Receipt of Documents
after Distribution of Council Agenda:
Pursuant to SB 343, documents were received
on January 15, 2013, after the distribution of the City Council Agenda
packet. The documents received are associated
with Item
No. 5 below and can be reviewed by selecting
the associated Agenda Item link to the Agenda Report.
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AGENDA OF THE CITY COUNCIL CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS |
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Mayor Alice M. Patino Councilmember Councilmember Terri Zuniga |
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City Manager Rick Haydon City Attorney City Clerk Chief Deputy City Clerk |
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REGULAR MEETING JANUARY 15, 2013, AT 6:30 P.M. |
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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
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please notify the City Clerk’s office
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Clerk’s office is at
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grupo 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
Patino
ROLL CALL: Councilmembers Boysen, Orach, Zuniga, and
Mayor Patino
1. PROCLAMATIONS/PRESENTATIONS:
A. Proclamation declaring January 20 – 26, 2013 as:
in the City of
B. Library Volunteer of the Month for January
2013:
for their commitment and hours of volunteer
work raising funds for the new Orcutt Library project and for their help moving
into the new library.
2. 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.
3. 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 the 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 Boysen, Orach, Zuniga, and
Mayor 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 December 18, 2012.
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.
RECREATION AND PARKS DEPARTMENT:
E. Recommendation of City Staff that the City
Council adopt a resolution to ratify a Habitat Conservation Fund Grant agreement
for $36,661 over three years, authorize the Director of Recreation and Parks to
accept and expend the grant funds for educational programs at Los Flores Ranch
Park (Los Flores), and authorize the Director of Administrative Services to
set-up an account for the grant funding.
a. Resolution No. 2013-01
to be adopted.
PUBLIC HEARING:
4. GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT AND ZONE CHANGE REQUEST FOR CENTENNIAL
SQUARE, FILE NOS. GPZ-2012-0002, PD-2012-0003, E-2012-0022, LOCATED AT THE
SOUTHWEST CORNER OF MILLER STREET AND PLAZA DRIVE, ASSESSOR’S PARCEL NUMBER
128-066-003 (6.35 Acres). The City Council will
consider a recommendation from the Planning Commission to authorize the filing
of a Negative Declaration of Environmental Impact; adopt a resolution amending
the General Plan (Land Use Policy Map) Amendment FROM
1.26 acres of CPO (Commercial Professional Office) and 5.09 acres of HDR-16
(High Density Residential – maximum of 16 dwelling units per acre) TO 6.35 acres of HDR-22 (High Density Residential –
maximum of 22 dwelling units per acre) as shown on Exhibit A of the resolution; and Introduce an ordinance
rezoning FROM 1.26 acres of PD/CPO
(Planned Development/Commercial Professional Office) TO 1.26 acres of PD/R-3 Planned Development/High
Density Residential).
a. Public Hearing to
be continued to February 5, 2013, at the request of the applicant.
REGULAR BUSINESS:
5. COUNCIL
DISCUSSION REGARDING THE FILLING OF THE VACANT CITY COUNCIL SEAT. The City Council will discuss the options for filling the vacant City
Council seat.
a. Staff
report to be made. (City Manager)
c. Council discussion.
d. Option #1: Resolution No. 2013-02 to be adopted making
an immediate appointment to fill the vacant unexpired two-year term of office
on the City Council;
OR
Option
#2:
Direct staff to immediately advertise the vacancy on the City Council
and to accept applications from interested individuals to be interviewed and
appointed on February 5, 2013, to fill the unexpired two-year term of office on
the City Council.
OR
Option
#3: Resolution
No. 2013-03 to be adopted calling for the holding of a
Special Municipal Election to be held on June 4, 2013, for the election of one member
of the City Council to fill an unexpired term of two-years; and
Resolution No. 2013-04 to
be adopted requesting the Board of Supervisors of the
County of Santa Barbara to conduct a Special Municipal Election to be held on
June 4, 2013; and
Resolution No. 2013-05 to
be adopted setting regulations for candidates for elective
office pertaining to Candidates’ Statements submitted to the voters at a
Special Municipal Election to be held on June 4, 2013.
ROLL CALL: Councilmembers
Boysen, Orach, Zuniga, and Mayor Patino
6. ANNUAL APPOINTMENTS TO VARIOUS BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, AND
COMMITTEES. The City Council will consider making appointments to the Landmark Committee, the Santa Maria Community Television
Board of Directors, the Block Grants Advisory Committee, the Recreation and
Parks Commission, the Planning Commission, the Measure U2012 Citizen’s
Oversight Committee, and. the
a. Staff report to be made. (Chief Deputy City
Clerk)
b. Appoint two members to the Landmark
Committee for a term of three years ending in January 2016. The appointments are to be made by the Mayor
with ratification by the City Council.
One incumbent has reapplied, and one new application was received.
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JoAnn Wilson |
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New Applicant |
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Sandra Valdez |
Nominations to be made by: Mayor Patino.
c. Appoint one member to the Santa Maria
Community Television Board of Directors for a two-year term. The appointment
is to be made by the Mayor with ratification by the City Council. The incumbent has reapplied, and no other
applications were received.
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Mark van de Kamp |
Nomination to be made by: Mayor Patino.
d. Appoint two members to the Block Grants
Advisory Committee to fill two unexpired terms, one ending in July 2014,
and one ending in July 2015. The
recommendation for nomination to fill both vacancies is to be made by
Councilmember Orach. The appointment is
to be made by the Mayor with ratification by the City Council. Incumbents Robin Hayhurst and Michael
Madriaga previously resigned. Two new
applications were received from the following:
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Roy
Allen |
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Lulzim
Traga |
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Nominations to be made by: Councilmember Orach.
e. Appoint three members to the Recreation
and Parks Commission for four-year terms ending in January 2017, or
coterminous with the nominating Councilmember’s term. Nominations to be made by
Councilmembers Orach and Zuniga, and Mayor Patino. Appointments to be made by the Mayor with
ratification by the City Council.
Applicants must be City residents.
Two of the incumbents have reapplied, and seven new applications were
received.
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Previously Nominated by |
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Bruno Brunello |
Mayor Lavagnino |
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Ken
George (did not
reapply) |
Councilmember Cordero |
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Kirk Spry |
Councilmember Orach |
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New Applicants |
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Roger Gailey |
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Henry Grennan |
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Laura Henderson |
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Nominations to be made by: Councilmembers Orach and Zuniga, and Mayor
Patino.
f. Appoint
three members to the Planning Commission for four-year terms ending in January
2017, or coterminous with the nominating Councilmember’s term. Nominations to
be made by Councilmembers Orach and Zuniga, and Mayor Patino. Appointments to be made by the Mayor with
ratification by the City Council.
Applicants must be City residents.
Each of the incumbents has reapplied, and seven new applications were
received.
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Previously Nominated by |
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Rodger Brown |
Mayor Lavagnino |
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Tom Lopez |
Councilmember Cordero |
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Michael Moats |
Councilmember Orach |
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New Applicants |
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Adrian Andrade |
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Robert Dickerson |
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Ken George |
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Mary Jane Marlow |
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Jack Owen, Jr. |
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Hazel Putney |
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Mark Santiago |
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Nominations to be made by: Councilmembers Orach and Zuniga, and Mayor
Patino.
g. Appoint five new members to the Measure
U2012 Citizen’s Oversight Committee for four-year terms and/or coterminous
with the nominating Councilmember’s term.
One nomination each will be made by Councilmember Boysen and the new
City Councilmember, when filled, to fill two terms ending in January 2015 or
coterminous with the nominating Councilmember’s term; and one nomination each
will be made by Councilmembers Orach and Zuniga, and by Mayor Patino to fill
three terms ending in January 2017 or coterminous with the nominating
Councilmember’s term. Members must be City residents.
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Trent Benedetti |
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Mario Chavarria |
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Jack Owen, Jr. |
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Aaron Pankratz |
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John Peters |
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Alesia Yglesias |
Nomination to be made for one
term ending January 2015:
Councilmember Boysen.
Nominations to be made for one
term ending January 2017:
Councilmembers Orach, Zuniga, and Mayor Patino.
h. Appoint three members to the All-America City Committee for a
regular term of two years ending in January 2015. Nominations are to be made
for the expiring terms by Councilmembers Orach and Zuniga, and Mayor
Patino. The appointments are to be made
by the Mayor with ratification by the City Council. Then, Council will be
reassigning the two remaining members on the Committee with unexpired terms
ending in January 2014 to Councilmember Boysen and the vacant Council seat. The
following applications were received:
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Esther Acosta |
Cordero |
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August (Bud) Narachi |
Patino |
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Karen Sanchez |
Orach |
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New Applicants |
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Joylyn Castaing |
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Shannon McCreery |
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Remaining Members |
Previously Nominated by |
Reassigned to Councilmember for Nomination |
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Bailey Hudson |
Patino |
Boysen |
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Tahir Masood |
Orach |
New Councilmember, when seated |
Nominations
to be made by: Councilmembers Orach and Zuniga,
and Mayor Patino.
ROLL CALL: Councilmembers
Boysen, Orach, Zuniga, and Mayor Patino
7. CITY COUNCIL REPRESENTATION ON VARIOUS OUTSIDE BOARDS,
COMMISSIONS, AND COMMITTEES. The City Council will confirm
appointments to various outside boards, commissions, and committees which
require Council representation.
a.
Staff
report to be made. (City Manager)
b.
Council
discussion.
c.
Appointments
to be made.
ROLL CALL: Councilmembers
Boysen, Orach, Zuniga, and Mayor Patino
8. DISCUSSION OF CHANGING THE NOMINATION AND APPOINTMENT PROCESS TO
ALL CITY BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES. The City Council will receive a report and decide on future
appointments to City Boards, Commissions, and Committees.
a. Staff
report to be made. (City Manager)
b. Public
Input.
c. Council
discussion.
d. Option
#1: Provide direction to staff to
return on February 5, 2013, with an ordinance amending the Santa Maria
Municipal Code and implementing a new process for appointments to City Boards,
Commissions and Committees, thereby allowing members to be nominated by
individual Councilmembers and then confirmed by the City Council;
OR
Option
#2: Provide direction to staff to continue
with the past practice of appointments to City Boards, Commissions and
Committees by way of members being nominated by individual Councilmembers,
appointed by the Mayor, and confirmed by the City Council.
ROLL CALL: Councilmembers Boysen, Orach, Zuniga, and
Mayor Patino
REPORT BY CITY MANAGER:
ORAL REPORTS OF COUNCILMEMBERS AND OFFICERS
(INCLUDING AB1234 REPORTS):
RECESS: THE
CITY COUNCIL WILL IMMEDIATELY RECESS TO A CLOSED SESSION FOR THE FOLLOWING:
CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS pursuant to
Section 54957.6 of the Government Code with Agency Representative:
Deputy City Manager and Employee Organizations: Santa Maria Police
Officers Assoc. (SMPOA); Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 620;
Fire Fighters Union Local 2020; Public Safety Managers; Santa Maria Police
Association of Middle Management (SMPAMM); and Non-Represented Management and
Confidential Employees.
CLOSED
SESSION ANNOUNCEMENT:
ADJOURNMENT:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
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City
Council |
Feb. 5,
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City Hall Council Chambers |
6:30 p.m. |
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Planning
Commission |
Feb.
6, 2013 |
City Hall Council Chambers |
6:30 p.m. |
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Block
Grants Advisory Committee |
Feb. 11,
2013 |
City Hall
Conference Room |
5:30 p.m. |
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Landmark
Committee |
Feb. 12,
2013 |
Library Study Room C |
4:00 p.m. |
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Feb. 12,
2013 |
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5:30 p.m. |
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Recreation
and Parks Commission |
Feb. 12,
2013 |
City Hall
Conference Room |
4:00 p.m. |
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Library
Board |
Feb. 12,
2013 |
Library Conference Room |
7:00 p.m. |
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City
Council |
Feb. 19,
2013 |
City Hall Council Chambers |
6:30 p.m. |
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