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CITY COUNCIL MINUTES_;
Regular Meeting
CIVIC CENTER COUNCIL CHAMBERS
300 Seminary Avenue
Ukiah, CA 95482
February 6, 2013
6:00 p.m.
1. ROLL CALL
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Ukiah City Council met at a Regular Meeting on February 6, 2013, having been legally noticed on
February 1, 2013. Mayor Crane called the meeting to order at 6:01 p.m. Roll was taken with the
following Councilmembers Present: Mary Anne Landis, Mari Rodin, Benj Thomas, Vice Mayor
Baldwin (arriving at 6:58 p.m.,) and Mayor Douglas F. Crane. Staff Present: Jane Chambers, City
Manager; David Rapport, City Attorney; and Kristine Lawler, City Clerk.
3. PROCLAMATIONS/INTRODUCTIONS/PRESENTATIONS
a. Proclamation Recognizing the Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of West Company
Councilmember Rodin presented the Proclamation.
Public Comment: Pamela Patterson
4. PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS
5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
a. Regular Minutes of January 16, 2013
M/S Landis/Thomas to approve Minutes of January 16, 2013, with noted modifications. Motion
carried by the following roll call votes: AYES: Landis, Rodin, Thomas, and Crane. NOES: None.
ABSENT: Baldwin. ABSTAIN: None.
6. RIGHT TO APPEAL DECISION
7. CONSENT CALENDAR
8. AUDIENCE COMMENTS ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS
9. COUNCIL REPORTS
Councilmember Landis summarized the following from a meeting with the Palace ad hoc
committee: determination of ownership is getting closer; County has shut down the job until the
asbestos consultant issues are resolved; a lien will not be placed against the property as the
previous contractor has been paid. David Rapport, City Attorney, added that Eladia Laines,
Property Owner, has identified a new asbestos consultant to work with once the title/ownership
issues are clarified and the project has County Air Quality approval to move forward.
Councilmember Landis reported that the Mendocino County Woody Biomass Working Group is
exploring new legislation that may allow them to promote small scale electric generation from
woody biomass on brownfields that used to be mill sites, which could help towards a restoration
economy.
City Council Minutes for February 6, 2013, Continued:
Couricilmember Thomas announced the launch of the www.healthymendocino.-org w-6bsite-, whidh----------------
took place on January 15th, pointing out that the website is a resource for health, the integration of
health in all aspects of community life, and is populated with a set of databases that could be of
great benefit to many City agencies.
10. CITY MANAGERMITY CLERK REPORTS
11. PUBLIC HEARINGS
12. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
13. NEW BUSINESS
a. Approve the City's Revised Energy Efficiency and Demand Program Targets and
Rescind Targets Adopted July 7, 2010. (EUD)
Mel Grandi, Electric Utility Director, presented the item. Recommended actions: Approve the
City's revised energy efficiency and demand program targets and rescind targets adopted July 7,
2010.
MIS Thomas/Rodin to approve the City's revised energy efficiency and demand program targets
and rescind targets adopted July 7, 2010. Motion carried by the following roll call votes: AYES:
Landis, Rodin, Thomas, and Crane. NOES: None. ABSENT: Baldwin. ABSTAIN: None.
b. City Manager and Finance Director Report Regarding Status of General Fund Year
Ending FY 2011/12 (Revenues and Expenditures), Discussion of Current Year FY
2012/13 (Revenues and Expenditures), and Presentation of Projections for General
Fund (Revenues and Expenditures) FY 2013/14 and Beyond.
Jane Chambers, City Manager; Gordon Elton, Director of Finance; and Ian Roth, Assistant Finance
Director presented the item. Recommended action: Receive the report.
VICE MAYOR BALDWIN ARRIVED: 6:58 P.M.
Public Comment: Sage Sangiacomo, Assistant City Manager.
The report was received.
ADJOURN TO THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY MEETING AND THEN TO CLOSED SESSION: 7:50
P.M.
14. CLOSED SESSION
a. Conference with Legal Counsel—Existing Litigation
(_Subdivision (a) of Gov't Code Section 54956.9)
Name of case: (Ukiah Valley Sanitation District v. City of Ukiah, dispute resolution under
Participation Agreement)
b. Conference with Real Property Negotiators (§54966.8)
Property: APN 180-080-57, 58, 59, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, and 180-110-08, 09, 10
Negotiator: Jane Chambers, City Manager
Negotiating Parties: City of Ukiah and Northwest Atlantic (Costco)
Under Negotiation: Price & Terms
City Council Minutes for February 6, 2013, Continued:
C. Conference with Real Property Negotiators(§54956.8)
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"Property: APN 002-232-12; 13 and 002`=282-18 and'19--APN-002--232--091 10 11
Negotiator: Jane Chambers, City Manager
Negotiating Parties: City of Ukiah, North Coast Railroad Authority, Weston Solutions, Inc.,
and Administrative Office of the Courts
Under Negotiation: Price &Terms
d. Conference with Real Property Negotiators (§54956.8)
Property: APN 156-240-02, 03, 06, 07, and 08
Negotiator: Jane. Chambers, City Manager
Negotiating Parties: City of Ukiah and David Hull and Rick Piffero
No reportable action.
15. ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 9:58 p.m.
Kristine Lawler, City Clerk