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H. Abram Wilson, Mayor  *  Jim Livingstone, Vice Mayor
David E. Hudson, Councilmember  *  Scott Perkins, Councilmember  *  Carol J. Rowley, Councilmember

May 27, 2008

ANNOTATED
 

San Ramon City Hall
2222 Camino Ramon

CLOSED SESSION AFTER MEETING
REGULAR MEETING – 7:00 P.M.

Agenda Questions: Please call the City Clerk (925) 973-2536

Documents received after publication of this Agenda and considered by the City Council in its deliberation will be available for inspection in the City Clerk’s office at 2222 Camino Ramon, San Ramon during normal business hours and in the red binder at the Council meeting.

1.

CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL

2.

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

3.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

3.1

Changes and additions to the agenda.
 

3.2

Boards, Committee and Commission meetings. All meetings are held in City Hall unless otherwise noted.
  Wednesday – May 28
 

4:00 P.M.
6:30 P.M.

Policy Committee – Planning Conference Room
Economic Development Advisory Committee – Planning Conference Room
  Saturday – May 31
    San Ramon Senior Center Grand Opening – San Ramon Senior Center
 

8:30 A.M.
9:00 A.M.
11:30 A.M.
12:30 P.M.

One Mile Fun Walk
Firemen’s Pancake Breakfast
Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
Resource Fair
  Monday – June 2
 

3:00 P.M.
4:00 P.M.

Southwest Area Transportation Committee – Supervisor Uilkema’s District Office, Lafayette
Senior Advisory Committee – Senior Citizen Center
  Tuesday – June 3
 

6:30 P.M.
7:00 P.M.

Teen Council – The Loft at the Dougherty Station Community Center
Planning Commission
  Thursday – June 5
 

6:30 P.M.

Contra Costa Mayors Conference – Pleasant Hill

4.

SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS

4.1

Recognition of the 2008 Art & Wind Festival Sponsors:
- Presenting Sponsor – Chevron
- Gold Sponsor – Windemere, Comcast
- Silver Sponsors – San Ramon Regional Medical Center, Fox Real Estate, San Ramon Marriott, Contra Costa Times, KKIQ (101.7).  Presented by Mayor Wilson.

4.2

Recognition of "Why I Plan to Register and Vote When I Turn 18" Essay Contest Winners from Windemere Ranch Middle School:
- First Place Winner: Wayne Chi; Instructor Bridget Weldon-Ott
- Second Place Winner: Rebecca Rashid; Instructor Bridget Weldon-Ott
Presentation of Grant Money in Honor of the Winners to Pamela Jones, Instructor Windemere Ranch Middle School. Presented by Mayor Wilson.

4.3

Proclamation Declaring June 1 - 7, 2008 as National Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Automated External Defibrillator Awareness Week. Presented to Vicki Wright, American Red Cross Representative and Captain Andy Swartzell, San Ramon Valley Fire District, by Mayor Wilson.

4.4

Introduction of New City Employees:
Parks and Community Services Department: Billy Anderson and Patti Lev, Recreation Technicians, Facilities; Stephanie Herschu, Recreation Technician, Forest Home Farms; Evan Powell, Recreation Technician, Sports; Andrew Hubbard, Recreation Coordinator, Aquatics.

5.

CITY COUNCIL APPOINTMENTS

5.1

Arts Advisory Committee Appointments.
APPOINTED DENNIS EDWARDS AND JON PEVNA TO TERMS EXPIRING APRIL 2010

6.

PUBLIC COMMENT
At this time, those in the audience are encouraged to address the City Council on any item not already included in tonight’s agenda. No Council action can be taken at this meeting on issues raised during Public Comment. Comments should not exceed five minutes. Those wishing to have an item brought before the City Council for consideration must request so during a City Council meeting. Upon Council approval, the item will be placed on the Council Policy Committee Agenda for further consideration.

7.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES
  7.1 Minutes of the May 13, 2008 meeting.  APPROVED AS PRESENTED 5-0

8.

CONSENT CALENDAR
  Consent Calendar items are considered routine and are acted upon by the City Council with a single action. Members of the audience wishing to provide public input may request that the City Council remove the item from the Consent Calendar.

8.1

Register of Demands as presented by the City Treasurer (Period ending April 30, 2008).
Recommendation: Approve Register of Demands.  APPROVED 5-0

8.2

Adoption of Ordinance 405 – Prezoning (Prezone 08-610-001) Approximately 110 Acres in Gale Ranch Phase 3 to Planned Development, Public and Semi Public (PS); and Open Space (OS-1).
Recommendation: Adopt Ordinance No. 405.  APPROVED 5-0

8.3

Minute Order No. 2008-08 – Authorizing the Mayor to Attend the United States Conference of Mayors in Miami, FL on June 20-24, 2008.
Recommendation: Approve Minute Order No. 2008-08.  APPROVED 5-0

8.4

Minute Order No. 2008-09 – Accepting the Work by Sausal Corporation on the Senior Center Expansion Project (CIP 5424) as Complete and Authorizing the City Clerk to File a Notice of Completion with the County Recorder's Office.
Recommendation: Approve Minute Order No. 2008-09.  APPROVED 5-0

8.5

Resolution No. 2008-102 – Revoking Resolution No. 86-74 and Authorizing Investment of Monies in the Local Agency Investment Fund (LAIF).
Recommendation: Adopt Resolution No. 2008-102.  APPROVED 5-0

8.6

Resolution No. 2008-103 – Adopting the F/Y 2008-2009 Operating and Capital Budget, Establishing an Appropriation Limit, and Authorizing Carryover Appropriations.
Recommendation: Adopt Resolution No. 2008-103.  APPROVED 5-0

8.7

Resolution No. 2008-104 – Authorizing the Mayor to Execute Amendment No. 2 to the Agreement with Ruggeri-Jensen-Azar & Associates for Engineering Design Services for the Bollinger Canyon Road Improvements Project from Market Place to I-680 Freeway (CIP 5324) in an Amount Not To Exceed $452,000, and Crow Canyon Road Widening from Alcosta Boulevard to Dougherty Road (CIP 5328) in an Amount Not To Exceed $25,000.
Recommendation: Adopt Resolution No. 2008-104.  APPROVED 5-0

8.8

Resolution No. 2008-105 – Authorizing the Mayor to Execute Amendment No. 1 to an Existing Agreement with Econolite Traffic Engineering and Maintenance, Inc. to Renew the Agreement for One Year for Providing Traffic Signal Maintenance and Emergency Callout Services and Increase the Scope of Work to Include Streetlight Maintenance Services in a Total Annual Amount Not to Exceed $194,900 and a Cumulative Agreement Total Not to Exceed $945,000 and Authorizing Staff to Invoke Amendments for All Subsequent Renewals, Increases in Scope and/or Funds in a Total Agreement Length Not to Exceed Five Years.
Recommendation: Adopt Resolution No. 2008-105.  APPROVED 5-0

8.9

Resolution No. 2008-106 – Accepting Certain Landscape Dedications and Certain Landscape Improvements in RA 1122 (Portion of Bollinger Canyon Road) for Maintenance (Gale Ranch – Shapell Industries).
Recommendation: Adopt Resolution No. 2008-106.  APPROVED 5-0

8.10

Resolution No. 2008-107 – Accepting Certain Landscape Dedications and Certain Landscape Improvements in RA 1153 (Ivyleaf Springs Road) for Maintenance (Gale Ranch – Shapell Industries).
Recommendation: Adopt Resolution No. 2008-107.  APPROVED 5-0

8.11

Resolution No. 2008-108 – Accepting Certain Landscape Dedications and Certain Landscape Improvements in RA 1156 (Golden Bay Avenue) for Maintenance (Gale Ranch – Shapell Industries).
Recommendation: Adopt Resolution No. 2008-108.  APPROVED 5-0

8.12

Resolution No. 2008-109 – Accepting Certain Landscape Dedications and Certain Landscape Improvements in Subdivision 8686 for Maintenance (Shapell Industries – Rose Garden/Villa Paseo at Gale Ranch).
Recommendation: Adopt Resolution No. 2008-109.  APPROVED 5-0

8.13

Resolution No. 2008-110 – Repealing Resolution 2007-174 and Amending the Parking Restrictions Master Street List (Exhibit 1) by Adding Parking Restrictions in Various Areas of San Ramon as Per Title B, Division B-8, Chapter I, Article I, Section B8-1, Stopping, Standing or Parking – Curb Marking Designations.

Recommendation: Adopt Resolution No. 2008-110.  APPROVED 5-0

8.14

Resolution No. 2008-111 – Authorizing the Mayor to Execute the PG&E Pole Contract License Agreement Allowing the City of San Ramon to Install Radar Speed Display Signs on PG&E Owned Light Poles Along Montevideo Drive and Norris Canyon Road.
Recommendation: Adopt Resolution No. 2008-111.  APPROVED 5-0

9.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

10.

NEW BUSINESS

10.1

Annual Report – 2008 General Plan 2020 Implementation Work Plan and Schedule. Staff report by Cindy Yee, Associate Planner
Recommendation: Accept the Annual Report; Direct Staff to Forward the Annual Report to the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research and the Department of Housing and Community Development.  APPROVED 5-0

11.

CONVENE AS GEOLOGIC HAZARD ABATEMENT DISTRICT NO. 1990-01 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

11.1

Public Hearing: Geologic Hazard Abatement District No. 1990-01 (GHAD) – Adopt Resolution No. 2008-112 – Confirming and Levying the Assessment for FY 2008/09. Staff report by Robin Bartlett, Senior Engineer.
Recommendation: Conduct Public Hearing; Adopt Resolution
No. 2008-112.  APPROVED 5-0

12.

CITY MANAGER COMMENTS
No Council deliberation or decision is anticipated.

13.

CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS
No Council deliberation or decision is anticipated.

13.1

Councilmembers’ Reports and Comments.

13.2

Mayor’s Reports and Comments.
CONVENE TO CLOSED SESSION:

CONVENE TO CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE §54957 TO EVALUATE THE POSITION OF:

(1) CITY ATTORNEY.

(2) CITY MANAGER.

COUNCILMEMBER HUDSON MOVED THAT THE MAYOR BE AUTHORIZED TO EXECUTE AN AMENDMENT TO THE EMPLOYMENT MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH: (1) CITY ATTORNEY BYRON D. ATHAN, AND (2) CITY MANAGER HERB MONIZ REGARDING COMPENSATION WITHIN 90 DAYS.  THE MOTION WAS SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER ROWLEY AND PASSED 5-0.

(3) CONVENE TO CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54956.9 (c ) FOR CITY COUNCIL TO MEET WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY REGARDING A MATTER WHICH TO DISCUSS THE TITLE OR SUBJECT WOULD JEOPARDIZE THE CITY’S ABILITY TO CONCLUDE EXISTING NEGOTIATIONS TO ITS ADVANTAGE
NO ACTION WAS TAKEN

(4) CONVENE TO CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54956 (b) (3) (A) FOR CITY COUNCIL TO DISCUSS WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES THAT MIGHT RESULT IN LITIGATION BUT WHICH THE CITY ATTORNEY BELIEVES ARE NOT YET KNOWN TO A POTENTIAL PLAINTIFF OR PLAINTIFFS. 
NO ACTION WAS TAKEN

I hereby certify the attached City Council agenda was posted 72 hours before the noted meeting:

Patricia Edwards, City Clerk

Dated:  May 23, 2008


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