HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 08/17/1992August 17, 1992
1 MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING
2 PETALUMA CITY COUNCIL
3 MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 1992
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5 PRESENT: Read, Davis, Woolsey, Vice Mayor Cavanagh, Nelson
6 Mayor Hilligoss* arrived at 4:20 p.m., Sobel** arrived at 4:30
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8 ABSENT: None
ROLL
9 PUBLIC COMMENT
1o Jack Balshaw, asked tl~e City to do something about the vehicles that have auto alarms
11 that go off on a regular basis at odd hours thus disturbing neighbors sleep. He requested
12 that the Council agendize this matter to discuss how to proceed. The matter was referred
13 to the Assistant City Manager Beatty by the Council.
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MINUTES
The Minutes of July 20 were approved as corrected:
Page 132, Ord. 1899 NCS Bonnie Nelson made some comments during the discussion
that she wished. to have included in the minutes: Add, "There is a double standard here.
The schools all have signs which say "NO DRINKING", but the ball players are not
required to adhere to that rule. They are abusive, they leave their beer cans at the ball
park, and are disrespectfiil to the schools' security guards. These adults are "allowed to
do as they please" at the ball parks."
The Minutes of July 27 were not included.
The Minutes of August 3 were approved as submitted but Lynn Woolsey alerted the
Council that she was going to make comments about requiring regional labor forces to be
used for the Chateau project.
CONSENT CALENDAR
The following items which are noncontroversial and have been reviewed by the City
Council and staff were enacted by a single motion which was introduced by Nancy Read
and seconded by Lynn Woolsey.
AYES: Read, Davis, Woolsey, Vice Mayor Cavanagh, Nelson
NOES: None
ABSENT: Mayor Hilligoss, Sobel
35 Resolution 92-208 NCS approving Claims and Bills #21525 to #21885.
RESO. 92-208 NCS
CLAIMS AND BILLS
3G RESO. 92-209 NCS
37 DESTRUCTION OE RECORDS
3s Resolution 92-209 NCS approving destruction of records kept beyond retention period for
39 the Finance and Personnel Departments.
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i RESO. 92-210 NCS
2 CLOSURE A STREET PARKING LOT FOR ONE DAY
Resolution 92-210 NCS approving closure of the "A" Street Parking lot on September 12
in order to hold the Farmer's Market there for one day only,, and to allow "Art in the
Park" to take place in Walnut Park on the weekend of September 12 and 13.
6 RESO. 92-211 NCS
7 TRANSFER UNCLAIMED MONEY TO CITY TREASURY
8 Resolution 92-211 NCS approving the transfer of .unclaimed money to the General Fund
9 by the City Treasurer. This represents $6,468.76 from Security Pacific National Bank
1o for the Petaluma Multi-Family Rental Housing Revenue Bonds, 1983 Issues A & B.
1 i RESO. 92-212 NCS
12 SPECIAL ASSESSMENT CONTRACT WITH COUNTY
13 Resolution 92-212 NCS authorizing the Finance Director to execute a Special Assessment
t4 agreement with the County of Sonoma and authorizing tYie City Manager to execute the
15 agreement with the County for collecting assessments for the City.
i6 RESO.. 92-213 NCS
17 ASSESSMENT DISTRICT 14
1s Resolution 92-213 NCS declaring a surplus in the Improvement Fund for Assessment
19 District 14 and authorizing the City to reduce the debt by applying that surplus of
20 $353,700 to the principal owing on that assessment district:.
21 RESO. 92-214 NCS
22 FINAL MAP FOR CADER FARMS PHASE III
23 Resolution 92-214 NCS approving the final map for Cader Farms Subdivision Phase III.
24 RESO. 92-215 NCS
25 WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY PLANNING CRITERIA
26 Resolution 92-215 NCS approving the planning criteria, as discussed at the July 27 Study
27 Session of the City Council, for the new Wastewater Treatment Facility.
2s RESO. 92-216 NCS
29 AMICUS ASSISTANCE
3o Resolution 92-216 NCS in support. of t11e City of Santa Rosa with respect to its position
31 for Writ of Certiorari with- the United States Supreme Court in the case of Steen v.
32 Thompson, et al. This Santa Rosa case concerns a Santa Rosa Police action relating to
33 rapid entry. According to the memorandum from -the City of Santa Rosa, this is critical
34 to every peace officer m the state who serves a warrant under perilous circumstances.
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CHATEAU PROTECT REDUCTION IN FEES
2 The Council discussed the resolution authorizing reduction in Community Facilities
3 Development Fees to $346.25 per unit and Park and Recreation Land Improvement Fees
4 to $586.52 per unit for the Chateau Senior Housing Project of Petaluma to be located just
5 north of the Plaza North Shopping Center and across the street from the Lucchesi
6 Community Center. This was on the agenda to confirm the Council's action of August 3.
7 Lynn Woolsey asked the developer, Mr. Shelton Baxter, if he was going to hire regional
s workers for the Chateau project. He said they do not have a contract with a specific
9 developer at this time, but they will do their best to hire local workers. After much
to discussion about the use of local workers, the matter was continued to the September 8
11 meeting to give the developer a better opportl~nity to talk to the construction company
12 they usually use.
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RESO. 92-217 NCS
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION GOALS
15 Resolution 92-217 NCS approving goals for the Affirmative Action Plan for Fiscal Year
16 1992-93. The Council concurred that an analysis report of the City's applicants for
17 employment be included with next year's affirmative action proceedings. Before the
18 resolution was introduced, the affirmative action plan was amended to add the words,
19 "over and above the current year's force." Introduced by Lynn Woolsey, seconded by
20 Bonnie Nelson.
21 AYES: Read, Davis, Woolsey, Vice Mayor Cavanagh, Nelson
22 NOES: None
23 ABSENT: Mayor Hilligoss, Sobel
24 ORD. 1901 NCS
25 ~ TEMPORARY APPROPRIATIONS
26 Mayor Hilligoss arrived at 4:20 p. m.. Introduce and adopt urgency Ordinance 1901 NCS
27 appropriating funds to operate for an additional 60 days to October 31. It was noted that
28 the ordinance supercedes Ord. 1890 NCS adopted on June 29. Introduced by Bonnie
29 Nelson, seconded by Michael Davis.
30 AYES: Read, Davis, Woolsey, Vice Mayor Cavanagh, Mayor Hilligoss, Nelson
31 NOES: None
32 ABSENT: Sobel
33 RESO. 92-218 NCS
34 MC DONALD'S RESTAURANT SIGNS
35 Councilman Sobel arrived at 4:30 p.m. This item was listed earlier on the agenda, but
36 was postponed at the request of Mayor Hilligoss so she could vote on it. Resolution 92-
37 218 NCS confirming tlae August 3, 1992, City Council action regarding repealing
38 Resolution 89-30 NCS and approving a modified conditional use permit for McDonald's
39 Restaurant located at 981 Lakeville Street to allow removal of the small signs and adding
4o coloring and lighting to the "M's" that are on the building: = It was moved by Bonnie
41 Nelson, seconded by Vice Mayor Cavanagh.
42 AYES: Read, Vice Mayor Cavanagh, Mayor Hilligoss, Nelson
43 NOES: Davis, Sobel
44 ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: Davis
45 CLOSED SESSION
46 The Council met in closed session to discuss litigation with the City Attorney.
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i ADJOURN TO 7:00 p. m.
2 RECONVENE and ROLL CALL
3 PRESENT: Read, Davis, Woolsey, Vice Mayor Cavanabh, Mayor
4 Hilligoss, Sobel, Nelson
5 ABSENT: None
6 INVOCATION Brad Edgbert led the Invocation.
7 The PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE was led by Bonnie Bard.
s PIT1gLIC COMMENT
9 Vincenza Scarpazi, 23 Meadowglen Drive -invited people to the Petaluma Historical
1o Museum°s current exhibit.
i l Eve Sorlieu, 300 6th Street -Would the City Council support the idea. of using a wider
12 range of affordable housing. It really should be spread some because there still are
13 persons who cannot afford to purchase a house here. It was agreed that, although she
14 was in touch with Bonne Gaebler in the Housing Department already., she should. write
is Mrs. Gaebler a letter for the Council's Housing Subcommittee to act upon.
t6 Peter Rodda, 23 Meadowglen Drive -That traffic light, that the City plans to install on
17 Petaluma Blvd. South as soon as the McNear Hill developmena is built, should. be built
1s sooner for traffic safety. Tom Hargis will develop a report for the City .Council on
t9 various ways to pay for that over $.100,000 signal.
20 CITY COiJNCIL COMMENTS
21 Michael Davis -spent two weeks at the Eagle Lake area with cows and people in the
22 same area, It reminded him of the Lafferty Ranch. He was advised there wilf'be a report
23 to the Council soon.
24 Lynn Woolsey -asked for a report from Police Chief De Witt on the use of radar- guns.
25 She thinks the City should join the other municipalities that have put their radar guns
26 away until there is some resolution to the question whether or not the guns give police
27 cancer.
2s Bonnie Nelson -her Yugoslavian student has arrived and she hopes the .student does well
29 this year.
3o Mayor Hilligoss -said thanks to the people who put on the River and Old Adobe
31 Festivals last weekend.
32 PRESENTATIONS
33 The Pedestrian Safety Award for 1991 was presented to the Police Department from the
34 California State Automobile Association.
35 APPOINTMENTS
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1 PLAN1~lING COMMISSION
2 The following persons had applied for appointment to one seat to be vacated by Dan
3 Libarle on the Planning Commission:
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Beverly Alexander Jay Lucien
Beverly Bond T. J. Mustonen
James Camouse David Rabbitt
Robert Corley Frederick Rogers
Elizabeth Emery Kay Russo
Steven Gatti James Schultz
Ronald Harris Dan Svenson
Patricia Haramati Pamela Torliatt
Daedalus Howell Katherine Weimer
David Keller Paul Whiting
William Kelly Daniel Williams
Melanie Lam Ruth Wright
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13 PERSONNEL BOARD
14 The following persons had expressed interest in being appointed to one of the three seats
15 open on the Personnel Board:
Charles Lewis
Melvin Beal Steven Nash
John Brunslik James O'Brien
James Camouse John Rinaldo
Robert Curtis Tippie Vargo
Jeanette Feldman
Vince Landof
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Ro ert Curtis x x x x
Vence Lan o x x x x 4
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James O Brien x x
Tipple Vargo x x x x 4
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3o The following named persons exp ressed interest in the SPARC Committee for one seat:
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Gordon Blumenfeld L. Longenbaugh
Michael Bryant Jay Lucien
Roger Burroughs David Rabbitt
James Carson Kay Russo
Claudie Cleaver Dan Swenson
Robert Corley Paul Whiting
Daedalt-s Howell Andree Wood
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C au ie C eaver x x x
Jay Lucien x
Kay Russo x
An ree Wood x
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~ CHILD CARE
2 The following persons expressed interest in the Child Care Committee and spoke to the
3 Council. No vote was taken because there were five openings.
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s Walter Kuttner
6 Mary Lopez de Abascal-Hildebrand
7 Annette McElroy
8 Kathy Paradies
9 Tracy Tomasky
1o RECESS 8:45 - 8:55 P.M.
11 HIV NONDISCRIMINATION ORDINANCE
12 The City Council reviewed an HIV (Human Immune Virus) Nondiscrimination Ordinance
13 which has been adopted by some Sonoma County Cities and the Board of Supervisors.
14 Deamon Doss (Petaluma HIV Education Task Force), Pat Kuda (Sonoma Public Health
15 Department), Jeff Doutt (Chairman of the County AIDS Commission and Dean of the
16 School of Business & Economics at Sonoma State University), Karen Howard (Member
17 of County Aids Commission), Reed Bruce (is infected with the virus), and Jim Spahr
is (Volunteer for the HIV group) spoke on behalf of asking the City to adopt such an
19 ordinance.
20 It was introduced by Lynn Woolsey, seconded by Brian Sobel, to direct
21 staff to prepare such an ordinance for the Council to adopt.
22 AYES: Read, Davis, Woolsey, Vice Mayor Cavanagh, Mayor Hilligoss, Sobel,
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24 ABSENT: None
25 NOES: None
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27 WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS
2s Resolution 92-219 NCS appointing the Wastewater Treatment Facility committee. The
29 following persons have volunteered to. serve on the 3 or 5 person committee:
3o Arlyn Asch Dan Libarle
31 Vasco Brazil Craig Kennedy
32 Larry Brown Matt Maguire
33 Len Larson Ned Orrett
34 Vince Landof Ralph Sartori
35 Bill White Daniel Williams
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Larry Brown x
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1 After the fifth vote the Council adopted Resolution 92-219 NCS appointing 4 persons to
2 this committee:
3 Dan Libarle, Ned Orrett, Ralph Sartori, and Bill
4 White.
5 AYES: Read, Davis, Mayor Hilligoss, Sobel
6 NOES: Woolsey, Vice Mayor Cavanagh, Nelson
7 ABSENT: None
8 Those "NO" voters wished the co,n,nittee to contain 5 persons, no[ 4.
9 It was stated by the Mayor that Mr. Brazil is not a rate payer.
to CHATEAU SENIOR HOUSING PROTECT NEG. DEC.
11 CHATEAU SENIOR HOUSING PROTECT PUD AMENDMENT
12 Approving negative declaration for the Chateau Senior Housing Project located on North
13 McDowell across from the Lucchesi Community Center and approving PUD
14 Amendment for Chateau Senior Housing Project were continued to the next Council
15 meeting by Council consensus.
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CHATEAU PRO.IECT REDUCTION IN FEES
17 It was agreed that this item from the afternoon meeting would also be carried to the next
is meeting.
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ORD. 1902 NCS
PARK PLACE III PUD AMENDMENT
21 Introduce Ordinance 1902 NCS amending Park Place III PUD to permit garage
22 conversions in single-family dwellings. After some discussion, the ordinance was
23 introduced by Lynn Woolsey, seconded by Nancy Read.
24 AYES: Read, Davis, Woolsey, Vice Mayor Cavanagh, Mayor Hilligoss, Sobel
25 NOES: Nilson
26 ABSENT: None
27 ORD. 1903 NCS
2s SUBDIVISION AMENDMENTS
29 Introduce Ordinance 1903 NCS making Municipal Code amendments to Section
30 20.16.320 regarding setback lines and elevations and deleting Section 20.24.200 building
31 setback lines to be shown on the map. Introduced by Brian Sobel, seconded by Vice
32 Mayor Cavanagh,
33 AYES: Read, Davis, Woolsey, Vice Mayor Cavanagh, Mayor Hilligoss, Sobel,
34 Nelson
35 NOES: Nona
36 ABSENT: None
37 SEWER RATES INCREASE
38 The Council continued the resolution approving a sewer rate increase by 30% for
39 residential from $10.00 to $13.00 per month, and the non-residential rate to the greater of
40 $13.00 per month or $1.3673 for each 100 cubic feet per month, whichever is higher.
41 The former non-residential rate is $10.00 per month or $1.0518 per 100 cubic feet,
42 whichever is higher. This matter will be dealt with early in the evening on September 8.
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2 AD.TOURN
3 At 11:03 p.m., the meeting was adjourned.
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5 ATTEST:
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~. Bernard, City Clerk
M. Patricia Hilligoss, Mayor