City of Calistoga Agenda

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

CITY COUNCIL – REGULAR MEETING
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2010 – 7:00 P.M.
CALISTOGA COMMUNITY CENTER

September 7, 2010 Council Minutes

Communication A (Item 7)  regarding the City's Rent Stabilization Ordinance.

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 may voluntarily 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) CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION
1) Presentation of Certificates of Appreciation to Griselda Loza for five years of services as Police Dispatcher.

G) PRESENTATIONS
2) Presentation by County Ag Commissioner Dave Whitmer regarding the European Grapevine Moth, and what it might mean to Napa County and the collaborative efforts to deal with it.

3) Presentation by Alberto Esqueda, Napa County Transportation and Planning Agency Agricultural Transportation Coordinator, regarding the Agricultural Worker Vanpool Program.

H) COUNCIL REQUESTS AND IDEAS FOR DISCUSSION

I) 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) Minutes of the August 3, 2010 and August 17, 2010 regular City Council meetings.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve Minutes.  
Minutes- August 3, 2010     Minutes- August 17, 2010

5) Consideration of a Resolution authorizing the Interim City Manager to execute a Memorandum of Understanding with the County of Napa regarding the Elder Care.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt Resolution.

6) Consideration of a Resolution authorizing use of City Street for the Calistoga Downtown Blues Festival special event on October 23, 2010.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt Resolution.

J) GENERAL GOVERNMENT
7) Discussion regarding the notice of rent increase at Rancho de Calistoga Mobile Home Park and general review of the City’s Rent Stabilization Ordinance.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Discuss and provide direction.

Attachment 1              Attachment 2
Attachment 3              Attachment 4
Attachment 5              Attachment 6

8) Consideration of a Resolution approving a Mills Act program to foster preservation of qualified historic buildings by private property owners (Mills Act Program for Restoration and Preservation of Historic Buildings).
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt Resolution.
Attachment 1             Attachment 2
Attachment 3             Attachment 4

9) Consideration of a Resolution creating a City Manager Recruitment Advisory Committee regarding recruitment of a new City Manager and confirming the Councils’ appointments thereto.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt Resolution.

K) CITY MANAGER REPORTS
• City Office Closure -December 23 through December 31, 2010

L) CITY COUNCIL ADJOURNMENT
To the Calistoga City Council Closed Session, on Tuesday, September 7, 2010, Calistoga Community Center, 1307 Washington Street, after the adjournment of the city council meeting.

Susan Sneddon, City Clerk

CLOSED SESSION AGENDA
CITY COUNCIL MEETING
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2010
AFTER THE ADJOURNMENT OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING
CALISTOGA COMMUNITY CENTER

A) ORAL COMMUNICATIONS: Pursuant to provisions of the Government Code §54957, this is the time provided for members of the public to address the city council regarding matters on this agenda (maximum of three minutes per speaker)

B) CALL TO ORDER 

    1) Conference with Labor Negotiators (Government Code Section 54957.6) 

        Agency negotiator: Interim City Manager William Norton 

        Employee Organization: Calistoga Police Officers Association

C) ADJOURNMENT

To the scheduled special meeting of the Calistoga City Council, on Tuesday, September 21, 2010 Calistoga Community Center, 1307 Washington Street, 7:00 p.m.

Susan Sneddon, City Clerk

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.
Any writings or documents provided to a majority of the City Council regarding any item on this agenda will be made available for public inspection at the public counter at City Hall located on the first floor at 1232 Washington Street during normal business hours.
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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, September 3, 2010 at 12:00 p.m.