SANTA ROSA CITY COUNCIL AGENDA AND SUMMARY REPORT
REGULAR MEETING
CITY HALL, 100 SANTA ROSA AVENUE
AUGUST 11, 2009
2:00 P.M. (COUNCIL CHAMBER)
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1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL
2. STUDY SESSION
2.1
Donald Shoup, PhD, will present his research on parking policies to the Council, Planning Commission, and interested members of the community. Shoup is a Yale-trained economist and professor of Urban Planning at UCLA. He is the author of the award-winning book The High Cost of Free Parking and has made a career of analyzing how cities can best address parking concerns throughout a community. This item is for information purposes only. The Council may discuss, comment upon, and ask questions concerning these matters. No Council action will be taken.
3. ANNOUNCEMENT OF CLOSED SESSION ITEM(S) AND ADJOURNMENT TO CLOSED SESSION(S) IN MAYOR'S CONFERENCE ROOM (ROOM 10, CITY HALL)
3.1 CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS
Agency Designated Representatives: Greg Scoles, Deputy City Manager, Fran Elm, Human Resources Director and Chris Sliz, Employee Relations Manager.
Employee Organizations: Santa Rosa Firefighters Association - Local 1401 (representing City Employee Unit 2); Operating Engineers Local 3, Maintenance and Utility System Operators (Employee Units 3 and 16); Santa Rosa City Employees Association (Employee Units 4, 6, 7); Santa Rosa Police Officers Association, (Employee Unit 5); Service Employees International Union Local 707, (Employee Units 8 and 14); Public Safety Management Association (Employee Unit 9); Santa Rosa City Attorneys' Association (Employee Unit 17), Santa Rosa Management Association (Employee Unit 18).Unrepresented Executive Management, Middle Management, and Confidential Employees (Employee Units 10, 11 and 12).
3.2 ADJOURN CLOSED SESSION(S) AND RECONVENE TO OPEN SESSION IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER
4:00 P.M. (CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER)
4. ANNOUNCEMENT OF ROLL CALL
5. REPORT, IF ANY, ON STUDY AND CLOSED SESSION(S)
6. PROCLAMATIONS/PRESENTATIONS
6.1 PROCLAMATION - WINGS OVER WINE COUNTRY AIR SHOW
6.2 PROCLAMATION - DAN ADAMS RETIREMENT
6.3 PRESENTATION -- TUESDAY NIGHT TWILIGHT CRITERIUMS
PUBLIC COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS: Except for public hearing items, comments from the public will be allowed on all agenda items at the time each item is called. Comments on public hearing items may be made when the hearing is opened.
PUBLIC COMMENTS ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS: Comments from the public on non-agenda items will be heard under Agenda Item 12.
7. STAFF BRIEFINGS
This time is reserved for City staff to brief the Council on departmental issues of interest. No action will be taken on these matters except to possibly place a particular item on a future agenda for Council consideration.
7.1 HAZARDS OF ROADWAY MAINTENANCE WORK
Staff will highlight workplace hazards faced by roadway maintenance crews. City staff who maintain our streets/highways, utilities, bridges, sewers, catch basins, etc. face work zone traffic safety hazards everyday. More highway workers are killed each year than police and firefighters combined. The City of Santa Rosa would like to remind motorists to reduce their speed near construction and roadway maintenance zones--safety is everyone's responsibility.
8. APPROVAL OF MINUTES -- NONE
9. STATEMENTS OF ABSTENTION BY COUNCILMEMBERS
10. CONSENT ITEMS
This resolution, recommended by the Department of Advance Planning and Public Policy, increases appropriation in Project No. 4128 in the amount of $80,000 to develop the Santa Rosa Avenue Corridor Plan. The source of funds is the Caltran's Community Based Transportation Planning Grant in the amount of $80,000. The local match of $10,000 was previously appropriated for a total project budget of $90,000.
This resolution, recommended by the Finance Department, approves the Central Parking Annual Benefit Assessment District budget for fiscal year 2009/10. Upon approval of the 2009/10 budget, the calculated annual assessment levy against properties within the district will be placed on the 2009/10 Sonoma County tax roll.
This motion, recommended by the Finance Department, authorizes the award of the contracts to the lowest responsible and responsive bidders for the Central Library Building roof replacement to D7 Roofing Services, Inc., Sacramento, California, in the amount of $182,031 using Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds; and a contract for Steele Lane Community Center roof replacement to Cool Roofing Systems, Inc., Manteca, California, in the amount of $120,735, using Project No. 5942-21 Citywide Reroofing Project funds.
11. REPORT ITEMS
BACKGROUND: This agenda item follows expedited contract award procedures for American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funded projects as authorized by Resolution 27313 approved in March 2009. The expedited procedure calls for processing the contract award agenda items prior to opening of contract bids. The sections of the staff report which would show the name of the recommended lowest responsive bidder and the amount of its bid are to be left blank. As a report item on the agenda the staff presentation will include all information as to the recommended lowest responsive bidder, the amount of the bid, and a recommended form of motion regarding the award of the construction contract.
RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended by the Public Works Department that the Council, by resolution, award construction Contract No. 2009-015, 2009 Economic Stimulus Overlay at Various Locations - West College Avenue and Summerfield Road in the total amount of $2,595,527.85 to the lowest responsible bidder, Team Ghilotti of Petaluma, California, and appropriate $3,696.000 of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Funds to account 5171.
5:00 P.M.11.2 PUBLIC HEARING - REZONING OF 1100 SONOMA AVENUE
BACKGROUND: On June 25, 2009, the Planning Commission adopted a resolution (7-0) recommending rezoning of the site located at 1100 Sonoma Avenue from R-3-18 Multi-Family Residential to CO Office Commercial consistent with the General Plan. The Planning Commission also approved a Tentative Map to subdivide the 1.6 gross acre site into a one lot commercial condominium comprised of a common parcel with nine airspace units, subject to the approval of the rezoning. No new development is proposed.
RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended by the Planning Commission and Community Development that the Council introduce an ordinance rezoning property at 1100 Sonoma Avenue from R-3-18 Multifamily Residential to the CO Office Commercial zoning district.
12. PUBLIC COMMENTS ON NON-AGENDA MATTERS
This is the time when any person may address the Council on matters not listed on this agenda, but which are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Council. Each speaker is allowed three minutes. To address the Council you are requested to complete the yellow Speaker's Card and give it to the City Clerk.
13. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS (AND POSSIBLE COUNCIL ACTION)
13.1 BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITIES ATTENDANCE REPORT - 2ND QUARTER, 200914. MAYOR'S/COUNCILMEMBERS' REPORTS
15. CITY MANAGER'S/CITY ATTORNEY'S REPORTS
16. [IF NEEDED] - ANNOUNCEMENT OF ADDITIONAL CLOSED SESSION ITEMS(S), ADJOURNMENT TO CLOSED SESSION(S), RECONVENE TO OPEN SESSION, AND ANNOUNCEMENTS, IF ANY
17. ADJOURNMENT OF MEETING
*Did not appear on the preliminary agenda.
**Quasi-judicial or adjudicative action.
August 18
Staff Briefing - Water Conservation update
Consent - Tow Franchise Amendment
Consent -Proctor Heights Walking Path Lot Line Adjustment
Consent - Contract Award Reclamation Pumps and Motors
Consent - Multi-Agency Grant Application - HPRP
Consent - Application for American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Funds for Santa Rosa Mid-Sized City 'Making Transit Work' Pilot Project
Report - Council Policy Reimbursement of Reasonable Costs for Independent Appraisal
Report - Adoption of MOU - Unit 8 - Transit - Represented by the Service Employees International Union Local 1021
Public Hearing - Homestead Lane Rezoning
August 25
Report - Luther Burbank Home and Gardens Non-Profit Start Up
Report - SRMA Contract
Report - Bicycle and Pedestrian Grant
September 1
Study Session -Financial Update
Staff Briefing - Status of NPDES Storm Water Permit Renewal
Report - Recycled Water Pilot Project
Public Hearing -930 Fresno Avenue General Plan Amendment & Lowe's Appeal
September 8 NO CITY COUNCIL MEETING
September 15
Study Session - Implementation of Quiet Zones
Staff Briefing - Utility Billing Customer Information System (CIS) Software Replacement Project Update
Report - Parking Fine Increases
Report - Downtown Parking (Continued from April 28, 2009)
Report - Calistoga Road Left Turn Lane Mitigated Neg. Dec.
Public Hearing -- Changes to the Administrative Citation Ordinance
September 22
Study Session - Recommended Water Tiered Rate Changes and Increases and Wastewater Rate Increases
Public Hearing - Draft Santa Rosa General Plan 2035
September 29
Study Session - SMART Overview of Improvements
Public Hearing - General Plan
November 10
Public Hearing - Recommended Water Tiered Rate Changes and Increases and Wastewater Rate Increases
Pending: Report - Taxi Cab Regulations
Report - Burbank Avenue Utilities Certificate
MEETINGS FOR THE WEEK OF AUGUST 10, 2009
August 11 Economic Development Subcommittee, 12:00 noon, City Hall, Room 10
August 12 Planning Commission, 4:00 P.M., City Hall, Council Chamber
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