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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 04/20/1998Apri120, 199~ ~Io1.31, Page 373 1 1VIINiTT~S OF' A REGYJI,A~t 1l~IEE~'ING 2 PETAI.iTIVIA CI~'~' COiJNCII~ 3 IYIONDAY, APRII. 20, 199~ 4 ~tOLL CALY, 3:00 q.IIn. s Present: Keller (DK), Torliatt (PT), Hamilton (JI-~, Read (NR), Stompe (MS), 6 Vice Mayor 1Vlaguire (MM), Mayor Hilligoss (PH) 7 Absent: None g P~JBI,IC COMMEN'T: 9 Patricia Tuttle Brown, Chairman of the Bicycle Advisory Committee commented on the io Radar Enforceable Speed Zones item to be heard later in the rneeting. Miss Brown stated ii that Keokuk is a primary bicycle connector and it is used as an alternative to Petaluma iz Boulevard. There are too many stop signs, and they are dangerous for bicycle riders. She i3 would like this to go to the Bicycle Advisory Committee for alternatives to all the stop signs ~a on this particular street. ls ~RESENT.~T'IONS i6 Steve LaHerran, Fire Department was presented with his 20 year pin. i~ Norman Hilliard, Fire Department was presented with his 30 year pin. ~s PItOCI.A~~'~ONS i9 Jason Anderson was given recognition for his services when he spent 15 hours of his time and ao equipment to use his water truck to wash down the streets in the Payran area that were Zi covered in mud from the flood. 22 Brad Swanson and Pete Chiara were also recognized for their help during the flood. 23 COiTNC~ COMMENT: za PT - Received a copy of a letter from David Runge at 215 Grant Avenue regarding a long as term trash problem at 231 Grant Avenue. She would like the City Manager to address this. z6 MS - Invite the homeowner of 231 Grant Avenue, to the Council meeting when we discuss 2~ Oakland's Neighborhood Maintenance Ordinance. She would like to commend the city for z~ holding the COPPS training session. z9 DK - Would like some feedback regarding police response to a series of incidents that 30 occurred at Putnam Plaza over the weekend. 3 i NR - Congratulations to Nlary Stompe and staff members for their success with the sa Christmas in April Program this past weekend. There were over 300 volunteers to repair 25 33 homes that were in disrepair. 3a MNI - Council received a copy of a memo from City Attorney Rich Rudnansky to our Police 3s Chief regarding firearms. He would like to have this come back on an agenda for discussion. 36 ~~~~'~ S 3~ 'I'he minutes of March 30 were approved as amended: 3a Page 350, line 37 add the National Organization of Christmas in April. Line 38 change She 39 to Mary. ao 'The minutes of Apri16 were approved as amended: ai Page 362, line 37-38, change at lease one perp to perpetrator or offender. Vol. 31. Page 374 Apri120, 1998 i Page 363, line 35, PT asked if the Police Officer's pagers ~were voice pagers? The answer a was "no". PT requested that the police use voice pagea~s, and she believes Councilmember 3 Stompe also requested that the city possibly have the Cellular on Patrol included in that. PT a asked for a cost analysis of what that would cost. s Page 364; line 10, Councilmember Maguire also agreed to form a commission of 6 stakeholders. a Page 364, lines 18 and 19 regarding the video cameras in Putnam Plaza. PT was not in favor s of the city using video cameras at this time, but if the property owner wants to use a video 9 camera on the exterior of their business (not the interior), she does not have a problem with io that. ii Page 365 line 9, PT commented on the possibility of the Petaluma Downtown Association i2 relocating to the store front in Putnam Plaza or to that vicinity. is Page 364, Line 18 & 19 NIlVI thinks that using video cameras in the Putnam Plaza area sends ia the wrong message and will incite more polarity. is CONSENT CALENI)AIt i6 'The following items which are noncontroversial and which have been reviewed by the City i~ Council and staffwere enacted by one motion which was introduced by MM and seconded by is PT. i9 AYES: Keller, Torliatt, Hamilton, Read, Stompe, Vice Ma;yor Maguire, Mayor 2o Hilligoss 2i NOES: None 2z ABSENT: None 23 RESO. 98-56 NCS Za I+'AItMERS 1VIARKET zs Resolution 98-56 NCS approving Farmers Market to be located at Walnut Park each z6 Saturday afternoon from May through October. The Council asked that some allowance be z~ made for individuals to place tables in the park for distribution of political material. zs OY~. 2067 NCS 29 PERCUSSIOIV INSTRUMENTS IN PiJTNA1VI PLAZEI 3o Adopt Ordinance 2067 NCS adding Section 13.28.050(G) to the Municipal Code regulating 3i the playing of drums or other percussion instruments to occur only between the hours of 7:00 3z a.m. and 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. 33 1ZES0. 98-57 NCS 34 ~~~E~~.UMA .~w~ CT.U~ 3s Resolution 98-57 NCS approvang contract with the Petala~ma Swim Club for use of the 36 Petaluma Swim Center from May 1, 1998, through Septemb~r 26, 1998. Apri120, 1998 Vo1.31, Page 375 1 ~SO. 98-581+~CS z I'VIO~IY~E FiOiTSIIKG t~DI~IINIS~'~tA'I'ION FEE 3 Resolution 98-58 NCS approving $30.00 per mobile home space, per year pursuant to a Municipal Code regulations as an Administration Fee . 5 ~SO. 98-59 IVCS 6 AI90BE C1~EK ~STO~T'ION ~ Resolution 98-59 NCS accepting completion of the Adobe Creek restoration project by s Maggiora & Ghilotti for a final cost of $18,672.31. 9 ********* End of Consent ********* lo I°A~t1VIEIt51VIARKET ii The contract with Farmers Market to be held at Walnut Park was discussed by the Council. i2 The Council would like this resolution brought back adding language that reflects Council is wishes to allow people to rent a table for the purpose of distributing campaign/political ia literature. The Farmers l~arket is scheduled for Saturday afternoons from May to October. ~s PT has received a phone call regarding the neighbors adjacent to Walnut Park. Please notify i6 the residence's including those living in apartments along Fourth Street that the Farmers i~ Ivlarket is going to be in operation during certain dates, because of the noise, and access to ia their properties. 19 PIJTNAlVI PLAZA Zo Police Chief Pat Parks responded to the questions raised by Councilmember Keller regarding Zi the police response to Putnam Plaza activity. The first call came in on I'utnam Plaza at 2:29 Zz p.m. on Saturday. An officer was not dispatched to that call until 2:48 p.m: There was a 23 nineteen minute delay on that response because officers were tied up on an m~ury accident, a Za stolen vehicle, warrant arrest, missing person call, runaway child and child neglect case. All zs of which would take priority over the Putnam Plaza calls. z6 A second call came in at 3:05 p.m., an of~icer responded to that call witlun two rrunutes. 2~ There was no violation of the law observed at that point in time, the officer's cleared the call zs two minutes later. 29 A third call came in to that location at 3:19 p.m. An o~icer was dispatched to that call at 30 3:21 p.m. and amved at 3:21 p.m. There was no delay in response. The officer was there for 3i a short period of time, again observed no violation of the law. Several officers worked s2 extensive time in the downtown area on that evening. Two o~icers worked on bike patrol 33 for an hour downtown during the key times that Councilmember Torliatt had indicated which sa was from 11-12 p.m. We had two officers on walking patrol shortly after these incidents 3s occuned to give extra patrol in that area. It is important to know that swing shifts were 36 called in early that day. We called in additional staff support at 2:00 p.m. because of the calls 3~ for service the city was facing at that time. 3s PRESEN~'r~~'ION 39 ~ob ~ailey presented a F'easibility Study to the Council on the concept of having a ao Perforrrung Arts Theater in Petaluma. Some of the key issues discussed were e~cistmg ai facilities, funding, infrastructure, potential use, and establishing an Arts Council. az Council is interested in supporting a Perfornung Arts Theater. '~hey would also like more 43 information brought back to them on fornung an Arts Council. Council would also like to 44 see more art in public places (sculptures, paintings, etc.). Vol. 31. Page 376 Apri120, 199~ i PT - would like the Feasibility Study directed to the Parks, Recreation and Music z Commission for their review. The Santa Rosa Junior College - Petaluma Center is interested s in building a 100-150 seat theater. They are looking for collaboration with the City and any a other non-profit agency to help them through the planning stages. s NR suggested that Petaluma the Art Train visit brought to Petaluma. 6 DK - suggested that we start displaying art in City Hall. 7 ABAG POWEIg a COlVIlVIUNI~ AGG~GAT'ION 9 Steve Simmons, Public Works Superintendent, advised tY~at last September the City of io Petaluma along with 67 other agencies joined an ABAG sponsored Joint Powers Authority to ii aggregate power and allow purchase of electricity directly from the Power Exchange. ABAG iz Power anticipates the City's estimated saving should be ~45,000 of the current total electrical is bill of $900,000~. The City started receiving power as of April 1, 1998. ia Patty Spangler, ABAG Representative presented her report to the Council. is State law allows local governments to serve residential, small business customers as well as is medium to large commercial and industrial customers within their jurisdiction. Local i~ governments offering service to one residentiaUsmall business customer must offer it to all; ig however, that does not apply to medium to large commerciaVindustrial customers. Local z9 government is exempted from having to register at the CPUC. ao Because it is costly to serve small customers and because they currently receive a state- ~i mandated 10 percent reduction, there have been few privage suppliers interested in serving zz this sector, except those offering higher-priced environmentally generated Green Power. z3 There is more private sector activity in the area of the medium to large commercial 2a customers, because those customers are more profitable and there is no 10 percent discount zs mandated. Many medium to large customers could be profitable to serve, but lack technical 26 . knowledge to evaluate proposals or contract with suppliers. 2~ She advised that local governments should not attempt to aggregate small customers at tlus 2s time. And there could be a valuable role for local governments in providing technical z9 assistance on aggregating the medium to large commerciaVindustrial customer. 3o ABAG developed a technical assistance program that ABAG Power members could use to si provide technical assistance to those medium sized customers lacking technical information. 32 The program is an opportunity for ABAG Power members to offer businesses the ability to 33 participate in a pooled purchasing effort and receive technical expertise to shape an attractive 34 load profile, solicit and evaluate proposals, and assist with the preparation of contracts. The 3s main concern is how it would be funded. At this point ABAG has invested most of it's spare 36 cash in the development of ABAG Power and can't really support an independent effort in 3~ this area. ~'here is some interest among those cities that liked the program to support it 3s through Econorruc Development funds, and there is also a possibility of securing a grant to 39 support the program. ao PT: wanted to know how many users or businesses there are in our community that have ai over 50 kV6~ demand and if they would be interested in the Power Partners Program. Apri120, 1998 Vol. 31, Page 377 z PT: would like to see the Council do some marketing of information through utility bills a asking residential and commercial users whether they are interested in receivmg additional 3 information regarding the energy program. a MS: see if the Chamber of Commerce would like to solicit vendors to set up displays and s make information available for residential and commercial users and have the vendors give a 6 presentation. This could be noticed in the utility billings as well. ~ ~I~: wanted some clarification regarding the 95% of ABAG customers under the ABAG a Power are small business. 9 Patty Spangler, ABAG: advised that the small business accounts are local government io accounts and they power things like lighting in a building, pumps, street lights etc. ABAG has ii about 7,000 accounts and 95% of them are under the 20kW, standard which has been ia established for the cut-off between statistical load profiling and metering, so they qualify as is small accounts and they do get the 10% discount except for street lights which were ia exempted from that. is 'That 95% of the accounts only contribute 31% of our energy. 'The remaining 5% of the i6 accounts, only 300 accounts among these 64 governments contribute 69% of the energy. i~ MM: would like to find out about the California Against Utility Tax Cut which has been is circulating to get a petition on the ballot which is to eliminate the stranded cost for nuclear i9 power plants. If this initiative qualifies what impact would it have on the e~sting law if this Zo initiative does pass. zi Patty Spangler stated that she would do some research on that initiative as pass the 2a information back to Council. 23 I)ISC~JSSION OF ALLOCATIONS Za Followingthe Planning Department staffreport, several Councilmembers questioned the details of zs the Stonegate development proposal. Vin Smith, Principal Planner, responded that a preliminary z6 application was submitted and he explained the general layout of the conceptual plan: 4.u acre 27 park at the top of the site and 47 single family dwelling lots on the open and less vegetated Zs section. Mr. Srruth noted that the Parks and Recreation Commission reviewed a conceptual plan Zv and generally supported the 4.7 acre park concept. 3o Ira Bennett, 5802 Monte ~lerde, Santa Rosa, applicant for Stonegate subdivision, stated that 3i the four or five acre site they are proposing to dedicate as a park is on the northerly portion 3z of the site, but there is no plan that mandates the location in one spot or another. 33 DK asked 1VIS to give a summary of the Parks and Recreation discussion and action. sa MS: The decision of the Parlcs & lZecreation Commission was unanimous with regard to a 3s park on the site. The majority of the discussion was with regard to using city resources to 36 purchase park land or to have it be a condition of approval. s~ NR asked staff to discuss the City's position on commenting/pernutting if the site is 3s developed in the county. 39 Vin Smith: because the site is in the county, we have less control over conditions of approval ao and the development approach than we would if it were annexed to the city. If a permit is a~ processed through the county, we do have a Itesponsible Agency status under CEQA as they az vvould need some permits to do road improvements. Vol. 31. Page 378 ,.. ,. ;,;;~ ,., . ,. Apri120, 1998 i Bryant Nioynihan represents the owners of the property. One year ago we entered into a z contract with Cobblestone Associates and they came forward seeking allocations and were s denied. An engineer has already been retained to lay the site out as an 8 lot subdivision with a the County. It would be the intent of the property owners to eliminate the eucalyptus trees. s He would certainly encourage the Allocations to oecur now, otherwise this puts the project 6 on hold for another year. 7 The Growth Management System is very specific about Tentative Subdivision Map s Applications in that one cannot be made without Allocations having been granted. 9 JH was concerned about implied Council support of a project if we grant allocations. io Discussion of 1VIM regarding the process the General Plan Amendment and rezoning before ii you apply for Tentative Subdivision Map. Once the General Plan Amendment is approved, iz then the City Council will entertain allocation requests. i3 Vin Srruth, stated that Council is not approving 47 uruts. Council is simply granting the ia applicant an opportunity to make an application for up to 47 units or for the Council to ~s ultimately approve a subdivision of up to 47 units, and no more. The difference between the i6 development of 8 units under the County's regulations and development of 47 units under the ~~ City's regulations is that they virtually would have to use the entire piece of land for an 8 unit i~ subdivision so that each lot has to be a large enough lot to accommodate a septic system ~9 w}uch can percolate. There will be discussion of later allocation request. Zo Motion was made by MS and seconded by NR to set the 1999 Allocation Pool as Zi recommended at 136. 22 AYES: Keller, Read, Stompe 23 TVOES: Torliatt, Hamilton, Vice Mayor Maguire 2a ABSENT: Mayor Hilligoss 2s 26 Motion failed. a~ 1tES0.98-601VCS 2s SET~'ING ALLOCA~'IONS 29 Resolution 98-60 NCS to set the Allocations at 136 excluding the 47 requested by Stonegate 3o and hold those Allocations in reserve. Introduced by P'T and seconded by 7~I. 3i AYES: Keller, Torliatt, Hamilton, Vice Mayor Maguire 32 NOES: Read, Stompe 33 ABSENT: Mayor Hilligoss 34 It~SO. 98-611~TCS ss G1~AIV'I'gNG AI.I.OCATIONS 36 Resolution 98-61 NCS to granting 89 - 1999 Allocations - as follows: 3~ Proiect l~Tame 1999 Alimcations 3s Cross Creek 44* 39 ao Reserved for in-fill 45 ** a~ Tota1 -~~6-89 42 Apri120, 199~ i ~teservations for 2000 Vo1.31, Page 379 2 Willow Glen 11 s Total 11 a *- 40 previously reserved ** - Mirumum amount required for exempt fill-in s and removing the 47 requested by Stonegate. Introduced by PT and seconded by JH. 6 AYES: Keller, Torliatt Hamilton, Vice Mayor Maguire 7 NOES: Read, Stompe s ABSENT: Mayor I~illigoss 9 NR: This piece of property would be protected better under the City's purview than under ~o the County's purview. By not grantmg any allocations for Stonegate they have every ~ ~ opportunity to develop 8 acres in the County and cut down every single tree on the property. iz Vin Smith, Principal Planner, said the County would send us a referral. We would be given is the opporturuty to comment on the initial study and environmental review process. la O~. 2070 NCS ls ENFOItCEA~I,E SPEEI9 ZONES i6 Ordinance 2070 NCS amending Radar enforceable speed zones on certain streets in the City i~ of Petaluma. ia Street Sqeed Zone o~ verns ~his area 1VIiles/~our Kilometers/~Ir is B Street El Rose Drive and Seventh Street 25 40 Zo Keokuk St. Washington and Magnolia 25 40 Zi Maria Dr. Professional Dr. and Son.l~Itn. Pkwy. 25 40 ~a Payran St. Caulfield I,n. and PetaYuma Bivd. IV. 25 40 z~ Sixth St. IVIt. ~Iiew Ave. and D Street 25 40 za Introduced by PT, seconded by DK. as AYES: Keller, Torliatt, Hamilton, Read, Stompe, Vice Ivlayor Maguire 26 NOES: None 2~ ABSENT: Mayor I3illigoss 28 CROSS C~EI~ SUBI9~ISIOIV z9 I20iJIVYD-A~O~J'T CASA G~NI)E C~a, EI,~' so Allan Tilton, Trai~ic Engineer, advised that `round-abouts' are more efficient than a traffic 3i signal. 1~Iuch of Petaluma's street system is based upon the number of lanes that are required 32 at an intersection. When cars are stopped, there has to be storage capacity for those vehicles, 33 which means more lanes. A single lane `round-about' can handle as much traffic as a four 34 lane arterial, just because traffic is continually moving. Rough calculations indicate we will 35 save appro~mately 14,000 hours of driver time annually because vehicles will not stop. 36 When we get closer to General Plan buildout, we will be saving close to 30,000 hours 3~ annually by not having motorists stop either at a stop sign or a traffic signal. ss T'here were several Council inquiries regarding landscaping in the center of the Roundabout 39 and how that would be maintained. This item is to be brought back ~Yay 4 for continued ao discussiora. ~1 CROSS CI~EI~ SUBI)IVISIOl~ ~z ~T~tBA1~1 RECI,AIMEI) i~6'~"I'ER PIPEI.INE AI,ONG CASA G~tANIDE ~d9e 43 This item was continued. ,w~ . .~,: , . .. ~~ . ;~:~:r.,~.:~- Vol. 31. Page 380 Apri120, 1998 r ADJOURn1 z The meeting was adjourned to Closed Session at 5:45 p.m. pursuant to Government Code s §54956.9 - conference with legal counsel on initiation of litigation. a RECONVENE 7:00 n.m. s Present: Keller (DK), Torliatt (PT), Hamilton (JI~, Stompe (MS), ~Iice Mayor 6 lviaguire (MM) ~ Absent: Read(NR), Mayor Hilligoss (PI-~ g PLEDGE OF AI.I.EG~NCE 9 The Flag Ceremony was led by Girl Scout Troop 78 io MOMENT OF SII,ENCE i i PU~LIC CO1VIlVIENT iz Melissa Hathaway, 311 Howard St. thanked Councilmember Hamilton for her opposition to i3 the development of 321 acres near Sears Point by the Indians and also for the Council energy ia to get the Urban Growth Boundary on the November Ballot. is Mike Kerns, 9 Y~upree Court. spoke in objection to the proposed Indian development on 321 i6 acres southeast of Petaluma. He would like the Council to take a strong stand along with the i~ Board of Supervisors and to communicate with Congresswoman Woolsey their opposition of is this development. i9 Rick Parker, 1709 Spy Glass Road, stated that the city has been maintaining the landscape in 2o his area. He also stated that the Lakeville Apartment wall that backs up to Adobe Creek has 2i been tagged with graffiti. 22 Nlaurice Matheson, 23 Woodworth wanted to know what th~ Closed Session was about prior 2s to reconvening the evening meeting. za Richard Rudnansky, City Attorney, explained that Council met in Closed Session to discuss 2s the possibility of initiating litigation and that the City was not at liberty to discuss the details. 26 Once the lawsuit is filed and served the City will be able to pa~ovide details. z~ CO~JNCII. C~MIVI~N~' 2s MS: Reported that the Christmas in April program was a success with 300 volunteers and 29 many sponsors including local business's. Twenty-five ~rojects were completed. She 3o thanked everyone involved. There is a ten to eighteen percent proposed increase in Golden 3i Gate T'ransit fares. She would like to encourage Council to send a letter to the Golden Gate 3~ Bridge District urging them not to increase fares to double digits. The proposal after tlus 33 increase would be three percent annually. There is a local public hearing scheduled for May 6 sa at the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors Chambecs, 575 Admirvstration Drive. MS also ss spent the day at the Animal Shelter painting and working anc~ the conditions are deplorable. 36 Vice Mayor Maguire reported out of Closed Session that the Council by unanimous vote 3~ (Mayor Hilligoss absent) authorized Initiation of Litigation. Details will be available after 3a filing and service of process. Apri120, Y998 Vo1.31, Page 381 i JH: requests that a resolution be brought to Council opposing Proposition 224 Design & a Engineering Services Initiative and Proposition 226 Contributions by Employees, Uruon 3 Member, Foreign Entities Initiative. 4 P1tOCI,AMATIOi~TS s Buddy Poppies -~Ieterans of Foreign Wars, Mr. Lionel Pereira accepted the Proclamation. s Proclamation thanking the National Guard for their dedication and support during the flood ~ of 1998 was presented to Lt. Randy Gates, Executive Officer for ALPHA Company, 579th a Engineers on Vallejo Street. 9 DOIVIES'I'IC PART'NEItS ~o Jim Spahr, 1457 Capri Ave., Chapter President of Parents, Farrulies and Friends of Lesbians ri and Gays (PFLAG) presented a draft ordinance establishing Regulations Governing the iz Creation, Termination and Effect of Domestic Partners of Petaluma residents, and an outline is of a Domestic Partner's benefits package for Council consideration. 'This would bring ia Petaluma into conformance with several other states, cities and private companies that have is e~ctended benefits to cohabiting coupYes, whether they are gay, lesbians or heterosea~ual but i6 unmarried. ~~ Registration and Benefits are separate issues. Registration would be revenue neutral. The is Council could pass a fee structure for filing and maintaining the records. i9 Council needs to direct staff to actively pursue someone who will offer a health plan to ao Domestic Partners since CALPERS will not. Staff needs to determine what CALPERS 2~ policy is and maybe they need to analyze the issue. Council would like to see this come back Zz with more information regarding an estimate of long range cost to the city regarding a Zs benefits package. Council thanked 7im Spahr for his concise presentation. 24 I~SO. 98-64 NCS as VACAT'E PORTION - CASA G1tANDE ItOAD NEAIt I,.dIKEVII.d~~ 26 Resolution 98-64 NCS Ordering the Vacation of excess strip of right-of-way of Casa Grande 2~ Road at Lakeville Highway. Introduced by J~i, seconded by DK. 2s AYES: Keller, Torliatt, Hamilton, Stompe, Vice Mayor Maguire 29 NOES: None 30 .P.BSENT: Read, Ivlayor Hilligoss ~i Council would like to establish a policy that in the future any surplus or abandonment of City sz property that is sold, should include the reimbursement for stafftime in the sale price. 33 ItESO. 98-65 NCS 34 AUTFIORYZE P~JRCHASE OF C0121~TEIt CASA GItANi)E A'I' I.t~K~VIY,I.E 3s Itesolution 98-65 NCS authorize purchase by Del Wilkinson of the parcel which the city 36 vacated in the above action. In addition, a small portion of the corner of Casa Grande Road 3~ at Lakeville ~lighway is being dedicated to the City from I~el Wilkinson. There was no one 3s wishing to speak during the public hearing. Introduced by J~I, seconded by DK. 39 AYES: Keller, Torliatt, Hamilton, Stompe, Vice Mayor Maguire ao NOES: None ai ABSENT: Read, Mayor Hilligoss ,~,: ~ .S~,i,1 ~~<ru Vol. 31. Page 382 Apri120, 1998 i ~tES0.98-66IrTCS z DECLA~TG WEEDS A NUISANCE s Resolution 98-66 NCS declaring Weeds a Nuisance and Ordering Abatement of same upon a public and private property. The Public Hearing was open~d. There was no one wishing to s speak., and the Public Hearing was closed. Introduced by PT, seconded by DK. 6 AYES: Keller, Torliatt, Hamilton, Stompe, Vice Mayor IvYaguire ~ NOES: None s ABSENT: Read, Mayor Hilligoss 9 WA~gt ~CLAMAT'ION PROGI2AIi'I SUMMER 1998 io Tom I3argis, City Engineer, advised Council that the response back from the existing users of i i reclaimed water was unanimous in that the users would only enter into a multi year i2 agreement. Letters had been sent out to 10 other property ~owners that might have potential ~3 for use of this reclaimed water, asking if any of them wauld be interested in a one year i4 arrangement. Only two responses came back. One indicated that they were not interested, is and the other indicated they would be interested, but not for one year. i6 JH: several ranchers are interested in self-application. With people willing to do self i~ application she thinks the City can cut the costs. Make sure Xhat pumping out the check dams is is included in the cost. i9 PT: asked if staff could calculate how much water is available this year for irrigation? Zo 'I'he public hearing was opened: Zi Rene Cardinaux, 4233 Browns L,ane, The ranchers' goal has been to negotiate an agreement 22 with the City that would put some improvements in place on ranches in exchange for them z3 dropping the prices with the eventual goal that when tertiary water came on the site that the 2a ranchers could operate at almost no cost to the City. Mr. Cardinaux advised that some of the zs ranchers would be willing to dedicate land for the purpose of storing water if the City so z6 needed. 2~ Vasco Brazil, 4551 ~.akeville Highway, the $300 per acre foot cost triggered the one year zs contract, not the multiple year contract the users requested. Any new users would not have 29 had the same opportunity as the cunent users, with request to a multiple year contract with 3o reduced pumping and acre a foot costs. If the $300 per acre foot is the root of the problem, 3i let the bidding process with a level playing field for a multi~-le year proposal from new users 3z settle it. Those benefiting will be the ratepayers saving soraie money to help reelect fiscally 33 minded decision makers. 34 Jim Mendoza, 601 Stage Gulch Road, with a reduced amount of water, the proposal that the 3s ranchers gave the city is bogus. With a reduced amount of water they are not going to need 36 all the capital improvements they implied they needed and so that's going to change the 3~ scenario. As far as other ranchers coming in and bidding this water, you still have to build sa pipe lines to those ranchers. You have an in place system that works and you have been 39 working with us for 1 S years and I would be very disappointed to see that go the other way. ao Dan Silacci: 4347 Lakeville Highway. I think per acre foot is the common sense approach to ai measuring the water because then it give the ranchers the ability to calculate their labor 'cost a2 based on the amount of labor needed to move the pipe to put out the water, etc. If you 43 measure water per acre the cost changes depending on the water amounts. Apri120, Y99~ i The public hearing was closed. `Io1.31, Page 383 z I'T: When we come on line with the new sewer treatment plant it is supposed to be a tertiary ~ treated water facility. What I've asked for in the past and what has been commented to me is a that we have two valves. One that's tertiary treated and one that's secondary treated. 1VYost s of the ranchers can apply secondary treated water and the city does not have to go to the 6 expense of treating the water to a tertiary quality. That will make the water a lot less 7 expensive for the agricultural users to apply vs. using the tertiary water for sometlun~ s different. There's a cost factor and savings m doing that. 9 PT: would also like to utilize the utility bills and ask the ratepayers whether or not they io would be willing to pay more to imgate agricultural lands vs. using ~t within the city limits. If i i their willing to preserve open space and support the agricultural community and their willing iz to pay more for that, then I'm willing to allow the opportunity for the public to do that. i3 PT: In order to have a level playing field the City needs to ask for an RF'P from anyone who ia wants to use the water and whoever can come in with the lowest bid. Were looking at the is cost to the ratepayer as well as applying the water to agricuitural lands. i6 1Vlike Ban, City YJtility Engineer: It is more cost effective to go with the tertiary system, i~ otherwise you have to have separate dedicated pumping stations with piping for a secondary ia system and one for a tertiary system. Another issue is that there maybe agricultural users i9 who want to use the tertiary treated water and if all your piping going out to the land is Zo carrying secondary water you wouldn't have the opportunity to send tertiary water out. 2i Another issue driving other murucipalities to go to tertiary is the liability issue. There is less zz liability with tertiary treated water than secondary water. 23 Council direction was to come back with a three year contract with one year renewable. To aa solicit all users; no allotment of water for marsh land at this time until the new sewer plant is as in place; and the common denominator will be cost per acre foot. We will also be sure that z6 all other costs are identified clearly including the management cost etc. 27 I.IAISON RE~OItTS za PT: reported that the Planning Commission reviewed the Conditional Use Pernut for the St. 29 Vincent Soup Kitchen and gave direction to the Housing Coordinator to hopefully come to so the Council with a line item in the PCDC budget for a homeless facility/mental services 3 fl facility. 3z The Central Petaluma Specific Plan Committee has discussed this issue and it is possible that 33 when the sewer treatment plant moves into its new facility the homeless center can move 34 onto the old site. 3s 'The meeting adjourned at 9:15 p.m. in memory of Jim Teague, Cloverdale Councilmember 36 from 1986 to 1998 who has passed away. 37 38 _ 39 ,~ / ~~ ~ 40 ~ ~ ai 1V1. Patricia 'lligoss,lvlayor a2 ATTEST: 43 44 / J as ~~ ~ a6 Paulette I,yon, I~eputy Clerk