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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 011480 MINUTES - ATASCADERO CITY COUNCIL Regular Meeting January 14, 1980 7 : 30 p.m. Atascadero Administration Building The meeting was called to order at 7: 35 p.m. by Mayor Wilkins. The Pledge of Allegiance was given by Mayor Wilkins and the Invo- cation was given by Don Bollard of the Foursquare Gospel Church. ROLL CALL PRESENT: Councilmen Highland, Mackey, Nelson, Stover and Mayor Wilkins ABSENT: None PUBLIC COMMENT (1) Mr. Cecil Barrett had a question regarding the amount allocated by the City for remodeling the Administration Building. He was also concerned about the executive session procedure. (2) Mr. Bob Sparling, U. S. Department of Agriculture, spoke with reference to the possible consolidation of the fire and police departments. He felt that the integrity of both departments would be lost under such a plan and that it should remain two distinct departments. A. CONSENT CALENDAR 1. Minutes of the regular meeting of December 26, 1979 (RECOMMEND APPROVAL) MOTION: Councilman Mackey moved for the approval of the Consent Calendar. The motion was seconded by Councilman Stover 1 and unanimously carried. B. HEARINGS, APPEARANCES AND REPORTS ' 1. Consideration of proposed street name change - Castenada Lane Larry Red stated that the name change was recommended for approval by the County Planning Department and the City Planning Commission. MOTION: Councilman Highland moved for approval of this street name request. Councilman Nelson seconded the motion ' and it was unanimously carried. Mr. Warden pointed out that the Planning Commission has adopted a street naming policy which will utilize Spanish names or names of non-living persons having historical significance. ' MINUTES ATASCADERO CITY COUNCIL Regular Meeting January 14, 1980 Page Two 2. Consideration of AL 79-77, proposed lot line adjustment on San Gregorio Road - Vaden/Rancour (Hilliard) 1 Larry Red explained that the purpose of this lot line adjust- ment is to equalize the acreage between the two lots. It was recommended for approval by the County Planning Department and ' the City Planning Commission. MOTION: Councilman Nelson moved for approval of this lot line adjustment subject to Conditions 1-5 as set forth by the County Subdivision Review Board. The motion was seconded by Councilman Stover and was unanimously carried. 3. Consideration of AL 79-79, proposed lot line adjustment on Lucinda Road - Stevenson (Stewart) Larry Red noted that both the Subdivision Review Board and the City Planning Commission recommended approval. ' MOTION: Councilman Highland moved for approval of this lot line adjustment subject to Conditions 1-4 as set forth by the Subdivision Review Board. Councilman Nelson seconded the motion and it carried unanimously. 4. Request for Certificates of Compliance for parcels on Coromar Road near Portola Road (CC56-111-26) Seitz/Farmer Larry Red noted that the County Planning Department and the City Planning Commission recommended approval. MOTION: Councilman Nelson moved for approval of this request and Councilman Highland seconded the motion. It was unanimously carried. 5. Public hearing on proposed lot division (CO 79-116) , Portola Road near Mountain View - Gosselin/Hilliard Larry Red stated that the County Subdivision Review Board had recommended conditional approval relating to dedication and improvement of a road easement to Mountain View. The City Planning Commission also recommended approval subject to the same conditions with the exception that Conditions 3 and 5 of the Subdivision Review Board memorandum be modified to allow the Planning Department to waive these conditions if the applicant could provide evidence that the owners along the now-private "access" known as Pine Dorado ' objected to dedication and improvement of that area as an access to Mountain View. Mr. Hilliard, representing the applicant, stated that he had been able to contact only one property owner, who was not in favor of the lot split but would be in favor of the road. MINUTES - ATASCADERO CITY COUNCIL Regular Meeting January 14, 1980 Page Three Mr. Grimes, the City Attorney, stated that legally a person cannot be required to dedicate or improve land that belongs to someone else. MOTION: Councilman Highland moved that the proposed lot division be approved subject to the conditions set forth by the Planning Commission and that Conditions 3 and 5 be waived and adding a condition requiring access to Parcel l via an easement from Portola along the "flag" and across Parcel 2. Councilman Nelson seconded the motion and it was carried unanimously. 6. Public hearing on proposed lot division (AT 79-077) , Santa Cruz Road —Hurdle/Hilliard MOTION: Councilman Highland moved to continue this item to the February 11, 1980 City Council meeting. It was seconded by Councilman Stover and was unanimously carried. 7 . Public hearing on proposed lot division (AT 79-139) , Atascadero Avenue - Hartman/Bray Larry Red stated that the Subdivision Review Board had recom- mended approval. The City Planning Commission recommended approval with an added condition that the lot sizes be modified so that each parcel will be one acre net (excluding the right-of-way for Atasca dero Avenue) . -Councilman Highland stated that he was concerned with double- stacking lots without any interior access. He felt that this was a problem that should be seriously considered. MOTION: Councilman Highland moved for approval of this lot division with Conditions 1-13 as set forth by the Sub- division Review Board and with the additional condition as set forth by the Planning Commission regarding the placing of the lot line. Councilman Mackey seconded the motion and it was unanimously carried. iCouncilman Mackey stated that she would like to see a system where the sites under consideration could by physically marked so as to permit easy Council identification. 8. Public hearing on proposed lot division (AT 79-106) , 1 Santa Rosa Road - Baldwin/San Luis Engineering Larry Red related that the County had recommended conditional approval. The Planning Commission also recommended approval with the added condition that the property be brought into compliance with zoning prior to recording the final map. i MINUTES - ATASCADERO CITY COUNCIL Regular Meeting January 14, 1980 Page Four MOTION: Councilman Highland moved for approval of this lot division with the stated conditions. Councilman Nelson seconded the motion and it was carried unanimously. 9. Public hearing on proposed lot division (AT 79-46) , San Dimas and San Diego Roads - Bewsey/Orton Larry Red stated that the Subdivision Review Board had recom- mended approval with an added condition that the applicant improve the road frontage to County paving standards. The Planning Com- mission also recommended approval with the added condition that the applicant follow the road exception procedure which would allow the applicant to more precisely determine the improvements necessary to comply with the road improvement conditions set forth by the County. There was considerable discussion by persons in the audience concerning this requirement and whether the applicant should be required to improve a road not fronting his property. MOTION: Councilman Highland moved that this item be approved subject to Conditions 1-20 set forth by the County j with the added recommendation from the -Planning Com- mission that the applicant follow the County road exception procedure. Councilman Mackey seconded the motion. It carried with Councilman Nelson voting no. 10. Public hearing on proposed lot division (CO 79-40) , San Gabriel Road near Atascadero Avenue - Fairbanks/Hilliard This item was recommended for approval by the County Sub- division Review Board and by the City Planning Commission. MOTION: Councilman Highland moved for approval of the lot division with the conditions as set forth by the County Subdivision Review Board. Councilman Nelson seconded the motion and it was carried unanimously. 11. Report by the Public Safety Committee Chairman The report was read by Mayor Wilkins. John Cole, a member of the Fire Board, spoke giving his opinion that he felt that the report was totally inadequate and that there were many things omitted. Russell Wright also spoke stating that he felt that many portions of the report were vague. He also said that the Fire Board, at their last meeting, passed a resolution stating that they would continue to oppose the full integration of fire and police services. Clarence George then read his personal report and noted that the committee report does not clearly indi- cate any dissenting opinions. Leslie Cannon spoke stating that she felt that the report did not apprise the public as to the information used in preparing the report. Councilman Highland ' MINUTES - ATASCADERO CITY COUNCIL Regular Meeting January 14 , 1980 Page Five said that all members of the committee felt that there were areas where there could be consolidation and integration of certain functions of both departments. MOTION: Councilman Highland moved that this report be referred to the Council for study and that a hearing be scheduled for January 28, 1980, to further consider the matter. Councilman Mackey seconded the motion and it carried unanimously. Mayor Wilkins called a recess from 9: 50 - 9: 55 p.m. 12. Public hearing and first reading on Ordinance No. 14 to grant a franchise to Southern California Gas Company MOTION: Councilman Highland moved that Ordinance No. 14 be read by title only. Councilman Mackey seconded the motion and it carried unanimously. ' Mayor Wilkins then read Ordinance No. 14 by title only. MOTION: Councilman Highland moved to accept the first reading of Ordinance No. 14. Councilman Mackey seconded the motion and it carried unanimously. 13. Public hearing and first reading on Ordinance No. 15 to grant a franchise to Pacific Gas and Electric Company MOTION: Councilman Highland moved that Ordinance No. 15 be read by title only. Councilman Mackey seconded the motion and it carried unanimously. 1 Mayor Wilkins then read Ordinance No. 15 by title only. MOTION: Councilman Mackey moved to accept the first reading of Ordinance No. 15 and it was seconded by Councilman Highland. The motion carried unanimously. Councilman Nelson raised a question as to responsibility for street lighting. Mr. Warden stated that it was the city' s responsi- bility to decide what standard of lighting it wished to maintain and then to contract for this service. He pointed out that PG&E provided lighting according to PUC regulations. 14. Report by City Manager on status of Proposition 4 clean-up legislation Mr. Warden reported that he had been in a discussion with several city managers, the League of California Cities staff as well as State legislative personnel regarding our lack of status under Proposition 4. These persons had arrived at some legis- lative proposals which would give newly incorporated cities a MINUTES - ATASCADERO CITY COUNCIL Regular Meeting January 14, 1980 Page Six basis for determining the base year required by Proposition 4 by using the third full year of incorporation. Several legislators representing the affected cities will co-sponsor this new legis- lation whish will probably be introduced during the first part of February. C. UNFINISHED BUSINESS 1. Consideration of Resolution No. 1-80, resolution of intention to approve contract with Public Employees' Retirement System The following facts were made public by Mayor Wilkins: Assuming April 1, 1980 to be the start of participation, the next calendar year costs, ending April, 1981, for miscel- laneous employees will be $61, 292. The rate for computation of that cost to the City is 12. 7690 of the gross pay paid by the City. This rate will continue until the year 2000 unless there is a change in future actuarial data. As to the local safety employees, police and fire, the estimated cost for the twelve month period starting April, 1980 and ending April, 1981 is , $57, 650. This amount is based upon a cost rate to the City of 14. 5750 of gross pay. The rate will continue for all safety members through the year 2000, except when the City absorbs the Fire District on July 1, 1980. The entire safety category will then be reevaluated along with the new police department personnel. MOTION: Councilman Highland moved to adopt Resolution 1-80 as presented. Councilman Nelson seconded the motion and it was carried unanimously with a roll call vote. ' D. NEW BUSINESS 1. Cable TV Franchise This request to increase the area of franchise was discussed briefly. An area of concern was whether subscribers should be required to pay higher installation fees if they lived in an area designated as remote, where the cost of extending the line would be more than the norm. It was the consensus of the Council that the Staff should be directed to work with the cable company to work out this type of problem and report back to the Council. E. INDIVIDUAL DETERMINATION AND/OR ACTION 1. City Council ' (a) Councilman Nelson had a question concerning the 13 lots owned by the County near the lake, and whether there was any policy in the General Plan concerning this property. Mr. Warden noted that the County staff had been asked as to the t MINUTES - ATASCADERO CITY COUNCIL Regular Meeting January 14, 1980 Page Seven County' s disposition of these properties. There was no present ' intention to dispose of them. (b) Councilman Mackey reported that the Zoo Committee was working and that another committee was working unofficially concerning the Historical Society. (c) Councilman Highland reported that he had been approached by KPRL Radio to speak on the "Sound Off" program on the fire/police consolidation topic. He suggested that Councilman Nelson also be on the program since he was also on the Public Safety Committee. (d) Mayor y Wilkins kens proclaimed the week of January 24. 26 as Jaycee Week. He also announced that Lawrence McPherson has been selected as the Public Works Director/City Engineer and will be starting approximately March 1. He reported that Richard McHale will be on staff as of January 15. 2. City Attorney The City Attorney had no comments at this time. 3. City Manager er The City Manager reported that: (a) A Symposium on Historical Preservation, sponsored ' by the City of San Luis Obispo and Cal Poly will be held on Saturday, January 26, and invited interested Council members to attend if they so desired. Councilmen Mackey and Nelson indicated they would like to attend. (b) Orville Smith, Chief Building Inspector,ector, will be coming on board this week and will be handling ' plan checks and building inspections commencing March 1. (c) The annual LOCO Planning Commission Institute will be held February 27-29. Planning Commissioners who wish to attend are invited to do so. (d) The LOCC New Mayors and Council Members Institute will be held May 8-10 at the Santa Clara Marriott Hotel. (e) Channel Cities Division of LOCC will be held in Ventura on January 21. Mayor Wilkins plans to attend. Russell Wright invited the Council members and staff to attend the Fire District Association Conference. MINUTES - ATASCADERO CITY COUNCIL Regular Meeting January 14, 1980 Page Eight The meeting adjourned at 10:45 p.m. Recorded by: Y ' MURRAY L. WARDEN, City Clerk By: Kathl n y ee Peterson Planning Commission Secretary