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HomeMy WebLinkAbout12-11-1990 City Council Minutes MINUTES SARATOGA CITY COUNCIL TIME: Tuesday, December 11, 1990 - 7:00 p.m. PLACE: Community Ctr. Arts and Crafts Pan., 19655 Allendale Ave. TYPE: Adjourned Regular Meeting 1. Roll C~11 The meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. Councilmembers Anderson, Clevenger, Kohler, Monia and Mayor Stutzman were present. City Manager Harry Peacock was present. 2. Report of city clerk on Posting of Agenda Pursuant to GOvernment Code 54954.2, the agenda for this meeting was properly posted on December 7. The notice of adjournment from the Dec. 5 Council meeting was properly posted on Dec. 6. Interviews with Finance Committee Members whose Terms are Expiring The Council interviewed Christie Jameson; Peter Smith was unable to be present. 4. Oral Communications from the Public Councilmember Monia asked about plans to represent the City before the County Planning Commission on December 20. The City Manager indicated he and the Planning Director planned to attend and testify. Councilmember Monia indicated he planned to attend if time permitted. Mayor Stutzman said he planned to attend as well J and that he and the Planning Director would be meeting with Supervisor McKenna to'discuss the City's concerns over the proposed 17-lot subdivision on Mr. Eden Road in the unincorporated area on ~ December '12. 5. Joint Meeting with Saratoga Area Senior Coordinating Council a. History and Development of SASCC Elizabeth Replogle, SASCC President, reviewed the history and development of SASCC and the senior center facilities. b. Programs of SASCC Olga MacFarlane, Executive Director, reviewed the programs and services offered by SASCC at the senior center. The organization is able to concentrate on services because the City's recreation department handles trips and other programs of a non-service nature. o. Adult Day Care Verne Griffith, Advisory Board Member, reviewed the need for and the operations of the Adult Day Care programs. I d. Adult Day Care Operations · Rita Pennington, Adult Day Care Administrator, described the programs and progress made to date on the operation of the Saratoga Day Care Center since it began operation in January 1988. Program now operates three days a week and is up to twenty-nine participants. Goal is five days a week service with an average of twenty participants a day. This translates into a need for fifty participants overall. e. SASCC Financial Status and Planning Keith Gordon, Finance Chair, reviewed the SASCC and Adult Day Care City Council Minutes 2 December 11, 1990 funding and expenses. Will start separate independent audit for the first timeithis year. It is essential for future grant work and to operate ~he endowment fund. It is easier to raise money for the Day Care Center than for general SASCC operations. The Safeway coupon book program has been a large success in the first three months. $8,000 of coupons have been sold; 6% going to SASCC. It was noted the ~ndowment fund now exceeds $650,000. e. SeniOr Advocacy for Continuing Care Retirement Housing Andrew Beve~ett, Senior Housing Chair, discussed the status of. the workin the area of senior housing need, including the study group being chaired bY the Mayor. Mr. Beverett complimented the Mayor on thee approach he is using to move the work of the study group forward.-Mr. Beverett indicated theSenior Council is starting an edhcatio~al and outreach effort to explain senior h6using need and potentia!l faciiitiesl for Saratoga seniors which would meet such needs-. The Mayor thanked the members of the Coordinating Council for their thorough and informative presentation on the status of SASCC. 6. Freeway S0undwall Height Negotiations Using the freeWay wall 'section reference numbers contained in the City-Manager"s'~status-report'ofDecember 11, 1990, the. City Council instructed staff as follows: Section 1 ~No further negotiation required. Section 2.- ~No further negotiation required. Section 3 This section needs further study. Staff to tdetermine added cost of Stepping up the wall to 14 Lfeet at less than. 10. foot.depression and 16feet.at .less than 5 foot depression for future Council ~deliberation. Section4 iNo further negotiation required. ]Cit Section. 5 r y to seek.increase in 10foot wall height. tol2 ifeet to match north side of freeway... Once that is ~accomplished staff to secure engineering analysis 'as to whether non-standard wall off'the right of way tcan be built to a!16 foot'height for_the same cost. Section 6 ~Staff to confirm whether notes from the November i1989 meeting called for this section to be 12,feet ihigh or 16 feet high. Section 7 ~Staff to set up Council study session with this [neighborhood to review Traffic Authority proposal ito us earth berms rather than sound walls. Section 8 !No further negotiation required. Section 9 [Walls to be 16 feet high. Traffic Authority appears lto [ be willing to accept this height. Section 10 - !No further negotiation required. Section 11 - !No further negotiation required. Section 12 - .Kevin Moran Park wall to stay at 12 feet except for ~northerly 150 feet and for the adjoining three lots ~on Saraglen where wall should be stepped up to 14, 'then 16 feet and back down again until it reaches ~the northerly property line of the third lot. Rest ~of the section to the north to be 12 feet. Section 13 - iNo further negotiation required. Council also direct staff to seek from the Traffic Authority the proposed wall heights as measured from the property-lines of the abutting residences. Agreed upon heights to be based"on such datum points. 7. Closed session on real estate negotiations (Nelson Garden Property acquisition) and selection of the City Attorney The meeting was adjourned at 10:10 p.m. to closed session. Reconvened at ~11:03 p.m. Instructed City Manager to continue City council Minutes 3 December 11, 1990 negotiations on the Nelson property for the time being. Also directed the City Manager to negotiate a contract with Michael S. Riback of Meyers, Nave, Riback and West for services as City Attorney and to bring the contract as negotiated for City Council approval. City Manager to review current status of legal work of the current city attorney to determine which items should continue to be handled by that firm to conclusion. 8. Adjournment There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 11:06 p.m. Respectfully submitted,' Harry R. Peacock City Clerk