MINUTES

CITY COUNCIL – REGULAR MEETING
TUESDAY, APRIL 7, 2009 – 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
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) PROCLAMATION
1) Proclamation recognizing Dispatcher Molly Harden as Calistoga Police Department 2008 Dispatcher of the Year.

2) Proclamation recognizing Officer Curtis Madrigal as Calistoga Police Department 2008 Police Officer of the Year.

G) PRESENTATION
3) Presentation of the Life Guard Certificates to Calistoga’s first group of life guards.

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.

4) Accounts payable for the period ending Thursday, April 2, 2009.
($729,108.70) RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve payables.

5) Minutes of the March 17, 2009 regular City Council meeting.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve Minutes.

6) Consideration of a Resolution accepting as complete the Pestoni Subdivision Improvements located at Highland Court and Foothill Blvd., and the Sewer Lift Station Improvements located within the Rancho de Calistoga Mobile Home Park.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt Resolution.

7) Consideration of a Resolution authorizing the acceptance of a donation in the amount of $150.00 from Chateau Montelena Winery.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt Resolution.

8) Consideration of a Resolution authorizing use of a portion of Washington Street from First Street to the Calistoga Fire Station for the Winrod/Chamber of Commerce Classic Car Show special event on May 9, 2009.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt Resolution.

I) PUBLIC HEARING
9) Consideration of the introduction of an Ordinance to amend the Vineyard Oaks Development Agreement regarding timing of payment of Special Public Benefits and Utility Connection Fees.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Introduce Ordinance and waive first reading.
A copy of the Approved Development Agreement is available at the Office of the City Clerk.

J) GENERAL GOVERNMENT
10) Presentation by Terry Krieg, CPA, on the independent audit of the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) for Fiscal Year ending June 30, 2008.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Receive presentation, accept and file audited report.

Click here to view the full Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR)

11) Presentation and discussion regarding proposed uses for Measure A (the 1997 Napa County Flood Protection Sales Tax Measure) funding.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Receive presentation and provide direction.

12) Presentation regarding the response to the City of Calistoga Police Department’s community services survey.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Receive presentation, discuss and provide direction as appropriate.

Police Department Survey Presentation 

13) Consideration of a Resolution granting authorization to seek funding through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Community Oriented Policing Services Hiring Recovery Program.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt Resolution.

14) Presentation regarding the Insurance Services Office’s (ISO) Public Protection Classification Program relative to fire insurance.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Receive presentation, discuss and provide direction as appropriate.

15) Discussion regarding consideration of changing the date of the May 19, 2009 City Council meeting due to the May 19, 2009 Statewide Special Election.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Discuss and provide direction.

16) Progress report regarding the City of Calistoga’s efforts towards the preparation of a community Climate Action Plan.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Receive presentation, discuss and provide direction as appropriate.

1. Climate Action Program Memo to Community Resources Commission dated December 5, 2008 (previously distributed to Council)
2. Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory for the City of Calistoga and Napa County dated January 12, 2009
3. Draft Napa Countywide Carbon Footprint Result (Tables)
4. Draft Napa Countywide Carbon Footprint Result (Figures)
5. Community Greenhouse Gas Inventory Methodology for Bay Are Local Governments


K) CITY MANAGER REPORTS 
    • Water Supply Update 
    • Community Pool opening schedule 
    • American Recover & Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 efforts 
    • National Association of Counties prescription drug discount program

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 meeting of the Napa County League of Governments on Thursday, April 9 at Bistro Don Giovanni Restaurant, 4110 Howard Lane, Napa, 6:00 P.M.; and then to the next scheduled regular meeting of the Calistoga City Council, on Tuesday, April 21, 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, April 3, 2009 at 12:00 p.m.