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1972/09/18 City Council MinutesROHNERT PARK CITY COUNCIL MINUTES September 18, 1972 The Council of the City of Rohnert Park met this date in regular session commencing at 7:05 p.m. in the City Offices, 6750 Commerce Boulevard, Rol -inert Park, with Vice-Mayor Flores presiding. Call to Order Vice -Mayor Flores called the meeting of the regular session to order at approxi- mately 7:05 p.m. and led the pledge of allegiance. Roll Call Present: (3) Councilmen Beary, Hopkins, and Flores Late: (2) Councilman Smith and Mayor Roberts. Their time of arrival is noted in the minutes. Absent: (0) None Staff.present for all or part of the meeting:' Assistant to the City Manager Albright, City Attorney Maxwell, Supt. of Public Works Wiggins, and Director of Parks and Recreation Pekkain. Approval of Minutes Upon motion of Councilman Hopkins, seconded by Councilman Beary, and unanimously approved, the minutes of August 21 and September 5 were approved as submitted. Approval of Bills Upon motion of Councilman Beary, seconded by Councilman Hopkins, and unanimously approved, the bills presented per the attached list, as amended, in the amount of *33,917.46 were approved. Communications Communications per the attached outline, were brought to the attention of the Council. No action was taken on any communication except as specifically noted in these minutes. File 0197 Vice-M . ayor Flores advised that discussion Bank of America of File 0197 would be deferred until a Sign Appeal little later in the meeting in order to .,have the full Council present. Resolution No. 72-123 A RESOLUTION APPROVING AGREEMENT WITH STATE OF,CALIFORNIA (Benecia Park Swimming Pool) Page 2. September 18, 1972 Assistant to the City Manager Albright explained the resolution. Upon motion of Councilman Hopkins, seconded by Councilman Beary, and unanimously approved, the.reading of Resolution No. 72-123 was waived and said resolution was adopted. Resolution No. 7.2-124 RESOLUTION ACCEPTING SUBDIVISION IMPROVE•- MENTS AND AUTHORIZI14G RELEASE OF BOND (Country Manor, Unit No. 1) Assistant to the City Manager Albright explained the resolution. Upon motion of councilman Beary, seconded by Councilman Hopkins, and unanimously approved, the reading of Resolution No. 72-124 was waived and said resolution was adopted. Resolution No. 72-125 A RESOLUTION DIRECTIi' 'G MAKI.L'4G OF AMENDED ASSESSMENT RE CERTAIN ASSESSMENTS UNDER RESOLUTION OF INTENTION NO. 67-23 (Country Club Drive and Snyder Lane Sewer Trunk Lines, Rohnert Park Sanitary Sewerage Project No. 1967-1, Assessment Nos. 2.3, 3.4 and 3.5) Assistant to the City Manager Albright explained the resolution. Upon motion of Councilman Beary, seconded by Councilman Hopkins, and unanimously .approved, the reading of Resolution No. 72-125 was waived and said resolution was adopted. Resolution No. 727126 RESOLUTION ACCEPTING GRANT DEED (Snyder Lane Right of Way, Pollard and Lindorf) Assistant to the City Manager Albright explained the resolution. Upon motion of Councilman Beary, seconded by Councilman Hopkins, and unanimously approved, the reading of Resolution No. 72-126 was waived and said resolution was adopted. Resolution No. 72-127 RESOLUTION ACCEPTING GRANT DEED (Snyder Lane Right of Way, Sonoma Campus Company) Assistant'to the City Manager Albright explained the resolution. Page 3. September 18, 1972 Upon motion of Councilman Beary, seconded by Councilman Hopkins, and unanimously approved, the reading of Resolution No. 72-127 was waived and said resolution was adopted. Resolution No. 72-128 RESOLUTION ACCEPTING GRANT DEED (Snyder Lane Right of Way, Sonoma Campus Company) Assistant to the City Manager Albright explained the resolution. Upon motion of Councilman Beary, seconded by Councilman Hopkins, and unanimously approved, the reading of Resolution No. 72-128 was waived and said resolution was adopted. Resolution No. 72-129 A RESOLUTION DETERMINING TO UNDERTAKE PRO.- CEEDINGS PURSUANT TO SPECIAL ASSESSMENT AND ASSESSMENT BOND ACTS FOR ACQUISITIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS WITHOUT PROCEEDINGS UNDER DIVISION 4 OF THE STREETS AND HIGHWAYS CODE (Country Club Drive Improvement Project No. 1972-9) Assistant to the City Manager Albright explained the resolution. Upon motion of Councilman Hopkins, seconded by Councilman Beary, and unanimously approved, the reading of Resolution No. 72-129 was waived and said resolution was adopted., I Resolution No,. 72-130 A RESOLUTION APPOINTING ENGINEER AND ATTORNEYS (Country Club Drive Improvement Project No. 1972-9) Assistant to the City Manager Albright explained the resolution. Upon motion of Councilman Hopkins, seconded by Councilman Beary, and unanimously approved., the reading of Resolution No. .72-130 was waived and said resolution was adopted. Resolution No. 72-131 A RESOLUTION OF INTENTION TO ACQUIRE AND CONSTRUCT IMPROVEMENTS (Country Club Drive Improvement Project No. 1972.9) Manager Albright Assistant to the City V explained the resolution. Page 4. September 18, 1972 Upon motion of Councilman Hopkins, seconded by Councilman Beary, and unanimously approved, the reading of Resolution No. 72 -'131 was waived and said resolution was adopted. Project No. 1972 -8 Vice -Mayor Flores discussed briefly with Snyder Lane the Council a request from Argonaut Con - structors for an extension of time to October 15, 1972 to complete Snyder Lane Project No. 1972 -8 and the reasons for said request as set forth in City Manager Callinan's. memo to the Council dated September 15. Upon motion of Councilman Beary, seconded by Councilman Hopkins, and unanimously approved, an extension of time to October 15, 1972 for Argonaut Constructors to corn - plete Snyder..Lane, Project No. 1972 -8 was approved. Mayor Roberts Arrives Mayor Roberts arrived at this point in the meeting, the time being approximately 7017 p.m >, and assumed chairing of the meeting, Resgional Park A presentation concerning Regional Park was deferred until later in the meeting to allow time for a representative from the Parks and Recreation Commission to arrive. Resolution No. 72-132 A RESOLUTION OF COMMENDATION FOR MRS. CECIL FLORES, CHKIRMAN, FOUNDERS DAYS 1972 Mayor Roberts initiated a brief discussion concerning the excellent job Mrs, Cecil. Flores had done as chairman of Founders Days and also commended the Cultural Arts Corporation for its part in the success of Founders Days. Upon motion of Mayor Roberts, seconded by Councilman Beary, and unanimously approved, Resolution No. 72-132 was adopted by title, and staff was directed to send a letter over the Mayor's signature, commending the Cultural Arts Corporation for its fine work on Founders Days. Meeting the Mayor. Councilman Hopkins indicated there was a young Japanese man visiting in Rohnert Park who had expressed a desire to meet the Mayor. Mayor Roberts responded he would be happy to meet the young man. Upon motion of Councilman Flores, seconded by Councilman Beary, and unanimously approv- ed, the latest revised sign for Bank of America was approved as proposed, subject to the condtiions contained in Mr. Cordill's staff report dated September 18, 19720 Regional Park Director of Parks and Recreation Pekkain made a presentation concerning the Rapozo ranch as a regional park site. He advised LlIaL L.ILe 1a1.''JI-1-s and Recreat.Lon COMMIL-LOO-LUn had held an adjourned meeting the prior Wednesday to look at the site, and had gone on record as recommending the Rapozo ranch site to the Council for a regional park. Parks and Recreation Commissioner Kreischer was present and participated in the dis- cussion that followed. He advised that there were no misgivings expressed by the Parks and Recreation Commission regarding the site, that it was felt the site could be used now without any capital improvements since people are already using it as evi- denced by bike trails, equestrian trails,etc Page 5. September 18, 1972 File No. 0197 Assigtant to the City Manager Albright read Bank of America thg staff report prepared by Tom Cordill, Appeal of Planning Acting Planning Director, for the Bank of Commission's Denial America sign appeal. for Free Standing Sign Mr. Leonard Garrison, Garrison Pacific Properties, developers of the Park Plaza Shopping Center, appeared. He advised that Safeway and T G & Y representatives had agreed not to have signs on the shopping center sign and that a total sign concept plan for the shopping center, exclusive of .V the Bank of America facility, would be presented at the next Planning Commission meeting. He referred to the sign drawings on display, pointed out that the design had been revised since the Planning Commis- sion meeting to reduce the stone frame work for the sign, explained the materials and colors proposed for the sign, and requested approval of the revised sign for a seven year period. He advised that if the perma-- nent building was built prior to the expi-- ration of seven years, the sign could be re-evaluated at that time. Discussion followed. Councilman Smith Councilman Smith arrived during Mr. Arrives Garrison's presentation, the time being approximately 7:28 p.m. Upon motion of Councilman Flores, seconded by Councilman Beary, and unanimously approv- ed, the latest revised sign for Bank of America was approved as proposed, subject to the condtiions contained in Mr. Cordill's staff report dated September 18, 19720 Regional Park Director of Parks and Recreation Pekkain made a presentation concerning the Rapozo ranch as a regional park site. He advised LlIaL L.ILe 1a1.''JI-1-s and Recreat.Lon COMMIL-LOO-LUn had held an adjourned meeting the prior Wednesday to look at the site, and had gone on record as recommending the Rapozo ranch site to the Council for a regional park. Parks and Recreation Commissioner Kreischer was present and participated in the dis- cussion that followed. He advised that there were no misgivings expressed by the Parks and Recreation Commission regarding the site, that it was felt the site could be used now without any capital improvements since people are already using it as evi- denced by bike trails, equestrian trails,etc Page 6. September 18, 1972 Mr. Pekkain reported that he had contacted the County Parks and Recreation Director who had agreed to look at the property with the possibility in mind of a joint county/city venture. Further discussion followed during which it was decided to adjourn the meeting to 1:00 p.m. Sunday, September 24, at the City Offices for the purpose of making a field trip to inspect the proposed regional park site. Overnight Parking Mr. Rob Feraru, 8040 Beverly Drive, Apt. 6 was recognized. He advised that "No Overnight Parking" signs on Beverly Drive were creating problems since there were not enough off-street parking spaces to accom- modate vehicles belonging to residents of the student oriented apartments. Mayor Roberts responded that city mainte- nance crews cannot clean the streets prop- erly with so many cars parked on the street and that on several occasions when staff had checked the situation, there were cars parked on the street and parking spaces were empty. Discussion followed during which Mr. Feraru and Tony Byrnes, 8030 Beverly Drive, pointed out that parking spaces were assigned and that it was entirely possible that spaces were empty with many cars being on the street since there were not enough spaces for all the residents and guests. Councilman Smith stated for the record that it was not the unanimous opinion of the Council to post the Beverly Drive area and in his opinion one group cannot be told it cannot park overnight on the street and not have it in effect citywide. Councilman Beary made a motion, seconded by Councilman Flores, to change the applicable ordinance to accommodate the special situ- ation with some of the student housing. Discussion followed. Councilman Beary withdrew his motion. Upon motion of Councilman Beary, seconded by Councilman flores, and unanimously approved, the "No Overnight Parking" signs on Beverly Drive will be removed. Further discussion followed with Mr. Byrnes and Mr. Feraru participating, during which Page 7. September 18, 1972 they indicated satisfaction with the Council's action. School District Maurice Fredericks, Cotati School District Matters Trustee, was recognized. He reported on the recent Sonoma County Committee on School District Organization meeting at which the proposal to increase the bounda- ries of the Petaluma and Cotati School Districts was considered. He advised the vote was 5-2 against increasing the bounda- ries but that the matter would now go to the County School Board and would be con- sidered at its October 5, 1972 meeting. He urged any Councilmen and/or staff that could attend the October 5 meeting to be present. Adjournment There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 8:15 p.m. to lo:oo p.m. Sunday, September 24 for the purpose of a field trip to inspect the proposed regional park site. APPROVED: ayor Depu C