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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 050989DA MEMO ff-/ ATASCADERO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES MAY 9, 1989 The regular meeting of the Atascadero City Council was called, to order at 7:09 p.m. by Mayor Borgeson, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. ROLL CALL: All Present: Councilmembers Dexter, Lilley, Mackey, Shiers and Borgeson. Staff Present: Ray Windsor, City Manager; Henry Engen, Community Development Director; Paul Sensibaugh, Public Works Director; Bud McHale, Police Chief; Mark Joseph, Administrative Services Director; Jeff. Jorgensen, City Attorney, Andy Takata, Director of Parks, Recreation and Zoo; and Boyd Sharitz, City Clerk. Mayor Borgeson read a proclamation for National Nursing Home Week. She will be presenting the proclamation next Monday at a ceremony at the Danish Care Center. COUNCIL COMMENT:' Councilman Lilley said he wanted to thank and congratulate the Parks and Recreation for their part along with the North County Cycle Club for running a very safe and successful event last weekend. Mayor Borgeson and Councilwoman Mackey both agreedthat the Criterium was great. Mayor Borgeson asked Public Works Director, Paul Sensibaugh to give everyone an update on the Waste Water Treatment Plant. He distributed an article that had appeared in a local newspaper and discussed the fact that the odor problem has been eliminated but we have had to cut off the septic dumping at our treatment plant and that is causing some problems for those people who rely on " our plant in order to get rid of the septic waste. He will be attending a meeting on Thursday which will include consultants for the waste water study and from there will be going to the Regional Water Quality Board to discuss the documentation and reports regarding the treatment of sludge and septic waste. He will be putting pressure on the County to take up some of the buck log of septic waste in the County. City Manager Ray Windsor said he will be meeting with County Supervisor Ovitt on Thursday afternoon and Mr. Windsor will add that to the agenda. Mayor Borgeson asked Chief McHale to check into the red tagged car on Traffic Way near the PCA building that has been abandoned there for several weeks. It is presenting a safety problem to the children in that area. Chief McHale said he will look into it. COMMUNITY FORUMs Lindsey Hampton, 4680 Seperado, commented that at newt week's Planning Commission there is going to be a public hearing according to a werV, small article in the Atascadero News. She feels that it isn't clear as to what is going to be discussed at this meeting. It is regarding the rezoning of the whole northeast quadrant of the City and yet with this little notice you would never know that. Something needs to be done if the City wants people to come and participate in public hearings. Henry Engen, Director of Community Development, said this is a study item for the Planning Commission, and not really a public hearing and no decision will be made. The Planning Commission will make a recommendation to the Council but not a public hearing to make a change to that neighborhood right now. Mayor Borgeson indicated that the Council could consider increasing the advertising budget if larger public hearing notices are desired. Marjorie Kidwell stated that she is looking forward to the public hearing regarding the tree ordinance. Last week's Planning Commission meeting was a disappointment. She realizes that it was the first phase and there_ will be more, but it is her understanding that the public input is probably over at this time even though the meeting will go on. Certain Commission members were commended for doing their homework. Doing one's homework is commendable but a Planning Commissioner's homework should fall short of planning what the recommendations would be prior to listening to the public, ' They should wait until the public hearing is over before making their decisions, not unlike a judge has atrial first and then makes his decision. A Planning Commissioner listens to the public input and then based on that and what his convictions are makes his decision. She is hopeful that when this comes to the public hearing before Council it will all start off with open minds and listen to the public input and then make a decision. A. CONSENT CALENDARs ' 1. APRIL 25p 8989 CITY COUNCIL 'MINUTES ' 2" APRIL 13v 1989 JOINT CITY IL/NG COMMISSION/PARKS RECREATION COMMISSION MINUTES' 3° RESOLUTION NO. 30_89 ~~ AUTHORIZING INSTALLATION OF A STOP SIGN ON CASCADA (EL CENTRO) AlF ARCADE 4~ RESOLUTION NO. 29-81 — AUTHORIZING INSTALLATION OF A STOP SIGN ON GABARDA AT TAMPICO 5. RESOLUTION NO. 28-89 - AUTHORIZING INSTALLATION OF A STOP SIGN ON VEGA AT ARDILLA 6. ACCEPTANCE OF FINAL TRACT MAP 19-88 - 5900 BAJADA AVENUE Low/Cuesta Engineering) 7. TIME EXTENSION FOR TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP 9-87 - 9000 Atascadero Avenue S. CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AT THE ATASCADERO LIBRARY 9. ASBESTOS CHANGE ORDER AMOUNT - CITY HALL RENOVATION PROJECT 10. ESTABLISHMENT OF A RECYCLING COMMITTEE 11. REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS - PALOMA CREEK PARK CONCESSION MOTIONS By Councilman Dexter, seconded by Councilwoman Mackey to approve Items A 1-11 of the Consent Calendar. Passed unanimously by roll call vote. B. HEARINGS/APPEARANCES 1. HERITAGE TREE REMOVAL REQUEST - 7800 BALBOA ROAD Henry Engen, Community Development Director, gave the staff report. After Council discussion Mayor Borgeson asked if there was any public comment. There was none. MOTIONS By Councilwoman Mackey, seconded by Councilman Lilley to approve the removal of the 'heritage trees -as recommended by the arborist. Passed unanimously by Roll Call vote. 2. FLOOD HAZARD PREVENTION ORDINANCE Henry Engen, Community Development Director, gave the staff report. Council discussion followed. There was no public comment. MOTIONS By Councilman Dexter, seconded by Councilwoman Mackey to adopt Ordinance No. 193 adding Chapter 5 to Article 7 of the City of Atascadero Municipal Code relating to flood damage prevention. Passed unanimously by roll call vote. 3. RESOLUTION 26-89 - CENTURY PLAZA SEWER ABANDONMENT - Set 3 Public Hearing is Paul Sensibaugh, Public Works Director, gave the staff report. Council comments followed. There was no public comment. MOTIONs By Councilwoman Mackey, seconded by Councilman Lilley to approve Resolution 26-89, Century plaza Sewer Abandonment and to set a public hearing date. Passed unanimously by Roll Call vote. At 7:45 Mayor Borgeson asked for a recess. The meeting reconvened at 8:00 p.m. C. REGULAR BUSINESSs COUNCILMAN DEXTER ASKED THAT ITEM C-3 BE HEARD BEFORE C-1 BECAUSE SUSAN BEATTIE WAS IN THE AUDIENCE. COUNCIL CONCURRED. 3. PROPOSAL TO DONATE A BRONZE SCULPTURE TO ATASCADERO LAKE/ CHARLES PADDOCK ZOO BY SUSAN BEATIE Andy Takata, Director of Parks, Recreation and Zoo expressed his thanks for the help from the Police and Public Works Departments during the Criterium. He then gave the staff report regarding the donation of a bronze sculpture. He introduced Susan Beatie who answered questions about the project for the Councllmembers, MOTIONc By Mayor Borgeson, seconded by Councilman Shiers to accept Susan Beatie's proposal to pursue her donation for the placement of a life-size tiger sculpture in Atascadero Lake Park adjacent to the Charles Paddock Zoo entrance, with funding being provided through private contributions and grants obtained by Mrs. Beatie. Passed unanimously by roll call vote. 1~ SELECTION OF MANAGING UNDERWRITER FOR FINANCING Mark Joseph, Administrative Services Director, gave the staff report~ Council discussion followed. ou s u s ` There was no public comment, MOTIONm By Councilmen Lilley, seconded by Councilman Shiers to use First California Regional Securities as a managing underwriter. Passed unanimously by roll call vote. 2. SLOACC - REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY DISCUSSION Paul Sensibaugh, Public Works Director, introduced Ron DeCarli who gave the staff report. 4 Council discussion followed. Mayor Borgeson asked for Public Comments. Whitey Thorpe stated he had noticed something that bothered him regarding Mr. DeCarli's report. "Mr. DeCarli continuously mentioned that the County will pay for this, and the City will pay for the other and he would like to remind everybody that counties do not pay for anything, cities do not pay for anything, the state doesn't pay for anything, it is the tax payers who pay for things and the consumer and we should always remember that when we are doing these things". It was the consensus of the Council to go with Option 6. 4. FEASIBILITY OF ATASCADERD LAKE BOAT CONCESSION Staff report was given by Andy Takata, Director of Parks, Recreation and Zoo. Council questions and discussion followed. There was no public comment. MOTIONs By Councilman Lilley, seconded by Councilwoman Mackey to approve the proposal to include the budgetary expenditures set forth therein. Passed unanimously by roll call vote. D. INDIVIDUAL DETERMINATION/AND OR ACTION: A. COMMITTEE REPORTS: TRAFFIC COMMITTEE: Councilwoman Mackey reported that a red curb will be painted at the AM -PM Mini Market on San Anselmo to prevent large trucks from blocking visibility at both exits/entrances to the station. SOLID/HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT COMMISSION: Councilwoman Mackey stated that she went on a tour of Cold Canyon Land Fill last Thursday. . FINANCE COMMITTEE: Councilman Shiers reported that a meeting had been held today to review lI proposals from architects for the pavilion and weeded the ll down to 4 finalists. These four will be asked to provide more information to the committee concerning various things that the committee brought up and also the four finalists will bring be here for interviews at some point. Councilman Lilley stated he ' 'wants to make sure that we really take a careful look at each of the 4 finalists. We do not want a situation where the architect gives us one figure and when it goes out to bid it is substantially different figure. City 5 m M 0 Manager, Ray Windsor, urged Council to move ahead as quickly as possible. He agreed with the Sub -Committee that you don't want to rush into this and end up with something that is less than what we expect, but getting the Council all together is very difficult. He would like to move ahead as quickly as possible. He hopes to arrange something with the four finalists within the next couple of weeks. He would like as many councilmembers as possible to be in on the meeting so he needs to know individual schedules of the councilmembers and at the next council meeting he will be able to set the date for the interviews. DOWNTOWN STEERING COMMITTEE: Mayor Borgeson stated the committee has met with the consultant and had e brainstorming session and went over what the committee expects. ^ B. Signage re: Location of Churches/Schools Mayor Borgeson said that our present zoning requires that signage be placed on the property. In cases such as this, the signage would be on the right of way. She talked about this with Steve DeCamp and he said that the Council could consider initiating a zoning text amendment. Cit)/ Manager, Ray Windsor, suggested that this be referred back to staff and will get back to Council with the options available on how this can be handled. CITY MANAGER: City Manager, Ray Windsor, reported that he had attended a meeting last Friday with Ron DeCarli, Henry Engen, Paul Sensibaugh and the staff of Cal Trans on the status of the final draft and that has been delayed primarily because of the focused study of 101 and 41. They have just about completed compiling that data and recommendations relating to the intersection will be included in the draft. That report should be to us within a couple of weeks. Mr. Windsor then introduced his 83 year old father who is visiting from England~ Meeting adjourned at 9:23 p.m. ' MINUTES RECORDED BY: C' 2Z4_- pO,u C. tnmnI'Z /r = 9-- PREPARED BY: 6 GEO