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Home My WebLink About2013-12-04 CC Minutes - CITY OF UKIAH CITY COUNCIL MINUTES Regular Meeting CIVIC CENTER COUNCIL CHAMBERS 300 Seminary Avenue Ukiah, CA 95482 December 4, 2013 6:00 p.m. 1. ROLL CALL Ukiah City Council met at a Regular Meeting on December 4, 2013, having been legally noticed on November 26, 2013. Mayor Crane called the meeting to order at 6:01 p.m. Roll was taken with the following Councilmembers Present: Mary Anne Landis, Benj Thomas, Vice Mayor Phil Baldwin, and Mayor pouglas F. Crane. Staff Present: Jane Chambers, City Manager; David Rapport. City Attorney; and Kristine Lawler. City Clerk. 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE I� 3. PROCLAMATIONS/INTRODUCTIONS/PRESENTATIONS a. Introduction of New Employees —Anthony Mandon, Public Works Maintenance I, Jim Eddie and Nick Kirby, Water/Sewer Attendant I. Presenter. Tim Eriksen, Public Works Director. I I Public Comment: Nick Kirby, Water/Sewer Attendant I. 4. PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS 5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES a. Minutes of November 20, 2013, Regular Meeting. Motion/Second: Landis/Baldwin to approve the minutes of November 20, 2013, a Regular Meeting, as submitted. Motion carried by the following roll call votes: AYES: Landis, Thomas, Baldwin, and Crane. NOES: None. ABSENT: None. ABSTAIN: None. 6. RIGHT TO APPEAL DECISION 7. CONSENT CALENDAR a. Award of Bid for Ammunition Purchase to San Diego Police Equipment Company Inc., in , the Amount of $31,044.78 — Police Department. b. Authorize Execution of Amendment to the Agreement (COU No. 1314-159) with GHD in an Amount Not to Exceed $21,879 for Supplemental Services for the Redwood Business Park Transportation Improvements Project and Approve Budget Amendment — Public Works Department. c. Adoption of Ordinance Amending Certain Sections of the City Code (Water Connection Fees) and Amendments Thereof— Public Works Department. i Page 1 of 5 ' � � ._.� .. _i . � 1'i ._. . � . . _ v��. � . .. ORDINANCE NO. 2013-45 ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF UKIAH AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THE CITY CODE (WATER CONNECTION FEES) Motion/Second: Thomas/Landis to approve Consent Calendar Items 7a - c, as submitted. Motion carried by the following roll call votes: AYES: Landis, Thomas, Baldwin, and Crane. NOES: None. ABSENT: None. ABSTAIN: None. 7. AUDIENCE COMMENTS ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS 9. COUNCIL REPORTS Presenters: Vice Mayor Baldwin and Mayor Crane. 10. CITY MANAGER/CITY CLERK REPORTS Presenter: Jane Chambers, City Manager. Council Consensus to cancel the first meeting in January scheduled for January 1, 2014. 11. PUBLIC HEARINGS (6:15 PM) c. Conduct a Public Hearing Under the Tax and Equity Fiscal Responsibility Act ("TEFRA") for the Reissuance of Tax-Exempt Notes for the Rural Community Housing Development Corporation's McCarty Manor Housing Project and Approval or Corresponding Resolution Authorizing the Reissuance of the Notes — Administration. PUBLIC HEARING WAS OPENED AT 6:18 P.M. Presenter: Sage Sangiacomo, Assistant City Manager. Public Comment: Chuck Lange, Rural Community Housing Development Corporation, Chief Executive Officer. PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED AT 6:19 P.M. Motion/Second: LandislThomas to adopt a Resolution (2013-30) approving the reissuance of the notes by the Authority. Motion carried by the following roll call votes: AYES: Landis, Thomas, Baldwin, and Crane. NOES: None. ABSENT: None. ABSTAIN: None. a. Adoption of a Resolution to Certify the Costco Wholesale Project Environmental Impact Report (EIR) — P/anning and Community Development Department. Presenters: Charley Stump, Planning and Community Development Department Director and Brian J. Grattidge, Dudek Senior Project Manager. RECESS: 6:33— 6:55 P.M. Mayor Directive to hear agenda item 12b while waiting for audio/visual issues to be resolved. � r,� ^,-�_�, i „ �.,`= � �=;_ .=%a ?013 Cn��tlnued� Page 3 of 5 12. UNFINISHED BUSINESS � b. Presentation of Proposed Go-Forward Plan for City of Ukiah and Ukiah Valley Fire District— Administration. Presenter: Jane Chambers, City Manager. Public Comment: Judy Hatch. No reportable action was taken. 11. PUBLIC HEARINGS - Continued a. Adoption of a Resolution to Certify the Costco Wholesale Project Environmental Impact Report (EIR) - CONTINUED — Planning and Community Development Department. Presenters: Charley Stump, Planning and Community Development Department Director and Brian J. Grattidge, Dudek Senior Project Manager. Also Presenting: Project Consultants - Steve Weinberger, W-Trans Principal; Amy Herman ALH I�i Urban and Regional Economics Principal; and Costco Team - Michael Okuma, Costco Real i Estate - Development Director; Mathew Cyr. Garghausen Engineering Gas - Engineer; Dave Babcock, David Babcock and Associates - Planner and Landscape Architect and Project Applicant; , Steve Calcagno, Kier 8 Wright - Civil Engineer, Joseph Walsh, Mulvanny G2 Architects - Architect; and Sonia Daleiden with Kittleson & Associates - Traffic Engineer. , PUBLIC HEARING WAS OPENED AT 7:19 P.M. Public Comment: Jim Houle, (Unidentified Woman), Chuck Williams, Alison Peters, Brian Kornegay, Kent Porter, Randy Dorn. John McCowen, Mary Anne Miller, Jim Watt; Dennis Slota; Pinky Kushner; Marilyn Shue; William Kopper; Bruni Cobbi; and Judy Hatch. PUBLIC COMMENT WAS CLOSED AT 8:26 P.M. RECESS: 8.'26— 8:56 P.M. � Council Consensus to continue both agenda items 11 a and 11b to the December 1$ 2013, Council meeting. b. Adoption of a Resolution Making Findings Pursuant to Public Resources � Code (PRC) §21081 and California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines � Section §15091 and a Statement of Overriding Consideration in Accordance with I PRC §21081(B) and CEQA Guidelines §15093 and Introduction of an Ordinance to Amend the Airport Industrial Park Planned Development Land Use Map to Change the Land Use Designation of the Costco Project Site to Retail Commercial from IndustriallAuto Commercial and Light Manufacturing/Mixed Use — Planning and Community Development Department. 12. UNFINISHED BUSINESS - Continued a. Discussion and Consideration of the Potential Removal of Three Redwood Trees in the Public Right of Way on South School Street—Administration. Presenter: Sage Sangiacomo, Assistant City Manager. Public Comment: K.C. Meadows, Ukiah Daily Journal Managing Editor; Randy Dorn; Don � � �, [y �;(,LI' QI �V�Illi_!'.',_ �i �_ , � .. I . _ _.. . . .. Burgess; Susan Knopf; and Steve Scalmanini. Mayor Directive to continue this item to the December 18, 2013, Council meeting. 13. NEW BUSINESS d. Discussion and Possible Adoption of Resolution in Support of the United States Postal Service and the Postal Service Protection Act of 2013, Senate Bill 316. — Administration. Presenter: Vice Mayor Baldwin. Public Comment: Terry Poplawski. MotionlSecond: Baldwin/Thomas to adopt Resolution (2013-31) in support of the United States Postal Service and the Postal Service Protection Act of 2013, Senate Bill 316. Motion carried by the following roll call votes: AYES: Landis, Thomas, Baldwin, and Crane. NOES: None. ABSENT: None. ABSTAIN: None. a. Appointment of New Mayor and Vice Mayor—Administration. Presenter: Kristine Lawler, City Clerk. Nofe: Councilmember Thomas declined to move to the Vice Mayor position. Motion/Second: Landis/Thomas to nominate and establish Philip E. Baldwin as Mayor and Mary Anne Landis as Vice Mayor for 2014 for seating at the December 18, 2013, Regular Council Meeting. Motion carried by the following roll call votes: AYES: Landis, Thomas, Baldwin, and Crane. NOES: None. ABSENT: None. ABSTAIN: None. b. Award Purchase of a Used Jet a Fuel Truck for the Airport to Epic Aviation, LLC for the Total Amount of$203,558.44. —Airport. Presenter: Greg Owen, Airport Manager. Motion/Second: Landis/Baldwin to award purchase of 2009 International 7300 5,000 Gallon Jet A fuel truck for the total amount of $203,558.44 to Epic Aviation, LLC for the Airport, approving staff to make the final evaluation at the point of purchase regarding choices 1 and 2 of the vehicles listed on the staff report. Motion carried by the following roll call votes: AYES: Landis, Thomas, Baldwin, and Crane. NOES: None. ABSENT: None. ABSTAIN: None. c. Adoption of Resolution Relative to Appointments to the Parks, Recreation and Golf I Commission and the Traffic Engineering Committee — City Clerk Department. , Presenter. Kristine Lawler, City Clerk. I Nomination by Vice Mayor Baldwin, seconded by Councilmember Thomas to appoint Jim Brown as a At Large Representative on the Parks, Recreation and Golf Commission. AYES: Landis, Thomas, Baldwin, and Crane. NOES: None. ABSENT: None. ABSTAIN: None. Nomination by Mayor Crane, seconded by Councilmember Thomas to appoint Roger Vincent to , the Public Representative position on the Traffic Engineering Committee. AYES: Landis, Thomas, Baldwin, and Crane. NOES: None. ABSENT: None. ABSTAIN: None. IL City Council Mlnutes for December 4 2013 Ccntinu��- Page 5 of 5 THE GTY COUNGL ADJOURNED TO CLOSED SESS/ON AT 10:52 P.M. 14. CLOSED SESSION I! a. Conference with Labor Neqotiator (§ 54957.6) Agency Representative: Jane Chambers, City Manager Employee Organizations: Electric Unit � b. Conference with Leqal Counsel — Anticipated Litiqation Initiation of litigation pursuant Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(4) (1 case) c. Conference with Leqal Counsel — Existinq Litiqation (Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1)) Name of case: Ukiah Valley Sanitation District v. City of Ukiah, Mendocino County Superior Court Case No. SCUK-CVG13-63024 d. Conference with Real Propertv Neqotiators (&54956.8) Property: APN 180-080-57, 58, 59, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, and 180-110-08, 09, 10 I Negotiator: Jane Chambers, City Manager Negotiating Parties: City of Ukiah and Northwest Atlantic (Costco) Under Negotiation: Price & Terms e. Conference with Real Propertv Neqotiators (&54956.8) Property: APN (forthcoming) Negotiator: Jane Chambers, City Manager Negotiating Parties: Vinewood Park and NCO Under Negotiation: Price & Terms f. Conference with Real Propertv Neqotiators (654956.8) Property: APN (forthcoming) Negotiator: Jane Chambers, City Manager Negotiating Parties: EDFC and Probation Building Under Negotiation: Price & Terms No reportable action was taken. 15. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 11:30 p.m. � � )' )l �(_ �, LL � l.� !, ; Kristine Lawler, City Clerk I