CITY COUNCIL AGENDA

 

March 2, 2010

 

REGULAR SESSION–7:00 P.M.

CLOSED SESSION FOLLOWING

 

ANDERSON CITY HALL 

1887 Howard Street

 

PARTICIPATION BY PUBLIC IN MEETING

 

Please review the Agenda to determine if the subject you wish to discuss is scheduled for Council consideration.  If it is on the Agenda, you will have an opportunity when that matter comes up for discussion to briefly address the Council.

 

If the subject is not on tonight’s Agenda, please complete an Agenda Request Form (on Clerk’s table) and present it to the City Council Clerk.  You will have the opportunity to speak on the subject under Item 5.2.  However, if the item is not on the Agenda, each speaker will be limited to one five (5) minute opportunity to speak, unless the City Council makes an exception due to special circumstances.

 

The Brown Act prohibits the Council from taking action on any item not placed on the printed Agenda in most cases. 

 

Effective July 1, 2008, the Brown Act requires any non-confidential documents or writings distributed to a majority of the City Council less than 72 hours before a regular meeting will be made available to members of the public at the same time they are distributed.

 

City Council meetings are televised and can be seen live on Cable Public Access Channel 11 and on tape delay the following morning at 10:00 a.m.

 

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, the City of Anderson will make available to members of the public any special assistance necessary to participate in this meeting.  The public should contact the City Clerk’s office (378-6646) to make such a request.  Notification 72 hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting.

 

This is an Equal Opportunity Program.  Discrimination is prohibited by Federal Law.  Complaints of discrimination may be filed with the Secretary of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. 20250.

 

 

REGULAR SESSION – 7:00 p.m.

 

1.         ROLL CALL – COUNCIL:                                    Councilmember Yarbrough

                                                                                   Councilmember Schaefer                                                                                                           Councilmember Webster                      

      Vice-Mayor Hunt                        

      Mayor Comnick

 

2.         INVOCATION – Pastor Doug Deese, Anderson-Cottonwood Neighborhood Church.

 

3.         PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE – Vice-Mayor Hunt.

 

4.0              PRESENTATION – Kim Niemer of the City of Redding will make a presentation concerning the Anderson Branch of the Shasta Library System.

 

4.1              PROCLAMATION – Honoring the League of Women Voters 90th Anniversary.

 

5.1       SCHEDULED CITIZEN REQUEST TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL - None.

 

5.2       PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA Anyone in the audience who wants to address the Council on a subject which is not on tonight’s agenda is now invited to come to the podium.  Please provide your name and the subject you wish to discuss.  Please limit your remarks to 5 minutes or less.

 

5.3       STUDENT REPORTS –None.

 

5.4       COUNCIL REPORTS - City Councilmembers will report on attendance at conferences/meetings reimbursed at City expense (Requirement of Assembly Bill 1234).

 

6.0       CONSENT AGENDA  - Consent Agenda items are expected to be routine and non-controversial.  They will be acted upon by the Council at one time without discussion.  Any member of the public, staff or City Council may request that an item be removed from the Consent Agenda for separate discussion.  Are there any requests to remove any items from the Consent Agenda?

 

6.1              MINUTES - Approve the minutes of the regular meeting of February 16, 2010.

 

6.2       WARRANTS – Receive and file warrant 115178 to 115244 in the amount of $121,832.04; warrant 115245 to 115287 in the amount of $116,378.75; an ACH in the amount of $3,081.20; and a Wire Transfer in the amount of $95.73.

 

6.3       CITY ATTORNEY – None.

 

 

6.4       CITY CLERK - Waive reading, except by title, of any ordinances under consideration at this meeting for either introduction or passage per Government Code Section 36934.

 

6.5       CITY MANAGER – None.

 

6.6       FINANCE DIRECTOR/TREASURER - None.

 

6.7        PARKS AND RECREATION – None.

 

6.8       PLANNING DEPARTMENT – Accept the report on measures taken regarding Medical Marijuana dispensaries, collectives and cooperatives within the City of Anderson finding it meets the requirements of Government Code Section 65858 (d).

 

6.9       POLICE DEPARTMENT – None.

 

6.10     PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT – None.

 

END OF CONSENT CALENDAR

 

6.11     ITEMS (IF ANY) REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR

 

7.0       PUBLIC HEARINGS – None.

 

 

The City Council will recess and the Anderson Redevelopment Agency will convene.

 

 

ANDERSON REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY

 

ROLL CALL:               Director Yarbrough

                                    Director Schaefer

                                    Director Hunt

                                    Director Webster

                                    Chairperson Comnick

 

ARA.1              MINUTES – Approve minutes of the meeting of February 16, 2010.

 

ARA.2              POTENTIAL USES FOR PARCEL ON EAST CENTER STREET

 

                        RECOMMENDED ACTION:

 

                        Direct staff concerning the potential uses for the agency-owned parcel of land on East Center Street.

 

 

 

ARA.3              PREPARATION OF PLANS, SPECIFICATIONS AND ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR IMPROVEMENTS ON HOWARD, FREEMAN, AND FERRY STREET AND FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO THE CITY OWNED PARKING LOT ON THE CORNER OF FREEMAN AND FERRY

 

                        RECOMMENDED ACTION:

 

            Direct the Executive Director to execute a Professional Services Agreement with Omni-Means LTD. in an amount not to exceed $60,000, for professional engineering services for the development of Construction Plans, Specifications, and Engineering Services.                                                                                               

 

                                                                                                           

The Anderson Redevelopment Agency will adjourn and the City Council will reconvene.

 

 

REGULAR AGENDA

 

8.0              CITY COUNCIL – None.

 

8.1       CITY ATTORNEY – None.

 

8.2       CITY MANAGER –None.

 

8.3       CITY CLERK  - None.

 

8.4       FINANCE DEPARTMENT – None.

 

8.5       PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT – None.

           

8.6       PLANNING DEPARTMENT – None.

 

8.7       POLICE DEPARTMENT – None.

           

8.8       PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT – None.

 

9.0       STAFF REPORTS  - None.

 

CLOSED SESSION

 

Public Comment on Closed Session Item(s):  Anyone in the audience who wants to address the City Council on a subject which is listed under the Closed Session agenda is now invited to come to the podium.  Please provide your name and the subject you wish to discuss.  Please limit your remarks to 5 minutes or less.

 

 

The City Council will convene to Closed Session.

 

C.S.1                CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – POTENTIAL LITIGATION

                        (Pursuant to Govt. Code Subdivision (b) of Section 54956.9)

                        One potential claim

 

The City Council will reconvene to Open Session.

 

10.0     CLOSED SESSION ANNOUNCEMENT – The Mayor will announce the outcome of the closed session.

 

11.0     ADJOURN - The City Council will adjourn to March 16, 2010.