CLOSED SESSION AGENDA
CITY COUNCIL – REGULAR MEETING
TUESDAY, MAY 20, 2008 – 6:30 P.M.
CALISTOGA COMMUNITY CENTER

REGULAR SESSION
CITY COUNCIL – REGULAR MEETING
TUESDAY, MAY 20, 2008 - 7:00 P.M.
CALISTOGA COMMUNITY CENTER

A) CALL TO ORDER

B) SALUTE TO THE FLAG

C) ACTION OUT OF CLOSED SESSION

D) ORAL COMMUNICATION

E) ADOPTION OF MEETING AGENDA

F) OATH OF OFFICE
1) Swearing in of the following new paid call firefighters:
• Troy Alvarado
• Robert Ebling
• Zamitley Guada

G) PROCLAMATION
2) Proclamation for retiring museum docent Virginia Hoffman.

H) CONSENT CALENDAR
3) Accounts payable for the period ending Thursday, May 15, 2008.
(Total amount of $213,206.40).
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve payables.

4) Minutes of the regular City Council Meeting on May 6, 2008.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve Minutes.

5) Consideration of a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute the Letter of Engagement with Terry E. Krieg, CPA for audit services in connection with the June 30, 2008 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report.
RECOMMENDED ACTION. Adopt Resolution.

6) Consideration of a Resolution directing the City Engineer to prepare and file a report for the Silverado Place Subdivision Landscape Maintenance District in accordance with Article 4 of Chapter 1 of the California Streets and Highways Code.
RECOMMENDED ACTION. Adopt Resolution.

7) Consideration of a Resolution directing the City Engineer to prepare and file a report for the Palisades Subdivision Landscape Maintenance District in accordance with Article 4 of Chapter 1 of the California Streets and Highways Code.
RECOMMENDED ACTION. Adopt Resolution.

8) Consideration of a Resolution calling and giving notice of the holding of a General Municipal Election to be held November 4, 2008, and requesting the Board of Supervisors to permit the County Clerk and County Elections Department to render certain services.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt Resolution.

9) Consideration of a Resolution authorizing the one-time sale of a portion of Calistoga’s 2007 State Water Project Carryover Water Allocation to the City of Napa and City of American Canyon via the Napa County Flood Control and Water Conservation District.
RECOMMENDED ACTION. Adopt Resolution.

10) Consideration of a Resolution authorizing an update to the Change Order Procedures and approval Thresholds in the Construction Procedures Manual.
ECOMMENDED ACTION. Adopt Resolution.

I) PUBLIC HEARING
11) Consideration a Zoning Ordinance Text Amendment, initiated by the City of Calistoga, amending Chapter 17.38 General Provisions and Exceptions of the Calistoga Municipal Code to allow limited increases in lot coverage within the R-1 (single-family residential) zoning district.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Introduce Ordinance and waive first reading.

J) GENERAL GOVERNMENT
12) Presentation of the Audited Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) as of June 30, 2007.
RECOMMENDED ACTION. Receive presentation.

13) Consideration of a request from the Local Agency Formation Commission of Napa County (LAFCO) for input and guidance on the adequacy of the City of Calistoga’s current Sphere of Influence and any suggestions for modification to serve planned public facility and service needs.
RECOMMENDED ACTION. Continue item to the June 3, 2008 City Council Meeting.

14) Consideration of a Resolution authorizing Community Enrichment Grants for Fiscal Year 2008-2009.
RECOMMENDED ACTION. Adopt Resolution.

K) CITY MANAGER REPORTS
• Busk Nuisance Abatement update
• Karpuk Nuisance Abatement update
• Napa County Growth Summit
• Status of the proposed Transportation Sales Tax Measure
• Highlights of the Governor’s Mayor’s revised budget

L) COUNCIL REQUESTS AND IDEAS FOR DISCUSSION

M) CITY COUNCIL ADJOURNMENT
To the Special Goal Session Meeting on Tuesday, May 27, 2008 at; then to the next scheduled regular meeting to the Calistoga City Council, on Wednesday, June 4, 2008, Calistoga Community Center, 1307 Washington Street, 7:00 p.m.

Susan Sneddon, City Clerk