HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Minutes 05/09/1994May 9, 1994 Vol. 28, Page 209
i MINUTES OF A REGULAR AI)JOiJRNED MEETING
2 PETALUMA CITY COUNCIL
3 MONDAY, -MAY 9, 1994
4 R®LL ALL 7:~0 p.Tn.
s Present: Sobel, Hamilton, Barlas, Shea, Vice Mayor Read, Mayor Hilligoss
6 Absent: None (Nelson resigned Apri14, 1994)
~ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
s Michael Evert, Assistant City Engineer, led the Pledge of Allegiance.
9 MOMENT OF SILENCE
io PUBLIC COMMENT
~~ Jack Balshaw, 1680 Kearny Court - he encourages appointing someone with no special
i2 conditions or qualifications. Regarding the use of Rocky the Police Dog to determine
13 whether or not there are drubs on the local school campuses; this is a good way to
is determine whether or not the DARE program has worked. If it has not, we should know
is that also.
16 Don Canardo, Carl's Market - he thought this was over, how long does this go on. If you
i~ allow time for Mr. Hooper to speak on Food 4 Less, then we wish to have equal time.
is Karen Greene, 311. Olympic Court -spoke about their opposition of Rainier. She is opposed
i9 to being assessed for it. She opposed the comments about their position that she read in the
zo Press Democrat.
Zi COUNCIL COMMENTS
22 Lori Shea -She is happy there are $195,000 coming to Petaluma for schools and she looks
z3 forward to talking with the se#esl~ vJow~-k. ~ ,~h. .d -}c a o..~$
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za Mayor Hilligoss -She noted that the City can't asses developed property for ainier.~o~.cro
zs LETTER FROM FOOD 4 LESS
i6 Mr. Michael Hooper of Food 4 Less had written a letter requesting an opportunity to
a~ respond to statements made during the public hearing about the project, because he did not
2a have an opportunity to do so at the Council meeting. He noted that he did not jump up to
29 ask for an opportunity at the time. After a great deal of discussion among the Council
3o members, it was established that one person from each side would be able to speak for 15
3t minutes each at the next Council meeting. The Mayor will determine who goes first by
3z drawing straws. Carole Barlas abstained from this discussion due to a potential conflict of
33 interest.
34
COUNCIL VACANCY
3s It was agreed to invite letters of application from interested registered voters of the City for
36 the Council vacancy. Speakers included Matthew McLaughlin of Lohrman Lane was
37 shocked that there was not a full Council; Terry Kosewic, utilize the Council candidate
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appointment night like any other candidates' night; Lee Heinz from the Chamber of
Commerce supported making the appointment soon; William Brotman suggested not to ask
questions about specific projects.
Each Councilmember will submit questions to the City Manager who will prepare a
questionnaire for interested parties. The questions are not to be project specific. The
questionnaire will be forwarded to each applicant. All applications .and questionnaires are
due at City Hall no later than May 24. It is the Council's intent to interview and appoint at
the June 6 meeting.
ORD. 1956 NCS ,
SMOKING ORDINANCE
The Council discussed provisions of the smoking ordinance. ;Speakers included Mike
Lippitt, S:151 Montero Way, Sonoma Joe's Casino and New York Deli (one of the owners) -
although he is not a smoker, the cardrooms do have 4 walls and a supplemental air system.
He suggested the cardrooms be allowed to have smoking.
Richard Goldberg, Sonoma County Health Department -The Sonoma. County ,ordinance
urges the Council not to allow exceptions to the smoking ordinance prohibitions. Regarding
the bingo games, Rohnert Park has 1 bingo game. which allows smoking, the. others do not
allow it. Cloverdale and Windsor are the cities that have not yet considered this issue.
Martha Saly, 240 Liberty Street, representing the American Lung Association. -urged the
Council not to allow smoking. Every card parlor in Marin and Napa counties is no smoking.
Waitresses and bartenders suffer.
Louis McCarthy, 539 Midvale Way, Mill. Valley - a lot of food is served at Sonoma Joes.
He talked about a Garden City lawsuits regarding smoking.
Michael Rosenthal, 1216 E1 Cide Court, Mill Valley - is an employee of Sonoma Joes who
urges the Council to ban smoking at card rooms.
John Rumsey, 33 Marquard Avenue, San Rafael - is a customer of Sonoma Joes who
supports banning smoking at the cardrooms.
Sarah Richardson, 24 Skylark Ct. -works for Sonoma Joes and likes it there. Urged the
Council to ban smoking in cardrooms.
Ken O'Donnell, .605 St. Francis -works at McNear's Restaurant -asked the Council to .make
level playingfields"" at the restaurant/bar locations. They are surrounded by bars which will
be the only ones that allow smoking.
Rick Kropp, 55 Maria Drive -North Bay Health Resources Center -there are no .public
school laws; what there is on the books is Proposition 98 funding. If they want that money,
the schools must- have a "smoke free" policy in fiscal year 1996. Smoke doesn't go away. It
is recycled day after day.
The Council agreed- to prohibit smoking at bingo games, in cardrooms, and private clubs
which allow. non-members to enter. Regarding restaurants/bars they will allow 90 days
(August 1), for those .locations to decide how they are going to address the smoking issue:
As long as the. business shows they are attempting to comply, there will be no :problem.
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i If a business does not show that it is making progress, staff will pursue the subject with
2 them.
3 Staff will advise the Council if there is any problem with the bingo issue. Introduced by
a Carole Barlas, seconded by Jane Hamilton.
s AYES: Sobel, Hamilton, Barlas, Shea, Vice Mayor Read, Mayor Hilligoss
6 NOES: Mayor Hilligoss (People should do this themselves. It should be up to the
~ businesses)
s ABSENT: None (Nelson resigned Apri14, 1994)
9 YtECE5S 9:10 to 9:20 g.m.
io YtES®. 94-113 NCS
ii MC D®WELL & EAS'Y' WASI3INGT®N S'Y'gTDY
iz The Council discussed the proposal to do a study about McDowell and East Washington
13 traffic improvement solutions. There was discussion as to whether or not the entire length
is of East Washington should be included in the study, or as staff had suggested from the
is intersection with McDowell Blvd. westerly to Ellis Street.
i6 Staff advised the Council the information utilized in the Rainier EIR for "No Project" is
i~ based on up to date criteria and data. It was also noted that the General Plan includes such
is ideas as "developing people pockets" and "traffic reduction" alternatives and other
i9 "spectacular concepts for the future", such as the more intensive land uses should be built
20 near the areas where transportation is available. Staff agreed they need some education on
2i traffic innovations.
z2 Jack Balshaw suggested looking at the construction of a northbound off ramp on the
i3 northerly side of East Washington. That would make longer left turn stacking lanes on East
za Washington for eastbound vehicles planning to turn northerly on North McDowell. In turn,
zs that would reduce the traffic backing up onto the 2-lane eastbound portion of the Highway
26 101 overpass, because that is where the left turn vehicles have to stack .now when they run
z~ out of space. Maybe one could evn make the overpass three lanes eastbound. He also
zs suggested having the traffic engineers for the shopping centers make some suggestions for
z9 traffic improvement.
3o The Council asked whet they will derive from the study, what are they fixing? The Level of
31 Service answer is there are delays of over a minute between 5:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. at the
32 intersection of East Washington and McDowell.
33 It was noted that if the Council did make a decision on Rainier, the project will still be 6 to 7
34 years before it is final.
3s Resolution 94-113 NCS approving contract with CSW/St'~ for consulting services to be done
36 on a "time and expense basis" not to exceed $66,368 plus 8% contingency on the East
37 Washington Street corridor between McDowell Blvd. and Ellis Street. Introduced by Vice
3a Mayor Read, seconded by Brian Sobel
39 AYES: Sobel; Shea, Vice Mayor Read, Mayor Hilligoss
ao NOES: Hamilton, Barlas
ai ABSENT: None (Nelson resigned Apri14, 1994)
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a2 I'ETALUMA VISIT®Y2S .1C1C
a3 Vice Mayor Read asked for Council direction regarding the Committee. She was advised
as the Committee was meant to be proactive" and the Visitors B was meant to be
as "committee driven'°. ~~~~.
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