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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 12/07/1998December 7, 1998 Vo1.32, Page 333: 1 NIINIJTES z ®F A REGULAR 1VI>EETING 3 PETALIJIVIA CITY C®ZTNCIL a 1VIOI~AY, IDECEIVIBER 7, 1998 S ROLL CALL 3:00 p.m. 6 Present: Keller (DK), Torliatt (PT), Hamilton (JIB, Read (NR), Vice Mayor Maguire ~ (NIl~i), Mayor Hilligoss (PH) s Absent: None (one seat vacant) 9 PUBLIC C®MMENT io John. Cheney, the Planning Commission tomorrow night will hear Old Elm Village. The ii people of'Payran have a lot of fear about Old Elm Village. The fear is of the flooding and iz traffic problems that subdivision may create. I have a 502 signature petition which will be 13 presented to the Planning staff about the issue. is Geoff Cartwright, Petaluma Flood Victims Association -our petition calls for a complete is EIR on the Old Elm Village being planned by Burbank Housing. The narrowing of Payran, 16 this proposal by Burbank Housing to acquire a portion of Payran for their parking ~s ill i~ advised. The Linda del Mar subdivision consisting of approximately 100 homes with is approximately 400 vehicles in an emergency exodus during these flooding events, the only i9 route out for them is the Payran Street. It might be said that we could move those vehicles zo that are in that parking lot; however, the reality is you. won't be able to find all the owners of zi the vehicles during the emergency events. Proof of that would be all the vehicles that you see zz sitting in the flood. When you see the pictures of flooding you see all the vehicles m there z3 with the water up to their roofs, you do not find all of the owners. So I think the narrowing za of Payran is ill advised. zs Lee Straus, 628 Draco Drive - I would like to welcome those of you. who are-new on the z6 Council. I have to say that because as far as I am concerned you are all new. I have been in z~ the County six months. The animal situation you have is a major problem here. The Hayden zs Bill mandates certain- actions on animal control. The State Humane Association will send z9 somebody to look at the existing facility and tell you wfiat is required. Neighboring animal 3o groups would be willing to offer advice. The $200,000 you are. looking at is a good number 31 but there will be a need for more funds. Doing fund raising for the Animal Shelter we 3z obtained $5,800 several months ago. She recommends a long range plan. Put her name on 33 the mailing list. 34 Patty Zimmerman. -the Hayden Bill will impact you. She represents Planned .Parenthood''for 3s Pets. They are the only group to work on spaying throughout `the whole month of February. 36 We are the only group to address the problem of too many cats. She .requested $10,000 from 37 the City Council. They don't have time to raise money by February' 1. They are already set 3s up and ready to go. They will start, if they have $200. There are so many cats that cannot 39 .support themselves. Her mailing address is P. O. Box 5404, Petaluma 95455-5404 for ao donations. Finance Director Spilman was asked to contact-.her about the budget cycle and ai how to make a request to the City. Page 334, Vol. 32 December 7, 1998 ~ Victor Chechanover -thank you Mayor Hlligoss and Councilmember Read for all you .have z done for the City of Petaluma. When can'we expect. the water usage to determine, the sewer 3 charges? City Manager Stouder said we are in the ;midst of a wastewater capital facility plan a which will cause.a rate. study to be done. Mr. Chechanover hopes it will be done sometime in s the calendar year of 1999. Mr: Stouder' said we are in the nudst of a wastewater capital 6 facility plan,. the alternatives will come back with 4 options, them there: is a fifth option on the ~ table through Montgomery's proposal., Any of those will lead to a rate feasibility'study out s of necessity, and' within that study`that entire question will be looked. I'd. like to think that's 9 going;'to `be done sometime in the .next calendar year. Some of that depends. upon how ready io and comfortable the Council. is in making a decision regarding the future of the: wastewater ii facility itself and the design; cost and financing of that: -Thee second park of the answer is - iz when the utility billing system can allow'that. A feasibility study is needed.: Finance Director 13 Spilman said the update of ,the utility billing system .is part of the "Year 2000" .computer is revision projects. is COiJNCIL COMMENT i6 Nancy:Read -thanks to the staff for the flowers. This is my last City Council .meeting.. State i~ Senator John •Burton has; advised that on December 14 the: cair .pool lanes :in Marin County is will revert back to 6:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. i9 Vice Mayor :Maguire - it is a pleasant, surprise to see Councilman Keller here (after his heart zo attack). zi Pamela Torliatt -Thank you 1Vl(ayor, Nancy Read- and Mary Stompe for service to the :City. zz She appreca"tes it, because she knows all of the .long hours you dedicated to the City. Nice z3 to have-David back., za David Keller -Thank you;Mayor, Nancy and. Mary for years of service and'lots •of effort. that zs you put in; for the City :in the past.. He wished the best to. each of them in their future z6 °undert"akings. Also. thanks to ,everygne who provided- support to me while I was out. sick. z~ It's very much appreciated from me and. my family. zs MINUTES. z9 The minutes: of the November 16; 1998; meeting were approved. as amended. Councilmember 3o Pamela Torliatt. 31 #1. Councilmember Pamela Torliatt. minute correction .comment: On the first 'page in my' 32 comment my council comments.. I think that. just needs to `be l'ooked' again by the City .clerk 33 there were quite. a few omissions and, just to be real clear I'd liketo have that looked at; 3a Excerpt from. minutes of November 16~ : PT' -went to a 'Pelestructure Conference 3s and wants follow-up on getting a map of the Pacific; Bell's fibre map. showing what. 36 is in place in Petaluma. In the economic visioning business, ;she wants to include a 37 business plan with. the fibre, optic demand, and Gook at requiring ;new development ,to, 3a put infrastructure. in place for cabling 'and networking: Attended the SCTA.meeting 39 for'Councilmember Keller. There is a mixed,feeling on the -Board of 5upervtsors to ao go back.. to the voters with another Sales Tax measure in June,. 1'999. However,. a ai special election would cost -the taxpayers .around $350,000:. There was a request at az the meeting to do an exiting poll to find ,out why the sales'. tax issue didn't, pass. The a3 Veterans' Day Parade was a wonderful event. Wants to Save the Coast Guard ,~`v' .P~7.. December 7, 1998 Vo1:32, Page 335' i Training Center on the agenda. Wants the new supervisor, Mike Kerns, to come to z a Council meeting so we can meet. Would like the Council to agendize with the new' 3 Council and Supervisor quarterly meetings. She wants the County to enforce similar a flood control measures as the City does. s Verbatim of a portion of the November 1.6 meeting: "Councilmember Pamela 6 Torliatt I have quite a few things actually. One I wanted to say that I attended the ~ Telestructure Conference last Tuesday with Councilmember Read and the City s Manager and' Councilmember Maguire that was held down in Hamilton Air Force 9 Base. It was very informational. A couple of things I'd like to follow up on from io that meeting is I'd like the City staffto get a map of what Pacific Bell's fibre map is ii which is in place in the City of Petaluma. When. we go through our economic iz visioning process, I'd like to include a business plan with the fibre optic demand, 13 and I'd like to also look at requiring new development to put in infrastructure to put is infrastructure in place for cabling- and networking. I also would I also attended the is Sonoma County Transportation Authority Meeting for Councilmember Keller i6 because he has been. ill. I wanted to bring to the Council's attention and will copy i~ you on a couple of the proposals that were put forward. As you know the sales tax is measure did not pass and the Supervisors right back at it with Supervisor Cale 19 putting forward a proposal fora .$0.0025 sales tax for a special election in June of zo 1999 requiring a 2/3 vote. Supervisor Kelley had a little bit to say about that saying u what he wasn't particularly interested in special election and it would cost the zz taxpayers approximately $350,000. Supervisor Smith spoke from the audience and z3 expressed some concerns as well. There was some discussion and this was actually za during a report period and Councilmember Ells from Cotati brought up the fact that zs we need to do an exiting poll and we need to find out why the sales tax measure did z6 not pass. I asked to get the information regarding what cities passed it and what z~ cities didn't pass it because my understanding is the City of Petaluma passed the zs sales tax measure by about 1,000 votes which I thought was very interesting and z9 good information so I'll pass this information along to the Councilmembers. I also 3o attended the Veterans' Day Parade last Wednesday and that was a wonderful event. 31 Mayor Hilligoss was there as well. And Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey and our 3z outgoing Supervisor Jim Harberson. It was a wonderful event. In addition to that 33 there was a table that was there regarding Save the Coast Guard Training Center. I 34 think that it is in the interest of the City of Petaluma to support saving the Coast 3s Guard Training Center and I'd like to have it on an agenda. I know that there was 36 information included in our City Manager's packet. I also have a copy of this here 37 and sent to our Congress people and the President to make sure that we have our 3s say and the fact that we want it to stay open. They bring.. quite a bit of sales tax 39 dollars and provide hospital and doctor facilities not hospitals but doctor facilities ao for a lot of folks out there. I'd like to have that agendized, please. And I'd also like ai since the election. we have our new Supervisor, I'd like to invite him to come to a az Council meeting after he is installed next January so we can meet each other and we a3 can. talk about some priorities. I'd like the Council to also agendize with out new as Council in place some of the information that we could work together with the 45 County Board or the Board of Supervisors. Number One I'd like to see that the City a6 ask that our Supervisor attend quarterly meetings so we can start agendizing that so a~ we keep an open flow of communication. I'd also like to see Lafferty as an issue as resolved and I'd like to stop spending money on this so hopefully our Board of 49 Supervisors and the Council can work together on that and I'd also like to see and so these are just a couple of things and I .have a whole list here that we work with our si Supervisor to start enforcing flood mitigations in the County property in the Page 336, Vol. 32 December 7, 1998 ~ Petaluma watershed because it just :impacts us tremendously and it affects the z citizens that we both represent so I'd;., like to see that: agendized as well." 3 #2. Councilmember Parriela Torliatt minute correction comment: On page 3 Line 36, it a says, "The. Rooster Run green .fees. are: $" and it doesn't have an amount and :I don't know s what that amount is: So that needs to be included. 6 ~ The minute correction follows: "T-he :amounts. are: Petaluma Residents Regular Twilight Juniors $10' 00 - Seniors $15.00 = Weekday $20.00 $:15.00 Friday $23:00 $L8.00 Weekends%Holiday $34.00 $21..00 Restrictions After `Twilight.Monday -Thursday Monday -Wednesday s #3. Councilmember Pamela Torliatt minute correction comment: Qn page; 6 Line 25 it 9 states this :resolution changes thee. requirement to payment of $142,500 in 1999 ~arid that io doesn't really make. grammatical sense. to me. So I'm not quite sure what that was supposed ii to say. iz i~Vordng; of .minutes IVo~ember 16 - .Resolution 98-239 NCS approving a 13 modification. in the in-lieu fee schedule for Capri Creek.. Apartments: Currently'the is condition. of approval relating to this requires the standard payment of $2,400 per is unit payable upon close of escrow. The amount due for the. project is $240;000. i6 This resolution changes ahe requirement to of payment° of $142,500 in 1999 and i~ payment of $97,500 upon transfer of the; property: Also required with.this action is a is document to be signed by the. developer and 'City and recorded. against the property i9 stating this :change m payment of in-lieu fees. zo #4. Councilmember Pamela Torliatt minute correction comnnent: On page 8 .Line 13 I zi believe Geoff CarGwright's name is spelled Geoff. ' zz ..Minute correction::. 3e#~ Geoff Cartwright -Petaluma Flood Victims Association - z3 regarding. the Old Elm Village project za #5. Councilmember Pamela Torliatt rrunute correction comment: On page 1:1 I stated that if zs the detention .ponds are going to be owned by the city I would like staff to tell us how they z6 would be maintained the cost of'it and the revenue source. z~ za Minute wording° 6. City constructed detention. with. huy-in by development' z9 (detention pooling) 30 31 Verbatim of portion of November 16 :meeting - Councilmember Pamela Torliatt said . 3z to City Engineer, "Your Number 6 which says: City constn~cted detention with buy- 33 in by 'development. {detention pooling),. I' d dike to see, further information if we're 3a going to -go forward with these on 'how .maintenance will be handled and at what,' 3s cost and whether or not-this'is possible through the Open Space District if we could 36 have these as park areas you:know how what the,alternativeuses are for these quote. 37 detention pond. areas when maybe it's not a flooding .season because we~ don'.t :have 3a to .necessarily focus. on the:: negatives but we can focus on the positives of .acquiring 39 the open space as well:" '3~ ~. December 7, 1998 Vo1.32, Page 337 i #6. Councilmember Pamela Torliatt minute correction comment: And on page 14 Line 18 it z says she made various Planning Commission comments. I wasn't at the Planning s Commission so Planning Commission'is not part of my comments. a Minute wording: Since PT was not present at the Planning Commission when this s went before that body on October 13, so she made various Planning Commission 6 comments at the Council meeting. ~ Verbatim of portion of November lb meeting. Councilmember Pamela Torliatt, s "Madam Mayor I have a variety of questions and I don't know if they are all ones 9 for Vin actually the developer can maybe make some notes. My question is, is there io going to be a requirement to build off site detention for this project or is there any i i requirement in the conditions of approval since we didn't get a copy of the iz environmental impact report to add to the initial ..study? (Response by Principal 13 Planner Vin Smith - no) I'd .like you to explain the public access, and I apologize is that I haven't asked these questions earlier at the Planning Commission meeting I is was on vacation at the time that that went through the process this has been my only 16 opportunity." i~ #7. Councilmember Pamela Torliatt minute correction comment: One line 19 it says she is asked if the street that connected to Yard Birds was going to put in place. I also talked about 19 exterior windows and the heating air-conditioning units and I was not in favor of them being zo individual units in the windows. zi Minutes wording -She opposed heating units in each room and would prefer to zz have that centralized. z3 #8. Councilmember Pamela Torliatt minute correction comment Line 30 and 31, I don't za remember the engineer stating that the entire parking lot is in a homeowners association and zs the drainage is being cleaned before it goes into the bay. I know Councilmember Maguire had z6 asked .something about that and I didn't think that was the engineer's response but maybe z~ I'm. Vice Mayor Matt Maguire he did say that it's collectively owned in a homeowners type zs of shared ownership and that they were making "some effort. Maybe Mr. Hargis could repeat z9 it for us. Yeah, because I don't, the cleaning of it before it goes `in the bay, I wasn't real clear 30 on that. There's nothing happening is what my recollection is. Mayor Hilligoss asked the 31 City Engineer if he wanted to say something about it? MM the fossil fuel dram filter drain is 3z it placed there. It's not in place or it is? Tom Hargis'said "It was in place on an experimental 33 basis through a city project in the greater parking lot." Councilmember':Pamela Torliatt, "The 34 greater parking lot?" Tom Hargis to someone, "Do you remember off. hand where those 3s filters are located? You come in the Main entrance and they were.....Councilmember`.Pamela 36 Torliatt, "You just need to correct the minutes to whatever it was, but that was what was 37 stated." 3s Minute wording -City Engineer 39 `homeowners' association and the ao bay. Hargis noted the entire parking lot is in a drainage is being cleaned before. it goes to the ai Verbatim of portion of November 16 meeting -City Engineer Hargis said, "that is az one of our test areas, the parking lots at the Marina are an area where we are testing 43 the fossil filters as part of our pilot study. Vice Mayor Matt Maguire so you are as saying that parking lot. would have the fossil...Tom Hargis, I don't know about this as particular one that goes with the new marina but we have them installed out there Page 338, Vol. 32 December 7, 1998 i now in the Marina panting lot." Response by someone - "The entire parking area is z owned by the entire complex, they call. it a homeowners :association, if you will, and 3 we are obligated to build it on behalf of the homeowners association whsle: we are a out there, just as the third building is obligated to build its portion and when it's all s said and done, the City, :ourselves,. and MOPA will be -responsible through. that 6 association ;for that entire complex, the maintenance: of the shrubbery; the parking, ~ and so .forth. There. is something going on now to test that sort of thing. L suspect a that would be carried out." 9 CONSENT CALENDAR ~ io The .following items which are noncontroversial :and which hate been reviewed by the City ii Council and staff were enacted' by one motion. which.. was introduced by Vice .Mayor.Matt iz Maguire and seconded. by .Council"member Jane Hamilton. 13 Ayes: Keller, Torliatt, Hamilton, Read, Vice Mayor Ivlaguire, Mayor Hilligoss is Nces: None is Absent: (One seat vacant) i6 RESO.9~ 248 NCS ~~ CLAIMS AN:D BILLS is Resolution 98-248 NCS approving Claims'and Bills #77104 to'#~77769. i9 RESO.98-249 NCS zo COMPLETION'1998`WA'TER:MAIN REPI,ACEMIJNT zi Resolution 98-249 NCS accepting completion of the .1998 Water Main Replacement Project, n This project included: Maria Drive (MonroeStreet to E. Washington) E. Washington (Sonoma Mtn. Parkway to Sutter) McDowell Blvd. North at Corona Road z3 The finale project cost 's$SSO,000f. za RESO.98-250 NCS zs IDISADVANTAGED BUSINESS. ENTERPRISE z6 Resolution 98-250 NGS adopting the Disadvantaged.Busness Enterprise (DBE) Program for z~ Federal Funded projects; The :goal ;is for 10% of the contract work to be: donee by DBE za minority contractors.. If the goal is not met in the bid,. the contractor must :demonstrate that z9 he has made a sufficient, reasonable: good faith. effort in attaining the goal or his/her bid will 3o be considered non-responsive. and ineligible. for award,,of the contract. 31 RESO.98-251 NCS 3z CANVASS OF NO~MBEit-3 BALLOT 33 RESOLUTION 3a DECLARING CANVASS OF RETURNS AND RESULTS December 7, 1998 Vol'.32, Page 339 , i OF THE REGULAR MUNICIPAL AND PETAL><J1VIA HIGH SCH®®L BOARD 2 AND CHARTER AlVIENAIVIENT AND ORIDINANCE AD®PTI®N s HELD NOVEMBER 3, 1998, WITH THE a STATEWHDE GENERAL ELECTION s WHEREAS, the City of Petaluma conducted a Regular Election on November 3, 1998, in 6 conjunction with the Statewide General Election; and, ~ WHEREAS. the City of Petaluma also conducted a Special Election Consolidated with the s Regular Election which includes one Charter measure (Measure H) and one ordinance 9 (Measure I) which read as follows: io Measure H -Shall the voters of the City of Petaluma amend Charter "Section 19 -Salaries" to read "The Council may act, by ordinance, to YES provide compensation to each of its members in an amount authorized by state law. The Council may act, by ordinance, to provide NO compensation to the Mayor in an amount up to 150 percent of the compensation set for Council members. "? [which currently would allow u to $400 a month for Council members] Measure I - Shall a measure be adopted that amends the City of Petaluma General Plan to establish an Urban Growth Boundary that YES would limit urban development and the provision of City water and sewer services beyond the Urban Growth Boundary and require voter NO approval for amendments to the Urban Growth Boundary until December 31, 1998? i i WHEREAS, the Municipal Election was held in the City of Petaluma on November 3, 1998; and, 12 WHEREAS, the votes from said election were received and canvassed by the Sonoma. County is and Marin County Elections Departments, and the returns thereof were ascertained and declared is in all respects as required by law: is NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Petaluma as 16 follows: i~ (1) The City Clerk is hereby instructed to enter this Resolution on the minutes of this is meeting as a statement of the result of said election; i9 (Z) The total number of ballots cast on the Measures, Charter amendments, School zo Board, Mayor and City Council elections held on November 3, 1998, were as follows: 21 2z MEASURES Votes For Votes A ag inst zs H. Council. Compensation 2a Measure H failed 7,676 9,203 2s Absentee Votes only 1,991 2,791 26 z~ I. Urban Growth Boundary 2s Measure I passed 13,531 3,459 z9 Absentee Votes only 3,724 1,067 Page 340, Vol. 32 December 7, 1998 i 2 3 Total number of Ballots 19,139 a Registered Voters 27,112 s Total Voter Turn-out 70.6% 6 Absentee Voter Turn-out 19.6% ,y,,,,,,.,,,,,,,w,,,..,,;.,,, ~,,,,y,,,,,e,,, „N„y,., S ~ .», .y.~ .w~ n,...w..», na..w. iw. iw. 9 io Petaluma High School Board 4-,year seat (elect 3) i i Total Vote Absentee is Carolyn Tennyson, incumbent 13 Sonoma Vote .10,772 3,247 is Marin County Vote 42 is Louis Steinberg, incumbent i6 Sonoma Vote 8,963 2,774 i~ Marin County Vote 50 is Christina Kauk 19 Sonoma Vote 12,994 3.,472 so Marin County Vote 63 Zi ss Judi Allewelt 23 Sonoma Vote 8,866 2,556 as Marin County Vote 42 zs z6 Pamela Granger z~ Sonoma.Vote 7,816 2,201 zs Marin County Vote, 37 29 Total Number of Sonoma. County Registered Voters for School $oard Election 35,068 3o Total Number ofMarin County Registered Voters for School Board Election Not 3r Available at time of writing. 32 33 Total. Number of Sonoma County Absentee Ballots for School Board 6,763 3a Total. Number of Marin County Absentee Ballots for School Board Not. Available at .time 3s of writing 36 37 Total Number of Sonoma County Ballots for School Board Election 24,720 3a Total Number of Marin County Ballots for School Board Election Not Available at time 39 of writing December 7, 1998 Vo1.32, Page 341 i Voter Turn-out in Sonoma County for School:Board Election 70.5% z Total Voter Turn-out in Marin County for School Board Election Not Available at time of 3 writing 4 s ,.,....~...w....., .~ ,w..w..~ ...w .w..w. .~ .w........~ ,......~ ,w..~.....w....~ .w. s All of the following terms' are four-year terms beginning Janu ary 1, 1999, and ending ~ December 31, 2003. The swearing in ceremony is at Noon on the first Monday in January. s 9 Petaluma Mayor (elect 1) Total Absentee io Clark Thompson 7,956 2,416 Elected ii iz David Glass 6,320 1,653 13 Bonnie Nelson 3,373 871 is is Petaluma City Council (elect 3) (listed in the order of votes cast): i6 Total Vote Absentee v Janice Cader-Thompson 7,672 2,039 Elected is Matt 1Vlaguire, Incumbent 7,551 1,897 Elected 19 1Vlike Healy 7,383 2,169 Elected zo zi Mike O'Brien 6,560 2,046 zz Steven Arago 4,425 1,155 z3 Gary Johnson 4,154 1,395 za John Mills 3,923 1,118 zs Mike Hams 3,327 1,063 z6 Diane Reilly 2,926 729 z~ zs Total number of ballots for City Council 19,144 z9 Total number of absentee ballots for City Council 5,319 3o Total number of registered voters 27,112 31 Voter turn-out for City Council 70.6% 3z -End of Resolution Canvassing Vote- 33 RESO.98-252. NCS. 34 AERIAL APPARATiJS -FIRE IDEPAIZ'I'1VIEN'~ 33 Resolution 98-252 NCS authorizing the City to solicit bids for ari Aerial Apparatus, including 36 a 100 foot aerial ladder truck and related fire suppression egipment. If acquisition is 37 successful, initial payment would occur in 1999, followed by ten years of annual payments. 3s The estimated cost of the equipment is $731,100, The truck will be stationed at Fire Station 39 2 at Corona and McDowell Blvd. ' ao ~ RES®. 98-253 NCS ai SiTRPI,jJS - 1966 CR®WN FIItE PTJIVIPER az Resolution 98-253 NCS declaring the 1.966 Crown Pumper surplus and authorizing the sale 43 of same. Page 342, Vol. 32 December 7, 1998 i RESO.98 254 NCS z COMPLETION WELL DRILLING 3 Resolution 98-254 NGS accepting completion of drilling, casing and testing three municipal a water wells: T.he contract was with Nor-Cat Pump & Well. The project ,cost was s $153,863:77. .Councilman David .Keller asked if there was any reimbursement for the well s that was..contaminated by the groundwater contamination from Sola? The cost of the well ~ drilled at the airport a couple of years ago was the reimbursement. a * * * * * End of Consent Calendar * * * * * 9 ItESO.98-255 NCS io WILLOW GLEN L.A:D. ii Resolution .98-255 NCS of intent to create a Landscape "Assessment 'District (LAD)for iz Willow Glen Subdivision. Recreation Director Jim Carr advi;>ed the- City Council that the 13 land in front of the homeowners is the responsibility of the homeowner rather than 'the ra landscape assessment. district, and the homeowners having, responsibility for "their own is property will go a long way to help relieve the Recreation. stars time on the, districts; and. i6 thus reduce, the administrative time that. has been devoted to the landscape -assessment i~ districts in the past. Councilmember ,Nancy Read noted that a discussion was held at the is November 16 meeting about the City getting out of the landscape assessment business and. 19 coming up with some other way to .pay for the improvements. If we establish an LAD at zo Willow Glen, will- there be efficient revenue to maintain the public landscaping with. a base zi assessment of $322? Recreation Director'Jim Carr said that 'is correct. We are ::not talking. zz about anything. in front of the homes; Basically, what. we are talking about is `common area' z3 irrigation. The biggest bulk of it is along the Lynch Creek corridor and some cul-de-sacs. za We went to an outside. independent consultant to develop t:he prices, and we feel very zs comfortable with them. As long as we have common landscaping such as creek corridors and. z6 things such as that we are going to be in the.assessment district business. We~are starting `the z~ assessment district: with an appropriate amount of money tq :maintain it. The area covered. by zs the LAD and the amount of the assessments will reduce the amount of administrative time z9 required to be spent on a district down .to a reasonable degree. Introduced by so CouncilmemberNancyRead seconded~by Vice Mayor Matt Maguire., 31 Ayes: Keller, Torliatt, Hamilton, Read, Vice,Mayor lVlaguire_ , MayarHilligoss 32 Nces: None 33 Absent: (One seat vacant) 34 I2ES0. 9>1-256 NCS 3s WILLOW GLEN L.A.D. 36 Resolution 98-256 NCS' ordering improvements to Willow Glen Landscape Assessment 37 District. Introduced by Councilmember Nancy Read and seconded. by Vice Mayor Matt 3s Maguire: 39 Ayes: 'Keller, Torliatt, Hamiltoq Read,, Vice Mayor,Maguire, Mayer Hilligoss ao Nces: None ai Absent: {One seatvacaiit) _' December7, 1998 Vo1:32, Page 343 1 I~SO.98-257 NCS z SONOMA A~iTTO THEFT TASK FORCE 3 Resolution 98-257 NCS approving a Police Officer being .assigned to the Sonoma County a Auto Theft Task Force. Police Chief Pat Parks told the City Council that. the City would s remain the primary assignment of Police Officers and it would not suffer by sending; a man 6 out of town. However, the Auto Theft Task Force is needed because auto theft has risen ~ 60% in Petaluma which requires quite a bit of staff time. This is due to gangs. There has s been an auto theft ring working in the area. We have taken. officers from the Street Crimes to 9 work with the Task Force to work on some of the problems that we've had. And that takes io resources out of Petaluma into the County to work. on these issues. But, Petaluma and the u surrounding area is working very hard. If the City does not participate, the three year iz funding will be lost. The first step in participating in the process is to hire and train an officer 13 for the task. Councilmember Nancy Read noted that those comments were not included in is the report. The Council reworded the resolution that we hire a new person and make .sure is someone's on the street and that this is a 3-year commitment contingent of the grant funding 16 of the $75,000 and funding. from the District Attorney's office; should that funding dry up the i~ City could not continue the program. Staff was asked that a copy of the revised resolution be is sent to them. Councilmember'Nancy Read asked about spreading the Police Department too 19 thin. You are down a couple of officers. You just recently hired two for the Domestic zo Violence program, downtown patrol she wondered how the department is going to be able to zi do this. How long is this $75,000 COPPS? Three years? (Response -yes) A person will zz not be put into this program until the officer is fully hired and fully trained and on the street.. z3 We have told the District Attorney that he is .going to have to pay for the hiring of the officer, za the full training of this officer and when that officer is out on the street in Petaluma, at that zs point, Chief Parks said he could commit. somebody to the Auto Theft Task Force. z6 Introduced by Councilmember Pamela Torliatt and seconded by Vice Mayor Matt Maguire. 27 Ayes: Keller, Torliatt, Hamilton, Read, Vice Mayor Maguire, Mayor Hilligoss 2s Noes: None z9 Absent: (One seat vacant) 30 ANIMAL. SERVICES C®MMITTEE 31 Members of the Animal Services Committee provided the Council with an update of their 3z activities. Susan Simons, Chairperson, said they have worked on the proposed scope of 33 services to be instituted when the provider change occurs in August of 1999. They .hope to 34 increase the service and reduce unwanted animals in the community. Other animal shelters 3s have been studied and ideas .have been gleaned in order to plan for the improvements that are 36 possible. It is hoped they will be able to provide low cost spay/neutering, stay abreast with 37 new technology, and improve their public information. efforts. She hoped. that fund ral'sing 3s becomes an integral part of the services and facilities. Their goal is a state-of-the-art. facility. 39 She mentioned the Hayden Bill which mandates certain improvements to animal care ao facilities. This will cause animals to be kept longer. Isolation areas will be needed. ai. In late January they will come back with more detailed information. There are services that as design animal shelters, and it is the plan to utilize that expertise. The committee needs City 43 Council concurrence in the direction they are going. The entire project could cost $1 Million, 4a and there are some immediate needs for .improvement. This may require voter approval. The as rental trailer being used now is inadequate, and they will be soliciting design build quotes. a6 The Request for Proposal will be brought back to the City Council for action. a~ Councilmember Pamela Torliatt would like to .see other priority listings for common facility as requirements that the City is not meeting. Councilmember Pamela Torliatt noted that due to 49 conflict of various meetings, she has not been able to attend the Animal Services Committee Page 344, Vol. 32 December 7, 1998 ~ meetings. It was moved by Councilmember Pamela. Tprliatf and seconded by Councilmember 3 for upgradles to the animal shelter~ttee recommendation to dE;velop a request- "for :proposals a Ayes: Keller, Torliatf, Hamilton, Read, Vice Mayor Maguire, Mayor Hilligoss s Nces: None 6 .Absent: (One seat vacant) ~ ItESO.98-258 NCS s LAFFEItTY CIRCUI.,ATION ®F WISED Elit 9 Resolution. 98-25.8'. NCS authorizing staff to circulate a revised draft Environmental Impact io Report. Introduced by Vice. Mayor Matt Maguire, seconded by 'Gouneilmember Pamela i i Torliatf. i2 Ayes: Keller, Torliatf, Hamilton,'Vice Mayor Maguire 13 Noes:. Read,:-Mayor:Hilligoss is Absent: (One seat vacant)` is TREE ADVIS®R~' COMMITTEE i6 The Tree Advisory Committee presented their annual report. Chairman Ross- Parkerson i~ noted the new trees on,East Washington Street' are doing°well. As fundng'becomes available is the Tree Advisory Committee, Recreation Department,: and volunteers come; together to help t9 make the streetscape; more appealing by planting trees. He recognized -past and present zo members of the Tree Committee: Don Waxman, Noelle ;Pellowski, Janet Gracyk, Ann , zi Amyes, Teresa Barrett, Frances Wilson, along with Steve Arago, and Mike- Healy.. In 1.999 zz they .hope. fo do ,more tree planting downtown, start a Tree. Master Plan for the .city's major z3 streets and boulevards, assist residents on "B" Street with a street tree project, explore za sources to fund ongoing tree maintenance, provide outreach. regarding the value of trees,: and zs continue to provide Recreation, Music and .Parks Commission with tree evaluations for the z6 parks. z~ 1999 REFUSE ItA~'ES zs The resolution establishing the T999 refuse hauling rates. was .continued to the next meeting. z9 This is set- annually 'in. `January by the. City Council based on a Rate Formula in the Refizse 3o Collection Contract with Waste Management and is 'based on a ;percentage of the Consumer 31 Price Index, `tipping. fees,' and fuel cost: -The matter has been rescheduled for January, 1.999. 3z STREET CONFIGURATIONS - LAIZEVILLE ST. WII9ENINCs 33 Engineering staff presented several street' configurations: for the Lakeville Street widening 34 (between East Washington Street; and East D Street). The. City Council approved the-Bicycle 3s Committee's. preferred. ,plan which has an. interesting, configuration*. There are '3 lanes: an 36 11' (eleven foot) northbound lanes a 12' (twelve foot) center `turn either way' lane, and an 37 11' (eleven foot) southbound lane, ` 3s *Exeeption 1 at: the corner of East Wasington and Lakeville, the road has. four lanes: a:1,0' 39 (ten foot) right turn to the east .from the northbound lane,, a 1U:2' (ten and two tenths foot). ao straight northbound lane, a 10.5' (ten and a half foot) left. turn to the west from the ai northbound lane and a 12' (twelve foot) southbound lane. December 7, 1998 Vo1.32, Page 345 . t *Exception 2; at the corner of Lakeville Street and East D Street there are 3 (three) z lanes:...an 11' (eleven foot) northbound lane, a 12' (twelve foot) straight southbound and left 3 turn lane to the east and an 11' (eleven foot) straight southbound aril right turn lane to the a west. s Each side of Lakeville Street will have a 5' (five foot) shoulder. Bicycles will use the vehicle 6 travel way. Staff did contact `the neighboring property owners, with the exception of the ~ railroad, and they will be contacted. Associate to Civil Engineering Sue Lackie noted that the s funding did not include additional right-of--way purchase at the current site of Taco Bell 9 (easterly side of Lakeville at E. Washington). The railroad will be upgrading their signals in io the area. The Council asked for `pedestrian friendly' frontage of the old ice house. Staff was tt asked to include the Bicycle Committee in the `paper trail' on projects such as this. Although tz there was some feeling to separate the bicycles from the trucks and cars, the Counctl t3 supported this plan. There was a question of.crossinglhe-railroad tracks with a bicycle. Staff is noted that dismounting when crossing the tracks would. be appropriate. It was moved by is Councilmember Pamela Torliatt and seconded by Councilmember Jane Hamilton, that the 16 City Council accept the Bicycle Committee recommendation (also identified as Exhibit D in t~ the staff report), talk to Taco Bell about widening the lanes, work on the bicycle lane is treatment with the Bicycle Committee and talk to the railroad about these plans. 19 Ayes: Keller, Torliatt; Hamilton, Read, vice Mayor Maguire, Mayor Hilligoss 20 Nces: None 21 Absent: (One seat vacant) zz CL®SED SESSION z3 At 4:50 p:m. the Council recessed to Closed Session to discuss: za ® Public Employee Performance Evaluation -Pursuant to Government Code § zs 54957.6. Title: City 1Vlanager Evaluation. z6 ® Conference with Labor Negotiator Pursuant to Government Code § 54957.6. z~ Agency Negotiator: City Attorney and/or Mayor. Unrepresented Employee: City za 1Vlanager. z9 ® Conference with Legai Counsel -Existing Litigation Pursuant to Subdivision (a) of 3o Government Code §54956.9, Berry vs. City of Petaluma et al. Sonoma County 3t Superior Court Case #218455 3z ® Conference with Legal Counsel -Existing Litigation Pursuant to Subdivision (a) of 33 Government Code § 54956.9. Bravo vs. City of Petaluma et al. Sonoma County 34 Superior Court Case #218404 3s s Conference with Real Property Negotiator Pursuant to Government Code §54956.8. 36 Property: 13 Petaluma Blvd. North. Negotiating parties: McNab/McNear: City: 37 Frederick Stouder. Under Negotiations: Price, Terms orboth. 3s ® Conference with Legal Counsel -Existing Litigation Pursuant to Government Code 39 §54956.9 (Subdivision (a) In the matter of California Regional Water Quality ao Control Board -San Francisco Bay Region ,Order Numbers 98- and 98- at , NPDES Permit Numbers CA 0037810 and CA 0038024 reissuance of az V6Vaste (Discharge itequirements for the City of Petaluma and the Fairfield-Suisan a3 Sewer District respectively; petition of Sari Francisco Bay Keeper before the State as Water Resources Control Board. Page 346, Vol. 32 December 7, 1998 i ADJOURN . z The Council ate dimmer at City Hall. 3 RECONVENE. 7•:OO. pill. a Present: Keller (DK), Torliatt '(PT), Hamilton. (JII), Read (NR), Vice lviayor 'Maguire s (NIlvI), Mayor:Hilligoss (PH) s Absent: None (one,seatvacant) ~ PRESENTA'Y'IONS ON RE'T'IREMENT s City Manager Fred Stouder = Madam Mayor if I could ~as .before we start the official meeting 9 under Section O.OU.O of'the Petaluma. City Charter. I'd like to ask you to pass the gavel to io the Deputy Mayor in honor of'the special event this evening. Mayor Hilligoss - .okay i i City Manager Fred Stouder - and pursuant to that same sectiotn of the Charter, which I know iz you've all read .recently,, within my powers as your City rvlanager I'd: ;like to ask for 13 Councilmember Mary Stompe to be seated here at the table, and also within my powers as Y Y g~~ ~~ g Y_ Y is appoints JohnaScharer as CorCity Ma agerafo` rr the presentat o s this eveningra hi'rty years; d ask `City i6 Manager Scharer to join me at the table. t~ Vice Mayor Matt Maguire -Councilwoman Stompe would you please come down. is Vice Mayor Matt ;Maguire -with the .Power now vested in me:, I will open. this very special i9 meeting and'we will start with some proclamations.. zo Mayon Hilligoss. Proclamation. - Gty of .Petaluma Proclamation -Whereas,, M. Patricia. zt Hilligoss; Mayor of Petaluma, has served for thirty' distinguish~;d .years in local,::regional and zz state ..public. service including service: on the Petaluma. Rlanning Commission, Parks and z3 Recreation Commission and the City Council of the City of Petaluma; and, za Whereas; Mayor Hilligoss has presided over 578 meetings as.Mayor of Petaluma. helping to zs steer the course of local services and sharing critical .decision-making, ,processes for the z6 community including the development of the City's award winning General Plan and the z~ Urban Growth Policy; and, zs Whereas; among; her most memorable achievements are the socuring of the award of a $1 z9 Million grant to build. Round Walk Village, a low income housing ,development, that has 3o earned awards and .served as an international model for affordable. housing' concepts; 3i encouraging, the building. of,the factory, outlet stores in Petaluma, .and her continual work with 3z many community non-profit groups; and, 33 Whereas, :Mayor Hillgoss has been ;active in. the community contributing many hours to local 34 youth, including the Redwood Empire Boy :Scout Council and. the Boys and Girls Club and 3s other non-profit organizations such as Petaluma Ecumenical Pirojects and the Committee on 36 the Shelterless; and, 37 Whereas, .Mayor Hilligoss can: now pursue her hobbies of tennis, golf, and :;painting as well as 3s spending time with her children and: grandchildren and, 'likely, other community services. December 7,1998 Vol'.32, Page 347 i Now, Therefore, Be it Resolved that the 1Vlembers of the City Council as well as City staff z and friends wish to extend to Mayor;Hilligoss;gur heartfelt gratitude for her years of devotion 3 and .service to the citizens of Petaluma and hope: her retirement years are filled with new a ambitions and challenges and time to be with family and fiends. s Signedby Frederick Stouder, City Manager, and Patricia Bernard, City Clerk 6 Vice Mayor Matt Maguire to Mayor Hillgoss, you have three minutes to comment. ~ Mayor Hilligoss, well, I just want to thank everybody for .allowing me to serve you for 12'/z s years. I really enjoyed most of it. The last couple of years haven't been so great, but it most 9 of it was great, and we have a lot of people that I have met that I am very fond of. An awful io lot of them are gone now though; and, as you know, .former Mayor Fred Mattei died ii Saturday, so that's kind of too bad. Is that enough? Vice Mayor `Matt Maguire - that's iz enough. 13 Councilmember Mary Stompe Proclamation - is Vice Mayor Matt Maguire -Proclamation -Whereas, Councilmember Mary Stompe has is served five distinguished years in the Petaluma community including service on the Petaluma 16 Planning Commissron, Petaluma Site Plan and Architectural Review Committee, Budget i~ Committee and the Petaluma City Council as a Councilmember and a Vice Mayor; and, is Whereas, Mary has devoted .much time and energy in bringing, a human face to the i9 community programs in the City of Petaluma, the most notable being Christmas in April, zo which recruits volunteers to assist low income residents and the elderly with their home zi repairs, having assisted over 21 households during the pa"st two years; and, zz Whereas, Mary has enlisted strong support for other human services programs such as the zs Opportunity Center, the Petaluma Kitchen, and COTS (Committee of the Shelterless), all of za whom help assist the homeless and the needy; and zs Whereas, Mary has been an advocate for public safety services and led the establishment of . z6 the Citizens Police Academy, a police department storefront on the east side of town and the z~ Cellular on Patrol .program; and, zs Whereas; Mary Stompe has provided leadership in addressing the need for animal services z9 and spearheaded the appointment of a citizens' committee to provide a comprehensive look 3o at the Shelter's current and future needs; and, 31 Whereas, in order to focus time and efforts on her hands-on approach to volunteer 3z community work, Mary has chosen to retire from the Petaluma City Council. 33 Now, Therefore, Be it Resolved that the Members of the City Council as well as City staff 34 and friends wish to extend to Mary Stompe our thanks and gratitude for her service to the 3s City and citizens of Petaluma and wish her the best in all her future endeavors. 36 Councilmember Mary Stompe - do I get three minutes, too? Well, I prepared something just 37 in case I .had an opportunity, and it's mostly a thank you to many people. First, I want to 3s take this opportunity to thank the employees of Petaluma. Our staff Zs really second to none. 39 They are the absolute best in the industry.. They give their heart and soul to the City and ao often go way beyond the call of duty. They are often criticized publicly and continue to rise ai, above the criticism and make their job the priority in their lives. az I am honored to have worked with so many fine people over the last four years. Not only a3 have they been great teachers, most of us weren't experts in the fields like wastewater and as redevelopment when we were elected, they've been patient, flexible and professional. Thank as `you to all the City staff for your dedication to this City. Page 348, Vol. 32 December 7, 1998 ~ I'd like to also take. this opportunity to thank my family. My husband Brad, and my son z Dillon, have made my service to' the community possible. Night ,after :night, meeting after 3 meeting, my husband cared for our ;young son and kept: our household in order' while a supporting; my choiceto become a Councilmember.. Without his support and encouragement, s I would. not have been able "to serve this roll. 1VIy. son Dillon has shared his Mom with the 6 community for many years. and is happy to have his Mom. back. He has been a great kid, 7 often attending City Council functions without complaint. s Life can, be a juggling act Mom, wife, full time career woman and board member of 9 community organizations and Counclmember.. 'Support of my family has allowed. me to io pursue all the interests in. my wife. My parents -and my sister .have been: equally supportive. ii From walking precincts dunng my campaign,.to endless conversations about city issues and iz challenges, they have been there for•.me. My parents' love. and encouragement has. meant:. the 13 world to me. Mom arid'Dad and Paula, Dillon, Brad would you stand up just real guicke_ is Vice Mayor,Matt Maguire -don't be shy ns Finally I'd like to thank my friends and ° citizens in the .community. Your words of 16 encouragement allowed: me to get through the challenging tinkes. Your comments allowed i~ me to understand issues; and your commitment to community issues supported my d'ecisibn is to become a Councilmember. I leave with mixed, feelings, sadness because I am no longer 19 serving, but with a feeling that I .made a difference in the lives of the People of Petaluma. zo Thank you. zi Councilmember Nancv Read Proclamation o zz Vice Mayor Matt Maguire -Whereas, Councilmember Nancy C. Read has served. over z3 twenty years. in local community service, including appointments on the Petaluma Planning: za Commission, Park and Recreation Commi"ssion and as Vice Mayor; and, zs Whereas,. Nancy served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Golden Gate Bridge z6 Highway .and. Transportation District, as well as service as a staff member to LJ: S. z~ Congresswoman Lynn. Woolsey; and, za Whereas,. Nancy has. served on many local' boards and commissions including .Kaiser Hospital z9 Community .Advisory Board, Sonoma County Local Agency Formation Commission, 3o Sonoma County Human Services. Commi"ssi`on,. Sonoma County Airport Land 'Use 31 Commission; Mobile Home Rent Stabilization Committee and is a member of the National 3z Women's Political Caucus; and, 33 Whereas, most dear to Nancy's heart is :her work with Pe"taluma's Boys and Girls Club. 34 serving as a Board'IVlember,and' a Vice;President and her work with kids as a P.T'.A. member; 3s serving from 1980 to 1992; :and, 36 Whereas,. Nancy's. expertise in telecommunications has promoted the. advancement of new 37 technologies in the communication fields to 1ink.cities with schools and local citizens; and, 3a Whereas, Nancy has championed basic public services,, reminding the community and the 'City 39 Council not to lose site of the City's. primary .responsibilities. . f.,. December Z, 1998 Vo1.32, Page 349 i Now, Therefore, Be it .Resolved, that the. Members of the City Council as well as City staff z and friends wish to extend to Councilmember Nancy C. Read our thanks and gratitude for her 3 service to the City and Citizens of Petaluma and wlsh:her the best in all her future. endeavors. a Councilmember Nancy Read -Thank you, Mr. Vice Mayor, and thanks to everybody who is s here tonight. There's two people who you always honor when your are honored. It seems s like that's the only time that we take the time to honor our parents, yet, I'd like to introduce ~ my parents Harold and Juanita Campbell, if they would stand up. As many of you know, I s grew up in a town with a father who is a City Manager. I have seen every city hall in 9 California,. so when I moved to Petaluma when I was 27 years old with a one year old baby io on my hip and I read in the Argun Courier, "Who wants to help run the City of Petaluma?" ii Well, I put my son down and I called the City Clerk and said how do I apply. So I walked up iz to that same microphone in front of an all male City Council in 1977 and asked that I'd like 13 to be on your Parks and Recreation Commission. I'm thrilled to pieces to have gone from is the Recreation Commission to the Planning Commission to the City Council and have served is 21 years in this municipality. That is my way of giving back to the community everything it's i6 done for me. I thank you "the citizens for putting me in office and allowing me to serve. It i~ has truly been my privilege, and I thank you. is Vice Mayor Matt Maguire -Thank you Mary, Nancy and Patty. Now, John, get up there and 19 let's give them some, oh, more awards here. zo City Manager John Scharer -Fred and I are going down to the other microphone, and Mayor zi and Nancy and Patty we are going to take you in ascending order, so Mary you are going to zz be awarded first as being the time spent -five years and also the youngest of the group. We z3 won't talk about age from this point on. If you'd please step down, Fred and I would be very za happy to make our presentations. Mary, this is indeed a pleasure, I'm very honored the zs Council and the City Manager asked me to come this evening and to have this opportunity to z6 do this. There are no consulting fees.involved,. so this is a.good time to come back and visit z~ with you. And Dave (Couneilmember Keller who is back after experiencing a heart attack), I za want to welcome you back and see :that you are recovering and I hope that you continue to z9 get well and serve the City well. Much ofwhat I was going. to say has either been read in the 3o proclamations, resolutions, or in thanking for the award proclamations said some things were 31 said that I was going to say. 3z Mary, I want to say that I am particularly proud of you for your service on the City Council. 33 You entered the local government in a time of a fire storm, unprecedented politically in this 34 community. And you were able to hold your course and to do what you thought was right, 3s after studying all of the facts that you had before you. You still were able to become a very 36 positive influence on the Council. We have a Citizens Police Academy today that was the 37 result of your efforts. There's been a focus on the care and the humane care of animals in the 3s .community which the Council has followed up on with a citizens' committee and various 39 ordinances. You. have championed Christmas-in-April. to help those more needy, and so it :is ao really my pleasure tonight to present you with your five year°pin and your letter that Fred has ai here for you. And. maybe if Brad (husband) and Dillon (son) could come forward, maybe az Brad could pin that five year pin on you and maybe Dillon could give .you this plaque. They a3 are certainly a part of earning it. Now, the retirement" certificate; Mary, it says, The City of as Petaluma, California, presents this retirement certificate to Mary Stompe in recognition and as appreciation of five years of loyal and faithful service given the. seventh day of December a6 1998, signed by Frederick Stouder, City Manager, and M. Patricia Hilligoss, Mayor. Page 350, Vol. 32 December 7, 1998 i Councilmember Mary Stompe -Thanks, John. This `is dike getting married again, not. really. z John Scharer -I've got to get retrained' to do all of this. It says,. For dedicated service with 3 spirit and intelligence and for. your -many accomplishments on behalf of the Citizens of: a Petaluma. So thank you, .Mary, very much.. s John Scharer -Nancy, Councilmember .Read; Well, Nancy, here we are, twenty years.,. 6 twenty years of service to the City of Petaluma. You are t_he consummate: elected official. ~ You are one of the few that L'have seen and worked with that; was committed to providing a the services that.. local government was founded to .provide: public afety so that we can Nall 9 live in our community without. fear, that our' street§ would not be-full of'potholes; that when io we flushed.. the toilet it disappeared and we didn't "have tg worry about it. You did that and n still ,provided a .reasonable cost to doing all of that. You ,are a firm believer that. 1"oval iz government is for the People;; and; it is the. closest thing -that there is to the People. You_ have: 13 always championed that. You have been a part of much of the `history of Petaluma. Twenty is years ... you don't think. ofthat a§ a longtime, but aook:at the changes that have evolved in a is community in twenty years. There are things .that are taken for granted by over half .the i6 population that °were struggles to provide. There were difficult times that many "of you who i~ have moved .here, maybe'ten, years ago, didn't see what went on to provide the basis for:. The is comments that we always hear, "Let's retain Petaluma much as the way we can and `let's 19 preserve its; history:" There were.a lot of folks that preceded all of you, who .did just that and so now you have the community, "the place that it:is. And, Nancy,. you were an integral part of zi doing those things,.and I want to :have your•father, Harold; and ;Mom come up and. do tlus'for zz you, z3 Councilmember Nancy Read (to her Dad)' Did you bring your glasses? za John:Scharer -I'll try to do this right. Harold (Campbell),. if I'd known this was going to be zs such a struggle...(pinning Councilmember Read with'her twenty year pin)... z6 Vice Mayor 1VlatfMaguire -How many City Managers does it take to put a pin on? z~ Councilmember-Nancy Read -one, two, three! zs John Scharer -the same number-that it takes to screw in the light bulb. Okay, are we all, set?" z9 Got it on? Okay. The Retirement Certificate that goes. with this is much the same as I read 30 of Mary's in recognition, appreciation of, loyal and, faithful service given the seventh "day of 31 December, 1998, signed by Fred Stouder, City Manager, and :!VI. Patricia :Hilligoss, Mayor. 3z Congratulations, Nancy. And .you plaque with the: tile. Ivlr: Scharer said to the audience, "I 33 don't know if you have' had a ehance.ao see this. We use the file that ~we adopted :as the 3a ° official "tile of the 'City :many .years :ago." ~It says, Nancy, C. Read, Councilmember, 1977- 3s 1998, (In an aside, fie said, "I don't think you were. a Councilmc~mber'for~that period of time, 36 but I'm.just reading what it says.) Fore dedicated service,. -spirit and. intelligence and' for your 37 '.many accomplishments on behalf of "the citizens of Petaluma; and we truly .mean that. Thank 3s you very, very, .much. 39 Nancy Read ~ thanks, John, thanks for doing"that December 7, 1998 Vo1.32, Page 351 r John Scharer,- said to Vice 1Vlayor Maguire, "And now thirty years, Matt; you'll never make z it so don't worry about it." Vice Mayor Matt Maguire -we'll see about that, John. John 3 Scharer - I would challenge you to do that." a Presentation to Mayor Hillgoss -John Schasrer. -Anyone. who gives thirty years of their life s to their community deserves to be recognized and to be applauded as you were, Mayor. I 6 have had the pleasure and distinction of working with,you for most of that thirty years. You ~ were always concerned about the City. You~were always concerned. about those who were s less fortunate.. You were instrumental in creating senior housing in this community for those 9 .seniors who were unable to afford satisfactory accommodations, and you did that through the ro formation of the Petaluma Ecumenical Projects .(PEP). You. served on That board, as I recall, r r and were very instrumental in getting the City to become involved, which we did: It has been rz a very, very successful program. r3 People talk about growth and rapid growth. They weren't here in 1968, 1969 when 1,000 ra homes a year were going in. 1;200 homes a year, schools were overcrowded, the sewer plant rs had no capacity. Well, you're still working on that, I understand. But the Mayor Hilligoss r6 was part of that at that time. She was instrumental in working. on creating what we now call r~ the Petaluma Growth Management Plan. It has stayed in place all these 30 years, almost. I ra guess it was .finally ratified by the Supreme Court .and found to be lawful about 1974, if r9 memory serves me right. We went through the Judicial system for four years in order to zo determine that the citizens of `Petaluma had a right to determine their own destiny and their u own growth. And, that is still in place today. Those 500 units (maximum allowed) a year are zz still there. The Petaluma Growth Management Plan has been taught in the universities and z3 the colleges and the Supreme Court case is cited often in other communities to allow them to za also decide on-their own destinies. zs Much of what I was saying to Nancy about what. we see in the community today you have z6 had a part in. When we think of Lucchesi Park I remember when that was a water well field. z~ I remember when there was no Community Center in Petaluma to speak of. Those things. all zs came to pass. I don't know how many people know it took three elections to build a new z9 Library in this community. Three times the citizens went back to the voters and said we need 3o anew Library. You were instrumental. in working with the Regional County Library System 3r so that we would become a part of the countywide system. From that we created the 3z museum. We saved the :old Carnegie Library, and we worked hard to do that. There are a 33 lot of things you were .instrumental in accomplishing for this City, that will live forever 34 because of your work. Mayor Hilligoss added, the buses, too.. John Scharer went on to say 3s he was just trying to give a glimpse of it. We could go on about your working with 36 Congressman Bill Filante to .acquire the old agricultural laboratory down south of town to 37 find a permanent home for the Petaluma People Services Center, which has worked well, and 3s the Committee of the Shelterless, COTS, now use it also. I am really pleased, Patty,. to be 39 able to come down here this evening and come out of retirement for Thirty minutes to make ao these presentations, and I hope it doesn't screw up my retirement pay: We have a thirty year ar pin for you here and Fred (Stouder, City Manager) if you would come and do the honors, az would you mind. Now we'll see how many City Managers. (it takes to pin a Mayor). I'm a3 going to try to help you though, Fred, by at least getting it unassembled. City Manager as Stouder mentioned that the Fire Fighters were here for First. Aid (in case there was a slight as injury from the pinning technique). John Scharer went on to say, that there is something that a6 Patty did not say, but we never had Paramedics in this community fifteen years ago. We had a~ EMT's. And they did a wonderful job, but the City Council pushed through a Paramedics as program, and now we have a .system that is, bar none, the finest in Northern California, a9 maybe the state. For those of you who ever need it, it is an excellent, excellent service. All so right, now we have your Retirement Certificate, so you get to retire, and you signed it. Or, sr there is someone at City Hall, like the City Clerk, who may have your signature down. Page 352, Vol. 32 December 7, 1998 i The City of Petaluma; California, presents this Retirement Certificate to M. Patricia Hillgoss z in recognition and appreciation of thirty years of loyal and faithful service given the seventh 3 day of December, 1998. Frederick C: Stouder, M: Patricia Hilligoss: Congratulations,, Patty. a Here is the ~tile that goes with ;it: .I'll, just, briefly read that, For dedicated service. with aprit s and ,intelligence for your many accomplishments.on behalf of the citizens of Petaluma And, 6 again; Patty; we thank- you very, very :much for serving us these thirty years:. Thank you. ~ John Scharer - I just want io take one moment, Acting 1Vlayor Maguire and resign. ,my s position. Fred Stouder: excuse. ine, I want this appointment for the. whole evening, John. 9 I'm ;going to watch Monday night football, the first time in twa yeas. John Scharer, I looked io at the agenda, Fred, and it's your agenda. Fared Stouder, I think most- of these have a history i i of when you were still .here, John: John: a .good part of them ar~~ yes. Keep working at them iz andyou're going to solve them, and we're allgong to move on~forward and make Petaluma 13 an even better community than what. it is. Thank you very much. is /ice Mayor Matt Maguire -.John, I want to thank you for coming down to do this.. It is very is appropriate that you were hereto do this aince you spent the bulk of the time serving .with i6 Patty, Nancy and Mary, so from all of us, thank you very much. Before I hand back the i~ ,gavel, I'd like to take this opportunity to call on a,few people from. the audience who may is have a few thoughts to share: And the first. person I'd like to call on is I;inda Buffo. i9 Linda .Buffo, Executive Director of ~ .the Downtown Association. -Thank you, Mr: Vice zo Mayor. The Petaluma Downtown.AssociatonBgard of Directors and Members are proud to zi participate in this public acknowledgment of a long time commitment of leadership by our zz .Mayor, M. Patricia Hilligoss. Mayor Hilligoss has demonstrated over her entire.. career of z3 thirty years a personal .and professional love and respect for our' historic downtown. .She has za been a leader in many projects and supported legislation to pri>mote, ;preserve, and enhance zs our unique and precious downtown. She has often.'been. seen over the years in Victorian zs costume: greeting citizens. and visitors to our unique and' charming historical district. It has z~ been a delight to work with a woman who has exemplified. dedication,. integrity, respect and zs charm in the execution of her duties:. At this. time we'd ike to acknowledge her.; :I'm .going z9 to have our President, .Maggie Salenger, present you with a bouquet. and little certificate,, and 3o I' d like. to read to you want the certificate.. gays. The. certificate says the Petaluma Downtown 31 Association; 'in ;recognition of M. Patricia Hillgoss, Mayor, Por thirty years; of dedicated 3z leadership. and service: And at the bottom of each of these. certificates is a quote. by Martin 33 Luther King , Jr., °that says, "The ultimate. measure of a ;man, and in this case woman, pis not 3a where he stands in °moments of comfort :and convenience but where he stands in times of 3s challenge and controversy." 36 At this time we would also like to acknowledge the awent<~ years of public service by 37 Councilmember Nancy Read: It is commendable :beyond. measure :that a citizen would- choose 3s to give. so much of their life to public service for the sheer joy` of'it; and find that they will 39 never please. all of'the people all of +the time and ,knowing that he hard work and endless ao .meetings will bring frustration more. often. than. satisfaction. .All this without; a .paycheck. ai Y,our dedication. and your contribution to thi's community by'your serving in'public service is az truly appreciated. and, twenty years is certainly beyond commendation. We appreciate you, 43 Nancy. as Linda Buffo -And Mary .Stompe, is Mary still here? Vice Mayor Matt Maguire,, she's. here: as We would also `like to: honor Mary, Stompe -for her service to our community. She has kept a~ us aware of'the human needs of our citizens. Her legacy of the Christmas in April program December 7, 1998 Vo1:32, Page 353 r and the benefits and. joy it brings to senior citizens in need of a helping hand will benefit our z community for years to come. 3 On behalf of the Board of Directors and members of our association, I'dlike to introduce to a you our President, Maggie Salenger; our Past President, Jeff Hariiman, and we'd like to s thank all of you on behalf of the rest of the Board Members and our membership in general 6 for the contributions you all make to the historic downtown district. ~ Vice Mayor Matt Maguire is there anybody else in the audience that would like to share some s thoughts regarding Mary, Nancy, or Patty? Please come. forward, John. 9 John Records with COTS ..(Committee of the Shelterless) -because of the leadership of io Mayor Hilligoss -unfortunately Mr. Records did not speak into the microphone, and only a it few of his words were recorded. i2 Bonnie Nelson (former Councilwoman) -Madam Mayor, I wouldn't have missed tonight for 13 anything. I congratulate all three of you ladies. I wasn't going to say anything, but after John is Records got up there is one thing I'd like to share, last year for four days I was homeless in is this town and it was COTS that was there to come to my rescue when I needed it. You don't 16 know who is going to be homeless, you don't know when, you don't know where. I can i~ certainly appreciate this town. In 1999 we need to have ayear-round shelter for homeless is single people, and to that end I will work. 19 Vice Mayor Matt Maguire would anybody else like to speak? Sir. zo Thank you for allowing me to take a few minutes of your time. This is totally spontaneous. zi On behalf of myself, I'm Richard Myers, .and my Dad is on the upper level (former Mayor zz Leland H. Myers) on behalf o the of the Myers family, thank you all. z3 Vice Mayor Matt Maguire anybody else, then I will ask the City Council if there is anybody za who would like to comment. zs Councilmember Jane Hamilton - I want to thank all three of you for the years and the hours z6 and the time you have dedicated to the City. An arduous and tedious task it's been and s~ sometimes contentious. And thank you for participating in this process and for making it a ~s better town. It's an incredible amount of work. I appreciate your presence and that you z9 were here. And, Mayor Hilligoss I've always found your sense of humor to be just stunning 3o and your most shining quality, and your perseverance to be very inspiring. You are a very 31 strong person. Thank you for being a model. 32 Councilmember Pamela Torliatt - I said thank you to Patty and Nancy and Mary wasn't here 33 but to Mary as well. The hours that a Councilmember spends on issues from Old Elm 34 Village, to affordable housing, to downtown police officers, to animal shelters and the like, 3s it's incredible how much time it takes. And knowing, that you have spent five and twenty and 36 thirty years doing that, from the bottom of my heart being a fourth generation. Petaluman you 37 have contributed a tremendous amount to this community and I thank you for that. 3s Councilman .David Keller - I'd also like to thank you Patty, Nancy, Mary. Anybody `who's 39 been on the Council, who's been on a public body knows that this is not a seat for the shy for ao the faint of heart or for those who want to be wall flowers. This is a position that takes ai leadership, takes knowing .your community, takes .knowing who your friends are and how to a2 work with the people who aren't friends. The three of you have demonstrated that year after 43 year. You've come through, put in a tremendous amount of work for the community, and I as think that the entire community, the number of folks here tonight is testament to the kind of as work that you have done over the years. Thank you very much for having done it and may a6 that be an example for other folks in the community who would like to participate in City a~ government - come on down, you've seen an example of those who spent years doing it and as done a tremendous job. Thank you. Page 354, Vol. 32 December 7, 1998 i Vice Mayor;Matt Maguire - And. I would,.just like to add, to that, thank you Mary; and Nancy z and Patty, all three of you. We have had our differences; they've been vigorous 'at Times. We 3 have had much. more that we've agreed on that. homeless' services, transportation, Tong, range a planning. I think that the City is far befter off for "your having been here and served and I s thank you; tqo. I;would just `like to ,recall, one little incident. that came .up. It took.. me a while 6 to, the Mayor would read the proclamation; and of course ahe is signing it, and: at the :end, ~ she would say, "I, M. ,Patricia Hilligoss'..." and I kept. on thinking why does she tell us who a she is, we know who she is, she's the: Mayor. `Well, the- "M" initial for her name. Mary found 9 out that was her first name. `But we know who you are, we always will.. know who you are, io and thank you very much, and with `that I'hand you back the .ga~rel. ii Mayor Hilligoss -thank. you. Pm very glad that you all came, but if you don't want to stay iz for the rest. of the. evening, that's okay.. 13 PLEDGE OF AIIEGIANCE is Mary Tupa, Director of Information Services,. led the Pledge, of Allegiance to the flag. is MOMENT` OF SILENCE i6 PRESENTATIONS -SPARC. AWARDS i~ Richard Burger, Chairman of SPARC, and Mayor. Hilligcass presented. Site Plan. and is Architectural. review Committee (SPARC) Awards for project design excellence in the i9 following categories: zo Residential: zi Heritage Woods, Rosamond :Street 2z WaggonerLBell Residence; 530 First Street z3 Kingsfield Subdivision, Townview Lane za Adobe Creek'II, Phase 2 zs Historic Renovation: z6 Mutual Relief Building, 27 Western Avenue z~ Storefronts, 209 - 213 Western Avenue za Historical Museum, 20 Fourth Street z9 Commercial° 3o Grace Building, 1 T Keller Street 3l SalengerBuil'ding, 1;1 Western.Avenue 3z Mahoney Building, 6 "C" Street 33 Industrial• 34 Foundry Wharf, 10.1 "H" Street 3s _ Petaluma:Health Care, 1360 North McDowell Blvd, 3s Kaiser'Hosptal; 3;900 Lakeville Highway December 7, 1998 Vo1:32, Page 355 i Miscellaneous: z Corona Creek School, 1851 Hartman Lane 3 Rooster Run Golf Course, 2301 E. Washington Street a St. Vincent's Church, 5 Bassett Street s RESO.98-259 NCS 6 TWO ROCK COAST GIIARI) BASE POTENTIAI. CLOST-RE, 7 Resolution 98 259 NCS urging Federal authorities to keep the Two Rock Coast Guard Base s at Two Rock, California, open and' functioning. Once again, there is a move to close the 9 modern Coast Guard base at Two Rock. Several years ago -the people were successful in to their urging that the Base be kept open. Now the United' States Coast Guard is preparing,a ii "Programmatic Environmental Assessment for its Optimize Training~Infrastnucture tmtiative" tz which is assessing the training centers. Four training, :centers may be affected by their t3 decision. They are located in Cape May, New Jersey; Yorktown, Virginia; Elizabeth City, is North Carolina; and Petaluma, California. Mr. Vernon Piccinotti, Committee to Save the U. is S. Coast Guard Training Center -Petaluma, spoke eloquently about the Committee's desire . ~6 to maintain an active Base here. He warned the Council that~the old Cape May, New Jersey, t~ facility is'in the district of an influential Senator who has said that base will not close if he has ns anything to do with the base closure decision. 19 It is very important that every communication about maintaining the Two Rock Coast Guard zo Base be received before December 24 at: zt WRITE TO: The Docket Management Facility (USCG-1998-4765) zz U. S. Department of Transportation, Room PL 401 z3 400 Seventh Street, S. W. za Washington DC 20590-0001 zs Residents of the area who support the Coast Guard Base were urged to send wtYtten z6 communications to the above address by December 14, 1998. z~ Also, he urged the City Council to adopt a resolution of .support and communicate with the zs Federal legislators to request their support for maintaining the Coast Guard Base at Two z9 Rock. There is a scheduled meeting at Lucchesi Park on Thursday evening for people 3o wanting to learn about the possible base closure plans. Bryant Moynihan from the Petaluma 3t Area Chamber of Commerce and Charlie Carson. 608 Jonas Lane, spoke in favor of keeping 3z the Coast Guard Base open. The City Manager was asked to FAX the resolution to cities of 33 Mann and Sonoma. Introduced by Councilmember Pamela Torliatt and seconded by 3a Councilmember Nancy Read. 3s Ayes: Keller, Torliatt, Hamilton, Read, Vice Mayor Maguire, Mayor Hilligoss 36 Nces: None 37 Absent: (One seat vacant) 3s RESO.98-260 NCS 39 CITY MANAGER EMPI_,OYIVIENT CONTRACT ao Resolution 98-260 NCS approving the City Manager contract amendment which provides for ai a two-year rolling term of the contract, requires the City to provide a 45-day notice on az termination, provides fora 3% salary increase in January and a 2% salary increase in April of a3 1999, consistent with that approved for the Management staff, and amends the time by which Page 356, Vol. 32 December 7, 1998 r the .City Manager may incur reimbursable moping costs and expenses for an additional twelve z months to July 1, 2000. Introduced by Councilmember Jane Hamilton and seconded by 3 CouncilmemberNancy Read. a Ayes: Keller, Torliatt, Hamilton, Read, Vice Mayor Maguire, MayasHilligoss s Nces: None 6 Absent:'. (One seat'vacant) ~ TRA)Fk'IC' CIRCZJLATIOIV - SONOIVIA MTN. PARKWAY a Staff reported the responses by residents living. near ,Sonoma Mountain .Parkway at the 9 workshop.held on November 1T showed residents' `interests for different: alternatives relating io o traffic circulation onto and off of Sonoma Nlountain.Parkway, from the closure of gall the ii .left .turns in the ,medians, to',closure of the median. only for certain streets, to closure of the iz medians for other streets, or for leaving the medians: open tci left turns. Most residents' 13 concern was about the traffic movement restriction, at one area causing a resulting. diversion is of traffic to another :area, .especially their streett.. City :Engineer Hargis noted that reaching a is consensus is not going. to be easy. The public comments were: i6 Arnold Kaye, 1645 Lauren. Drive -blocking Sonoma Mountain Parkway in these locations ~~ causes a hazard for people. is Denise Foster, 216 Wishkah Lane -close the :median at Turtle Creek and Miwok. Received 19 no communication, nor did her neighbors. She ..hopes the City will look closer at the 'impacts zo of new subdivisions prior to .allowing them to be built. zi Kathy Witter, 1b41 East Madison -just close the median; e~~tend the median or -build an zz outlet onto Washington sooner. $he hasn't seen any suggestions from the City to solve this z3 problem. za )tichard Hillary, 1745 E. Madison. - he read a letter from `Dr. Bauer of 1736 E. Madison. zs Judy Hillary, 1745 E. Madison -the reason:to use East Madison'i to avoid the congestion at 26 Washington. and .McDowell, Traffic should be directed. to Rainier or to Washington. The z~ rain run-off: last Winter was stopped by the median on Sonoma Mountain Parkway: A zs permanent post should be put in the walkwaywhieh is 8 feet wide. z9 Mark Stegman, 220' Wishkah Lane -regarding the left turn at :Chehalis, his .concern, is that 3o final action will not be taken before the people :move into their. inomes: 31 Craig Carroll, 1724 Chehalis Drive -you need to take action..1)efore people move `in. (to the 3z Turtle Creek subdivision). Children play in the street. The left- turnlane should~riot go in. 33 Hank Flum, attended the. workshop in,November. He'has had to drive around to make: a LT- 34 turn to get where he wants to go. You should selectively place U-turn. pockets along that 3s route. 3s Bill Maples, Lauren. Drive - .emergency vehicles need a w,ay of getting into. that new 37 development quickly. What. are the people in the: development going. to say when they can't 3s make.a left turn? It's a. pig=in-a-poke. Put traffic lights in that are set to keep traffic at a 39 certain speed. Remember to consider the emergency vehicles. December; 7, :1998 Vo1.32, Page. 357 t Gay Perry, Jeffery Street -ask one of your Safety Ofl"icers. Police Officer Ken Savano said z the Police have certain privileges during an emergency. 3 Donna Carroll, Chehalis -the issue is protecting our children there; we didn't buy a house on a a thoroughfare. s --End of public comment on Sonoma Mtn. Parkway-- 6 Councilmember Jane Hamilton has no suggestions, the development is not coordinated. She ~ is looking forward to staff's solutions. If we don't want a left turn lane, then we shouldn't s approve it on a temposry basis. 9 Vice Mayor Matt Maguire felt that all medians should be opened up or close them except io Rainier and East Washington. Maybe we need more concerned drivers, police patrol, and ii practice being as neighborly as we can be. Placement of temporary paving for the left turn is iz fine. 13 Councilmember Nancy Read would not like to see Turtle Creek landlocked. Can we at least, is today, before homes are occupied, post "local traffic only" signs at Chehalis. is Councilmember Jane Hamilton said the east side was designed where it is impossible to 16 divide traffic among a number of streets. That doesn't work. She made a mistake to voting i~ for closing off the median.., The only thing that makes sense.is to open it all up. We need to is reduce the speed, reduce the volume, and make more routes available. 19 Councilman David Keller -dig up the median, make turn lanes going left and right. Open it ao up. zi Councilmember Pamela Torliatt attended. the workshop and heard varied opinions. There are zz too many cars on the road. There is no simple solution to this. We are not going to have a z3 solution that will make everyone happy. What was the premise when this was designed? We za need to have comparisons with the projections for the area. The left turn into Turtle Creek zs will come back. with staff recommendations. She is in favor of a better thought out z6 alternative. No one is going to be happy with this. z~ Councilman David Keller -get the pocket open for safety reasons, although there are no zs promises on the City Council's part. People are using the middle southbound lane to turn z9 into Turtle Creek. If you agree to close the left turn lane, we will be moving the traffic to 3o another street. 31 Councilmember Pamela Torliatt - we shouldn't allow any traffic there unless we make a 3z decision on the whole section. 33 City Engineer Hargis reiterated what he heard saying you are providing direction to continue 3a to look at the use of the left turn lane and you. are requesting the developer to complete the 3s paving on a temporary basis as well as place a sign saying this is a temporary situation. 36 It was moved by Councilman David Keller and seconded by Vice Mayor Matt Maguire to 37 leave the left turn lane: to Turtle Creek subdivision open temporarily and ask staff to come 3a back with a full .spectrum of alternatives. 39 Ayes: Keller, Torliatt, Hamilton, Read, Vice Mayor Maguire, Mayor Hilligoss ao Nces: None ai Absent: (One seat vacant) 42 ID®MESTIC PAIt'P'NEI2S 43 The City Council has been asked to provide Registration for Domestic .Partners. The service as is provided by some public agencies, but it is not recognized by the State or Federal Page 358, Vol. 32 December 7, 1998 i governments. The City Council has been, asked to provide Health. and Leave Benefits for z those domestic partners of city .employees: Benefits that might be included are leave, vision, 3 dental, long term disability and life insurance: Medical. benefits and retirement benefits are a provided through the State of California and are confined to legal spouses,, as: defined by s State law: Staff estimated that 2% to 3% of the employee .population would'be .eligible (that 6 would be 6 to 9 employees). The cost of those benefits the city could immediately provide ~ would range from $3,100 to .$6,200 per year. .Should the state allow for domestic s partnership coverage of medical and retirement benefits,. the annual costs could be between v $34,000 and $68,000. However, the matter was not discussed as time was short and'it wa's io continued to January, 1999. Due to the lateness of the :hour an~3 the number' of agenda `items i i yet to be discussed, this was continued. iz RES®. 98-2611~TCS 13 McDOWELLNVASHINGTON - STUBER STROEH is Nancy Read abstained. from. the discussion because. she had performed work. for this is engineering firm within the' last twelve months. Resolution. 98-261 NCS approving a contract i6 with Stuber Stroeh for $247,000 for ,design. of circulation .improvements at the inter"section `of i~ East Washngton'Street and McDowell: Blvd: Thee City Council added work~to that contract - is sidewalk along the creek on Washington, acquire right=of-way from the other side of the i9 street at. the ;gas. station corner,, include the Bicycle Committee; use Washington Creek. during. zo dry months, for pedestrian bicycle .access; the northbound Highway- 10,1. on-ramp behind zi Penney' should be designed, include the bicycle path to Ellis,. do not use PCDG money, zz rather use bonded indebtedness, come back with.. assessment. district. information including z3 proposed area,.-.let there be an effort to do restoration. and, rev~egetation to preserve channel. za capacity, and include visual improvements. Traffic counts will be done in the area this week: zs Introduced by Vice Mayor Maft,Maguire and seconded by Councilman David Keller.. 26 Ayes: Keller; Torliatt; Hamilton, Vice IvlayorMaguire, Mayor Hilligoss 27 Nces: None zs Absent: (One seat vacant) 29 Abstain:. Read 3o RES®. 98-262 NCS 31 DOW1yTOVi~N A1(JTOBODY APPEAL 3z This relates to a use permit application fora 24-hour, 7 day a week, towing and storage of 33 vehicles im conjunction with an autobody repair business. The Planning Commission 3a approved the application of'Dion Reif, owner and operator of Downtown Autobo'dy at Z15. 3s Petaluma Blvd. South, and it was appealed by Joe Durney. For numerous reasons it has been 36 repeatedly continued until this date: The business currently. operates under a 1:9.96 37 conditional Use Permit which authorized a, spray booth in the. auto bodyshop and outdoor 3s storage of vehicles .awaiting repair and new vehicles to 'be .sold at a different site: The hours 39 of operation are Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5':00 p:m. and on '.Saturday from ao 8:00 to Noon. ai Mr: Reif is seeking Police Department approval. of this operation: in order to participate in az rotation towing calls from the Petaluma. Police and from the Highway Patrol. a3 The amendment does -not .a~'ect. the ,hours of the auto body _ painting and repair business; but as ~ requests the towing service operations be increased to '24-hours per day, 7 days per week; as with the ability to store impounded vehicles that are not intended to be repaired by December 7; 1998 Vo1.32, Page 359 i Downtown Autobody. The current 2,3,50 square foot storage area at the rear of'the building z (northeast corner of'the site) is not proposed to be expanded, and would continue to be used 3 to ,store approximately 20 to 40 vehicles. . a Staff advised this site has been home to autobody painting and repair for at .least five years:, s .His attorney -said the ability to tow is a vested right. It was noted that a conditional use 6 permit runs with the land if the use .isn't dropped for a. period of one year. Staff advised that ~ the Veterans Auto Body use was abandoned. The 1966 Use Permit did not address 24-hour a towing. City Attorney Rudnansky said a new Conditional Use Permit would :have a provision 9 refemng to past Conditional Use Permit p "revisions: If "ttie conditions of the prior Conditional io Use Permit are not consistent they run with the land. Typically that is m writing. His ii conclusion is, if a use is not in writing; it doesn't exist. He reiterated, that if the prior iz provisions were wanted, they were placed in a new Conditional Use Permit. In the 1993 13 Conditional Use Permit there was towing mentioned. In the 1994 Conditional Use Permit is there was no mention of towing. There was no mention of towing in the 1996 Conditional is Use Permit. i6 The hearing was opened. i~ Joe Durney -said this doesn't conform to the General Plan; Central goals, Gateway goals, is Policies 17, 27. The storage area only holds 12 cars. He said the Planning Comrrussion 19 wasn't very comfortable voting for 24-hour towing. The neighbors have complained to Mr. zo Durney and said why take. it to staff because it will not help. Mr. Durney said you get used to zi the noise. It is when you have company you call and ask them to be quieter. There are zz derelict cars on site which have been present since before the August Planning Commission z3 meeting. There are cars .stored and toxic stuff stored uncovered. The towing disturbances at za night, and lately the drivers have been on their best behavior. Erroneous information has zs given a positive spin to this. Staff had noted there were 73 letters protesting when there were z6 over 100; some letters weren't included. Mr. Durney said he has had trouble getting copies z~ of staff information. The background and legal rights are somewhat confusing. This has zs been on the police cycle of towing. They did put a hose ~on the gate to make it quieter. z9 The applicant's lawyer said this is a vested right. The autobody operation as it has existed 3o was the result of a compromise reached in 1993. 31 Councilmember Jane Hamilton asked what it is that you (Mr. Durney) don't want? Mr. 3z Durney asked the Council to turn down the addition of 24-hour towing. After hours towing is 33 particularly offensive. 34 Councilmember Nancy .Read asked who is the owner at 715 Petaluma Blvd. South? The 3s response was Donald Molstead. Mr. Durney said, that day-time towing, as bad as it is, is not 36 as bad as the body shop. 37 AGENDA 1dIANAGEIVIEN~' -the Council removed items 23, 24 and 27 3s from the agenda at 11:15 p.m. Items 25 and 26 are time sensitive and stayed. 39 Mr. Bruce McCann, attorney, asked if you lose the right by asking for an amendment? ao It was noted that every fifth vehicle to be towed into town would go to this business. Also ai noted was "there is a four lane highway" between the business sand the retirement. center. az Councilmember Jane Hamilton asked if Mr. Reif was open to off-site storage during night a3 hours. Mr. Reif said he was not open to off-site. We asked for storing wrecked and non- aa wrecked cars. We did not ask for it to be removed. Everything he has done is the best he as can do today. He feels he had towing from the beginning. He is not willing to rent another a6 site. Page 360, Vol. 32 December 7, 1998 i Vice Mayor Matt Maguire - there is the question about the:legitimacy of tlus towing function. z Where does ~ say this is an amendment' or it supersedes' it. !-~Uould yo g reconsider off-site 3 night storage. Mr. Reif said'he believes there is a restriction fo:r the sfora a location to be on a site to matntam tow rotatton. s Councilmember Nancy Read noted that the Council, is trying' to make. this work: for Mr. Reif. 6 She went on to say that :he applied for a Conditional. Use;Pf:rmit at 1420 Petaluma :Blvd: ~ North and it was granted for towing ;operations and storage.. Y'ou can operate 7 days a week 9 only runntng witflayou as the owned and night ttme the owgng cou d go to 14- Ol Peta outh uma to Blvd: North.. Councilmember Jane I-Iatnilton night: time tovnng 'is not appropriate for a tt residential neighborhood. Councilmember Pamela. Torliatt introduced the Council action to iz approve towing day-time, back gate should not to be used derelict cars along the river be t3 removed ;right away, meet existing., conditions of approval as proposed. (If this is passed the is neighbors need. to be responsible to report violations' to the City.) To grant towing rs operations. at 715- Petaluma Blvd. South, it -might not be he primary location but they can.. use 16 the other location at 1490 Petaluma Blvd, North. The. Conditional Use Permit should clarify t~ the new car.. storage (for Victory Chevrolet) the: solvent. storage should: be corrected, :fences is should be physically screened with lattice; vines, or something. Prinicpal Planner Vin ,Smith 19 noted these are tw.o different applications.. Council noted that .Mr. Reif can have daytime zo towing,between 8:q0 a.m. ;and S:Ob p.m: at 715 Petaluma. Blvd. South and.after hour towing zi at 1490 Petaluma Blvd. North: Saturday hours at 715 Petaluma Blvd. South are 8:00 a.m. to zz Noon. The remainder of the weekend towing is to 1490 Petaluma Blvd. North:. z3 Ayes:. Keller, Torliatt, Hamilton, Read, Vice~:Mayor Maguire; Mayor Hilligoss za Nces: None 2s Absent: (One seat-vacant) z6 BUILDING PERMIT FEES z~ Continued to January, 1999. zs AIRPORT HANGAR ~`EES z9 Continued to January, 1999. 3o RESO.98-263 NCS 3 i AGREEMENT EISENBERG et: al- NPDES .PERMIT 3z Resolution 98-263 NCS' authorizing professional services agreement with Eisenberg, .Olivieri 33 & Associates for special, technical studies in support of the City's NPDES Permit Order 98= 3a 076. NPDES stands for National Pollution Discharge: Elimination System... The .Regional 3s Water Quality Control Board,. San Francisco Bay.Region; adopted'the°permit for operation of 36 Petaluma's wastewater treatment:. facility on July 15, 1998. The; permit describes the 37 requirements for operation of the facility and includes seveial special technical studies which 3s must be conducted by the City. Besides the permit. requiring this action, the special studies 39 will provide: useful information. about the :quantity- and source of certain chemicals that :are ao influent to the City's wastewater treatment' facility. Staff rE;commerided that the firm, of ar Eisenberg, Olivieri & Associates 'be utilized for this special: technical assistance. Studies. .are az estimated to cost $84,115 and there is a contingency of $6;OOQ requested by the_Engineering a3 Department. December 7, 1998 Vo1.32, Page 361 1 Introduced by Councilmember Pamela Torliatt and seconded by Vice Mayor.Matt Maguire. 2 Ayes: Keller, Torliatt, Hamilton, Read, Vice Mayor Maguire, Mayor Hilligoss 3 .Noes: None a Absent: (One seat vacant) s RES®. 98-264 NCS s AGREEIVIENT LeB®EUF et al- NPDES PERIVII'T 7 Resolution 98-264 NCS authorizing. professional services agreement with LeBoeuf, Lomb, a Greene and MacRae in support of the City's NPDES permit which has been appealed by a 9 third party to the State Water Resources Control Board. The Regional Water Quality to Control Board adopted the City of Petaluma National Pollutant Discharge Elimination 11 System permit in July of 1998. On August 14, 1998, the San Francisco BayKeeper filed a 12 petition requesting the State Water Resources Control Board to review the final decision of 13 the Regional Board to reissue an NPDES permit to the City. la If the State Board's final order amends the NPDES permit to be consistent with the San is Francisco BayKeeper petition, the financial and economic impacts to the City of Petaluma is will be significant. This could result in a required expansion of the reclamation system at an 17 estimated cost of $25,060,000, or construction of additional treatment systems at an is estimated cost of $9,145,000 to $63,395,000. 19 The LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae agreement amount is $38,000. Introduced by Vice 20 Mayor Matt Maguire and seconded by Councilmember Jane Hamilton. 21 Ayes: Keller, Torliatt, Hamilton, Read, Vice Mayor Maguire, Mayor Hilligoss 22 Nces: None 23 Absent: (One seat vacant) 2a DRAFT GUIDELINES D®WNTOWN C®1VIMERCIAL DISTRICT 2s The request for approval of draft design guidelines, the intent of which is to provide direction 26 to both property and business owners who plan to alter or rehabilitate buildings in the historic 2~ downtown, was continued to January. The guidelines apply to alterations, additions and new 2s construction. They address architectural style, storefront character, .awnings, signs, colors, 29 treatment of rear entrances, roof mounted equipment and street beautification such as trees, 3o benches, and trash receptacles. 31 B®DEGA AVENUE IMPR®VEIVIENTS 32 The resolution approving the Bodega Avenue widening project and. associated mitigated 33 negative declaration of environmental impact for the area from North Webster Street to the 3a City Limits was not acted upon, however, there was a member of the audience: who wishes to 3s speak and he was heard. .Bob Brewer, 620 Bodega Avenue, said it is about time that 36 something was done for that choked arterial- (Bodega Avenue). He has removed many 37 damaged animals there. It is an adventure making a left turn into his driveway. The 38 development there was well ahead of work that needs to be done on Bodega Highway. 39 Michael Evert, Assistant City Engineer, advised that early on in the planning of widening ao Bodega Avenue, it was thought some of Mr. Brewer's property would be needed. It has al since been decided that there is no longer a need to obtain ;right-of--way from him. West a2 View Estates is doing the work on the roadway. We will get back to the City Council about a3 occupancy of the new units in this area. Mr. Brewer asked for assurance in writing about the as change of decision on right-of-way acquisition, the fence replacement and the tree j as replacement. Page 362, Vol. 32 December 7, 1998 1 I~+ PO1<tT° O1~T CLOSED SESSION s City Attorney Richard Rudnansky said there was nothing to report out of closed session, 3 ADJOURN 4 At Midlught the .meeting was adjourned to Noon,. January 4, 1999, for the swearing in of the s newly elected Mayor, Council members and School Board Trusl:ees. 6 7 8 ~~/ ~~s 9 - / to ~ M. Patricia lligoss, -Mayor u ATTEST: 12 13 ~.~ -- 14 is Patricia E. Bernard, City Clerk