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1993/02/09 City Council MinutesRohnert Park City Council Minutes February 9, 1993 The Council of the City of Rohnert Park met this date in regular session com encing at 6:00 p.m. in the City Offices, 6750 Connerce Boulevard, Rohnert Park, with Mayor Hollingsworth presiding. CALL TO ORDER -Mayor Hollingsworth called the regular session to order at approximately 6:33 p.m. and led the pledge of allegiance. Mayor Hollingsworth advised that a closed session commenced this evening at 6:00 p.m. to discuss personnel matters and litigation matters. He said no action was taken and there was nothing to report at this time. ROLL CALL Present: (5) Councilmembers Eck, Gallagher, Reilly, Spiro and Mayor Hollingsworth Absent: (0) None Staff present for all or part of the meeting: City Manager Netter, Director of Public Works /City Engineer Brust, Finance Director Harrow, and Assistant to the City Manager Leivo. Mayor Hollingsworth reported that City Attorney Flitner is ill with high fever and will not be present for tonight's meeting and any matter that needs legal opinion will be deferred. Approval Councilmember Spiro stated she wished to make a correction on the of bottom of page 22, last sentence, second to the last line "in the same Minutes editorial ". It was not the same editorial; it was a different paper.* Councilmember Gallagher concurred. CORRECTION from 2/23/93 Council meeting: This was another editorial of a different date in the same paper, Upon motion by Councilmember Eck, seconded by Councilmember Reilly, specifically,the the minutes of January 26, 1993 were unanimously approved as amended. Press Democrat. Councilman Eck remarked that the minutes are getting too long and suggested that reporting be more to the discussion on action items. Mayor Hollingsworth agreed with Councilman Eck and suggested that if anyone wished to be quoted verbatim, that the speaker say "for the record ". Councilman Eck also indicated that the video tapes are available for review by interested individuals. Approval Councilmember Spiro stated she had a question on page 6 why the pay - of ment on Invoice No. 52505 to an out of Rohnert Park company was a lot Bills larger than Invoice No. 52520 to a Rohnert Park company. City Manager Netter stated he will look into it. Upon motion by Councilmember Eck, seconded by Councilmember Gallagher, the bills presented per the attached list in the amount of $949,513.59 were unanimously approved. Rohnert Park City Council Minutes (2) February 9, 1993 Non - agendaed Mayor Hollingsworth queried if any Councilmember had any non - agendaed matters items to add to the agenda. Councilmembers Eck and Gallagher said they had one miscellaneous item to add. City Manager Netter said he also had a few items. Unscheduled Mayor Hollingsworth stated that in compliance with State Law (The Public Brown Act), anyone in the audience who wished to make a comment may do Appearances so at this time, and/or wait to speak on agenda items as scheduled. In most cases, under legislation of the Brown Act, the Council cannot handle an item without agendizing. To ensure accurate recording, "Speaker Cards" are provided at the entrance of the Chamber and unscheduled public appearances are requested to fill out the cards and present to recording clerk after speaking. Jon Krencicki, 1170 Cielo Circle, was recognized and stated he is in 8th grade at the Rohnert Park Junior High and would like to find a solution to a problem that started last November 19, 1992 when a letter was received from Planning Director Skanchy that their next door neighbor ladies consider his practicing his drums a nuisance. Since November, they have attempted to satisfy the wants of these ladies by padding his room with foam rubber, padded his drums, moving his drum set daily to the family room. He practices for about an hour between the hours of 3:00 and 6:00 p.m. and last February 4th, the ladies called the police and an official report was made. His parents have had numerous correspondence and conversations with City officials and the police but no one seems to know how to resolve this issue. His question is: can he legally play and practice his drums at a reasonable time of day at a reasonable length of time and he would like the City Council to direct proper officials to arrive at a fair and reasonable conclusion to this unsettling situation. Councilman Eck suggested getting a decibel reading outside. Jon stated that they have done this and got a reading of 45 decibel which is below the legal 55 decibel reading allowed. City Manager Netter stated he has seen correspondence exchanged with staff regarding this situation and it seems the family has done everything within reason to address the sound. Mayor Hollingsworth directed City Manager Netter to follow up and inform Public Safety if they receive a phone call from the neighbors to respond appropriately. Keith Hallock, 1500 Baumgardner, was recognized and informed the Council that he had an incident with Planning Director Skanchy yesterday when he asked Nt. Skanchy for information and basically, Mr. Skanchy started swearing at him and yelling at him and would like an apology and that Council see that that type of action does not come from a public employee again. Mayor Hollingsworth stated Mr. Hallock had reported the incident to him and unfortunately, Mr. Skanchy was not present at tonight's meeting and Mr. Hallock indicated that the information being asked for was not City business. City Manager Netter stated he had talked to Mr. Skanchy and that is why Mr. Skanchy reacted the way he did because the question was a personal matter. Rohnert Park City Council Minutes (3) February 9, 1993 Mr. Hallock also stated that in conjunction with notarized documents he was requesting from Mayor Hollingsworth and Patricia Leslie who was his employee at that time, he has a formal letter to both of them. He quoted from the code that if a person does not deliver to the County Clerk the notarial documents requested within 30 days,, the person is guilty of misdemeanor and shall be personally liable for damages to the person injured by such action or inaction. He then handed the letter to Mayor Hollingsworth who directed City Manager Netter to forward same to City Attorney Flitner. Charles Krencicki, 1170 Cielo Circle, was recognized and stated that he spoke with Planning Director Skanchy many times about the problems of his son playing his drum and W. Skanchy was always very gracious on the phone and always available to talk on the phone. Jim Clark, 80 Walnut Circle, was recognized and addressed an article that appeared in the Empire News "Councilwoman Vows to Pursue Conflict Charge ". This is a sad state of affairs and he was referring to the Mike M.tl1ins case. If Mike Millins is guilty of conflict of interest, fine. But if he isn't, how are we going to get him out of it? With headlines like that, how do you expect to get anybody to serve on those commissions if you are going to tear them to pieces, particularly their character. Mr. Clark stated he thinks Mr. Mullins' character has been destroyed and he has known W. Mullins for 16 years. Mr. Clark commissioned the Mayor to do everything within his power to see if this kind of thing can be stopped because he does not think it is fair to anybody in this City. Mayor Hollingsworth responded that those people who think that people are doing something wrong, they ought to present those things to the proper authorities and let the authorities take care of them. To make innuendoes, meeting after meeting, is totally inappropriate and we have to stop it at the Council level. John Hudson was recognized and stated he wished to speak during the discussion of the Grand Jury report. George Horvaedel „ 7669 Camino Colegio, was recognized and stated he wished to speak about Mike Mullins in a different manner. To him, to serve on the commission is an honor and a trust. Anybody serving on the commission should resign when he /she runs out of fresh ideas; cannot do the necessary homework to be an effective representative of the group; cannot live within the accepted expectations of society norms; or if the person who appointed him/her resigned or was not re- elected. It is unfortunate that a new City Council person has to ask for a resignation of an appointee of a previous City Councilmember. It is doubly unfortunate that the individual would refuse to resign. He is on the commission because of a loophole, something that the Councilmembers thought they had taken care of in the past. A loophole may be legally correct but is commn sense wrong and he hopes that Mr. Mullins would reconsider and offer his resignation for the good of the City. Rohnert Park City Council Minutes (4) February 9, 1993 C O N S E N T C A L E N D A R Mayor Hollingsworth queried if anyone had any questions regarding the matters on the Consent Calendar which were explained in the City Manager's Council Meeting Memo. Acknowledging the City Manager /Clerk's report on the posting of the agenda. Resolution A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROHNERT PARK REJECTING No. 93 -12 THE CLAIM OF JESSIE AGUILAR Resolution RESOLUTION APPROVING UPDATED JOB DESCRIPTIONS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY No. 93 -13 SERVICES COMiAmER (POLICE CM PIMER) AND PUBLIC SAFETY FIRE SERVICES CO44,NDER ( FIRE C0144NDER ) Resolution A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROHNERT PARK No. 93 -14 AUTHORIZING AND APPROVING A LEASE AGREfEJT WITH THE SONOMA COUNTY FAMILY YMCA AND THE ROHNERT PARK SOCCER LEAGUE FOR USE OF THE BUILDING LOCATED AT 7450 SANTA BARBARA DRIVE (the Benicia Recreation Center Building) Resolution A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE LEASE AGREEMC BETWEEN THE CRANE NELON No. 93 -15 FESTIVAL, INC. AND THE CITY OF ROHNERT PARK PERTAINING TO THE TEMPORARY USE OF CERTAIN LAND OWNED BY THE CITY OF ROHNERT PARK Upon motion of Councilman Eck, seconded by Councilmember Gallagher, the Consent Calendar as outlined on the meeting's agenda was unanimously approved. Monte Vista School request for installation of a stop sign at Mattice and Mitchell: City Manager Netter referred to his Council Meeting Memo dated February 4, 1993 for explanation. Discussion followed on who will be responsible for putting the portable stop signs, concern that people are not used to the temporary stop sign, Caltran's policy of generally not recommending portable stop signs, and having crossing guards instead of the Stop signs. City Manager Netter reported on a volunteer at Hahn School through PSA program and he approved this person wearing a uniform for traffic control. The only complaint he received is why is there an officer only in one school and not in the other schools and asked the Council if the City could pay for the volunteer's workman's comp so adults can do traffic control instead of the temporary stop signs. More discussion followed during which Councilman Eck suggested to put this matter on the agenda for discussion at the joint meeting with the- School District. The Council also directed that the volunteer at Hahn School not wear his uniform so the City cannot get exposed to any liability. Rohnert Park City Council Minutes (5) February 9, 1993 Scheduled Public Appearances Jenny Payne, 4359 Fairway Drive, and Danielle Slanina, 5551 Daniel Drive, were recognized and discussed the need for a Teen Center in Rohnert Park. There is a lack of place for teens to socialize without the pressure of drugs or alcohol and gave uses for the Center during the day and at night and gave reasons why this facility should be built. Discussion followed on going through Comrunity Outreach, dig out the Youth Comnission bylaws, have an adult or a faculty member chair this effort because students come and go and interest fluctuates with the enthusiasm of the students cycling in, and how the Teen Center is in a competitive mode because everyone is looking for facilities. Councilman Reilly made the motion to approve the need for a Teen Center in principle. Said motion was seconded by Councilmember Spiro and unanimously approved. Mayor Hollingsworth comrended the three young people who spoke before the Council and asked them to stay involved and stay active and for the 2 senior girls to meet with Councilmember Spiro to work out a program and meet with ConT=ity Outreach (COYF) and come back to the Council with some proposals. Lew Kuehm, Founders Days Committee, was recognized after City Manager Netter referred to the Committee's balance sheet and reconciliation statement and the Committee's specific request, which is staff's recomrendation, for the Council to waive repayment of the $5,000 seed money. This was based on the fact that the 4th of July celebration caused the regular Founders Day event to contribute its surplus. Otherwise, the Committee would have been able to pay the majority of the seed money. Mr. Kuehm stated this year the July 4th committee will be separated from the Founders Day committee and there are promotions in the works to raise funds. Discussion followed after which Councilman. Eck stated there is a need for tradition and made the motion to accept staff's recomrendation and keep the tradition alive. Councilmember Spiro stated she was seconding the motion with a friendly amendment for future events such as the fireworks that the committee ask for donation from people watching the fireworks. Notion passed unanimously. Jan White, President, Boys & Girls Club of Rohnert Park, was recognized and stated she wished to address the young girls that the Teen Center is part of what they are offering and they can work things out with them to have a place to suit their needs under the umbrella of Boys and Girls Club. She then referred to the letter sent requesting distribution with the City's March utility billing a mailing to ask for donation. Discussion followed after which Councilman Eck made the motion to authorize placement of the flyer with the utility billing. Said motion was seconded by Councilmember Gallagher and unanimously approved. In response to Councilmember Spiro's query, Ms. White stated that Nt. Condiotti thus far is the largest contributor and the Club also Rohnert Park City Council Minutes (6) February 9, 1993 received substantial amounts from Jimmie and Joyce Rogers and Don Davis and the Club is grateful for their response to the needs of the connun.i ty . Rancho Cotate High School "Spirit Leaders" request for funds to travel to competition in Anaheim: City Manager Netter referred to his Council Meeting Memo dated February 4, 1993 for explanation and stated that Parks & Recreation Comnission voted 2 -2 on the matter. Karen W- Gregor, 845 Bernadette, was recognized and stated she had an updated cost summary and asked for travel expenses to Anaheim for the cheerleaders. Discussion followed after which Councilman Eck made the motion to authorize and donate the same amount ($660) as last year's. Councilmember Gallagher asked if the donation could be raised to $800. More discussion followed and the original motion, seconded by Councilmen ber Gallagher, was unanimously approved for the donation of $660.00. Councilmember Spiro asked Mrs. NbGregor if she would bring back a video after they get back. Ordinance AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ROHNERT PARK AMENDING CHAPTER 2.24 No. 572 (CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION); CHAPTER 2.32 (PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION); AND CHAPTER 17.60 (PLANNING COMvUSSION) OF THE ROHNERT PARK M- VICIPAL CODE TO PROVIDE FOR THE TERW OF OFFICE OF APPOINTIVE W�SERS OF THE CULTURAL ARTS CONMISSION, THE RECREATION AND PARKS M44ESSION AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO COINCIDE WITH THE TER1v6 OF THE C"CILPERSON NOMINATING THEM FOR APPOINTNM. City Manager Netter referred to his Council Meeting Memo dated February 4, 1993 for explanation and stated that a public hearing has been scheduled on this matter as recommended by the Council. Mayor Hollingsworth opened the public hearing at approximately 7:27 p.m. There being no one wishing to speak, Mayor Hollingsworth closed the public hearing at approximately 7:28 p.m. Upon motion of Councilmember Spiro, and seconded by Councilman Eck, adoption of Ordinance No. 572 was unanimously approved. Sister Cities Committee: City Manager Netter referred to his Council Meeting Nbmo dated February 4, 1993 and initiated discussion on whether it was Council's wish to leave Sister Cities Committee "at large ". After a short discussion, Council consensus was for City NHnager Netter to get the minutes and leave Sister Cities Committee at large and amend the resolution to allow for same. Councilman Eck stated the wording on the resolution should be changed to "nominated" because Councilmembers do not appoint and the Council's policy is to rotate nomination. Bay Area Air Quality Management District - Trip Reduction Ordinance City Manager Netter referred to his Council Meeting Memo dated Rohnert Park City Council Minutes (7) February 9, 1993 RECESS February 4, 1993 for explanation and requested Director of Public Works /City Engineer Brust to explain further details. Mr. Brust stated he recommended not to implement the ordinance and let Air Quality handle and implement their own ordinance throughout the City because of its complicated format in implementing their ordinance and this is another non - funded mandate. Discussion followed after which Councilmember Gallagher made the motion to accept staff's recommendation. Said motion was seconded by Councilman Eck and unanimously approved. Mayor Hollingsworth declared a recess at approximately 7:35 p.m. Mayor Hollingsworth reconvened the Council meeting at approximately 7:45 p.m. with all Councilmembers present. Public Agency rates for garbage service City Manager Netter referred to his Council Meeting Memo dated February 4, 1993 and supplemental report for explanation and City Attorney Flitner's memo dated February 4, 1993 which outlined legal status. Finance Director Harrow was recognized and outlined different advantages of an exclusive franchise and the City's different options. Discussion followed on the outcome of the Garbage Committee's meeting and Councilmember Gallagher stated she finds it inappropriate to discuss legal matters without the City Attorney. More discussion followed during which Councilman Eck suggested that the City sit down with the School Board to discuss why we need a franchise fee and if the School Board is saving money at the expense of the City's franchise fee, the City should be upfront about it, but until we know what they are thinking about, how are we going to negotiate? Kevin Wohlbridge, 409 Hatteras Court, Empire Waste Management representative, was recognized and stated there is some State precedent and the cities have the right to control solid waste within its boundaries. This is not the first School District that has done this. Because of the budget crisis, everyone is trying to save money and these items have been negotiated out of court. More discussion followed after which Mayor Hollingsworth authorized City Manager Netter to meet and negotiate with the School District and come back to the Council with recommendations. The Council Garbage Committee could join in the meeting if desired. The Council concurred. Transportation Matters: 1. SCTA - City Manager Netter referred to his Council Maeting memo dated February 4, 1993 and City Engineer's Brust memorandum dated February 3, 1993 regarding comprehensive list of ISTEA projects and improvements regarding Highway 101 /Expressway interchange for STP funding. City Brust stated he would like to take the list to the Techical Advisory Rohnert Park City Council Minutes (8) February 9, 1993 Committee workshop during the SCTA meeting on February 11 for the projects to be graded according to MPC criteria. Councilmember Spiro stated she has had requests from citizens for a shelter, like the bus stop shelters, at where Airport Express loads and unloads passengers. City Engineer Brust replied the shelters are under construction. Howard Boggs asked if this list shouldn't have any public input rather than just staff. Mayor Hollingsworth stated he will entertain any public input after Council and staff discussion. Councilman Reilly asked which of the lists is "guaranteed" to which City Engineer Brust replied that the list is guaranteed only if it meets with MTC criteria of traffic congestion relief, air quality, etc. Councilman Eck asked if Bicycle Advisory Committee has gone over #2 to #6 of the list. City Engineer Brust replied that BAC came up with a priority list that will be given to the City Council at its next meeting. Councilman Eck stated he wants to see the BAC priority list. Mayor Hollingsworth read to the audience the projects on both lists. Jake Mackenzie, 1536 Gladstone Way, Chairperson for BAC, was recognized and stated that the priority list BAC reviewed is for TDA Section 3 funding which is not under discussion tonight. BAC has not looked at the ISTEA list being discussed. TDA is a much smaller pot. Councilman Eck stated if MTC criteria is met, then that would free up TDA funds for other projects. Linda Branscomb was recognized and stated that in response to Mr. Bogg's comment about public input, TAC and SCTA meetings are open to the public and perhaps the date and time of such meetings can be posted to inform the public. Councilmember Spiro made the motion to approve the lists and for City Engineer Brust to take them to the SCTA meeting. Said motion was seconded by Councilmernber Gallagher and unanimously approved. 2. Preliminary meetings on transportation /traffic problems on US Hwy. 101: City Manager Netter stated this item is for information only. He wanted the Council to know that meetings have been called with representatives of local businesses and government which included Dan Condron, Hewlett Packard; Maureen Middlebrook, PG&E; Keith Woods, Santa Rosa Chamber; Tim Smith, County Board of Supervisors; Ken Blackman, Santa Rosa City Manager, and City Manager Netter. A brainstorming session was held on where we go with transportation and traffic, testing the waters again what should happen with sales tax initiative, gas tax, etc. The first meeting was about transportation versus traffic, regional transportation versus Hwy. 101 traffic congestion problem. This matter will eventually surface at the Mayor's and Councilmen's Association. 3. Two additional memos from City Engineer Brust regarding League of Cities "Jump Start" projects to get public works projects moving and the U.S. Rohnert Park City Council Minutes (9) February 9, 1993 Conference of Mayors "Ready to Go" projects - high priority projects that we have on line. About 18 months ago, we sent our list but nothing came out of it. Hopefully, something will come out of these. Extension of Bodway Parkway to Valley House Drive: City Manager Netter referred to his Council Meeting Memo dated February 4, 1993 for explanation and stated that we are waiting to hear from Hewlett Packard. City Engineer Brust reported that he talked to Mr. Tom McKelvey yesterday who indicated that he received Mr. Brust's letter and indicated that he felt that summer of 1993 as construction date for completion of Bodway is reasonable assuming that the project of the sale of their property comes together. Mr. Brust told Mr. McKelvey to respond in writing with a firm schedule and construction timetable. Mayor Hollingsworth asked staff to keep pressing so that Hewlett Packard will fulfill their commitment to build the road which has nothing to do with the tie -in with the sale of their property. Cable TV: Mayor Hollingsworth stated that since this is a media matter, and the Council is sometimes critical of Press Democrat, he would like to thank the Press Democrat for making us look good by telling the truth in writing the article on sales tax to the City and thanked Mike McCoy who was in the audience for writing the article. City Manager Netter referred to his Council Meeting Memo dated February 4, 1993 for explanation and stated a letter was received from Kiltivision dated February 5, 1993 and he also reported on his phone conversation with Fran Parkey and suggested that because regulations are still incomplete to table this matter and brought this up for Council information only. Discussion followed during which Councilmember Spiro stated the information W. Netter received from Mrs. Parkey is different from the information she received from the company and asked W. Netter to look into it. Councilmember Spiro also stated that citizens should not pay the $59 charge to switch if they have been misinformed. City Manager Netter stated his experience with maltivision has been that they are responsive to give credits or refunds to correct their errors. Bingo matters: 1. T's Academy's fees - City Manager Netter referred to his Council Meeting Nbmo dated February 4, 1993 regarding the letter received from Rev. Sam Tharpe. Mayor Hollingsworth made the motion to accept the proposed payment plan. Said motion was seconded by Councilmember Spiro and unanimously approved. Councilmember Spiro asked Rev. Rev. Tharpe if it is true that he is leaving town. Rev. Sam Tharpe, 407 Snyder Lane, was recognized and stated that he is still contemplating because he has people who are now willing to build them a place and it is nice to be asked but he is still contemplating. Councilmember Spiro and Mayor Hollingsworth wished Rev. Tharpe well and asked him to stay because he is doing a good job. 2. Bingo audit update - City Manager Netter stated that the report from the Accountant /Auditor was received late and asked to defer this matter to Rohnert Park City Council Minutes (10) February 9, 1993 the next Council meeting. The Council con ed. Grand Jury Report: City Manager Netter referred to his Council Meeting Nbmo dated February 4, 1993 and stated that he had a discussion with the District Attorney's office because he wanted to know what authority the Grand Jury has. There seems to be a misconception that the Grand Jury is a part of the District Attorney's office and it is not. They are a separate group of citizens addressing complaints of other residents. They get consultation from the District Attorney's office or the City Counsel's if they request it. They are not a branch of the criminal justice system and do not investigate criminal activities but the District Attorney's office can use their information to investigate on their own if there is something that the District Attorney's office would like to pursue. Mayor Hollingsworth stated he felt the list of responses was appropriate and discussion followed on setting up Council workshop to draft the response. Consensus was to meet at 5:00 p.m. on February 23, 1993 prior to the City Council meeting. John Hudson, 399 Bonnie, was recognized and stated there are two evils cited by the Grand Jury - proposed annexation and favoritism. His criticism of the Grand Jury report is that it did not get into the cause of favoritism and stated there are two rational causes: if the person who is the favorite has really, really good friends i high places; and bribery. The nature of bribery is it will always be undiscovered unless the person who is suspected of bribery is under surveillance and is seen taking the money, incriminating documents are found, or if the suspect confesses, and the Grand Jury does not have this evidence and is unable to pinpoint the cause of favoritism. He would like to see the City Council, in its response, discuss their personal relationships with Jimmie Rogers and those on the Council who favored his projects so that the possibility of bribery is negated. If the government of the City of Rohnert Park is to regain the respect of the public and its legitimacy, he thinks it is required. He thinks a short letter to the Grand Jury is insufficient and there should be a public hearing as to why there was favoritism towards Jimmie Rogers. Keith Hallock asked if he could get a copy of the City Attorney's response. Mayor Hollingsworth stated it is public information. Assistant to City Manager Leivo left the chambers to make a copy of the response for Mr. Hallock. Communications: PG&E - Councilmember Spiro stated she would like PG&E to be more aware when there are outages in Rohnert Park and if PG&E writes a letter to explain each time there was an outage that she hears of, they will be aware that is a problem in Rohnert Park. Councilman Eck stated he would prefer the method of how it happened. Dave LeFevre, PG&E representative, was recognized and stated that most outages have been storm related. A letter written for each outage will not necessarily tell what is going on on a daily basis and it is a lot of extra work and that it would be fair if all other utility companies be required to do the same and he feels that PG&E is being singled out and that a quarterly report would be more meaningful. Rohnert Park City Council Minutes (11) February 9, 1993 Councilman Reilly agreed with Mr. LeFevre's statement and made the motion to have PG&E write a quarterly report. Councilman Eck stated at the time they voted on PG&E writing a letter each time there was an outage, it seemed like a good idea but he does not think so any longer and seconded the motion which passed on a majority vote. City Manager's Report: 1. Rohnert Park Cultural Arts Corporation name changed to " Rohnert Park Association for the Arts" - City Manager Netter stated that revised bylaws being worked on with the Committee will be submitted for the Council's review. 2. National Figure Skating Championships event to possibly be held at Red Lion Hotel - City Manager Netter reported that Mayor Hollingsworth will be meeting with the group and the championship should be a nice event. 3. County Reorganization Project - includes SCWA - City Manager Netter referred to City Engineer Brunt's memo on the County looking at consolidation. City Engineer Brust reported he met with other representatives from other cities and one concern is that the County may take some control on SCWA's land use regulations to provide water supply in a timely fashion. SCWA is concerned that the exenption will be pre -enpted by County environmental groups. City Manager Netter reported he talked to Tom Schopflin who said that the consolidation will be in administrative and technical functions. City Engineer Brust stated he just received a fax on a list of questions on the problems of consolidation which will be discussed at a public hearing. 4. Lease agreement with School District - new middle school - City Manager Netter reported he talked to School Superintendent Buster to put together a draft agreement for the new middle school. There is a "handshake" agreement that the City will provide police, water, sewer and fire services, and maybe trash service also. Staff will provide the basic conditions and then the School District will complete a draft for City's review. 5. Mobile Home purchase program - City Manager Netter reported that he and Finance Director Harrow have met with the Bond Underwriters. We have given them information on the bonding program that we have researched and they are coming back with different options and proposals. Staff will work on hypothetical situations based on the Capitola model and will have a preliminary report to give to the Council committee in about 2 weeks. 6. Length of minutes have been covered earlier in Approval of the Minutes. 7. City Manager Netter referred to map on display and stated he will be working with City Engineer Brust to get a legal description to put together a quit claim deed to be eliminated from the lease which is approximately 3 acres which could be designated for a Japanese garden. Mayor Hollingsworth stated he and Councilman Eck attended the Japanese Festival over the weekend and it was indicated to them that they wish to put the garden inside the atrium at the Community Center. City Manager Netter stated that preliminary discussions with American Golf indicated they have no problem and the main thing is to get it out of Rohnert Park City Council Minutes (12) February 9, 1993 the lease and the Council can decide what to do with it. 8. City Manager Netter reported that the last CPI salary adjustment for all City employees was made on February 1st in accordance with the Memorandum of Agreements and Outline of Benefits for non - represented employees. This concludes the 4 -year agreements with the employee groups which are scheduled to expire June 30, 1993. City Manager Netter is currently meeting with representatives and working on negotiations of the new agreements. City Attorney's Report - Due to City Attorney's absence, all items have been deferred to the next Council meeting. Matters from/for Council: 1. Report on League of California Cities "Land Use Planning" session at League conference in San Francisco: Councilmember Spiro reported on the session she attended. She suggested to have an economic conference in Rohnert Park and suggested to have one of the speakers come to Rohnert Park to speak about land use planning in Rohnert Park to give Councilmembers ideas instead of sticking to personal stands about issues which will not be beneficial to the City either way. She was impressed with a financial chart analyzing 10 -year history of the cost of services, factoring out inflation, population growth and level of services, and projected 20 years forward. 2. United Way: Councilmember Spiro stated she has a problem with the City collecting for a particular charitable organization. Councilman Eck stated he feels that it is still worthwhile to do and that the Council directed staff to continue. Mayor Hollingsworth stated that the Council cannot make the choice for the employees. City Manager Netter reported that a flyer was enclosed with the employees' paychecks to cut back on presentation time to staff. It was Council's consensus to continue and not to change. 3. Mayors & Councilmembers Association Executive Board February 11th meeting: Mayor Hollingsworth reported that he will be attending the meeting with City Engineer Brust. 4. Water problem in R section - Councilman Eck referred to a letter regarding water problem in the R section. City Engineer Brust stated that he has been working with the homeowners and the home builder and that McBail feels that the problems are related to grading and landscaping and they indicated they want to be responsive but they do not want to deal with homeowner's problems. City Engineer Brust stated he cannot do mach more at the level that he can work at. 5. Policy of bicycles on sidewalks on busy thoroughfares - Councilman Eck stated he would like to reaffirm that Council adopted a policy that officers will not ticket bicyclists on sidewalks of busy thoroughfares and City Manager Netter and City Engineer Brust stated it will brouqht up at staff meeting. 6. Councilman Eck stated it is unfortunate that Mr. Hallock had left because he doesn't see why Mr. Leivo should get up during the meeting to make copies of any report. While we make sure that we are serving the City Rohnert Park City Council Minutes (13) February 9, 1993 and the residents, Mr. Hallock can be told to pick up the copy during office hours. Councilmember Gallagher concurred. 7. Counciln -e b r Gallagher reported on the session of the League of California Cities conference she attended. She wished to address Councilman. Reilly's suggestion to have a budget committee formed to educate the public what hard choices the Council needs to make. She reported on the videotape that the City of Davis made to explain to the conm.uzity. Mayor Hollingsworth explained that he thinks that the Council does not need to get involved with staff's time at the very beginning of setting up a budget. When staff gives the Council some concrete figures, that is the time to sit down and discuss the budget but he does not want to sit down with Finance Director Harrow, City Engineer Brust, and City Manager Netter in detailing what they are going to do. That is what they are getting paid for. Councilmember Reilly agreed with Mayor Hollingsworth but he felt that if neighborhood meetings were held to inform residents about assessment districts, it won't be a shock. Councilman Eck stated that because there is a new Councilmember, it would be an advantage to educate some leaders and for residents to get used to the idea. 8. Councilmember Gallagher reported that she spent 3 days in Sacramento to lobby for children's issues. There are 27 new members and the senior members are overwhelmed. They are considering revisiting Proposition 13. 9. Councilmember Gallagher reported she attended Self- esteem Task Force and was at the right place at the right time and got invited to the signing of the proclamation by the Governor declaring February to be "Self Esteem Nbnth." 10. Councilm niDer Spiro inquired about the traffic signals and scooters coming out of R section. City Engineer Brust stated they are working on new traffic signal loops having special detectors near the crosswalk sensitive enough to detect scooters and motorcycles. 11. Councilmember Spiro stated she would like staff to do an analysis of our operating expenses, factoring out inflation, population increase and level of services. Councilman Eck stated he would like to see first what Councilmember Spiro is asking for and for her to come up with a formula how to do it. 12. Mayor Hollingsworth stated he wished to pass on a letter he received about residents asking when "M" Park will open. City Engineer Brust replied the park will open in 30 to 45 days because of extreme problems with the Contractor refusing to finish some items. Adjournment Mayor Hollingsworth adjourned the meeting at approximately 9:33 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., February 23, 1993. k*JI " Deputy City Clerk Mayor