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) OATH OF OFFICE
1) Swearing in of Doug Johnson, new paid call firefighter.

G) CERTIFICATES OF APPRECIATION
2) Presentation of Certificate of Appreciation to Planning and Building Director Charlene Gallina for five years of service to Calistoga.

3) Presentation of a Certificate of Appreciation to Dennis Ramos recognizing him for thirty years of service to Calistoga.

H) PROCLAMATIONS
4) Proclamation announcing October 22, 2009 as Lights On After School Day.

I) PRESENTATIONS
5) Presentation by City Clerk Sneddon & County Public Information Officer Elizabeth Emmett on the H1N1 (Swine flu) virus.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Receive update.

J) COUNCIL REQUESTS AND IDEAS FOR DISCUSSION

K) 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.

6) Accounts payable for the period ending Friday, October 9, 2009. ($378,728.69 )
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve payables.

7) Minutes of the September 15, 2009 regular City Council meeting.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve Minutes.

8) Consideration of a Resolution authorizing and providing for the incurrence of indebtedness for the purpose of providing a portion of the cost of constructing the Mt. Washington Water Storage Tank Project.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt Resolution.

9) Consideration of a Resolution rejecting all bids for the Calistoga Fire Station Seismic Retrofit and Rehabilitation Project and authorizing the City Manager to re-advertise for construction bids.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt Resolution.
Continued from the September 15, 2009 Council Meeting

10) Consideration of a Resolution confirming the Mayor’s appointment to the Building Standards Advisory & Appeals Board.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt Resolution

11) Consideration of a Resolution approving Amendment No. 10 to the Water Supply Contract with the Napa County Flood Control and Water Conservation District Agreement No. 1926 to accelerate the City’s Annual State Water Project Allotment.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt Resolution.

12) Consideration of a Resolution authorizing payment of $16,688 to Enchanted Resorts to complete full width paving of lower Pine Street in conjunction with development improvements.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt Resolution.

13) Consideration of a Resolution authorizing the acceptance of a donation for tree planting and installation of a memorial plaque.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt Resolution.

L. PUBLIC HEARING
14) Consideration of Resolutions adopting a Mitigated Negative Declaration and approving a revised Master Plan to guide the further development of 10.24 Acre Logvy Community Park located at 1745 Washington Street.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt Resolutions.
Continued from the September 15, 2009 City Council Meeting

Attachment 1, Attachment 2, Attachment 3, Attachment 4, Attachment 5,
Attachment 6  - Draft Initial Study pages 1-9, pages 10-16, pages 17-29, pages 30-43, pages 44-53
Attachement 6 - Mitigated Negative Declaration

15) Consideration of a Municipal Code Amendment (CMC 2009-01) initiated by the City Council to amend Chapter 19.02 Growth Management System to provide provisions for the administrative processing of growth management allocations. No environmental review is required in accordance with Section 15061(b)(3) of the CEQA Guidelines.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Introduce Ordinance and waive its first reading.

Attachment 1, Draft Ordinance, pages 1-6 , pages 7-14 
Attachment 2, Ordinance No. 660

M. GENERAL GOVERNMENT
16) Summary by Mayor Gingles of the 2009 League of California Cities Annual Business conference.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Receive update and discuss.

17) City of Calistoga Strategic Planning Key Projects update.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Receive update, discuss and provide direction as appropriate.

Key Priority Projects, Project Timeline

N. CITY MANAGER REPORTS 
    •   Low Vision Group Meeting on Thursday, October 22nd (1:30 PM, Rancho de Calistoga 
        Club Room); 
    •   Draft Urban Design Plan Update; 
    •   September 21st Community Meeting Summary; 
    •   Joint Meetings with Planning Commission, Community Resources Commission and 
        Calistoga Joint Unified School District; 
    •   October 19th community meeting regarding gang activity hosted by Superintendent 
        Diane Dillon; 
    •   Openings on Boards and Commissions.

O. CITY COUNCIL ADJOURNMENT
To the next scheduled meeting of the Napa County League of Governments on Thursday, October 8, 2009 at Culinary Institute of America, 2555 Main Street, St. Helena, 6:00 P.M.; and then to the next scheduled regular meeting of the Calistoga City Council, on Tuesday, October 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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