CITY COUNCIL AGENDA

 

April 7, 2009

 

WORKSHOP–6:00 P.M.

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.

 

 

 

WORKSHOP

 

1.         ROLL CALL – COUNCIL:                                 Councilmember Yarbrough

                                                                                    Councilmember Hunt                               

      Councilmember Webster              

      Vice-Mayor Comnick                               

      Mayor Schaefer

 

 

W.S. 1  CITY COUNCIL - 2009-2011 BUDGET WORKSHOP – PRELIMINARY REVENUE ESTIMATES

 

            RECOMMENDED ACTION:

 

Review preliminary revenue estimates for the 2009-2011 two-year budget cycle.

 

REGULAR SESSION – 7:00 p.m.

 

2.         INVOCATION  Pastor Les Baugh, Anderson Community Church.

 

3.         PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE – Councilmember James Yarbrough.

 

4.0       PROCLAMATIONS

 

a.         Proclaiming April as April 2009 as Child Abuse Prevention Awareness Month will be presented to Shasta County Child Abuse Prevention Coordinating Council Executive Director Betty Futtrell and Anderson Partnership for Healthy Children Program Director Michele Ericson.

 

b.         Proclaiming the April 19 – 25, 2009 as “Week of the Young Child.”

 

c.         Recognizing Public Safety Dispatchers in conjunction with National Public Safety Telecommunications Week, April 12-18, 2009, will be presented to Police Chief Dale Webb .

 

5.1       SCHEDULED CITIZEN REQUESTS TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCILShasta County Supervisor Les Baugh complimenting the downtown redevelopment progress in Anderson .

 

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              COUNCIL REPORTS

 

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

 

 

 

 

ANDERSON REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY

 

ROLL CALL:             Director Yarbrough

                                    Director Hunt

                                    Director Webster

                                    Director Comnick

Chairman Schaefer

 

ARA.1             MINUTES - Approve minutes of the meeting of March 17, 2009.

 

ARA.2             COMPLETION OF DEMONSTRATION BLOCK IMPROVEMENTS ON EAST CENTER STREET FROM HOWARD STREET TO NORTH STREET

 

RECOMMENDED ACTIONS:

 

Adopt a resolution making findings required by the California Health and Safety Code for Southwest Project Area tax increment funding of public improvements.

 

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

 

 

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 March 17, 2009.

 

6.2       WARRANTS – Receive and file warrant 111647 to 111732 in the amount of $348,482.68; 111733 to 111796 in the amount of $195,984.69; a Wire Transfer in the amount of $3,131.20; and file a Wire Transfer in the amount of $172.73.

 

6.3       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.

 

6.4              CITY MANAGER – None.

 

6.5              CITY ATTORNEY – None.

 

6.6              ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER – None.

 

6.7              FINANCE DIRECTOR/TREASURERNone.

 

6.8              PARKS AND RECREATION – None.

 

6.9              PLANNING DEPARTMENTNone.

 

6.10          POLICE DEPARTMENT – None.

 

6.11          PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENTAdopt a resolution authorizing Shasta County to submit a California Department of Conservation Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Fund grant application.

END OF CONSENT CALENDAR

 

 

6.12     ITEMS (IF ANY) REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR

 

 

PUBLIC HEARING

 

7.0       PUBLIC HEARING - PROSPECTIVE APPLICATIONS FOR STATE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT - PLANNING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE (CDBG-PTA) FUNDS

 

RECOMMENDED ACTION:

 

1.      Direct the City Council Clerk to read the published public hearing notice.

 

2.      Conduct the public hearing.

 

 

REGULAR AGENDA

 

8.1              CITY ATTORNEY – None.

 

8.2              CITY MANAGER

 

            SOUTHWEST PRESSURE ZONE WATER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS

 

RECOMMENDED ACTION:

 

Adopt a resolution amending 2008-2009 appropriations and approving an agreement with Three Seasons Development, Inc. (Robert Loring, President), Bergstrom Enterprises, Inc. (Fred Bergstrom, President), Vineyards at Anderson, Inc. (Vern Palmer, President), and US Acquisition, LLC (Robert S. Possehl, Vice-President) for the construction and funding of Southwest Pressure Zone Water System improvements, and a reimbursement agreement with Two Sassy Sisters, LLC and Sugar Maple, LLC (Hank Willms and Catherine Locke, Managers) Bergstrom Enterprises, Inc. and Vineyards at Anderson, Inc., and authorizing the Mayor to execute the agreements on behalf of the City.

 

8.3       CITY CLERK – None.

 

8.4       ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER

 

8.4a     COMPLETION OF DEMONSTRATION BLOCK IMPROVEMENTS ON EAST CENTER STREET FROM HOWARD TO NORTH STREET

 

RECOMMENDED ACTION:

 

Adopt a resolution which:

 

1.      Approves the plans, specifications, estimates and contract documents prepared by OMNI Means for the Downtown Demonstration Block project on East Center Street and instruct the Assistant City Manager to advertise for bids.

 

2.      Authorizes the opening of bids at 10:00 a.m. on Friday May 1, 2009, in the Office of the City Clerk.

 

3.      Makes findings that the project is Categorically Exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requirements pursuant to §15301 (d).

 

8.4b     WATER AND SEWER USER CHARGES

 

RECOMMENDED ACTION:

 

            Make no change to water and sewer user rates for fiscal year 2009-2010.

 

8.5       FINANCE DEPARTMENT – None.

 

8.6       PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT – None.

 

8.7              PLANNING DEPARTMENT – None.

 

8.8              POLICE DEPARTMENT

 

ANDERSON POLICE DEPARTMENT ANNUAL REPORT:  POLICE ACTIVITIES AND CRIME STATISTICS 2008.

 

RECOMMENDED ACTION:

 

Receive and file the Annual Report.

 

8.9              PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT – None.

 

9.0              STAFF REPORTS

 

The Redevelopment Agency will reconvene and the City Council will continue in joint session.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CLOSED SESSION

 

Public Comment on Closed Session Item(s):  Anyone in the audience who wants to address the City Council or the Anderson Redevelopment Agency Board 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 and the Anderson Redevelopment Agency with convene to Closed Session to consider the following:

 

ARA.C.S.1       CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATOR

(Pursuant to subdivision (b) of Govt. Code Section 54954.5)

Property:                      Assessors Parcel No.  201-740-063 and 62, 2258 North Street

Negotiators:                 Executive Director Dana Shigley and John and Judy Goold.

Under Negotiation:      Price and terms

 

ARA.C.S.2       CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATOR

(Pursuant to subdivision (b) of Govt. Code Section 54954.5)

Property:                      Assessors Parcel No. 201-740-037, 2242 North Street

                                    Negotiators: Executive Director Dana Shigley and Lowell Sisco

Under Negotiation:      Price and terms

 

ARA.C.S.3       CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATOR

(Pursuant to subdivision (b) of Govt. Code Section 54954.5)

Property:                      Assessors Parcel No. 201-010-054, Freeman Street

Negotiators:                 Executive Director Dana Shigley and Ray Randle

Under Negotiation:      Price and terms

 

C.S.1                PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION

(Pursuant to Govt. Code Section 54957)

Regular quarterly evaluation of City Manager Scott Morgan.

 

The City Council and the Anderson Redevelopment Agency will reconvene to Open Session.

 

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

 

10.0          ADJOURN

 

a.       The Redevelopment Agency will adjourn.

 

b.       The City Council will adjourn to an Adjourned Regular Meeting at 3:30 p.m., on April 9, 2009, in the Redding City Council at 777 Cypress Avenue, Redding, California, for a Joint Regional Transportation Public Forum with the Redding City Council, the Shasta Lake City Council, and the Shasta County Board of Supervisors pursuant to Govt. Code Section 54952(b)(3) which allows a legislative body to meet outside its regular boundaries to participate in meetings or discussions of multiagency significance so long as the meeting is held in the jurisdiction of one of the agencies and proper notice is provided by all bodies.

 

 

 

 

REMINDERS

 

 

April   9           Adjourned Regular City Council meeting                                                  3:30 p.m.

                        at the Redding City Council Chambers jointly with

the City of Redding, City of Shasta Lake, and Shasta County

Board of Supervisors for a Transportation Forum.

 

April 13           Planning Commission Meeting                                                                               7:00 p.m.

 

April   21         Public Hearing in advance of 7:00 p.m. City Council Meeting                              6:00 p.m.