City of Calistoga Agenda

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

CITY COUNCIL – REGULAR MEETING
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2010 – 7:00 P.M.
CALISTOGA COMMUNITY CENTER

COMMUNICATION A - (Item 6) appeal by Yasmin Ali regarding the former Shell gas station,
1108 Lincoln Avenue (APN 011-254-003)

COMMUNICATION B (Item 6)

COMMUNICATON C (Item 6)

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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) PRESENTATION
1) Presentation by Rosalina Cazares, U.S. Census 2010 Partnership Assistant, regarding the upcoming 2010 United States Census.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Receive presentation.

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 11, 2010 ($ 276,379.94).
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve payables.

3) Minutes of the February 2, 2010 regular City Council meeting.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve Minutes.

4) Establish March 11, 2010 as the City Council and Community Resources Commission Joint Meeting date.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Set date.

5) Authorization for the Mayor to sign a letter of support for a residential treatment program that's housed at the California Veterans' Home of Yountville.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Authorize the letter of support.

I) PUBLIC HEARING
6) Consideration of an appeal by Yasmin Ali regarding the Planning Commission’s approval of a Conditional Use Permit (U 2009-13) and Design Review (DR 2009-03) for design changes and gas station operations at the former Shell gas station, 1108 Lincoln Avenue (APN 011-254-003) within the “DC-DD”, Downtown Commercial-Design District overlay zoning district.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt Resolution denying the appeal and sustaining the Planning Commission’s action.

Attachments:
A.    Vicinity Map
B.    Draft City Council Resolution
C.    Appeal from Yasmin Ali
D.    Planning Commission Resolution No. 2009-20
E.    Minute Excerpt from 12/9/09 Planning Commission Meeting
F.    12/9/09 Planning Commission Staff Report
G.    Minute Excerpt from 8/12/09 Planning Commission Meeting
H.    8/12/09 Planning Commission Staff Report
I.    Graphic renderings of requested design changes

7) 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: Introduce Ordinance and waive the first reading.

J) GENERAL GOVERNMENT
8) Presentation by the Calistoga Chamber of Commerce regarding their quarterly report.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Receive presentation and discuss.

9) Discussion of the City’s approach to using Local Jurisdiction Passenger Amenities Grant Funding for bus shelter replacements.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Discuss and provide direction.

Attachments:
1.    Sample photos of bus shelters
2.    Photos of existing bus shelters

10) Establish a date for the annual City Council’s strategic planning and goal setting meeting.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Discuss and set date.

K. CITY MANAGER REPORTS

• Tourism Business Improvement District
• Caltrans Highway 29 Drainage Improvement Project

L. CITY COUNCIL ADJOURNMENT
To the next scheduled regular meeting of the Calistoga City Council, on Tuesday, March 2, 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.
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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, February 12, 2010 at 12:00 p.m.