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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 041381' MINUTES - ATASCADERO CITY COUNCIL Regular Meeting April 13, 1981 7:30 p.m. Atascadero Administration Building The meeting was called to order at 7:35 p.m. by Mayor Wilkins with the Pledge of Allegiance. Councilman Mackey gave the invocation. ROLL CALL PRESENT: Councilmen Highland, Mackey, Nelson, Stover and Mayor Wilkins ABSENT: None PUBLIC COMMENT None A. CONSENT CALENDAR 1. Minutes of the regular meeting of March 23, 1981 (RECOMMEND APPROVAL) 2. Treasurer's Report, 3-1-81 to 3-31-81 (RECOMMEND APPROVAL) 3. Resolution No. 6-81 supporting the Great California Resource Rally, April 20-26, 1981 (RECOMMEND ADOPTION) 4. Tentative Parcel Map AT810205:1, 9755 Atascadero Road, Ray Dodd (Stewart), to allow division of 4.5 acres into four parcels; three at 1.0 acres and one at 1.5 acres (RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION) 5. Tentative Parcel Map AT 79-077, 4205 Santa Cruz, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hottenroth (Hilliard), approval of one year time extension to allow completion of work required for filing the Final Map (RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION) 6. Acceptance of Parcel Map AT 80-72, 10785 Vista Road`, Richard Todd (Stewart) (RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION) 7. Tentative Parcel Map AT810126:1, 8270 Toloso Road•, Ernest Chalekson (Hilliard) to allow division of 6.75 acres into two parcels of 3.29 and 3.46 acres each (RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS) 8. Lot Line Adjustment LA810130:1, 4550 San Ardo Avenue`, Margaret Ferreira (Associated Professions) to adjust the property line to resolve an existing encroachment (RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION) Mayor Wilkins reviewed all items on the Consent Calendar. MOTION: Councilman Stover moved for acceptance of the Consent Calendar. The motion was seconded by Councilman Nelson and unanimously carried by roll call vote MINUTES - ATASCADERO CITY COUNCIL Regular Meeting April 13, 1981 Page Two B. HEARINGS, APPEARANCES AND REPORTS 1. Update on Sewer Treatment Plant project - verbal report by City Manager Mr. Warden stated that he had met with County Engineer personnel regarding the status of the new sewer treatment plant project. The County is proceeding with the design and expects to go to 'bid on July lst with construction to start three to four months later. There is a condition in the grant, however, that requires 60% of the areas identified by survey as experiencing septic tank failures to be served by the treatment plant prior to completion of the project. Mr. Warden stated that the County EnginE er' s staff in cooperation with the City Staff is trying to reach an agreement through the Regional Water Quality Control Board to charge this requirement. It is estimated that it would take $3,000,00 to $4,000,000 more than the plant costs to construct all of the collector lines needed to satisfy this condi- tion. No action was required by Council. 2. City Attorney's Report No. 12 Mr. Grimes reviewed his report. He advised that the Daly appeal had been denied; and that the Firefighters MOU matter had been set for May 27th. C. UNFINISHED BUSINESS None D. NEW BUSINESS 1. Request for tranZartmental r of $1000 from Contingency Reserves into Parks & Zoo for operations Mr. Warden advised that the transfer would allow enough funds for the Department to complete its operations for this year. MOTION: Councilman Highland moved that Council approve the transfer of $1,000 from Contingency Reserves to the Parks & Zoo auto/equipment repairs. The motion was seconded by Councilman Nelson and unanimously carried by roll call vote. 2. Consideration of Atascadero Fire Department Employees' Association Petition for Recognition Mr. Warden advised that the Atascadero Fire Department Employees' Association had requested recognition as the bargaining unit repre- senting Firefighters and Fire Engineers in their labor relations with the City. Mr. Warden had determined that the Petition complies with 1 0 1 MINUTES - ATASCADERO CITY COUNCIL Regular Meeting April 13, 1981 Page Three the City's rules and regulations and requested Council's acceptance of the Petition for Recognition. He said that the Fire Captains had requested recognition as a bargaining unit. This request is now being processed. MOTION: Councilman Highland moved that Council acknowledge and accept the Bylaws and Petition for Recognition of the Atascadero Fire Department Employees' Association. The motion was seconded by Councilman Mackey and unanimously carried. 3. Requests for additional manning Mr. Warden advised that the requests are for a PBX Operator for the front reception desk, an Account Clerk for billing and receiving once the sewer system becomes the City's responsibility, and an addi- tional Dispatcher in the Police Department. He stated that he would not hire the Account Clerk until it was necessary to do so, however, would like authorization to fill the position at this time. The Dispatcher is needed to cover the dispatch desk during sick leaves, holidays and vacations since their authorized absences cannot be covered with current manpower. 1 An additional request is for authorization to hire a contract person to be exclusively assigned to prepare- a zoning and subdivi- sion ordinance in order to resolve the existing discrepancies between i the General Plan and the carryover County Zoning Ordinance. The Planning Director felt that thisapproachwould result in a finished product quicker than any other approach. Mr. Warden recommended that the individual be hired in the $8.00 to $10.00 per hour range. MOTION: Councilman Nelson moved that Council approve these addi- tional personnel requests and authorize transfer of the necessary funds. The motion was seconded by Councilman Highland and unanimously carried by roll call vote. 4. Consideration of computer acquisition Mr. Warden reviewed his memo. He explained that City Staff had been working on the selection of the computer for over `a year and a half. They had consulted numerous cities, school districts and pri- vate firms in attempting to arrive at a selection. Proposals from several different computer manufacturers were received and evaluated. Participants from Paso Robles, Morro Bay, Atascadero, the County Director of Computer Services and private firms all participated in this evaluation. As a result, Mr. Warden is recommending the Hewlett Packard 3000 system for hardware acquisition. An arrangement has been made with the City of Santa Cruz to share software with only those costs necessary to adopt Santa Cruz programs to'Atascadero's needs. • • 1 MINUTES - ATASCADERO CITY COUNCIL Regular Meeting April 13, 1981 Page Four The cost for the system hardware is $75,483 plus tax of $4,529; cabling and window air conditioning for $1,202; software, training and L installation for $8,800; start up supplies at $2,300 and a contingency of $1,800 for a total of $94,114. Mr. Warden noted that the cities of Arroyo Grande, Grover City, Morro Bay and/or Santa Maria had evidenced interest in exploring the possibility of joining with the City for shared programs which could result in mutual savings. Council discussed this project and asked questions to which Mr. Warden responded. Howard Marhon also asked several questions and urged the Council to study the matter further before making a decision. MOTION: Councilman Stover moved for acceptance of Mr. Warden's propositiononthe hardware/software in an amount not to exceed $94,114 for the Hewlett Packard 3000 system. The motion was seconded by Councilman Highland and unanimously carred by roll call vote. E. INDIVIDUAL DETERMINATION AND/OR ACTION 1. City Council (a) Councilman Nelson commented on the good condition of the parks and zoo. (b) Councilman Nelson felt that the City should investigate using a different type of microphone since the ones the City has do not seem to be projecting voices well enough. Mr. Warden reviewed the problems with the microphones. (c) Councilman Mackey reviewed the resolution passed by Council this evening on the Great California Resource Rally. She stated that the Beautification Committee would be holding a meeting on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in the Century Federal Building. (d) Councilman Stover commented on the informative meeting held by the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board last week at which the new Recreation Director was in attendance. Mayor Wilkins introduced Skip Joannes who began work as the City's Recreation Director on March 30th. 2. City Attorney Mr. Grimes had nothing to report. 3. City Manager (a) Mr. Warden reviewed a recently conducted parking survey covering the downtown area of El Camino and stated that the staff was now attempting to review the results with the affected merchants to receive their reactions. MINUTES - ATASCADERO CITY COUNCIL Regular Meeting April 13, 1981 Page Five (b) Mr. Warden reminded Council about the joint meeting with the Planning Commission, Tuesday, April 14, 1981, at 7:30 p.m. (c) Mr. Warden asked Council members if they wished to invite the Department Heads, Planning Commission, and Parks and Recreation Advisory Board to the Channel Counties Division meeting of the League of California Cities which the City will be hosting on May 8th. Council decided to invite all those mentioned, with the members paying for their spouses if they wish to bring them. (d) Mr. Warden asked Council when they would like to meet for a budget study session. Council decided on Satur- day, June 6th at 9:00 a.m. (e) Mr. Warden asked those Council members who planned to attend the League of California Cities Mayors' and Councilmen's Legislative Conference to make their reservations. (f) Mr. Warden advised the Council that they were invited to the Special Olympics to be held at Arroyo Grande on May lst. (g) Mr. Warden advised that the City had received informa- tion from the Bureau of Census which set the City's population at 15,930. The City is in the process of appealing that figure. (h) Mr. Warden discussed the amount of dinnerware available in the building for dinner functions. He asked Council if they wished to purchase enough to bring the amount of service up to 250 or advise people who use the building that they will have to bring their own or rent dinnerware elsewhere. Council decided that they would rather have the material rented than keep it in supply.- L(i) Mr. Warden requested a closed session to discuss personnel matters; specifically the demands made by the Atascadero Fire Department Employees' Association regarding salaries and conditions of employment. The meeting adjourned to closed session at 9:00 p.m. and returned to regular session at 10:08 p.m. The meeting then adjourned. Recorded by: MURRAY L. WARDEN, City Clerk tBy: Ardith Davis Deputy City Clerk