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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 12/05/1994i z 3 4 s 6 December 5, 1994 MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING PETALUMA CITY COUNCIL MONDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1994 Vol. 28, Page 3s9 I20LL CALL 7:00 p.m. Present: Parkerson; Read, Barlas, Shea, Vice Mayor Sobel, Mayor Hilligoss Absent Hamilton s PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 9 John Records, COTS, led the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. io MOMEN'T' OF SILENCE ii COUNCIL COMMENT iz Lori Shea -expressed her concern about dogs running loose in shopping centers and asked the 13 Public to please keep their pets on a leash. is PROCLAMATIONS is Mayor Hilligoss read a proclamation on Winter Weather Preparedness Week December 5 to i6 December 9. i~ PRESENTATION is The Mayor noted the following persons are to receive acknowledgment of their service for the i9 City of Petaluma: Zo Ross Parkerson, Planning Commission from July, 1986, to June, 1994 si Don Bennett, Planning Commission from December, 1986, to June, 1994 22 Donna Curtis, Recreation Commission from July, 1989, to July, 199:18 AM94 z3 Joanne Doughty, Airport Commission from July, 1993, to June, 1994 Za Robert Curtis, Personnel Board, September, 1992, to June, 1994 2s Child Care Committee members: z6 Mary Hildebrand, September, 1992, to June, 1994 z~ Diana Gill, July, 1993, to July, 1994 as Ellen Govan, July 1993, to July, 1994 z9 Walter Kuttner, September, 1992, to June, 1994 3o Julie Sinai, July, 1993, to June, 1994 31 Karen Nelson, July 1993, to June 1994 32 Tree Committee members: 33 Patricia Haramati, February, 1992, to June, 1994 34 Gerald Smith, July, 1993, to June, 1994 Page 390 ,Vol. 28 December 5, 1994 i MINUTES a The minutes of the November 21 were approved as amended: 3 Page 379, Line 28 -add, and it had been discussed at the Petaluma Council meeting when the a Council asked the Open Space Commission to work on the swap. - s Page 380, Line 15, change "prop,osal" to "intent". 6 Page 381, Line 38 -change "final design" to "final wording". ~ Page 386, Line 15 -add. after ep rmit, "because the City has more control with a Conditional s Use Permit than without one." 9 Page 387, Lines 8 and 9 -Mayor Hilligoss voted "No". io CONSENT CALENDAR i i The following items which are noncontroversial and which have been reviewed by the staff iz and the Council were adopted by a single motion. which was introduced by Lori Shea and 13 seconded by Ross Parkerson. is Ayes: Parkerson, Read, Barlas, Shea, Vice Mayor Sobel, Mayor Hilligoss is Noes: None i6 Absent: Hamilton i~ RESO. 94-312 NCS ig CLAIMS AND BILLS i9 Resolution 94-312 NCS approving Claims and Bills #40789 through #41 I24. 20 RESO.94-313 NCS Zi 22 BASSETT STREET BUILDING REPAIRS ii Resolution 94-313 NCS approving roof repairs to the City's Engineering building, awarding s3 the contract to Henris Roofing; authorizing staff to perform heating equipment repairs not to as exceed $4,000 and authorize a total allocation of $17,530 from the Contingency Fund for the zs repairs. a6 RESO. 94-314 NCS z~ CANVASS NOVEMBER 8 ELECTION zs RESOLUTION 29 DECLARING CANVASS OF RETURNS AND RESULTS 3o OF THE REGULAR MUNICIPAL AND PETALUMA HIGH SCHOOL BOARD 31 AND CHARTER AMENDMENT ELECTIONS 32 HELD NOVEMBER 8, 1994, WITH THE 33 STATEWIDE GENERAL ELECTION 34 WHEREAS, the City of Petaluma conducted a Regular Election on November 8, 1994, in 3s conjunction with the Statewide General Election; and, December 5, 1994 Vol. 28, Page 39b i WHEREAS. the City of Petaluma also conducted a Special Election Consolidated with the a Regular Election which includes six measures which read as follows: Measure E Fulcrum Capital/Greene Initiative Shall the voters of the City of Petaluma adopt an ordinance (1) limiting the use of transportation funds collected by the City from existing development to improving existing transportation system and (2) requiring two-thirds of the persons owning real property in the proposed assessment district to approve the formation of such a district to fund the transportation project? ADVISORY VOTE ONLY Measure F Newcome Initiative Should the Petaluma City Council expend City funds (including those controlled by the Redevelopment Agency) for improvements to Washington Street, which ensure Washington Street's ability to adequately accommodate its present and future traffic, before such funds are appropriated, allocated and expended for construction or improvement of any other street or traffic improvements relating to east/west traffic and before designating projects to CALTRANS? YES NO YES NO Measure G City AttorneX -Shall the voters of YES the City of Petaluma amend Charter Section 26 (which currently requires the City Attorney to attend all Council NO meetings) to require the City Attorney to attend Council meetings only as directed by the City Manager? Measure H Biddin~Requirements -Shall the voters of the City of Petaluma amend Charter Section 68 to establish that the all contracts or purchases for work or materials above the cost of $15,000, (and as adjusted in the future according to the Consumer Price Index), be subject to a bidding process pursuant to procedures established by ordinance adopted by the City Council rather than the current threshold of $3,000? Measure I Ordinance Publication Shall the voters of the City of Petaluma amend Charter Section 45 to allow, at the direction of the City Council, the publication of a synopsis of ordinance introduced by less than a unanimous vote (rather than publication of the entire ordinance as currently required) with an indication that the entire text of the ordinance is available for review at the City Clerk's office? YES NO YES NO .6 .. .. ~~ Page 392 ,Vol. 28 1 December 5, 1994 Measure J Compensation - YES Shall the voters of the City of Petaluma amend Charter Section 19 to read "The Council may act, by ordinance, NO to provide compensation to each of its members irl an amount authorized by state law [which currently would allow up to $400 a month]. The Council may act, by ordinance, to provide compensation to the Mayor in an amount up to 150 percent of the compensation set for Council members." 2 3 4 s 6 a 9 to 11 lz WHEREAS, the Municipal Election was held in the City of :Petaluma on November 8, 1994; and, WHEREAS, the votes from said election were received and canvassed by the Sonoma County and Marin County Elections Departments, and the returns thereof were ascertained and declared in all respects as required by law: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Petaluma as follows: (1) The City Clerk is hereby instructed to enter this Resolution on the minutes of this meeting as a statement of the result of said election; (2) The total number of ballots cast on the Measures, Charter amendments, School Board, Mayor and City Council elections held on November 8, 1994, were as follows: 13 14 15 16 17 is 19 zo 21 sz 23 as zs 26 z~ is MEASURES Total Votes Votes For Votes A ag inst Fulcrum Ca~itaUGreene:Initiative Measure Efailed 16,016 6,535 9,481 Absentee Votes only >4,298>' 1;705 2,593 Newcome Initiative (ADVISORY VOTE ONLY)', Measure F failed 15,943' 5,519 9,424 Absentee Uotes only `;4,304' 1'';698 2,606 City Attorney Charter Section 26 Measure G ' 15,451: 9,066 6,385 Absentee Votes only ;, 4,234' 2,563 1',671 Bidding Requirements Charter Section 68 Measure H 15,245 10,354 4,891 Absentee Votes only 4,173' 2,909 1,264 Ordinance Publication Charter Section 45 Measure I ' 9,063' 9,063 <5,655 Absentee Votes onl 4,056' `'2' 596 ;,1,460 December 5, 1994 1 2 3 Vol. 28, Page 393 'ouncl Compensation Charter Section l9 /Ieasure J faded 15,406 5;969 9,437 '' absentee Votes only 4,245 1;561 2,684 '' a Total number of Ballots on Measures 18,367 s Registered Voters on Measures 27, 355 6 Voter Turn-out on Measures 67.1% ~ ***** s Petaluma High School Board 4- year seat (elect 3) (listed by County and in the order of votes 9 cast) ro Note -there were 3 candidates for High School Board 11 Total Vote Absentee 12 13 _. __ Tally Foley, (inc.)';Sonoma Vote 13,353 3,640 /Iarin County Vote< 84 21 14 Carolyn H. Tennyson, (inc.) Sonoma Vote ' 12,312 3,445 is I~~Iarin County Vote>~ 77 53 16 Louis G. Steinberg„(inc.) Sonoma Vote 12,145 3,367 v `Marin'County Vote 66 18 is Total Number of Sonoma County Registered Voters for School Board Election ----35,790 lv Total Number of Marin County Registered Voters for School Board Election -------- 246 zo Total Number of Sonoma County Absentee Ballots for School Board ---------------- 6,214 zl Total Number of Marin County Absentee Ballots for School Board------------------------60 2z Total Number of Sonoma County Ballots for School Board Election -----------------24,039 z3 Total Number of Marin County Ballots for School Board Election----------------------- 164 2a Voter Turn-out in Sonoma County for School Board Election------------------------- 67.2% 2s Voter Turn-out in Marin County for School Board Election --------------------------- 66.7% 26 ***** 27 Petaluma Mayor (elect 1) (listed in the order of votes cast) 2s Total Vote Absentee z9 M. Patricia Hilligoss (inc) ' 8,071: ' 2,226 3o Harvey Egna 6,498 1,690 31 Coline George 1,206 349 32 Nathan A. Loux 1,129 269 33 ***** ~s~: tB's ~~ a~'~, .Page 394 ,Vol. 28 1 z 3 4 s 6 s 9 to 11 lz 13 14 is 16 17 is 19 zo Z1 December 5, 1994 _, . ~.:~ Petaluma City Council (elect 3) (listed in the order of votes cast): Total Vote Absentee :Matt Maguire . 6,020 ----=---------1,52T !Mary'Stompe 5,374------------!--1,423 Nancy C. Read (inc) 5,352 ---------- 1 50'.1 David Keller -------------------------4,826--------------1.276 Gary Broad---------------------------4,770--------------1,284 Janice Cader-Thompson------------3,999--------------1,055 Marcel Feibusch ---------------------3,247 ---------------- 848 Terry Kosewic-----------------------2,830---------------- 853 Katha Hair ---------------------------2,741---------------- 643 Ray Derby----------------------------2,107 ---------------- 643 Cathy Stewardson-------------------1,575 ---------------- 483 Manuel A. Mendes------------------1,440---------------- 423 Michael N. Shooter -----------------1,306---------------- 351 Ahmed M. Arikat---------------------488 ----------------- 142 Total number of ballots for Mayor and City Council-------------------18,362 Total number of absentee ballots for Mayor and City Council --------- 4,883 Total number of Registered Voters for Mayor and City Council -----27,355 Voter Turn-out for Mayor and City Council ---------------------------- 67.1% ***** zz RESO. 94-315 NC5 z3 MOYNIftAN -GRANT AVE. STORM DRAIN COST SHARE z4 Resolution 94-315 NCS approving the Grant Avenue Storm Drain Project and. authorizing zs appropriation of up to $20,000 from the 1995/96 CIP as the City's share of :the cost. to z6 construct the storm drain pursuant to Council decision at the November 21 Council meeting.. z~ * * * * * End of Consent Calendar za TEEN PI2OGRAIVIS Recreation Director Jim Carr reported on the skateboard park status with December 5, 1994 Vol. 28, Page 395 1 RESO.94-316 NCS 2 INTENT TO APPLY -YOUTH GRANT PROGRAM 3 Resolution 94-316 NCS approving the Letter of Intent to be sent to the County of Sonoma a Regional Parks regarding submittal of a request for proposal for the Community Partnerships s for Youth Grant Program. The amount of allocation for the Petaluma area is $195,788.64. 6 The Recreation Director noted that any money obtained from this source must be used for ~ "bricks and mortar" and not for salaries and ongoing expenses. It was also noted that any s facility that results from this money must be made available to the public for a minimum of 20 9 years. Introduced by Lori Shea, seconded by Carole Barlas. to Ayes: Parkerson, Read, Barlas, Shea, Vice Mayor Sobel, Mayor Hilligoss 11 Noes: None 12 Absent: Hamilton 13 RESO. 94-317 NC5 1a WATER RATES is Resolution 94-317 NC5 increasing water rates and charges. The new rate is 2.8% higher than 16 the current .rate. The residential water consumption rate will be $1.08 per 100 cubic feet of 17 water The resolution is effective for all bills issued after January 31, 1994, includes water is usage for December and January. The future anticipated water rate increases were estimated 19 to be 5% in 1996, 3% in 19,97, 0% in 1998 and 3% in 1999. Introduced by Ross Parkerson 20 and seconded by Vice Mayor Sobel. 21 Ayes: Parkerson, Read, Barlas, Shea, Vice Mayor Sobel, Mayor Hilligoss 22 Noes: None 23 Absent: Hanulton 24 2s RESO. 94-318 NCS SOUNIDWALL 26 Resolution 94-318 NC5 authorizing preparation of final plans and specifications, establishing 27 project phasing. The City Council directed staff to implement the program so that the 2s soundwall construction is phased to end at the street intersections, where possible, rather than 29 at mid-block. The first phases will be constructed so that both the 1994 and the 1995 portions 3o can be accomplished at one time. 31 The plan is to build soundwalls on Caulfield from the highway towards the east. The 32 Washington Street soundwall phasing will begin just behind the church at Ely Blvd. The Casa 33 Grande soundwall extension is planned to extend the soundwall froln Lakeville Highway three 34 lots up Casa Grande Drive. The next step is for staff to obtain agreements with the property 3s owners who would benefit from the first two phases. Upon receipt of the agreements with the 36 property owners, the project will be prepared for bidding. Introduced by Ross Parkerson, 37 seconded by Vice Mayor Sobel. 3s Ayes: Parkerson, Read, Barlas, Shea, Vice Mayor Sobel, Mayor Hilligoss 39 Noes: None ao Absent: Hamilton Page 396 ,Vol. 28 December 5, 1994 PUBLIC HEARING z HUD - CDBG -CONSOLIDATED PLAN The Council held the first public hearing on a ,new Community Development Block Grant requirement called the "Consolidated Plan" . As an "entitlement community" under the Community Development Block Grant program the .city is required to complete certain documents to be eligible to receive its: annual allocation of federal "Block Grant" funds. The Department of Housing. and Urban Development has introduced this Consolidated Plan. It replaces the mandated "Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategy (CHAS)" which was just adopted in November of 1993 as well as the "Block Grant Final Statement. io With this program in place, the City expects to receive notice from the Department of ii Housing and Urban Development (H[.TD) regarding the 1995-96 entitlement. Staff will send iz out requests for applications. There is a new income category called "extremely low 13 income" . This category is defined to include those families earning 30% or less of the area is median income. In Petaluma that would be $14,520 for a household of 4. It appears that is HUD will focus more on this category than on it will focus. on the moderate income .projects. 16 Additionally, it is a .Sonoma County requirement that a certain percentage of allocations shall i~ go toward the provision of housing. The hearing was opened. Speakers were: is John Records of COTS - He read a thank you letter from an eight year old who is staying at 19 the COTS shelter at 1500 Petaluma Blvd. South. Mr. Records noted' how valuable the City's 20 help has been in assisting families while they work towards improvement of their economic Zi conditions. zz Jon Morgan of Burbank Housing -Also expressed appreciation for the. assistance of the City z3 in development of vertical transition housing. za Morris Turner of Innovative Housing - He noted they all (City, Innovative Housing, Burbank as Housing, COTS and others) have been doing what- the U. S. Department of Housing and 26 Urban Development is now requiring. a~ It is required that the City conduct two public hearings on this issue. The second public Zs hearing will be held in March. The hearing was closed. No action was being requested of the 29 Council. 3o RESO. 94-319 NCS 31 SHORT RANGE TRANSIT PLAN 3s Resolution 94-319 NCS authorizing execution of a contract with Nelson/Nygaard Consulting 33 Associates for preparation of an updated City of Petaluma Transit Division Short Range 3a Transit Plan. 'The Petaluma Short Range Transit Plan will update goals,. objectives and 3s standards. It will also evaluate services, update the operations- plan and prepare .both the 36 Capital Improvement Plan and a final plan projecting the system for five years. The cost of 37 the project will be $37,489, up from the $35,000 this cost. in 198.8. Funding is Federal firansit 3s Assistance Section 8 grant for $29;991.20 and a Transportation Development Act grant for 39 $7,497:80. The short range transit plan is required to be updated every 5 years. December 5, 1994 Vol. 28, Page 397 i Incoming Councilman Matt Maguire noted the ridership is up. He would like to see the 2 consultants determine whether or not there are any types of fees that could be instituted for 3 future application to transit. There should be on-going funding to enable the City to amplify a the transportation alternatives which do not require the individual use of automobiles. s Introduced by Carole Barlas and seconded by Nancy Read 6 Ayes: Parkerson, Read, Barlas, Shea, Vice Mayor Sobel, Mayor Hilligoss ~ Noes: None s Absent: Hamilton 9 RESO.94-320 NCS io 1995 ALLOCATIONS ii Resolution 94-320 NCS extending 1995 allocations for the Maxwell and West View Estates 12 Subdivisions to March 31, 1996, Introduced by Nancy Read and seconded by Lori Shea. i3 Ayes: Parkerson, Read, Barlas, Shea, Vice Mayor Sobel, Mayor Hilligoss is Noes: None 1s Absent: Hamilton i6 ORD. 1973 NCS i~ POLICE DEPARTMENT RETENTION FOUND PROPERTI' is Introduce Ordinance 1973 NCS amending Section 3.08 of the Municipal Code establishing 3 i9 months, instead of 6 months, for the Police Department to keep "found" property. zo Introduced by Carole Barlas and seconded by Lori Shea. 21 Ayes: Parkerson, Read, Barlas, Shea, Vice Mayor Sobel, Mayor Hilligoss 22 Noes: None 23 Absent: Hamilton z4 ADJOiJRN zs At 9:15 p.m. the meeting was adjourned. oo /, n_ 26 ~i ~1 ~ ~A~ 0 ~ DDDI~/~ 27 28 Patricia Hilligoss, Mayor z9 ATTEST: so atricia E. 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