CITY COUNCIL – REGULAR MEETING
TUESDAY, JUly 15, 2008 – 7:00 P.M.
CALISTOGA COMMUNITY CENTER

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) APPRECIATION AWARD
1) Certificate of appreciation for Sergeant Matthew Freese and retiring police dog Bono.
2) Presentation by Chief Campbell regarding fire conditions and preparedness.

G) 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, July 10, 2008.
(Total amount of $ 1,328,614.73).
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve payables.

4) Minutes of the Special Goal Session Meetings on May 27, 2008 and May 28, 2008; the minutes of the regular City Council Meeting on June 17, 2008;.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve Minutes.

5) Consideration of a Resolution confirming the Mayor’s appointments of a Voting Delegate and Alternate Delegate for the 2008 League of California Cities Conference.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt Resolution.

H) PUBLIC HEARING
6) Consideration of a Resolution authorizing the levying and collection of assessments for the Palisades Landscape Maintenance District for Fiscal Year 2008-09.
RECOMMENDED ACTION. Adopt Resolution.

7) Consideration of a Resolution authorizing the levying and collection of assessments for the Silverado Place Landscape Maintenance District for Fiscal Year 2008-09.
RECOMMENDED ACTION. Adopt Resolution.

I) GENERAL GOVERNMENT
8) To receive a report regarding the City’s Floodplain Management regulations and a summary of Flood Hazard Area mapping changes adopted by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
RECOMMENDED ACTION. Receive report and discuss.
Staff report 
September 28, 1979 FIRM &  September 26, 2008 DFIRM 
Vertical Datum Memo prepared by FEMA dated July 2007 
Calistoga Municipal Code, Title 18, Floodplain Management

9) Consideration of a Resolution approving the plans and specifications for the Kimball Water Treatment Plan Improvement Project and approval to advertise for bids.
RECOMMENDED ACTION. Adopt Resolution.

10) Consideration of a Resolution establishing a stipend of $50.00 per meeting for the Planning Commission pursuant to Calistoga Municipal Code Section 2.21.
RECOMMENDED ACTION. Adopt Resolution.

J) CITY MANAGER REPORTS

1. Growth Management Allocation status report 
2. Urban Design Plan update 
3. Karpuk and Busk Abatement updates 
4. Summary of the Planning Commission and the City Council joint meeting.

K) COUNCIL REQUESTS AND IDEAS FOR DISCUSSION
Councilmember Garcia Mayor Gingles
Councilmember Kraus Vice Mayor Dunsford
Councilmember Slusser

L) CITY COUNCIL ADJOURNMENT
To the next scheduled regular meeting to the Calistoga City Council, on Tuesday August 5, 2008, Calistoga Community Center, 1307 Washington Street, 7:00 p.m.


Susan Sneddon, City Clerk

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, Calistoga, during normal business hours.
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.
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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, July 11, 2008 at 12:00 p.m.