AGENDA Regular Meeting of the Lompoc City Council and Lompoc Redevelopment Agency Tuesday, August 19, 2008 City Hall, 100 Civic Center Plaza, Council Chambers OPEN SESSION - 7:00 P.M. Please be advised that, pursuant to State Law, any member of the public may address the Council/Agency concerning any Item on the Agenda, before or during Council/Agency consideration of that Item. Please be aware that Items on the Consent Calendar are considered to be routine and are normally enacted by one vote of the Council/Agency. If you wish to speak on a Consent Calendar Item, please do so during the first Oral Communications. Members of the Public are Advised that all PAGERS, CELLULAR TELEPHONES and any OTHER COMMUNICATION DEVICES are to be turned off upon entering the City Council Chambers. Regular City Council/Redevelopment Agency meetings will be videotaped and rebroadcast in Lompoc on Channel 23 at 9:00 a.m. the following Wednesday. The Agenda and related Staff reports are available on the City s web site: www.cityoflompoc.com the Friday before Council meetings; between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on weekdays in the City Clerk s Office, City Hall; and at the Lompoc Public Library Reference Department. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, including review of the Agenda and related documents, please contact the City Clerk at (805) 875-8241 at least 72 hours prior to the meeting. This will allow time for the City to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to the meeting. Any documents produced by the City and distributed to a majority of the City Council regarding any item on this agenda will be made available at the City Clerk s Office at City Hall, 100 Civic Center Plaza, Monday through Friday between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. and at the Reference Desk at the Lompoc Library, 501 E. North Avenue, Lompoc, California, Monday through Sunday between 12 and 6 p.m. The City may charge customary photocopying charges for copies of such documents. ROLL CALL: INVOCATION: Mayor/Chair Dick DeWees Mayor Pro Tempore/Vice Chair Ann Ruhge Council/Agency Member DeWayne Holmdahl Council/Agency Member Will Schuyler Council/Agency Member Mike Siminski Bill Denton PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Mayor Dick DeWees 08/19/08 Lompoc City Council /Redevelopment Agency Agenda Page 1 of 3
PRESENTATIONS PRESENTED ELSEWHERE: On July 15, 2008, Mayor DeWees mailed a Certificate of Special Recognition to Clarence Willis of Lompoc, in recognition of his 85 th birthday. On July 31, 2008, at the Village Country Club, Mayor DeWees presented proclamations to Carol White as Lompoc Valley Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Center 2008 Woman of the Year and to Tony Durham as Lompoc Valley Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Center 2008 Man of the Year. On July 31, 2008, in the courtyard at City Hall, 100 Civic Center Plaza, Lompoc, California, Mayor DeWees presented a proclamation honoring John and Jane Hall for their commitment to increasing national awareness of cancer and proclaiming July 31, 2008 as John and Jane Hall Day in the City of Lompoc. Mr. Hall traveled by bicycle, with Mrs. Hall traveling along side him, to the East Coast and back, a distance of over 12,000 miles, carrying a message of hope to thousands of people in hundreds of cities and villages along the way. On August 14, 2008, at the Lompoc Citizens Police Academy Graduation, City Hall, 100 Civic Center Plaza, Lompoc, California, Mayor DeWees presented a proclamation to Lompoc Police Department (LPD) Explorer Carlos Cubillo for Explorer of the Year. CITY ADMINISTRATOR/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR S STATUS REPORT: (Information only) STAFF REQUESTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS: COUNCIL/REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY REQUESTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS: ORAL COMMUNICATIONS (Maximum of 5 Minutes): (At this time, please direct comments to the City Council/Agency regarding Consent Calendar items, other agenda items if you are not able to stay until that matter is discussed, or issues not on the Agenda but within the jurisdiction of the Council/Agency.) CONSENT CALENDAR: All items listed under Consent Calendar are considered to be routine and will be enacted, after one motion, in the form listed below. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless good cause is shown prior to the Council/Agency vote. Any items withdrawn from the Consent Calendar for separate discussion will be addressed immediately before the second Oral Communications, near the end of the meeting. CITY/RDA 1. Approval of Minutes of the Lompoc City Council and Lompoc Redevelopment Agency Regular Meeting of August 5, 2008. CITY 2. Approval of expenditures for: Payroll of 8/6/08 - $1,179,309.39 Voucher Register of 8/8/08 - $325,603.06* Voucher Register of 8/7/08 - $230,538.80 Voucher Register of 8/1/08 - $716,470.78 08/19/08 Lompoc City Council /Redevelopment Agency Agenda Page 2 of 3
CONSENT CALENDAR: (cont d) Item No. 2 Voucher Register of 7/31/08 - $231,360.03 Manual Checks of 8/4/08 - $125.00 (*Councilmember Schuyler will not participate in the vote for Check #276535, Cut N Clean Landscape Maintenance, $370.00). CITY 3. Award of a Contract to Purchase Bulk Calcium Thiosulfate (Captor ) in the amount of $253,100.00. Purchasing and Materials Manager Ray Ambler R_ambler@ci.lompoc.ca.us Recommendation: that the City Council approve the award of a contract to Tessenderlo Kerley, Inc. of Fresno, California to purchase annual requirements of bulk Calcium Thiosulfate (estimated to be $253,100.00 per year) and authorize the Purchasing and Materials Manager to issue a purchase order. RDA 4. Approve Resolution of Intent to Reimburse Certain Redevelopment Agency Expenditures from the Proceeds of Indebtedness. Management Services/Finance Director John Walk J_walk@ci.lompoc.ca.us Recommendation: that the Board adopt Lompoc Redevelopment Agency (RDA) Resolution No. 08-128 to reimburse certain Redevelopment Agency expenditures from the proceeds of indebtedness. CITY 5. Approve Closing Portions of Ocean Avenue and H Street for the Lompoc Police Departments Annual Cruise Run to Benefit Special Olympics Friday August 29, 2008. Street Superintendent Joe Orsua j_orsua@ci.lompoc.ca.us Recommendation: that the City Council adopt Resolution No. 5494 (08) which authorizes the temporary closure of portions of H Street and Ocean Avenue. 08/19/08 Lompoc City Council /Redevelopment Agency Agenda Page 3 of 3
PUBLIC HEARING: CITY 6. Establish New Fares for the City of Lompoc (COLT) System. Aviation/Transportation Administrator Richard Fernbaugh R_fernbaugh@ci.lompoc.ca.us A) Receive staff input, take public testimony and adopt Resolution No. 5492(08), which raises transit fares for City of Lompoc Transit (COLT); and B) Authorize the Mayor to sign the Amendment No. 4 to the Joint Powers Agreement dated February 20, 1990, between the City and County of Santa Barbara, which raises transit fares on City of Lompoc Transit (COLT) routes that serve County areas. CITY 7. ZC 08-02, Zone Change, DR 07-22, Preliminary/Precise Development Plan. Review of a Planning Commission Recommendation, Based Upon a Request by Richard Brown, Representing Habitat for Humanity, of the following project: 1) ZC-08-02 a Zone Change proposal to amend the City s zoning Map designation for the site. The current Zoning Map designation for the site is Medium Density Residential (R-2); the applicant is requesting a change to Medium Density Residential, Planned Development (R-2, PD) which would conform to the City s General Plan designation for the site of Medium Density Residential; and 2) DR 07-22 a Preliminary/Precise Development Plan for the construction of a four (4) unit residential condominium project including on-site parking and landscaping. This property is located at 1404 West college Avenue (Assessor Parcel Numbers: 89-151-02, -03). A Negative Declaration has been prepared pursuant to the California Environmental quality Act (CEQA). Principal Planner Keith Neubert K_neubert@ci.lompoc.ca.us 08/19/08 Lompoc City Council /Redevelopment Agency Agenda Page 4 of 4
PUBLIC HEARING: (cont d) Item No. 7 A) Take public testimony; B) Certify the Negative Declaration; C) Waive reading in full and introduce Ordinance No. 1553(08) by title, changing the Zoning District designation from Medium Density Residential (R-2) to Medium Density Residential, Planned Development (R-2, PD) (Planning Division File No. ZC 08-02); and D) Adopt Resolution No. 5491(08) approving DR 07-22 as the Preliminary/Precise Development Plan for the construction of a four (4) unit residential condominium project including on-site parking and landscaping (Planning Division File No. DR 07-22) CITY 8. Increase Electric Meter Installation Fees for New Development. Sr. Administrative Analyst Susan Segovia S_segovia@ci.lompoc.ca.us A) Hold a public hearing to receive oral and written comments from the public concerning the electric meter fees; B) Rescind Resolution No. 3123(82), which established electric meter installation fees, as of the effective date of the new fees; and C) Adopt Resolution No. 5487(08), which: 1) Establishes revised fees for the purchase and installation of electric meters for new residential, commercial, and temporary self-contained electric meter services; and 2) Approves charging services rated higher than single-phase, self-contained for the actual cost of the purchase and installation of electric meters; and 3) Provides an annual maximum five percent (5%) increase fixed cost fees, which is rounded to the nearest dollar, effective July 1 st each year thereafter; and 4) Provides that the new fees are effective 60 days after Resolution No. 5487(08) is adopted. 08/19/08 Lompoc City Council /Redevelopment Agency Agenda Page 5 of 5
PUBLIC HEARING: (cont d) CITY 9. Increase Water Meter Installation Fees and Services to Customers Outside of City Limits. Sr. Administrative Analyst Susan Segovia S_segovia@ci.lompoc.ca.us A) Hold a public hearing to receive oral and written comments from the public concerning the water meter service connection fees, hydrant meter fees, and approval of water from hydrant meters outside of City limits; and B) Adopt Resolution No. 5488(08), which: 1) Amends Resolution No. 5362(06), and which increases fees for new water installations and for temporary water hydrant meters; which allows the approval of the use of water from hydrant meters outside of the city limits by the Utility Director or designee; and 2) Approves the fee changes for the water meter installations and temporary water hydrant meters; and 3) Provides that the new fees are effective 60 days after Resolution No. 5488(08) is adopted. LEGISLATIVE: CITY 10. Resolution No. 5495(08) Opposing Fiscally Irresponsible State Budget Decisions that would Borrow Local Government, Redevelopment and Transportation funds. City Administrator Gary Keefe G_keefe@ci.lompoc.ca.us Recommendation: that the City Council adopt Resolution No. 5495(08) or provide alternative direction to staff. 08/19/08 Lompoc City Council /Redevelopment Agency Agenda Page 6 of 6
NEW BUSINESS: CITY 11. Consideration of Continued City Sponsorship of the 2009 Santa Barbara International Film Festival at the Community Partner level ($6,000). Economic Development Manager Kate Griffith K_griffith@ci.lompoc.ca.us A) Review and consider the report on the City s history of sponsoring the Santa Barbara International Festival; and B) Authorize the City Administrator to execute the attached contract with the Santa Barbara International Film Festival to participate as a Community Partner at the 2009 Festival in an amount not to exceed $6,000, funded from economic development marketing account #52500-59150, which is budgeted within the Electric Enterprise Fund. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS: ORAL COMMUNICATIONS (2 Minutes Maximum): COUNCIL/REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY REQUESTS, COMMENTS, AND MEETING REPORTS: ADJOURNMENT: Lompoc City Council/Redevelopment Agency will adjourn to an adjourned Joint Meeting with the Utility Commission at 6:30 P.M. on Tuesday September 2, 2008, followed by the Regular Meeting at 7:00 P.M. I hereby certify under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing agenda was posted on the City Hall bulletin board not less than 72 hours prior to the meeting. Dated this 14 th day of August 2008. Donna N. Terrones, CMC City Clerk By: Stacey Alvarez 08/19/08 Lompoc City Council /Redevelopment Agency Agenda Page 7 of 7