1963/11/18 City Council MinutesROHNERT PARK CITY COUNCIL 18 November 1963
The Council of the City of Rohnert Park met this date in regular
session at 8:00 p.m. at the City Office, 435 Southwest Blvd.,
Rohnert Park4 with Mayor Smith presiding. This regular session
was preceded by a public work session which commenced at 7:30 pm
but at which no formal action was taken.
Mr. McGee stated that he and Mr. Robinson, after they submit
their application, will be willing to accept restrictions in
their use permit, and agree to conform to any restrictions
imposed by the City Council. Mr. McGee further agreed to submit
a plot plan with his new application for use by Mr. Callinan in
compiling the restrictions. The City Council indicated that
they may be willing to grant the use permit with the restrictions
to be compiled by Mr. Callinan and the Sonoma County Planning
Commission.
The staff report from the Sonoma County planning Commission re-
garding the use permit for the concrete batch plant was discussed
with Mr. .Carlson of Gehrke Realty. By mutual agreement the
matter was deferred until the scheduled meeting of December 2,
1963.
Mobile Radio Mr. Callinan, City Manager, advised the Council that he has
ordered an 80 watt radio under the agreement for the new fire
engine with Wesco. He stated that it is planned to put the new
80 watt radio in the present police car and transfer the 25 watt
radio presently in the police car to the new fire engine. It is
hoped that this will solve some of the difficulties the Police
Present: (5) Mayor Smith, Councilmen Bell, Buchanan, Foust,
Roll Call
Rogers.
Absent: (0)
Minutes
Upon motion by Councilman Foust, seconded by Councilman Rogers"
4, 1963 were
and unanimously approved, the minutes of November
approved as submitted.
Upon motion by Councilman Foust, seconded by Councilman Rogers
November 12, 1963 were
and unanimously approved, the minutes of
approved as submitted.
Upon motion by Councilman Buchanan, seconded by Councilman
Bills
and unanimously approved, the bills per attached copy da tedFoust,
November 18, 1963, were approved for payment.
Resolution #133
Resolution No. 133 - A RESOLUTION APPROVING CONTRACT WITH VALLEY
by Mayor Smith, moved by
VIEW LAND DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, was read
by Councilman Rogers, and unani-
Councilman Buchanan, seconded
mously adopted.
Use Permits
Mr. Callinan, City Manager, reported that the following use per-
Sonoma County Planning
mit applications have been sent to the
be ready for Council
Commission for staff reports, and should
of December 2, 1963: (1) A 10 unit apart-
action at the meeting
ment house at 7466 Bridgit Dr. (2) Apartment sites in the Annex-
ation No. 1 area. (3) The Golf Course subdivision layout.
Mr. McGee stated that he and Mr. Robinson, after they submit
their application, will be willing to accept restrictions in
their use permit, and agree to conform to any restrictions
imposed by the City Council. Mr. McGee further agreed to submit
a plot plan with his new application for use by Mr. Callinan in
compiling the restrictions. The City Council indicated that
they may be willing to grant the use permit with the restrictions
to be compiled by Mr. Callinan and the Sonoma County Planning
Commission.
The staff report from the Sonoma County planning Commission re-
garding the use permit for the concrete batch plant was discussed
with Mr. .Carlson of Gehrke Realty. By mutual agreement the
matter was deferred until the scheduled meeting of December 2,
1963.
Mobile Radio Mr. Callinan, City Manager, advised the Council that he has
ordered an 80 watt radio under the agreement for the new fire
engine with Wesco. He stated that it is planned to put the new
80 watt radio in the present police car and transfer the 25 watt
radio presently in the police car to the new fire engine. It is
hoped that this will solve some of the difficulties the Police
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Dept. has been having in communicating with the Petaluma Poli(.e
Dept. A 25 watt radio is adequate for use in the fire engine
since normally they do not transmit any great distances,
C. D. Program
Mr. Callinan, City Manager, advised the Council that with their
Disaster Basic Opera-
Paper
adoption of the City's Civil Defense and
tions Plan, it was necessary to revise the program paper pre-
that the
viously submitted to the Council. Mr. Callinan advised
Civil.
new program paper has been submitted to the appropriate
its
Defense Offices and the City is awaiting notification of
acceptance and approval.
NAHRO
Mr. Callinan, City Manager, made a brief report on the Nationa =i_
Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials meeting in
San Francisco that Mr. Gift, Mr. Wiggins, and Mr. Callinan
attended.
Sewer Line
Upon motion by Councilman Rogers, seconded by Councilman Buchanan
and unanimously approved, Mr. Callinan, City Manager, was
authorized to make preliminary contact with an engineer to get
an estimate of cost for the engineering of the sewer line to the
area east of the railroad and Sonoma State College permanent
site. Agreement that payment will be made from the assessment
district set up for the sewer line was to be taken into consider-
ation in discussing the matter with the engineer.
Recreation
The proposal for lease -back financing of the park in neighborhood
to the City Council for
financing
"B" from Carl Hanauer Co. was submitted
study.
Police Dept.
City Manager Callinan advised the City Council that Officers
Patton and Northam were graduated from the recent school con-
ducted jointly by the FBI and the Sonoma County Peace Officers
Association. Chief Spinelli was also present and outlined
generally the courses taken by the officers and the purposes of
these jointly- sponsored programs.
Business License
Upon motion by Councilman Buchanan, seconded by Councilman Foust
and unanimously approved, Mr. Maxwell, City Attorney, was re-
quested to prepare an amendment to Ordinance No. 31, Business
License Ordinance, changing Section 14 -2, Vendors of Merchandise,
from $25 per quarter to 930 per year.
"B" park
Mr. Harold Wallis, a Rohnert Park resident, appeared and dis-
cussed with the City Council the appearance of the three build-
ings recently moved to the park. Mr. Wallis requested that
action be taken as soon as possible to keep them from becoming
an eyesore to the neighborhood. Mr. Wallis was advised of the
service groups of Rohnert Park that had committed themselves to
remodel the buildings and that progress was being made in that
direction. Councilman Rogers assured Mr. Wallis that if the
service clubs did not accomplish their tasks in the near future
the City would move in and handle the project
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Upon Street parking
U on recommendation by City Manager Callinan, Mr. Maxwell, City
Attorney, was requested to prepare an Ordinance restricting
parking on City streets to no Longer than 72 hours.
Adjournment There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at
9 :40 p.m.
City" Clerk
E'PROVED:
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Mayor