1966/07/18 City Council Minutes7ROHNERT PARK CITY COUNCIL MINUTES
July 18, 1966
The Council of the City of Rohnert Park met this
'date in regular secs on An. the City Offices, 435
Southwest Boulevard, Rohnert Park, with Mayor C.
-8mith presiding,. The regular meeting was pre-
ceded by an executive session which commenced at
7:30 P.M. but at which no formal action was taken.
Call to Order'.;'
Mayor C. Smith called the meeting to order.
Roll Call
Present: (5) Councilmen Pezonella, Roberts,
Rogers, V. Smith and Mayor C! Smith.
Absent,: (0 )
Staff present: City.,Manager Callinan, City
Attorney Maxwell, Join Quinn of the Sonoma County
Planning staff.
Approval of `'"
Upon motion by Councilman Pezonella, seconded by
Minutes
Councilman Rogers and unanimously approved, the
minutes of duly 5,,1966 were approved as submitted.
Approval of
.,City. ..Manager Callinan brought to the attention of
Bills
the Council a bill from Feeney Insurance Agency
in -,the. ".. amount ". o:f $1.54.Q4 covering the audit for
tb.e period : February 2,; i ij,965. :.to February 2, 1966
p ja QlICY No . LAC` 158540 with Pacific Indemnity.
H6 requested that this bill also be approved
witli:;those listed on-,--the bills for approval.
Upon motion by Councilman Rogers, seconded by
..C.ouncilman.l?ezonella"and unanimous -ly. approved,
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the bills, p;er the attached. - ,list, and including
the bill from Feeney Insurance Agency were
approved for payment.
Communicatio'' is, y,
Communications, per the attached outline, were
-brought to -the attention of-.-,,the Council. No
action was taken on any of the communications
except as specifically noted.in these minutes.
Superior Roofing-
A digcussion was held re.gardim the sign section
Application-for °'
of the zoning ordinance.
Sign.
,Variance.,,;._
Mr. Hayden Ponder of Superior Roofing, the appli-
cant, Vas present and,expressed to the Council
his need for the sign.
City Manager Callinan displayed a sketch of the
propose,d.sign and read they ;,:planning staff report.
Mr. Cali3nan stated that he had discussed the
request with both Mr.,Ponder and Mr. Groom and
A general discussion was held regarding the place-
ment �o�f-` the wat; r, lines, water meter, and fire
hydrant. It wa; :'the general feeling of the
Council that the' me -ter should be installed near
the City main 44d the city's responsibility end
at the property.,;line The Council agreed to
permit the'e�i* .' t * hydrant to be moved to the
:edge of the property line for Mr. Groom's
building. .
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and that Mr...P-onder indicated that he would be
willing to`install a smaller sign at the end of
one year if jth6 Council would permit him to in-
stall the �.e�'g�r sign for a period of one year.
Upon moti ' on byz- Coznc`1man V. Smith, seconded by
Councilman' P "e'onella an'd unanimously approved,
the Council made' -`the i( eaessary findings listed
in the zoning ordinance and granted permission to
Superior Roofing ,to ins °tail ` a 4' x 48' sign for
a period of one year.
RevocationCof:
City Manager Callinan advised the Council that
Certain Use
several operations in the industrial area which
Permits
had been granted use permits were no longer in
business and suggested that their use permits
be revoked to enable the City to maintain planning
and zoning control -over tie defunct businesses.
Mr. Callinan speoifical7y cited A -A Concrete
Blocks and the Mission Aggregate Concrete Batch
Plant.
City Attorney Maxwell :'ddVised that a public
hearing would have Lobe held and the,proper
notices 'sent to the` Q ypqrs 'prior to the haring.
Upon motion by Councilman Rogers, seconded by
Councilman, V =Smith and unanimously approved,
the City Attorney `was requested to prepare the
necessary documents and start the proceedings
to revoke the use permits of A -A Concrete Blocks
and Mission Aggrega;te$'4: .
Sewer and Water
City Manager Callinan.,Ef1plained the proposed ex-
Improvements J
Ctension of the sewer di:d:;'water lines to serve
Westerly Side--d. j
-the Acoustinet, Tne.., budding on the westerly
of U.S.101
frontage road. H `advised that the placement
of the fire hydrant had been discussed. with
Pacific Fire Rating' Bureau and Mr. Groom,'the
:- property owner re%questing' the service.
Mr. Callinan explained to the Council the various
alternatives of installing the improvements.. Mr.
Groom commented %on the placement of the hydrant.
A general discussion was held regarding the place-
ment �o�f-` the wat; r, lines, water meter, and fire
hydrant. It wa; :'the general feeling of the
Council that the' me -ter should be installed near
the City main 44d the city's responsibility end
at the property.,;line The Council agreed to
permit the'e�i* .' t * hydrant to be moved to the
:edge of the property line for Mr. Groom's
building. .
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Pon mo�t n -Pion by Co ncilmaczonella, seconded by
G.,q,u'nci%lmah-' ',Rogers' and" approved, the
Clay.Manager was authorized to proceed on the
_`basis of s report to -the council.-
Improvement
A brief verbal status report was given by the
PrflFjeot 19 5 =3
Oiit-yi Manager on Project 1965-3, Extension of
-Obinmerce Boulevard.
Well #51?ro'
'A brief status report'., was given by the City
Mgiager on Project Well No. 5.
1915 Act
A discussion was held concerning 1915 act,
Delinquencies
delinquencies.
otion,by Co I P onella, seconded by
p 0 ez
n. m unal
Councilman Rogers and unanimously approved, the
-.0ouncil authorized;; -a-1 ;oan. ;off $10,000-00 to the
-O�fice,rto
Sonoma County Tre�� e- r- q :J cover some
,
the. defi-cienci ep -in, thei-1915 A redemption
t -hg..t the money e
funds with the s�jpu �4 :ion -;L! b
returned to the City from the first monies paid
into .,, the :respective •ried-emption funds which are
h Duly 2, 1966 coupons.
A t_rE -red to ee.t. the
Copeland Creek
City Manager Callinan reported on the meeting
before.,.-t,he Board of Supervisors relative to the
program for the improvement of Copeland Creek.
Agreement with
A dis,cu*ssion was held concerning the proposed
General Planning,
agreement between the City and General Planning
Corp.
Corp. orp. cit y ,Ma a g q C l - li na n advised that Mr.
vo contribute $1000
-pi
QwardO -,, feej p -General Planning
.:t,
.,
'Corp. Mr. piv ck-wap-a resent and affirmed his
-1,000,,X0, contribution. on.
A discussion was held concerning the time table
for a general plan that . County Planning Director
Rr4th-6 . vas going to submit to the Board of
Supervtsorso
Mayor C.:Smitb.,:.:state:.d.he,i. would like to see action
on the:,agreempnt.with General Planning Corpora -
tion deferred- -;until the adjourned meeting
Wednesday night in order to give the County
Planning. Dlrec, -t or the opportunity to make his ,
presentation bef ore the Board of Supervisors-
The Coun cil.members concurred and the
other
.matter I .
deferred to Wednesday, July 20, 1966.
Age Limit on,
City Manager Callinan advised the Council that he
Playing of Mech�
and Chief Koch had discussed with Mr. Maxwell
anical':Play;:
,the idesirability .of putting an age limit on
Devices
children permitted to play pin ball machines
within the City.
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City Attorney Maxwell read ,a proposed ordinance
amending Ordinance No:.�,�`
Ordinance No.69
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDkANCE NO 58 OF THE
CITY OF ROHNERT PARK (Mechanical Play Devices)
Upon motion,by Councilman -V. Smith and seconded
by Councilman Rogers, ,Ordinance No. 69 was
introduced by the following roll call vote:
AYES: (5).Councilmen,Pezonella, Roberts:,
- Rogers, V. Smith and Mayor C. Smith.
NOES: (0)
City Attorney's Report
Hardin - Lawsuit
City Attorney Maxwell gave a verbal report on
tl .P P. statue' of the Hardin Lawsuit.
Sonoma State
City Attorney'Maxwell repa-:fted on Mr. Mawson's,
Expressway Grade
of the Council Counsel's 0f- fices, negotiations
Crossing
with'; railroad` officials relative to the Sonoma
State Expressway grade crossing.
Recess
The City Oouhb l recessed at approximately
9 :30 F M: `for the purpose of meeting as the
Rohnert Park Civic Commission.
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Reconvened
The City Council reconvened at approximately
_ 9:35 P.M.
Appointments. to
Councilman Rogers stated that the Council had,
Recreation_
discussed pons ble appointments to the Recrea-
Commission
Lion Commission during'tho- blecutive session
that preceded' the regulari meeting and had
decided to defer making any appointments until
the Council had an,opportuni.ty to meet with the
Recreation CommzssYO;
,-Upon motion by' Gouricilman Rogers, seconded by
Councilman V. Smith and unanimously approved,
.additional appointments to the Recreation
C-trmmi'ssion were deferred until after August 8,
1966`when the Coun'c.il will meet with the Recrea-
`tiori Commission.
Community Attitude
Councilman P616ndlla "introduced Jerry Moore, a
Survey
resident, who commented -on the contents of a
possible community attitude survey and the manner
in which one had''been conducted in Novato. Mr.
Moore introduced -Mr. Jim Pelmulder of the Novato
Junior, Chain_ bei'Y�'64 Commerce who explained in de-
tail how t e'survey had been taken, and the
information obtained compiled into summary form.
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July 18, 1966
The City Manager was requested to contact the
Novato City Administrator and request additional
information on their survey results.
Founder's Day Councilman Roberts reported to the Council on
the plans for Founder's Day activities.
Personal Appearances
Mr. Regusci . ,Mt.:Regusci, 7454 Burton Avenue, was present
and advised the Council that nothing had been
done on the drainage problem at his residence.
Mayor C. Smith asked the City Manager to follow
up on this matter.
Adjournment There being no further business the meeting was
adjourned at approximately 9 :50 P.M. to Wednes-
day July 20, 1966 at 7:30 P.M.
Deput ity Clerk
APPROVED:
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Mayo Smith
ATTEST:
City Clerk