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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 071498 Approved as Submitted DATE: 07/28/98 MINUTES ATASCADERO CITY COUNCIL MEETING TUESDAY,JULY 14, 1998 CLOSED SESSION, 6:30 P.M.: 1) Conference with labor negotiator(Govt. Code Sec. 54957.6) Agency Negotiator: City Manager Employee organizations: Department Heads, Mid-Management/Professional, Atascadero Fire Captains,Atascadero Firefighters, Service Employees Intl. Union Local 620, Atascadero Sergeants Service Orgn., Atascadero Police Officers Assoc.,Atascadero Public Safety Technicians Orgn. 2) Conference with legal counsel (Govt. Code Sec. 54956.9 (b)) Significant exposure to litigation. Mayor Carden adjourned the Closed Session at 7:00 p.m. and City Attorney Roy Hanley stated that the Council gave direction to Negotiator alternate Brady Cherry and City Attorney Roy Hanley. REGULAR SESSION, 7:00 P.M.: Mayor Carden called the Regular Session to order at 7:05 p.m. and Council Member Luna led the Pledge of Allegiance. ROLL CALL: Present: Council Members Clay, Johnson, Luna and Mayor Carden Absent: Council Member Lerno Others Present: City Clerk Marcia Torgerson Staff Present: Community Services Director Brady Cherry, Chief of Police Dennis Hegwood, Administrative Services Director Rachelle Rickard, Community and Economic Development Director Paul Saldana, and City Attorney Roy Hanley. APPROVAL OF AGENDA: Roll Call MOTION: By Council Member Luna and seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Johnson to approve the agenda. Motion passed 4:0 by a roll-call vote. COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS AND REPORTS: Council Member Luna stated that Microsoft is getting into the real estate business and they have a web site called Home Advisor which lists cities' rates of homes, schools, crime, arson, etc. (see Exhibit A). He noted that the arson count was high and asked staff to write a press release that would explain the dangers of arson fires and how the community can help the Police and Fire Departments catch arsonists. Council Member Luna also stated that the City of Paso Robles has refused to pay their portion of the additional EIR fees for the Nacimiento project. He explained that the Paso Robles City Council asked for the revised EIR and they should pay for it. Council Member Luna said that he would like a letter from the Atascadero Council to be sent to them asking that they reconsider their decision. He asked for consensus from Council. Council Member Clay stated that he agreed with Council Member Luna concerning the arson issue. He asked from what time period was the arson count taken. He asked the Fire Department to verify that figure because, for example, if they are counting the Hwy. 41 fire, it was started outside the city limits. Mayor Carden gave direction to staff. 1)Asked the Police and Fire Departments to create a public awareness press release, 2) To write a diplomatic letter to Paso Robles concerning their decision to not pay for the revised EIR of the Nacimiento project, and 3)Asked the Fire Department to follow-up on the arson research. Mayor Carden stated that Atascadero has sent several letters to our legislators concerning the repeal of the Vehicle License Fees. He said that he received a new proposal from the League of California Cities and that they are requesting support. Their proposal offers a rebate of the license fees to the citizens and would leave the current funding for the cities in place. He asked staff to bring information on this issue back to Council. He would like Atascadero to give their support before the vote is taken. Mayor Carden also shared an article on Small Towns Institute. He asked that the City Manager look into this information as it might be of some help to Atascadero. Mayor Carden asked staff about literature he receives from a law firm. There was an article about a proposed bond measure that was non-specific so it required only 50%plus one vote. He asked staff to look into this process. COMMUNITY FORUM: Rush Kolemaine, P.O. Box 1990, expressed his concern about the Paso Robles City Council voting against paying additional costs of the supplemental EIR for the Nacimiento Project. Mr. Kolemaine explained that he had attended the Paso Robles Council meeting. Council Member Luna stated that Paso Robles originally expressed their displeasure of the routing of the pipeline and asked for alternatives to be reviewed. Therefore,there was a CC 07/14/98 Page 2 of 5 supplemental EIR needed to address the alternatives. Council Member Luna stated that Paso Robles had to have known that a supplemental EIR would be required. Mayor Carden closed the Community Forum period. A. CONSENT CALENDAR: Roll Call 1. City Council Minutes—June 23, 1998—(City Clerk recommendation:Approve) [Marcia Torgerson] 2. May 1998 Accounts Payable and Payroll—Fiscal Impact: $769,126.42 (Staff recommendation: Council review and approve) [Rachelle Rickard] 3. Treasurer's Report—April 1998—Fiscal Impact: None (Treasurer's recommendation: Review and accept) [Rudy Hernandez] 4. Treasurer's Report—Maw—Fiscal Impact: None ('Treasurer's recommendation: Review and accept) [Rudy Hernandez] 5. 1998 Annual Spending Limit—Gann Limit—Fiscal Impact: None (Limit is $8,493,672) (Staff recommendation: Adopt Resolution No. 1998-031, establishing the annual spending limit for fiscal year 1998-99) [Rachelle Rickard] 6. Acceptance of Final Tract Map— 13000 Atascadero Road/Eagle Creek Fiscal Impact: None (Staff recommendation: Council accept the Final Tract Map for approved Tentative Tract Map #98001) [Paul Saldana] MOTION: By Council Member Luna and seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Johnson to approve Items #A-1,2,3, 4, 5 and 6. Motion passed 4:0 by a roll-call vote. B. PUBLIC HEARINGS: None C. MANAGEMENT REPORTS: 1. Paloma Creek Park Concessionaire Agreement—Fiscal Impact: Approximately$2,300 in revenue (Staff recommendation: Council authorize the Mayor to execute an agreement with Webb Food Services for food concessions at Paloma Creek Park) [Brady Cherry] Community Services Director Brady Cherry gave the staff report and answered Council questions. MOTION: By Mayor Pro Tem Johnson and seconded by Council Member Luna to authorize the Mayor to execute an agreement with Webb Food Services for food concessions at Paloma Creek Park. Motion passed 4:0 by a roll-call vote. CC 07/14/98 Page 3 of 5 2. Information Bulletin D. COMMITTEE REPORTS S.L.O. Council of Governments/S.L.O. Regional Transit Authority Mayor Pro Tem Johnson stated that at the SLORTA meeting the analysis of the Fixed Route Service was discussed. He also explained that at the SLOCOG meeting they discussed the importance of consistency in the members of SLOCOG. They feel it takes a year to get broken in but many Councils change their representatives annually. They will be sending a letter to the cities recommending we keep the same representative for as long as possible. Water Committees Council Member Clay stated that water is the gold of the future and we must continue to look 50 years ahead. Integrated Waste Management Authority Council Member Luna stated that in response to Mr. Gauge's letter he gave the letter to the IWMA and they responded. He explained with an overhead projection(see Exhibit B)that we are mandated by the year 2000 to have a diversion rate in excess of 50%. Atascadero was 44% last year. This year Atascadero is 53%. He noted that all other cities are not even in the 40% range. He congratulated Atascadero for their recycling efforts. He asked the press or staff to issue a press release on this issue. Economic Vitality Corporation Mayor Pro Tem Johnson stated that Paul Saldana gave a presentation at their annual planning session and did a good job and was well received. E. INDIVIDUAL DETERMINATION AND/OR ACTION: City Council Council Member Luna asked if the two million dollars Atascadero is spending on the Sewer Plant included Pump Station#5. Mr. Cherry responded that the City is planning to do some upgrades to Pump Station#5. Council Member Luna also asked when the sewer study would be coming back to the Council. Mr. Cherry responded that staff is still working on the scope of work; it should be ready next month. Council Member Luna asked for an update on the collection of the delinquent sewer charges that he had asked about at a previous meeting. Mr. Cherry stated that staff has identified those entities that have not paid their sewer charges. Some have begun to pay the delinquent charges and some have refused to pay them. The School District is currently negotiating with the City as the amount they owe is quite large. Staff will be reviewing Atascadero's options with the City Attorney and deciding which course to take with each entity. CC 07/14/98 Page 4 of 5 Council Member Clay asked Mayor Carden about the status with SLOCOG of the bike lanes on Traffic Way. Mayor Carden stated that Traffic Way was not part of the plan for bike lanes. Council Member Clay asked that Atascadero consider continuing the bike lanes on Traffic Way. Council Member Clay also asked why the road coming out of the Atascadero State Hospital could not go across El Camino Real and become a northbound onramp for the 101 freeway. Mr. Cherry stated that if that is the will of the Council then we should petition to have a project study report prepared because that is the way to get the funding. Mayor Pro Tem Johnson stated the Redevelopment Conference is at the end of August in Monterey. Council Member Luna stated he is planning on going. Council Member Clay stated he would like to go also. City Attorney Mr. Hanley asked when the Council would like his report on the proposed sexually-oriented Ordinance amendments. Council stated that September would be fine. F. ADJOURNMENT: Mayor Carden adjourned the Regular Session at 7:50 p.m. to the Redevelopment Agency meeting immediately following. MINUTES RECORDED AND PREPARED BY: Marcia M. Torgerson, City Cler Attachments: Exhibit A—Mircosoft Web Site(Luna) Exhibit B—Waste Diversion Rate (Luna) CC 07/14/98 Page 5 of 5 . Attachment: Exhibit A A asc aero Ciel Meeting Date: July 14, 1998 ` & CL » $ Q L W R R w © 0 $ 2 $ . I § M k § § k J § K C3 S S S K 2 2 § to 00 Con N 2 N § : ■ § r. Co to G Co w V S \ \ / 0 0 0 0 0 0 0. 0 0 / / . . . . ■ u Q U U o U U U U � } � � � � � . � � � ƒ � 0 I 2 a . . . . . 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