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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 01/20/1998January 20, 1998 Vo1.31, Page fl z 3 4 s 6 ~ s ,~ 1VYIN~TT'ES OF A REG~JI.AR 1VIEETING ~E~'AI.ZTIVI.~ CIT'Y COUNC~, TUESIDAY, JANiTARY 20, 1998 ItOI.I. CAI,I. 3:00 q.Yn. Present: Torliatt, Keller#, Hamilton, Read, Stompe, Vice Mayor Maguire, Mayor Hilligoss Absent: None *Councilmember Keller arrived at 4:00 p.m. 1VIINU~'ES 9 The minutes of the January 5, 1998, meeting were approved as amended: io The Council wants the tape from January 5 kept for Lionsgate. ii Page 254-55, Councilmember said the minutes did not reflect posting in the park. These iz Council directives are listed on the top of Page 254 i3 Page 256, Line 27 - delete "and if they did not use that parcel" ia Page 257, Line 20 change "out" to "our" is Page 257, Line 22 - wanted a report back from staff comparing the costs of making Lafferty i6 a park as to other parks. She thinks we pay more making other parks. She thinks it's i~ minimal cost for Lafferty is Page 258, MS add to comments she wants the County to assist in paying its share as well as i9 County participation and there should be a continued project of looking for other funding Zo sources including grants ai Page 261 - Farnkopf Report - is to be incorporated by reference into the resolution 22 23 Za P~SEl~T~'A'g'IONS Zs Police Chief Pat Parks presented the Distinguished Service Medal to Heather Avilla a 26 Dispatcher who talked to a parent over the telephone and explained CPR instructions for z~ their child who was not breathing. She kept the woman on the line and relayed the za instructions. Officer Dave Cormier responded to the same emergency call. He assumed z9 responsibility for the CPR from the time that he arrived on scene until the child arrived at the 3o hospital. Unfortunately, the child had passed away. I~e was awarded a Distinguished Service 3i Medal also. Mayor Hilligoss presented them with Proclamations. sz CO~JNCIL CO1VgIVIEN'I' 33 NR - let us know the next steps to get Lakeville Bridge finished and opened. She would like 34 to have a letter of appreciation written to the City of Novato for their participation and 3s hosting of the joint City Council meeting and for beginning the dialogue process about items 36 of mutual concern. Key to abbreviations: JH-vice Mayor Jane Hamilto», NR-Councilmember Nancy Read PH-MayorM. PatriciaHilligoss, MS-CouncilmemberMaryStompe DK- Councilmember David Keller, PT-Councilmember Pamela Torliatt MM-Councilmember Matt Maguire Page 2, Vol. 31 January 20, 1998 i PT - the public hearing on implementation of the Calthorpe Plan is scheduled at the Board of 2 Supervisors on 1Vlarch 17, 1998, at 2:15 p.m. She would like the Victor Chechanover letter s regarding curfews on the February 2 agenda. A citizens advocacy committee will be a appointed for the Fire Master Plan. The first meeting is January 26 at 7:30 p.m. Planning s Commissioner Healy wants the City Attorney to see if the Housing Element is in 6 conformance with the State's regulations. ~ City Engineer Tom Hargis responded to the Lakeville Bridge question. He noted the City a Attorney, the City Engineer's office and an agent of the bonding company met today and are 9 working on the answer to NR's question. io CONSENT CAY,ENDAI~ i i The following items which are noncontroversial and which have been reviewed by the City iz Council and staff were enacted by one motion which was introduced by MS and seconded by 13 ~~. ia Ayes: Torliatt, Hamilton, Read, Stompe, Vice Mayor Maguire, Mayor Hilligoss is Noes: None is Absent: Keller i~ ~50.98-121~1CS is CLAIlVIS ANI) BII.LS i9 Resolution 98-12 NCS approving Claims and Bills #70178 to #70475. zo RESO. 98-13 NCS Zi PETALUMA ~'RANSIT AI)VERT'ISiNG 22 Resolution 98-13 NCS awarding the contraet for transit advertising to Petaluma Transit 2s Advertising at $1,000 per month or 35% of gross revenue, whichever is higher. za RESO. 98-14 NCS zs COPEI,AND SEWER PYTIVIP S'TA~'IO1~1 s6 lZesolution 98-14 NCS accepting completion of the Copeland Street Sewer Pump Station z~ which was awarded to Clyde G. Steagall, Inc., of Loomis, California, for $730,927.16. zs * * * * * End of Consent Calendar * * * * * z9 FISCALIZATION AND 1tE~NUE S~AAItING 3o SONOlVI~ CO~J1V'I'Y STUIDY A~OU'T I,ANID 1JSE 3i The City Council had reviewed a document titled Sonoma County Study on Revenue Sharing 3z and Fiscalization of Land Use prepared by Charles Long Associates of Truckee and The HdL 33 Companies of Diamond Bar for a working group of Mayors, City Councils and the Board of 34 Supervisors of the Cities and County of Sonoma, dated Octol~er, 1997. The conclusion of 35 the study was that `global revenue sharing is impractical.' Another way of saying it, sharing 36 of sales taar dollars is impractical. Key to abbreviations: JH-Vice Mayor Jane Hamilton, NR-Couneilmember Nancy Read PH-MayorM. PatriciaHilligoss, MS-CouncilmemberMaryStompe I~K Councilmember David Keller, PT-Councilmember Pamela Torliatt MM-Councilmember Matt Maguire January 20, 1998 Vo1.31, Page 3 i What has occurred from town to town in Sonoma County, as well as many other areas, is the 2 mirroring of retail sales sites; i.e. automobile sales, outlet sales, and other sales tax generating 3 businesses. Where City "A" would have a good sales tax revenue from some type of retail a sales, then City "B" would encourage the same sort of businesses in order to collect City s"B's" share of sales tax dollars. This minoring of sales tax revenue sources has resulted in 6 causing older stores to close. 'The report referred to that as camubalizing existing stores in a ~ given market area. ~ It is the suggestion of this study that a countywide method of identifying the types of 9 businesses that have generated either a lesser or a greater amount of sales t~ revenue, using io the state-wide market area numbers as the comparison figure. With that information available i i to the entire County, then there would be a concerted effort to encourage businesses to is establish themselves where there seems to be an identified `need.' .Also, it was noted there is is a possibility of obtaining some grant funding for this effort through ABAG and perhaps ia through the local jurisdictions. is The City Council supported the study and the efforts of the group. Staff will monitor the i6 program and report back to the City Council as needed. 1~ ANg1VIAL S~EL~'EI~ ISSi7ES is Staff noted that March 2 would be the earliest time that Mr. Knapp from the County Animal i9 Shelter could visit with them at a Council meeting. Staff was asked for information on a Zo county-wide approach to a policy as a"no-kill" county, with a minimum of the City of Zi Petaluma Animal Control being conducted that way. 22 MEE'TII~TGS 23 It was noted the Council has scheduled February 9 to meet with the Chamber of Commerce. Za There will be a need for a couple of ineetings on wastewater items. Staff was asked to allow zs a long time for this conversation, at least an hour. It was noted that City Manager Stouder 26 will be sworn in on February 2 at 2:30 p.m., just prior to the afternoon meeting. 2~ ~.1VIEItICA'S P~tO1VIISE PfltOGRAI~ zs This is a program outlined by General Colin Powell last fall. He challenged all Americans and 29 orgaruzations to help provide youth at risk access to the following five resources which he so said are critical to their development: si • An ongoing relationship with a caring adult 32 ~ Safe places and structured activities in non-school hours 33 ~ A healthy start for a healthy future 34 ° Marketable and career skills through effective education ss • An opportunity to give back through service 36 Cities were asked to sign a pledge to do this. There will be a video conference this month on 3~ the program. The Council asked if this program is a duplicate to what HC2 has been doing. ss It was noted their scope is broader but that group would be critical for this project. MS 39 offered to participate in the video conference and to bring back the information gathered ao from that source. It was felt the schools and libraries could also be of assistance in this ai project. PH noted that the Harrison Meacham Relief fund donates to children at risk. Also, az it was noted there is a Project Tuffgoing on and they could also be of assistance. Key to abbreviations: JH-i~ice Mayor Jane Hamilton, NR-Councilmember Nancy Read PH-Mayor M. Patricia Hilligoss, MS-Councilmember Mary Stompe DK- Councilmember David Keller, PT-Councilmember Pamela Torliatt MM-Councilmember Matt Maguire Page 4, Vol. 31 January 20, 1998 i Other Council comments included how would we set this up, would the City sponsor it, who z would be the contact person, who would we give the responsibility to? MS said she would 3 be happy to `head this up.' She will have a liaison with HC2. It was also noted, that if it a doesn't start with Mayors and Councilmembers, it won't start. s ARE YO~T OKAY TELEP~ON~ PROGItAlV~ 6 Fire Chief Krout described a program whereby an auto-dialing telephone program calls senior ~ citizen and disabled adult subscribers each day. If someone answers the phone, that indicates a everything is all right. If the line is busy, the computer will redial 4 times and then print an 9 alert message for responders to check on the welfare of ~hat citizen. Each computer io installation for this program can handle 25 to 350 subscribers. The cost per computer set up ii is $7,000. The cities of Rohnert Park, Sonoma and Sausalito are utilizing this program. i2 Every place this has been put into use, the program is offered fr~e. There was interest on the i3 part of the City Council to inquire whether or not the Senior ~enter would be interested in ia assisting with the monitoring of the program, because that would give a personal touch to the is contact. Also, a needs assessment should be conducted. The groups Meals on Wheels, i6 Visiting Nurses, and Christmas in April should be contacted for the needs assessment. City i~ Manager Beatty said tlus will be brought back as a budget item. The Council prefers a ia volunteer approach should be utilized; and the Council would like to know if there is a special i9 telephone rate for this type of use. Information about this program will be forwarded to zo PPSC to see if they would be willing to participate. zi 21VIEE'I'Il~TGS O1V ~IG~WAY 101 TRANSPO~t~'ATION 22 When the Council hears this, they would like to have Phil Erickson from the Calthorpe firm Zs available for the discussion, as well as a representative of the Marin Group, the Sonoma za Group, CALTRANS, the Sonoma County Coalition and the SCTA. The City has been asked Zs that the February 9 joint meeting with the Petaluma Area Charnber of Commerce be limited z6 to conversations between the two organizations. For the February 9 meeting, the Council z~ would like to discuss the Chamber's citizen poll and its methodology. Also for discussion Zs that night will be thoughts about addressing congestion of TJ. S. Highway 101 and the 29 Calthorpe plan 3o The Council agreed that on March 23, Monday, they would have a community forum for the si purpose of making all the information, that can be collated by that time, available to the 32 public along with representation of the various groups who have become involved in the 33 widening of U. S. Highway 101 both north and south of Petaluma. ~'he Sonoma County's 34 poll will be made available on March 17 at the earliest. It was suggested that there be an 3s impartial person to be facilitator for both of the meetings. It was suggested that Mr. Peter 36 ~lueton, the Marin County facilitator may be a good resource. 3~ Staff was asked to announce this meeting in the utility bills, on the local access cable 3a television stations, and on the City's Internet page. Key to abbreviations: JH-Vice Mayor Jane Hamilton, NR-Councilmember Nancy Read PH-MayorM. PatriciaHilligoss, MS-CouncilmemberMaryStompe DK- Councilmember David Keller, PT-Councilmember Pamela Torliatt MM-Councilmember Matt Maguire January 20, 1998 Vo1.31, Page 5 1 CLOSED SESSION 2 The City Council went into closed session for a conference with I.ega1 Counsel on existing 3 litigation pursuant to Government Code §54956.9 Berland vs. City of Petaluma - United a States Federal District Court Northern I~istrict Case #96-1974; and, for a conference with s legal counsel on initiation of litigation pursuant to Government Code §54956.9 (1 case) 6 ADJOU1tN ~ At 5:00 p.m., the Council adjourned to dinner at Ricci's Restaurant. s ~COl~TVENE 7:00 p.dn. 9 Present: Torliatt, Keller, Hamilton, Read, Stompe, Vice Mayor Maguire, Mayor Hilligoss io Absent: None il PLEI)GE OF AI,LEGIANCE i2 Ray Peterson led the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag. i3 1VIOMEN~' OF SII.ENCE ia PjJBI.IC CONYM~N~' is John Hanania - spoke on the scheduled meeting with the users of Putnam Plaza scheduled for i6 January 28 at the Phoenix Theatre. He asked for pernussion to put the notices up in the i~ Putnam Plaza. The Council concurred with the caveat that Mr. Hanania remove the notices is after the event. Mr. Hanania has talked to Dr. Wong, Superintendent of the Petaluma School i9 District, and he will send the information to the different schools. It was noted that there is zo another meeting that evening which requires the attendance of some Councilmembers. si Victor Chechanover, 2301 NYarylyn Circle - thanked 7ohn Hanania for helping to set up the 22 meeting on the 28th. Regarding the Water bill, he just received a$46.14 utility bill, $8.00 of z3 which is for water. When is the city going to bill people for their use of water rather than this 2a way. Where is the correlation between the water use and the sewer use in this bill? He zs remembers hearing something about the City looking for residential electricity users now that 26 electricity is deregulated. The Council advised Mr. Chechanover that this deregulation of 2~ service for residents is on hold statewide. 'This Friday at 7:00 p.m. there is a Community 2a Access Center workshop about the electricity deregulation. It will have information about 29 how to make an informed choice among the alternate electricity providers. so Janice Cader Thompson - she thought that the discussion of Rainier Avenue extension was si continued to February 2 and it is on the agenda tonight and she is miffed. s2 7ames Soule, 210 Fifth Street - River House Restaurant - the grand operung for their 33 restaurant is Wednesday night. ~'ou are all invited. 34 ~.~~~C~. ~,~~~EN~ ss MS - wants the Traffic Committee to look at the intersection of Cader Farms and Sonoma 36 Mountain Road. She wants to revisit the program Cellular on Patrol because we waited until s~ the first City Police Academy class for citizens before rescheduling this program. Key to abbreviations: JH-Yice Mayor Jane Hamilton, NR-Councilmember Nancy Read PH-Mayor M. Patricia Hilligoss, MS Councilmember Mary Stompe DK- Councilmember David Keller, PT-Councilmember Pamela Torliatt MM-Councilmember Matt Maguire Page 6, Vol. 31 January 20, 1998 i NR - would like to publicly thank Gene Beatty for stepping in as City Manager. He has done z an adrrurable job and she wanted to thank him publicly. s JH - she also thanked Gene Beatty for being City Manager. The ship did seem like the a Titanic at times, didn't it? She would like the Council to talk about Urban Growth s Boundaries. She wants this publicized so the neighborhood groups, the development s commuruty, Chris Shaw of the Greenbelt Alliance would know when the Council will be ~ discussing it. She wants staff to give a presentation on what other cities have done, ways it s could be dane, and she wants the public to tell us what they vvant in Petaluma. 9 MM - seconded that, and noted the City of Windsor can give verbiage on legislation. io PT - The SCTA will be discussing the R.ail Plan request for proposaYs which are due ii February 6. In order to fund that study, SCTA has requested that cities put in some money. iz This should be on the agenda February 2, because they need the answer on February 4. We i3 will be receiving 7% TDA funds that we weren't anticipating. Maybe that could be used. ia DK - also thanked Gene Beatty for his 25 years with the City and for his time filling in as City is Manager. i6 RAINIER CROSS TOWN CONNEC'I"Oit &~NTEItC~iANGE ~~ The Finance Director was making his presentation when the subject was closed at the last is meeting. Mr. Spilman outlined anticipated sources of funding. Also shown was a map of the i9 potential assessment sites. This map included some residential areas west of U. S. Highway Zo 101. Zi I~To res~dential assessments -'~he City Council reiterated their desire to exclude residential 22 sites from the assessment calculations. Mr. Spilman noted tha~t residential sites on the west z3 side of the freeway will be identified, and should future land uses change the zoning of those z4 sites from residential to commercial, assessments could then be levied on those parcels. zs There will be a feasibility study that will identify those residential sites. z6 1V1i-. Spilman estimated the average lien per acre will be $45,000. The Council was concerned 2~ that this may price some of the property out of any development potential. He noted the za improvements will have a positive revenue affect in that the properties will be reassessed as 29 they are improved and that additional assessment will result in an increase in the 3o redevelopment agency's tax increment proceeds. He estimated that approximately 198 acres si are developable and therefore assessable. 32 The Council asked staffto look at how much residential development will cost us beyond that 33 which is paid for by the developments themselves. It was noted that the Corona Reach 34 Specific Plan Committee has not finished its work, and malcing land use valuation 3s guesstimates prior to that plan being adopted would result in inaccurate calculations. The 36 frontage easement (along U. S. Highway 101) will be completed by development, not by the s~ City. I)ue to the potential of time consuming items on the remainder of the agenda, the 3s Council agreed to hear the subject this evening to the completion of Mr. Spilman's 39 presentation and the public's comments. Mr. Spilman concluded his presentation by saying ao that in his opinion the project is fundable. Key to abbreviations: JH-I~ice Mayor Jane Hamilton, NR-Councilmember Nancy Read PH-Mayor M. Patricia Hilligoss, MS-Coun~ilmember Mary Stompe DK- Councilmember David Keller, PT-Councilmember Pamela Torliatt MM-Councilmember M-att Maguire January 20, 1998 Vo1.31, Page 7 i Norm Sorby, 2715 Skillman Lane and representing NWCCC - talked about water there in a Corona is walled off by the freeway, it affects the mobile homes, the solution is to concrete 3 Corona Creek. If you start to fill the flood plain the water has to go someplace. In his a opinion this is morally an unethical decision. s Hank Flum, 1721 Stonehenge Way - said he would wait until the next meeting to talk. 6 Stephen Charlip, 104 Sth Street - said he would wait until the next meeting to talk. ~ Gary Johnson, 125 Willow Road, Menlo Park - he is a property owner in the area of the s proposed overpass and interchange and is on the Corona Reach Committee. The vision of 9 Rainier is a positive thing for the City and for the properties. The alternatives have been ~o studied by the best professionals in the business. It's going to be expensive for us and for i i you and I support it. i2 Matt Connolly, 2200 Petaluma Blvd. North - factory outlets - he concurs with Mr. Johnson. is We would like to continue with this. Look at the opportunities we have, affordable multi- ia family housing and so on. Continue to look at it. as Janice Cader Thompson - the traffic analysis was based on present zoning. It is solely for i6 cars. It is not to get people across town. It is not friendly for parents, for bikers, for the i~ community. That has to be talked about because it is now 1998. is Hank Flum - why is this the last property in Petaluma? Why wasn't it built on before? Old i9 timers didn't look at it kindly. Use Corona Road; it goes to Adobe Road and goes to the ao west County. Limit access on and off Corona Road. So Southbound from Corona. Have a Zi northbound off-ramp. Don't make Corona into a full interchange. Build out '/z the bridge. 22 That won't disturb traffic on the freeway or Corona Road. Excluding the calculations of 23 property acquisition at the Ford Agency and at Youngstown Mobile Home Park, he noted the Za project would cost only $6 Million. Or he said you could extend Southpoint Blvd., reduce 2s bridge building cost to one freeway span. Perhaps there are other ways to solve the cross z6 town need. Mr. Flum was asked to bring that presentation to the ne~ct Rainier meeting. z~ ItE50. 98-15 NCS Zs ZT~~OLD PI,ANNING COIVIMISSION - DENY ~'~~S~1V APPEAL zs BANKS~IO~' BII.~.IA12DS - WA~'NE V~LE~t CAltl) ROO1Vg so The City Council considered Kerstin, Molinder, Leigh and Janet Perry and Victor Thuesen's si appeal from the Planrung Commission approval of a 15 table, 24-hour card room application 3z by Wayne Vieler to be implemented in the unused rear room of Bank Shot Billiards located at 33 246 Petaluma Blvd. North. Mr. Vieler's application was for the addition of a card room 34 facility to the list of `commercial recreation' uses, a 24-hour 7 day a week 15 table card room 35 to occupy 2,645 square feet at the rear of that location, a modification to the ABC 36 entitlement to permit sharing of restroom facilities and expansion of the hours of the bar s~ operation from Noon to 2:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m. for the new card room only. 38 The Planrung Commission, after review with the City Attorney, neighborhood residents, and 39 St~, made the following interpretation of Ancillarv, a use which is subordinate to the ao principal use. For the purposes of determining subordinate use, the following may be ai considered in comparison to the principal use: intensity of activity, proportion of total space a2 utilized, hours of operation, etc. Key to abbreviations: ,IH-vice Mayor Jane Hamilton, NR-Councilmember Nancy Read PH-Mayor M. Patricia Hilligoss, MS-Councilmember Mary Stompe DK- Councilmember David Kel/er, PT-Councilmember Pamela Torliatt MM-Councilmember Matt Maguire i~, Page 8, Vol. 31 January 20, 1998 i The Planning Commission granted the Conditional Use Permit with a minor modification that 2 the bar service is to be restricted to 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m., rather than the requested time of s 6:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m., (2) approved a 24 hour 7 day a week 15 table card room to occupy a the presently vacant 2,645 square foot portion of ttie rear of Ba~nk Shot Billiards, to permit a s sharing of restroom facilities. The alcoholic beverage hours are for the card room only. 6 T'hey deternuned the use is ancillary to the principal billiard commercial recreation use of ~ Bank Shot Billiards. 'The public hearing was opened. s Speakers were Wayne Vielec, the applicant for the card room Conditional Use permit, Mike 9 Giacomini of Bank Shot Billiards all spoke on behalf of the application. ao Janet Gracyk a neighbor noted they cannot go to sleep on sorne weekend nights until after ri 2:00 a.m.. There are a lot of beer bottles around. ~z Bonnie Nelson said she can hear some noises in the Petaluma Hotel. 5he was concerned i3 about young folks going into Bank Shot Billiards where they sell beer. ia Victor Thuesen, 14 Martha Street - appellant, said he supported the card room at Kodiak is Jacks. He is afraid of any change down there because is so difficult to live with. Wayne i6 Vieler manages a good place. I've always felt it_is located in the wrong place. His view is i~ Mr. Vieler is entitled to have the card room license until 2:00 a.m. He notice a number of ig people outside of Kodiak Jacks smoking now that the State Law prohibits that inside of this i9 type of use. People come out and congregate in front and laugh and tell jokes and smoke. zo He said Mr. Vieler's lawyer cut a deal with the neighborhood. zi Councilmembers said that they were here and there was no deal cut. The Council aslced Mr. zz Vieler questions on assigning and monitoring the use of the parking spaces in the Mahoney zs parking lot. A security guard will monitor their use. Access and egress to and from the aa proposed card room were questioned. One Councilmember noting the two businesses 2s (Kodiak Jacks and Bank Shot Billiards) are adjacent to each other and asked if there, are any 26 connections between the adjacent walls or to access the proposed card room you would have a~ to leave Kodiak 7ack's , go outside and enter through a rear door? Mr. Vieler will encourage Za patrons to use the Poultry Way entrance stairs, however, anyone coming to the Petaluma 29 ~lvd. North entrance will be ushered in after hours by the security guard. Mr. Vieler noted so there are some businesses whose entrances are exclusively on Poultry i~Vay and asked why si this business would be different. Staffnoted that the Building Department required an access s2 on the `public street' for handicap accessibility. Mr. Vieler was asked if this would be a 33 viable business if he were granted less than a 24-hour pernut. His reply was it would not be 34 viable, and the other two card rooms in town have 24-hour perrruts. One of which is 150 feet 3s from a residential zone. 36 It had been noted earlier that the Hill Plaza Park is zoned residential, as is Walnut Park. Staff s~ was requested to look into that. The Council agreed there should be a six month review of 3a the applacation. Key to abbreviations: JH-Vice Mayor Jane Hamilton, NR-Councilmember Nancy Read PH-Mayor M. Patricia Hilligoss, MS Councilmember Mary Stompe DK- CouncilmemberDavid Keller, PT-Councilmember Pamela Torliatt MM-Councilmember Matt Maguire January 20, 1998 Vo1.31, Page 9 i It was moved by MS and seconded by JH to deny the appeal and uphold the Planning z Commission action for a 24 hour 15 table card room in the rear of Bank Shot Billiaxds, with 3 the alcohol hours to be 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m., with a six month review by the Planning a Commission, with access both at the Poultry Way side of the building and the Petaluma Blvd. s entrance. 6 Ayes: Torliatt, Keller, Hamilton, Stompe, Vice Mayor Maguire, Mayor Hilligoss ~ Noes: Read* it is a stretch to consider this ancillary, it is 24 hours, does not wanant s grandng use pernut 9 Absent: None lo DOIVIES'I'IC ~IOLEIVCE ISSj1ES ~~ Police Chief Pat Parks read his report to the City Council. Petaluma experiences an average iz of one reported Domestic Violence incident a day. The mandated tasks for domestic violence is incidents include arrest of suspect, completion of extensive investigative checklist, increased ~a enforcement of stay-away and protective orders, completion of a police report for every is incident, and referral of all cases to the District Attorney. In 1994 the enforcement was on i6 403 reported cases which took 1 man hour per case, in 1997 there were 352 domestic i~ violence cases and the staff time took 2,112 hours. The Petaluma Police Department now is requires 2 days of domestic violence training for all employees, completion of an emergency i9 restraining order on all domestic violence arrests, mandatory transportation to County jail for 2o domestic violence suspects. They do not release domestic violence suspects on citation. Zi Of the cases June, 1996, through 7une, 1997, 50% of the cases were filed/prosecuted for z2 Felony Spousal Abuse and for Violation of Court Order and 45% of the cases were z3 filed/prosecuted for Spousal Battery. Police have learned it is best to intervene at the 2a misdemeanor level of violation. For the most part the reasons for lack of prosecution are zs victims not testifying, refusing prosecution or lack of evidence to demonstrate who was the a6 primary aggressor. Chief Parks said they need more officers and more ability of counseling 2~ services. Also, children are often victims in the families where there is domestic violence. Za In departments where there has been successful reduction in domestic violence situations, the a9 Police Departments have trained investigators to deternune whether or not additional crimes so have been committed, off-site offices for counseling services and victim co-operation, full- si time advocacy and counseling workers for follow through and prosecution, liaisons with 3z domestic violence support groups, grant writing to support the program, intervention at the 33 misdemeanor level before serious violence occurs, and coordination with the District 34 Attorney to increase conviction and filing rates. 3s He suggested re-establishment of local court proceedings in Petaluma, improved local 36 services to supplement that which is available in Santa Rosa, and additional partnerships with 3~ agencies such as the YWCA. sa Beth Grimes, 1639 St. Anne Way, Sonoma County Commission on the Status of Women - 39 suggests the Petaluma court be reopened, a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) clinic be ao established here, ask the YWCA for assistance in training others. Domestic violence victims ai can have an extremely difficult time getting to Santa Rosa for assistance. Key to abbreviations: JH-Vice Mayor Jane Hamilton, NR-Councilmember Nancy Read PH-MayorM. PatriciaHilligoss, MS-CouncilmemberMaryStompe DK- Councilmember David Keller, PT-Councilmember Pamela Torliatt MM-Councilmember Matt Maguire Page 10, Vol. 31 January 20, 1998 i Dave King, 835 6th Street - a TRO clinic would be able to of~er nuts and bolts information. 2 Besides a judge for reopening the Petaluma courtroom, you need support staff. Currently the 3 TRO clinic is run 4 days a week whereby volunteers meet with the applicants and submit to a the judge at 4:OU p.m. The applicant doesn't need to be present. He suggested the city s consider making available three things: a location to hold the TRO, a FAX machine, and a 6 telephone. Court filings are done by FAX in Sonoma County. It may take time for the court ~ to reopen in Petaluma, but in the meantime, he suggested the Council look at the foregoing s suggestion. You don't bring children to the TRO clinic. That is another burden for the 9 victim. He suggested the City make domestic violence funding and public relations on the io subject a priority. He compared it with drunk driving, peopTe are now more aware of it. ii They could become jusf as aware of domestic violence. He alsa suggested that the City seek i2 all funding that is available for office and for assistance in town. i3 Michael Fraca, 2362 Coddington Center, representing the Ananda Institute - At the present ia time, they are the only service to batterers in the community. is Marie DeSantis, P O Box 2651 - Sonoma County Women Against Rape - recommended i6 support of Emergency Protective Orders; they give 7 days for a victim to obtain a Temporary i~ Itestraining Order. The form is difficult to complete. Establish a shelter or the community is could consider hiring advocates to deal with sexual assault victims. You would need i9 phones, pagers and maps. This is less expensive than a shelter. You would need to hire 2 zo police detectives to complete the investigation work. There is only one proved program in Zi reducmg domestic violence. There is a need to build solid and complete information and to 22 do this at a misdemeanor level. This can reduce domestic violence homicide rates Zs dramatically. The back-up detective has calm time to collect information that can never be za gotten at a crime scene. Xou should provide immediate and intensive training for health Zs officials at all levels. Hire a good researcher who can hunt throughout the country to find the z6 best programs to help curb the violence. Recruit, hire, train and promote women police 2~ of~icers. Rema~n vigilant to what is going on in the county. iJnwillingness to prosecute and zs judges' unwillingness to act on this suffocates the good work very quickly. 29 Daymon Doss, Petaluma Health Care District - they are willing to work with the City on this 3o issue. We want to look at all programs that are available. si I~ay Russo, 837 Rancho Way - representing I~CZ and Domestic Violence CAPS Group - she 32 wants others in the audience to get together so they can help victims in Petaluma. 33 Tom Joynt, 5 Grossland Way - HC2 Task Group - is glad this is being talked about. He 34 witnessed the problems from domestic violence daily. I~e offered both praise and urged ss financial support of the Police Department on this issue. 36 Freddy Rohlen, 1225 Lohrman Lane - representing men and wamen for gender justice. The s~ abused men need assistance as well as the abused women da. You also need to set up 3a diversion programs for women who are violent. Key to abbreviations: JH-i~ice Mayor Jane Hamilton, NR-Councilmember Nancy Read PH-Mayor M. Patricia Hilligoss, MS Councilmember Mary Stompe DK- Councilmember David Keller, PT-Councilmember Pamela Torliatt MM-Couneilmember Matt Maguire January 20, 1998 Vo1.31, Page 11 i Joe Manthey, 25 Laurel Avenue - representing men and women for gender justice - showed a z 10 minute video of an ABC 20/20 program about abused men. The video ended at 11:20 3 p.m. which is 20 minutes past the City Council's usual adjournment hour. Mr. Manthey a wanted to speak for another 10 minutes. MS had left at 11:00 and there was the possibility s that other Councilmembers were going to leave the meeting. After asking why the Council 6 picked on him to stop the meeting in the middle of his presentation, Mr. Manthey said he ~ would come back in February to complete his comments. He noted there is no counseling s offered to male victims or to female batterers. 9 GROWTH MANAGEMENT SYS'1'E1VI DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES io Was not discussed due to the lateness of the hour. i1 JOINT 1VIEE'I"~NG dVI'I'H P10VAT0 iz Was not discussed due to the lateness of the hour. 13 AIDJOURN ia At 11:30 p.m. the meeting was adjourned. is 16 r 17 G~~ p ~ <~( ~`~ 18 ~ ~9 M. Pat cia Hilligoss, Mayor so ATTEST: zi 22 23 za Patricia E. Bernard, City Clerk Key to abbreviations: JH-i~ice Mayor Jane Hamilton, NR-Councilmember Nancy Read PH-Mayor M. Patricia Hilligoss, MS-Councilmember Mary Stompe DK- Councilmember David Keller, PT-Councilmember Pamela Torliatt MM-Councilmember Matt Maguire