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1988/03/22 City Council MinutesROHNERT PARK CITY COUNCIL MINUTES March 22, 1988 The Council of the City of Rohnert Park met this date in regular session commencing at 7 :00 p.m. in the City offices, 6750 Commerce Boulevard, Rohnert Park, with Mayor Hopkins presiding. Closed session The City Council met in closed session to consider personnel matters pursuant to Government Code Section 54957 and real estate negotiations (Rohnert Park Expressway West Right of Way) pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.8. Council - members Cochran, Eck, Lepinski and Mayor Hopkins and City Manager Callinan, City Attorney Flitner and Director of Administrative Services Netter were present in the closed session. After the closed session, the Council reconvened in open session. Open session Call to order Mayor Hopkins called the regular session to order at approximately 7:32 p.m. and reported that the Council met in closed session to discuss matters pursuant to Government Codes listed on the agenda and the real estate negotiations will be mentioned later on as listed on the agenda. Roll Call Present: (4) Councilmen Cochran, Eck, Lepinski and Mayor Hopkins Absent: (1) Councilman Hollingsworth Staff present for all or part of the meeting: City Manager Callinan, City Attorney Flitner, Director of Administrative Services 'Vetter, City Engineer Brust and Recreation Director Pekkain. Pledge of allegiance Mayor Hopkins led the pledge of allegiance. Approval of Minutes Upon motion of Councilman Lepinski, seconded by Councilman Eck, and unanimously approved, the minutes of March 8, 1988 were approved as submitted. Approval of Bills Upon motion of Councilman Lepinski, seconded by Councilman Cochran, and unanimously approved, the bills presented per the attached list in the amount of $700,175.51 were approved. Non - agendaed items Councilman Eck stated he wished to report on the outcome of the Tanner process of storage of hazardous materials under Matters from Councilmen. City Manager Callinan stated he wished to discuss the Council's plan on a work session under City Manager's Report. Councilman Cochran stated he wished to speak on the animal shelter under Matters from Councilmen. Rohnert Park City Council Minutes -2- March 22, 1988 Unscheduled Public Mayor Hopkins stated that, in compliance with State Law (the Appearance Brown Act), anyone in the audience who wished to make a comment may do so at this time. Dorothy Frye was recognized and stated she is at the meeting as a spectator for the 1988 Sonoma County Grand Jury. Acknowledging the Upon motion of Councilman Eck, seconded by Councilman City Manager /Clerk's Cochran, and unanimously approved, the City Manager /Clerk's posting of the agenda posting of the agenda was acknowledged. Resolution No. 88 -58 A RESOLUTION OF AWARD OF CONTRACT, LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE City Manager Callinan explained the resolution. Discussion followed on the quality of work of Redwood Landscaping in the past, if the City is bound by the low bid, why Hagemann Park is not included on the list, the change in the term length from three (3) years to five (5) years, and what safety mechanism the City has if the quality of landscape work becomes inferior. Councilman Eck made the motion to adopt Resolution No. 88 -58 as recommended by staff. Said motion was seconded by Mayor Hopkins but was not approved on the following vote: Ayes: (2) Councilman Eck and Mayor Hopkins Noes:' (2) Councilmen Cochran and Lepinski Absent: (1) Councilman Hollingsworth Councilman Cochran made a motion to adopt Resolution No. 88 -58 with an amendment to the contract being awarded to provide for a shorter term of three (3) years rather than five (5) years. Said motion was seconded by Councilman Eck and unanimously approved and Resolution No. 88 -58, as amended, was adopted. Resolution No. 88 -59 A RESOLUTION APPROVING SALE OF PROPERTY AND AUTHORIZING THE 'VvVnrnrTnXr nV n nrrn Tn rnTATT— R0WNFRT PARK IMPTFD SCHOOL DISTRICT (Sale of E! Camino Continuation High School, a portion of AP #143- 04 -56) City Manager explained the resolution. Upon motion of Councilman Cochran, seconded by Councilman Lepinski, and unanimously approved, Resolution No. 88 -59 was adopted. Resolution No. 88 -60 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROHNERT PARK APPROVING USER AGREEMENT WITH CITY OF SANTA ROSA (For reclaimed water for irrigation of golf courses) Rohnert Park City Council Minutes -3- March 22, 1988 City Manager Callinan explained the resolution. Discussion followed regarding the lawsuit against the Windsor Water District for using irrigation water with secondary treatment and not having an EIR, and that Rohnert Park is assuming that Santa Rosa, being the lead agency, is handling all environmental concerns, and Santa Rosa having filed a negative declaration. City Manager Callinan suggested to amend the resolution with two (2) items; viz., for City Attorney Flitner to write the language on the assumption that Santa Rosa has met all environmental requirements and Rohnert Park does not have to; and the Mayor will not sign the agreement until the City has a written aSSurance from American Golf Corporation that it will fulfill the requirements imposed on Rohnert Park by the agreement. Councilman Lepinski made the motion to adopt Resolution No. 88 -60 with the above amendments. Said motion was seconded by Councilman Cochran and unanimously approved. Resolution No. 88 -61 A RESOLUTION THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROHNERT PARK AUTHORIZING THE CITY ATTORNEY TO INSTITUTE THE NECESSARY PROCEEDINGS FOR THE ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY FOR THE ROHNF.RT PARK EXPRESSWAY City Manager Callinan explained the resolution and reported that the City had today reached agreement with Stan Poncia and that the City is very close to finalizing agreement with the Pimentel family and the resolution may expedite that matter. Upon motion of Councilman Cochran, seconded by Mayor Hopkins, Resolution No. 88 -61 was adopted on the following voice vote: Ayes: (3) Councilmen Cochran, Eck, and Mayor Hopkins Noes: (1) Councilman Lepinski Absent: (1) Councilman Hollingsworth Resolution No. 88 -62 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING ACCEPTANCE OF GRANT DIED (ROHNERT PARK EXPRESSWAY RIGHT -OF -TRAY THROUGH PONCIA PROPERTY) City Manager Callinan explained the resolution and stated he was pleased to report that after his meeting with Stan Poncia and Bill Kuziara at the office of the Sonoma County Water Agency today that Mr. Poncia and the City have come to an agreement and Mr. Poncia has been cooperative in the past month and now understands how the project is going to impact his dairy operations. Based on latest discussions, it is necessary for the Council to make necessary findings since it did not know and could not have known when the agenda was prepared that an agreement would be reached with Mr. Poncia. Rohnert Park City Council Minutes -4- March 22, 1988 Sister City(s) Relations Committee Resignation of Jim & Gayle Peebles Size of membership Number of associate members Councilman Cochran made the motion to put the agenda as an emergency since the need when the agenda was prepared and time is finalizing the purchase of land involved. the resolution on for it was unknown of the essence in Councilman Eck made the motion to adopt Resolution No. 88 -62 with a recommendation for the Mayor to send a letter of appreciation to Mr. Poncia for his speedy negotiations. Said motion was seconded by Councilman Cochran and approved on the following voice vote: Ayes: (3) Councilmen Cochran, Eck and Mayor Hopkins Noes: (1) Councilman Lepinski Absent: (1) Councilman Hollingsworth Councilman Cochran stated that as liaison to the Sister Cities, Jim and Gayle Peebles have done an excellent job and made the motion to accept their resignation as a result of their relocation to Santa Rosa. Said motion was seconded by Councilman Eck and unanimously approved. Miho Kite and Susan Harrow were recognized and referred to the Committee's "Notice of Bylaws Amendment" which recommended the size of the Committee's membership be increased to eleven (11) members. Upon motion of Councilman Cochran, seconded by Councilman Eck, and unanimously approved, the Sister Cities Relations Committee Bylaws amendment to allow the Committee's expansion to eleven (11) members was approved and authorized. Miho Kite asked the Council for direction what to do with the applications received by the Committee. Councilman Cochran made the motion to authorize Sister Cities to have as many associate members in the committee who will be allowed to participate in the Sister Cities activities and define associate members who can be appointed by the Board. Said motion was seconded by Mayor Hopkins and unanimously approved. Letter from Hashimoto Miho Kite referred to the letter received from Hashimoto City Mayor Hanesaka Mayor Hanesak a regarding the visit of Enterprise Development Headquarters to find out how Rohnert Park's Master Plan was developed and followed by the Planning Commission. Mrs. Kite also referred to the visitors' itinerary regarding a dinner on April 14th and stated that the Committee does not have enough funds to pay for the dinner. Rohnert Park City Council Minutes —S— March 22, 1988 Councilman Cochran stated he felt the Council would be happy to meet with the visitors and extend to them the hand of friendship and work with them on their plan but that the City Council would not want to pay for the visitors' dinner. Mrs. Kite stated perhaps the City Council would pay for the dinner of City representatives who will attend since Mayor Hanesaka sent the formal request to take care of the visitors. Mayor Hopkins replied that each Councilmember can pay for his own dinner and the visitors pay for their own also. City Manager Callinan suggested that staff work with Mrs. Kite on the response to Mayor Hanesaka and Councilman Lepinski made the motion to have the Committee start a letter and work with staff on the response /letter. Said motion was seconded by Councilman Cochran and unanimously approved. Proposed RP Jr. High City Manager Callinan reported that one of the biggest gym activities at the Sports Center is the open gym time and the City does not have enough courts which are a much needed facility for the Junior High and stated that the proposed gym at the Rohnert Park Junior High would be made available to the City for community use and asked if the City Council wished to schedule a work session on the matter. Councilman Cochran stated he did not see why the City should be buying the School District a gym or supplementing the State and School District money. Discussion followed on using funds for anti —drug enforcement versus providing activities to youngsters to keep them from drug activities, put the proposed gym in the redevelopemnt priority funding list in perspective of redevelopment activities, and if the City will build the gym the City should control its use. Lynn Ginnsburg, Business Manager of the School District, was recognized and replied that as State funding goes, there would be no funds to build the gym in a Junior High facility so the School District is ineligible to build a gym at the Junior High. Councilman Cochran stated he resists and resented the fact that the money received from the School District for the the sale of the Hahn School land is in effect being given right back to the School District by building the gym and in effect the City lost the land and much as he recognizes that the spirit of cooperation between the School District and the City has been excellent, he feels the City should be a participant. Rohnert Park City Council 11inutes -6- March 22, 1988 Councilman Cochran stated to put this matter under the Community Development Agency's wish list with an indication that maybe a portion of the Icahn school site money could be used for this project. The Council concurred. Parks & Recreation Recreation Director Pekkain reported a correction in the matters - Sports proposed resolution, viz. under Memberships for Senior Center Citizens, to show $25 under every three months instead of $100 annual so it would not be a hardship to the seniors, and under Open Gym Drop - -In Fees, Youth (14 years or under...) should be changed to 12 years or under. Discussion followed on requiring one month memberships to participate in the electronic fund transfer program after which the Council concurred to add that waivers to this section may be granted at the discretion of the Recreation Director. Resolution No. 88 -63 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AND ESTABLISHING FEES FOR USE OF THE ROHNERT PARK SPORTS CENTER Upon motion of Councilman Lepinski, seconded by Councilman Cochran, and unanimously approved, Resolution No. 88 -63 was adopted. RP Youth Baseball Recreation Director Pekkain referred to his memo dated March League 16, 1988 and updated the Council on the change of the Rohnert Park Little League to the Rohnert Park Youth Baseball League due to boundary problems between Rancho Cotate and Rohnert Park Tittle League. Storage shed - Eagle Recreation Director Pekkain referred to his memo dated March Park 169 1988 regarding the Rohnert Park Girls Softball Association's request to place a storage shed at their expense at Eagle Park. Upon motion of Councilman Eck, seconded by Councilman Lepinski, the construction of the storage shed subject to approvals of the Department of Public Works and Recreation Department was unanimously anoroved. Traffic Signals City Engineer Brust referred to the revised resolution including newly annexed area, a map showing the various signal intersections prioritized by year, and to the "Traffic Signal Options" report as requested by the Council. There being no one desiring to be heard, Mayor Hopkins closed the public hearing continued from the last Council meeting. Rohnert Park City Council Minutes -7- March 22, 1988 Discussion followed on whether the traffic signal fee costs borne by new residential development should be for all systems or for the signals that are going to be needed by the new growth, charging on a per unit basis as being more equitable, and whether to double the fees from the existing costs or from the proposed fees. Councilman Cochran stated that the fees should be doubled for everyone except commercial and that Option 3 would almost balance the budget. Councilman Eck stated he felt commercial should also be increased like everyone else. Councilman Cochran made the motion to set the higher fees in Option 3 for a public hearing. Said motion was seconded by Mayor Hopkins. Further discussion followed during which Councilman Eck recommended for staff to study the higher fees and Councilman Cochran withdrew his motion and Mayor Hopkins withdrew his second. Resolution No. 88 -64 RESOLUTION UPDATING FUTURE TRAFFIC SIGNAL NEEDS AND INCREASING TRAFFIC SIGNALS FEE FOR THE ROHNERT PARK MAJOR THOROUGHFARE DISTRICT Upon motion of Councilman Cochran, seconded by Councilman Lepinski, and unanimously approved, Resolution No. 88 -64 was adopted. Councilman Cochran made the motion to set for public hearing an additional rate increase to hear evidence concerning Option 3 in the staff report. Said motion was seconded by Councilman Eck and unanimously approved. Councilman Eck asked about the status of the traffic signal lighting on Petaluma Hill Road at E. Cotati Avenue. City Engineer Brust replied that he and City Manager Callinan are meeting with Sonoma County Public Works Director Don Head and will inform the Council the outcome of the meeting. Redevelopment of City Manager Callinan referring to a map on display explained M.Hahn Elem. School the School District's plans for redevelopment of the Margue- rite ruite Hahn Elementary School site. Discussion followed. Commerce Blvd. right City Engineer Brust referred to map on display and asked for hand turn lane south- the Council's input on how to proceed regarding the project bound at Expressway that would widen Commerce Blvd. to provide a right turn lane in front of Jack -in- the -Box restaurant at an estimated cost of $40,000. Rohnert Park City Council Minutes -8- March 22, 1988 Discussion followed on why this project was not done last year and if it would have been cheaper, making the right turn lane for right turn only, and for staff to contact Jack- in- the -Box and to include the project as part of road /TDA pro- jects in July. Mayor Hopkins stated he would like to act on the project now. Councilman Lepinski made the motion for staff to continue on the project and to contact Jack -in- the -Box regarding the right of way. Said motion was seconded by Councilman Cochran and unanimously approved. STIP City Manager Callinan referred to the resolution adopted by the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors on March 8, 19881, copies of which were provided to the Council for information purposes only. The resolution contains a priority list of transportation improvement projects within the County as recommended by the County's STIP Technical Advisory Committee of which City Engineer Brust is a member. Recess Mayor Hopkins declared a recess at approximately 9:25 p.m. Reconvene Mayor Hopkins reconvened the regular meeting with all Councilmembers present, except Councilman Hollingsworth, at approximately 9:30 p.m. MultiVision Cable TV City Manager Callinan distributed copies to the Council of communication from MultiVision and suggested that the Council take two minutes to read same. Councilman Cochran stated he would like to save time for everyone and made a motion to continue the MultiVision (ML Media) franchise for a month in light of what he and Councilman Lepinski learned at the National League of Cities seminar they attended the last two days in Washington and would like to integrate what they learned. Said motion was seconded by Councilman Lepinski and unanimously approved. City Manager Callinan suggested that perhaps the Council would explain this action to Fran Parkey, Vice Pres. of MultiVision, who was in the audience. Fran Parkey was recognized and stated that MultiVision and City staff have had grueling negotiations and have reached a point after much time and thought where both parties are close to an agreement and asked what are the Council's objections. Rohnert Park City Council Minutes -9- March 22, 1988 Councilman Cochran replied that he sat for five hours or so through hearings on franchising and financing and talked to councilmen, mayors and legislators and he has some concerns and he wants to look at the agreement in terms of instructional data which he is not prepared to do in a matter of two days. Mrs. Parkey asked if those concerns would be addressed within the month and stated she wished to hand deliver to the City a letter expressing MultiVision's intent to renew its franchise (a copy is attached to the original set of these minutes). Resolution No. 88 -65 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE EXTENSION OF THE CABLE TELEVISION FRANCHISE BETWEEN THE CITY OF ROHNERT PARK AND M L MEDIA PARTNERS, L P OR ITS WHOLLY OPINED SUBSIDIARY M I. MEDIA FOR A THIRTY (30) DAY PERIOD, I.E. UNTIL APRIL 21, 1988 The Council committee consisting of Councilmen Cochran and Lepinski stated they will meet with staff first and then report to the Council. 'Communications Communications per the attached outline were brought to the attention of the City Council. No action was taken on any communication unless specifically noted in these minutes. City Manager's report: City Manager Callinan referred to his Council Meeting Memo Additional P.S.O. dated March 16, 1988 regarding the addition of one (1) Public authorization Safety Officer prior to the 1988 -89 City budget review. request Upon motion of Councilman Cochran, seconded by Councilman Lepinski, and unanimously approved, the addition of one Public Safety Officer to the Public Safety Department was authorized. Benecia Pool City Manager Callinan reported that repair work has begun on Benecia Pool by Rapp Construction Co., the original contractor for the pool, and the repairs should be done in time for the pool opening in mid - April. Camino Colegio City Manager Callinan referred to Council Meeting Memo dated bike berm March 16, 1988 for explanation of staff's recommendation to keep the bicycle berm on the west side of Camino Colegio, south of E. Cotati Ave. Councilman Eck made the motion to keep the bicycle berm as recommended by staff. Said motion was seconded by Councilman Cochran and unanimously approved. Sewer cleaning City Manager Callinan referred to Council Meeting Memo dated project March 16, 1988 for explanation of staff's request for Council authorization to negotiate with selected contractors for sewer cleaning and repair services. The Council concurred to move ahead with the project. Rohnert Park City Council 'Iinutes -10- March 22, 1988 Shopping carts City Manager Callinan referred to Department of Public Safety regarding are ending up in the creeks and not expressed hoped that the problem will the store owners /managers are again concern. two memos from the the shopping carts that being recovered. He be resolved now that aware of the City's Council work session City Manager Callinan asked the Council when it would wish to meet for a work session on general planning issues with the City Manager. The Council concurred to meet on Tuesday, April 12th, at 4:00 p.m. City Attorney's report: City Attorney Flitner reported that Petaluma has adopted a Petaluma ordinance reneral Order which imposes costs of public expense on the drunk driver, in the same manner that San Jose and Sacramento have, which gives the cities an average recovery of $600 per offender and the collection is done by a Texas Company. Mr. Flitner suggested that the city can utilize the small claims court for $1,500 or less and farm out the difficult accounts to the out-of-state company. Mr. Flitner also stated that in his opinion, it is better to have an ordinance to operate on which gives the Council control on fines and when the case goes to bail, if it gets that far, the court will have the ordinance to go by. In the same field, Santa Rosa has a false alarm charge. Mr. Flitner asked the Council if it wished to authorize an ordinance for the drunk driving instances and a false alarm system in Rohnert Park, and there are some cities that police responses for certain instances such as domestics. Discussion followed on also charging for disturbing of the peace such as noisy parties, how the City finds out if the defendant was convicted, and whether the recovery costs should be from drunk drivers only or include all offenses. City Manager Callinan suggested City Attorney Flitner to get more information on the matter from the League of California Cities, and the Council concurred. Infocomp. Inc. Citv Attornev Flitner reported that the suit is taking longer than he thought but he still thinks the City would get the $7,500 in escrow and his office has done everything that needs to be done. Harris lawsuit City Attorney Flitner reported that the Harrises have been served and the City suffered a setback in a court ruling but he has appealed and thinks the City could prevail. Matters from Councilman Cochran stated that the County -wide Drug Task Councilmen: Drug Force project is going full steam ahead and has hired two Task Force consultants and received start up money from a big donor and the Council needs to search for a Rohnert Park citizen who is willing to serve on the actual political committee and to let him know of anyone who would be interested. Rohnert Park City Council Minutes -11- March 22, 1988 Cultural Arts City Manager Callinan referred to Administrative Secretary Theatre work session Roberts' memo regarding the work session with the Cultural Arts Committee and the architect /consultants. The Council concurred to meet on Tuesday, March 29th at 3:30 p.m. Tanner Process Councilman Eck reported that Rohnert Park will not be able to host a hazardous material site because of the Tanner Process' exclusionary criteria even though the City is the only one in the County that has an industrial waste reclamation system. Cochran Town Hall Councilman Cochran reported that 13 people showed up for his meeting town hall meeting including representatives from FAIRE regarding some problems at the animal shelter. City Manager Callinan asked if they have gone to Director of Public Safety Dennett. Councilman Cochran replied that the problem is that the FAIRE people are not getting any results. Councilman Cochran stated he is looking at the third week in May to do another town hall meeting. National League of Councilman Lepinski stated he and Councilman Cochran will Cities meeting in make a report on the meeting in Washington. Washington Councilman Eck suggested that the matter be put on the agenda at the next Council meeting. Redevelopment Councilman Cochran stated he would like to see a public hearing on the redevelopment wish list, a copy of which will be given to Clarion columnist Jud Snyder so that the list is made available to residents and the public hearing should get some press coverage. The Council concurred. City Manager Callinan suggested that the Community Develop- ment Agency listed on this meeting's agenda be deferred until the public hearing on redevelopment projects priorities. The Council concurred. Adjournment There being no further business, and no wishing to speak, Mayor Hopkins adjourned the me ing at apilmately 10:12 p.m. to Tuesday, March 29th,��8 at 3¢30 / / ATTEST: Deputy City Clerk