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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 112800 Approved January 9,2001 B all IN MINUTES ATASCADERO CITY COUNCIL MEETING TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2000 7:00 P.M. REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY: 6:30 P.M. CLOSED SESSION: (Immediately following Redevelopment Agency Meeting) 1) Conference with labor negotiator(Govt. Code Sec. 54957.6): Agency Negotiator: City Manager Department Heads Compensation City Attorney Roy Hanley announced there was no reportable action taken. REGULAR SESSION, 7:00 P.M.: Mayor Johnson called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. and Council Member Scalise led the Pledge of Allegiance. ROLL CALL: Present: Council Members Arrambide, Clay, Luna, Scalise and Mayor Johnson Absent: None Others Present: City Clerk Marcia Torgerson and City Treasurer David Graham Staff Present: City Manager Wade McKinney, Assistant City Manager Brady Cherry, Police Chief Dennis Hegwood, Fire Chief Mike McCain, Administrative Services Director Rachelle Rickard, Community and Economic Development Director Paul Saldana, Public Works Director Steve Kahn, Principal Planner Warren Frace and City Attorney Roy Hanley. APPROVAL OF AGENDA: Mayor Johnson announced that the Council would be continuing the City Council Reorganization to their next meeting as the County Clerk's office has not yet certified the election results. He said this item would be continued to the next Regular Session of the City Council on December 12, 2000. MOTION: By Council Member Luna and seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Arrambide to approve the agenda as amended. Motion passed 5:0 by a roll-call vote. PRESENTATIONS: 1. Proclamation congratulating the Economic Opportunity Commission on its 35th Anniversary. Mayor Johnson presented the proclamation to Biz Steinberg and Paul Hood of the EOC. Ms. Steinberg and Mr. Hood thanked the Council for their support. CITY COUNCIL REORGANIZATION: See Approval of Agenda on page 1. COMMUNITY FORUM: Jim Patterson, 9312 No. Santa Margarita Road, announced that the Woodlands and Watershed calendars are now available. Robert Huot, 3850 Ardilla Road, expressed his support for George Luna in the selection of Mayor. Geraldine Brasher, 3202 Monterey Road, urged the City Council to select George Luna for Mayor of Atascadero. Eric Greening, 6600 Lewis Ave., stated he agrees with the previous speakers that it is only fair to elect George Luna for Mayor. He also updated the Council on the Salinas Dam. Mr. Greening explained that the San Luis Obispo Council approved the project, but that doesn't mean they've committed any money to construction, but they have committed to studies and legal defense. He urged the Council to support Lorraine Scarpace and compensate her for her work on the issue of the Salinas Dam. Tammy Patchin, 7459 Valle Ave., stated she was elected to the Atascadero United School District's School Board and is waiting for certification She also congratulated George Luna, Jerry Clay and Wendy Scalise for their victories and stated she looks forward to working with each of them in future business. CC 11/28/00 Page 2 Bob Powers, 7505 Carmelita, urged the Council to elect George Luna for Mayor. Livia Kellerman, 5453 Honda, stated that she will not be able to attend the December 12th Council meeting and asked that the Council support Ms. Scarpace for her efforts on Atascadero's behalf on the issue of the Salinas Dam. She also stated she supports George Luna for Mayor. Laurence Vascas, 4600 Portola, stated he has lived in Atascadero since 1962 and is concerned that the City is not allowing burning at this time. He said he is under the impression from Air Quality Control that we are not able to burn until next May and wishes this issue would be addressed. John Goers, 5200 Delores Ave., expressed his support for George Luna for Mayor. Leon Korba, Santa Ana Road, stated that he feels that for the will of the people, George Luna should be nominated for Mayor. Robert Nimmo, 7375 Bella Vista Road, congratulated all of the Council Members that have been re-elected. He stated the candidate who raises the most money usually gets the most votes and stated that George did that very well. Concerning the Mayoral election, Mr. Nimmo expressed his concern with electing George Luna for Mayor as his views do not represent the majority of the council or other agencies. Richard Moen, 4200 Portola Road, stated he disagrees with the previous speaker and supports George Luna for Mayor. He explained that Mr. Luna has the integrity to support the will of the Council. Paul Ricketts, 4475 Sycamore, stated he strongly disagrees with Mr. Nimmo and he supports George Luna for Mayor. Hal Carden, 5355 San Jacinto Ave., congratulated all the new Council Members. He stated that the citizens told the Council by their votes that they want George Luna to represent the minority position on the Council. He stated that he does not support George Luna for Mayor. Steve LaSalle, Atascadero, stated that the previous speakers have recreated history. The controversy about SLOCOG was a 12-15 million dollar project that had not had a public hearing. Mr. Luna stepped in to protect the public and assure that the public would have a voice. He explained that he feels George Luna should become Mayor as he received over 50% of the voters' support. George Highland, San Luis Obispo, congratulated the incumbents and stated he feels the public has re-elected the existing Council Members because they are satisfied with the current Council's progress. He also stated his concerns with electing George Luna for Mayor. Eric Greening, 6600 Lewis Ave., stated that he believes all the Council Members would be excellent Mayors. He said that in fairness the Mayor position should rotate in Mr. Luna's direction. He feels he would be a good representative, and he is qualified to be our COG delegate and Mayor. Mr. Greening stated that having George Luna be Major does not guarantee that Luna will be the COG delegate. CC 11/28/00 Page 3 Rob Phemister, San Gregorio Road, stated that George Luna received 66% of the votes in this election. He said this tells us that voters like what George stands for and what he represents. He supports George Luna for Mayor. Kim Jeanes, 6287 San Anselmo Road, asked the Council to participate in the Downtown Lighting Celebration and Street Faire by being a judge in the Lighting Contest on Friday December 1St Robert Huot, 3850 Ardilla Rd., stated that George Luna has earned the position of Mayor. Leo Korba, Santa Ana Road, stated the opinion that the person who is the Major may not necessarily represent the view of the Council, is an error in statement. Mayor Johnson closed Community Forum. Mayor Johnson asked everyone to join him in singing Happy Birthday to Council Member George Luna. Mayor Johnson called a recess at 7:50 p.m. so all could share the birthday cake. Mayor Johnson called the meet back to order at 8:10 p.m. COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENT AND REPORTS: Council Member Luna thanked everyone for their birthday wishes and those that spoke on his behalf for Mayor. Mayor Johnson congratulated all incumbents who won reelection and all the other candidates who ran for office. A. CONSENT CALENDAR: Roll Call 1. City Council Minutes—October 10, 2000 ■ City Clerk recommendation: Council approve the City Council minutes of October 10, 2000[City Clerk] 2. City Council Minutes—October 24, 2000 ■ City Clerk recommendation: Council approve the City Council minutes of October 24, 2000[City Clerk] 3. October 2000—Accounts Payable & Pam ■ Fiscal Impact: $898,426 45 ■ Staff recommendation: Council approve accounts payable and payroll for October 2000 [Administration Services] 4. SLOCOPS DUI Grant Proaram ■ Fiscal Impact: None ■ Staff recommendation: Council adopt Draft Resolution, authorizing the Atascadero Police Department to participate in a multi-agency DUI enforcement/education grant program [Police] CC 11/28/00 Page 4 5. Del Rio/Graves Creek Bridge Earthquake Retrofit Improvements—Bid No. 99-05 ■ Fiscal Impact: $850.00 (HBRR Funds) ■ Staff recommendation: Council accept public improvements as complete and authorize release of the project retention in the amount of $850.00 to Whitaker Contractors, Inc. [Public Works] 6. Beer and Wine Sales License Determination — Northwest Corner of El Camino Real & San Ramon Road—Equilon Convenience Market(Home Depot Center) ■ Fiscal Impact: None ■ Staff recommendation: Council determine the issuance of a beer and wine sales license for off-site consumption at the Northwest corner of El Camino Real and San Ramon Road will serve a public convenience. [Community & Economic Development] 7. Authorization to Purchase Vehicle—Police Department ■ Fiscal Impact: $14,000.00 ■ Staff recommendation: Council authorize the purchase of one (1) vehicle from Atascadero Ford Outlet [Police] 8. City Council 2001 Meeting Schedule ■ Fiscal Impact: None ■ Staff recommendation: Council approve City Council meeting schedule for 2001 [City Manager] Mayor Johnson pulled Item#A-4 MOTION: By Council Member Clay and seconded by Council Member Luna to approve Items #A-1, 2,3, 5, 6, 7, and 8 Motion passed 5:0 by a roll-call vote. Item #A-4 - Mayor Pro Tem Arrambide asked for clarification on the overtime for the officers. City Manager Wade McKinney explained that the overtime is covered by the Grant. MOTION: By Mayor Pro Tem Arrambide and seconded by Council Member Luna to approve Item#A-4. Motion passed 5:0 by a roll-call vote. (Resolution No. 2000-041) B. PUBLIC HEARINGS: None Mayor Johnson excused Council Member Clay who asked to leave the meeting early. CC 11/28/00 Page 5 C. MANAGEMENT REPORTS: 1. Cancellation of December 26, 2000 Meeting ■ Fiscal Impact: None ■ Staff recommendation: Council approve cancellation of City Council meeting scheduled for December 26, 2000. [City Manager] City Manager Wade McKinney gave the staff report. MOTION: By Council Member Scalise and seconded by Council Member Luna to approve Item #C-1 . Motion passed 4:0 by a roll-call vote. (Clay absent) 2. Information Bulletin D. COMMITTEE REPORTS: Integrated Waste Management Authority Council Member Luna stated that while running for election, standing outside of supermarkets, two groups of people talked to him about having a once a year clean up where you can put out larger objects like mattresses and things that we typically find in the creek when we do the creek clean ups every year. He said that he thinks this would be a good idea, but that it should be approached very carefully in consultation with our staff and Bill Worell of the Integrated Waste Management Authority because it would necessitate us opening up the franchise agreement. He stressed that we want to be careful about them passing on costs that we will have to substantiate. Council Member Luna asked staff to look into this idea. Air Pollution Control District Mayor Pro Tem Arrambide stated they had a very interesting meeting this past Wednesday. The bulk of the meeting was taken with determining how to allocate $785,000 of fees resulting from mitigation collections from Union Oil. The determination was largely to limit those two sources of pollution. There had been a number of public meetings where the public requested the funds to be used on bike paths and other pollution reducing projects. But, the final analysis was that we opted to greatly reduce the number of tons of pollutants put into the air by the fleet at Avila. He said that he asked a rather awkward question that he intends to pursue. He explained that it is his understanding there were 180,000 gallons of fuel under the City of Avila. 700,000 gallons of diesel was used to remove that 180,000 gallons fuel under that community. 700,000 gallons of diesel turned into 140,000 tons of pollutants into air. His question to the Board is and will remain, in hindsight, did we do the right thing. He suggested that the APCD may have erred and he stated that we need to investigate the issue. He concluded his comments by stating that if we do realize that millions and millions of dollars were spent erroneously, he hopes that we can be straight forward enough to admit that to our communities. City/ Schools Committee Council Member Scalise commented that we made a great leap tonight concerning relations with the School District. CC 11/28/00 Page 6 E. INDIVIDUAL DETERMINATION AND/OR ACTION: City Council Major Johnson stated that Paul Saldana has been hired as the President and Chief Executive Officer for Tulare County Economic Corporation. Council Member Luna stated that several speakers brought up the lawsuit with Ms. Scarpace and asked if that would be on the December 12th agenda. Mayor Johnson stated that the issue of her legal fees would be on the next agenda. Council Member Scalise stated that it was gratifying to see a nice big color picture in the newspaper of one of our Atascadero police officers promoting 911 education in our schools. Again, it's another opportunity for the schools and City to interact together. F. ADJOURNMENT: Major Johnson adjourned the meeting at 8:20 p.m. to the next Regular Session scheduled on December 12, 2000 at 7:00 p.m. MEETING RECORDED BY AND MINUTES PREPARED BY: q4 Y2l LC" 1 Marcia McClure Torgerson, City Cler arbara J. Pattonifieputy City Clerk CC 11/28/00 Page 7