|
|
CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS AGENDA OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY |
|
||
|
Mayor Larry Lavagnino Mayor Pro Tem Bob Orach Councilmember Alice Patino Councilmember Leo Councilmember Hilda Zacarías |
|
City Manager Tim Ness City Attorney Gil Trujillo City Clerk Patti Rodriguez Chief Deputy City Clerk Patricia Perez Ex-Officio Clerk of the City Council |
||
|
|
REGULAR MEETING OCTOBER 21, 2008 6:30 P.M. |
|
||
This agenda is prepared and posted pursuant to Government Code Section
54954.2. By listing a topic on this
agenda, the City Council has expressed its intent to discuss and act on each
item. In addition to any action
identified in the summary description of each item, the action that may be
taken by the City Council shall include:
a referral to staff with specific requests for information; continuance;
specific direction to staff concerning the policy or mission of the item;
discontinuance of consideration; authorization to enter into negotiations and
execute agreements pertaining to the item; adoption or approval; and
disapproval. Items not on the agenda may
not be discussed or acted upon except under emergency circumstances. (Government Code Section 54954.2).
Copies
of the staff reports or other documentation relating to each item of business
referred to on the agenda are on file in the Office of the City Clerk,
The
City of
Participation
includes assistance under the Americans with Disabilities Act to provide an
equally effective opportunity for individuals with a disability to participate
in and benefit from City activities. For the hearing impaired, the City has
assisted listening equipment available. For TDD (Telecommunications Devices for
the Deaf) service, please call (800) 735-2929. In order for the City to
make reasonable accommodation arrangements for the use of this assisted listening
equipment, notification is required by at least 4:00 p.m. the Friday before the
meeting by calling 925-0951, extension 307. This equipment can also be
used for translation by Spanish-only speaking persons. To allow the City to coordinate and request a
Spanish translator from the volunteer corps, call 925-0951, extension 307 by
1:00 p.m. on Monday before the meeting. Para permitir a la Ciudad el poder coordinar y solicitar a un traductor
para español del cuerpo de voluntarios, llame al 925-0951, extensión 307 a la
1:00 de la tarde el lunes antes de la junta.
INVOCATION:
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG:
CALL TO ORDER: Mayor
Lavagnino
ROLL CALL: Councilmembers
Orach, Patino,
1.
PROCLAMATIONS/COMMENDATIONS/PRESENTATIONS
A.
Resolution
No. 2008-157 to be adopted commending:
retired member
of the Block Grants Advisory Committee, for his many years of dedicated
service.
A.
Recreation
and Parks Department Volunteers of the Month for October 2008:
SANTA MARIA SPORTMAN’S ASSOCIATION
for their involvement in
the “Take Me Fishing” event and the “Autumn Arts Grapes and Grains Festival.”
B.
Proclamation
urging the community to attend and support the
in the City of
1.
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD (NOT TO EXCEED A TOTAL OF 15
MINUTES):
The Council values
your input. Individual speakers are
limited to three minutes or as directed by the Mayor. To address the Council you are asked to
fill out a Request to Speak Form and provide it to City Staff PRIOR TO this
part of the agenda. This assists the
Clerk in accurately preparing the minutes of the meeting. Once the public comment period commences, no
other speakers will be allowed to submit a Request to Speak Form. This time is reserved to accept comments from
the public on Consent Agenda items, Closed Session items, or matters not
otherwise scheduled on this agenda.
Direction to staff may be given; however, State law does not allow
action to be taken by the Council on matters not on the printed agenda at this
meeting. The law requires that notice be
given to the public at large to allow for full disclosure and discussion and
decisions on important public issues. To
have City Council discussions and decisions on unnoticed items would prevent
the type of public input necessary to make governmental decisions.
2.
CONSENT CALENDAR:
The following routine items are presented for City
Council approval without discussion as a single agenda item in order to
expedite the meeting. The Consent
Calendar is approved by roll call vote with one motion. These items are discussed only on request of
Councilmembers. Members of the public
may speak on Consent Calendar items during the Public Comment Period.
SHOULD A COUNCILMEMBER WISH TO DISCUSS OR
DISAPPROVE ANY ITEM, it must be dropped from the blanket motion of approval and
considered as a separate item.
ROLL CALL: Councilmembers Orach, Patino,
CITY MANAGER/CITY CLERK:
A.
Recommendation of City Staff to waive the reading
in full of all ORDINANCES and RESOLUTIONS.
Ordinances on the Consent Agenda will be adopted by the same vote cast
at the first meeting, unless City Council indicates otherwise.
B.
Recommendation of City Staff that the City Council
approve the MINUTES of the Regular City Council Meeting of
October 7, 2008.
a.
Minutes to be approved.
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES DEPARTMENT:
C.
Payment of WARRANTS.
a.
To be ordered ratified subject to having been
certified as being in conformity with the budget and having been approved for
payment by the Director of
Administrative Services.
D.
Payment of PAYROLL.
a.
To be ordered ratified subject to having been
certified by the proper Department Heads, as shown on records on file in the
Department of Administrative Services, and having been approved for payment by
the Director of Administrative Services.
E. Recommendation of City Staff that the City Council adopt a resolution approving and implementing an IDENTITY THEFT PREVENTION PROGRAM in compliance with the Federal Trade Commission’s Fair and Accurate Transaction Act of 2003.
a. Resolution No. 2008-158 to be adopted approving and implementing an Identity Theft Prevention Program.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT:
F. Recommendation of City Staff that the City Council conduct the second reading by title only of Ordinance NO. 2008-23 amending Chapter 8 of Title 12 of the Municipal Code (Zoning Regulations), pertaining to the R-3 (High Density Residential) zone, allowing exceptions to the thirty-five foot (35’) maximum height for mixed-use projects up to fifty-five feet (55’), subject to Planning Commission recommendation and City Council approval of specific criteria and findings.
a. Ordinance No. 2008-23 to be adopted.
G.
Recommendation of City Staff that the City Council
conduct the second reading by title only of Ordinance NO. 2008-24
rezoning a 3.76 acre portion of a total of 9.41 acre site located at the
northwest corner of Orcutt Expressway (State Route 135) and
a.
Ordinance No. 2008-24 to be adopted.
POLICE DEPARTMENT:
H.
Recommendation of City Staff that the City Council
adopt a resolution authorizing the receipt of and appropriation of $33,041 to
be allocated to the Santa Maria Police Department under the provisions of the
Office of Traffic Safety,
a.
Resolution No. 2008-159 to be adopted approving the
appropriation.
PUBLIC WORKS
DEPARTMENT:
I. Recommendation of City Staff that the City Council adopt a resolution declaring used police motorcycles as surplus property and authorizing the sale of this equipment to other law enforcement agencies.
a. Resolution No. 2008-160 to be adopted declaring police motorcycles as surplus property and authorizing the sale.
J. Recommendation of the Traffic Committee that the City Council adopt a resolution establishing a NO STOPPING ZONE on North Railroad Avenue along the easterly right-of-way beginning three hundred twenty (320) feet north of the northerly right-of-way of Alvin Avenue then continuing north for sixty-two (62) feet.
a.
Resolution No. 2008-161 to be adopted
authorizing the establishment of a no stopping zone on
ROLL CALL: Councilmember Orach, Patino,
ROLL CALL: Board Member Orach, Patino,
PUBLIC HEARINGS
3.
GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT, ZONE CHANGE AND SPECIFIC PLAN FOR DOWNTOWN
SANTA MARIA, GENERALLY LOCATED NORTH OF MORRISON AVENUE, SOUTH OF FESLER
STREET, EAST OF PINE STREET AND WEST OF SCHOOL STREET, FILE NOS. GPZ-2008-004,
SPZ-2004-001 AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT E-2004-001 (265 ACRES). [Agenda
Report Attachments 1-3] [Agenda Report Attachments 4-5] [Agenda Report Attachment 6]
[Agenda Report Attachment 7] The City Council and the
Redevelopment Agency will consider a recommendation from the Planning
Commission regarding the certification of the Final Environmental Impact Report
(FEIR), E-2004-001, and project recommendations. The Downtown Specific Plan
project (SPZ-2004-001) is located within a project area of approximately 265
acres. The project (GPZ-2008-004) proposes an amendment to the General Plan
Land Use Element which would amend most General Plan designations within the
specific plan area to Central District I (CD-I) or Central District II (CD-II).
An amendment to the General Plan Circulation Element is proposed which would
amend various existing General Plan policies. The entire project area would be
rezoned to include a Specific Plan (SP) zoning district. A portion of the Entrada Specific Plan
project boundaries would be amended and Santa Maria Municipal Code Section
12-3.05 (Westside Revitalization Project Design Guidelines) would also be
amended. Various Assessor Parcel Numbers are associated with this project.
a. Staff report to be made. (Director of Community Development)
b. Written communications.
c. Those in favor to be heard.
d. Those in opposition to be heard.
e. After all persons have been heard, and all communications filed, hearing to be closed.
f. Joint Resolution of the City Council and Redevelopment Agency Nos. 2008-162 and 2008-01 to be adopted certifying the Final Environmental Impact Report (SCH#2007041105), E-2004-001, making CEQA findings, adopting a statement of overriding considerations, and adopting a mitigation monitoring program for the Downtown Specific Plan (GPZ-2008-004, SPZ-2004-001). [Exhibits A-B] [Exhibits C-D]
g.
Joint Resolution of the City
Council and Redevelopment Agency Nos. 2008-163 and 2008-02 to be adopted
amending the General Plan (Land Use Element and Circulation Element) of
approximately 265 acres of property, generally
located north of
1. Amend the General Plan Land Use Policy Map contained [within the boundaries of the Downtown Specific Plan] by re-designating certain areas from various land use designations to Central District I (CD-I) or Central District II (CD-II) land use designations; and
2.
Amend the
Land Use Element text to add the SP (Specific Plan) zoning district as
corresponding zoning within Central District I (CD-I) and Central District II
(CD-II) land use designations; and
3.
Amend the
Circulation Element text (page C-17) to revise the location of the transit
center from the Town Center Mall to the southeast corner of Miller Street and
Boone Street; and
4.
Amend the
Circulation Element text to revise Policy C.1a (Acceptable Levels of Service)
to allow reduced Levels of Service (LOS) for roadways in the Downtown Specific
Plan area; and
5.
Amend the
Circulation Element text to revise Policy C.4a (Location of Noise-Sensitive Land
Uses) to allow exceptions for the Downtown Specific Plan area.
h. Joint Ordinance of the City Council and Redevelopment Agency Nos. 2008-25 and RDA Ord-2008-01 to be introduced by title only for first reading and continued to the next meeting for second reading and adoption to: [Exhibits A, B & D] [Exhibit C]
1.
Adopt the
Downtown Specific Plan which specifies that all new development in the Downtown
Specific Plan area would be reviewed and considered for approval as provided by
the Downtown Specific Plan (SPZ-2004-001); public noticing would also be given; and
2.
Amend Santa
Maria Municipal Code Section 12-3.05(c) to apply development standards of the Westside
Revitalization Project Design Guidelines within the Downtown Specific Plan area
for the geographical areas defined in the Westside Revitalization Project
Design Guidelines project area map; and
3.
Amend the Entrada Specific Plan to remove the Downtown
Specific Plan area from the Entrada Specific Plan (SP-1).
i. Joint Ordinance of the City Council and Redevelopment Agency Nos. 2008-26 and RDA Ord-2008-02 rezoning approximately 265 acres of property of the Downtown Specific Plan area to the SP (Specific Plan) zoning district to be introduced by title only for first reading and continued to the next meeting for second reading and adoption.
j.
Once the City Council adopts the aforementioned
Resolutions and Ordinances, the City Council is requested to provide direction
to staff regarding implementation of the Downtown Specific Plan as it pertains
to the following three options.
(Note: In all three options, the Planning Commission and City Council would
still be notified of proposed development in the Downtown Specific Plan area.
In addition, Santa Maria Municipal Code
Chapter 12-41 would apply for appeals to the Planning Commission.)
Option 1 - All new development in the Downtown Specific Plan area would be reviewed
and considered for approval as provided by the Downtown Specific Plan. Public noticing would be given. OR
Option 2 - A Planned Development (PD) overlay district would apply to the entire
Downtown Specific Plan area boundaries. OR
Option 3 - All new development in the Downtown Specific Plan area that is 5,000
square feet of floor area or less would be reviewed and acted upon as provided
by the Downtown Specific Plan.
All new development in the Downtown Specific
Plan area that is greater than 5,000 square feet of floor area would require
the review and action by the Planning Commission.
ROLL CALL: Councilmembers Orach, Patino,
ROLL CALL: Board Members
Orach, Patino,
JOINT CITY COUNCIL AND REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY MEETING TO ADJOURN AND RECONVENE TO REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
REGULAR
BUSINESS:
4.
INTERIM
TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO THE SANTA MARIA MUNICIPAL CODE. The City Council will consider a proposed
ordinance making various technical amendments to the Santa Maria Municipal Code
that facilitate smooth functioning of the City’s administration.
a.
Staff report to be made. (
b. Council discussion.
c. Ordinance No. 2008-27 making technical amendments to the Municipal Code to be introduced by title only for first reading and continued to the next meeting for second reading and adoption.
ROLL CALL: Councilmembers
Orach, Patino,
REPORT
BY CITY MANAGER:
ORAL REPORTS OF COUNCILMEMBERS AND OFFICERS
(INCLUDING AB1234 REPORTS):
ADJOURNMENT:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
CITY COUNCIL
MEETINGS ARE TELEVISED LIVE ON COMCAST CABLE TELEVISION CHANNEL 23 AND ARE REBROADCAST
AT 9:00 A.M. ON THURSDAYS AND ON THE FOLLOWING TUESDAY AT 6:30 P.M. COUNCIL MEETING VIDEOS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE FOR
VIEWING ON THE CITY'S WEB SITE. YOUR
ATTENDANCE AT THIS PUBLIC MEETING MAY RESULT IN THE RECORDING AND BROADCAST OF
YOUR IMAGE AND/OR VOICE.
IF YOU CHALLENGE A DETERMINATION MADE ON A
MATTER ON THIS AGENDA IN COURT, YOU MAY BE LIMITED TO RAISING ONLY THOSE ISSUES
YOU OR SOMEONE ELSE RAISED AT THE PUBLIC HEARING DESCRIBED ON THIS AGENDA, OR
IN WRITTEN CORRESPONDENCE TO THE CITY COUNCIL AT, OR PRIOR TO, THE PUBLIC
HEARING.
THE
|
CITY CALENDAR |
|||
|
BOARD/ COMMISSION |
NEXT MEETING |
MEETING
PLACE |
MEETING
TIME |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Block
Grants Advisory Committee |
Nov 10,
2008 |
City Hall
Conference Room |
5:30 p.m. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Landmark
Committee |
Nov 11,
2008 |
City Hall Conference Room |
4:00 p.m. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Recreation
and Parks Commission |
Nov 11,
2008 |
City Council Chambers |
6:30 p.m. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Library
Board |
Nov 11,
2008 |
Library Conference Room |
7:00 p.m. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Planning
Commission |
Nov 5,
2008 |
City
Council Chamber |
6:30 p.m. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Code
Compliance Board |
Nov 13,
2008 |
City Council Chambers |
4:00 p.m. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nov 17,
2008 |
City Hall Conference Room |
5:30 p.m. |
|
|
|
|
|