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HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 4.01 Draft Minutes 9-2-97 (2) . . . ~ REGULAR MEETING - September 2, 1997 A reg\llar meeting of the Dublin City Council was held on Tuesday, September 2, 1997, in the Council Chambers of the Dublin Civic Center. The meeting was called to order at 7:05 p.m., by Mayor Houston. + ROLL CALL PRESENT: Councilmembers Barnes, Burton, Howard, Lockhart and Mayor Houston. ABSENT: None + PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Mayor Houston led the Council, Staff and those present in the pledge of allegiance to the flag. + CLOSED SESSION 7:06 p.m. (10.1 640-30 & 10.2 600-30) The Council recessed to a closed session to: 1) conference with Legal Counsel - Pending Litigation - pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(a) - Silvergate Highlands OWners Association vs. City of Dublin - Alameda County Superior Court No. V -013836-3; and 2) Public Employee Performance Evaluation pursuant to Government Code Section 54957, Title: City Manager. REPORT OF CLOSED SESSION AcrION Mayor Houston announced that no action was taken. ... + 7:21 p.m. The regular Council meeting was reconvened with all Councilmembers present. + CITY COUNCIL lWNUTES VOLUME 16 REGULAR MEETING September 2, 1997 PAGE 351 ITEM NO. 4. 1. ,. INTRODUCfION OF NEW EMPLOYEES . 7:21 p.m. 3.1 (700-10) . Community Development Director Peabody introduced the City's new Assistant Planner/Zoning Enforcement Officer, Kenneth "Buzz" Kalkowski. He has worked in a variety of fields, as a business man, a teacher, an urban designer in Malaysia, and graduated with a Masters in Planning from San Luis Obispo. Mr. Ka1kowski stated it is a pleasure to be working here in Dublin. He looks forward to getting his case10ads brought current and then enforcing the codes of the City of Dublin. Public Works Director Thompson introduced the new Public Works Office Assistant II, Toni Walker. She will be helping out at the front counter, and has over 10 years of secretarial experience. Ms. Walker stated she is very happy to be here. + APPOINTMENT TO HERITAGE CENTER ADVISORY COMMITIEE 7:24 p.m. 3.2 (110-30) . Mayor Houston announced that he had appointed Connie Spence to the Heritage' Center Advisory Committee to fill the unexpired term of Russ Liggett, who. recently resigned. . ' On motion of Cm. Barnes, seconded by Cm. Lockhart, and by unanimous vote, the Council confirmed the Mayor's appointment of Connie Spence to the Heritage Center Advisory Committee to fill the unexpired term which ends in December of 1998. + 7 :25 p.m. Ken Johnson, who lives on Tamarack Drive stated he had 2 concerns: chain1ink fences & traffic on Tamarack. Traffic Concerns on Tamarack Drive (590-30) Mayor Houston stated he could talk about traffic as the chainlink fences issue would be part of the public hearing on the Zoning Ordinance revisions. Mr. Johnson stated speeding on Tamarack is really serious. The Police Department stuck the little trailer out on the street before, but people used it to check their CIlY COUNcn.MlNUTES VOLUME 16 REGULAR MEETING September 2, 1997 PAGE 352 . . . . speedometers. Some people constantly drive 50+ mph. Tamarack and Brighton are a horseshoe. Something has got to be done. He would hate to see a boulevard stop put in. You just can't let a child play out there because adults are going so dad-gummed fast. What is really bad is when the sun is setting; you cannot see a thing. Somebody is going to be up for a lawsuit and who will they sue? They will sue Dublin. He wants to see police cars parked on the side streets. + Schaefer Ranch Annexation (620-20) 7:29 p.m. Torn Ford 7262 Tina Place present to speak about the September 11 LAFCO meeting. Our Mayor is the alternate for Mayor Cathie Brown. This meeting will consider the Schaefer Ranch annexation. The necessary 4 votes have not ~ome together to approve this. In 1993, the people voted in a referendum against any development in the western area. All of the Council spoke very strongly against development during the election. They have tapes of this and would be happy to play them for the Council. It will add 474 homes and a number of students to our schools. It will take a total of 1 % of the valley's water to serve the area. We are constantly using up our water supply for new developments and when the next drought comes, we will be in serious trouble. He would like to see the Mayor consider his stance on this. This is not a good development for Dublin because it will add traffic, smog and congestion and use our water. He would like to see the Mayor vote against this and go with the choice of the people. Everyone has promised to develop in eastern Dublin. The City may face long , litigation. Several groups are forming to resist this for the City. + CONSENT CALENDAR 7:34 p.m. On motion of em. Burton, seconded by Cm. Lockhart, and by unanimous vote, the Council took the following actions: Adopted (4.2 670-40) RESOLUTION NO. 105 .. 97 APPROVING GRANT OF EASEMENT TO DUBUN SAN RAMON SERVICES DISTRICT CITY COUNCIL MINUTES VOLUME 16 REGULAR MEETING September 2, 1997 PAGE 353 RESOLVDON NO. 106 - 97 . Adopted (4.3 830-50) ADOPTING AMENDED PUBUC WORKS MAINTENANCE POUCIES Accepted (4.4 600-30) improvements constructed under Contract 96-08, Mape Memorial Park Renovation Project; authorized a $ 720 payment to Valley Crest Landscape, Inc., for their final invoice and directed Staff to release $41,340 retention after 35 days if there are no subcontractor claims; and approved the Budget Change Form. , Approved (4.5 300-40) the Warrant Register in the amount of $467,785.14. Cm. Barnes pulled Item 4.1, minutes of August 19, 1997 from the Consent Calendar for a couple of minor corrections. She pointed out that on Page 329 Cynthia Raymond is incorrectly listed as Valerie Raymond. Also, on Page 330, em. Howard's name is not included as the Council's representative on the City Park Task Force. On motion of Cm. Lockhart, seconded by Cm. Burton, and by unanimous vote, with the noted corrections, the Council approved (4.1) Minutes of Regular Meeting of . August 19, 1997. . + PUBLIC HEARING THE VILLAS AT SANTA RITA DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT 7:36 p.m. 6.1 (600-60) Mayor Houston opened the public hearing. Community Development Director Peabody advised that this was the second reading of an Ordinance approving a Development Agreement between the City of Dublin and Alameda County Surplus Property Authority. The Villas at Santa Rita is a 324 unit apartment project located on approximately 11.9 acres of land at the northeast corner of Dublin Boulevard and Hacienda Drive. The DA is required by the Eastern Dublin Specific Plan. Items included in the DA include, but are not limited to, the financing and timing of infrastructure, payment of traffic and public facilities impact fees, dedication of park land, and general provisions. No testimony was entered by any member of the public relative to this issue. Mayor Houston closed the public hearing. CITY COUNCIL MlNUTES VOLUME 16 REGULAR MEETING September 2, 1997 PAGE 354 . -'.&~" -.. - .." .' .... ,..." " . . . .......-.. On motion of Cm. Barnes, seconded by Cm. Burton, and by unanimous vote, the Council waived the reading and adopted ORDINANCE NO. 19 .. 97 APPROVING THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR PA 97..007 THE VIUAS AT SANTA RITA + PUBLIC HEARING - PA 95-027 COMPREHENSIVE REVISION OF THE DUBLIN ZONING ORDINANCE 7:37 p.m. 6.2 (450-20) Mayor Houston opened the public hearing. Senior Planner Carrington advised that the City Council introduced the revised Zoning Ordinance with several changes on August 19, 1997 and adopted Resolution No. 103- 97 exempting the Ordinance from CEQA requirements. Mr. Carrington discussed the changes: 1) Section 8.12.050 on page 12-3. Large Family Day Care Home, change from '- Conditional Use Permit before the Zoning Administrator to Conditional Use Permit before the Planning Commission. 2. Section 8.36.010A on page 36.1. Change R-1 Side setback to delete "7 feet" and revise footnote (2) to read as follows: "Side Yard setbacks in the R-l zoning district shall be a minimum of 5 feet plus one foot for each fun 10 feet by which the lot width exceeds minimum lot width up to a maximum of 10 feet." 3) Section 8.36.020.A on page 36-2. The distance between residences in the R-l zoning district is changed to 10 feet. 4) Section 8.36.020A on page 36-2. Footnote (1) should read: "West of Dougherty Road 25 feet and 2 stories; may be increased to 35 feet and 2 stories pursuant to a Site Development Review approval by the Planning Commission. East of Dougherty Road, 35 feet and 2 stories." 5) Section 8.40.020.C.9. on page 40-2. Change wording to: "Notwithstanding that certain accessory structures may be located in a Side Yard, such accessory structures shall be located so that at least one Side Yard, which shall be gated, shall provide at least a 36 inch width of direct and unobstructed passage to the Rear Yard. " CITY COUNCIL MINUTES VOLUME 16 REGULAR MEETING September 2, 1997 PAGE 355 6) Section 8.40.020.F.l.a. on page 40-3. The City Council directed that the heights of . all accessory structures be limited to a maximum of eight feet in order to minimize their visibility over fences and walls and make this Section no longer necessary. Staff recommended that the Council reconsider limiting the height of accessory structures to 8 feet as many existing accessory structures such as gazebos, guest houses, greenhouses, workshops, and accessory garages are typically 10 feet high if they have flat roofs and up to 15 feet high if they have gable roofs. Staff recommended that the City Council give direction to limit the height of accessory structures to 15 feet rather than 8 feet. Staff also recommended that the Council reword Section 8.40.020.F.l.a. to read: "Any accessory structure located within 6 feet of a fence or wall may have a maximum height of 8 feet." This alternative limits the height of accessory structures that may be visible over fences, moves structures over 8 feet tall 6 feet away from a property line, and still provides a reasonable height for accessory structures. ;. 7) Section 8.64.020 on page 64-1 and Section 8.64.060 on page 64-4. Delete the requirements of a Zoning Clearance for a home occupation. This action would also require the deletion of Section 8.116.020.B. on page 116-1, which states that applications for home occupations require a zoning clearance. 8) Section 8.64.040.K. on page 64-2. The City Council directed that this section be reworded and Staff recommended the following language: "No merchandise or goods shall be sold, leased or rented from the residence in which a business license for a home occupation has been issued if the sale, lease or rental requires the customer to visit that residence for delivery." This wording would allow Avon, Tupperw-are, etc., salespeople to store and sell goods from the premises if they are shipped or delivered directly to the customer. . ~~. : .' 9) Section 8.64.040M. on page 64-2. Reword this section to add the word "traffic". 10) Section 8.64.050.1 on page 64-4. Delete "Real Estate Office" from the list of prohibited home occupations. Mayor Houston asked about the original wording for home occupation sales, Item K. Staff advised that this was on Page 64-2. Cm. Barnes stated she was comfortable with the way it is reworded, and noted that traffic was also addressed. Cm. Barnes commented she thought the presentation was great the way it was done. CITY COUNCIL MINUTES VOLUME 16 REGULAR MEETING September 2, 1997 PAGE 356 .:,:, .. .~. - ~. . -. " .. . - .. - - . David Bewley, Brittany Lane resident stated with regard to the modification of the comprehensive zoning ordinance, he wished to speak related to heights on homes. East of Dougherty would be allowed 35 feet. The 25 foot rule in Dublin has been the existing rule ever since Dublin began developing. Chaos will be created if they allow 35 feet on the west side. He felt the City Council would be doing a disservice to residents if they allow consideration of 35 feet. The City could end up bypassing a planned development approach. It should be left the way we have it. There could be some ambiguity and he asked if they could then sue? Keep the mechanism that if they want to go higher than 25 feet, that they use a Planned Development. He asked that the Council reconsider. John Wagner, 8342 Mulberry Place questioned parking of recreational vehicles. Does the City ordinance preempt their CC&Rs? They have a stricter rule. They have 133 homes and 3/4 voted to keep theirs. Ms. Silver stated by way of example if the City's Ordinance says you can't park a vehicle longer than 10 feet and CC&Rs say 8 feet, the homeowners association can enforce their CC&Rs. Their CC&Rs can be more restrictive than the City's Ordinance, but not less restrictive. . Mr. Wagner asked about abandoned vehicles and situations where a car sits in the driveway and never moves. They have CC&Rs on this too. Unfortunately, it takes months to get any action. One specific car on his street, the license expired 2 years ago. He would like to see something done about this. ' , Ms. Silver advised that Chapter 6.80 of the DMC does authorize under certain circumstances the abatement of an abandoned vehicle. Mayor Houston commented he has seen several vehicles covered with tarps. Mr. Ambrose stated even if the vehicle is on your driveway it has to be operable. Mr. Carrington referenced Page 76-7 F, "Parking of unlicensed or non -operational vehicles prohibited. No unlicensed or non-operational vehicle shall be parked or stored in a front setback area in front of a residence but behind the front setback, street side setback in front of a fence, or on a driveway." Ms. Silver stated it is a nuisance to have an abandoned vehicle on private property where it is visible. . Ken Johnson asked what had been decided about chainlink fences. CITY COUNCIL MINUTES VOLUME 16 REGULAR MEETING September 2, 1997 PAGE 357 Mr. Carrington referenced Page 72-14. They are allowed in certain commercial and . industrial districts. It isn't permitted in new residential developments. It would be considered a non -conforming legal use if it is existing. Mr. Johnson stated he would not feel safe with his grandson playing in the front yard without the chain link fence. People used to cut across his front yard before he got his fence up. This was when Fallon School was there and those little suckers used to cut across. He also had a paperboy who stuck a bunch of Valley Times newspapers up under his house. They finally got rid of some big trees that created problems and he was relieved. He stated he was happy to learn that his fence can remain. Mayor Houston closed the public hearing. Mayor Houston stated he was very happy with what we have. em. Howard brought up Section 8.64.050.1, the section deleting real estate office from the list of prohibited home occupations. She had some people call and complain about this. If we delete this, we should delete beauty shops. Cm. Lockhart felt there were health issues with beauty shops and the licensing process would take care of this. . em. Howard felt they had a problem with potential traffic issues. Cm. Barnes stated she had gotten the same phone calls. She felt they should leave it alone and leave real estate offices in as prohibited. She did not feel it was appropriate to delete real estate offices. Cm. Howard felt someone might be inclined to run a real estate office from their home and do more than shuffle paper. Mayor Houston stated he totally disagreed and felt it should be taken out. Cm. Burton commented they would be unable to put up signs. There could be time when people would come out, no doubt about it. em. Barnes felt it was inappropriate to discuss this when some on the Council are real estate people. We are talking about creating traffic by running a business from their home. It is an inconvenience to neighbors and to the City. Mayor Houston read the section that discusses nuisances and felt this would apply. CITY COUNClL MINUTES VOLUME 16 REGULAR MEETING September 2, 1997 PAGE 358 . . . . Cm. Howard questioned what kind of a real estate office you would have if you didn't have people corning to the office. Cm. Barnes commented on clinical laboratory type work from the home and questioned what the difference would be. Cm. Lockhart stated her thinking was she looked at someone doing real estate from their home like someone doing books at home. You might have somebody at your house occasionally. You cannot buy real estate by not going out to a site. She did not see a way to separate it from all other businesses. It should follow the same policies as all other home businesses. Cm. Burton stated he would like to discuss the 15 feet accessory building further. He asked about the formula and if this relates to the 15 feet. Mr. Carrington read from the ordinance. If a structure is attached to a house, it would have to meet setbacks. If it's detached it must be 6 foot away if it is to be 8 feet tall. A gazebo was used as an example. Any development of new construction could conceivably happen with garages in the back like in the 1930's, and could be handled with a PD. Cm. Barnes questioned where the 25 foot vs. 35 foot height was addressed in the' Ordinance. Mr. Carrington responded that it was covered on rage 36-2 in the footnotes. Cm. Lockhart clarified that there are a lot of elevations in the west and it's possible that 35 foot could put it no higher than neighbors. We should give people the option to at least ask. This would be subsequent to a SDR by the Planning Commission. Cm. Burton stated he supports the flexibility. On motion of Crn. Burton, seconded by em. Lockhart, and by unanimous vote, the Council waived the reading and with the Staff recommended revisions adopted ORDINANCE NO. 20 .. 97 REPEAUNG, RENUMBERING OR AMENDING CERTAIN EXISTING ZONING PROVISIONS AND CERTAIN MUNICIPAL CODE PROVISIONS AND ADOPTING A REVISED ZONING ORDINANCE CITY COUNCIL:MINUTES VOLUME 16 REGULAR MEETING September 2, 1997 PAGE 359 Cm. Barnes commented even though she opposed the real estate office issue, she would . vote yes to avoid throwing the baby out with the bathwater. + VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL COMMUNITY GYMNASIUM 8:13 p.m. 7.1 (600-40) Parks & Community Services Director Lowart presented the Staff Report and a draft Agreement between the City of Dublin and the Dublin Unified School District regarding joint funding of the Valley High School Gymnasium which outlines the responsibilities of both parties. Ms. Lowart stated she had been advised by School District Staff that bids were opened last Thursday and that they came in about 10% - 12% higher than the Engineer's Estimate. The actual cost of the City's participation in this project, as proposed, is unknown until the District examines the bids. The City would pick up about 34% of the construction costs. We would reserve the right to review any change orders. As drafted, the agreement will be in effect for a period of 99 years. For the first three years of the agreement, an annual review will be undertaken; after three years, a biennial review will be undertaken. Additionally, the agreement contains a provision that allows either party to terminate the agreement by providing one year's written notice to the other party. . Ms. Lowart advised that adoption of the agreement will repeal two previous agreements between the City of Dublin and the Dublin Unified School District. These include: 1) an agreement dated October 24, 1995 entitled "Agreement between City of Dublin and Dublin Unified School District regarding Joint Use of School Facilities (Gymnasium) and Amending September 25, 1989 Joint Use Agreement"; and 2) an agreement dated January 28, 1991 entitled "Agreement between City of Dublin and Dublin Unified School District for Renovation of the Dublin High School Baseball Fields and Girls Athletic Fields". , A City/School District Liaison meeting is scheduled for next week and the results will be brought back to the Council at the next meeting. em. Burton recalled that the last time we tried to work something out with the District there were some bad feelings. We got out of the scheduling business for awhile and now it appears we are getting back in. He questioned if this is wise. CITY COUNcn... :MINUTES VOLUME 16 REGULAR MEETING September 2, 1997 PAGE 360 ., . Ms. Lowart stated actually we never got out of scheduling. We have worked out problems and the City is still doing the scheduling. Valley High School does not currently have organized athletics so this should make a difference with regard to scheduling. Cm. Barnes stated she knows the need here in the community and would like to get going on this immediately. Mayor Houston stated he was happy to see we're almost there. We should be breaking ground ASAP. Cm. Lockhart expressed concern about the time1ine of the City taking it over at 3 p.m. Will we give them any leeway at all? She felt this could get kind of touchy being so close to Wells. She hoped Staff could find some method of dealing with this. Ms. Lowart stated one of the biggest problems is parents very often just drop their kids off at the school and if the facility isn't available, we have potential to have kids running around unattended. Coordination and making sure the right hand knows what the left hand is doing is very important. . On motion of Cm. Burton, seconded by Cm. Barnes, and by unanimous vote, the Council approved the draft agreement in concept. - + APPOINTMENTS TO THE DOWNTOWN STUDY TASK FORCE 8:27 p.m. 7.2 (110-30) Community Development Director Peabody advised that on August 5, 1997, the City Council approved the formation of the Downtown Study Task Force and directed Staff to advertise Twenty one applications were received and those submitting applications were: Mary Beth Acuff, Patricia Benavidez, Michael Bischoff, Bernice Bywater, Craig Caldwell, Rick Camacho, Robert Enea, Bruce Fiedler, Nancy Finley-King, Christina Foxx, Garay Harper, Brett Jensen, Jenet Livergood, Connie Mack, Michael Perkins, Dan Straface, Paul Wasserman, Sawsan Wolski, and George Zika. In addition, two applications were received after completion of the Staff Report. These were: Manjit Sidhu and James Chapin. Cm. Barnes clarified the exception on this task force, that they don't have to be Dublin residents. Some Dublin business owners donlt live in the City. . CITY COUNCIL MINUTES VOLUME 16 REGULAR MEETING September 2, 1997 PAGE 361 Mayor Houston stated he was pleased with the variety of people wishing to be on the . task force. He asked Staff to add Bridgett Craig's name and stated he will get an application from her. On motion of Cm. Barnes, seconded by Cm. Lockhart, and by unanimous vote, the Council approved appointments to the Downtown Study Task Force. Cm. Barnes clarified that al13 study groups will be noticed as public meetings and anyone can. drop in and contribute. + REVIEW OF THE NIELSEN RANCH GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT STUDY 8:30 p.m. 8.1 (420-30) Community Development Director Peabody stated on January Z 1, 1997, the City Council initiated a GPA Study for the 200 acre Nielsen Ranch property located east of the terminus of Brittany Drive and Brittany Lane. The applicant wishes to process a single family subdivision on the land. To date, the applicant has not proceeded with any work on either planning or environmental information on the property. The Council requested that the item be added to this agenda for review and discussion. Mayor Houston stated he brought this up in August and felt it was important for the Council to discuss how they feel about GPA studies when there hasn't been a timeframe for completion. We have a limited number (4) of these studies" that we can complete in anyone year. He was also concerned with limited Staff time available. We have 50 projects on which Staff is currently working. Some are big and some are small. Do we leave this hanging out there? He felt a philosophical discussion was needed regarding what is reasonable. Cm. Burton stated he agreed in essence. Staff is overloaded. He admitted he had asked the Nielsen's to hold off because there were so many things in the mill. There should, however, be an end to it. Mr. Nielsen has had no notice that there is a potential deadline. Maybe there should be one. Maybe a year would be a good limit. He recommended in this case since it started this year that we give him a 6 month chance to bring something forward. He would be put on notice that he has to have something brought before Staff in the next 6 months or let it go. He could also be working on something and would then need more time. Crn. Lockhart felt if Mr. Nielsen has something in the works, it isn't fair to change the rules in the middle of the game. If we can only make 4 changes in a year, they would CITY COUNCJL MlNUTES VOLUME 16 REGULAR :MEETING September 2, 1997 PAGE 362 . .-, ,,' . . . . ..-, . u" -' . - ~. - . have to some activity, however. She stated she would be interested in discussing a timeframe but wouldn't cut him short on this one. Cm. Barnes stated this was just to do a study which was made very clear. She would like to see some end. We take too long and lose sight of what we're doing. She would like to see a date put in on everything we do. . Mayor Houston asked Mr. Peabody about starting a GPA study and the timing involved in getting to a building permit. He asked what was logical and reasonable benchmarks. Mr. Peabody stated in his experience if someone is really going to move ahead, generally within about 6 months to a year there is information submitted. Some areas involve a much more detailed review which this project will certainly have to have. It may take 6 months to a year to get information. Generally, within 6 months to a year we should see something happening, some evidence of studies, hiring a consultant, etc., or it is not going to happen. Ms. Silver suggested that the Council take whatever action they choose on this issue and then if they want to consider a policy they could put this on a future agenda. Cm. Burton felt one year from January could be considered. Six months from noW would be March. He did agree that they want to see something being done. He asked if they could consider June. . em. Lockhart felt the Council could consider the whole issue of policies before dealing with the Nielsen specifics. Mayor Houston stated he is looking at establishing a reasonable benchmark. Maybe six months would be reasonable that they have to show they are proceeding. Mr. Peabody stated they have to do some -kind of studies of the property. There is a whole variety of things needed. Cm. Burton stated 2 or 3 months ago, he encouraged him to not proceed. He would like to see him given until June because it will be tough proceeding during the winter months. Cm. Burton made a motion to give them until June 1998 because of the time delays. This motion died for lack of a second. CITY COUNCll..:MINUTES VOLUME 16 REGULAR MEETING September 2, 1997 PAGE 363 Mayor Houston made a motion, which was seconded by Cm. Barnes to offer them 6 . months and if we don't have initiation of work in the file after 6 months we will withdraw the study. Also Staff should come back with policies. Cm. Lockhart did not feel we should do anything until we have information related to firm dates. This is not fair. Cm. Burton stated he would agreed with Cm. Lockhart. There are things that have to be done in the process. Mayor Houston asked how long it would take to come back to the City Council with a policy. Mr. Peabody stated he would like a month because of the current workload. Mayor Houston stated he would go along with tabling this until the first meeting in October. Cm. Barnes clarified that this study could be impacted by any formal policy. Mayor Houston stated he would like to see Staff come back with a formal policy that will apply to this project as well as future projects. - Cm. Burton stated he felt they needed feedback on when the clock starts and when it ends. . Mayor Houston stated he felt the clock starts when the City Council approves the GPA study. The benchmarks would have to be determined. This will also help evaluate Staff time to make things fit. Mayor Houston made a motion to table this until the first meeting in October when they could deal with policy time, benchmark, and definitions of general plan studies. Bya unanimous vote, Mayor Houston's motion related to the Nielsen Ranch GPA study was tabled until the first meeting in October. Mr. Ambrose clarified that two separate items would come before the Council at the first October meeting. Staff would prepare a report on GP A policy issues and the Nielsen Ranch GPA Study item would be tabled until that time. + CITY COUNCIL MlNUTES VOLUME 16 REGULAR MEETING September 2, 1997 PAGE 364 . . - - - - " ~...; ~ ',' -"." .." -- . LIBRARY ARCHITECTURAL CONSULTING SERVICES 8:54 p.m. 8.2 (600-30) Bonnie Leonard presented the Staff Report and advised that one of the 1997 high priority goals adopted by the City Council was to prepare an update to the 1993 Library Planning Task Force Report including site identification for a new library/community activity center. The firm of George Miers & Associates has submitted a proposal for developing such a site plan. A revised agreement was distributed and Ms. Leonard discussed changes/additions to the scope of work, to Exhibit B, adding senior staff, indicated the total amount of the contract was $5,500, and indicated that in Exhibit D, #9 there were minor changes made to the hold harmless clause. Mr. Ambrose stated this only deals with the architectural nature of the Civic Center site. We will bring another agreement to a future meeting. On motion of Cm. Lockhart, seconded by Cm. Burton, and by unanimous vote, the Council authorized the City Manager to execute the contract agreement with George Miers & Associates (at a cost not to exceed $5,500) and approved the Budget Change Form. . + OTHER BUSINESS 8:57 p.m. Upcoming Meetin~ Reminders (610-05) Mr. Ambrose reminded the Council of several upcoming meetings: Dublin Unified School District meeting at District offices at 5 p.m. on September 9. LAFCO meeting 4:30 p.m. on September 11 at DSRSD offices. Cm. Lockhart asked if they will allow speakers. Mr. Peabody stated it is at the discretion of Chairman Tarver on whether testimony will be accepted. St. Patrick's Day Committee meeting on September 18 at 8:30 a.m. in the Regional Meeting Room, followed by a Surplus Property Authority meeting at 9 a.m. in the City Manager's Conference Room. + . CITY COUNCIL MINUTES VOLUME 16 REGULAR MEETING September 2, 1997 PAGE 365 .. ..' .'. '.' . " - Il1esa1 Signs (400-30) . Cm. Barnes stated she drove around the City this weekend and had one 4-letter word to describe what she observed: "sign". Actually signs. She found a 32' sign at the corner of Dublin Boulevard and Dougherty Road. Another problem is right across the street from the Civic Center with banners between trees. She would really like to see the sign ordinance come back. We have to do something. We are getting tackier and tackier and it is getting worse. Mr. Ambrose stated some of the signs are in the process of being enforced. em. Barnes felt if we put some bite into our sign ordinance they won't put up a 32' sign instead of the allowed 16'. + Mape Memorial Park Dedication (950-40) Cm. Barnes thanked Staff for a fantastic Mape Park dedication. The weather couldn't have been better. Who would have thought it could rain in August? Mayor Houston thanked Bonnie Leonard for the Mape Park celebration. He commented he didn't think the weather was that bad. He heard we served about 350 hot dogs. . + Development Update (470-10) ,'. Cm. Burton commented on the development update given to the Council. He would like to know if it would be possible to have a driveby to show the Council what some of these projects are. A tour would be great. Mr. Peabody stated last year Staff took the Planning Commission on a tour. They have another tour planned for October 18 to look at some new kinds of projects we are getting in. Perhaps something like this could be worked out to get the Council out to see some of the projects. . .' ~ + " , , , ',' CITY COUNCIL MINUTES VOLUME 16 REGULAR MEETING September 2, 1997 PAGE 366 ...,. . Neighborhood Park Events (950-40) em. Barnes commented that she was aware that San Ramon does something really nice. They have a specific park designated each month and all the neighbors come to that park on a Friday night for a barbecue sponsored by the City, and it brings people together in that area. Maybe we could look at something like this next year and consider budget funding. There are no speeches, just people getting together. + ADJOURNMENT 11.1 There being no further business to come before the Council, the meeting was adjourned at 9:08 p.m. + Mayor . ATTEST: . City Clerk CITY COUNCIL MINUTES VOLUME 16 REGULAR MEETING September 2, 1997 PAGE 367