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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 06/05/1989Page 72, Vol. 25 June 5, 1989 MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING PETALUMA CITY COUNCIL MONDAY, JUNE 5, 1989 ROIL CALL: 3:00 P.M. PRESENT:. Cavanagh, Tencer, Sobel, Woolsey, Balshaw, .Vice Mayor Davis . . ABSENT:, 1VI'ayor Hlhgoss ~ , aPP,-o~ed G,a rreC,+ec~ ~•l~r•a9 1VLIN~JTES The May 22, 1989, minutes were amended as follows: "Page 66, Note that .Resolution., #89-146 NCS was assigned to Median. Treatment on Ely Blvd. South, and the' resolution was considered at the June 5 meeting.. The number was, therefore, unassigned. Page 68: -Paragraph starting with "City Manager John Scharer... add the following: It was clear that a maximum of 84 units" was not approved. Page 70 -Capital Improvement Pro~ranm (traffic .signals at N. McDowell and the Lucchesi Community Center and at Sixth and D .Streets). The Council directed staff to give these signal proiects top priority. General Note -The Councilmembers agreed to be more specific in the wording of every item of consensus and whenever they instruct their liaison. CONSENT CALENDAR The following items from the Consent Calendar were. approved by the 'adoption of a single motion which was introduced by John Balshaw, seconded by Lynn Woolsey. AYES: Cavanagh, Tencer, .Sobel, Woolsey, Balshaw, Vice Mayor Davis NOES: None ABSENT: Mayor Hilligoss RESO.89-149 NCS CIAIlVIS AND BILLS Resolution 89-149 NCS approving Claims and Bills #90618 through #90887. RESO.89-150 NCS BOARD. BUILDING REVIEW RESIGNATION Resolution 89-150 NCS accepting the resignation of Walter Maus from the Board of Building Review and Appeals. RESO., 89-:151 NCS ELY BLVD. SOUTH 1VIEDIAN STRIP Resolution 89-151 NCS confirming the Council's May 22, 1989, action approving the design plan on Ely Blvd. South for Adobe Creek Golf .and Country Club. RESO.89-152 NCS COASTAL CONSERVANCY PI:ANNING GRANT Resolution 89-152 NCS authorizing the City Manager to execute documents in connection with th'e $50,000 Coastal Conservancy planning Grant for the open space areas located between the Marina and the City sewer fonds, including Adobe and Ellis Creeks from Lakeville .Highway to the Petaluma River. June 5; 1989 Vol. 25, Page 73 IZESO.89-153 NCS VILLAGE EAST 3 LANDSCAPE ASSESSMENT DISTRICT Resolution 89-153 NCS requesting City Engineer's Report for Village East 3 Landscape Assessment District. RESO.89-154 NCS l1LEC 8'AHA.Y.J VY1.LAli~. LE~1VflJJ~AY~. AJJ~.~J1V1~.1V~1`~191J~fliCY~:~.Y~ ~. . Resolution. 89-154 NCS. requesting City .Engineer's `Report Shelter Hills Village landscape Assessment District. ~ ~ _ .~ t * * * * * End of Consent Calendar RES®. 89-155 _NCS PAItA1VIEDIC - STANF®ItD UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL Resolution 89-155 NCS authorizing contract. with Stanford- University Hospital for Paramedic training and field internship. This' item was removed from the Consent Calendar for Council inquiry. The resolution. was introduced by John Balshaw, seconded by Lynn Woolsey. AYES: Cavanagh, Tenter, Sobel, Woolsey, Balshaw, ; ;? Vice Mayor Davis NOES: Norte ABSENT: Mayor Hilligoss PUELIC CO1VIlVIENT:,,Angela Dowd, F Street, spoke against the use of McNear ball field by semi pro hard ball teams. ItESO..89-156 NCS 1VIcNEAIt PAItI~ FENCING Resolution 89-156 NCS awarding the contract for fencing at McNear Park to Able Fence Company _as follows: $4,960 for installation and $725 for repairs to existing .fence. Introduced by Lynn Woolsey, seconded by John Balshaw. AYES: Cavanagh, Tenter, Sobel, Woolsey; Balshaw, Vice Mayor Davis NOES: None ABSENT: Mayor Hilligoss RES.O.89-157.NCS ZONE 4~W~TEI~ IDESIGN CONTRACT Resolution. 89-157 NCS approving design contract. with ;Brown and Caldwell for Zone IV Water System design. The project includes design of the pipelines, 2 reservoirs and 12 pump stations at a cost not to exceed $282,300. The. pipelines will..be placed in Corona Road, grates Road; across the Petaluma River at 'old Petroleum Avenue' as; described in the Water Master Plan :and possibly in East Washington Street. There is no pi a oversizing for population in excess of the General Plan build-out. Introduced by Larry Tenter, seconded by Jack Cavanagh. AYES: Cavanagh, Tenter, Sobel, Woolsey, Balshaw, Vice Mayor Davis NOES: None ABSENT: Mayor Hilligoss Page 74, Vol. 25 June 5, 1989 ItESO: 89-158 NCS CHILD CARE FACILITY RF.P Resolution 89=15$ NCS approving the Request. for Proposals for Child.. Care facilities on City Land in the Meadow Park and Village .East 3 subdivisions. Introduced by Jack Cavanagh,, seconded by John,Balshaw. AYES: Cavanagh, Tencei Sobel, Woolsey, Balshaw, ~_ _~ ~ Vice 1VlayorDavis NOES: None ABSENT~.Mayor Hilligoss - STUDY SESSION Caprtal~Improvement Program -The-' Council concluded :its deliberations ~:on the Capital Improvement Program. They discussed.. drainage=inlets, the Army Corps of Engineers river project, and Fire D'epartment;facility improvements. .. ... AD TOLTRN TO DINNER..At 4:55 p.m, the Council adjourned to dinner at de Schmire restaurant on Bodega.Avenue: .. ~ .. ., RECONVENE ~ ~ ~ 7:00" P.M. 1tOLL CALL - AYES:• Cavanagh, Tenter; Woolsey, Balshaw, ~~ - Vice Mayor Davis NOES: None ABSENT: Sobel, Mayor Hilligoss INVOCATION Chaplain Jones from the Coast "Guard Station led. the :invocation PLEDGE: OF ALLEG`IANCE''The Pledge of Allegiance was recited, PiJBI,IC CO1VIlVIENT -Gail Calvello from'the Child Care Committee :requested their committee report be continued to June 19, The Council •agreed to' the continuance. CITY COiJNCIL COIVIIVIENTS Lynn, Woolsey asked when Joann, Pozzi's business maintenance ordinance suggestions would=be considered. Larry Tenter asked the status of the wastewater irrigation project at the golf course.- The City .Manager advised the 'irrigation. system is 95% complete ,and.. the golf course is scheduled to open. November l: The .construction. is about 45 .days off schedule due to the late IVlarch rains. John Balshaw said it a`ooks like we~ are trying to push through development of rail transit. ' Hey thinks the proposal is extremely premature anal there is no information who will use it and what the Marin to Sonoma use. will be: There is not adequate information to request voters to approve a rail transit measure in November. .Michael Davis - we. should be careful. not to buy a pig in a~ poke: Statistics are 'low on possible ridership of such a system. r'i' SR, i ° -,~ June 5, 1989 Vol. 25, Page 75 Michael Davis -teased .all the high school students in the audience by telling them there would be a mandatory 3 hour workshop on local government immediately following this Council meeting. The students' faces all turned white before they realized the joke. 1VIETCALF PAIiCEI. GENEItAI. PLAN AMENIIIVIENT This item was on the agenda at the request of Couneilmember Tencer, who asked the Council for concurrence in referring a possible_General Plan amendment for the area of the Metcalf parcel located at the end of Paula Lane (westerly portion of Paula) to the Planning Commission. After some discussion, the Councilmembers agreed to refer the .matter to the: Planning Commission as a specific item, and ask the Planning Commission to review the entire area and to consider a General. Plan designation slightly_hgher density than 2 units per acre. The Council requested staff to show General Plan density for the surrounding area as well. It was moved by Larry Tencer, seconded by John Balshaw, to direct staff to refer to the Planning Commission consideration of a General Plan amendment for the area at the end of Paula Lane (westerly portion). AYES: Cavanagh, Tencer, Woolsey, Balshaw, Vice Mayor Davis NOES: None ABSENT: Sobel, Mayor Hilligoss FENCE ABATEMENT I~EAItING 12 IIII.L DRIVE The Hearing to Show Cause regarding no building permit and anon-conforming fence constructed at 12 Hill Drive began with ,the City Clerk administering the promise to tell the truth to the persons who testified. It was stated that the property owner constructed an over height fence beside .and behind his home without benefit of a building permit. The side fence violation consists of 4 feet of lattice attached to an existing .legal fence.. The rear fence violation consists of an estimated 8 foot-high new, solid fencing with an additional 2 feet. of lattice at .the top. The maximum allowable fence height is 6 feet solid fencing plus 2 feet lattice topping. Photographs taken. by staff were shown to the City Council. Prior to his completion of the fence, the property owner`was advised by staff to cease construction of the fence. Pete Jackson, attorney from Santa Rosa representing the property owner, said the fence construction was for privacy from the new housing that is being constructed in. the Aaron Acres Subdivision up hill and immediately behind the subject property. He noted'the property owner feels that the landscape screening requirement placed on the adjacent subdivision has not been met.. The property owner's privacy has been totally eroded since construction began in the adjacent subdivision. The lawyer presented ,photographs to the City Council. The property owner's .representative said the Planning Department .assured them the required privacy screen landscaping will be planted prior to occupancy. Mr. Ammons requested the City allow the fence to remain until the landscaping on the adjacent parcel is sufficiently large tq accomplish the required screening. Page 76, Vol. 25 June 5, 1989 Nancy 1VIi11s,: 10 Hill: Drive, insisted on .speaking.. Being a neighbor with. the same privacy loss, .she said; if. the City .had done .something about the landscaping when they should have, this privacy .fence wouldn't have, had. to be built. The City should have made provisions for the privacy of the people living on the-down hill side ~of the new subdivision.. The Councilmembers commented that new building design is sometimes: planned in such,a way that ensures privacy for~existng, neighbormg'hornes. The Council concurred with the, City 1Vlanager's suggestion that the City 'Council. continue the hearing, to June 19; 7.:OO. p:m. m order- to give the property owner an opportunity to meet with staff and.- the City Manager to try to work' out an acceptable solu"tion. Mr. Ammons agreed to the. continuance. RECESS PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT CITY COUNCIL SALARIES ' g maximum 41Smeet n s a month nfor 'the Council salaries from $5.00. a meeting g ) the Councilmembers and $1U.00 a meeting ,g _ :maximum 4 meetm 5 a month). for the Mayor to the same formula set forth in the Government Code for General Law Cities. If that were in effect at this time,. the maximum allowable; salary for- City of Petaluma Mayor and Councilmembers would be ,$4Q0 per :month. -~~ ~~~ ~~~,-e€-P~talaa-i~~-~~ ~f *~p ~,~~-f H~: V~c:e Mo,,~OY i~w~s xZ.tcj; we may be, one ~-E-ke. only u-1-;'e,,s ~fka-V- i,5 no-1- 't~ttinq a:n aa~rua,~ Scln.ry ~.~:~5 -n keeping with~YMe -1-trne5. It was moved'.by Larry Tencer, seconded by';Lynn Woolseyao direct staff to place a Chartei amendment on the November,199U; ballot. This. amendment, if adopted' liythe .people, would. allow the City to, adopt an ordinance .establishing Councilmember salaries by the ame: formula that~used by .General-Law Cities. AYES: Cavanagh, Teneer, Woolsey, Balsliaw; Vi'ce' lVI'ayor Davis. NQES:.1Vone ABSENT: 'S'obe1, .Mayor Hilligoss . TRANSPORTATION ISSUES Planning; Director Warren Salmons recommended that the City representatives push for- acquisition of strategic access location station stops along the corridor. Councilman: Tencer noted the object of the Sonoma County 'Transportation Committee' is .first and foremost to provide a means of raising money °to help alleviate and. ;help deal: with the existing transportation problems. and future transportation problems that .exist in Sonoma County. In order to do that, it has been suggested-that.a 1=cent increase in Sales Tax `is a viable me"thud of raising the needed funds. By 'State Law, this must be referred to the voters for. approval. In every.county that has at first failed and then been. successful and the maJority of the counties that: have been successful the first. time voters have been asked to approve a Sales Tax increase for transportation improvements; a rail component has ,been. part of the proposal. _ ~ ~ _ ' :A Mip~.r T, June 5, 1989 " Vol. 25, Page 77 ' He went on to say, what you are seeing, the Transportation Committee Executive Committee respond toy (this has nothing to do with whether it will work or not work) is a realization, based ~on -the doll that was conducted recently, that the greatest majority of Sonoma County residents say they want rail implemented on the NWP RR right-of--way regardless of who will' ride~,it. That didn't make a difference to those responding, to the poll. This is the same sort of attitude and perception. that has existed in Alameda County, Contra Costa County; and San Mateo County. It is not right; it is not wrong. Councilman Tencer believes that the .actual effective utilization of the NWP right- of-way as a rail corridor is probably 15 and 2U years premature. It was the Council consensus that 'wve should acquire protect preserve the right-of- way. But, we should not go ahead with any authorization for development of either rubber or steel wheel until we have a ~ meaningful study that shows that this will physically provide the service necessary,. In .addition, the Council concurred there should also be appropriate parking facilities at the transportation terminal sites as well as additional feeder buses for the Petaluma City Transit System. Councilman Tencer suggested' that a substitute to mass parking lots would be a feeder bus system that is capable of moving several thousand people during aone-hour period. Concern was expressed by the Councilmembers about the possibility of the local NWP RR right-of-way being lost.forever as is the case south of Larkspur, where they abandoned it and they gave rt back to the individual property owners. There is no way you can go south of Larkspur on railroad right-of-way now. You can't get people down to the bottom of the Waldo Cprade (Sausalito) by train. And, if you get. to the bottom of the Waldo Grade, you would still have no place to go with a rapid transit system anyway since there is nothing left of the tracks that used to service Maria County with the ferry boats in Sausalito. Tencer polled the. The suggestion of protecting and preserving- the railroad right-of- way and sufficient area for parking facilities and local feeder buses by acquisition was. agreed upon by a majority of those Councilmembers present. Vice Mayor :Davis would "only support acquisition of the right-of=way and a portion of the City share to go towards any future transit, whatever that transit might be." Councilmember Tencer proposed that a Sonoma County survey to be contracted by the public agency, not the private sector as was the- case with.the recent survey, to test the recommendations that the Sonoma County Transportation Committee comes up with. He noted this has been recommended.as a procedure b~ ,some of the other counties that have been successful in their transportation improvement ballot measures. r Page 78, Vol. 25 June 5, 1989 Direction. to :Liaison There way no.'o~ ° osition to the: Ci 's stand which was reiterated as follows:. "Qf the proceeds :from the proposed 1=cent Sales Tax.increase,, this' Council; is only `recommending sufficient funds for. 'the acquisition; protection,, acid preseiva"tign, but not'the further development of the ,Northwest Pacific Railroadriglit-of=wayuntil,there has been a meaningful survey to test`the Sonoma County Transportation Committee, recommendations, and the survey's xesult establishes the recommendations'would tie effective•in:managin~ the future transportation needs which"would,.include the acquisition of parking facilities and feeder buses." $1'OO,000;000.00 wih;be utili'zedfor r revenues; from a 1-cent Sales Tax' inc Woolsey --transit Balshaw =local. communities __ Cavanagh, -transit Tencer -transit Davis -local entities Councilman Tencer;noted #haf !a survey finding is there was greater citizen support for bikeways. and trailways than there:is for fixing local streets and roads. . Date of Ballot, Measure Cavanagh -June; 1990 Balshaw -June, 1990 Teneer - Tune, 1990 Woolsey =: June; 1990 Davis -November, 1'989 skin facilit urchase It is anticipated that. tit-o -way acquisition. .Use of `t_he remaining, ase the Councilmember's pzeferenaes-are: CITY 1VIANAGEIt REPORTS City Manager John Scharer noted the Council will begin consideration of the 1989- 90 :fiscal year budget next 1Vlonday from 3:00 to 6:00°p:m. AD JOUIZN