February 5, 2008 City Council Minutes

A) CALL TO ORDER
B) SALUTE TO THE FLAG
C) ACTION OUT OF CLOSED SESSION
D) ORAL COMMUNICATION
During Oral Communications, the public is given the opportunity to directly address Council with regard to Agenda Items (including Consent Calendar), as well as on any issue of interest to our community at large. Please provide your name & address for the record, and limit your comments to three minutes. Thank you for your cooperation
E) ADOPTION OF MEETING AGENDA
F) INTRODUCTION
1) Introduction of Mary Cahill, Community Resources Director; and Ken MacNab, Senior Planner.
G) OATH OF OFFICE
2) Swearing in of Jason Tamagni, new full time firefighter.
H) CONSENT CALENDAR
The following items listed on the Consent Calendar are considered routine and are approved by a single motion. The Mayor or any member of the City Council or of the public may request that any item listed under the Consent Calendar be removed and action taken separately. In the event that an item is removed from the Consent Calendar, it shall be considered in its numerical order.
3) Accounts payable for the period ending Thursday, January 31, 2008.
(Total amount of $361,972.89).
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve payables.
4) Minutes of the regular City Council Meeting on January 15, 2008.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve Minutes.
5) Consideration of a Resolution authorizing Napa County Transportation and Planning Agency to pursue support activities regarding climate protection policy development.
RECOMMENDED ACTION. Adopt Resolution.
6) Approval of comments to be forwarded to Napa County regarding the Draft General Plan Update and Final Environmental Impact Report.
RECOMMENDED ACTION. Review and approve forwarding comments.
I) PUBLIC HEARING
7) Consideration of a Resolution approving an amendment of the previously approved Tentative Subdivision Map (Alois Tieber) to grant a request to waive the requirement to underground the existing overhead utilities along the peripheral streets of the Oak Villa Subdivision located at 1213 Elm Street.
RECOMMENDED ACTION. Adopt Resolution.
J) GENERAL GOVERNMENT
8) Presentation regarding the progress of the Draft Urban Design Plan.
RECOMMENDED ACTION. Receive update, discuss and provide direction.
9) Update regarding the City’s Recreational Facilities Improvement Program and introduction of the proposed revisions to the Logvy Community Park Master Plan.
RECOMMENDED ACTION. Receive update, discuss and provide direction.
10) Discussion regarding State Fiscal Emergency, Governor Schwarzenegger’s State Budget proposal and initial effects upon local government.
RECOMMENDED ACTION. Receive presentation and discuss.
K) CITY MANAGER REPORTS
• Follow-up from the Fair Housing of Napa Valley presentation.
• Status of development applications subject to individual Memorandums of Understanding.
• Status of Solage Workforce Housing Project.
L) COUNCIL REQUESTS AND IDEAS FOR DISCUSSION
M) CITY COUNCIL ADJOURNMENT
To the next scheduled regular meeting of the Calistoga City Council, on Tuesday, February 19, 2008, Calistoga Community Center, 1307 Washington Street, 7:00 p.m.

Susan Sneddon, City Clerk

NOTICE: If you challenge a city’s zoning, planning, or other decision 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. Judicial review of any City administrative decision may be had only if a petition is filed with the court not later than the 90th day following the date upon which the decision becomes final. Judicial review of environmental determinations may be subject to a shorter time period for Litigation, in certain cases 30 days following the date of final decision.
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 the City Clerk’s office located on the second floor at 1232 Washington Street during normal business hours.
AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT: In compliance with the American Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting please contact the City Clerk’s Department at (707) 942-2807. Notification forty-eight (48) hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangement to ensure accessibility to this meeting. (28 CFR 35.102-35.104 ADA Title II).
POSTING: I declare a copy of this agenda was posted at City Hall, 1232 Washington Street, Calistoga, among other locations in the city limits of Calistoga, on Friday, February 1, 2008 at 12:00 p.m.