MINUTES for Six Noteworthy 8 October 2013 City Council Agenda Items

MINUTES

REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING
CITY OF CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA

AMENDED

October 8, 2013

 

II. PRESENT: Council Members Beach, Hillyard, Vice Mayor Talmage and Mayor Burnett

ABSENT: Council Member Theis excused

STAFF PRESENT: Jason Stilwell, City Administrator
Heidi Burch, Asst. City Administrator/City Clerk
Mike Calhoun, Public Safety Director
Rob Mullane, Community Planning and Bldg Services Director
Marc Wiener, Interim Senior Planner

V. ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM CLOSED SESSION, FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR

A. Announcements from Closed Session.

1. Labor Negotiations- Government Code Section 54957.6 (a) Meet and confer with the Carmel-by-the-Sea's Meyers-Milias Brown Act representative, City Administrator Stilwell to give direction regarding terms and conditions of employment for all represented and unrepresented employees.

2. Property Negotiations - Government Code Section 54956.8, Property strategy negotiations regarding the lease of Flanders Mansion (APN 01 0-061-005).

3. Potential Litigation- Government Code Section 54956.9(b).2- Conference with legal counsel regarding potential litigation- one (1) matter.
City attorney, Don Freeman, read the items into the record and stated that there were no announcements from Closed Session. Mayor Burnett noted that he had recused himself from the closed session discussion regarding the Flanders Mansion due to a potential conflict

C. Announcements from City Administrator.

1. Assembly Member Mark Stone

This report was taken out of order m consideration of the Assembly Member's schedule.
On behalf of Council Member Theis, City Administrator Stilwell made an announcement regarding the success of a recent familiarization trip sponsored by the Hospitality Improvement District as well as one coming up soon and included four travel writers. There is another familiarization trip with six other journalists in about a week or so from today.

2. Summary Report from Monday's Workshop

City Administrator Stilwell provided highlights of Monday's workshop regarding Public Rights of Way and stated that the video of the workshop is available online.

3. Farmers Market Update

This item was deferred to the corresponding Consent Agenda item to be pulled for discussion by the Council.

4. CalAm Survey

 City Administrator Stilwell provided the report regarding the CalAm survey.

5. Centennial Committee Update

City Administrator Stilwell and Co-Chair Sue McCloud provided a brief update on the City's Centennial Celebration.

Sue McCloud presented a brief report indicating that the Committee is just getting set up and established and more updates will be forthcoming.

VII. CONSENT CALENDAR

E. Receive Public Records and Media Request Log.

F. Receive Farmers Market update.
 

G. Authorize the Mayor to submit letter to the Governor urging passage of and signature on SB232 (Monning) regarding the California Central Coast State Veterans Cemetery at Fort Ord Endowment Fund.

Council Member TALMAGE moved to approve the Consent Calendar items A-E and G. Motion seconded by Council Member HILLYARD and carried unanimously.
VII (F) Receive Farmers Market Update.

City Administrator Stilwell and Assistant City Administrator/City Clerk Burch provided a brief staff report and introduced Jerry Lami, Executive Director of the West Coast Farmers Market Association and Jan Taylor, Director of Market Operations for the Carmel Farmers Market. Ms. Lami and Mr. Taylor provided the farmer market update.

The meeting was opened to public comment at 6:01 p.m.

Carl Iverson, Monta Potter, CEO of the Carmel Chamber of Commerce, Keith Decker from Knapp Hardware store and Barbara Livingston addressed the City Council.

The meeting was then closed to public comment at 6:04 p.m.

Council Member HILLYARD moved to receive the Farmers Market report. Motion seconded by Council Member BEACH and carried unanimously.

VIII. ORDERS OF COUNCIL

G. Consideration of an Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Carmel-by-the-Sea Amending Title 8 and Title 15 of the Carmel Municipal Code and adopting the 2013 California Building, Residential, Energy, Fire, Mechanical, Plumbing, Electrical, and California Green Codes with Amendments.

Rob Mullane, Community Planning and Building Services Director, presented the staff report.

Mayor Burnett opened and closed to public comment at 9:10p.m.
Vice Mayor TALMAGE moved to waive further reading and introduced ordinance Amending Title 8 and Title 15 of the Carmel Municipal Code and adopting the 2013 California Building, Residential, Energy, Fire, Mechanical, Plumbing, Electrical, and California Green Codes with Amendments, seconded by Council Member BEACH with amendment to change to 25% from $250,000 to trigger sprinkler retrofit. Motion carried by the following roll call vote:

AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: BEACH, HILLYARD, TALMAGE AND BURNETT
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: THEIS
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE