HomeMy WebLinkAbout06-27-1978 City Council Minutes MINUTES
CITY COUNCIL MEETING
TIME: Tuesday, June 27, 1978 - 7:30 P.M.
PLACE: Saratoga City Council ChamberS, 13777 Fruitvale Ave., Saratoga, Calif.
TYPE: Adjourned Regular Meeting
I. ROLL CALL
Present: Councilmen Kalb, Corr, Kraus, Matteoni, Callon
Absent: None
II. CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE 38.85: AN URGENCY & EMERGENCY
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SARATOGA IMPOSING AN ALTERNATE SALES
AND USE TAX ON CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS AND DECLARING THE URGENCY
THEREOF (Cont'd. 6/21/78)
The City Attorney pointed out a modification in Section 14-37, first
line, to reflect "An excise tax . ", rather than "Any excise
tax "
It was moved by Councilwoman Corr and seconded by Councilman Kalb
Ordinance 38.85 be introduced and adopted. The motion was carried
unanimously. The City Clerk then proceeded to read the ordinance
in full.
III. FINAL MAP APPROVAL - TRACT. 6393, BRIAN KELLY, INC., GORDON KNAPP, INC.,
OAK CREEK INVESTMENTS
It was moved by Councilwoman Callon and seconded by Councilwoman
Corr the adoption of Resolution 861, deleting Condition 1 re-
quiring a Landscape MaintenanCe Agreement. The motion was carried
unanimous ly.
IV. CONSIDERATION OF 1978-79 FISCAL YEAR OPERATING BUDGET (Cont'd.
6/21/78)
A-.~__RESOLUTION 860, A RESOLUTION APPROVtNG BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR
~ 1978~79
B. RESOLUTION 780-4, A RESOLUTION ALTERING AND ESTABLISHING FEE
SCHEDULE
C.ORDINANCE 38.86, AN URGENCY AND EMERGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY
OF SARATOGA ESTABLISHING A' CONSTRUCTION. TAX
Mr. Hendrickson, Assistant City Manager outlined some of the
proposed~..b~'~r~g~'expe~d~tures for reduction and these
were discussed by hhe ~Council. .He further advised that. the City
has received information from the State rela~i~ze to distribution
of State surplus monies. He explained that there are~.~three
primary conditions to receiving these funds:
1) No salary increases may be granted to any local govern-
ment employee in excess of the inc.rease to any state
employee during 1978-79.
2) Police programs be maintained at the 1977-78 levels.
3) Requires the cities to expend at least 1/3 of the general
fund reserves on hand as of July 1, 1978 in excess of 5%
of the 77-78 revenues. This would mean an ex enditure of
~'pr~i~n~l~$r827000:~of'~'?City"~'.g~xY~ra'l .Fund reserve.
Therefore, it is the sta~f's ~ecommendation to proceed with the
budget process as prop6sed, making whatever cuts are. necessary.
Mr..Hen~rickson then discussed those proposed personnel cuts,
and also, what services would~be affected'with these cuts.
He discussed Community.Center use by community oriented groups
and the proposal of..only charging these groups for set uD fees
and staff~pervision time. Eurther. aft' ~'d~i~~v~ ~e~'~.of
f'$I0 '~'~$715 i~r~'~'~Be~'~Y~d ='~ac~ ~fOh~o~ 6f~ 'the
revised fe~s-~t~o~ni'ey~ a~'~li"~i~ B~i~dih~ '~
Management for.non-resident fees, excursions, snack bar and
equipment. ~'~-~ ...... ' ..... '' '*' ........ ~" ~ ' ""~ .... ~
'~The Ha}or c~lted.atSentiOn-~tems of correspondence, as follows:
1) Margaret Reed, re: Sheriff's Patrol Services
2) Imelda QuiStgard re: senior activities at Co~unity Center.
3) Mary Pitts expressing appreciation of work at the Co~unity
Center.
4) Lt. Thomas, Patrol Colander, re: proposal to eliminate
40 hoursof supplemental daylight patrol.
5) Rose. Sponza re: Co~uni~y Garden.
6)' Rear Admiral M~tcalf re: Hakone Gardens'
The Mayor ~e=op.enedqthe public hearing at 8:28 P.M.
Mr. Pasetta, 20251 Saratoga-Lo~s Gatos Road, addressed the Council
co~enting that Hakone Gardens should not be considered in the
same category as othe~ pa~ks. ;Mr. Pasetta was of the opinion
expenses should be cut in other areas, i.e., removing la~ on
planting strip on Saratoga Avehue and pla~ting ivy. He further ·
suggested [rying to inte~estYJapaa~a~A~rica~*d~fl6~i~'teasing
the Garden and maintaining i[7~- ..... L -~ ........... ""~ ......
Mrs. Kocher, 15139 Park Drive, coaented that she believes every.
effort should be made to not allow..funds to be taken from main-
tenance of Hakone Gardens, and this should be one of the Council's
priorities.
John Foley, Mayor, City of Monte Sereno, urged that the Council
continue to conduct inspection services for Monte Sereno.
Charles Robbins, 19348 Monte Vista Drive, voiced his co~ents
in support of continuing to maintain Hakone Gardens.
Ann Peck, 14275 SaratOga Avenue, advised that her mother's kinder-.
garten class for the past two years has spent every Tuesday in
ApriY at Hakone Gardens as part of a Japanese cultural unit. She
then read a letter written to Kathy Yoshomota from a third-grade
student participating in a trip to Hakone Gardens. Ms.: Peck urged
that the Council not close Hakone in.that it has been valuable to
school children.
Marlene Duffin, resident on Canyon View Drive, urged that the Coundil
continue'to fund the Youth Service~Bureau.
Ms~ LaGreen, 14500 Fru~t~ale AVenue, co~ented that' she worked
many weekends this year at Hakone Gardens, and saw many people
slow do~ and appreciate the unique beauty; therefore, Urged
the Council's consideration in keeping the Garden open.
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Pamela Nesbit, 15450 Pepper Lane, exprelssed comments in support
of continued funding fo~ the Youth Service Bureau.
Karen Bates, Springer Road, commented that 4,000 children in our
area are being reached each year in the prevention program,.and
only 7 percent of the children who go through the Youth Service
Program end up in Juv~nile Hall. Therefore, she urged that the
Council look at the Youth Service Bureau with a great deal of
importance
Mary Wade, Farwell Avenue, commented that $2,700 is such a small
amount of money to keep the garden open 52 ~eeke~ds~y~r~'~Tand
surely this can be found somewhere.
Charles Griffin, 20365 Williams Avenue, addressed the Council
on behalf of the Saratoga Community Gardens. He thanked the City
Council for its continued funding of the project. However, they
still are in the process of trying to recover-~h~=~B,O00 budget
cut, and would appreciate it if the Council woUla~'donsider-an
r~Y~i~;~'~'~i~-!remaining $1,000. '
Esther Lapar, Saratoga Community Garde~ Board, commented that
they have been trying for weeks to find 'this ~m6~:j_~_~=f~
grants, and will definitely miss.the $5,000. r~! .............. ·
It was moved by Councilman Kalb and seconded by Councilwoman
Callon the public hearing be closed. The motion was carried; the
public hearing was closed at 8:44 P.M.
Mr. Hendrickson explained that the maximum l~ss would be $380,500,
and if using the $266,230 proposed reduction in services, along
with $63~r00~carryover, this Would leave only $51,200 remaining
to be f~U~h. If working towar'd the lower figure, $356,000, this
would leave approximately $26,700 to be found. .Ifjzadditional
revenues were .?~1~_~ approximately $12,000 could be added for
inspection service fees; $100,000 for construction tax; and based
on the C.P.I. increase since 1975, an increased busine'ss license
tax bringihg approximately'S7,1500.
The Council then discussed proposed program cuts, including
Youth Service Bureau (Councilwoman Callon proposed a trade-off
between the teen program at the Community Center to fund the
Youth Service Bureau); tuition reimbursement for job-related
cl~; _~limination of overtime~'(~U~C~l~n~'~a~B! ~p0~&~E~
~e.d~t f6~ ~;f~5'~ ~e~)~M~ffc~a~ge~h~l~Devet~'Dmeht'
'~u~fa~'; supplemental Sheriff's. Patrol.
!--~j~i~cdss'i~"~fol!owed I~levan_t tO ~he proposed Cons~ruqtioD_Tg~
ordinance ' ~ ~[' 'Sf T0 '"'r p~r"~u~ f~t~ ~f~'the
o= structh~ and 7.5¢ per square
area of any~bT~'home lot. . ' -
It was moved by Council~ah~'Matteoni and seconded~by Councilman
to adopt Ordin ncr' 3878B%' Emergency Ordl~ance
~f~F'~ity of Saratoga Imposing a~;Ek~is~'T~x'O~ the Construct{on
of Buildings and Mobile Home Lots in the City 0f Saratoga, to include
the fee of 10¢ per square foot on new home construction, and 7.5¢
per square foot for mobile home lots (Section 14.52). The motion
s
The Counc~ then d~dcussed proposed Resolution 780-~, A~ter~ng and
E~Eabl~sh~ng Fee Schedule.
It was moved by Councilwoman Corr and seconded.by Councilman Kalb
to adopt Resolution 780-4, with a modification to Exhibit "A".to
reflect "$45.00 for the firstS2,000 plus $5.00 for each additional
$1,000 or fraction thereof, to and-.~including $10,000~; and a
modification to Exhibit "C", itemize(2) to reflect 1.0¢/SF. The motion
was carried 4 to 1, Councilwoman Callon in opposition due to concerns
relevant~ to~l~i~oPb~fldi~g~f~&~"a~ '~h~'~ower end of the scale
The Council then discussed proposed Ordinance 38.87, An Urgency and
Emergency Ordinance of the City of Saratoga Increasing Certain~7~
~B~In~s License Fees in Proportion to the Increase in the Con~'~
~i~6~=fndek from December 1974 to March 1978, and Iraending Chapter 4
of the Saratoga Cit~ Code in Relation Thereto,
It was moved by Councilwoman<~a~B>and seconded by Councilman~f~attedai
to adopt Ordinance 38.87, mod{'f~ing Section 4-110.1 to refle~t~-a~~'
increase to Classification "B'.' (peddlers and solicitors) and
Classification "C"(2) (contractors), and this ordinance be read into
the record at. the closing of the meeting this evening. The motion
was carried unanimously.
The Council then discussed the memorandum from t~e Director of
Community Services setting forth an administrative policy to
establish fees forzvarious pregrams at the Community Center. An
objection was raised to imposing the $1.00 fee increase to teens,
as well as any fee_Tincrease tO senior citizens.
It was moved by Councilwoman Corr and seconded by Councilman Kalb
to adopt new fee recbmmendati6ns as set forth in the memorandum
dated June 27, 1978 from the~H{ty~r'°~i~d~l~ ....
the p~oposed increase for th~"t&e~"~0g~.'
unanimously.
The Council then discussed the various pgssib~e'.~ition cutbacks.
These would entail the following:
Grading Inspector $24,500
Asst. Civil Engineer $22,900 (Traffic Engineer to be
transferred into this position)
Associate Planner $29,643 (Re~re~nts ~%.ti~~ - p~io~n;=_
/375"~im~'$1{ 80'0.~d~htfon)'~
Park Maintenance Man $15,'600" .... ' ....... '~ ....
Mr. Hendrickson rec6mmended that if the Council eliminates the
position of Assistant Civil Engineer, consideration be given to
reinstating the CETA Personnel Aide at $3,700.
The Council discussed the philosophy of cutting back in some of
the Planning ~egulations as a result Of Jarvis-Gann. There was
some controvers~ relevant to a 5 percent reduction in this area,
versus a "'de-regulation" of certain~.~i'~h~'l~g~slation.
Barbara Sampson~,~ Director of Community Services, outlined 'an option
to keep Hakone Gardens open 7 days per week, reducing full-time
staff and retaining part-time staff in order not to reduce the
efficiency of the full-time staff. This would reduce the cost of
keeping Hakone Gardens open and allow more ma~j.hours. t~d~'~a'i~'~7'~
(~h~e'~'f ~F~h'i~ and E1 Quito Parks ~ ' '- ......
Consideration was also given to reduction of the CETA parks position
in the amount of $3,300.
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Following considerable deliberation, it was the concensus of
the Council to retain the positions of Grading Inspector,
Park Maintenance' Man, Associate Planner at 3/5 time~T~'~'~ ~ ~
~E~e~i~"~iI~'i i~is would amount to a total savli~g~ Of'~'!'~
'$~=6~O00,'~iR~f~di~F~dditions to revenue, and would allow
$8p,000 to add inuotheritems proposed to be cut.
The Council agreed to add the.following programs back intQ the
budget:
Youth Service Bureau $12j000'
Uniform Allowances.(1/2) $ 2,500
Management Development $ 1,000
Tuition Reimbursement $ 700
It was further agreed to add back in 40 hours of supplemental
daytime police service at $48,500.
Councilman Kalb pointed ou~ that $31/~00 add~io~ ~v.~_u~_~.would be
generated by~{~tl~i.n~tH~li~ic~hY~ugh additional
'6~f~i~'f~de~it~'t~o ~e ~traf~i~ ~ety ~u~d; therefore,
[~e Assistant Civil Engineer position could.be funded out of this
amount. This would require removal of the CETA Engineering Aide
position. This was agreeable to the Council.
It was movedby'Councilman Kaib and seconded by Councilwoman Corr'
to adopt Resolution 860, apDroving the Budget for Fiscal Year
1978-79, in.the total a~oun~ Of $2 208~0'..~1 The motion was carried
unanimously~ "' ' ~"
Members of the Council thenlread in full Ordinance 38.86 and
Ordinance 38~87.
It was moved by .Councilwoman Corr and seconded by Councilman Kalb
the adoption of 38.86, An Urgency and. Emergency Ordinance of the
City of Saratoga Imposingan Excise Tax on Construction of Buildings
and Mobile Home Lots in the City of Saratoga. The motion was
carried unanimously.
It was then moved by CoEnc~]~rp~n~teon~an~=~S~cended by Coundilman
Kalb the adoption of 38.87, A~ Urgend~ and Emergency Ordinance of
the City of Saratoga Increasing Certain Business LiCense Fees in
Proportion to the Increase in the Consumer Price '~'ndex from
December 1974 to March 1978, and Amending Chapter 4 of'the Saratoga
City C~de in Relation Thereto. The motion was carried unanimously.
V. OTHER BUSINESS
VI. ADJOURNMENT
It was moved by Councilman Matteoni and seconded by Councilman
Kalb adjournment of the meeting. The motion was carried; the
meeting was adjourned at 11:20 P.M.
s ec ubmitted,