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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 04/02/1990April 2, 1990 PP2ovto As C.cees-'-rtz 1l1110b Vol. 25, Page 295 1 MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING 2 PETALUMA CITY COUNCIL 3 APRIL 2, 1990 4 3:00 D.m. - ROLL CALL 5 PRESENT: Tencer, Woolsey, Cavanagh, Balshaw, Davis, Vice Mayor Sobel, 6 Mayor Hilligoss 7 ABSENT: None 8 PUBLIC COMMENT 9 Laura Reichek, COTS (Committee on the Shelterless) Coordinator, expressed 10 appreciation to the Council on behalf of the persons who have utilized the Shelter 11 during the winter of 1989-90. Petaluma is the only town in Sonoma County with an 12 armory and a shelter open for the homeless. The shelter accommodated 47 single 13 males and females as well as 22 families. This represents 4,294 bed nights, dinners and 14 breakfasts. The cost per head at the Armory was $4.64 and the COTS cost was $11.49 15 per head. She suggested there is a great need for a home for people who cannot 16 manage on their own due to their mental needs; for transitional housing where there 17 can be retraining of persons on the skills they have forgotten while they tended to their 18 basic survival; and, special shelters run by former addicts (both alcohol and drug) are 19 needed for persons who have gone through detox from alcohol or drugs (some go 20 through detox five times). Several persons who have benefitted from the COTS shelter 21 thanked the City Council for the opportunity to have an address to use for employment 22 - application purposes. These persons reported they are now working and getting back 23 on their feet. 24 MINUTES 25 The March 12 minutes were approved as _submitted. 26 The March 19 minutes were approved as amended: 27 Page 290, Line 30, Correct first name from Tim to Jim. 28 CONSENT CALENDAR 29 The following items were; enacted by one motion which was introduced by John Balshaw, 30 seconded by.Lynn Woolsey. 31 AYES:. Tencer, Woolsey, Cavanagh, Balshaw, Davis, 32 Vice Mayor Sobel, Mayor Hilligoss 33 NOES: None 34 ABSENT: None 35 RESO.90-87 NCS 36 CLAIMS AND BILLS 37 Resolution 90-87 NCS approving Claims and Bills #97564 through #97862. 38 RESO.90-88 NCS 39 RESIGNATION FROM CHILD CARE COMMITTEE 40 Resolution 90-88 NCS accepting the resignation of Jim Meyers of the Petaluma Boys & 41 Girls Club from the Child Care Committee. Page 296, Vol. 25 April 2, 1990 1 RESO.90-89 NCS 2 TDA CLAIM 1990-91 3 Resolution 90-89 NCS authorizing filing of the annual claim with the Metropolitan 4 Transportation Commission for allocation of Transportation Development Act State 5 transit assistance funds to the City of Petaluma for Fiscal Year 1990/91. 6 RESO.90-90,NCS 7 FINAL MAP ST..IAMES ESTATES UNIT 1 8 Resolution 90-90 NCS approving the final map of St. James Estates Unit 1 (located at 9 East Madison and Ely Blvd. North). 10 RESO.90-91 NCS 11 ASSESSMENT DISTRICT 22 OFFICIAL STATEMENT 12 Resolution .90-91 NCS authorizing the City Treasurer (Finance Director) to approve 13 the Official Statement for South Point Business Park Assessment District #22 Series A. 14 RESO.90-92 NCS 15 NATIONAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WEEK 16 Resolution 90-92 NCS designating National Community Development Week April 7-14, 17 1990. 18 RESO.90-93 NCS 19 REPAIR STREET PATCH TRUCK 20 Resolution 90-93 NCS authorizing emergency repair of Unit 234, the 1968 F750 Ford 21 Street Patch Truck by Les Auto Electric of Petaluma for $3,500. 22 RESO.90-94 NCS 23 MOORING FEES TURNING BASIN 24 Resolution 90-94 NCS establishing permit fees for the Turning Basin. • This resolution 25 merely reflects the recently adopted Ordinance. 1793 NCS which changed the. Section,., 26 number authorizing this fee in the Waterways regulations of the Municipal Code; there 27 is no fee change. 28 * * * * * End of Consent Calendar 29 MAIN ST REETASSOCIATION 30 MAIN STREET 1991 CALENDAR 31 Mayor Hilligoss and Main Street Director Jim Schultz reviewed the Mayor's proposal 32 for City Participation ($850) in the 1991 Main Street Association calendar. . The 33 suggestion is to list pertinent Telephone Numbers of the various departments and 34 services for reference by the calendar users. 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 April 2, 1990 2 Vol. 25, Page 297 MAIN STREET ASSOCIATION BENEFIT BANKCARD - MAYOR LETTER 3 Main Street Director Jim Schultz and the Mayor described the proposal of an eastern 4 financial institution to solicit bankcard accounts for a specially designed bankcard which 5 would identify the National Main Street Organizations and for each local card issuance, 6 the local Main Street Organization would receive $5.00 per year per card derived from 7 the annual membership fee. The national program was originated by the National 8 Historical Society for the benefit of local Main Street Associations. It was noted this is 9 a pilot program so there is no history of the amount of potential income that may be 10 anticipated. After considerable discussion: 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 DEPARTMENT REPORTS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT 23 Warren Salmons delivered the departmental report for Community Development. He 24 emphasized that present and future trends that will continue to impact the cities at an 25 increasing rate include the continuing imbalance of jobs and housing, the current 26 inadequate methods of moving people, the growing need for affordable middle-income 27 housing, and the trend of both State and Federal government to mandate the 28 addressing of planning issues on a regional basis. He suggested that local government 29 will need to become more inventive and proactive in its method of addressing social 30 and revenue needs both locally and on a regional basis. Preservation of both the City's 31 unique manmade environments (the downtown, for instance) and area's natural 32 environments (the air, the river, the effects of the waste stream, for instance) will 33 become prime issues for the public in the very near future. His department has 34 experienced a transition from being a specialist in Planning to the additional role of 35 local conflict arbiter -and decision facilitator, as well. 36 He suggested that his future department resource needs include contracting with 37 specialists for short term needs, expand their utilization of electronic data storage and 38 computer mapping, create multi -department project teams, improve intra -departmental 39 as well as inter -departmental communications, and provide staff capacity for the 40 expanded role the department is experiencing relating to outreach, dispute resolution, 41 public information and enforcement. 42 CLOSED SESSION 43 At 4:45 p.m., the Council recessed to Closed Session to discuss potential litigation with 44 the City Attorney. 45 ADJOURN TO DINNER at Steamer Gold A, Page 298, Vol. 25 April 2, 1990 1 RECONVENE 7:00 P.M. 2 ROLL CALL 3 PRESENT: Tencer, Woolsey, Cavanagh, Balshaw, Davis, Vice Mayor Sobel, 4 Mayor Hilligoss 5 ABSENT: None 6 INVOCATION Chaplain Bruce Maxwell, Two Rock Coast Guard, 7 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Traffic Engineer Allan Tilton led the Pledge ofAllegiance to 8 the Flag. 9 PUBLIC COMMENT 10 Bonnie Nelson, 707 Sycamore Lane - commented on the puzzling informational 11 brochure on the drinking water content chemical analysis; the City mailed to water users 12 recently. City Manager Scharer advised that the informational brochure is a mandate 13 of the Federal government. 14 Meg McConahey, Press „Democrat - noted the Press Democrat attorney is still. waiting 15 for a response from the City Attorney regarding the Press Democrat's attack on the 16 Council voting process for committee appointees. 17 CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS 18 Michael Davis - there are huge chuckholes on Ely Blvd. just north of Rainier Avenue. 19 - A year ago he had asked the CityEngineer to look into having turning lanes coming 20 out of the Plaza onto Madison so the right-hand lane was "turn only". This was done on 21 the other side of the street. He would like to see this on both sides of McDowell Blvd. 22 Vice Mayor Sobel .thanked Marjorie Miller of 308 Kentucky Street for her letter of 23 appreciation to the Council for their consideration of their petition to create the Oak 24 Hill / Brewster Historic District. 25 Lynn Woolsey - noted that she has been appointed to the League of California Cities 26 Local Jurisdiction Advisory Committee of the Califorma.Energy `Commission. 27 John Balshaw - having viewed the fire alarm video tape Fire Chief Krout sent to each 28 Cotincilmember, he .thanked the Chief and asked that: this.extremely useful video tape be 29 made available to the public through the Public .Library; and, if possible, a condensed 30 version could be: shown to the cable television viewers during the City Council recess. 31 Mayor Hilligoss noted the City of Novato City Council has invited Petaluma 32 Councilmembers to a joint meeting, and she asked the Councilmembers to advise what 33 dates in April would be most convenient for such a meeting. 34 - The Sonoma County City Selection Committee (the Sonoma County Mayors) has 35 scheduled appointments to the Airport Land Use Commission, the Hazardous 36 Materials Committee, and to the Local Agency Formation Commission. 37 VIACOM ANNUAL REPORT 38 Jim Kuhn, the Sonoma County Systems Manager for Viacom, gave a brief update on 39 their operations. They are installing equipment which will allow them to respond to 40 customer requests more quickly; also new equipment will make it easier for customers 41 to request additional fee -added services; the Sacramento NBC channel will be dropped; 42 and a comedy channel will be added to the basic service. In addition, the cable 43 company will furnish the City with a "character generator" to enable the Council and 44 Planning Commission meeting viewers to see the agenda concurrently. April 2, 1990 Vol. 25, Page 299 1 Viacom will continue its participation in community activities relating to Feed the I Need, and a wilderness pro&ram through the Petaluma People Services Center. He 3 note the franchise expires in 1994. The Councilmembers asked why there was -a 4 substantial rate increase to the basic service while the special programming billing rates 5 have remained static. Mr. Kuhn advised their costs for the basic programs have risen 6 "dramatically". Councilmembers noted that the City has tried to keep their costs down 7 by authorized Viacom utilization of the PG&E trenches as a cost saving for the 8 community. There were a number of Council comments concerning the ever-increasing 9 basic service :rates and,'-_theyr requested some sort of assurance the rates to the residents 10 have increased to the same ratio the cable company's provider rates have increased. 11 In response to Councilman Davis' request for Viacom to allow access to the local high 12 school athletic events, Mr. Kuhn said they would be happy to broadcast video tapes of '13 such events if the schools would furnish the completed tapes. 14 Vice Mayor Sobel asked staff to schedule a meeting between the Council Cable 15 Television Subcommittee and Viacom at an early time. 16 ORD. 1796 NCS 17 OAK HILL / BREWSTER HISTORIC DISTRICT ZONE ADOPTED 18 Adopt Ordinance 1796 NCS rezoning the Oak Hill / Brewster area to Historic District. 19 Gre&ory Smith, owner of the old hatchery located at 330 Pleasant Street and an 20 adjoining lot located on Howard Street addressed the Council concerning his property. 21 The 2,000 square foot building at 339 Howard Street is in the district and the building 22 on Pleasant Street is not included in the district. He questioned what the impact of the 23 historic zoning would be on his buildings, especially relating to seismic hazard. He had 24 requested that his Howard Street parcel be left out of the district. 25 Councilman Tencer suggested (and the City Council concurred) the following wording 26 be incl zded in the pertinent documents: 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 The vote to adopt the ordinance follows: 35 AYES: Tencer, Woolsey, Balshaw, Davis, Vice Mayor Sobel 36 NOES: Cavanagh, Mayor Hilligoss 37 ABSENT: None 38 RESO.90-95 NCS 39 OAK HILL / BREWSTER HISTORIC DISTRICT GUIDELINES 40 Resolution 90-95 N.CS approving Oak Hill / Brewster Historic District Preservation 41 Guidelines. Staff distributed a cop of the A Street Historical District Guidelines which 42 are the basis of the Oak Hill Brewster Guidelines (not in print at this time). 43 Differences from the A Street Historic District Guidelines are: Page 300, Vol. 25 April 2, 1990 1 OAK HILL/ BREWSTER.HISTORIC DISTRICT cont'd. 2 - There will be no regulation of painting or repainting of exterior. 3 surfaces, .re -roofing (except for Fire Code Regulations),. fencing 4 landscaping, glazing and installation of lighting fixtures. 5 - Minor construction and reconstruction will be allowed as 6 determined, reviewed, and approved by the Community 7 Development Director. 8 - All structures deemed totally destroyed will, be rebuilt to 9. approximate one of the styles listed 'in the historicresource 10 inventory of the district unless one of the following occurs: 11 1. The cost to rebuild in any of these historic design 12 styles will exceed by 10% the cost to rebuild to the same 13 style. as previously existed; or, 14 2. There are no insurance proceeds to cover the 15 difference. 16 - The guidelines will clarify that the emphasis of historic review 17 will be on portions of structures visible to the public. This will 18 include the front and portions of the side that are visible to the 19 public. Greater leeway in design will be allowed for areas not 20 visible to the 'Public at Large". Introduced. by Larry Tencer, 21 seconded by John Balshaw. 22 AYES: Tencer, Woolsey, Balshaw, Davis, 23 Vice Mayor Sobel, Mayor Hilligoss 24 NOES: Cavanagh 25 ABSENT: None 26 RESO.90-96 NCS 27 RENTER'S MEDIATION 28 Resolution 90-96 NCS authorizing .agreement with Petaluma People .Services Center for 29 implementation of a landlord/tenant mediation program pursuant to Resolution 89-243 30 NCS and authorizing the use of $32,000 of in -lieu housing funds to implement the 31 program which consists of assisting renters who are close to eviction because of one - 32 time financial emergencies or to help with up -front costs of getting into an apartment in 33 the cases of landlord/tenant problems.vIntroduced by, Michael Davis, seconded by Vice 34 Mayor Sobel. 1 P +alwma People Sexr'tea C-e+,iew --U ,r. --c% *unr-te-ety .reParis +6 Ct>LLAC+ l 35 AYES: Tencer, Woolsey, Cava agh, Balshaw, Davis, 36 Vice Mayor Sobel, Mayor Hilligoss 37 NOES: None 38 ABSENT: None 39 JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY 40 RAILROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY ACQUISITION 41 Vice Mayor Sobel moved„ Larry Tencer seconded, the recommendation of the City 42 Manager and Vice Mayor that the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors appoint a 43 member of their, Board to sit in with the Marin County group in negotiations regarding 44 Railroad right-of-way acquisition: He also recommended that a later date, the issue of 45 formation of a Sonoma County Joint Powers Authority on railroad right-of-way 46 acquisition should be addressed. 47 AYES: Tencer, Woolsey, Cavanagh, Davis, Vice Mayor Sobel, Mayor Hilligoss 48 NOES: None 49 ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: Balshaw April 2, 1990 VoL 25, Page 301 1 RESO.90-97 NCS 2 QUITCLAIM PIPELINE EASEMENTS - ADOBE CREEK GOLF COURSE 3 Resolution 90-97 NCS authorizing the City Manager to execute the necessary 4 documents in connection with quitclaiming 1868 water easements created by the 5 Petaluma Water Company. JGrande, the new owner of Adobe Creek Golf Course and 6 Subdivision Unit 2, has requested the City quitclaim its right to lay, maintain or replace 7 pipes, ditches or aqueducts; however, there is no intention by this action that the City 8 release any water rights the City may have as a result of the 1868 deed recorded in 9 Book 24 of Sonoma County Official Records on Pages 216-218. Introduced by Michael 10 Davis, seconded by Larry Tencer. 11 AYES: Tencer, Woolsey, Cavanagh, Balshaw, Davis, 12 Vice Mayor Sobel, Mayor Hilligoss 13 NOES: None 14 ABSENT: None 15 TRENCHING ON CASA GRANDE AND ELY ROAD 16 DUFFEL CONSTRUCTION - ADOBE CREEK SUBDIVISION 17 Chuck McKee of Duffel Construction advised the Council the trenching work that has 18 settled on Casa Grande Road and on Ely Blvd. will be corrected by their 19 subcontractors. 20 RESO.90-98 NCS 21 PARTIAL ASSIGNMENT OF INTEREST - ADOBE CREEK SUBDIVISION 22 Resolution 90-98 NCS recognizing JGrande Company as successor in interest to Adobe 23 Creek Golf and Country Club Unit 2 (including the golf course) and' the development 24 agreement for said project and authorizing staff to execute the necessary documents for 25 recording with the County Recorder. Introduced by Larry Tencer, seconded by Vice 26 Mayor Sobel. 27 AYES: Tencer, Woolsey, Cavanagh, Balshaw, Davis,. 28 Vice Mayor Sobel, Mayor Hilligoss 29 NOES: None 30 ABSENT: None 31 RESO.90-99 NCS 32 APPOINT UNREINFORCED MASONRY BUILDING COMMITTEE 33 Resolution 90-99 NCS establishing the Unreinf6rced -Masonry Building Advisory- 34 dvisory34 Committee and appointing members to same. Introduced by John Balshaw, seconded 35 by Michael Davis. 36 AYES: Tencer, Woolsey, Cavanagh, Balshaw, Davis, 37 Vice Mayor Sobel, Mayor Hilligoss 38 NOES: None 39 ABSENT: None 40 RECESS - 8:35 p.m. to 8:50 p.m. 41 42 FOUNDRY WHARF APPEAL CONTINUED 43 The timing of the appellant's submittal of material regarding the appeal was too close 44 to this meeting to allow staff to address the specific. The Council concurred with 45 continuing the matter for two weeks. aly f. Page 302, Vol. 25 April 2, 1990 1 RESO.90-100 NCS 2 WEED ABATEMENT'HEARING 3 Resolution 90-100 NCS ordering abatement. of nuisances consisting of weeds'growing 4 upon public and, private property. The public hearing was opened._ Bob Martin asked 5 that herbicides not be used for weed abatement. He was assured the weeds are cut 6 down and/or disced and that no herbicides are used. The hearing was closed. 7 Introduced by Jack Cavanagh, seconded by John Balshaw. 8 AYES: Tencer, Woolsey, Cavanagh, Balshaw, Davis, 9 Vice Mayor Sobel, Mayor Hilligoss 10 NOES:, None 11 ABSENT: None 12 RESO.90-101 NCS 13 PARK PLACE V 14 Resolution 90-101 NCS approving issuance of a mitigated negative declaration for Park 15 Place V. It was noted the project has been redesigned to reflect a variety of facades 16 with some side entry garage openings; drought resistant plantings are included in the 17 landscape desi n; and two cul de sac streets were designed to a narrower than standard 18 width (28 feet pursuant to General Plan Policy: It was noted the neighborhood is 19 pleased with the project and its density. There was considerable discussion regarding 20 the amount of parking available. as a result of the reduced street width. The Council 21 asked staff to come back with a design:for the cul de sac bulb which would include some 22 parking. Regarding the sound wall, the Council concurred that a substantial., wood wall 23 would be acceptable. The mitigated negative declaration was introduced by Vice 24 Mayor Sobel and,seconded by John Balshaw. 25 AYES: Tender, Woolsey, Cavanagh, Balshaw, Davis, 26 Vice Mayor Sobel, Mayor Hilligoss 27 NOES: None 28 ABSENT: None 29 ORD. 1797 NCS 30, . REZONE PARK PLACE V 31 Introduce Ordinance 1797 NCS to rezone Park Place V to Planned Unit Development. 32 Introduced by Jack Cavanagh, seconded by John Balshaw. 33 AYES: Tencer, Woolsey, Cavanagh, Balshaw, Davis; 34 Vice Mayor ;Sobel, Mayor Hilligoss 35 NOES: None 36 ABSENT: None 37 The Planned Unit Development and Tentative Map for Park Place V were continued to 38 April 16. 39 BODEGA AVENUE 40 STREET IMPROVEMENT STANDARDS 41 City Engineer Hargis and Traffic Engineer Tilton presented alternative street 42 improvement design standards for Bodega Avenue to the City Council. Staff 43 recommended a 60 foot right-of-way with 48 feet from curb to curb. This would result 44 in 6 foot bike lanes on each side with a 12 foot center turning lane. After considerable 45 discussion, the Council consensus was to direct staff to proceed with the staffs 46 recommendation for street geometries and report back with a completed plan line 47 study. April 2, 1990 Vol. 25, Page 303 1 NORTH McDOWELL ASSESSMENT DISTRICT 2 PROGRESS REPORT 3 City Engineer Hargis reported the most current timetable for the North McDowell 4 Assessment District. The anticipated bid opening date is May 15. The City Council 5 requested the Corona intersection with McDowell be addressed early in the 6 construction process. 7 FIREWORKS 8 UNIFORM FIRE CODE 9 The City Council took the following actions relating to fireworks: 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 SPRINKLER REQUIREMENTS UNIFORM FIRE CODE 27 Due to the lateness of the hour, the consideration of alternatives for sprinkler 28 requirements in all structures was continued to April 16. 29 ADJOURN 30 At 10:50 p.m., the meeting was adjourned to A r' 9 at 3:00 p.m. 31 M. Patricia Hilligoss, Mayor l 32 ATTEST: 33 `Patricia E. Bernard, City Clerk Page 304, Vol. 25 April 2, 1990 This page left blank.