CITY COUNCIL – REGULAR MEETING
TUESDAY, JANUARY 6, 2009 – 7:00 P.M.
CALISTOGA COMMUNITY CENTER

Communication A    
Item #3: Zoning Ordinance Text Amendment to amend Chapter 17.22.040(A) Downtown  Commercial (DC) District

Communication B    
Item #6: Reimbursement Agreement with the Developer of the Cooper Development

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

G) CERTIFICATES OF APPRECIATION

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.

1) Accounts payable for the period ending Wednesday, December 31, 2009.
($627,181.34) RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve payables.

2) Minutes of the December 16, 2008 regular City Council meeting.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve Minutes.

3) 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: Adopt Ordinance.

4) Consideration of a Resolution approving Amendment No. 1 to the Professional Services Agreement with TRS Consultants, Inc. in the amount of $56,000 for additional services related to the 2007 Pavement and Utility Project and authorizing the City Manager to execute the agreement.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt Resolution.

5) Consideration of a Resolution authorizing the acceptance of a donation in the amount of $250.00 from Dr. Wilkinson’s Hot Springs Resort.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt Resolution.

I) PUBLIC HEARING

6) Consideration of a Resolution to enter into a Reimbursement Agreement with the Developer of the Cooper Development for reimbursement of certain public improvements associated with the development that will benefit surrounding properties.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt Resolution

J) GENERAL GOVERNMENT

7) Consideration of a Resolution authorizing Professional Services Agreement for consulting services with David Spilman.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt Resolution.

K) CITY MANAGER REPORTS
• Community Pool Advisory Committee
• Busk Abatement update

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 20, 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.
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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, January 2, 2009 at 12:00 p.m.