CLOSED SESSION AGENDA
CITY COUNCIL – REGULAR MEETING
TUESDAY, AUGUST 18, 2009 - 6:15 P.M.
CALISTOGA COMMUNITY CENTER

A) CALL TO ORDER

1. Public Employee Performance Evaluation, GCS 54957, City Manager.

B) ADJOURNMENT

To the next scheduled regular meeting of the Calistoga City Council, on Tuesday, September 1, 2009, Calistoga Community Center, 1307 Washington Street, 7:00 p.m.

Lorie Goldbeck, Administrative Secretary

CITY COUNCIL – REGULAR MEETING
TUESDAY, august 18, 2009 – 7:00 P.M.
CALISTOGA COMMUNITY CENTER

COMMUNICATION A: Consideration of a Resolution establishing a local greenhouse gas emission reduction target 2020 and supporting countywide and local actions to achieve these targets. ITEM 7

 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) COUNCIL REQUESTS AND IDEAS FOR DISCUSSION

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.

1) Accounts payable for the period ending Thursday, August 13, 2009.
($264,462.11)
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve payables.

2) Minutes of the August 4, 2009 regular City Council meeting.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve Minutes.

3) Consideration of a Resolution Approving Amendment No. 3 to the Professional Services Agreement with AMEC Geomatrix Consultants in the Amount of $46,300 for Services Associated with Groundwater Remediation at the Public Works Corporation Yard for Fiscal Year 2009-2010. Attachement 2 & 3, Amendment No. 3 and AMEC Geomatrix, Inc. Proposal.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt Resolution.

4) Adopt Ordinances as introduced at the August 4, 2009 meeting to amend the Zoning Map and Zoning Ordinance regarding the property located at 963/965 Silverado Trail (APN 011-050-043).
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt Ordinances.

K) GENERAL GOVERNMENT

5) Consideration of a Resolution confirming the Mayor’s appointments to: the ad-hoc Water and Wastewater Revenue Program Advisory Committee; the Building Standards Advisory & Appeals Board; and the Community Resources Commission.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt Resolution.

Water & Wastewater Revenue Program Advisory Committee Applications    
Building Standards Advisory and Appeals Board Applications    
Community Resources Commission Application

6) Presentation regarding the first year activities at the Community Pool and discussion and direction regarding the season closing date.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Receive presentation, discuss and provide direction.

7) Consideration of a Resolution establishing a local greenhouse gas emission reduction target 2020 and supporting countywide and local actions to achieve these targets.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt Resolution.

Attachment 1 - Draft Resolution, Attachment 2 - Draft Napa County Carbon Footprint 1-5, 6-10, Attachment 3 - Climate Action Plan Framework

Attachment 4, Preliminary Draft Napa Countywide Climate Action Plan
pages 1-4, pages 5-14, pages 15-24, pages 16-34, pages 35-44, pages 45-54, pages 55-63

8) Consideration of draft responses to the 2008/2009 Grand Jury Report responses on (a) Napa Valley Transient Occupancy Tax; and (b) Napa Valley Gangs and authorize submission.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Discuss and provide direction.

Napa County Grand Jury Report on 2008/2009 Transient Occupancy Tax    
Napa County Grand Jury Report on 2008/2009 Napa Valley Gangs,1-10, 11-21

L) CITY MANAGER REPORTS 
    • Low Vision Group Meeting on Thursday, August 27th (1:30 PM, Rancho de
      Calistoga Club Room). 
    • Public Works Department sewer smoke testing on August 26th (Myrtle & Cedar
       between Hazel & Silver Streets). 
    • Urban Design Plan Ad-hoc Committee update. 
    • City of Calistoga Down Payment Assistance Program. 
    • Diamond Hills Off-Site Improvements.

M) CITY COUNCIL ADJOURNMENT
To the next scheduled regular meeting of the Calistoga City Council, on Tuesday, September 1, 2009, Calistoga Community Center, 1307 Washington Street, 7:00 p.m.

Lorie Goldbeck, Administrative Secretary

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, August 14, 2009 at 12:00 p.m.