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December 2, 1991 Vol. 26, Page 457
1 MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING
2 PETALUMA CITY COUNCIL
3 MONDAY, DECEMBER 2,1991
4 3:00 p.m. ROLL CALL
5 PRESENT: Read, Davis, Cavanagh, Vice Mayor Woolsey, Mayor
6 Hilligoss, Sobel, Nelson
7 ABSENT: None
8 PUBLIC COMMENT
9 Jack Balshaw, 1680 Kearny Court - Re: North McDowell Blvd. Improvements -The
10 "No Parkins" signs on every light pole is not his understanding of the Council's
11 direction. He remembers that there were to be only one sign per block with the
12 wording "No Parking This Block". He suggested removing the No Parking signs,
13 putting them back into stock and utilizing "No Parking This Block" signs for both
14 North McDowell and Sonoma Mountain Parkway.
15 He also suggested there be more descriptive information going to
16 the press on agenda content, and, in addition, the Benda should be finalized ten days
17 prior to meetings to allow people sufficient time to gather information on agenda
1s items. The Public Information Officer could put out advance information on this
19 item.
20 MINUTES
21 The November 18 minutes were approved as amended:
22 On all votes taken during the afternoon, indicate that Brian Sobel was attending a Sonoma
23 Transportation Authority meeting;
24 Page 454, Line 40 -Add, "The mayor emphasis of the education program should be source
25 reduction."
26 CONSENT CALENDAR
27 The following items which are noncontroversial and have been reviewed by the City
2s Council and staff were enacted by one motion which was introduced by Michael Davis
29 and seconded by Jack Cavanagh.
30 AYES: Read, Davis, Cavanagh, Sobel, Nelson
31 Vice Mayor Woolsey, Mayor Hilligoss
32 NOES: None
33 ABSENT: None
34 RESO.91-347 NCS
35 CLAIMS AND BILLS
36 Resolution 91-347 NCS approving Claims and Bills # 15267 through # 15805.
37 RESO.91-348 NCS
38 WESTRIDGE 4 & 5
39 Resolution 91-348 NCS approving the final map for Westridge Units 4 & 5.
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1 RESO.91-349 NCS
2 COMPLETION KENILWORTH CHAIN LINK FENCE
3 Resolution 91-349 NCS accepting completion of the chain link fence installation at
4 Kenilworth Park by Able Fence Company.
5 RESO.91=350 NCS
6 HEALTH .DEPARTMENT -ENFORCEMENT AGENCY -SOLID WASTE
~ Resolution 9;1-350 NCS designating the Sonoma County Health Department as the
8 Local Enforcement Agency for Solid Waste. This resolution is required by the
9 California Integrated Waste Management Board. The change is from a previous
io action (Resolution 7857 NCS) to amend one word: from Sonoma County Health
11 Service to Sonoma County Health Department.
12 ORD. 1875 NCS
13 SOUTHPOINT BUSINESS PARK REZONING TO PUD
14 Adopt Ordinance 1875 NCS rezoning Southpoint Business Park to Planned Unit
15 Development/Flood Plain Combining District.
i6 RESO.91-351 NCS
17 SOUTHPOINT BUSINESS PARK PUD STANDARDS
18 Resolution 91-351 NCS conditionally approving Planned Unit Development Standards
19 for Southpoint Business Park.
20 * * * * * End of Consent Calendar "`
21 RESO.91-352 NCS
22 WESTRIDGE 4 & 5 STORM DRAIN IMPACT FEE WAIVER
23 Resolution 91-352 NCS waiving storm drain impact fees for Westridge Units 4 & 5.
24 Introduced by Jack Cavanagh, seconded by Nancy Read.
25 AYES: Read, Davis, Cavanagh, Sobel, Nelson
26 Vice Mayor Woolsey, Mayor Hilligoss
27 NOES: None
28 ABSENT: None
29 SUNNYSLOPE ASSESSMENT DISTRICT UTILITY RELOCATION COSTS
3o The proposed agreement with the County of Sonoma regarding Sunnyslope
31 Assessment District and their request for Petaluma to pay for relocating old City
32 water and sewer lines in Sunnyslope Avenue between D Street and I Street was
33 referred to Assistant City Manager Salmons and City Engineer Hargis for negotiation
34 with the County. The Councilmembers' consensus is these costs should have been
35 included in the assessment district figures which were compiled by the County. It was
36 moved by Brian Sobel and seconded by Nancy Read to refer the matter to staff for
37 further negotiation-with the County.
38 AYES: Read, Davis, Cavanagh, Sobel, Nelson
39 Vice Mayor Woolsey, Mayor Hilligoss
40 NOES: None
41 ABSENT: None
December 2, 1991
Vol. 26, Page 459
1 CLOSED SESSION
2 At 4:00 p.m., the Council .recessed to a Closed Session to discuss litigation with the
3 City Attorney.
4 ADJOURN
5 ROLL CALL 7:00 p.m.
6 PRESENT: Read, Davis, Cavanagh, Vice Mayor Woolsey, Mayor
7 Hilligoss, Sobel, Nelson
8 ABSENT: None
9 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
so Rich Rudnansky led the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.
11 CITI' COUNCIL COMMENTS
12 Lynn Woolsey - Wants an update on the Fairgrounds lawsuit and wants assurance
13 the City is moving ahead on this action.
14 Noted there is a new rugby team in Petaluma.
~5 Showed the Council an automobile advertisement found in the
16 Press Democrat picturing the new Henry Curtis Ford automobile
17 agency in the Auto Mall. She called the Council's attention to
1s the absence of trees in the photograph.
19 Nancy Read - Attended the opening of the Cherry Hills project and expressed
20 her feelings of pride and pleasure at the success of the City's low
21 and moderate income housing program.
22 Michael Davis - Suggested the curbside recycling program include a provision for
23 shiny wastepaper materials such as catalogs.
24 The Eureka local access cable channel has a series of
25 informational tapes on government. This information would be
26 beneficial for our area.
27 Bonnie Nelson - The positioning of traffic exiting from the Municipal Swim
28 Center at the intersection of the Ellis and East Washington
29 misleads the drivers exiting from Ellis Street onto East
3o Washington into thinking that the vehicle facing them from the
31 Swim Center exit will be turning left rather than proceeding
32 straight across East Washington. Is there a way to reduce the
33 confusion?
34 She hopes that the City can find a .solution to the homeless
35 situation prior to the time the Armory closes in the Spring.
36 Lynn Woolsey - Didn't the City have an agreement with the Committee On The
37 Shelterless (COTS) to find a permanent shelter? She asked that
3s the Council take another look at that.
39 Jack Cavanagh - Suggested the Ellis and East Washington intersection be referred
4o to the Traffic Committee. The Council concurred.
41 524 KENT STREET NUISANCE
42 Fire Marshal Clyde Thomas reported the nuisance at 524 Kent Street has been
43 abated; the weeds and debris are gone.
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PUBLIG HEARINGS
2 MARINA OFFICE PARK
3 After the staff review, 'Richard Coombs,. a principal of the Marina Office Park,
4 responded to the Counel'a comments2 and .:questions. He indicated where the signs
5 will be located at the base of the main building's cupola.
Regarding the corner property, the. Council direction was to reject any thought of
placing adrive-through restaurant: at that location. They also asked .about the
proposed sign program for the complex. The hearing. was opened. There being no
one else wishing. to speak, the hearing was closed.
to RESO.91-353 NCS
11 ~ MARINA OFFICE PARK NEGATIVE DECLARATION
12 Resolution 91-353 NCS approving a Mitigated Negative Declaration for the Marina
13 Office Park General Plan amendment and rezoning. Introduced by Michael Davis,
14 seconded by Jack Cavanagh.
15 AYES: Read, Davis, Cavanagh, Sobel,, Nelson
16 Vice Mayor Woolsey, Mayor Hilligoss
17 NOES: None
18 ABSENT: None
19 RESO.91-354 NCS
20 GENERAL. PLAN AMENDMENT MARINA OFFICE PARK
21 Resolution 91-354 NCS approving. a General Plan Amendment at the Marina Office
22 Park to designate a former railroad spur as "Mixed Use" and "Industrial". Introduced
23 by Brian Sobel, seconded by Vice Mayor Woolsey.
24 AYES: Read, Davis, Cavanagh, Sobel, Nelson
25 Vice Mayor Woolsey, Mayor Hilligoss
26 NOES: None
27 ABSENT: None
2s ORD. 1876 NCS
29 REZONE MARINA OFFICE PARK
3o Introduce Ordinance 1876 NCS rezoning the corrter triangular lot at the Marina
31 Office Park and rezoning a portion of `the recently purchased railroad ,spur (Marina -
32 Donahue Spur) from Highway Commercial to Planned Community District.
33 Introduced by Nancy Read, seconded by Brian Sobel.
34 AYES: Read, Davis, Cavanagh, Sobel, Nelson
35 Vice Mayor Woolsey; Mayor Hilligoss
36 NOES: None
37 ABSENT: None
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1 RESO.91-355 NCS
2 PEP - PAYRAN AND VAI,LETO PROJECT
3 Resolution 91-355 NCS approving a Mitigated Negative Declaration for General Plan
4 amendment, rezoning, and planned unit district actions for the PEP Payran and
5 Vallejo project. Introduced by Nancy Read, seconded by Michael Davis.
6 AYES: Read, Davis, Cavanagh, Sobel, Nelson
7 Vice Mayor Woolsey, Mayor Hilligoss
8 NOES: None
9 ABSENT: None
10 PEP - PAYRAN AND VALLEJO
11 After staff review of the roposal to divide the Petaluma Ecumenical Projects (PEP)
12 parcel into three parts: ~1) 19 single family and 5 duplexes to be sold at market rate;
13 (2) 84 units for the elderly and and the physically challenged; and, (3) One-half acre
14 office to house the Hospice. The hearing was opened. Dick Lieb described the
15 project. No one else wished to speak, so the hearing was closed.
16 RESO.91-356 NCS
17 PEP - PAYRAN AND VALLE.TO GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT
18 Resolution 91-356 NCS approving a General Plan amendment for the Payran and
19 Vallejo block (except the Light Industrial Office area at the southeasterly corner of
20 the property) from Light Industrial to Mixed Use. Introduced by Nancy Read,
21 seconded by Michael Davis.
22 AYES: Read, Davis, Cavanagh, Sobel, Nelson
23 Vice Mayor Woolsey, Mayor Hilligoss
24 NOES: None
25 .ABSENT: None
26 ORD. 1877 NCS
27 REZONE PEP - PAYRAN AND VALLE.IO
2s ~ Introduce Ordinance 1877 NCS rezoning the PEP -Payran and Vallejo property from
29 Light Industrial to Compact Residential and Planned Unit District (leaving the Office
3o area at the southeasterly corner of the property as Light Industrial).
31 Staff also reviewed the proposed resolution approving the PUD (Planned Unit
32 District). This resolution will be enacted at the time the Ordinance is adopted.
33 ORD. 1878 NCS
34 QUARRY GARDENS REZONING
35 Introduce Ordinance 1878 NCS rezoning Quarry Gardens to R110,000 (Edward
36 Gotelli). Quarry Gardens is located on McNear Avenue between Mission Drive and
37 Country Club Drive. The proposal is to amend the zoning designation from R1-5,000
3s to R1-10,000 on this five-lot single-family subdivision. Introduced by Jack Cavanagh,
39 seconded by Vice Mayor Woolsey.
40 AYES: Read, Davis, Cavanagh, Sobel, Nelson
41 Vice Mayor Woolsey, Mayor Hilligoss
42 NOES: None
43 ABSENT: None
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1 AMBULANCE REPORT
2 Fire Chief Terry Krout reviewed the Ambulance operations.
3 Options The options before the City Council include:
4 - LTse General Fund Monies Does the City wish to underwrite the ambulance
5 service through the General Fund? ~ 1~a.~~
6 - Establish Paramedic Benefit District explore the possibility of
~ going to the voters to establish a benefit assessment district to augment the
8 ambulance feesR
9 - Serve. Only City Limits Shall the- ambulance service be restricted. to the City
io Limits (Currently the ambulance serves the entire Petaluma Hospital. District
11 area which reaches as far as Marshall to the west, 165 square miles )?
12 - Appeal Court Ruling Does the City Council wish to appeal the May 7, 1991,
13 Superior Court decision which states that the City may not have exclusive
14 ambulance service rights to the County area; rather, the right. to service the
15 County area is subject to a bidding process to be conducted liy the County EMS
16 Agency pursuant to the State Emergency Medical .Services Act.
17 - Get Out_of Ambulance Business Does the City wish to divest itself of the City
18 ambulance service and utilize a franchise ambulance service?
19 The Fire Chief went. into great detail about the current level of service, how the Fire
20 Department responds to emergency calls, and revenue history.
21 Conclusion After the Council discussion, Chief Krout summarized the Council
22 direction as follows:
23 1. The City will continue with the present system.
24 2. Staff will continue to look at options.
25 3. The City will move ahead on the appeal.
26 4. Staff will start. negotiations with the County to clarify the franchise.
27 5. Staff wild develop a more comprehensive report on other Fire Department's
28 ambulance revenue sources.
29 6. Staff will develop a report outlining the consequences should additional
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31 WOOD BURNING STOVES AND FIREPLACES
32 Staff was directed to develop an ordinance which would require new and replacement
33 installations of wood or pellet burnin heating devices toy be restricted to those
34 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA approved un'i`ts which emit. no more than 4.1
35 grams of particles per hour. The development community is to be apprised of the
36 proposed ordinance and of the date ~at which the Council will consider ifs introduction,
37 WORKS~IOP REPORT
38 NEW WASTEWATER FACILITY PLANNING PROCESS
39 Assistant City Manager Warren Salmons reviewed the input frorn the November 13,
40 1991,, public meeting and workshop, which was ,held at the Lucchesi Community
41 Center for the purpose of receiving public input and recommendations for..the City
42 Council's consideration on a public input process about wastewater facility planning
43 decisions in Petaluma.
December 2, 1991
1 The participants' comments can be divided into the following categories:
2 -Planning and Decision Process
3 -Technologies for Treatment, and System Sizing
4 -Quality of Treated Liquid
5 -Sewer Rates and Financing Options
6 -Growth
~ -Operation: Private or Public
g -If Private, Operator Selection Process
9 -Construction Time Constraints and Time Lines
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io The possibility of establishing a mission statement was discussed. The Council The
11 City Council made the following workshop related decisions:
12 -A single third-party facilitator should lead the workshops.
13 -The workshops shall be conducted in a manner whereby attendees
14 participate in the process.
15 -The City Council should participate rather than merely listen.
16 -The early workshops will be educational in nature to include
17 background information on the parameters which are set forth by the
18 State, the Federal and the Local laws.
19 -The rate structure, and an overview of the existing process will be
20 outlined.
21 -The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Envirotech (EOS)
22 and the role of the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) will be reviewed.
23 -The workshops will be scheduled approximately twice a month and will
24 be videotaped. -Speakers will be asked to identify their field of
25 expertise as it relates to the process.
26 -There will be NO colored dot voting utilized in the decision-making
27 process.
28 -The workshop process will conclude with at least one facilitated session
29 where every participant can discuss the points on which they need to
3o reach agreement. The ultimate decisions shall be made by the City
31 Council.
32 Staff will develop a proposed workshop meeting calendar and topic list for Council
33 consideration.
34 CONTINiTE REMAINDER OF AGENDA
35 At 11:25 p.m., the following items were continued to the next meeting:
36 --- Report on PUC opinion regarding the EOS Wastewater application
37 --- Discussion of Dogs in Parks and on School Grounds
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1 AD.TOUItN
December 2, 1991
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At 11:26 p.m. the meeting was adjourned.
M. Patricia Hilligoss, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Patricia E. Bernard, City Clerk