ABSTRACT: Agenda Items and accompanying draft abbreviated Minutes for the six noteworthy City Council Agenda Items on the November 4, 2008 Agenda, namely status report on the 4th Avenue Riparian Project, Consent Calendar items including Resolution approving the at-will job description and salary range for the Public Services Director and a Resolution authorizing the destruction of certain records in accordance with §34090 et seq. of the Government Code, an appeal of a decision of the Planning Commission approving demolition and the certification of the final Environmental Impact Report for a building at the SE corner of Dolores and 7th Avenue – the Plaza Del Mar project, Ordinance revising CMC Chapter 17.30.010 (Demolition of Buildings) to require all demolition permit applications to be reviewed by the Planning Commission and Appointment of ad hoc committees, are presented.
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
Regular Meeting
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
V. Announcements from Closed Session, from City Council Members and the City Administrator.
C. Announcements from City Administrator
3. Receive status report on the 4th Avenue Riparian Project
City Administrator Rich Guillen presented a chronological update on the 4th Avenue Riparian Project, as follows:
September 14, 2008: Pruning and tree removal by John Ley Tree Service
October 6, 2008: Pre-construction Meeting with landscape architect, city staff and contractor
October 13, 2008: Removal of brush and debris
October 28, 2008: Site Meeting to locate retention ponds and water lines located by Cal-Am
October 31, 2008: Hay bails placed to stabilize soil in anticipation and response to rain and rain showers.
The Contractor has resumed work and has 90 working days to complete 4th Avenue Riparian Project.
VII. Consent Calendar
These matters include routine financial and administrative actions, which are usually approved by a single majority vote. Individual items may be removed from Consent by a member of the Council or the public for discussion and action.
C. Consideration of a Resolution approving the at-will job description and salary range for the Public Services Director.
F. Consideration of a Resolution authorizing the destruction of certain records in accordance with §34090 et seq. of the Government Code.
Council Member ROSE moved adoption of Consent Items, including Item F, continued C at the request of the City Administrator, seconded by Council Member HAZDOVAC and carried unanimously.
VIII. Public Hearings
If you challenge the nature of the proposed action in Court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City Council at, or prior to, the public hearing.
A. Consideration of an appeal of a decision of the Planning Commission approving demolition and the certification of the final Environmental Impact Report for a building at the SE corner of Dolores and 7th Avenue – the Plaza Del Mar project. The appellant is Barbara Livingston.
Council Member ROSE moved to grant the appeal, seconded by Council Member TALMAGE and carried by the following roll call:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: HAZDOVAC, ROSE, SHARP, TALMAGE and McCLOUD
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE
COMMENT:
• After the presentation of the Staff Report and public comment, the City Council’s deliberation focused on the California Government Code and California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). The City Council Members quickly developed a consensus for granting the appeal based on the legal interpretation of the Government Code and CEQA being co-equal, the architectural significance of the building trumping the number of proposed affordable housing units; and the legal interpretation that the City has the discretion to make such a determination.
IX. Ordinances
B. Consideration of an Ordinance revising CMC Chapter 17.30.010 (Demolition of Buildings) to require all demolition permit applications to be reviewed by the Planning Commission (First Reading).
Council Member ROSE moved approval of Ordinance, seconded by Council Member TALMAGE and carried by the following roll call:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: HAZDOVAC, ROSE, SHARP, TALMAGE & McCLOUD
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE
XI. Orders of Council
B. Appointment of ad hoc committees:
1) Volumetrics Committee
2) Green Committee
Mayor Sue McCloud announced appointment of ad hoc committees; no subsequent discussion by the City Council.
(Source: Regular City Council Meeting November 04, 2008 Video, Duration 02:19:00)
2 comments:
At last, finally, the light at the end of the 4th av. tunnel, the 4th Av. restoration project will finally be realized in early 2009. It only took years and years and years from the time the eucalyptus trees were removed and the promise of restoration was made by the city council. Lets hope other projects in the city don't take this long to finally come to fruition.
The appointment of ad hoc committees for volumetrics and green building is probably a good idea for these specialized topics because of the need to have experts with the background and experience to address these topics. That said, the city at the behest of Sue McCloud has appointed ad hoc committees to avoid public input and scruntity in the past. The ad hoc committees for the SCC come to mind.
It will be interesting to see what the committee studying volumetrics advises the council. My guess is volumetrics is a needless bureaucratic excerise and its use has not relieved the massiveness of residences on tiny lots in the way it was orginally anticipated.
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