CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
September 15, 2009
REGULAR SESSION–7:00 P.M.
CLOSED SESSION FOLLOWING
ANDERSON CITY HALL
1887 Howard
Street
PARTICIPATION BY PUBLIC IN MEETING
Please
review the Agenda to determine if the subject you wish to discuss is scheduled
for Council consideration. If it is on
the Agenda, you will have an opportunity when that matter comes up for
discussion to briefly address the Council.
If
the subject is not on
tonight’s Agenda, please complete an Agenda Request Form (on Clerk’s
table) and present it to the City Council Clerk. You will have the opportunity to speak on the
subject under Item 5.2. However, if the
item is not on the Agenda, each speaker will be limited to one five (5) minute
opportunity to speak, unless the City Council makes an exception due to special
circumstances.
The
Brown Act prohibits the Council
from taking action on any item not placed on the printed Agenda in most
cases.
Effective
July 1, 2008, the Brown Act requires any non-confidential documents or writings
distributed to a majority of the City Council less than 72 hours before a
regular meeting will be made available to members of the public at the same
time they are distributed.
City
Council meetings are televised and can be seen live on Cable Public Access
Channel 11 and on tape delay the following morning at 10:00 a.m.
In
compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, the City of Anderson will
make available to members of the public any special assistance necessary to participate
in this meeting. The public should
contact the City Clerk’s office (378-6646) to make such a request. Notification 72 hours prior to the meeting
will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to
this meeting.
This
is an Equal Opportunity Program.
Discrimination is prohibited by Federal Law. Complaints of discrimination may be filed
with the Secretary of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. 20250.
REGULAR
SESSION – 7:00 p.m.
1. ROLL
CALL – COUNCIL: Councilmember
Yarbrough
Councilmember
Hunt
Councilmember
Webster
Vice-Mayor
Comnick
Mayor
Schaefer
2. INVOCATION
– Pastor Paul Shrum, Grace Fellowship Foursquare Church.
3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE – Mayor Butch Schaefer.
4.0 PROCLAMATION – Proclaiming September
17-23, 2009, as Constitution Week.
4.1 PRESENTATION – Chief Dale Webb
will present a Medal of Life Saving Award to Officers Day, Maxwell and Goodwin.
5.1 SCHEDULED CITIZEN REQUESTS TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL
– Irish Robertson, Anderson Chamber of Commerce Executive Director will give an
overview of the Street Fair.
5.2 PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEMS NOT ON THE
AGENDA
Anyone in the audience who wants to address the Council on a subject which
is not on tonight’s agenda is now invited to come to the podium. Please provide your name and the subject you
wish to discuss. Please limit your
remarks to 5 minutes or less.
5.3
COUNCIL
REPORTS
6.0 CONSENT AGENDA Consent
Agenda items are expected to be routine and non-controversial. They will be acted upon by the Council at one
time without discussion. Any member of
the public, staff or City Council may request that an item be removed from the
Consent Agenda for separate discussion.
Are there any requests to remove any items from the Consent Agenda?
6.1
MINUTES
- Approve the minutes of the regular meeting of September 1, 2009.
6.2
WARRANTS
– Receive and file warrant 113536 to 113606 in the amount of $256,512.52;
warrant 113607 to 113678 in the amount of $125,009.80; an ACH in the amount of
$3,081.20; and a Wire Transfer in the amount of $95.73.
6.4
CITY CLERK - Waive reading, except by title, of any ordinances
under consideration at this meeting for either introduction or passage per
Government Code Section 36934.
6.5
CITY MANAGER - Adopt a resolution amending the established annual City Holidays and
City Hall closure hours for 2009.
6.6
FINANCE
DIRECTOR/TREASURER – None.
6.7
PARKS AND
RECREATION
–None.
6.8
PLANNING
DEPARTMENT
– None.
6.9
POLICE
DEPARTMENT – None.
6.10
PUBLIC WORKS
DEPARTMENT
– None.
END OF CONSENT
CALENDAR
6.11 ITEMS (IF ANY) REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT
CALENDAR
PUBLIC
HEARING
Any person may speak on items scheduled
for hearing at the time the Mayor declares the hearing open. ALL LEGAL NOTICES HAVE BEEN GIVEN
ACCORDING TO LAW.
RECOMMENDED
ACTION:
1.
Direct the City
Clerk to read the published public hearing notice.
2.
Conduct the
public hearing.
3.
Subject to testimony received at the public hearing,
adopt a resolution approving the
submittal of a Community Development Block Grant program (CDBG) –
Planning and Technical Assistance grant application
and authorizing the City Manger to execute a grant agreement and any
amendments thereto with the State of California for the purposes of this grant,
and authorizing matching funds for the 2009/2010 CDBG Planning and Technical
Assistance grant application.
7.1 PUBLIC
HEARING – TO DETERMINE IF PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2646 BARNEY STREET SHOULD BE DECLARED
A “PUBLIC NUISANCE” AND A “NUISANCE ABATEMENT ORDER” APPROVED AND ISSUED.
RECOMMENDED
ACTION:
1. Conduct a
Public Hearing
2. Adopt a
resolution declaring the property located at 2646 Barney Street, a “public
nuisance” and approving the proposed “Nuisance Abatement Order.”
REGULAR AGENDA
8.1
CITY ATTORNEY – None.
8.2
CITY MANAGER
8.2a CITY OF
ANDERSON RESPONSE TO THE 2008-2009 GRAND JURY FINAL REPORT
RECOMMENDED
ACTION:
Authorize the Mayor to sign and submit
the City of Anderson’s response to the 2008-2009 Grand Jury Final Report.
RECOMMENDED
ACTION:
Enact (second reading) Ordinance No.
762, Authorizing the Levy of a Special Tax within Community Facilities District
2009-1 (Vineyards at Anderson), as introduced (first reading) on August 25,
2009.
8.3
CITY CLERK
– None.
8.4
FINANCE
DEPARTMENT – None.
8.5
PARKS AND
RECREATION DEPARTMENT – None.
8.6
PLANNING
DEPARTMENT – None.
8.7
POLICE
DEPARTMENT – None.
8.8 PUBLIC
WORKS DEPARTMENT
8.8a AUTHORIZATION
TO BID THE VINEYARDS ENTRY LANDSCAPING
RECOMMENDED
ACTION:
1. Approve the Plans, Specifications,
Estimates and Contract Documents for the Vineyards Entry Landscaping, and
instruct the Public Works Director to advertise for bids.
2. Authorize
the opening of bids at 2:00 p.m. October 14, 2009, in the Office of the City
Clerk.
8.8b NOTICE OF COMPLETION FOR THE ANDERSON RIVER PARK RESTROOM PROJECT
RECOMMENDED
ACTION:
Direct the Public Works Director to
prepare and record a Notice of Completion for the Anderson River Park Restroom
Project and authorize the Finance Director to make payment for the project in
compliance with the contract documents.
9.0 STAFF REPORTS - City Manager Dana Shigley will report on the Teen Center Strategic Planning Committee.
The
City Council will recess and the Anderson Redevelopment Agency will convene.
ANDERSON REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
ROLL CALL: Director Yarbrough
Director Hunt
Director Webster
Director Comnick
Chairman
Schaefer
ARA.1 MINUTES - Approve minutes of the
meeting of September 1, 2009.
The
City Council will reconvene and the Anderson Redevelopment Agency will continue
in joint session.
CLOSED SESSION
Public
Comment on Closed Session Item(s): Anyone in the audience who wants to
address the City Council or the Anderson Redevelopment Agency Board on a
subject which is listed under the Closed Session agenda is now invited to come
to the podium. Please provide your name
and the subject you wish to discuss.
Please limit your remarks to 5 minutes or less.
The
City Council and the Anderson Redevelopment Agency with convene to Closed
Session to consider the following:
ARA.C.S.1 CONFERENCE
WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATOR
(Pursuant to subdivision (b) of Govt. Code Section
54954.5)
Property: Assessors
Parcel No. 201-010-054
Negotiators: Executive Director Dana Shigley and Ray Randle
Under Negotiation:
Price and terms
C.S.1 CONFERENCE
WITH LABOR NEGOTIATOR
(Pursuant to Govt. Code Section 54957.6)
Agency Negotiators:
City Manager
and Rick Haeg, Nickolaus and Haeg, LLC
Negotiations with: Anderson
Police Officers Association and
Management/Confidential
Unrepresented employees
The City Council and the Anderson Redevelopment
Agency will reconvene to Open Session.
CLOSED
SESSION ANNOUNCEMENT
10.0 ADJOURN - The Anderson Redevelopment Agency will
adjourn and the City Council will
adjourn to October 6, 2009.
REMINDERS
Oct. 6 City
Council Meeting 7:00 p.m.
Oct.
12 Planning
Commission 7:00 p.m.