City of Calistoga Agenda

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

CLOSED SESSION AGENDA
CITY COUNCIL – REGULAR MEETING
TUESDAY, APRIL 20, 2010 - 6:30 P.M.
CALISTOGA COMMUNITY CENTER

A) CALL TO ORDER


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

Agency negotiation: City Manager James McCann and Administrative Services Director Bill Mushallo.

Employee Organization: Calistoga Police Officers Association
Calistoga Professional Firefighters Association

B) ADJOURNMENT

To the next scheduled regular meeting of the Calistoga City Council, on Tuesday, April 20, 2010 Calistoga Community Center, 1307 Washington Street, 7:00 p.m.

Susan Sneddon, City Clerk

REGULAR SESSION
CITY COUNCIL – REGULAR MEETING
TUESDAY, APRIL 20, 2010 - 7:00 P.M.
CALISTOGA COMMUNITY CENTER

MINUTES

COMMUNICATION A
Item No. 11, Urban Design Plan Implementation Program
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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 retiring Plant Operator III Larry Fleming (30 years of service), and Plant Operator II Dennis Ramos (20 years of service).

G) PROCLAMATIONS
2) Proclamation of appreciation to Melody Hammalian recognizing her for 24 years of service to Calistoga as the Administrative Services Technician.

3) Proclamation announcing the month of May as National Bike-to-Work Month and May 13th is Bike to Work Day.

4) Proclamation of appreciation honoring those that volunteered in the Calistoga Affordable Housing’s Rebuilding Calistoga Project.

5) Proclamation of appreciation recognizing the City’s volunteers during National Volunteers Week (April 18–24, 2010).

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.

6) Accounts payable for the period ending Friday, April 16, 2010 ($196,869.87).
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve payables.

7) Minutes of the April 6, 2010 regular City Council meeting, and minutes of the April 13, 2010 Special Strategic Planning and Goal Setting meeting.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve Minutes.

8) Consideration of a Resolution approving an extension of the lease of public land with the Napa County Office of Education, to permit the continuing operation of the Calistoga Preschool August 1, 2010 to August 1, 2011.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt Resolution.

J) PUBLIC HEARING
9) 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.
Continued from the February 16, 2010 City Council Meeting.

Attachments: Vicinity Map, Draft City Council Resolution, Appeal from Yasmin Ali, Planning Commission Resolution No. 2009-20, Minute Excerpt from 12/9/09 Planning Commission Meeting, 12/9/09 Planning Commission Staff Report, Minute Excerpt from 8/12/09 Planning Commission Meeting, 8/12/09 Planning Commissin Staff Report, Graphic renderings, John Burton, III correspondence, Petition Signatures Part 1 and Part 2

K) GENERAL GOVERNMENT
10) Continue discussion and consideration of a Resolution consenting to a request from the Napa County Board of Supervisors to form the Napa Valley Tourism Business Improvement District (TBID).
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt Resolution.
Continued from the April 6, 2010 City Council Meeting

Attachments: NVDC TBID Marketing & Administration Staff Expenditures, Draft 3/16/10 City Council Minute Excerpt, 3/16/10 Staff Report and attachments.
 

11) Consideration of a Resolution adopting the Urban Design Plan Implementation Program.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt Resolution.
Continued from the April 6, 2010 City Council Meeting

Attachments: Draft Resolution, Planning Commission Minute Excerpt of 3/10/10, Planning Commission Staff Report of 3/10/10

12) Discussion and direction regarding the Napa County’s change to the Winery Definition Ordinance.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Discuss and provide direction.

Attachments: Draft Comment Letter, Napa County Planning Commission Staff Report of 4/21/10, City Manager letter dated 4/8/10, Public Comment, Planning Commission Staff Report of 4/14/10 part 1 and part 2

13) Discussion and direction regarding the County of Napa’s Vacation Rental Policy Proposal.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Discuss and provide direction.

Attachments: Draft Comment Letter, City Manager Letter dated 4/8/10, Public Comment, Planning Commission Staff Report of 4/14/10 part 1 and part 2

14) Consideration of a Resolution establishing objectives and the appointment of a Council Subcommittee for the Fiscal Year 2010-2011 Community Enrichment Grant Program.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt Resolution.

15) Consideration of a Resolution adopting the City Council goals and key priority projects for Fiscal Year 2010/2011.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt Resolution.

L. CITY MANAGER REPORTS
• Public Works Corporation Yard burglary update.
M. CITY COUNCIL ADJOURNMENT
To the next scheduled regular meeting of the Calistoga City Council, on Tuesday, May 4, 2010, Calistoga Community Center, 1307 Washington Street, 7:00 p.m.

Susan Sneddon, City Clerk

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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, April 16, 2010 at 12:00 p.m.