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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 04/01/1996~ April 1, 19~6 VoL 29, Page 385 ~ MINUTES a OF A REGULAR MEETING 3 PETALLTMA CITY COUNCIY, ~(~ a MONDAY, APRIL 1, 1996 ~~ s ItOLL CALL 7:00 p.m. 6 Present: Maguire, Stompe, Sl~ea, Vice Mayor Barlas, Mayor Hilligoss ~ Abseut: Hamilton, Read s PLEII)GE OF AI,LEGIANCE ~ John Records led the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America. io PUBLIC COMIV~NT ii John Records, 35 Town View Lane - regarding the recent suicide of a local youth - He i2 is requesting that the City Council consider establishment of a body of citizens and ~s teens who could look at issues that intluence the teens and encourage a sustained ~a community dialogue on the issue of teen suicide. He would like to participate in such a ~s group and is currently working with the teens, as well. Councilwoman Barlas asked if ~6 he had contacted HC' . She will bring that up at their next meeting. (HCZ - Healthy ~~ Community Corasortium which is nande up of representatives of the hospital, the is schools, and the City Council.) Through the Community Committee on Youth he and ~~ same other folks are working with the teens now. The superintendent of the Petaluma Zo School District said he feels the "hot line" is part of what the connmunities response z3 should be, but not the whole part. School district personnel would be glad to join in 22 the community group that is being suggested by John Records. ~3 COUNCIL COMI~ZENT 2a Lori Shea - what is the status of requesting Supervisor Harberson to come and visit Zs with the Council about his comments on the Lafferty/Moon issue which were quoted in z~ the newspaper. (T/te City Mnnaer advised t/tat stccff ltas ftot invited Itina to date.) She 2~ said she'd like to direct staff to contact the supervisor. The Teen Center was supposed ~s to form a teen committee that would address some of the issues of teenagers and some ~~ of the problems that they have. That could be another avenue to take in dealing with 3o the teen suicide. A gentlemen had an incident at their business where the paramedics 3~ treated a man who had suffered a heart attack. They did their job quietly and 3z professionally. The man survived and has come back to their business to compliment s3 the paramedics on a job well done. 3a Mary Stompe - attended the Disestablishment Cere~nony at Mare Island last weekend 3s and attended the community recognition dinner last Sunday. That naval base had been 3~ operational for 142 years. The Admiral said over and over again that it was the people 3~ of the shipyard that really a difference at Mare Island, and after they were all informed 3s that the shipyard was going to be closed, they worked together and worked themselves s~ out of a job. She attended the community recognition dinner where many outstanding ao leaders were recognized, and she would like to thank each of them for their ai contributions. A letter was received about the tme work of the Petaluma Fire az Department. She would like to thank the Fire Department. Page 386, Vol. 29 April 1, 1996 ~ Carole Barlas - asked the City Manager to begin a conversation with John Records 2 regarding the commission he spoke about to explore teen suicide and set up something s between the schools and hospital and bring back to the Cauncil a report on the progress a of the commission or the attempt to put one together. s Matt Maguire - concurs with the suggestion for a body t~ explore the needed help for 6 teens in such crisis. Asked the Finance Director to find out more details and report ~ back to the Council about the County of Sonoma and its positioning of payments to the s State regarding Spud Point Marina. He also asked if that would affect the County's 9 credit rating or their ability to borrow. He asked about the number of business license io fees that are in arrears (There is a 5% - 10% delinquency rate, nnd t{zey usually all pay ~~ sonae time during the year). The League oti California Cities is having a Leadership ~a Team Workshop for 3 days in June on the Sth, 6th and 7th. He would like the Council ~3 to see its way to go to this seminar. ia Mayor Hilligoss - the teens want to start a telephone hot-line. is MINUTES i~ The minutes of the February 20 meeting were approved as amended: i~ Page 8, Line 23 - fix spelling of "Resolution" / ~s The minutes of the March 18 meeting were approved as a~nended: ~9 ~ age 9 Lines 4 to 14 - replace with the following: / ~o ~j~ Local Government Commission seminar on the Mechanics of making Great community z~ places. The conference was on economic development in livable communities. Half of zz what was considered advantageous for a community to do, we have already undertaken 23 in Petaluma. The video may help us in our process and thinking about Railroad ?a Square. She wants it to be shown to the Council, Planning Commission and other Zs stakeholders at one of the tirst workshops on the subject. Responding to the proposal 2~ to put the Moon/Lafferty swap on the ballot this November - as a Councilmember, ?~ does an elected ofticial vote her conscience or does she vote in response to her as constituents. If the two are not aligned, she needs to rethink her position very ~9 carefully. The Press Democrat poll has shown us very clearly and scientitically what 3o the public will is on this issue. The Council needs to align itself with the public will 3i and then demonstrate true leadership. To pass this issue onto the ballot after so much sz overwhelming evidence that the public wants us to k~ep Lafferty, is a waste of 33 everyone's time. Lets get creative. Much of this issue has been the result of a poorly 34 handled group dynamic. This council needs a team building session and we need to 3s ommit to learning to work together. 36 ,~p ~Page 8, Line 14 - last word should be "No" f 3~ 3~ ~ Page 9, Lines 10 and 22 - the percentage should be "49%" ss 3 ._-~ine 27, revise sentence to read, "He wants to hawe the `7-points' motion to be 39 placed on an agenda for Council review." ~ ~ A~ril 1, 19~6 Vol. 29, Page 387 PROCLAMATIONS z Mayor Hilligoss read a proclamation thanking the Petaluma Host Lions for painting the 3 gazebo at Walnut Park. The proclamation was presented to representatives of the Lions a Club. s CONSENT CAY,ENDAIt ~ The following items which are noncontroversial and which have been reviewed by the ~ City Council and staff were enacted by one motion which was introduced by Mary s Stompe and seconded by Lori Shea. 9 Ayes: Maguire, Stompe, Shea, Vice Mayor Barlas, Mayor Hilligoss io Noes: None >> Absenr. Hamilton, Read ~~ 13 RESO. 96-83 NCS CI,AIMS AND BILLS ia Resolution 96-83 NCS approving Claims and Bills #53861 to #54198. is ORD. 2007 NCS i~ PERS AMENDIVIENT - U1VIT 6 POI.ICE i~ Adopt Ordinance 2007 NCS authorizing amendment to Public Employees Retirement is System contract pursuant to Memorandum Understanding for Unit 6, Petaluma Police ~9 Officers Association. ~o RESO. 96-84 NCS z~ BUT~ER AND EGGS DAY PARADE z2 Resolution 96-84 NCS approving closure of some downtown streets for the Butter and 2s Eggs Day Parade on Saturday, April 27, and on Sunday, April 28, for the Antique za Faire. zs RESO. 96-85 NCS ~~ FINGERPRINTING FOR CERTAIN POSITIONS ?~ Resolution 96-85 NCS authorizing California Attorney General to provide fingerprints as regarding individuals who have contact with child care facilities sponsored by the City. 29 30 RESO. 96-86 NCS TFIERMOPLASTIC I~TTLE 3i Resolution 96-86 NCS authorizing purchase of a thermoplastic kettle for heating 3a materials used in placing markings on pavement, such as crosswalk lines. 33 RESO. 9G-87 NCS 34 AGREEMENT - STATE LAlVI)S - FLOOD PROJECT 3s Resolution 96-87 NCS authorizing the City Manager to execute a lease agreement with 36 State Lands for implementation of the Petaluma River Payran Reach Channel 3~ Improvement Project. 3s * * * * * End of Consent Calendar * * * * * Page 388, Vol. 29 April 1, 1996 ELLWOOD OPPORTiJNYTY CENTER STATUS z Staff has met with the head librarian and the committee members. They discussed the 3 problems that they have been having with the homeless people, and they will be a working towards relieving the problem of the homeless utilizing the Library and its s environs for their daily visits. The neighbors have expressed their appreciation for the 6 increased Police presence in the area of D Street and Payran Street. There will ~ continue to be meetings with the Library, COTS and the neighborhood representatives s with the goal to institute "rules oti decorum" that will serve to assist in resolving the 9 problems being encountered at the Library due to the presence of homeless in and io around that facility. ~~ SOUNI)WALL CONTRACT ~2 This itern was removed from the agenda due to bid protests. i3 RESOLiJTION DECLAItING WEEDS A NUISANCE ia This item was removed from the agenda and has been rescheduled for April 15 is STATUS OF FAIRGROLTNDS PARK-N-RIDE i~ This design is working its way through the state oftices and the school district ~~ RESO. 96-88 NCS is CERTI~TCATE CONVENI~NCE - BUS r9 Resolution 96-88 NCS authorizing issuance of a Certificate of Convenience for six ~o additional Sonoma County Transit bus stops on Rainier Avenue. Sonoma County Zi transit plans to place bus stops on either side of Rainier Avenue at Sonoma Mountain zz Parkway, at Maria Drive, and at North McDowel1 Blvd. Thz bus travels down Rainier ~3 Avenue at this time, but there are no bus sto~s. The hearing. was opened; there being ~a no one wishing to speak, the hearing was closed. Introduced by Mary Stompe, ?s seconded by Matt Maguire. 26 Ayes: Maguire, Stompe, Sl~ea, Vice Mayor Barlas, Mayor Hilligoss 2~ Noes:~ None zs Abseut: Hamilton, Read z~ COLOIV%BARD ROAD/MARIA DRIVE 3o When the Corona-Ely subdivisions were planned, Colombard Road was designed to be 3i a through street between Sonoma Mountain Parkway and Maria Drive. In 1990 when 3z the City considered the Sonoma Glen Subdivision, the residents of the Meadow Park 33 neighborhood protested the fact that Columbard was going to be a through street. The 3a City Council imposed a condition that included the closure of Colombard Road at 35 Maria Drive, with an emergency vehicle roadway access from Maria Drive to 36 Colombard Road. Pursuant to that Council decision, the road was not constructed 3~ through to Maria Drive and a lot was created on the site. A house was built on the 3s property (corner of Maria and Colombard) where Colombard Road would have been 39 constructed. Now, the neighbors living on or near Zinfandel Drive, Colombard Drive ao and Riesling Drive submitted letters with 109 signatures requesting the City deal with ai the traftic corridor problem that exists in the area now. . - ~ , , ~ - , . .;;, Apri( 1, 19~6 Vol. 29, Page 389 i The Waugh School District is also experiencing problems of traftic, students being z, picked up or delivered at the school, and other situations relating to student safety. The 3 following people all spoke to the City Council requesting that the City assist them in a solving the traftic problems that exist now in that area: s Jeff Butcher, 1707 Zinfandel Drive ~ Mike and Tanya Morgenlaender, 1731 Zinfandel Drive ~ Gonzalo Nin, 1726 Zinfandel Drive s Angela Butcher, 1707 Zinfandel Drive ~ William Davis, 719 Riesling Court io Wayne Dunbar, 1623 Cabernet Court ii Brent Babow, 1627 Cabernet Court ~2 Keith Maglio, 813 Chardonnay Circ(e i3 Karen Campbell, 1613 Zinfandel Drive ~a The City Council thanked the area residents for the courtesy with which they spoke to is the Council this evening and referred the matter to the Engineering staff and the ~~ Planning staff to evaluate the issue, conduct neighborhood meetings to receive input i~ and formulate a recommendation to the Council. Staff will send notices to the is interested parties and to the surrounding neighborhoods. 1~ RESO. 96-89 NCS Zo SCWA - FLJNI)S FOIZ PA~'1ZAN BR~GE ai Resolution 96-89 NCS authorizing execution of agreement with Sonoma County Water z? Agency for their participation in funding the Payran Street Bridge replacement, through Zs the Sonoma County Water Agency Zone 2A (Flood Control Zone) drainage fee which ~a is collected from all property owners in the Zone 2A drainage area. The SCWA has Zs allocated $1.9 Million for the funding of the Payran Street Bridge replacement. z~ Introduced by Lori Shea, seconded by Vice Nlayor Barlas. 27 Ayes: Magtiire, Sto~upe, Sliea, Vice Mayor Barlas, Mayor Hilligoss 2s Noes: Nove 29 Abseut: Han~ilton, Read 3o RESO. 96-90 NCS 3i STONY POINT ROAD 3z Resolution 96-90 NCS approving the Stony Point Road Demonstration Project 33 continuation which will consist of the area on Stony Point Road from Highway 116 3a south to about Pepper Road. That will leave the last link between Pepper Road and the 35 City of Petaluma yet to be completed. At the present time there is no funding available s~ for the last link of the Stony Point Road Demonstration Project completion. This 3~ project began in the 1980's and is slowing working its way south. The final leg will 3s include improvements to the overpass at Old Redwood Highway and U. S. Highway 39 101. Introduced by Matt Maguire, Seconded by Mary Stompe. ao Ayes: Magtiire, Stompe, Sliea, Vice Mayor Barlas, Mayor Hilligoss at Noes: Nove a2 Absent: Hamilton, Read Page 390, Vol. 29 April 1, ,1996 i HOV LANE I~OUItS a The City Council had before it the proposal to adopt a resolution urging CALTRANS s to increase the hours that the HOV (High Occupancy Vehicle) lanes would be in effect a on U. S. Highway south of Novato. At the present time the HOV lane hours are 6:30 s a.m. to 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. The Council was advised that.there now 6 is a two-county study being conducted on the HOV lanes. As a result of that ~ information, the Council expressed concern that the timing of the resolution may be s somewhat premature. After some discussion by the Cotincil, it was agreed that staff 9 was to determine whether there is any signiticant issue surfacing as a result of the io study. If not, the resolution supporting HOV lane hours of 6:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. and ~i 3:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. should be brought back to the Council on the Consent i2 Calendar. Wording of the resolution should remain flexible. is RESO. 96-91 NCS ia AGREEMENT - BODEGA AVEe is Resolution 96-91 NCS between the City of Petaluma and the County of Sonoma i~ regarding County construction of improvements of a portion of Bodega Avenue that is i~ inside the City Limits. The County plans to begin construction this July on ~s improvements to Bodega Avenue between Paula Lane and Cleveland Lane, an area ~9 which is adjacent to the City Limits. This agreement covers that portion of Bodega zo Avenue which is witbin City Limits; the amount of the City improvements is $23,000, 2~ including contingency. The entire County project is abaut $300,000. Introduced by z2 Matt Maguire, seconded by Vice Mayor Barlas. z3 Ayes: Maguire, Stouipe, Sl~ea, Vice Mayor Barlas, Mayor Hilligoss 2a Noes: None 25 Absent: Hamiltou, Read 26 VENDING CAIZTS AND MOBILE CANTEENS ~~ Assistant City Manager, Gene Beatty, requested Council direction regarding the use of zs vending carts and mobile canteens. In the recent past, a hot dog cart has been located ?9 at Western Avenue and Kentucky Street during the lunch hour. In the last year or so 3o there have been questions about the propriety of approving the hot dog cart. 'There is a 3i petition being signed now by restaurants downtown requesting the City to tighten up the 32 regulations on vending carts. A restauranteur downtown believes there should be a 33 conditional use permit requirement tor vending carts. Mr. Beatty said he would like to 34 meet with the Downtown Association to see what there concerns are. 3s There are also two mobile canteens in town. Currently one is located on Mary Street 36 near Petaluma Blvd. North every night. The other mobile oanteen goes from job to. job 3~ such as construction sites for lunches and break times. It was suggested that the City 3s needs to regulate the amount of time any mobile canteen may park in one location. 39 This could be addressed with an encroachment permit requiring approval of any mobile ao canteen stop on the City right-of-way. Another possibility would be to limit their hours ai to 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., and it that were violated, the permit would be revoked. a? Karla Achor, 21 Tenth Street - owner of the yogurt parlar near the Golden Concourse as on Kentucky Street - she said she is circulating the' petition against the vending cart 44 downtown. She would like to see carts prohibited downtown. • ~ A~ril 1, 19~6 Vol. 29, Page 391 ~ Council comment: z - The distance between vending carts should be 500 feet. 3 - Agrees with referring the question to the Downtown Association. a - Both vending carts and mobile canteens need to be under the same guidelines other s businesses have. ~ - We should increase these in a certain area where they would be together. It would ~ help to make the shopping area more vital. s - Agree with limiting the mobil~ canteen in the evening to 7:00 p.m. ~ - Limit the stay in one place to 1'/z hours. ~o - Obtain City approval for each stop. ii - City to have ability to control the uses, etiminate the abuses. ~2 - City could entiorce a move to another location and could shorten a stop. is - Staff should look at Berkeley regulations as well as other regulations that may be ~a obtainable. ~s The Councilmembers appeared to concur with the foregoing. i~ I,IAISON REPORTS i~ Assistant Manager Warren Salmons and Mayor Hilligoss visited with the Office of is Emergency Services in Sacramento looking for some grant money for flooding area ~~ improvements. They learned the City application is complete; the application looks zo competitive; and, there are some questions between the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers Zi and FEMA relating to "jurisdiction." They will continue to report to the Council as ~2 the things progress. Mr. Tom Murray of the Oftice of Emergency Services wants to z3 visit the City of Petaluma to see the Payran Reach Flood Mitigation project area. ~a Jane Hamilton asked that a letter be sent to the California Public Utilities Commission Zs to urge them to approve the elimination of toll telephone rates between Petaluma and z~ Santa Rosa. z~ City Manager John Scharer told the City Council that in 1981 when he was appointed zg City Manager, he had planned to retire when he reached the age of 62. He will z~ become that age late in December of this year. He will retire on Friday, January 3, so 1997. He looks forward to working with the Council for the next 9 months. It is time s, for people to give the youngsters an opportunity, he said. sz Mayor Hilligoss thanked Mr. Scharer for the countless things he has helped accomplish 33 in the City of Petaluma, she thanked him for the good times, for the parks, the sa businesses and the neighborhoods, thanked him for the economic support and ss friendship. 3~ She wants to start fooking for a City Manager and asked Mr. Scharer to participate in s~ that process. 3a Mary Stompe thanked him for his service to the City. Page 392, Vol. 29 April 1, 1996 i ADJOiTRN ~ 3 4 At 8:40 p.m. the meeting was adjo>>rnP~ 5 6 ~ ATTEST: 8 9 .'~~ 10 / ii Patricia E. Bernard, City Clerk