City of Calistoga Agenda

Mayor:                  Jack Gingles
Vice Mayor:            Michael Dunsford
Councilmembers      Placido Garcia 
                           Gary Kraus 
                           Karen Slusser

REGULAR SESSION
CITY COUNCIL – REGULAR MEETING
TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 2010 - 7:00 P.M.
CALISTOGA COMMUNITY CENTER

PLEASE NOTE: Any person who wishes to speak regarding an item on the agenda or make a comment under the “Oral Communication” portion of the agenda must complete a “Speaker Card” and submit it to the City Clerk BEFORE that portion of the agenda is called. Speaker cards are available on the table in back of the room. Please observe the time limit of three minutes.

As a courtesy, please silence your cell phones and other electronic devices
while the meeting is in session. Thank you.

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) CERTIFICATES OF APPRECIATION
1) Presentation of Certificates of Appreciation to the following employees: 
    Carolina Wiegers , Police Officer (10 years) 
    Tim Martin, Police Sergeant (15 years)

G) COUNCIL REQUESTS AND IDEAS FOR DISCUSSION

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.

2) Accounts payable for the period ending Thursday, February 18, 2010. ($382,247.83).
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve payables.

3) Minutes of the February 16, 2010 regular City Council meeting.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve Minutes.

4) Consideration of an Ordinance, initiated by the City of Calistoga, for a text amendment to Title 10, Vehicles and Traffic, specifically Section 10.36.80 (Time Limit Parking), and adding Section 10.36.160 (Obstruction or Interference with Police of Authorized Officers), and repealing Section 10.36.100 (Use of streets for storage of vehicles prohibited).
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt Ordinance.

I) GENERAL GOVERNMENT
5) Presentation regarding the Napa Valley Vine Trail and consideration of a Resolution of support regarding the project’s case statement.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt Resolution.
Link: Napa Valley Vine Trail Case Statement

6) Establish a date and format for the annual City Council’s strategic planning and goal setting meeting.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Set date, offer comments and direction.

7) Identification of topics for discussion at the March 11, 2010 Special Community Resources Commission and City Council Joint Meeting.
RECOMMENDED ACTION. Discuss and provide direction.

8) Consideration of a Resolution authorizing a budget adjustment in the amount of $7,000 from the Affordable Housing Fund Account, and authorizing the City Manager to execute the Amendment to the funding agreement with Calistoga Affordable Housing, Inc. to support the “Rebuilding Calistoga Program”.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt Resolution.


J. CITY MANAGER REPORTS 
    Upcoming meetings: 
    • Housing Element Update Advisory Committee 
    • Water and Wastewater Revenue Advisory Committee 
    • Bed and Breakfast Zoning Ordinance Advisory Subcommittee 
    • Environmental Sustainability meetings

K. CITY COUNCIL ADJOURNMENT
To the Special City Council and Community Resources Commission Joint Meeting scheduled for Thursday, on March 11, 2010 at 5:30 PM; and then to the next regular meeting of the Calistoga City Council, on Tuesday, March 16, 2010, 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, February 26, 2010 at 12:00 p.m.