CITY COUNCIL: AGENDA & MINUTES January 2010

AGENDA
Regular Meeting
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
4:30 p.m., Open Session

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Broadcast date
Sunday, January 10, 2010
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City Hall
East side of Monte Verde Street between Ocean and Seventh Avenues

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The City Council welcomes your interest and participation. If you want to speak on an agenda item during its review, you may do so when the Mayor opens the item for public comment. Persons are not required to give their names but it is helpful in order that the City Clerk may identify them in the minutes of the meeting. Please keep remarks to a maximum of three (3) minutes, or as otherwise established by the City Council. Always speak into the microphone, as the meeting is recorded on tape.

I. Call to Order

II. Roll Call

III. Pledge of Allegiance

IV. Extraordinary Business
A. Recognition of the 2009 Carmel High School Padres football team as Central Coast Section champions.

V. Announcements from Closed Session, from City Council Members and the City Administrator
A. Announcements from Closed Session

B. Announcements from City Council members (Council members may ask a question for clarification, make a brief announcement or report on his or her activities)

C. Announcements from City Administrator
1. Presentation from the Carmel Chamber of Commerce.

2. Present budget calendar for FY 2010/2011.

3. Receive report on the Carmel Police Department Juvenile Diversion program.

VI. Appearances
Anyone wishing to address the City Council on matters within the jurisdiction of the City and are not on the agenda may do so now. Matters not appearing on the City Council’s agenda will not receive action at this meeting but may be referred to staff for a future meeting. Presentations will be limited to three (3) minutes, or as otherwise established by the City Council. Persons are not required to give their names, but it is helpful for speakers to state their names in order that the City Clerk may identify them in the minutes of the meeting. Always speak into the microphone, as the meeting is recorded on tape.

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.

A. Ratify the minutes for the regular meeting of December 1, 2009.

B. Ratify the bills paid for the month of December 2009.

C. Consideration of a Resolution certifying the results of the General Municipal Election held on November 3, 2009.

D. Consideration of a Resolution authorizing the use of one of the City’s free use days at Sunset Center on August 28, 2010 for a fundraising event benefiting the Carmel Youth Center.

E. Consideration of a Resolution approving the closure of Mission Street between 6th Avenue and Ocean Avenue for the Carmel Art Festival, to be held May 13-16, 2010.

F. Consideration of a Resolution extending the agreement with the City of Monterey to provide interim Fire Administration and Emergency Incident Management Services.

G.Consideration of a Resolution amending the Memorandum of Understanding between the City or Carmel-by-the-Sea and the Carmel International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF).

H. Consideration of a Resolution authorizing the acceptance of a $16,000 Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grant to acquire two mobile data computers for City fire trucks and approval of a required grant match of $5,000 in City funds.

I. Consideration of a Resolution entering into an agreement with DD Evans Consulting /Dadiw Associates to provide financial management services at an annual cost of $84,000.

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. None.

IX. Ordinances
A. Consideration of an Ordinance abandoning and discontinuing use of the Flanders Mansion Parcel for park purposes. (First Reading)

X. Resolutions
None.

XI. Orders of Council
A. Consideration of recommendations from the Traffic and Safety Committee to add designated parking stalls along Monte Verde and Casanova Streets between Eighth and Ninth Avenues surrounding the Golden Bough Theatre.

B. Scheduling Future City Council meetings – Please Bring Your Calendar

XII. Adjournment

The next meeting of the City Council will be:
Regular Council Meeting – 4:30 p.m.
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Council Chambers

The City of Carmel-by-the-Sea does not discriminate against persons with disabilities. Carmel-by-the-Sea City Hall is an accessible facility. The City of Carmel-by-the-Sea telecommunications device for the Deaf/Speech Impaired (T.D.D.) number is 1-800-735- 2929.

The City Council Chambers is equipped with a portable microphone for anyone unable to come to the podium. Assisted listening devices are available upon request of the City Clerk. If you need assistance, please advise Heidi Burch as to which item you would like to comment on and the microphone will be brought to you.

Any writings or documents provided to a majority of the City Council regarding any item on this agenda will be made available for public inspection at Carmel-by-the-Sea City Hall, on the east side of Monte Verde Street, between Ocean and 7th Avenues, during normal business hours.

MINUTES
REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING
CITY OF CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA
January 5, 2010

I. CALL TO ORDER
The regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, was held on the above date at the stated hour of 4:32 p.m. Mayor McCloud called the meeting to order.

II. ROLL CALL
PRESENT: Council Members Hazdovac, Rose, Sharp, Talmage & McCloud
STAFF PRESENT: Rich Guillen, City Administrator
Don Freeman, City Attorney
Heidi Burch, City Clerk
George Rawson, Public Safety Director
Mike Calhoun, Police Commander
Sean Conroy, Planning and Building Services Manager

III. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Members of the audience joined the Mayor and Council Members in the Pledge of Allegiance.

IV. EXTRAORDINARY BUSINESS
A. Recognition of the 2009 Carmel High School Padres football team as Central Coast Section champions.

Mayor McCloud presented the Certificate of Appreciation to the coach and the football team.

V. ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM CLOSED SESSION, FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR
A. Announcements from Closed Session.
City Attorney Don Freeman reported that Council had met in Closed Session on Monday, January 4, 2010. They discussed two matters of current litigation. There was no discussion regarding labor negotiations. There were no announcements for the public.

B. Announcements from City Council members.
Council Member Rose noted that there is no cause for concern over the County’s ambulance contract.

Mayor McCloud noted that the City dropped off about 1,400 pounds of household batteries to the Waste Management District in 2009 for recycling. She also noted that a Silicon Valley foundation had made a donation for the purchase of “mutt mitts”. Finally she asked the audience to remember Virginia Evans, a well-known Carmel resident, who recently passed away at the age of 102 years.

C. Announcements from City Administrator
1. Presentation from the Carmel Chamber of Commerce.
Vicki Lynch, Chair of the Board of Directors of the Carmel Chamber of Commerce made the presentation outlining last year’s membership and financial figures and the goals for the upcoming year.

2. Present budget calendar for FY 2010/2011.
City Administrator Rich Guillen reviewed the revised budget calendar and noted that the first workshop would be held on March 23rd.

3. Receive report on the Carmel Police Department Juvenile Diversion program.
Commander Mike Calhoun and Sergeant Paul Tomasi made the presentation and answered questions about the program.

VI. APPEARANCES
Mayor McCloud opened the meeting to public comment at 5:14 p.m.

Barbara Livingston discussed the cancellation of an event planned by the Carmel Residents Association for January 21st.

Michael Katakis thanked the Carmel Fire Department for its speedy response to a medical emergency at his home.

August Beacham announced that Ian Watts had succeeded him as president of the International Association of Fire Fighters and detailed some recent fire training exercises.

Meredith Crowell discussed the downtown business climate.

Mayor McCloud closed the meeting to public comment at 5:25 p.m.

VII. CONSENT CALENDAR
A. Ratify the minutes for the regular meeting of December 1, 2009.

B. Ratify the bills paid for the month of December 2009.

C. Consideration of a Resolution certifying the results of the General Municipal Election held on November 3, 2009.

D. Consideration of a Resolution authorizing the use of one of the City’s free use days at Sunset Center on August 28, 2010 for a fundraising event benefiting the Carmel Youth Center.

E. Consideration of a Resolution approving the closure of Mission Street between 6th Avenue and Ocean Avenue for the Carmel Art Festival, to be held May 13-16, 2010.

F. Consideration of a Resolution extending the agreement with the City of Monterey to provide interim Fire Administration and Emergency Incident Management Services.

G. Consideration of a Resolution amending the Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Carmel-by-the-Sea and the Carmel International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF).

H. Consideration of a Resolution authorizing the acceptance of a $16,000 Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grant to acquire two mobile data
computers for City fire trucks and approval of a required grant match of $5,000 in City funds.

I. Consideration of a Resolution entering into an agreement with DD Evans
Consulting/Dadiw Associates to provide financial management services at an annual cost of $84,000.

Barbara Livingston pulled Item “E” to make a suggestion about opening up
Devendorf Park for greater visibility during special events.

Council Member Hazdovac pulled Item “F” to comment about how the current
arrangement with the City of Monterey has allowed for increased training and education opportunities for City firefighters.

Carolyn Hardy pulled Item “G” to thank the Carmel firefighters for helping the City by delaying their planned salary increase.

Council Member Talmage pulled Item “I” to comment that the contract with Dewey Evans and Laura Dadiw was for an interim period and that the City would be seeking a permanent solution.

Council Member ROSE moved to approve Consent Agenda Items A-I, seconded by Council Member HAZDOVAC and carried by the following roll call vote:

AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: HAZDOVAC; ROSE; SHARP; TALMAGE & McCLOUD
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE

VIII. PUBLIC HEARINGS
A. None.

IX. ORDINANCES
A. Consideration of an Ordinance abandoning and discontinuing use of the Flanders Mansion Parcel for park purposes. (First Reading)

Planning and Building Services Manager Sean Conroy gave a brief overview.

City Attorney Don Freeman read into the record a letter from attorney Susan Brandt-Hawley on behalf of the Flanders Foundation and outlined the legal process and timetable for the court case.

Mayor McCloud opened the meeting to public comment at 5:38 p.m.

Monte Miller discussed public access to the park and the promised construction of improved trails and a small parking lot.

Mayor McCloud closed the meeting to public comment at 5:42 p.m.

Council Member ROSE moved to adopt the ordinance abandoning and discontinuing use of the Flanders Mansion Parcel for park purposes, 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

X. RESOLUTIONS
None

XI. ORDERS OF COUNCIL
A. Consideration of recommendations from the Traffic and Safety Committee to add designated parking stalls along Monte Verde and Casanova Streets between Eighth and Ninth Avenues surrounding the Golden Bough Theatre.
Planning and Building Services Manager Sean Conroy presented the staff report.

Mayor McCloud opened the meeting to public comment at 5:52 p.m.

Bill Souveroff, a Casanova Street resident, said he supports the plan.

Brian Congleton, the architect working with the neighbors, requests a passenger dropoff zone.

Stephen Moorer, executive director of PacRep, expressed the concern that a drop-off zone would further eliminate parking and that there already is a driveway for drop-offs and loading at the theater.

Mayor McCloud closed the meeting to public comment at 6:10 p.m.

Council Member ROSE moved approval of the recommendations of the Traffic and Safety Committee to add designated parking stalls along Monte Verde and
Casanova Streets between Eighth and Ninth Avenues surrounding the Golden Bough Theatre with no drop-off area, seconded by Council Member SHARP and
carried by the following roll call:

AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: HAZDOVAC; ROSE; SHARP; TALMAGE & McCLOUD
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE

XII. ADJOURNMENT
Mayor McCloud declared the meeting adjourned at 6:22 p.m.

Respectfully submitted, ATTEST:
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Heidi Burch, City Clerk MAYOR SUE McCLOUD