W Management. actually is a partner, I believe, in the ownership of the z Mill and they paid the leasing commission because of that. Just so everyone knows and so 3 it's all clear and out in the open I just wanted to make that very clear. a The minutes of April 24 were approved as submitted. s GOOD NEWS 6 Director of Engineering Thomas Hargis told the City Council that the U. S. Army Corps of ~ Engineers opened the bids for the second phase (trapezoidal channel) of the Petaluma River a flood project, and the bids came in $2 Million lower than the engineer's estimate. 9 PROCLAMATION io May is Veteran's Appreciation Month ii May is Better Hearing and Speech Month, Elaine Sterich accepted the proclamation and iz noted the efforts to develop methods to assist those with hearing loss really started after 13 World War II. Now there is work being done with the newborn, people with stroke damaged is hearing and people with dyslexia. She also noted that James Earl Jones is a stutterer. is APPOINTMENT BAY AREA AII2 QUALITY 16 Councilmember Pamela Torliatt asked the City Council to support her request for i~ appointment to Bay Area Air Quality Board. Sam Salmon wants to be the alternate member. is The Council nodded heads on this endorsement. 19 AIRPORT LAND USE COMMISSION zo The person currently serving on this County commission, Sam Salmon, has been. heard to say zi that it is a thankless task. There were no names brought forward for this seat. z2 LAFCO z3 The Councilmembers were in agreement to support Deborah Fudge for this position. za CONSENT CALENDAR zs The following items which are noncontroversial and which have been reviewed by the City z6 Council and staffwere enacted by one motion which was introduced by Councilmember Matt z~ Maguire and seconded by Councilmember Jane Hamilton. 2s Ayes: Healy, Torliatt, Cader-Thompson, Hamilton, Maguire, 29 Vice Mayor David Keller 3o Noes: None 31 Absent: Mayor E. Clark Thompson 3z RESO. 99-98 NCS 33 CLAIMS AND DILLS 34 Resolution 99-98 NCS approving Claims and Bills #80958 to #81218. 35 RESO. 99-99 NCS 36 TWO YEAR WEED ADATEMENT CONTRACT 37 Resolution 99-99 NCS awarding the weed abatement contract (two years) to Keystone 3s Tractor Service of Yuba City. The work rates are Disking - $40/hour, Mowing - $33/hour, 39 Hand Labor - $15/hour, and Blade Work - $50/hour. May 3, 1999 Vol. 33. Page 45 i RESO.99-100 NCS z 1998-1999 SEWER MANHOLF.RELINING PROJECT 3 Resolution 99-100 NCS awarding the 1998-1999 sewer manhole relining project to J. F. a Pacific Liners, Inc., Vacaville, for $25,1.82.20: This will include relining 24 deterigrated s sewer manholes to reduce inflow and infiltration :also referred to as "I & I". The estimated 6 project cost is $37;1:82:20. The total project cost includes .Engineering design, ~ Administration and inspection and contingency. s RESO. 99-101 NCS 9 FINANCIAL ADVISOR - P.C.I):C. ISSUE io Resolution.99-101 NCS appointing Kelling, Northcross and Norbriga as fnancal advisors to ii the City for the issuance of .$:.16.:8':Million in Tax Allocation Bonds for a. fee not, to exceed iz $32,000 and an estimated 47 Million in .Revenue, Bonds for a. fee' not to exceed $32,000. 13 This is for the redevelopment .agency, the Petaluma Community Development Commission. is RESO. 99-102 NCS is BORROWING FUNDS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1.999-2000 16 Resoluton'99-1'02 NCS authorizing and approving the borrowing of funds for the fiscal year v 1999-2000. The issuance and sale of the 1999: Tax and Revenue Anticipation Note is is through the California Statewide Community Development :Authority,.. 'The Finance Director 19 estimated the $2,195;000 note will. cost $80;996 including interest: Investment earnings are zo estimated to be $1.08,500, for a net: revenue. of $2,7,504. Orrick Herrington will be the Bond zi Counsel and Morgan Stanley & Company,_Ine, will be lead underwriters with co-managers of zz Lehrnan Brothers and E. J. DeLaRosa and Company will be used for the pooled note issue. z3 ---End of Consent Calendar--- za STATUS REPORT zs 1VIcNEAR FIELD I~IGH'1C REMOVAL, z6 Recreation Director Tim Carr advised the City Council that to date all comments have been z~ received from the State Architect's Office regarding the plans: There is a meeting plan, ned zs for May 5 to review the plans. During the most. ,recent Recreation Commission meeting, a z9 representative of the Pop Warner Football group expressed concern about having alternative 3o fields: to practice on while the. Kenilworth renovation is taking place. Soccer and football 31 occur ~at the' same time of year.. Due to the size of the soccer groups, there :are not a lot of 3z options available: Staff is seriously considering delaying the renovation of the Lucchesi 33 multi-user field for one year. That would give us the flexibility to accommodate the Pop 34 Warner Football use. Councilwoman Hamilton- felt the staff report was hard to understand. 3s Are things .moving ahead, she asked. City Manager Fred Stouder said that things are moving 36 along. We will be keeping the. City Council informed. pCouncilwoman Hamilton asked that 37 no action be taken on this until sfie has received a res onse from. Recreation Director Jim 3s Carr. 39 RESO.. 99-1;03 NCS ao EXTENID TIME FOR SUBIVIIT~'AL OF BTJDGET ai Resolution 99-103 NCS extending•the time for submittal of the 1999-2000 fiscal year budget az until May 17. Vol.. 33, Page 46 May 3, 1999 i Charter Section 59 requires -that. on or before the first Monday in .May each year, or on such z date in each year as shall be fixed by the Council, the City Manager shall submit a tentative 3 budget which shall contain an estimate of the City's requirements and revenue for the ensuing a fiscal year. . s The budget. has not yet been completed by the Finance Department. City Manager Fred 6 Stouder advised the City Council that there has been little opportunity to excuse himself from ~ the various urgent matters that have come up unexpectedly to address the budget. It is now s scheduled for presentation on May 17. Budget workshops have not yet been scheduled. 9 Introduced by Councilmember Matt Maguire and seconded by Councilmember Janice Cader- io Thompson. i i Ayes: Torliatt, Cader-Thompson, Hamilton, Maguire, lz Vice Mayor David Keller 13 Noes: .Healy 1a Absent: Mayor E. Clark Thompson is ADOPT ORD. 2091 NCS i6 REZONE OLD EL1VI VILLAGE i~ Adopt Ordinance 2091 NCS to .rezone a 4.5~ acre parcel at'3`59 West Payran Street for Old is Elm Village, an 88 unit affordable rental housing project. The site is located on West Payran i9 Street between Petaluma Boulevard North and the, Northwestern Pacific Railroad. The zo rezoning is from C-N, Neighborhood Commercial; C-H, Highway Commercial, and M-L, zi Light Industrial, to PUD, Planned Unit District.. Thee existing .FP=C, Flood Plain Combining zz Overlay District, would remain in place. Introduced by Councilmember Matt Maguire and zs seconded by Vice Mayor David Keller on April 19. za Ayes: Healy, Torliatt, Cader-Thompson, (Abstain-Hamilton), Maguire, zs Vice Mayor David Keller z6 Noes: None z~ Absent: Mayor E. Clark Thompson zs POLICE REPORT ON z9 KELLER STREET GARAGE IMPROVEIVIENT5 3o Chief Parks presented several suggested alternatives for improvements to the Keller Street 31 Garage. Connie Brigham had written a letter to the City Council telling about her employee's 3z car was broken into and that employee will no longer use the garage, suggested changing the 33 2-hour limit to a 5-hour limit at the end of A Street parking area, install visible signs in the 3a back portion of that lot indicating the reservations are for Monday through Friday business 35 hours and/or relocate the paid, reserved parking spaces to spaces in the Keller Street Garage 36 and apply the annual parking fee monies towards the cost of improved security in the garage. 37 Visiting tourists especially need more than a 2-hour block of time to see all the antique stores 3s and sample at leisure all the wonderful gift stores and restaurants in our Historic downtown. 39 Alternatives- Police Chief Parks responded to City Council requests at the March 15 ao meeting about possible improvements to the parking garage. The recommendations ai which were included in his staff report for this Council meeting included: az (1) Painting the ceilings white at an estimated cost of $15,100 for all ceilings 43 throughout the garage or $12,100 for priming and painting all unfinished concrete as ceilings only; as (2) Hire private security estimated to cost $1,020 per week or $53,040 a year; May 3, 1999 Vol. 33. Page 47 i (3) Upgrade the sodium. vapor filled lighting, devices. Three years ago new z fluorescent lighting; was added `to the eastern `side thus adding a second row of 3 lighting. Seventeen of`the light fixtures on the first, floor are not working;. four of a which appear to have. been vandalized near the :Keller Street entrance. Vandalism s proof fixtures can be °purchased and are'recommendPd at the entrance'. areas. The 6 lighting replacement would be.at`an estimated cost of $37,736. Or, an `alternative ~ could be replacing the defective of damaged fluorescent tubes. s (4) Another recommendation was. to secure the .permit parking area at a cost of 9 $22,500. The top floor could be secur"ed with a :roll-up .gate and a card entry io system. -Stairwell access to: the .top floor could be controlled by card-access locks i i on each: of the two stairwells:: Based on research in other cities, the Chief said the. iz costs of installation and' maintenance of the security system could be supported' by 13 permit sales. For .instance, by charging $10 a month per vehicle, the' City could is potentially generate $14;520 annually. The estimated costs for the secure permit is parking area totalled $25,900. 16 Funding :Source Su>?gestions =Police Chief-Parks suggested that' possible funding sources i~ could be the (a) Petaluma Community Development Commission budget, (b) a special is assessment district, (c) the general fund, (d) charging fees for general parking or (e) permit 19 parking. zo_ (a)_ Currently the sum of`$`207;950 is in the budget of the Petaluma Community Development zi Conunission (redevelopment agency) for the: ongoing improvement and operation of the zz garage. Of tha"t amount; $L69,000 is for structural and waterproofing improvements and z3 maybe used for all or some of the painting and lighting work ($52,836.) za (b) Creating a special assessment district would require a :majority vote of those 'businesses zs affected. A district was created in .1.984 to build the Keller Street Garage. There: are 3 z6 separate assessment zones served by the garage which was built by ari assessment. z~ district;, anal each of those zones is assessed differently by the square .footage of the zs commercial .lot. .If this step were to be taken, the first year cost to those assessed would z9 be $0.16/square foot of commercial lot. Subsequent years would see the annual 3o maintenance and security handled :at an annual assessment rate of $.0.07/square. foot.. This. 31 .process would be time consunung and there is ;no guarantee of voter support. of a special 3z assessment district. 33 (c) General fund revenues could be_ used for all or some of the funding for security measures. 34 This would result in those morales not being, available for other pressing needs. 3s (d) and (e) Parking fee is a common method of :generating funds for a parking garage facility. 36 Fees could be based on the initial and recumng costs of the security system divided `by the 37 estimated number of users. Permit parking is :also a common method for raising :funds. 3s More ,analysis would need to be done for these options. 39 Conclusion. and recommerrd'afon - (1J Paint all ceilings with semi-glass white paint, (2) ao Hire private security, (3J Upgrade 'lighting system to increase brightness, and (4) Secure ai permit,parking: az Fixing the lighting and painting are the least expensive and most easily .accomplished tasks. 43 Hiring., private security, replacing. existing lighting and creating a secure parking area are more as effective, and .more expensive. Vol. 33, Page 48 May 3, 1999 r -All options except replacing defective lighting will require formal bids.. Private z security contracts could be out to bid by the department within 30 days. Facility 3 improvements will be put out to bid by the Parks and Recreation Department. Using 4 a special assessment district or parking fees as a funding mechanism will delay s implementation of selected security measures. Using the Petaluma Community 6 Development Commission budget or general funds for the project will allow for ~ quicker implementation of the chosen options. a After some discussion by the City Council it was agreed that the Police Chief be 9 directed (1) to paint the ceilings white, (2) hire a security guard (the Council asked io how much that would cost), and fix the lights. ii The Councilmembers expressed concern about the possibility of pushing parking into iz the residential neighborhoods. Councilmember Michael Healy said there needs to be 13 a survey on the potential use of a more secured parking area. We should ask .the to Petaluma Downtown Association to find out how many people would want this is suggested Councilmember Jane Hamilton. Vice Mayor David Keller suggested selling 16 advance parking on a monthly basis at a significant discount. "If it doesn't sell, we i~ know it won't fly," he said. Councilmember Matt Maguire thought the secured top is floor would be a good solution for people who work in the area. The thing that has 19 worked is the foot patrol and having people present. Councilmember Jane Hamilton zo doesn't like the image of it. Maybe it isn't the image we want to have. zi Councilmember Michael Healy asked staff to look into it some more. He would like zz to see it go to the next level of implementation plan. z3 Chief Parks reviewed what he heard the. Council direct him to do: za 1. Paint the ceilings white. zs 2. Hire security and report to the City Council how much and how many hours. z6 3. Replace existing lighting so that it is functional. z~ 4. Security parking needs further study to see what we need to do. zs It was moved by Councilmember Matt Maguire and seconded by Councilmember z9 Jane Hamilton to approve the four items listed. by Chief Parks (immediately above). 3o Ayes: Healy, Torliatt; Cader-Thompson, Hamilton, Maguire, 3 i Vice Mayor David Keller 3z Noes: None 33 Absent: Mayor E. Clark Thompson 34 Councilmember Jane Hamilton asked for a list of options on how to pay for it. 3s iJ. S. CORPS ENGINEERS 36 PAYRAN ITPDATE 37 City Engineer Tom Hargis said there was a meeting with Madison Village last week to ss continue their dialogue. Meetings have also been planned with the railroad on bridge design. 39 Several staff members are working on the agreement with the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers ao regarding the City building the railroad bridge. Lynn Galal from the U. S. Army Corps of ai Engineers said the bids look good. Thee low bidder was within 3/10 of 1% off of the second az lowest bidder. They expect to award the contract this week. Next week the preconstruction 43 meeting is scheduled and they hope to issue the Notice to Proceed next Friday. May 3, 1999 Vol. 33. Page 49 i They plan. to have a meeting with the homeowners. in the Payran area, as a group, before the z project begins. Because Lynn Galal has been working so hard and for such long. hours to 3 help the project. move ahead, both the City Attorney and the City Engineer"presented her with a bouquets of roses: She has- worked more ei~ecti~ely than. all of her predecessors have s worked to help the city accomplish -this flood fix. City Manager Fred 'St`ouder' said both. he 6 and the City Engineer are diligently seeking additional fiends from the Federal Government to ~ pay for additional reimbursement from the U. S: Army (corps of Engineers for the increase in s costs that have occurred since the. original cost estimate:; many years ago. 9 ADOPT ORD. 2090 NCS io REZONE PAR>[~W.AY:PLAZA SHOPPING CENTER ' ii Adopt Ordinance 2090 NCS to rezone a 7.13E acre parcel from A-Agricultural to P LJ".D. - iz Planned Unit. Dis'trict;, for the .Parkway Plaza. _Shopping Center, 701Sonoma Mountain 13 Parkway {"adjacent to. the Santa Rosa Junior College). Introduced by Counclmember Matt is Maguire and seconded by Councilmember Janice Caller-Thompson on April 19. is Councilmember Pamela Torliatt ;abstained in order to remove any question. of a conflict of 16 interest. Counclmember Jane Hamilton said he would abstain because she was absent during i~ the earlier City Council discussions and has not had an opportunity to watch the tapes: is "Geoff Cartwright - .spoke of his concerns about. the storm water detention pond which is 19 offsite and uphill .from. Parkway Plaza. How is the sheet water run-off. from this pro~eet taken zo care of, where does it go, how much is there?` RNII is .supposed to 'be working on storm zi water run-off containment. Whafi is the progress of thaf study? You cane create .more zz problems with all of these actions. I don't think we have the necessary information yet, z3 Carol Cruise; 2 Chaucer - we didn't realize how large the shopping center was going to be. za She hopes the Council. doesn't. adopt the ordinance for Parkway Plaza.. We .don't know zs about the flooding problems and the. traffic going in and out of there. z6 Lorna Johnson, Bambi Court -this mega-store is too large fora .residential neighborhood. z~ She was told a small neighborhood market was going in. They talked about 35;000 square zs feet. and not its 50,000 square feet. If it is too bit, it is too big: The streets are smaller z9 streets., She. has "a difficult time turning left on Sonoma. Mountain Parkway. Put in traffic 30 lights. We are in a residential neighborhood. No one: is going. to know the store: is there 3i unless there. are big signs. She doesn't -want another sign in her neighborhood... I :don't want 3z to have to destroy my quiet; safe: neighborhood for this mega store. Councilmember Jane 33 Hamilton .asked who told her the store was going to be small. A realtor told. her that it was 34 going to be a strip mall. 3s Carolyn Hill -the size discussed two weeks" ago.has been changed.: We do not understand 36 why it, is'stated clearly :in the PUD `neighborhood.' It is 55,000 square feet. How can that 37 be? It has nothing to do with who" told what. Regarding the.. park,. it, amazes me that we .have 3a don''t have funds for the park so we don't know what we are .going to ,get. The traffic .report 39 is purely outdated. There are 97 homes, and apartment buildings; generating people that are ao going to drive on Riesling. -Please take a field trip her-e. When you come back to you home ai ask yourself if you want this in your neighborhood. Questioned the detentionponds. az Victoria Idiart :gave here time. for Sally Noble -the Safeway Store is 60;000 square feet. On a3 the. radio on Saturday G& G talked about sale items. That is regional activity. Get the as entrances off of Riesling. Vol. 33, Page,50 May 3, 1999 i Mr. Greenman -.read a letter and asked why this item was moved to this part of the agenda. z Wants the grocery store made smaller, 30;000 to 40,000 sq. ft. He doesn't want to attract 3 volumes of traffic. Neighborhood scope is not within their intentions. This is not compatible 4 with the neighborhood. Traffic is a concern. He has designed alternatives ;and would ;like to s present. them to SPARC to see if we could. make a better plan. The studies are outdated. 6 Our input should be considered. Councilmember .Pamela Torliatt advised Mr. Greenman the ~ item was removed from the Consent Calendar so she could abstain from the discussion and s vote. 9 Victoria Idiart -Canterbury was supposed to be the buffer. We don't want a country io western .station saying `come on down.' ii Maurice Matheson, 23 Woodworth -there is a lot of confusion. about this. It will affect me iz for years to come. I don't think the storm water detention pond. will work. Has anyone 13 checked the roadways around the market? If you haven't got enough black top on the: road it 14 will not stand the truck traffic. is Mr. Greenman - we don't want multifaceted stores in our neighborhood. Keep it compatible 16 with the neighborhood. i~ ### is City Engineer Hargis reviewed the history of the storm water detention pond placement in 19 the Urban Separator relating to Heritage Subdivision. It is upstream capturing water that zo would have been coming down and allowing it to come out of the storm water detention zi pond slowly. The RMI firm is looking at the effect of the detention pond to remove run-off zz from the subdivision as well as this site. Councilmember Matt Maguire noted that the z3 development in the area .required disclosure of the planned.. shopping center. Acting Planning za Director Vin Smith noted that in the Specific Plan the entire section was blocked out for the zs shopping center, park, and junior college. Regarding the Corona Ely Specific Plan, the traffic z6 analysis was done on 9.2 acres not the current 7 acres. There was never a plan to have z~ undeveloped land. Canterbury was intended to be moderate to high density residential. A za Neighborhood Shopping Center is characterized by the types of uses of the land rather than z9 by size. 3o Regarding placement of signalized traffic intersections, City Engineer Hargis advised the City 31 Council that there is difficulty in getting public satisfaction with short distances between 3z signals; 750 feet is the minimum useful distance between traffic signals. Regarding the 33 possibility of adding a second access point off of Sonoma Mountain Parkway, Acting 34 Planning Director Vin Smith said you would then result in similar traffic problems that exist 3s at the Redwood Plaza shopping center at North McDowell and Old Redwood Highway.. 36 Councilmember Janice Cader-Thompson said she can see the situation relating to the traffic. 37 There- are a lot of people who want that .shopping center. The buyers in the subdivisions had 3s to have known that a shopping. center was going to be there. Is there any way that we can 39 make Riesling wider? Planning Director Vin Smith said the parking has been removed from ao the southerly side of Riesling. The controlled crosswalk will calm traffic. Otherwise, traffic 41 calming is to narrow, not to widen, a street. What the City Council did at the .last meeting 4z were good solutions. Councilmember Matt Maguire noted there are supposed to be six big 43 trucks a week, and on average that would be once a day. Councilmember Michael Healy said 44 Riesling is sized right and he thinks .staff has addressed that adequately. He then asked if the 45 street is going to be striped. City Engineer Hargis said there are things that can be looked at. 46 The street is 48 feet curb to curb. That is for 2 bicycle lanes, 2 parking lanes and 2 vehicle 47 lanes. It is going to be necessary to have striping so you don't have conflicts with the bicycle 4s path. Vice Mayor David Keller asked about trees for screening and the developer, Bill 49 . White, reminded the audience that they would supply the trees and Ryder could supply the so landscaping work. May 3, 1999 Vol. 33. Page 51 i Regarding the marketing issue'that was raised about the 100,000 sq. ft. Santa-Rosa G & G z store that is in a :residential neighborhood, he asked if the City has any ability to control the 3 radio station pulling people :into town. The center and the store, are there to .serve primarily a Northeast-Petaluma. Councilmember Tanice Cader=Thompson said this is not a time to make s segregation of the town~an issue. "I shop in other areas of this town, and I don't think we 6 can restrict where people shop." Vice Mayor David Keller noted that there are loads of ~ people that were expecting this shopping- center. If the shopping center exceeds the s conditions, the issue should, come back to the legislative body., When .asked if fhe City would 9 have the ability to resolve this' in the -future, Planning Director Vin Smith asked, how do you io ascertain how successful a chopping center is. It, is difficult to assess that The: Specific :Plan i t is •for a Mixed Use. If there are neighborhood concerns,.. they will communicate -that message. iz Councilmember Michael Healy said he wants the approval to indicate the center is to serve 13 the northeastern part of Petaluma. Vice Mayor :David Keller said one. of the; intentions was to is have people shop: close tofhome, so you can: walk.from your neighborhood. It is not a `101' is center. Every time you see an empty lot built on, you say `there. goes the neighborhood.' If i6 the. question now is the size of the store and the traffic, we are stuck. with Riesling being i~ access to that center. is Mr. Greenman suggested using a road along` the edge of the junior college. for truck entrance 19 to the store. Then the trucks would .have to travel in back of the .park northerly to the store. zo Council was concerned.-about dividing the junior college and the- park; Councilmember zi :Janice Cader-Thompson said she looked at-that. as an alternative and it didn't seem to work. zz Councilmember Matt Maguire said there was planned to be as much access to the creek. as z3 possible and pedestrian~flow not be hindered. Councilmember IVlatt.IVlaguire would be happy za to see the presentation ,to SPARC' if'there are some elements. of'it that can be used' working; in zs cooperation with. the developer to see if the overall project can be improved, but otherwise z6 we need. to move on it. z~ Acting. Planning Director Vin Smith that brings a concern. Some of the issues Miss Harris zs identified in her presentation go to the issue- of SPARC's authority to overrule. specific z9 conditions of approval. that the Council placed on this development plan which I have 3o interpreted as them (SPARC) not having the authority; So the specificity of the conditions of 31 approval that the Council placed on the project on April. 19, my direction to the committee 3z (SPA:RC) is. they. must uphold those which included the size of the ,building, 'the general. 33 orientation of the building but did not include approval of the landscape plan, dd_riot include sa final approval ,of the ;architectural details of the buildings. My concern is that if Council then 3s says maybe we should send- this plan back. to SPARC; how do we address all the specific 36 conditions of approval that came out of the April 19 meeting, I have been fairly rigid with 37 the committee and the committee understands what. their role "is with regard to the final plan 3s which,is. to take the framework and' the pecific conditions of approval that were, the result of 39 the April 19 plan and refine them where necessary, Councilmember Matt Maguire said given 4o that, he would like to move: to have-the ordinance adopted. 41 Ayes: Healy, Cader-Thompson„ (Hamilton -abstain not present at introduction),'Maguire, 4z Vice Mayor David Keller 43 Noes: .None 44 Absent: Mayor E. Clark Thompson Abstain conflict: '),orliatt Vol. 33, Page 52 May 3, 1999 i RESO.99-104 NCS z CENTRAL BITSINESS DISTRICT'-PLAN AlVIENDIVIENT 3 Resolution 99-1.04 NCS amending Resolution 6986 NCS adopted June 2, 1975, adding an a additional area to the redevelopment survey area and re-describing the boundaries of said s redevelopment survey area. 6 The City Council has directed staff to proceed with their recommendation to extend the ~ Central Business District boundary southerly along the Petaluma River to include McNear's s Landing and both sides of Petaluma Blvd. South (one lot deep) including the Veteran's 9 Memorial Building, and not including McNear Hill. Although there is a time limit for the life io of both redevelopment districts, the time span of the Central Business District redevelopment ii area would be extended by this amendment when it is final. State law allows the change to iz occur under the California Community Redevelopment Law. However, another piece of 13 state legislation allows plans. adopted prior to 1994 to be allowed. a one time extension of is their fiscal limits and their life span. The plan amendment is anticipated to include an is economic, environmental and pubic review process equivalent to the adoption of a new plan. 16 It is estimated this will take 1'2 to 14 months. The action to expand the boundary must be i~ completed by December, 1999. Expansion of the boundary of the Central Business District is will give the City an opportunity to undertake redevelopment actions along the river and 19 along Petaluma Blvd. South. zo The 15 Steps Towards Amendment of the Redevelopment Plan include surveying the zt proposed project area to evaluate the remaining blight in the existing Central Business zz District and the eligibility of the `added area' in terms of the urbanization and blight z3 requirements of the California Redevelopment Law. Definition: `Survey area' is designated za by the legislative body (City Council) by resolution .as the first planning step to determine zs whether or not a redevelopment project within that area is feasible. `Project area' is selected z6 within the survey area where redevelopment activity occurs. z~ The following 15 steps need to be taken to finalize the process: Step One -The Planning zs Commission selects an `amended redevelopment project area' and amends the Preliminary z9 Plan. The Preliminary Plan outlines the basic goals and objectives of the proposed 3o redevelopment project and includes a metes and bounds of the project area. The Third Step 31 is for the City Council to accept the `Preliminary Plan.' The notice of plan preparation and a 3z boundary .map area forwarded to: all taxing entities which receive property. taxes from the 33 `project area,' the County Auditor, County Assessor and the State Board of Equalization. 34 The Fourth Step is taken after the Preliminary Plan is amended. The City will prepare a 3s series of technical documents required by State law, including a Preliminary Report and 36 environmental documentation. 3~ Step Five is the City's receipt of the County Fiscal Officer's Report. Step Six has the 3s City/Petaluma Community Development Commission circulating the Preliminary Report, 39 Draft Redevelopment Plan Amendment and Draft .Environmental Impact Report to the ao affected taxing entities and to the Environmental Impact Report distribution list. The ai Seventh Step is the Planning Commission notice of and conduction of a public hearing on the az Draft Environmental .Impact Report. Staff then receives comments on the Draft a3 Environmental Impact Report. May 3, 1999 Vol. 33. Page 53 i The Eighth Step :has the City/Petaluma Community Development Commission consulting z with. the affected taxing entities and with the community. Step Nine has the City/Petaluma 3 Community Development Commission preparing an `:Amended Implementation Plan.' Step a Ten is when the Cty/Petaluma Community Development Commission amends the s Implementation Plan at a public. hearing'. 6 Step Eleven is preparation of the Final -Environmental lmpact Report; Final Plan and Report ~ on the Plan and Distribution of the foregoing- documents to the taxing entities and to the s Environmental Impact .Report distribution list. Next, Twelfth Step,, ahe CitylPetaluma 9 Community Development Commission hold a joint public hearing: on the proposed io Redevelopment Plan. Step Thirteen;. the Planning" Commission reviews- the Redevelopment i i Plan with the General Plan to determine its conformance with the General Plan. P y Y p 13 hearingouone the Rede~lopment Plan uand Dthe eEnvronmental t Impa tolR P oint public is Ci /Petaluma Commumt Develo merit Commission ado t a California Env rt. The ty ' y p . p .ironmental is Quality Act resolution with findings: The. Penultimate: Step is the: City- Council introduces. i6 and adopts an ordinance. which adopts the Amended' ".Redevelopment Plan. The Last Step. is i~ certification of the .Final Environmental Impact report and the amended Redevelopment Plan is becomes elective. 19 The City' Council is ,being asked to review the proposed `survey area' and tq adopt a zo resolution amending the existing survey area to add. the :new one for study and, evaluation. zi The `evaluation' will assess whether the new area warrants redevelopment assistance. z3 t e amendede Cro ect area'lboundaion That ame ded arro'ecf areaa musgt be tmhtnetssion selects same size as za or smaller than the `.survey area.' T us agenda item ha been scheduled for consideration on zs the June 22, 1'999, Planning Comniissiori agenda. zs It is anticipated three will. be there. Community Workshops, one in .July, "one in. October and z~ one. in February; 2000. The last step is expected to be completed in ~1VIay; 2000. za Resolution 99-104 IVCS was. introduced by Councilrnember Matt Maguire and seconded by z9 Councilmember Pamela Torliatt. 3o Ayes: Healy; Torliatt, Caller-Thompson; Hamilton, Maguire, 3 i Vice Mayor David Keller 32 Noes: None 33 Absent: Mayor. E. Clark Thompson 34 CLOSED :SESSION 35 At 6:15 p.m. the Council recessed to Closed Session to discuss: 36 CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL -.ANTICIPATED LITIGATION Significanti exposure to 37 litigation pursuant to subdivision (li) of Government Code § 54956.9 (2 matters) 3s There was nothing to report froth the Closed Session.. 39 ADJOURN ao The Council adjourned from Closed Session at 7:00 p.m. Vol. 33, Page 54 May 3, 1999 i z Present: Healy, Torliatt, Cader-Thompson,. Hamilton, Maguire, 3 Vice Mayor David Keller a Absent: Mayor E. Clark Thompson s 6 Supervisor Mike Kerns led the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag. s RECONVENE 7:00 p.m. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE MOIVIENT OF SILENCE PUBLIC COMMENT 9 Mary Alice Gilroy, 1 Acorn Circle -asked the City Council for more support for the Senior io Center at Lucchesi Park. They are using the facility to capacity and would appreciate more ii capacity as well as more parking. She asked that the dance classes be scheduled for a iz different location. The City Council was asked to come down to visit them and see what they 13 are doing. is Harvey Goldberg -spoke again about the property he owns on the river south of-town and is the erosion he is experiencing from the wave action from speeding boats. 16 Terence Garvey, 83 Maria Drive -asked again that the City Council put the issue of i~ domestic partners on a city-wide ballot. is John. Cheney, 55 Rocca Drive -asked if anything at all is being done about the illegal fill at 19 Old Adobe Lumber on Old Redwood Highway north of town. He asked about the plug that zo was supposed to be placed in Willow Brook Creek when the Redwood Business Park bridge zi was built.. And, he asked when the willow trees'that are supposed to be planted in the creek zz in Redwood Business Park will be planted. z3 Will Stapp, 1264 Mountain View - is concerned about the County Outdoor Recreation Plan z4 issues and asked the City Council to urge Supervisor Kerns to be a real outdoor ally for the zs south county. He noted that the trail over Sonoma Mountain has been taken out of the plan. 26 Now is the time to let the Supervisors know that `outdoor recreation' is very important. z~ Diane Reilly Tones, Rainier Avenue -said we received $9,000 from the Federal government zs thanks to Congresswoman Woolsey and we don't need to spend money for a study with z9 RMI. Vice Mayor David Keller advised that that money has come forward for the Resources 3o and Conservation District for habitat control and it does not deal with the flood control. 31 Geoff Cartwright, 56 Rocca Drive -over the years we have had flooding in Petaluma. He 33 showed the amount of development in Petaluma on a map he had placed on the blackboard. 33 He said it is time to start looking at the entire river valley -drainage basin. 34 COUNCIL COMMENT 3s Councilmember Matt Maguire - he would like the City to follow up on the Open Space 36 District acquisition plan. Time is of the essence on this. 37 Councilmember Pamela Torliatt -requested the City follow-up on the comments of Mary 3s Alice Gilroy about the senior center. 39 Councilmember Michael Healy -suggested that the `senior' comments be referred to the ao Parks and Recreation Commission. Maya, 1999 Vol. 33. Page 55 i Councilmember Jane Hamilton - agreed to refer that to the Parks and Recreation z Commission. She also asked staff to Tet us know at '17udget time how this request can be 3 fulfilled.. We should. get the- County 'to comment on the acquisition plan.. Councilmembers a should send their concerns to the City Manager and he can draft a letter that could be on •the s agenda next time. 6 Vice Mayor David Keller - received. a copy of an Industrial Water Efficiency Program by ~ Ned Orrett, John Rosenbloom, the Water Agency and the Bay Institute. It demonstrates a s transition to water savings. City :Engineer Hargis. advised this is_ scheduled for the May 17 9 meeting: He. asked if there is a maintenance schedule for Balshaw Bnd'ge. The original io coating is gone::Is there. anything we can do to keep the wood alive? .City Engineer Hargis ii said the Public Works~Department .does the recoating and he will. have then give an update to rz the City Manager. 13 PROCLAMATIONS is Public Service :Recognition Week, May 1-7 is Mexican Heritage Week, May 2-8 -.Bruno Martin Marin accepted the proclamation and 16 invited the residents to join them in celebrating both Cisco de May on May 8 and Childress i~ Day on May 22. is. SIJPERVISOIZ:MIKE KERNS VISIT 19 There was a project proposed for the Adobe Road and Petaluma Hill Road. intersection that zo won some funding. The county did a citizens' outreach. in Renngrove and the result was they zi cannot support the degree of improvements that. had been contemplated. for that: intersection 2z because of the effect on Penngrove. Their 1984 Specific .Plan called for a by-pass of that z3 intersection. The thought is the by-pass. would: leave Adobe Road before the intersection za (going northwesterly) and meet Petaluma,'Hill Road some distance towards Santa Rosa. zs Funding has been. sought from Congress for.this project.. z6 Regarding the illegal fill.. at Old Adobe Lumber Company .and members of the public asking z~ that :it be removed: the County Code: Enforcement has been working on the situation. zs Apparently the company did have some permits, and it appears that the fill was excessive. z9 Regarding the Open Space District purchase of the Bohemia Ranch, he Supervisor said it is 3o being worked on. Councilmember Janice Cader-Thompson asked for help in getting; access 31 on Lafferty Ranch. The Supervisor has talked to attorneys who represent landowners up 3z there. He hopes that we can sit down at the table on this. The road is a problem. Some of 33 the Counclmembers would support 'deeding; it .over to the County. Councilmember Jane 34 Hamilton said. you could .influence the County to set the same standards as they apply on 3s other' county roads: -Supervisor Kerns said the County Roads department does_n':t want. to 36 assume the potential liability 'for a City park. Councilmember Jane Hamilton said if the City 37 dedicated Lafferty to the County, how would that affect the County. The Supervisor said he 3s is open to anything for discussion: He will be :happy to take it back to the County to discuss. 39 He asked the City to put such a request in writing and he will take it to the right people and ao , we will -look into it. Vole. 33, Page 56 May 3, 1999 i Supervisor Kerns said he is Vice Chairman of .the North Bay Watershed Association. There z is no opening at the present time on the Open Space District. There are two bodies; the 3 Open Space Authority and the Open Space Advisory Committee. Vice Mayor David .Keller a noted the Council feels it is very important that we have a person who is very active in the s community and who will stay in touch with this community. His response is that what they 6 County is doing with the Open Space District is reorganizing it. There is a new General ~ Manager now, and they are in the process of identifying responsibilities.. When that is done, a they will make a decision on new appointments. The Open Space District projects sometimes 9 take years. The Board of Supervisors is going to take a stronger role in this. io Supervisor thanked and commended all the public employees throughout the County. They ri do a wonderful job. He noted that this is Foster Parenting Recognition Month. They have iz 450 children with foster families. There remains a great need for more homes. There are a 13 lot of people in the community who would be happy to do it. The telephone number he gave is for inquiries about this Foster Family service to the children is 565-2245. is Councilmember Pamela Torliatt asked for his support in having the Board of Supervisors 16 meeting on Public Access television. The Supervisor has' been told it would cost $75 per i~ meeting plus there is a technical hurdle. That which has been broadcast from the Board of is Supervisors chambers has been through a special truck belonging to the cable television. 19 station which carried the broadcast. They will continue to look into this. He then turned the zo microphone over to Dave Robertson, Deputy Director of Public Works for the County Road zi Department to discuss the Adobe Road improvements. zz REPORT ON WIDENING ADOBE ROAD BY COUNTY z3 Dave Robertson, Deputy Director of Public Works for the County Road Department, showed za on a map the approximate route a by-pass road would take from Old Adobe Road to zs Petaluma Hill Road. There will be some modification to the Petaluma Hill Road and Adobe z6 Road intersection, but it will .not be as extensive as originally planned. From that. z~ intersection, Adobe Road will be improved to a point near Waugh School. Also in the zs County's future improvement. plans for this area, they have planned signals for the z9 intersections of East Washington and Adobe Road; Frates Road and Adobe Road, a left turn 30 lane at Casa Grande Road and a right turn from Adobe Road to East Washington. On Stony 31 Point, they. plan to.continue the improvements towards Petaluma. That will probably occur in 3z 2001. He was asked to keep in mind not to do any road improvements that would increase 33 the flow of water down Willow Brook Creek. Regarding. the Corona Road overcrossing, 3a City Engineer Thomas Hargis said. that is maintained by Caltrans who has put in some work 3s on the structure in the past decade. In response to a question from Councilmember Janice 36 Cader-Thompson, Mr. Robertson explained that there are 1,300 miles of County Roads. 37 They are built to the standard of the year constructed. The County doesn't have the ability to 3a repair 800 miles of roads at $1 Million per mile to bring them to today's standards. 39 The improvements at East Washington and Adobe Road are 12~' on the Countywide list and ao that would make the improvements occur- in 2001 or 2002. Supervisor Kerns noted the ai project order has been switched, and the East Washington light will come first and the Frates ai light will be second. Dave Robertson gave his telephone number in Santa Rosa - 565-2231. 43 Finally, Vice Mayor David. Keller asked if the County includes within its design standards a4 catchment areas where water runs through vegetation .areas before it goes into downstream as run-off. It would be very helpful to include such an idea in the Petaluma Watershed. Also he 46 asked for trees to be planted along side of the roads where possible. May 3, 1999 Vol. 33. Page 57 i S®NOMA COUNTY WATER AGENCY PRESENTATION z Randy Poole .and his staff from. the County Water' Agency presented an update of the fresh 3 water situation in Sonoma County. Tlie City' Council -was advised. that 17 Million Gallons of a water are used, each .day in Petaluma. It is estimated 'that amount will grow to 2'.1.8 Million s Gallons per day: .The. Friends of the Eel River have a 1"awsuit working in an attempt to obtain 6 more water for the Eel River from the Potter Valley diversion area. ~ There is a need to construct a second .Russian River Aqueduct to South. C;ounty,: The a Sonoma County Water.,Agency (S:C.W.A.) will be working. on early steps of environmental 9 documentation while. the lawsuit is ongoing. Two tanks and a booster station are planned.. It io is estimated there will be a mandate of water reduction in the amount of 1;000 acre feet per i i year. iz The Federal government .has become active in protection of endangered species, such as 13 steelhead and other fish. This; too, will affect water projects now and in the future. The is Sonoma County Water Agency is now performing their functions with the. endangered. is species' in mind. Grass and other objects are now being left in the waterways to help protect 16 the `food chain.' i~ Recently they have been having problems with peak r3emands on the Petaluma Aqueduct. ~s The cities. along the aqueduct have been relying, on the Russian River Aqueduct to provide 19 water and have not included water storage tanks `in their capital improvement programs as zo their population;has increased. zi Watershed Planning is another relatively, recent addition to the !Sonoma County Water zz Agency': planning process. This has resulted. in the public entities working tog. ether on z3 restoration projects. za Recycled water use is being encouraged as is reverse osmosis of recycled water :for general zs use. Randy Poole, .said. they feel they will. be. compliant with the Year 2000 transition(Y2K) z6 and water will ~ continue flowing as .needed. They have 7 days of fuel and 3 days. of storage z~ for Y2K. Y2K is that transition from year 1999 to year 200.0 when. a number of older' za computer programs in which the year was written as a 7_-digit. item-rather than a 4-digit. item: z9 There is. concern that some computers will revert to the year 1900.and that .may cause a little 3o difficulty. 31 In response to Councilrnember Michael Healy's' queries about °the peak. demand at urban 3z growth. buildout, Mr. Poole said all' the calculations are in the IVlontgomery Watson analysis. 33 Counclmember Matte Maguire said he would like to- see. the .Sonoma, County Water Agency 34 be more aggressively protective of our resource and reduce gravel mining. 3s No one knows what the result: will be from the lav~sut about the Potter Valley water 36 diversion. That. is where water is diverted into the Russian River. People. living ,near the ;Eel 37 River feel..less water should be diverted to the Russian River and more_should.'be allowed to 3s stay in the Eel River. 39 John Cheney, 55 Rocca Dr1ve - .asked that there be additional work on flood :control by the ao Sonoma County Water Agency in the Willow Brook Creek: That would include a `plug' ai near the new Willow Brook bridge "in Redwood Business Park. City Engineer Hargis said the az intent is to put that plug in the creek at that location this summer. Vole. ;33, Page 58 May"3; 1999 ~ Randy Poole from the Water Agency and his staff were complimented on their presentation. z Y2K ACTI®NS 3 There was a presentation on April 21 by the Y2K Committee and by Information- Services a Manager Mary Tupa on the status on the City's preparations. City Manager Fred Stouder s advised the City Council he will provide a report to them on a monthly basis. We have also 6 made efforts to make this information available to the public through the Library, the Web ~ page, Lucchesi Park, the Senior Center, Fire Stations, and Police Stations. The City will do s some outreach through selected mailings. There are materials such as the -Red Cross 9 document would be helpful. The City will be happy to allow use of the Police Store Front in io Washington Plaza for Y2K meetings. To date what we have done is to ensure that our ii primary responsibility as a municipality are being met .and that we meeting the YZK iz challenges. The summary of that report ten days ago was that- we feel confident that we 13 prepared, we are testing our conversion methods and we think are meeting our municipal is responsibility. If there is a larger role the City Council. would like to play, the citizen is committee has requested that there be a broader committee appointed by the City Council 16 with a City Council person and the .Manager part of that, and that the city fund a position. i~ We are not making that recommendation. That's a policy call for you to decide if you want is to pursue those two issues. i9 John Norris, 19 Eighth Street - I would like, to compliment you on asking the Water people zo about their Y2K preparation. It is those kinds 'of .things that are most at risk. I'd like to zi suggest two items for you- in looking at your own preparation and in looking at those of zz others who supply us with things. The first is `testing' -none of us have ever been through a z3 Y2K and none of us ever will again. Many of us have been through disasters. From having za been a data center manager for 35 years, and he has learned that it's not the plan that you zs have when the disaster occurs, it's all the testing that you did ahead of time that got your z6 people prepared for the whole process of going through the disaster. You cannot replace z~ testing. You have to do it. There is the possible the reports tray have been fudged and the- za higher it gets, the more fudged. it gets. So testing is a real need. Contingency planning is the z9 second recommendation. It's nice to hope for the best, but let's be prepared for the worst. 3o Natalie Peck, 344 Keokuk -YZK Committee - we did not hear the City Manager mention 31 some things that we had. talked about. We were talking about not only the City level, but also 3z what we see as the broader level, which we hope you address, such as community level 33 people who may not be informed on this or why may not be able to prepare so well. The 34 elderly, those with chronic health problems, people who only speak Spanish are examples. 3s We are concerned the word is, not getting out to these people. We are talking about 36 integrating things that are happening with the City and with the community, i.e.non-profits, 37 business, hospitals, health care providers. What we have seen is a lot of the City has not been 3s tested. yet. We feel there is more that should be done. 39 M. Gibson, 14 Cherry Street -she is a newcomer and said this is an opportunity for the ao community to get together, to get behind true community organizing. ai City Manager Fred Stouder noted that the HCZ committee is active in the issue and the Y2K az group are members of the HCZ committee. a3 Vice Mayor David Keller asked staff to be specific about the testing and which systems could as cause us problems. We need to be specific. as Staff was asked to contact COTS and the Senior Center to begin to identify people who 46 would be most vulnerable. Councilmember Michael Healy noted that there is great need in a~ testing the systems and there is value in this for disaster preparedness. May 3, 1999 Vol. 33. Page 59 i Getting people to become ,aware of -their own neighborhood issues will be helpful. z Councilmember Jane Hamilton suggested asking the Fire.Department to go to the classrooms 3 to make presentations. City Manager Fred Stoud~;r noted the Disaster Preparedness a Committee and the Department Heads have been working on-a parallel basis on thin. We are s taking precautions about ataffing levels at this time: Councilmember Pamela Torliatt asked 6 that. this..subject be on the agenda with the joint ;meeting with the, schools. Councilmember ~ Janice Cader-Thompson said all these ideas: are excellent. .Also, we should 'look at 'the small s businesses and use the Chamber of Commerce for help. Her concern is that we should not be 9 causing panic with the public. ro Mr. Norris agreed with that. He added; we can create the disaster if we are not careful. We i r need to get somebody that could be a good public relations person. Yes; °we do have to be iz careful. 13 Natalie :Peck asked how the City .and the Y2K .committee work together. City Manager Fred is Stouder said tie will be the contact, person for the City. is SON®MA COITNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE 16 Councilmember Pamela Torliatt noted that the Council has received an .Executive Summary i~ on Town Hall meetings. It gave some reconunendatcros. We should try to .give direction is `VW}iere do we 'go from. here?' It ,is quite a 'challenge: Anything the Council wants to send i9 back to the Sonoma County Transportation Authority let her know. Councilmember Janice zo Cader-Thompson felt the survey was not adequate and did not give sufficient information. zi Councilmember Matt Maguire .asked. how much gas taxes have been spent in this area versus zz other areas. of the state? There. should be a countywide effort to, get a, more balanced return z3 of the funds that have been .collected. in taxes.: He has requested the City: Manager to obtain za the gentlemen who spoke at the Local Government Commission seminar .in Yosemite to zs speak on T-21 to all the local communities and agencies in Sonoma County.. That would ..help z6 all to know how to apply for all the funding that is available for local government. z~ Councilmember Michael Healy said it was a good document as .far as it goes. Wants an zs update of the proposed constitutional amendment; is in the State Legislature. -Vice Mayor z9 David Keller has heard that it won't pass ;a statewide vote. They are also talking. about bond 3o issues, $4 Million every two years. That;, they say, is questionable. City Manager Fred 3i Stouder said he is on a City Manager's committee focussing on ways to deal with the short 3z revenue questions. They are looking for the .most. political strategy that will unite California 33 communities that is practical and achievable. 34 Councilmember Janice Cader-Thompson said they need 1:o get. the .pork out of,the package. 35 Vice Mayor David: Keller reported on the Novato Narrows -Sonoma. County meeting - 36 Caltrans -said they will have funding, fora $216 Million project: Then why ,do; you. need- a 37 sales tax:measure? They said they will take this on. It is a high priority. They can figure. out. 3s how to :get it funded' with local government assistance: The Santa Rosa: project is _in .gear 39 right know: That was another project that was on the -sales ta;x funding list.. ,The objective of ao this Novato Narrows: project is to relieve congestion by building additional capacity: Their ai resolution to this is in building .more lanes. We 'want the freeway frontage `.not to be az .continuous from. Petaluma to Novato: I3e feels. they should. plan the roads to serve existing 43 uses only, the ranches: He felt they seemed incognizant •f the vote last fall on open space. Vol. 33, Page 60 May 3, 1999 1 They talked about a continuous foot. path and possible equestrian path at least from Petaluma 2 to Olornpali if not all the way to Novato. He said the plan is to construct new lanes to the 3 east of the current northbound highway lanes. The southbound 10'1 would become the a frontage road. Land use controls are not being considered by Caltrans. More .public s meetings will be held on the subject. Maybe they should think of subsidizing alternative 6 modes of transportation. He thinks this group should be an elected authority of Marin and ~ Sonoma people. s Councilmember Matt Maguire suggested they be invited to the Novato City Council joint 9 meeting with the Petaluma City Council. Councilmember Jane Hamilton feels these are good to ideas but are ahead of their time. We should provide our viewpoints directly with the group. 11 The public should be able to come to the meetings. Councilmember Matt Maguire -the 12 Sonoma County Transportation Authority needs real direction. T21 funding could help. 13 This is in a state of flux right now. A two county regional body is a good idea. The life of la the landfill is 20 to 40 years. Barbara Salzman doesn't want some of the widening. Two is reversible lanes were suggested. It is the overload of work all council members have. We 16 need strong leadership. 1~ ADJOU)EtN is At 10;30 the meeting was adjourned. 19 20 21 22 23 2a ATTEST: V E. Clark ompson, Mayor 2s 26 • 27 ~l~ ~J 2s Patricia E. Bernard, City Clerk