CITY
COUNCIL AGENDA
August 17, 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.
1.0 ROLL
CALL – COUNCIL: Councilmember
Yarbrough
CouncilmemberSchaefer Councilmember
Webster
Vice-Mayor
Hunt Mayor
Comnick
2.0 INVOCATION
– Pastor Bill Miller, Trinity United Methodist Church.
3.0 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE – Councilmember Webster.
4.0
PROCLAMATIONS
– Proclaiming August
2010 as “Honor Flight Northern California Month” will be presented to Debbi
Johnson, Secretary, Honor Flight Northern California.
5.0 SCHEDULED
CITIZEN REQUEST TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL – Tara Gay, alley way by
Palomino Street.
5.1 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.
5.2 STUDENT
REPORTS
– None.
5.3 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 July 20, 2010 and the special meeting of July 26, 2010.
6.2 WARRANTS – Receive and file
warrant 116696 to 116784 in the amount of $279,253.25; warrant 116785 to 116896
in the amount of $61,029.68; warrant 116897 to 116972 in the amount of
$388,489.48; warrant 116973 to 117047 in the amount of $223,651.49; an ACH in
the amount of $3,081.20; a Wire Transfer in the amount of $67.00; an ACH in the
amount of $3,081.20; and a Wire Transfer in the amount of $67.00.
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 – Receive and file Quarterly Treasurer’s Report for
the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2010.
6.7 PARKS
AND RECREATION – None.
6.8 DEVELOPMENT
SERVICES DEPARTMENT – None.
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
PUBLIC HEARING
Any person may speak on items scheduled for
hearing at the time the Mayor declares the hearing open. ALL LEGAL NOTICES HAVE BEEN GIVEN
ACCORDING TO LAW.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Adopt
a Resolution Authorizing an Application to the HOME Program for a Rental New
Construction Housing Project – Diamond Court Apartments.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
1. Open
the public hearing and take public comments.
2. Close
the Public Hearing.
REGULAR
AGENDA
8.0
CITY COUNCIL – None.
8.1 CITY
ATTORNEY – None.
8.2 CITY
MANAGER - None.
8.3 CITY
CLERK
RECOMMENDED
ACTION:
Authorize an Official Voting Delegate at
the League of California Cities Annual Conference in San Diego from September
15-17, 2010, and give direction concerning six proposed League policy
resolutions.
8.3b EMPLOYEE
PAYMENT OF EMPLOYEE SHARE OF CALPERS CONTRIBUTIONS
RECOMMENDED
ACTION:
Adopt a Resolution implementing Internal
Revenue Code 414(h)(2) to the California Public
Employees’ Retirement System (Employer Pick-up) for Management and Confidential
employees.
8.4 FINANCE DEPARTMENT - None.
8.5 PARKS
AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT – None.
8.6 DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT
– None.
8.7 POLICE DEPARTMENT – None.
8.8 PUBLIC
WORKS DEPARTMENT
8.8a AWARD BID FOR THE ANDERSON BIKEWAY
RECOMMENDATION:
Adopt
a resolution:
1. Awarding the
contract for the Anderson Bikeway to the lowest responsible bidder, Site Work
Solutions, Inc. of Redding, California in the amount of Five Hundred and Forty
Eight Thousand ($548,000.00) Dollars.
2. Authorizing the
City Manager to execute the contract upon receipt of required insurance
certificates and payment and performance bonds.
3. Authorizing the
Public Works Director to approve additional project change orders not to exceed
15% of the contract bid amount.
4. Amending the
2010/2011 adopted budget to include $620,000 appropriations for this project.
8.8b AWARD OF BID FOR THE FREEMAN STREET
PARKING LOT IMPROVEMENTS
RECOMMENDATION:
Adopt a resolution:
1. Awarding the
contract for the Freeman Street Parking Lot Improvements to the lowest
responsible bidder, B & J Paving, Inc., of Redding, California in the
amount of Four Hundred Seventeen Thousand Nine Hundred Sixty Eight ($417,968.00)
Dollars.
2. Authorizing the
City Manager to execute the contract upon receipt of required insurance
certificates and payment and performance bonds.
3. Authorizing the
Public Works Director to approve additional project change orders not to exceed
15% of the contract bid amount.
4. Increasing the
adopted 2010/2011 budget for this project to reflect actual projected costs.
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 LABOR NEGOTIATOR
(Pursuant to Govt. Code Section 54957.6)
Agency Negotiators: City Clerk Juanita Barnett and Rick Haeg,
Nickolaus & Haeg, LLC
A.
Management and Confidential Employees
B.
Teamsters Local 137
C.
Anderson Police Officers Association
The
City Council will reconvene to Open Session.
10.0 CLOSED SESSION ANNOUNCEMENT
–Mayor Comnick will announce the outcome of the closed session.
11.0 ADJOURN - The
City Council will adjourn to September 7, 2010.