CITY COUNCIL – REGULAR MEETING
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2008 – 7:00 P.M.
CALISTOGA COMMUNITY CENTER

MINUTES

Communication A   &  Communication B 
Item # 9: Establishing a Local Preference Policy for the sale or rental of affordable housing units

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) OATH OF OFFICE
1) Swearing in of the following new paid call firefighters: 
    • Darrin Hill 
    • Raymond Green 
    • Grant Hermann 
    • Ben Terwilliger

G) CERTIFICATES OF APPRECIATION

2) Proclamations honoring retiring David Spilman, Administrative Services Director and Kathy Brady, Emergency Program Coordinator/Administrative Analyst.

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, December 11, 2008.
($941,802.19)
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve payables.

4) Minutes of the December 2, 2008 regular City Council meeting.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve Minutes.

5) Consideration of a Resolution approving an agreement for affordable housing services from the Housing Authority of the City of Napa for Fiscal Year 2008/2009.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt Resolution.

6) Consideration of a Resolution accepting donations from the Felgenhauer Trust to the Calistoga Police Department.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt Resolution.

7) Consideration of Resolution confirming the Mayor’s appointment to the Napa City-County Library Commission.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt Resolution.

I) PUBLIC HEARING
8) Consideration of a Zoning Ordinance Text Amendment, initiated by the City of Calistoga, to amend Chapter 17.22.040(A) Downtown Commercial (DC) District - Allowed, Conditionally Permitted and Prohibited Uses and 17.22.060(A) Community Commercial (CC) District - Allowed, Conditionally Permitted and Prohibited Uses of the Calistoga Municipal Code, to change review procedures for those use(s) located on property within an entry corridor, as defined in the 2003 General Plan Update, from a conditionally permitted use to a use permitted subject to administrative review with public notice.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Introduce Ordinance and waive first reading.

9) Consideration of a Resolution establishing a Local Preference Policy for the sale or rental of affordable housing units that would give preference to income eligible households who live or work in the City of Calistoga.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt Resolution.

Attachment 1 - Draft Local Preference Policy    
Attachment 2 - Draft Resolution    
Attachment 3 - Demographic Information on Napa Residents & Workers

10) Consideration of a Resolution authorizing the acceptance and expenditure of $100,000.00 in state COPS grant funds for Fiscal Year 2008/2009.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt Resolution.

J) GENERAL GOVERNMENT
11) Consideration of a Resolution selecting a Council Member to serve as the Vice Mayor.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt Resolution.

12) Consideration of a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute a funding agreement with Napa County for the Farm Worker Centers.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: TO BE TABLED AT THE REQUEST OF NAPA COUNTY; THIS ITEM WILL BE RE-AGENDIZED TO A FUTURE DATE.

13) Consideration of a Resolution approving the Community Resources Commission 2008/2009 Fiscal Year Work Plan.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt Resolution.

14) Consideration of a Resolution confirming the Mayor’s appointments to local and regional bodies.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt Resolution.

15) Consideration of a Resolution authorizing a performance bonus to City Manager.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt Resolution.

K) CITY MANAGER REPORTS 
    • Wide Area Rapid Notification (WARN) System 
    • Calistoga Tractor Parade Best of Show!

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

M) CITY COUNCIL ADJOURNMENT
To the next scheduled regular meeting to the Calistoga City Council, on Tuesday, January 6, 2009, Calistoga Community Center, 1307 Washington Street, 7:00 p.m.

Susan Sneddon, City Clerk

COPIES OF ALL STAFF REPORTS AND DOCUMENTS subject to disclosure that relate to each item of business referred to on the agenda are available for public inspection the Monday before each regularly scheduled City Council meeting at the City of Calistoga City Hall (first floor), located at 1232 Washington Street, Calistoga, CA. Any documents subject to disclosure that are provided to all, or a majority of all, of the members of the City Council regarding any item on this agenda after the agenda has been distributed will also be made available for inspection at the City Clerks Office during regular 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.
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) 942-2805. 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, December 12, 2008 at 12:00 p.m.