1964/07/06 City Council MinutesROHNERT PARK CITY COUNCIL
July 69 1964
The Council of the City of Rohnert Park met thin
date in regular sessi -on.at 8000 p.m. at the City
Offices, 435 Southwest Blvd., Rohnert Park, with
Mayor Buchanan presiding.
Roll call Present (5) Mayor, Buchanan, Councilmen Pezonel=l_a, .
Rogers, C. Smith and,,, -V. Smith.
Absent: (0)a
Staff present: Also present were City Manager
Callinan and City Attorney Maxwell.
Personnel Session Mayor Buchanan stated that the Council had taken
no action at :the Personnel Session which preceedeu,
tonight's meeting.
Approval of Upon.motion by Councilman V. Smith, seconded by
Minutes Councilman Rogers, and unanimously approved, the
minutes of June 12, 1964 were approved.
Upon motion by Councilman C. Smith, seconded by
C:ounci-lZan Rogers, and,unanimously approved, the
minutes of June 15, 1964 were approved.
Upon motion by Councilman Rogers, seconded by
0- ouncilman'C. Smith, and unanimously approved, the
minutes of June 22,1964 were approved.
Upon motion by Councilman V. Smith, seconded by
Councilman Rogers, and unanimously approved, the
minutes of June 29, 1964 were approved.
Upon.motion by Councilman C. Smith, seconded by
..Councilman Rogers, and unanimously approved, the
minutes of July 1, 1964 were approved.
Bills A discussion was held concerning Councilmen's
expense accounts. Mr, Jack Smuck, resident of the
Cay�9.asked several questions concerning the
Council''s expenses and the fees that they receive
for the regular City Council meetings.
A motion made by Mayor Buchanan, seconded by
Councilman Pezonella, to have no expense account
exceed $50.00 was defeated by the following vote:
Ayes: (2) Councilman Pezonella and Mayor Buchanan.
Noes: (3) Councilmen Rogers, . C. Smith and V. Smith.
A motion was then made by Councilman V. Smith,
seconded by Councilman Pezonella, that the Council
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allow no expense account for convention purposes.
After brief discussion, the motion was withd.,_awn
by Councilman V. Smith, and Councilman Pezonella
subsequently withdrew his second.
A question was raised from the public in connect -.(,)n
with Councilmens, compensation. After much diF
cussion.it was decided that two members of the
Council will meet with the e City Manager Callinan
to work out a -v satisfactn -
:.......Policy and guidelines
for the expenses of the Council.
Upon motion by Councilman.Pezonolla, seconded by
Councilman Rogers, and unanimously approved, the
bills Per attached.list,.dated.July,69 19649 were
approved for.- payment.
Communications Communications, per the attached outline, were
brought to the Councill:s.attention. No action
was taken by the .-Council:excep
t as noted in these
minutes.
Resolution 182 City Attorney.Maxwell read:and:explained to the
Council a resolution authorizing execution of the
County wide mutual.aid agre:ement for fire pro-
tection.
Upon motion by Councilman.Rogersg seconded by
Councilman V.'Smith, and unanimously approved,
Resolution 182, a RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING EXECUTION
OF MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT, was adopted.
,Sanitary Sewerage Upon motion by Mayor Buchanan,8econded by Council-
'Project 1964-1 man Rogers, Progress Payment No. 1 in the amount
of $87,731-86 to Argonaut Constructors for Sani-
tary Sewerage Project 1964-1 was unanimously
approved.
'Upon motion by Councilman V. Smith, seconded by
Councilman Rogers, Milt Hudis' bill in the amount
of $59495,.78 for the engineering costs to date on
Project 1964-1 was unanimously approved.
Refinancing of City Manager Callina I n advised the Council that he
Fire Engine 142, had been successful in getting Bank of America
to refinance the balance of $14,409.06 as of
July 16, 1964 at 4 percent simple interest as
,opposed to the 6 per cent the City is currently
paying to Industrial Steel Tank and Body Works, Inc.
and United California Bank. He explained that the
refinancing will save, the City approximately $933
over the next three yet-irs.
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Upon motion by Councilman Rogers, seconded by
Councilman C. Smith, and unanimously approved,
the payment due on July 15, 1964 under the present
agreement ; with -Industrial StL-el Tank and Body
Works, Inc. was authorized, and the City Manager
and City Treasurer were authorized to execute all
necessary documents, after their review by the
City Attorney, to obtain the refinancing of the
balance at 4 per cent simple:,interest from the
Bank of America.
Recreation Fees, City: Manager Callinan read the letter dated July 1,
Ordinance 1964, - he had received from the :League of California
Cities concerning the proposed recreation fees
ordinance. City Attorney Maxwell reviewed the
Fairfield and Santa Clara ordinances and explained
the differences between those and the ordinance
he drafted for Council consideration.
Fire Hydrants
Around Shopping
Center
Upon motion by- Councilman V. Smith, seconded by
Councilman Rogers, and unanimously approved by
roll call vote, reading of proposed Ordinance No.
47 was waived.
Ordinance No. 47, AN ORDINANCE OF THE.CITY:OF
ROHNERT PARK _PROVIDING FOR PAYMENT OF FEES IN
CONNECTION WITH CONSTRUCTION OF DWELLING UNITS,
THE DEPOSIT OF SUCH FUNDS IN THE CAPITAL OUTLAY
RECREATIONAL FUND, AND THE USE OF SUCH FEES FOR
PUBLIC PARK AND RECREATIONAL PURPOSES, was intro -
duced upon motion by Councilman V. Smith, seconded
by Councilman Rogers, and unanimously approved by
roll call vote.
City Manager Callinan explained the concern of the
Pacific Fire Rating Bureau with the lack of fire
hydrants around the shopping center. The City
.Manager indicated that he felt there was no real
need -for anymore fire hydrants - as all buildings
in the shopping center contain sprinkler systems.
He further advised the Council that the hydrants
would cost at least $500 each and that there was
no provision in the budget for them If the
hydrants were to.be installed, the monies would
have-to-come from the surplus in the Utility Fund.
City Manager Callinan also stated that unless the
hydrants.w;ere installed, the City would have to
accept.._a_ large number of deficiency points in the
fire grading.presently,-,being done.
Deputy City Clerk City Manager Callinan requested that Mrs. Shirley
Abbott be- approved as a deputy City Clerk.
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Upon.motion by Councilman -.V. Smith, seconded by
Councilman Rogers, and unanimously approved, Mrs.
Abbott was approved as deputy_.City Clerk, effective
upon her.:appointment.by City Clerk Lillian Sani.
Notes Payable
A brief discussion was held concerning communi-
..c.ations between Alicia .Homes) .I:nc. and the City
Manager relative to-the notes''payable by Rohnert
Park 13istrict.
City Manager Callinan suggested that one way to
retire the notes, ..would. ibe for the City Council to
designate certain.acreage of the developers.that
the Council Would,agree•not to assess for sewer,
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water', etc. in return for retirement of the notes.
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Mr- ,Spivock was present and expressed opposition
to:this propo=sal and - stated that he would like to
see the:•notes ;rewritten.
The Council nstructed.the City Manager to get
together with Mr. Spivock and try and work out a
iprogram on the notes to get .them retired.
Tour of Rohnert
City Manager Callinan advised that Mr. Meyer of
Park Junior - Senior
the Petlaluma ::School - System invited the Council to
High Schools,
tour the -'Pe alumaJu:n.ior- Senior High School at
7:15 "p4mo9 prior to the scheduled City Council
meeting of Monday, July,13th.,
Mayor. Buchanan advised that the' Council would
accept this invitation.
City Attorney's
City Attorney Maxwell discussed the expenses he
Report
would incur to attend a League of California Cities
meeting in Lose Angeles. Last year, the Council
had budget=ed $50.00 for this purpose. Mr. ,:Maxwell
staffed that although the $50 would not cover his
expenses, he hoped-that the Council would extend
this ;.amount to him again.j Mayor Buchanan advised
that:the money would be included in the 1964 -65
budget.
Public Appearances
Gladeen LeBoeuf, on behelf of the Alicettes Swim -
ming program, Mrs. Sheenan on.'behalf of the
Children's Puppet Theater, and Mrs. Cowart on be-
half. ;of the Scouts'appeared to ask information as
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to whether or not there were any buildings avail -
able to these clubs,for workrooms and meeting rooms
in Neighborhood B Park.
City Manager Callinan advised Mrs. LeBoeuf` that
the Recreation Commission had decided to try and
sell two of these buildings as they would not be
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worth the money and effort it would require to
repair them. He also recommended to the Council
that he be authorized to sell all three of the
buildings, and with the $1,000 that the Council
had appropriated for the repair of the building
with the brick foundation, that a good frame and
roof could be put on it to make one very nice
building rather than a shabby building. Mrs.
LeBoeuf stressed that the clubs drastically needed
buildings for their purposes, and Councilman Rogers
suggested that she discuss this problem with the
Recreation Commission.
Adjournment There being no further business, and upon motion
by Councilman Rogers, seconded by Councilman
Pezonella, and unanimously approved, the meeting
was adjourned at 1C:15 to Monday, July 13, at
8:00 P.M.
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