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HomeMy WebLinkAbout05-12-1998 City Council Minutes MINUTES - EARATOGA CITY COUNCIL TIME: Tuesday, May 12, 1998 PLACE: Adult Care Center, 19655 Allendale Avenue TYPE: Adjourned Regular Meeting/Joint Meeting with Youth Commission/Friends of the Warner Hutton House 1. Roll Call The meeting was called to.order. at 5:45 p.m. Councilmembers Bogosian, Jacobs, Moran, Shaw and Mayor Wolfe were present. Recreation Director Joan Pisani, Recreation Supervisor Beverly Tucker, and Deputy City Clerk Cory were also 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 May 8. The notice of adjournment from the May 6 Council meeting was properly posted on May 7. 3. Oral communications from the Public on Non-lgendized Items - None. 4. Joint Meeting with Youth Ccmm~ssion and Friends of the Warner Hutton House Youth Commissioners Sarah Adolphson, Tannaz Altafi, Jennifer Chang, Sidney Cohn, Sheeva Ghassemi, Candice Goodman, Sam Kendall, Brian Luskey, Alex Scordelis and Chair David Mount were present. The following members of the Friends of the Warher Hutton House were also present: Ron Adolphson, Max Cohn, Kathy Hahn, Reiko Iwanaga, Warren Lampshire, Kathy Weiner. Youth Commissioners reviewed the following items and answered Councilmembers' questions: A. OverView of Accomplishments this Year Youth Commissioners described and showed slides of activities at the Warner Hutton House. A number of fundraising events were also described. B. Attic Conversion of warneE Hutton House An architect has prepared plans showing the House in its present state; another will prepare plans for proposed structural changes and reinforcement. C. Fundraising Results Several successful events have been held. D. Communications Chair Mount read a letter previously submitted by 'the Commission explaining their disappointment that they had not been consulted or informed about the curfew ordinance which was recently passed. Commissioners expressed their desire to be a part of. governmental affairs. Councilmember Jacobs explained that the Curfew ordinance was not a new ordinance, but a legalistic correction to an existing ordinance. Councilmembers stated the Commission would be kept better informed in the future. There was consensus to add the Youth Commission to the list of those receiving Council agendas. Councilmember Jacobs further explained the Council's commitment to youth programs by noting that the Council had continued School Resource Officer funding and various costly teen programs in the Recreation Department, despite the Council's desire to fund only programs that City Council Minutes 2 May 12, X99S recovered their cjsts. Mayor Wolfe brought up his desire to increase young people's knowledge of government. He expressed an interest in having student interns at the City Hall and having Councilmembers and commission chairs give lectures at schools. Friends of the Warner Hutton House Chair Weiner described the goals of the Friends. Warren Lampshire'told of a Colin Powell speech he attended concerning the "Alliance for Youth." He asked for Council support in obtaining funding from the Alliance. Board Members and Councilmembers then discussed funding of the Warnet Hutton House. Youth Commissioners stated that charging a fee for teens to use the House is not feasible because they will then go to the Library, which is free of charge. E. Discussion of Goals for 1998-99 Youth Commissioners stated that their main goals were greater public awareness of the Commission and better communication. Councilmembers agreed that the goals were meritorious. The following staff members were present for the next agenda item: City Manager Larry Perlin and Administrative Analysts Peter Gonda and Irene Jacobs. Parks and Recreation Commissioners Sheila Ioannou and Frank Friedrich were also present. 5. Proposed contract with Beals LandscapeArchitecture for Project Management Services in connection with Park Developmen~ Projects Administrative Analyst Jacobs reviewed the staff report and answered Councilmembers' questions. Commissioners Ioannou and Friedrich expressed a willingness to serve on the task force mentioned in the contract, while noting that the Commission had not discussed who would serve. BOGOSIAN/MORAN MOVED TO APPROVE THE CONTRACT AS SUBMITTED. Passed 5-- e A Councilmember will be appointed to the task force at'alater date. Councilmember Moran felt that the "Project Understanding" in the contract is discouraging and that a more positive view of the project should be presented. 6. FY 98-99/99-00 Budget Presentation City Manager Perlin explained the budget documents submitted and answered Councilmembers' questions. He then brought up the possibility that the President of the United States might make a visit to Saratoga, since his daughter is attending Stanford University... He asked the Council whether they would authorize funds for presidential protectign. There was consensus that the City Manager is not authorized to provide money for presidential protection unless he receives permission from the Council. Councilmember Moran asked that the Chamber of Commerce be informed of the discussion. Councilmembers Bogosian and Moran brought up the question of the planned painting of the Administration Building. (Clerk's note: At the adjourned meeting of September 23, 1997, there was consensus to direct staff to request bids up to $3,000 for painting of redwood siding and vertical siding of City Hall, including the Administration Wing, in the same color scheme chosen for the Civic Theater and Community Center.) 7. Self-Evaluation of Previous Meeting - No comments. City Council Minutes ~ Ma~ 12, 1998 8. ~gency ~ssignment Reports Councilmember Shaw reported that the KSAR Board would have a critical meeting Thursday concerning the apparent abrogation of the cable television franchise by TCI. Councilmember Jacobs pointed out that the Council would need to have a closed session before asking for an injunction. Councilmember Moran stated that a survey performed by TCI was misleading; Councilmember Jacobs said TCI is not obligated to do a representative survey in any case. Mayor Wolfe commented that Councilmember Lawson of Milpitas agrees that the two cities should work together on this because Milpitas is in a situation similar to Saratoga's. There was consensus to direct staff to find out what other cities are doing with a view to banding together and perhaps using the same lawyer if legal action is required. 9. Other city Manager Perlin brought up the difficulty of obtaining a Council quorum for certain upcoming meetings. There was consensus to make the following changes: Youth Commission interviews to be held Tuesday, June 9 rather than Saturday, June 6; Wednesday, June 17 meeting may be cancelled if quorum not obtainable; no adjourned meeting to be held Tuesday, June 23; valet parking hearing to be held Wednesday, July 1, rather than June 17. 10. Adjournment The meeting was adjourned at 8:55 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Grace E. Cory Deputy City Clerk