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1976-03-02 Regular CC MinutesDECULAR MEETTNci OF THE CGUNCiL OF THE CT N OF ALAE-,nA Hru TuFsDAy - - - - - - - - - - - wc!, 2, The meeting convened at 777.0 o'clock p,m, with Fresident Corda presidino, The Pledge of Allegiance was led hy Vice fiiayor Beckam and was followed ty an Ilnvouten delivered hy the Peverend Boyd Jackson, Pastor of the Calvary Christian Center, POLL CALL. The roll was calldd and Councilmen Beckar, Diament, Sherratt and Presldert 9orlca, (5), were noted present, PLsenti MINUTES: 1. Councilman Feckam requested the minutes of the regular meeting held February 17; 197,=', te corrected at item 26 (b) to reflect he had asked the followine foer questions concerning the Pattcr Way project whiCi: es been answered in the neuative, flees the plaid conform to the City's General Plait; is the plan included in the Capital Tmprevement Predriar Pees the elan, conform to the City- wide Goals; and does it cenform to the norths'ide deiclopmert plan, 7he minutes wei-e then anerevek,l as corrected. President Corica reauested the resolution effectirc the ahboirtment of Mr_ dack C. Cblaw to the Civil ervice board he taken out sits order: There being to oh,iection, the meetire proceeded to iFiescluttrirs'. U_SOLUTTOtii 2. The fellowirg resolution was introduced by Geurcilslar orni to mtc moved its adoption: Resolution Lo, Appeinti 011 Member of ti'ie Civil Service Board,' (Jack 9, Lo /17 The motion to adopt said resolution vas seconded by councilman Sherratt and carried on the fpilowing roll dell vote: Ave s: Five. Noes Dore. Absent; None, Cr request, the City Clerk administered tke 'Oath cf fiffice to Mit. hialaz, Tho weetinq rettrned to the reoCar order cf business. 12ITTEN COmMUMTCATIONS: too. 3, From Mrs. Aurora Pei:act, rilameda Avenue concorninc animal control nrchlem, President Carica statec tho communication set out certain complaints about a doo owned: b\ Ibe resident ot an apartment next boor to r Kollecc, He said there was no evidence that a Fity ordinance had been violated, that the matter had been investihafed by both the Engineering (Found) anC Police Departments who had concluded this arbroared to be a tenant-landlord situation, and the City had no jurisdiction in civil matters, Mrs, Vellogg stated she had brought this matter to the attertior of the Citv Council as she had sr been oraiM!a tc ottain any assistance from her landlord, She read a statement vritter by Posenh 2, Fillidtt, a former resident ef Apartment A, in which it was alleged the dor, had bitten erd attempted to bite severa ersons and had frightened his wife, She also reported vi wife had been accosted hy the dog, Mr,;, Dolionc elahorated upon the allegations contained, in har letter 0.rd stated sre had appealed to numerous agencies who had advised her it was a matter to he taker up whth fer landlord, however re refusod to become involved, Mrs, Cicria Udires and Mr, Hark Paines, ()veer of the doc, dishttod Mrs, kellogg's aecatiens. The dog was also present at this mketing, ,,n annlv *c, urivatc broom-tie Pr, CI:PSYmor, the City !ittdrrev stated mdc ,eistr ,a t.. t, _ Council:mar Fit:dram subgested Pc ere horses:nal Patrol the horiHe arr- regularly and Mr, Oliiett's letter he transmitted to the Police Department for° review tG Gotorrene if there was an acticratiMe compint, At the conclusion cif diseussior, Presidert Cortca roted thin vas a civil malter and recommended the tenor'ns attemot to resolve the matter themselves_ From Hit kill', Crroktt, A.n Arbor Drive— Piedmont, 0e0/r71 no the naming ot Fluona Vista Park, President Corica remarked he was a creat admirer cf Mr, Jack_ Clark and if there were twc votas of otfar Council memhers to rename the park 111 hi honer, he wcyle 7100 the third, Joseph Sullivan, 3271 hirartv hYdrue, sHbgested the matter rod Grevieusiy Peon thoroughly discsse should be iaid to rest, Pe voiced ris sorport of L name chosen, Ccorci Irror uocLr m F:CV°:7' obr communicatioh he received. The motion vas seconded by Cacneilnah Shorratt and carried unanimously or voice vete, Councilman Sherratt stated he would be e1 ad to head a Committee should the Council desire to reopen the ratter of the naming of the park, '!e said perhaps there were other options which should be considered, 6. Frcn the Alameda County f'dr Day Celebration Committee request inc an allocation of , n4, ilAm4c.c4,,n fl- le7r funds 'or the ofticial celebration c: oc*,,o, oay„, ,— i1he request was referred tat the City iastiacer for consideration in tho 1976-1977 Fitidoet, ' From the Islandia home Owners Aissociation, siered hy members a-f the i7oare cif Directors, exbressind concern over the Possibilitis of flihhts to and from Oakland Triternational P1 i: port by doneorde SST aircraft, Prosiaent Corica reporter action had been taken at the meeilnc cf February 17, 1976, opposind the entrance of the Concorde SST into the United States, are, more specificaly, into the San Francisco 2av Area market, He stated a comminication had been received or Parch 1, 1575, from the Foard of Fort Commissioners of the U.-CY of Oakland addressed to A*ssemblyman John Miller erclosino a resoltion which they nee Passed opoosine the use of the Per ram international liirport by supersonic aircraft, Ue said if was his understandino the City of Oakland was considerino the adoption cf a sipOlar resolution, 7, From ri. m,F, Leech, 2215 Fir Street, anneal nn the decision of tee Ploarrmind Board In donyird a Use Permit ter Premises at 3255 Encinal Avenue, The hearino nate wkas set for 1arch lfi, 1975d ,_TA,-.)Y,!,-,-, 5, Confined from the eetirlii of February 3, l9/6 in the matter of the consideration of revisions of the Planned Fevelcoment Ordinance, President Corica noted the minutes of the Flarnino Board meet pr at which this matter had been discussed hae rot Peer received by ::hC Council, He directed the revision proposed by the City Attornev he referred to the Plannind Pcard for review and rctiort, and the hearire be continued th the next reoular meetino cf the City Council to he held on March 35 , 1575, 5, Continued from the mootinq of February 3 12.76, n the matter of the consideration of revisions to the Desinn 5ev1ew Preinancon, President Conlon directed this hearinp also no continued to the meeting e" darch 16, 1975 . 25, Ir the batter of the orcdosal to rezone Thomrson Field from hm-iiic Intermediate Industriai, and Fie-AT, iieihrborhood Apartment District, to the 'OF, Oren Snacc PistrIct, and tn re7ore itud<iay Park from t /1 01< hOcrhood Apartment District, to the 'CH Orion Space District, Fre Clerk reported the affidavit ef Publication of the recuired Soti ce of Uearino was on file, The President dec;ared the hearinp tinered. mr, Dohert Venable, issistant Plannino Director, reported the Planninc Board recommended the renerinn amendment and had found the FD", °per Srece District classification for the two properties was aporobriafe in crder te prereto and protect recreational uses and to brptect the properties from the intrusion of ilia-ironer uses. He noted any tyre of structure whicb 1' not be erected within the r,arks '.:. 5i ,(-±- fl.florSe would he oerrhtted under a Use Permit, Or td e. ca fl for proponents or opponents, there was no response, The hearino was declared closed, (3; auestien, Mr Venable stated the Plannind Board was also review inc the reyoninc of all parks within the City to the F0i, Oren Space District, Councilman fleckam moved approval of the rozonibe proposal, The motion was seconded hy Councilman 5uhwi57 are carred unanimously or voice \dote, 7;:',',---: '<1 'objection, tre mcetino proceeded to hi:introducton of Ordinances', 79—F:'57',-1,fli ti3 5253 535N55ln5 i 11 , Councilman Bockar introduced the followPnc ordinance, after which it would be laid over under provision of law and the Charter, :romance on, hew Series- Ar, Ordinance Reclassify-Inc and ttczenind Certain Proberty Yithin the Clte, 0P Alameda by Amenchino 7nripe Ordinance p 1277, che motion was seconded by Ccurcilran, Porwith and carried or the followinn toll call veto, Ayes' Five, 'C None, Atisont' ilcine MQ meetrne returner to the redolor order of husirdss. 12„ In the ratter ef the proposed adoption as the Alameda Hurlrinal Code of the 'uniform ilechanigaI Geed, 1R73 r» ion by the International iissociatien of Plumbing and Hechanical Officials, with amendments, additions ard deletions thereto, as tLe Primary Code, -MP Glen', reported the Affidavit of Publication o the reguired rietice of Heating was on file, The President declared the hearing peened, The City Pneineer stated the purpose of the Code was to regulate and control the design, construction, installation, duality of raterials, location, operation and maintenance of heating ventilating, cooling refeHeration systems, incinerators and other mHscrailareous heat-producng appliances, On the call for orogoneets or opponents, there was ne response, The roaring was declared closed. There beim- re objection, the meetino Proceeded to 'introduction of Greinances', INTRODUCTION PE numucFs: 13. Councilman Recker introduced the following, ordinance, after which it laguld he laid over under provision of law and the Charter: "Creinance Ho, of Series Adopting be reference the Uniform techanica1 Coce, 1973 Edition, Copyrieht 1973 by international Association of Plurbine and recharical Pfficials, wltn Amendments, Additions and Deletions Thereto as Primasy Code, Adopting, by Reference Specifically the Recefarended Practices Contained in Apoendix F of Said Prisaary Cede Providing fey thr Prctecton of the Rutlic Eealtr, Safety and Tel fare by Prescribing Standards fen the installation ard i.ainteinance of Heating, ventilatind, Cooling and refrigeration Systems Requirinr a PerhOt and inspection Therefori Providing for the PridOnistratior and Fnforcement cf the Standards Set Forte Herein Frevieire for the Oualificatlens of Persons Engager in ter Rusiness of said installations er Alterations or Ccuinrent Related Therete ant Prescribing Penalties for Vlelaflons Thereof,' The motion was seconder by Pourcl 1 nec Cherratt and carried on tfo follevine roll gall vote, A:;esi Uees: one Ahsent, Nerd, The meeting returned to the nodular order of business, RFPORTS ANr RECOMMENGATTOES: Pi, From the City tlaml000s regarding see:deco Sha-iro, On request, the City Maraca-an summarized his report. He stated: tbe hasic question had been what the in pact or the city euridet would be if Ceneral Revenue Sharing were not enacted, He stated current fuhdine would_ come to a conclusion at tPe end of 1C7C, vhich would reduce incore fen the 1 975-77 fiscal year by an estimated 2,227,5C0 and no fendino would be dxrectod in later years, He resorted, this cculd have a major nonative irract upon the c s operatine budget nun was equivalent to about en the nrcherlanr tax rate on a gee-year hasis, however it was difficult to Precisely P:SFeSS this at this tire because there were tee many unknowns affecting both the futtre revenue and ;expenditure hicture of the city. He said these unknowns vculd include nrojected increases and decreases in the citj's reeular revenue sources, projected income from ether outside sources, and hrojecte creases ir expenses. Esa stated the citv would be in a much better Position Lc assess its fiscal situation for TROlfia77 when ted annual budget was drafted as rary of these trlinowns would Le clearer at that tlne Lam Goss said that "n addition to continuine the hiring frde7e, ether steps and been Or ‘'4-)U ,7i be taker to in-arrive the citv's fiscal position next year sore of these being the approval of a Senior Service Charge are increases in miscellareous fees and charges, ted Possible county collection of propertt taxes for the city, -eduction of overtime ir the Police and Fire Eenartments and the number cf part-tire ranhours in -dee Recreation Derartmert, not providing salary increases for partatiro employees elimination of legal tax support for malstenancd of residential streets, discontinuance, of the street name modernization program, reduction of funds ter a1 and park relintenance, and reduction in amounts budgeted for services ard cormidities in every department. Fo resorted that ever with tro rTrher of reductions in the current budget, city staff had used various rears at their disposal te get the job done at 1 reSt Pessibde cost and steps were beige explored tc oessirl%, reduce costs in other areas such as general liability and workmen's compensation insurance Gees stated that, shert of personnel layoffs, the city was in the best possible 0051s:ire to respond to an adoierse effect upon its revenue or expenditure patterns such as the termination cf Revert(' Shari en however ee would recommend that every effort he mode to lobby for its reenactment. 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30 qpio]o, ;LJ 2, Consideration of the folIowird items brought up under 'New Pusinessi at the redular moot tr held February 17, 1R7E:: (a) equest of Courcilmar, Ceckas, that a staff mebber attehd a bectIbo to be held conger fte formation of - Alameda County Parks Advisory COflr'kSiOfl_ The City Manager stated a report would he available for the noii:t meet :fro of the Code Councilman Beckam noted the meeting he had referred to was held on February ?fl. he said he lias net sure holdinc over ode mectirc items brcueht [,t) at the previous meetino accorviished t business of the Cotrcil in all cases, Councilman Sherratt concurred and stated there were cases when the Council shoume take action instead of bolding the matter over to the next meetinch The Ci ty arader offered tc rrepare a proposal for developing better guidelines for the conduct cf Council business and he was requested to de so, Councilman burOtt requested the concept of a Consent Calendar he investioated, (h) Rod:cost of Councilman 'Derwitt for a rerort or costs incurred by city th aderting mandated riements of the General Plan, Councilman Beckan moved the request be °ranted, The motion wad seconded by Councliren ts are. carried Lnanimously en votca vote, Councilman Hurwitz asked that the report ircluge the amount of Stat e. reimbursement urder SFI PO, The City aracer stated, the reoort would be transmitted for nclusich nr-: the aoerda of the text meeting. 21. President Corica reported the Coif Course and Criving flange report would he readv FOr the meetire cf March 1E, 22, Councilman Piament recommended the C,olf Course Crew- rc.:1(..e vo an oftcial commendation in recouittcn cf their innovative work, Councilman Sherratt stated he would acree the crew had done an excellent icP on the (Thlf Course, however. he felt all city es-bias/des performed their work in an cetstandire manner ard deserved 'pat on the back' and ore specific ercun skuld not be s!noteg cut for commendation, Folimcdne, discussion, President Corica directed the mattor be bladed or the agenda of tbo next meeting for consideration. N.11 BUSINESS' 23. councilman Pecker referred to the City Manager's report on Revenue Staring dealing with increases and decreases in the city's revenue sources, her noted legislation was beinq sought ir t State Lerbelature which would reduce city income from fires abd forfeitures, Ne requested efscgssion hele at the next meeting of 11.arch lE and a position be taken on Sfl lSEC. the Court reorcor!zatbor grecosal, Couhcilesir hberratt requested a timetable or construction of the city' :Portion of the nett tsland Drive, 0?r5DALU0IOm5 w 23. mHe fnimowiud resolution as introduced by Pounctiman Pecham whe moved its adortier. iredclutMan Mg S4P1 ACceting Sdecifications. hinecial Provisions and Flans for the Rehair and tlesurtadfne of Nestdine brtve fhterr Sjnnhe tine Rrive to Otts Drive, Calltno Mar Pids and Pirectinc City Clerk to Adsertide Same The metier to, adcdt said reF.olut-inr was seconded by COUr:Ci.7EAP titrwitro and carred. en tN.,1 roll co 3I vote. Eves dive, been. Nene, Absent. None_ The Prestgert declared the foregoire Pesclutions adopted, OPfl 2.02212 Echo -------- 2E, "Drdlnahre 0p, 1231 New trr-1 00 faidenelbc Article 3 of Ordinance be. 1733.. 22 Relait rinctions ard Duties of tke Community Relations Commission,' Councilman Eteckam rOVEd the greMinarces he Passed dS submitted. Tbe motion was seconded by Councilman PiamenC are carried or the forowhno yo-to. Ayes: ri00 , No0 s: NOPP., Atsent Monc„ 27, iCreinance No. 1797, Dow Series An Ordinance Repeal inc Ordinance No, 1439, yew Series, Respecting Fees DeIatinc to the Mit:hind Code an Heatino and Ventilatind Code,' Councilmr Sherratt moved the ordinance be passed as submitted, The motion was seconded by councilman 3esham and carried er the follovjnd roll call vote, Ayes: Five, Noes: None, Absent: None, . An itemized List of Clairos against the City of. Alameda and the Departments thereof, in the total amount of S121i,693,75, was presented to the Council at this meeting. Li St was accompanied by certification from the Ci ty ranacier that the claims shown were correct. Councilman il,eckam moved the bills as itemized in the !ist of Cl ails filed with the Cit C7lerk on March, 2, 1076, and uresented to the Council at t meeting, be allowed and paid, The motion wa,s secorded by Councilmar Diamen t and on voice vote carried unanimobslv, 20, Shecifidations No PLI 3-76-2 Fbepair and flesurfacric cf '3estlire Drive from Shore Line Drive to ctis Drive, 30, Councilman 3nerra1t movnd the Council retire to executive session for 7 discussion of pendind litication. The motion was secended hy Councilman Deckar and carried unanimously on voice vote After a five-minute recess, the Council reconvened 1 n the Conference Poem of the City !-!all for its eeliherations, At the corclusich of discussion, It determined no actieh would be taken at this time. iAGJOHP'1"Fbi71: 31, There beino no further business to come before this meeting, the Council actiourned to assemble in redular session on Tuesday, 'larch '16, 1976, at 7:36 o'clock p,m, Fleseectfully si,britted City Clerk