City Council Meeting

CITY OF GALT MINUTES REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING Council Chambers, 380 Civic Drive, Galt, California Tuesday, April 5, 2016 The Mayor called the meeting to order at 6:15 pm. Council Members present: Payne, Heuer, Campion, Powers and Crews. Staff members present: City Manager Palazzo, City Clerk Settles, City Attorney Rudolph and Public Works Director Winkler. ADJOURNED TO CLOSED SESSION: 1. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – EXISTING LITIGATION pursuant to Government Code section 54956.9(d). Name of case: City of Galt v. 7 Starr LLC, et al, Sacramento Superior Court Case No. 34-2014- 00173138 2. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – ANTICIPATED LITIGATION pursuant to Government Code section 54956.9(d)(3). Significant exposure to litigation – one potential case. RECONVENED TO OPEN SESSION: The Council reconvened to open session at 7:00 pm at which time the City Attorney announced there was no reportable action. The meeting was called to order at 7:00 pm by the Mayor. Council Members present: Payne, Heuer, Campion, Powers and Crews. Staff members present: City Manager Palazzo, City Clerk Settles, City Attorney Rudolph, Community Development Director Stewart, Interim Finance Director Boyd, Human Resources Administrator Islas, Parks & Recreation Director Solis, Police Chief Sockman and Public Works Director Winkler. OPENING CEREMONIES - Silent prayer was observed, the flag salute was recited and the City Clerk read the video statement. AGENDA APPROVAL, ADDITIONS AND/OR DELETIONS: Crews moved Scheduled Matters to after the Regular Calendar. PRESENTATION: 1. SUBJECT: Swearing in Ceremony for Police Chief Tod Sockman. Settles swore in Police Chief Sockman. Crews announced a fifteen-minute break for refreshments. GALT CITY COUNCIL MINUTES REGULAR MEETING OF APRIL 5, 2016 PAGE 2 PUBLIC COMMENTS - The Clerk announced that members of the audience could address the council on any matter which is not on the agenda but within the subject matter jurisdiction. She advised the location of the speaker sheets, asked that speaker sheets be presented to the clerk prior to addressing council and advised that each person would have a five-minute time limit to speak. CONSENT CALENDAR - Consisting of Items 1 through 3. 1. SUBJECT: Minutes of the regular meeting of March 15, 2016 and the special meeting of March 23, 2016. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Accept the minutes as submitted. 2. SUBJECT: City of Galt Warrants. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve the warrants. 3. SUBJECT: Orvell K. Fletcher Proclamation. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve the proclamation as presented. ACTION: Upon a motion by Payne, seconded by Powers, the consent calendar was approved by a unanimous roll call vote. REGULAR CALENDAR: CITY COUNCIL’S OFFICE: 1. SUBJECT: Discretionary Funds – Powers. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve the allocation of $500 for use during the Independence Day Celebration Parade and the allocation of $300 to the Volunteers for Feline Health & Wellness from Council Member Powers’ discretionary funds in the FYE 2016 budget. ACTION: Upon a motion by Payne, seconded by Campion, allocating $500 for use during the Independence Day Celebration Parade and allocating $300 to the Volunteers for Feline Health & Wellness from Council Member Powers’ discretionary funds in the FYE 2016 budget was approved by a unanimous roll call vote. CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE: 2. SUBJECT: Request from Galt Community of Character Coalition to name the Galt Community Garden at Harvey Park in honor of Vice Mayor Barbara Payne. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Consider the request from the Galt Community Character Coalition to name the Galt Community Garden at Harvey Park in honor of Barbara Payne and provide direction to staff. Palazzo gave the agenda report. Sue Roberts encouraged City Council to name the Galt Community Garden in honor of Vice Mayor Payne. Payne thanked the volunteers and appreciated the honor. ACTION: Upon a motion by Heuer, seconded by Campion moving forward with naming of the GALT CITY COUNCIL MINUTES REGULAR MEETING OF APRIL 5, 2016 PAGE 3 Galt Community Garden at Harvey Park to Barbara Payne Community Garden at Harvey Park was approved by a roll call vote with Payne abstaining. POLICE DEPARTMENT: 3. SUBJECT: Amendment of Regulations relating to Massage Businesses. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Introduce Ordinance No. 2016-03 amending Chapter 5.60 of the Galt Municipal Code regarding Massage Establishments and Therapists, waive full reading, and continue to the next regular meeting for adoptions. Kalinowski introduced Sergeant Smalls who gave the agenda report. ACTION: Upon a motion by Campion, seconded by Powers, introducing Ordinance No. 2016-03 was approved by a unanimous roll call vote. SCHEDULED MATTERS - PUBLIC HEARING: 1. SUBJECT: Eastview Specific Plan – Annexation, General Plan Amendment, Specific Plan, Pre- Zone, Vesting Tentative Subdivision Map, Development Agreement. RECOMMENDED ACTION: 1) Adopt a resolution certifying the Environmental Impact Report, adopting the Findings of Fact and Statement of Overriding Considerations, adopting the Mitigation Monitoring and Report Program for the Eastview Specific Plan Project; 2) Adopt a resolution approving the annexation of 504 acres; 3) Introduce an ordinance approving the proposed pre- zoning for the Eastview Specific Plan project, waive full reading, and continue to the next regular meeting for adoption; and 4) Introduce an ordinance approving the Development Agreement for the Liberty Ranch portion of the Eastview Specific Plan project, waive full reading and continue to the next regular meeting for adoption. Stewart gave an overview of the project. Heuer asked for a copy of the development standard matrix slide from the Power Point presentation. Stewart said he would provide copies to all council members. Rudolph said progress had been made during negotiations with the Elementary School District and the applicant. He recommended not acting on the project, and continuing to the next meeting for possible action. Rudolph said a few more weeks was needed to work out the details for the possible funding of the new elementary school. Rudolph handed out a revised development agreement and reviewed the changes. In Section 4.4.6, Heuer had asked for the credits to be issued at the time of acceptance of the two parks. Rudolph said the applicant was not comfortable expending the funds to construct the two parks and not receiving credit. Heuer was concerned with giving the credit at the conclusion of construction of the two parks and the two parks remained under private control for fifteen years by the applicant. Crews opened the public hearing. Karen Schauer, Galt Joint Union Elementary School District, appreciated and supported providing more time for the financing of the new elementary school. GALT CITY COUNCIL MINUTES REGULAR MEETING OF APRIL 5, 2016 PAGE 4 Addison Covert, Galt Joint Union Elementary School District, thought there was progress being made towards a resolution and requested more time to resolve the school district’s concerns. Barbara Woods was unhappy with the location of the school site. Sam Veltri, Liberty Ranch, applicant, addressed the home sizes, parks and lot lines. Tim Denham, Wood Rodgers, consultant for the applicant, explained the lot line measurement used in the specific plan. He said the project used the engineering standards approved by the City. Campion asked for a copy of the standards at the next meeting. He said he wanted the project to use the development standards in the development code and Veltri replied the specific plan allowed the customization of the development standards. Powers approved of the size of the lots. Sam Veltri, Liberty Ranch, applicant, asked City Council to approve the project tonight except the development agreement. Crews closed the public hearing. Rudolph recommended continuing the entire project. ACTION: Upon a motion by Campion, seconded by Heuer, continuing the four items to the next regular meeting was approved by a unanimous roll call vote. COMMUNICATIONS: None. CITY CLERK’S REPORT: 1. SUBJECT: Parks and Recreation Commission Appointment. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Appoint a community member to the Parks and Recreation Commission to fill a vacant position and remaining term in accordance with city practice. Crews appointed Angela DaPrato to the Parks and Recreation Commission with a term ending in December, 2018. 2. SUBJECT: Regular City Council Meeting of April 19, 2016. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Move the start time to 7:30 pm to give Council and staff the opportunity to attend the San Joaquin Delta College District Board of Trustees Meeting on April 19, 2016. ACTION: Upon a motion by Heuer, seconded by Crews, moving the start time to 7:30 pm to give Council and staff the opportunity to attend the San Joaquin Delta College District Board of Trustees Meeting on April 19, 2016 was approved by a unanimous roll call vote. COMMENTS BY STAFF: Solis invited City Council to attend opening day for t-ball, instructional and girl’s softball. Stewart said the City initiated annexation was moving forward to the Planning Commission. Sockman thanked staff for tonight. Palazzo was pleased with staff and budget progress. GALT CITY COUNCIL MINUTES REGULAR MEETING OF APRIL 5, 2016 PAGE 5 COMMENTS BY CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS/FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS VICE MAYOR PAYNE: thanked Parks & Recreation Department and CAPS for the Eggstravaganza. COUNCIL MEMBER HEUER: Nothing. COUNCIL MEMBER CAMPION: invited the community out to the Orvell Fletcher Dedication on Monday, April 11, 2016 at Galt High School starting at 12:30 pm. COUNCIL MEMBER POWERS: Nothing MAYOR CREWS: Nothing. There being no further business to come before council, the meeting was adjourned by the mayor at 9:40 pm. Respectfully submitted, Donna Settles City Clerk