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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 09/02/1997September 2, 1997 Vo1.31, Page 1 1 NiINUT'ES z OE A I~GgJI..~i~ li'IEETING ~ PETAI.~JNIA CI'i'~' COjJNCII, a MONI)AY, SEP~ElVYSER 2, 1997 5 IZOI.I, CAI.I, 3:00 p.m. 6 Present: Read, Keller, Stompe, Torliatt, Maguire, Mayor Hilligoss ~ Absent: Vice Mayor Hamilton g PIZESEI~T~'ATIONS 9 Mayor Hilligoss and City Manager Beatty presented Police Officer Wayne Rathe with is 25 io year pin. i i CITY COUI~TCIL CONiNIENTS i2 1VR would like to find out the status of City of Petaluma and its use of the ABAG power is purchase pool of electric and gas. She would like somebody to pursue this and report back. ia City Engineer Hargis noted that the Sonoma County Water District is also developing is information for the County and municipalities to coordinate power usage for water pumping. 16 1VI1NU~'ES i~ The rrunutes of August 11 were approved as submitted. ia The minutes of August 18 were approved as amended: 19 ao Page 421 Line 23 Mayor Hilligoss reported that she and Councilmember 7'orliatt attended the 2i River Festival. z2 23 Page 422 Line 1 and Line 10 add General Plan Update to each of those sentences. 24 25 5~~~~'~~~~ 26 Page 423 Line 24 Councilmember Torliatt is concerned with what the city is going to be 2~ charged in rent after the three year lease expires. She would like the city to look at where the zs money is most effectively spent. She also would like to make sure this does not become an 29 administrative nightmare and that we're not creating an obligation for ourselves in the long 3o term where we're going to be pulling funds ouY of the Police Department to make sure that 3i we have this area designated for a contact place. The lease needs to be specifically clear on 3z what the facility is to be used for. 33 34 Chief Parks has talked to neighborhood churches, Petaluma Ministers and some non-profit 3s organizations. If approved by council he would talk to other non-profits such as Petaluma 36 People Services Center, ~ICZ and COTS. ~Ie feels a partnerslup could be worked out with 3~ any one of them. 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 Matf Maguire Page 2, Vol. 31 September 2, 1997 i ~RATES 2 Page 425 Line 19 - Page 426 Line 3 Councilmember Torliatt: For the record Pamela 3 Torliatt met with Tom Baker and Carol Whitmire regarding this project. a When any piece of property comes before the city council it normally has a zoning s designation which states what type of development should occur for a specific parcel. The 6 property before us is very different from most because i't has a zoning designation of Specific ~ Plan. It also is very different because this property is adjacent to our urban limit line. With a these two situations combined, I believe the policy makers need to look at the overall utility 9 of the property. What is the best use of the property for the city as a whole? The council is ~o not required to give feed back on the proposal that is in front of us. The council is required ~~ to give staff direction on how to proceed with planning for this particular parcel. When i2 giving staff direction, we need to look at the big picture. A decision we make now will have ~3 long term impacts that will affect the city for generations to conne. ~a This property will be a driving force for future growth out the Lakeville corridor. I believe is when residential industrial or retail development is allowed to cross Frates Road, any council i6 is putting the city in a difficult position to say "No" to future development outside our urban i~ limit line. is NIy long term vision for all the property bordering the south side of Frates Road is to have ~9 the city purchase it for reclamation purposes. This 42+ acres before us could be a pilot Zo project for a"city owned and controlled reclaimed water irrigation project." The uses of the zi property could include ha~elds, a park facility, row crops, reuse of biosolids for fertilization 22 and in addition open space in perpetuity. 23 Possible funding sources could be: za Park and Recreation 2s Water Utility Enterprise Fund z6 i~Vater Pollution Gontrol Fund 2~ Open Space District as Grants 29 Sonoma County Water Agency 3o State Money for Reclamation Programs and 3i Bonding 3z I,ong term goals for a reclamation project could include: s3 Maintain and Solidify our Urban Limit Line 34 Support Reclamation use and reduce discharge to the Petalu~na River 3s Support Agriculture s6 Provide city control over its own reclamation distribution 3~ Diversify the city's options for reclamation ss Provide an opporturuty for a better gateway to our commuruty 39 Formulate a long term strategy to acquire property along its urban limit line ao Reduce reclamation labor costs Key to abbreviations: .7H-Viee Mayor.lane I-Iamilton, NR-Couneilmember Nancy Reaal PH-Mayor M. Patricia Hilligoss, ~1~1S-Councilmember Mary Stompe DK Councilmember David Keller, PT-Councilmember Pamela Torliatt MM-Councilmember Matt Maguire September 2, 1997 Vo1.31, Page 3 i Reduce reclamation pumping costs by imgating flat land and z Reduce costs to the rate payer 4 There are also potential benefits to the property owner because if this property is located s within the Petaluma Community Development district, there may be an opportunity for the 6 owner to receive the income from a purchase, tax free under redeveYopment law. ~~here are a variety of questions that need to be answered regarding a reclamation pilot s project, but I would ask the council to give staff direction to explore the proposal for the city 9 to purchase the property for reclaimed water use and prepare a staff report outlirung any io other options that the council has for this property. It is very difficult to react to a ii development proposal with no other options being presented. We need to be creative with i2 the use of this property, that is why the zoning designated the need for a Specific Plan. ~s Page 426 Line 19 add: i4 John Barella inquired as to why this piece of property has been in a study zone for so long is without deciding what had to be done to make it a viable piece of property and what kind of i6 zoning is going to be placed on this property? Mr. Barella reported that so far the applicant's i~ have spent approximately $100,000 trying to figure out a good plan for this particular ig project. I-ie feels that the triangle piece,of property should be brought into the scheme of i9 things in order to design the whole project. Because of the Lakeville widerung project the zo triangular piece was appraised for a right-of-way for approximately $3.00-$3.50 a square zi foot for the right-of-way. His particular piece of property which is close to 37 acres equals a2 about 43,560 square feet per acre, it runs about a million five, a million six square foot. If we zs were to do an appraisal on our property it would come out to the same as that right-away Za appraisal the city bought from those people. Xou're probably looking at $4,500,000 to Zs $5,000,000 million dollars for open space land. 26 PT: If the city wanted to acquire that property, hopefully there would be a willing seller and ~~ the city would be able to negotiate something, if it's a viable option. She believes the Za property was purchased for approximately $1.8 million with a specific plan designation so the z9 zorung for that property is specific plan and if you revert it back to what was onginally there 3o it may have been agricultural. I don't think that there are any entitlements for the property as si far as zorung goes. s2 Mr. Barella stated that if the city bought a right-of-way for $3 a square foot it should be the 33 same for his property. If the city purchases his property for open space he figures it would 34 cost appro~cimately $4,500,000 plus $458,000 paid into the Lakeville Assessment District. 3s Were looking at what is best for Petaluma. He stated that Councilmember Toriiatt has a 36 good thought and if it worlcs financially he sees no problem selling it to the city. PT 3~ understood that the parcels were going to be split up and sold off. 3s Barella advised that some parcels could be sold off and some would possibly be kept. 39 ~.~NSE~~ CE~I..~N~E~R ao The following items which are noncontroversial and which have been reviewed by the City ~i Council and staff were enacted by one motion which was introduced by NR and seconded by ~a MIV~. 43 Ayes: Read, Keller, Stompe, 'I'orliatt, Nlaguire, ~Iayor Hilligoss aa Noes: None as Absent: Vice 1Vlayor ~Iarrulton Key to abbreviations: JH-i~ice 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 4, Vol. 31 i ItESO. 97-239 NCS 2 CLA~IVIS ANI) ~ILI.,S September 2, 1997 3 Resolution 97-239 NCS approving Claims and Bills #66625, 66803 to #67139. a 1~50. 97-240 NCS s O~JITCLAIIVi NON-ACCESS EASEIVIENT 6 Resolution 97-240 NCS authorizing quitcYaim of a non-access easemeng along Corona Road ~ for Corona Creek School. Because the school buses will cross an existing non-access s easement, it is necessary to quitclaim a portion of that easement. 9 ItESOs 97-241 NC3 io 1996-97 S~'Oi~d D~IleT P1tOJ~C'T COlVIPLETI010T ii Resolution 97-241 NCS accepting completion of the 1996-97 Storm Drain Improvement i2 Project. i3 RES0.97-2421VCS ia WATEIt 1VIE~'ERS is Resolution 97-242 NCS authorizing purchase of various water meters from Schlumberger i6 Industries for $52,174.59. i~ ORD. 2057 PTCS is AT'TORNEX'S F~ES - ABATEMEIVT i9 Adopt Ordinance 2057 NCS amending Chapter 1.15 of the Ivlunicipal Code to provide for 2o the recovery of reasonable attorney's fees incurred in abatements of a public nuisance.. Zi ~SO. 97-243 NCS 2z SPARE 'I'HE CI~'Y Zs Resolution 97-243 NCS authorizing participation in the Spare the Air City campaign. 'Phe 2a City pledges that the City will establish a commute alternative information center on site for zs employees, acknowledge local businesses that participate in the Spare the Air campaign, and z6 inform residents through the City's web site on Spare the Air days. z~ * * * * * End of Consent Calendar * * * * * za ItESO. 97-244 NCS 29 OXIIDATIOl~T POND D~KE ItEP~i~ 3o flZesolution 97-244 NCS approving plans and specifications prepared by the Engineering 3i I~epartment and awarding a contract to Cal-Neva Construction Services of Rancho Cordova 3z in the amount of $152,355 for repair of the oxidation pond dike. Staff explained the dike 33 failures were caused by winter winds. The failures are on the inner dike ridges. Key to abbreviations: JH-Vice Mayor Jane Hamilton, IVR-Councilmember Nancy Read PH-MayorM.PatriciaHilligoss, MSCouncilmemberMaryStompe DK Councilmember David Keller, P~ Councilmember Pamela Torliatt MM-Councilmember Matt Maguire September 2, 1997 Vo1.31, Page 5 i The reason that the bid was awarded to someone other than a local bidder is because the City 2 Charter directs that bids be awarded to the lowest bidder. Introduced by NR, seconded by 3 ~/~. a Ayes: Read, Keller, Stompe, Torliatt, Maguire, Mayor I-~illigoss s Noes: None 6 Absent: Vice Mayor Hamilton ~ ~SO. 97-245 NCS 8 G~I~1NG - FINAI.IVIAP COUN~'It~' CI.~JB ESTATES IV 9 Resolution 97-245 NCS approving grading prior to the final map for Country Club Estates io IV. 7oe Colona of Windy Hill Associates, representing Country Club Estates, requested the i r approval for grading before final map approval. Councilmembers expressed their concern iz about the possibility that the grading would not remain in good condition through this is Winter, which has been predicted to be a very wet season. Mr. Colona said that North Bay ia Construction has the contract to do the grading; and, since they are a local firm which has is worked with the local soils for many years, they would be doing a responsible grading job. i6 The Country Club Estates Homeowners Association has contacted Councilmember DK i~ requesting the staff requirements are completed as set forth in the Planning Department staff is report. Mr. Colona said quite a number of them have been addressed already. Planning i9 Director Tuft agreed that quite a number of the issues have been resolved. 2o The Council asked that the following conditions be added to the resolution: 9. Some type of Zi meeting be held to deal with the unresolved homeowner issues prior to commencement of zz grading; 10. All assurances will be made to the satisfaction of the City Engineer that this zs project can proceed without any problems; 11. If Conditions 9 and 10 are not met, no za grading will be allowed before final map approval. With those added conditions, the zs resolution was introduced by Mary Stompe and seconded by Nancy Read. z6 Ayes: Read, Keller, Stompe, Torliatt, Maguire, Mayor Hilligoss z~ Noes: None ' zs Absent: Vice Mayor Hamilton z9 ~SO. 97-246 NCS 3o COli~%Pg.ETION T'RA~~IC SIGIVAI, OP~'YlVIIZA'TION AlVYD IN~'ERCONNEC~' ST~JI)Y si Resolution 97-246 NCS accepting completion of the 'Traf~ic Signal Optimization and 32 Interconnect Study. The contractor was TJKM Associates, Pleasanton. The City cost was 33 $14,619.57. Staffwas asked ifthere is a different I,evel of Service (LOS) at the intersections 34 where the signal optimization and interconnection were installed. Staff responded that this is 3s not calculated in that manner, rather time is calculated to determine the travel interval from 36 site to site. The speed of travel has been reduced while the time it takes to journey from one s~ point to another has decreased as well. Introduced by DK, seconded by MM. sa Ayes: Read, Keller, Stompe, Torliatt, Maguire, Mayor Hilligoss 39 Noes: None ao Absent: Vice Mayor ~-Iamilton Key to abbreviations: JH-vice 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 September 2, 1997 i BUIDGET - SPECIAI~ REVENUES 2 City Controller Paula Cornyn reviewed each remaining page af the budget document. The 3 City Council had no questions about the content of those pages. I~owever, there were a questions regarding future budget activities. PT asked about a Budget Summary which s would include information about Special Funds as well as the redevelopment agency (PCDC). 6 MS said another column could be added to the Summary Document. M5 asked if staff is ~ working on a document for Petaluma that is similar to the Fort Worth Citizens' Guide to the s Budget. MS also wants the public to be able to obtain budget information on computer disk 9 this year. PT noted that she has asked for information about the on-going costs of grant io programs. NR wants information available for the public on deregulation (of electric service ii providers). The Council noted they are still waiting for a iist of City Attorney and Special i2 Counsel costs; a listing of Capital Equipment needs, the life cycle of the capital equipment, is the amount of reserves needed for capital equipment replacement; a concise report on ~a revisions to the budget format; and they want the budget brought to them on time next year; is i.e. by May 1. In the future, the Council wanYs all pages of the budget to be presented to i6 them at one time. ~~ City Manager Beatty noted the Finance Director, who is on vacation, has been working on ia the grant and the legal counsel reports. ~'he staff will do a much better job and will present iv the 1998-99 budget in a more timely manner, he added. The plan is to move into a so performance based budget format. This change will start with the mid-year budget which will zi be available around the end of 7anuary, 1998. The Council concluded its deliberation on the Za 1997-98 budget. z3 RESO. 97-247 NCS za ADOPT 1997-9~ ~~JIDGE'T zs Resolution 97-247 NCS adopting the 1997-98 budget. Introduced by MS, seconded by MIVI. z6 Ayes: Read, Keller, Stompe, Torliatt, Maguire, Mayor Hilligoss z~ Noes: None 2~ Absent: Vice Mayor Hamilton z9 OItI2. 2058 NCS 3o APPItOPRIA~'E 3i Introduce and Adopt urgency Ordinance 2058 NCS appropriating funds for the operation of sz the City from July 1, 1997, to 7une 30,1998. Introduced by MS, seconded by NIM. 33 Ayes: Read, Keller, Stompe, Torliatt,lVlaguire,lViayor Hilligoss 34 Noes: None ss Absent: Vice 1Vlayor Hamilton 36 ~~o.SE~ .SES.SI~N 37 At 4:15 p.m. the Council recessed to Closed Session to meet with the labor negotiator 3s pursuant to Government Code §54956.9 and the Agency 1~Tegotiator - Acorne, regarding the 39 employee organization LTnits 6(Police) and Unit 7(Fire). ao AD.YOiJR1V to Aram's Cafe for dinner. Key to abbreviations: JH-Viee iLlayor.Iane Hamilton, NR-Couneilmember Nancy Rearl I'H-Mayor M. Patricia Hilligoss, ~V~IS-Councilmember Mary Stompe DK Couneilmember David Keller, PT-Councilmember Pame/a Torliatt MM-Councilmember Matt Maguire September.2, 1997 Vo1.31, Page 7 1 I~COI~TVEIVE 7:00 p.m. 2 Present: Read, Keller, Stompe, Torliatt, I~Iaguire, Vice Mayor Hamilton, 3 Mayor Hilligoss a Absent: None s PI,EDGE OF AI.LEGIAIVCE 6 Boy Scout Aaron Landwehr led the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag. ~ 10'IOIVIEN~' OF SII~ENCE s P~JBI~IC ~OMIV~NB' v Kim Nadeau, 54 Grant Avenue - when is the Lafferty survey going to be done and when can io we have tours? The City Attorney noted there field work has been completed and they will i i try to send a report to the City next week.. iz Hank Flum, 1721 Stonehenge Way - asked about street cleaning. He said his home area is is done well, but Sonoma Mounta~n Parkway seems to be avoided by the street sweeper. City ~a Manager Beatty said Waste Management of Santa Rosa is the company that does the street ~s sweeping. They are supposed to do each street every other week and downtown streets i6 every week. He will contact them about this. i~ Harvey Goldberg, P. O. Box, Penngrove - owns 8 acres along the Petaluma River with 1,400 is feet of frontage on the river. His property is south of town. The speed boats come out of the i9 Marina at a high speed and cause waves to erode his riverbank levee. He will be meeting 2o with Sharon Moreland of the ~J. S. Army Corps of Engineers to see what they can do to help zi him. If he loses his land, who is responsible? He would like to offer the Rowing Club a place Zz to get off their rowing shells and stretch a bit. Vice 1Vlayor 7H would like to have a City Zs Council discussion of bank erosion. She is a member of the Rowing Club and from time to Za time she has seen a startling amount of riverbank erosion. DK asked if the County has a"no as wake" law. DK suggested Mr. Goldberg come to the Chamber of Commerce River z6 Committee meeting. PT asked who has the authority there (County Sherif~ and how far z~ along the river are our signs speed limit placed? zs Victor Chechanover, 2301 Marilyn Circle - now that Ed Anchordoguy is working with the z9 City Recreation Department, the garbage is being picked up; the irrigation system is working 3o better; he has taken a strong position with the contractor, and is making things much better. si My compliments! The walkway along Washington Creek to the Airport parking lot rerrunds sz him of Hawaiian lava fields. There must be a more successful method for laying asphalt than 33 that which was used at that location. Regarding the Marina hotel and restaurant, he has been 34 unable to learn anything about tlus issue. Maybe there is someone who is alive at City Hall 3s who would know where that information is. Where is the document that says the hotel and 36 restaurant will be constructed and will bring money in to the City? City Manager Gene 3~ Beatty said that Finance Directoc David Spilman had a conversation with Kirk Lok, and his 3s response was he is building other hotels now and he will be back. 'I'here is movement on the 39 hotel and there is interest by another party. The proposed developer was not able to get ao financing. Mr. Lok came to the redevelopment agency to discuss this, and it was tabled at ai that time. He now owns the property and still has been unable to get financing. There is no az time line for the project's completion. Key to abbreviations: JH-Vice Mayor Jane Hamilton, NR-Councilmember Nancy Read PH-MayorM. Patricia Hilligoss, MS-CouncilmemberMary Stompe DK Councilmember David Keller, PT-Councilmember Pamela Torliatt MM-Councilmember Matt Maguire Page 8, Vol. 31 September 2, 1997 i DK requested that the same firm that is looking into the Auto Mall contracts take a look at a tlus contract to see that the obligations are in place and addressed by the appropriate people. 3 City 1Vlanager Beatty responded to the comment on Wiseman Park path saying staff is already a looking into the path problern. s MNi asked if the obligations of the specifications been met. PT suggested Victor 6 Chechanover will keep the Council informed. ~ Janice Cader Thompson - noted that as a member of the Corona Reach Committee she was s advised by staff that she have a conflict of interest if she voted, and Mrs. Thompson has 9 communicated both with the City Attorney and the State's Fair Political Practices io Commission (FPPC). Mrs. Thompson asked for more direction on her ability to vote as a ii member of that committee. City Attorney Rudnansky said he has asked the FPPC and was iz advised there is no conflict of interest. Mrs. Thompson wifll communicate with the City i3 Attorney later in the week. DK asked the City Attorney to clarify the direction to staff so the i4 direction to all comrriittee members is consistent. is Vasco Brazil read a letter questioning the wisdom of the Court turning down his claim as i6 being past a 6 month statute of limitation rule and in ignoring the merit of Mr. Brazil's elaim i~ for creek erosion damage. Nir. Brazil said that he "...believes his land is being eroded faster is and wants some damage compensation." ~Ie wants the City Council to know if the City is i9 responsible for °`creek accelerated erosion damage" and he wants the issue addressed. DK 2o asked for a response to Mr. Brazil's letter. Mr. Hargis requested a copy of the information Zi given by Mr. Brazil to DK. 22 CO~JNCIY. COIVI1VrEN~ Zs MM Don Perata's AB-23 definitions of an assault weapon is legislation that we should write Za to the Governor in support of his signature. zs MS noted the Citizens Police Academy begins Thursday, and she will be a student in that 26 session. a~ DK invited the public to the next meeting of the Central Petaluma Specific Plan Saturday zs morning, September 6, at 8:00 a.m., Lucchesi Commuruty Center. 'They will be going over z9 the concepts of land use and circulation. 3o JH October is Domestic Violence Awareness month. She would like to invite Police Chief si Parks to come and talk about this issue, what the Police Department is doing for their 3a awareness, understanding and the public awareness. 33 CI'TY MANAGER SELECTION 34 Ralph Freedman, from Ralph Anderson & Associates which is the firm selected to assist in ss the City Manager search, addressed the issue of candidate evaluation. Information on the 36 City Manager opening will be available through their Web site, professional journals, League 3~ of California Cities Annual Conference, and International City IVlanagers' Association ss conference. 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 September 2, 1997 Vo1.31, Page 9 i The selection process, as he saw it, is to gather applications until mid October; sift through z them and screen the number down to 12 or 15 candidates. Reference checks will then begin. s By about November 3 the Council will be presented with a booklet with all pertinent a information on the candidates. This group will be reduced to 5 or 7 people. On two s consecutive Saturdays, November 15 and 22, there will be finalist interviews. 6 The group will be narrowed down to 2 or 3 candidates. Ralph Anderson's office will furnish ~ the City Attorney with several suggested contract formats. Mr. Freedman observed that ~ most contracts have somewhat the same format and content. 9 There was some discussion about the need for confidentiality to protect the candidates. Mr. io Freedman noted that if candidates feel there is an information leak, they drop out of the ii process. It was noted that in this type of process the leaks usually come from the i2 Councilmembers. i3 The Council then discussed the committee process with Mr. Freedman. He noted it is usually ia more valuable for the community to be involved in the top candidates rather than at the front is end of the process. T'here was some discussion about development of an employee unit i6 committee; the department heads could be a committee, a professional group of three City i~ Managers of similar cities could be a committee, and a citizens group could be appointed. is Each committee should develop a number of questions to ask the finalist candidates. Mr. i9 Freedman will assist whatever committees become involved this process. It was moved by ao PT and seconded by JH to have the City Council appoint a committee of 11 residents. ai Ayes: Keller, Torliatt, Maguire, Vice Mayor Hamilton zz Noes: Read, Stompe, Mayor Hilligoss* zs Absent: None 2a * The "no" votes reflected their desire to have each Councilmember appoint Zs one committeemember. 26 Letters of application will be received by the City Clerk until 5:00 p.m. on F'riday, October z~ 10. The letters of application will be submitted to the Council with their October 20 packet. Zs Appointments of the citizens committee will be made at the evening meeting of October 20. 29 The Council asked that the City's Web page include information about the process. 3o fltECESS 9:10 to 9:20 p.m. s i TI~F~IC CI1tCiTI.ATIOIrT 3z COI.OM~ARID, ZINFANDEL. ~ISI.~NG 33 When the City Council approved the Sonoma Glen Tentative Subdivision map on August 6, 34 1990, they responded to the Meadow Park neighborhood who aslced that the City Council 3s close Colombard Road between Maria Drive and Ely Road to through traffic. As a result of 36 this action, the only direct vehicular access to the nearly 100 homes in Sonoma Glen s~ subdivision is provided through Colombard Road off of Sonoma Mountain Road. The 3s indirect access is travelling on Zinfandel Drive to gain access to Maria Drive and Waugh 39 District's Meadow school. This limited set of circulation options has resulted in increased ao reliance on Zinfandel Drive resulting in fiustration for those residents. A petition was ai submitted in 1996 to open Colombard Road as it had been originally designed. The City 4z Council directed the Planning and Engineering staff to meeting with the neighbors to identify 43 possible solutions. Staff has studied the issue, talked with the school Board and School aa Superintendent, and talked with the neighbors. Key to abbreviations: JH-Vice Mayor Jane Hamilton, NR-Councilmember Nancy Read PH-Mayor M. Patricia Hilligoss, MS-Councilmember Mary Stompe DK- Counci/member David Ke!/er, PT-Councilmember Pamela Torliatt MM-Councilmember Matt Maguire Page lq Vol. 31 September 2, 1997 i The majority of residents attending those neighborhood meetings indicated their displeasure z at the possibility of restoring Colombard Road. Traffic calming schemes were discussed at 3 the last neighborhood meeting; the residents supported closure of Zinfandel to through a traf~ic. The cost of closing Zinfandel would run between $4,000 for bollard placement to s $80,000 for turf and irrigation at an area between Muscat Court and Riesling. 6 Concern was expressed that traffic going between Maria Drive and Sonoma Mountain ~ Parkway would move southerly to the next connector streets of Lancaster and Inverness and s use that route. 9 Traffic Engineer Allan Tilton said the street usage is 50% of its design usage. The residents io in the audience did not feel that any traffic counts took into account actual usage during ii school days. The following speakers addressed the Council: i2 Angela Butcher, 1707 Zinfandel Drive - does not support speed bumps (aka undulations) and is wants Zinfandel closed. ia Angelique Fry, 1727 Zinfandel Drive - questioned the speed survey, the statistics are bogus, ~s there will be 900 cars per day, speeds are excessive. Colombard should be opened to be way i6 it was designed. Doesn't want speed bumps. If you don't open Colombard, close Zinfandel. i~ John Wysocki, 1629 Zinfandel Drive - the closure will be at the most highly accelerated part is of the drive. There is a reluctance to stop. He has had excessive egging on his vehicles. i9 Garbage cans are regularly hit by vehicles. The claim that Inverness Drive will absorb the zo vehicles is something with which he disagrees. He was told there are funds left over from zi closing Colombard (Staff said there are no funds from that action.) Retail access and Rainier 22 overcrossing will bring more traffic. Traffic counts may be good, speeds are bad. He has a 23 boat and a recreational vehicle so one has to park on the street. He has trouble getting in and aa out of his driveway. Maria goes past back yard fences. Keep Colombard closed. zs Traffic Engineer Allan Tilton said the costs of such a closure could be paid by a special 26 assessment district formed by beneficiaries of the improvement or Gas Tax could be z~ considered, but that a would take away from other city projects. PT asked about the use of a sa landscape assessment district. NR asked if there is a homeowners association (No, there is s9 no homeowners association.) DK commented this is a bizarre design. Anything you put on so paper that says this is the route isn't going to work. We have streets that are functioning well 3i and under capacity at peak hours. If you had a gridded street pattern in the neighborhood, s2 you could work with it. Open them all up and disperse the traffic. Go back, finish 33 Colombard, open up all streets that are blocked off. JH open up all the streets. MM agrees 34 with DK and JH. Wait and see what will happen. Staff noted the school district is neutraY on 3s the issue of operung Colombard Road. 36 NR asked if it is possible to look at the cost of closure with temporary signing. PT said 3~ opening up Colombard is the answer. She hopes the school would give some property back ss to the City for that action. 39 40 41 It was moved by MS and seconded by NR, to support NR's suggestion to close Zinfandel temporarily and look at other ideas. If, in four months, this doesn't work then the closure will be removed. (see page 11 for vote) Key to abbreviations: JH-Vice Mayor Jane Hamilton, NR-Councilmember Nancy Read PH-Mayor M. Patricia Hilligoss, MS-Courrcilmember Mary Stompe DK- Councilmember David Keller, PT-Courrcilmember Pamela Torliatt MM-Councilmember Matt Maguire September 2, 1997 Vo1.31, Page 11 i MM said to have staff explore the possibility to see if we can get cooperation from the school 2 to get a wide enough piece of land to open Colombard. The only solution is more points of 3 ingress and egress. DK said he has a great aversion to closing streets. T'here are ways of a caltrung traffic. ~Ie would like staff to work on computer modeling to help resolve the traffic s issues by getting projections on different scenarios from a series of alternatives which would 6 include the retail complex traffic, school traffic, and other potential traffic generators. ~ Traffic Engineer Allan Tilton said it would take 80 hours or maybe 120 hours to include the ~ information from that sort of build-out. Currently the computer model is not that 9 sophisticated. io MM advised the Council that he cannot support a temporary closure of this street; and he i i would prefer to wait to see how it works out, talk to the school to see if sufficient land can i2 be made available to complete Colombard Road. DK asked, "What is the objective of closing i3 the proposed action? Are we tallcing about reducing traffic by `x' number of cars? What is ia equitable? How are we going to know this is a success?" ~-Ie asked for a base line traffic is count before the street is closed. MM noted that placement of the traffic counters is very i6 important. Trafi'ic Engineer Allan Tilton said it would take 4 to 6 weeks to do base traffic i~ counts and then he needs 4 to 6 weeks to get the back-up data. The City Council wants to ts know the difference between the costs to do the traffic counts versus the cost to do a traffic i9 model. zo The following is the vote on the motion to support NR's suggestion to close Zinfandel 2i temporarily and look at other ideas. If, in four months, this doesn't work then the closure 22 will be removed. a3 Ayes: Read, Stompe, 'I'orliatt, Mayor I~illigoss 2a Noes: Keller,lVlaguire, Vice Mayor I-~amilton Zs Absent: None 26 IiT~JISANCE ~96 LAK~~I,E ST'R~ET' z~ The proposed action on certain conditions at 896 Lakeville Street to be a public nuisance and za ordering abatement of same has been resolved and was removed from the agenda.. 29 OatID. 2059 NCS 30 ~ZON~ 117. 119A. 1198, fl 19C and 121 ~JPFIAlVI 5TREE'I' T'O ~IS'I'ORIC 3~ Introduce Ordinance 2059 NCS rezoning the property located at 117, 119A, 119B, 119C and s2 121 Upham Street as ~-listoric and ordering that any future development or alterations to the 33 property sha11 be subject to the provisions ofthe Oakhill Brewster Historic District Design sa Guidelines. Introduced by JH, seconded by MM. ss Ayes: Itead, Keller, Stompe, Torliatt, 1~laguire, Vice Mayor ~Iairulton, Mayor 36 ~Iilligoss 3~ Noes: None ss Absent: None 39 STAFF ANI) COITNCIg, ao The Council was asked if it wished to join with the Planning Commission on the draft EIR ai public heaxing for the ~iillside Subdivision. The Council declined the opportunity to join in 4z having the public hearing; rather, the majority wished to go through the usual procedure. Key to abbrevfations: JH-Vice Mayor Tane Hamiltorr, NR-Councilmember Nancy Read PH-MayorM. Patricia Hilligoss, h~IS CouncilmemberMary Stompe DK Councilmember David Keller, PT-Councilmember Pamela Torliatt MM-Councilmember Matt Maguire Page 1~ Vol. 31 September 2, 1997 i ADJOURN z 3 4 5 6 7 ~ At 10:30 p.m. the meeting was adjourned in memory of Princess Dianna, the recently deceased Princess of Wales. 9 ATTEST: io ii ~ _~ i2 ' . ~ _ %«~~° i3 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-Counci/member Matt Maguire