Call order the Fortuna city council on the Fortuna redevelopment agencies Monday
June twentieth two thousand and eleven meeting. Please stand for the flag salute
. It's
. Just what it
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call Cleveland Council Member going to. Council member along council member low-Z.
Hear their protests and hear their style here.
Second on the agenda is going to be
a presentation water and sewer bill process presented by our assistant city manager
Nicholson an account clerk three Henry. Thank you mayor and members of the council
we appreciate the staff appreciates
a chance to come here and explain this process to you because there have been some
questions about it recently
.
You know me Rachel Henry is our account clerk three and she does most of the work
on the utility billing process so she's going to help as we go through
a typical procedure from the bill to when it would be shut off if nothing were done
to stop that and. I'd like to ask if we could leave part of the lights on so that
you'll be able to see the calendars we have we have both low tech and high tech for
you tonight but I think the visual will be helpful in understanding. The process
and the notices that we're providing. Can I get some of those lights turned back on
John.
We can I think we can can you still see that let's go ahead on it then
.
As you all know the city afford to his mission is to be worthy of the public trust
by providing timely efficient dependable and well planned services to the community
. We've developed a utility billing procedure that we that provides
a standardized process for us that allows the city to carry out its mission
statement and guarantees fair and equitable treatment for all of our customers and
we're going to go through that process here tonight from the time
a bill goes out until the shut off period. And
a typical billing or typical billing procedure the bill goes out on the first of
month a we're going to use month a B. And C.
. That bill is due on the thirtieth of month
a this is the water sewer bill typical water sewer bill this one would
have been for May thirtieth that would have gone out on June first I'm sorry on May
first and it shows here that it is due on May thirtieth that shown here and I'm
here this was this would be the May first bill. And. If the bill for that
month A is not paid by the thirtieth of month day the following month's bill for
month B.
Will include the past two amount and the current amount. Here you can see the
previous balance right there that previous balance is now past due it was due on
the thirtieth and there is also
a current bill that is due by the thirtieth of the month now as you can already
tell between month day month B.
And the cross over here it's
a little bit complicated but hang in there with me and you can ask the questions at
the end I think by the time we get this all up here it's going to be
a little clearer for everybody. If the past due amount against zero for
month A is not paid by the eleventh of month be
a red and white reminder notices through the mail in an armful of it's not
a postcard this is the reminder notice this is the front of the reminder notice it
says has your water bill been overlooked your account is overdue your payment is
late and then on the reverse side it goes over the procedure where they're letting
them know that they have
a past due bill that they are in danger of you having their service disconnected
discontinued. And then gives them
a date of the twenty fifth by which time they need to get this bill paid. This
would be the. And then it gives them the number here what they need to do if they
have any questions this is also telling them that if they don't get this bill paid
on time that they're looking at a late penalty and
a reconnect fee. Here's where we get into the small print
a little bit if the past two amount for Monday is still not paid by the twenty
fifth of month be on the twenty sixth of month be the finance department runs an
in-house delinquent list and it's
a ten percent late fee is added to the past two amount for month A and I'd like
Rachel to expand on this
a little bit with our calendar. On occasion we have the twenty fifth might fall on
a weekend in this case for
a month be it does we will allow the customer the full business day on the twenty
sixth to bring that their payment to avoid the late penalty so we actually won't
run that list and apply late fees and tell the next business day which in our
example would be twenty seven. And I just wanted to show you that because we do try
and do everything in the customer's favor we're never going to penalize anybody for
a duty falling on a weekend or
a holiday so the procedures that we're giving you and the dates are typical but
they they can sometimes swing in the customer's favor OK here we go on the first
Wednesday following the twenty six of the month the process for the handling the
yellow door hangers begins and this process is usually completed within
a couple days by the time
a customer receives this door notice door hanger the account is past due for
a month day and month B.
Will be due in a couple of days the door hanger is only for
a month they were only tracking month
a here doing anything on their reach Oh no. On the first of
month see another bill will go out this is per month see which is due on the
thirtieth of month see but this bill includes the past two amount for a month
a Including a late fee the past two amount for month B.
And the current amount due for month C.
And part of what we're trying to show you is the number of communications the city
makes with the customers before the shut off happens. This example to one month
see on occasion it's our goal to get our bills out on Earth as close to the first
as possible obviously the first on
a Saturday in Muncie so we mailed our bills out on Monday the third.
This is a door hanger or part of
a door hanger that goes out now these are all handwritten and hand delivered by the
utility crew you'll notice this has
a shut off date in this case this one is the fifth of month see. It's marked that
it's being shut off for nonpayment of an account amount due and in this space it
would show the past to amount and any late fees that are due. It also importantly
explains to the people that payment arrangements must be made by ten A.M.
Of the shut off date or reconnection fee will apply this ten A.M.
Is an important time and there's a reason for it I'm going to explain it here in
a minute so keep that in mind that that's on there it also shows them that they can
call again to make payment arrangements if they need to and the number for them to
call.
Right it is filled in I didn't put that number in thank you my clock card is our
utilities utility superintendent and he's here for backup too depending on the
questions that come in about what they're doing out in the field. All right back to
the procedure if the bill for month A is still not paid in the customer has not
contacted the poignance department and made appropriate payment arrangements on the
second Wednesday following the twenty six on the first Wednesday the door hangers
went out on the second Wednesday following the twenty sixth of month be the surface
is considered to be disconnected as of ten A.M.
The disconnect time is always ten A.M.
Regardless of when the water is physically turned off. This is
because we could be disconnecting twenty twenty five services and there is no way
for us to disconnect simultaneously twenty five services all at the same time so
that time is established so that if someone services turned off it ten o'clock or
someone services turned up at twelve o'clock there's there's no advantage to them
it's the ten o'clock you have to have your bill paid by been. Otherwise it's going
to be considered disconnected that's the time.
Despite the rumor city crews do not go out and turn the water off and then turn it
right back on at the same time. There may be instances where
a customer is inside of City Hall paying their bill on shut off day and they may be
in here at ten thirty or eleven o'clock that water has been concerned that service
is considered disconnected and they are going to be responsible for the reconnect
even if their water wasn't actually turned off in some cases we cannot call back
the utility crew in time to get the water turned back on so it may never actually
be turned off but once they reach that deadline of ten AM That's it after four
notices at ten am there they're considered disconnected.
As of ten am The service is considered disconnected and customers must pay
a reconnect fee of seventy five dollars plus the entire past due amount of their
bill including the late fee if the customer shut off more than once the subsequent
we connect he is increased to one hundred dollars if a customer did not pay
a deposit to establish service or paid
a deposit of less than one hundred fifty dollars and their water showed up more
than two times within two years they will also need to pay
a deposit of up to one hundred fifty dollars and I'd like Rachel to explain
a little bit about the deposit. All new service requires one hundred twenty five
dollars to posit. We hold that deposit for
a year if you have good standing with the city after
a year it's refunded to your account. And someone is shut off more than twice in
two years we then consider them a credit risk we hold the deposit as
a reserve I mean if it they move or what have you we don't want to be left holding
all those months past due without some sort of
a deposit on their account. What this does is it provides a little bit of
a cushion if they do leave town or. Some other way do not
pay their bill because the water service that we provide has to be paid for by
someone and that deposit allows us to pull that money from that otherwise it's
going to be paid by other customers because it costs the city so much to put that
water out there so the deposit helps to cover that once they have established
a good credit they can get the deposit back. So to summarize in prior
to shut off by the time customers water is disconnected for nonpayment of month
a it is Month see and the customer has received at least the following
a bill for month. A bill for month to be. In some cases they
will have received a bill for month see they will have received
a reminder notice for month a and they will receive received
a door hanger so in any instance there's at least four communications from the city
before water is shut off. Also in addition to that
following receipt of the door hanger the customer still has
a week after that to either pay the bill or make payment arrangements.
Customers end up having at least sixty to seventy five days from receipt of their
bill to pay the bill to make payment or to make payment arrangements in order to
avoid the shut up prior to shut off almost three months of past the customer has
received at least two bills at least one reminder notice and
a door hanger customers have one week after receipt of the door hanger to pay the
past due amount or make payment arrangements at any time up until ten am
a shut off day the customer can either pay the past due bill or make appropriate
payment arrangements to avoid service interruption and reconnect.
We actually end up doing very few shutoffs per month we send out we have forty four
hundred customers. Of those customers the city hand rights and handle livers
approximately two hundred door hangers per month of those two hundred door hangers
only twenty to twenty two in an average month actually have their service
disconnected this is less than one half of one percent of the total amount of our
customers the goal for this procedure is to make
sure that everyone is treated the same that they're treated fairly and equitably
the city's billing procedure is designed so all customers receive the exact same
due process by not making exceptions on
a case by case basis everyone is treated fairly and equitably. Staff is also not
put in
a position of having to make special exceptions for any one customer.
That's in that show we would be glad to answer your questions if you have any
. Thank you Rachael. I have many questions
now but if they're out of town at some point during the whole process when the door
here goes out.
I think they should have made arrangements beforehand just like they might have to
do with their mail or their newspaper However if they called the office because
they suddenly realized. We would you know we would try to make arrangements but
we're talking seventy five days that they'd have to do this you know even if before
the door hanger they've already received three other notices at least I think I
think in some instances if somebody was actually going to leave for three four
months it's actually cost effective to actually request the city to shut the water
off padlock it in and pay reconnection fee. And it may save
a lot of money just by doing that but that's not very many people in the city but
that's the way to jumble numbers and actually be cost conservative on part of the
consumer what I believe in Rachel you can correct me if I'm wrong is that most
people who know that they're going to be travelling for
a while will prepay their bills we also don't require if you have
a customer say you you want to stop your service for
a couple months we don't require you to pay reconnect fee will actually shut your
service off and then when you come back you can have it turned back on we've had we
have people that go out of town
a lot of times and those typically aren't the people that that get shut off I do
want to add one thing about the payment arrangements it's important to know that in
staying with treating everyone the same we allow people to make payment
arrangements up to one week passion off so the following Wednesday is the cut off
and they are still treated the same it's they've they've received the door hanger
it's still the same but they have to call the office by ten am or come in and talk
to us to make that arrangement so when you're talking payment arrangements it's
really only
a one week censors. It begins on the first day that the bill goes out that we're
willing to help them so the bill is
a lot less on the first day that the bill goes out than after they've let it
accumulate for three months so we're always willing to talk to them about payment
arrangements. You know our yearly budget
that we approve there is. A space that recognizes bad
debt for water and bad debt for sewer it's not just
a couple thousand dollars I think it's fifteen thousand dollars twelve thousand
dollars that we never collect you know we are making an effort to be fair and
equitable we still have that hardship received by us as
a negative which unfortunately gets passed on to all the other rate payers that are
honest in doing the right thing. You know just for clarification then
. The rate payer is behind. Actually two full months
going into the third month. So they're not actually behind three full months they
wouldn't be behind three months until the end of months Correct correct and that's
why what we were trying to track today is the bill for month
a through shut off because they are they start overlapping you know if we started
with month to be would be into month to D.
This is our citizens being told that they have three months before their water gets
turned off no no they're receiving these notices that give them specific dates
we're not saying at the beginning it says when you get your bill it's due by the
thirtieth It doesn't say you have three months to pay this bill as you saw on the
the reminder notice it was
a specific date of the twenty fifth. And then with the door hangers it falls
to Wednesdays which is
a little bit confusing but that's the day that those things happen so when there's
a door hanger it's got
a specific date on it so we're always giving the people specific dates OK I think
we have to be careful I There have been people to tell me that they've been advised
that they would not have their water turned off until after three four months of
not not pay and that's from what I'm seeing here that's not the case from what
you're telling us that's not the case so I think that the city has to be very
careful that we're not putting out
a three month period that they have to pay their water before it gets shut off when
in fact it will be shut off before the end of three months you have seen the exact
information that we're communicating to our customers that's what they get from us
with dates on them but. Thank you
.
Thank you very much. Everybody was listening Yes OK
. We can. Move you know on the third item on the agenda is oral
comments from the public members of the public may be heard on any item of interest
not on the public meeting agenda speakers address in the council or board will be
limited to three minutes per speaker comments concerning the Consent Calendar may
be heard at this time be advised that byelaw the city council and Redevelopment
Agency Board can only deliberate and take action on items that are included on the
agenda so at this time is anyone from the public that would like to address the
council come up to them to microphones.
The name is Gary Kramer I live at the end of the hill side. I'm here because I
am sure that eventually someone is going to be. Injured or killed due to the
conditions of the street it's in a forested area approximately
a mile long and rises up to an elevation of about two hundred feet besides cars and
trucks many people use
a street for walking jogging riding bicycles in the horse's traffic using the road
is increasing in volume and moving faster in the future with more development the
problem will multiply and surely get worse there are also blind curve that the
at the bottom with no sidewalks gutters or curbs on either side of it I believe
this is against the law now but not at the time hillside developed recently
there has been too much floods blocking the road and few years ago a three fell on
a moving truck and injured the driver most dangerously as the road angles up there
are at least two blind spots created by roller coaster type dips in the road
creating blind spots for the drivers and pedestrians coming in opposite directions
. Every time I use the road I hold my breath no one is coming up the other side
when we meet with the thing especially when somebody is riding my rear and wanting
to go faster anyway I know you can't do anything about it now
but maybe you could fix the potholes. Thank you
. Mr
Mayor and my fellow council people my name is Dean Glaus or as most viewers know in
home. Tonight I have
a mission of two things Number one is informational and the second is to introduce
somebody very very important that lives here in the city the first aspect I am
commander of post ninety six of the AMVETS of California. Most members know that
the V.F.W.
Veterans of foreign leagues exists for the war's exists in the American Legion
exist each of those. Service Organizations have certain Mandy's to require
. Specific involvements during a war time if you are
a veteran of Foreign War you have to be set foot on foreign land while at war time
for American Legion. Is still wartime involvements which is World War two Korea
Vietnam. But you didn't set foot on foreign soil there is another organization
that started in one nine hundred forty S.
Which sort of goes on seeing and I am representing that tonight AMVETS of America
there are fifty different states that are call departments. Rather than saying I am
going to California it's called AMVETS California. It's
a fantastic organization it doesn't have any other mandates than requiring a D.D.
To fourteen honorable discharge we also have members that belong to V.F.W.
And American Legion to embrace what bets can do AMVETS as
dedicated its whole entire organization to doing what is necessary for the good of
the veteran. Whether it be physical or mental. Psychological
whatever we will go to any extent that is legally possible. For representation and
finding them help. I am commander of post now you six I just got elected I feel
that's really a on our boat position to do as an introduction for
a gentleman who has lived in Fortuna for decades he has involved himself with.
V.F.W.
And American Legion but predominately for Veterans of Foreign Wars. As Commander
district commander. Eight years ago nine years ago he discovered that vets
was another organization that had more drive and more to offer to the veterans that
live in the United States as well as California tonight I am truly honored to
introduce the commander of AMVETS of the state of California jury Greer
.
Thank you Commander. It's my pleasure to be here this evening again want to have me
come down enter deuced myself most of you know me I've been around Europe in your
council meetings before. I was involved in putting the flagpole in front of the
veterans all over here and do
a lot as an advocate for veterans. I am very proud to have been elected
a week ago yesterday as a state commander for M.P.'s it's going to be
a real busy year for me it's running around all over the state for national
meetings in Washington D.C.
And Maryland so it's going to be
a busy year for me but this is what I enjoy doing as advocating for my fellow
veterans that don't have
a voice so that's what we're here to do and I'm very proud to have as one of our
post commanders he's very energetic as you probably all know and that's what we
need and our local post and such to keep him going so is my extreme pleasure to
be yours the seeming I have one comment for yeah I thought about saying that at the
time your flag needs to be presented with equal facing out
I noticed that as we did the Pledge of Allegiance but I didn't want to interrupt
your meeting so in the future if you make an effort to try to display it the right
way it will help other people want to say thank yous gentlemen ladies and gentlemen
thank you very much graduation
thank
. You
. Jesse seriously I'm president forty
. And. This.
Or about
a week in May around May twelfth to May seventeenth Mr Gary buckles of Gary our
buckles investigation and council team met with many city employees and others the
purpose of the meeting was unclear but for the from the questions and topics
discussed the focus appeared to be related issues associated with the public works
director. On May twenty third the C.
Manager came to the weekly public works safety meeting and explained that Mr
Buckles. Was not due any personal investigation or investigation on any one person
but was doing an analyst's of the organization This seemed odd since the focus of
discussion with Mr Buckles was mainly regarding the public works director the city
manager stated that as a result of the investigation the C.
Manager would be spending
a lot more time at the Public Works Department at that meeting I asked for
a copy of the report and was told by the city manager that only the city manager
would see it and then it would be destroyed it is my understanding that no one else
including the city council city attorney or department heads will see that report
the only person the city manager has talked with about the report seems to be the
public works director since this report was an organizational study and not
a personal investigation and the investigation and subsequent report were paid for
by taxpayer dollars I am making
a public records request for the following documents. A copy of the agreement
including scope of work and cost between the city of Fortuna and Mr Buckles
a copy of any insurance licenses or other documentation provided to city by Mr
Buckles establishing his coffee qualifications to perform the study. Copy of the
report prepared by Mr Buckles including any findings and or recommendations. It
copy of the invoice is paid to Mr Buckles for the organizational study including
the account numbers and where the expenses were posted
a copy of any other invoices for costs related to the organizational study
conducted by Mr Buckles including the account numbers were and wishes were posted
and I have
a copy of all my requests for everybody thank you.
Is there anyone else in the public that would like to speak.
Right you know where. I make
a comment about the presentation. I don't know
. What to believe show says it nobody's water is turned off and on but we have
a gentleman who says that his water was turned off and on. US and all that aside
and go to the policy which is what he said he wanted to see addressed. He wasn't
arguing with the process he was arguing the policy the policy is that it ten
o'clock the water is considered turned off. And the statement was that they had no
way of Notify I think notifying if somebody comes in what do they do
it's easy to pick up the phone and they call the person and say Have you turned off
their water if they have it you say you don't they're here to pay their bill good
except for you charge them one hundred dollars. And that's the policy that's being
objected to is part of charging somebody one hundred dollars when in fact the water
has not been turned off this isn't it so it's it creates sort of
a race to the finish perhaps and it may be. What you don't want to do but
I want to tell you that the municipal code which allows the collection the fee this
effectively if water service is cut off. You may collect
a fee Thank you
. If
anyone else from the public would like to speak Mr Mayor make
a most closed public comment period. So I can remove you saying you need to close
public comment home in favor signify missing and I. Posed.
The other clarification on that one hundred dollars with the municipal code runs
down sure. Sure you want to answer that.
The Municipal Code states that it's disconnected the service of disconnecting
may not be
a physical thing that actually happens I'm not sure if that answers your question
but the hundred dollars on the reconnect the Is that what you were asking about
. The usual reconnect the A seventy five dollars if you have had your
water shut off previously then it goes to one hundred dollars.
And they connect disconnect is it then o'clock so you can enter the. There's
a lot of things involved in the process that we're trying to recover other than the
actual turning of the meter because we've had have invested time and reminder
notices sending out shut off notices door hangers preparing them having staff go
out so the whole process of the disconnect is contributing towards the
cost of the reconnect. Do you think that maybe we need to reword our municipal code
to say what you just said. That's about
a city attorney question is this cutting out. That's a possibility but there are
a lot of things in the municipal code that are not clear which is why we establish
standard procedures so that we can try to implement the intent of the municipal
code fairly and equitably to all of our customers. So we started on that
we certainly can clarify it. The amount the exact amount I don't that's set by
council.
Maybe we should you know we should just look at it again to make sure we're right
in the in the municipal code so if we go back we've been going through
a lot of that over the last few years and it's something we can. Certainly we can
do and I think our municipal code went along with our policy instead of our work
trying to justify our policy and almost matches human and municipal code can be
nice if we could fix that just just to clarify it doesn't contradict the municipal
code in a lot of cases the municipal code is written
a little bit generically and then we do establish policies and procedures to carry
out the municipal code it doesn't necessarily match verbatim what we're doing
OK. You know the comments
. Moving on the next item on the agenda is
a report for just using the money. That's always
a tough one I hate giving money away. Well clarification like giving money away
you're paying for
a meal Yes I mean for services services delivered that's all of this is
a report of our disbursements for June twentieth. To the city council and to the
Redevelopment Agency the disbursements for the city were one hundred forty two
thousand four hundred ninety three dollars ninety eight cents and for the
redevelopment agency one thousand two hundred fifty dollars. It's an oral report no
action by the council is required. QUESTION And if you know
. We're you know and I don't five which is the Consent Calendar and we have eight I
don't think Allen or any of the council wish to pull any item.
Mr Mayor number seven and number eight. I know it's not
a question on number two. Mr Merriman to most to
approve consent counter-arguments number one three four five and six
so it's been moving to do Pru can say counting right I'm on three four
five and six all in favor signify by saying I
. Asked that we start with number
two we would like to. Development Report. On the sub subdivision
status report on page ten there are three subdivisions that are expiring within the
next three months and I just wanted to make sure that those people are being
contacted and that they will not be allowed to expire without anyone realizing it.
So noted Do you. Think the last time I brought that up they're automatically
extended or is an automatic extension of the freebie Yes but what we will make sure
there is adequate notice. I make the most to approve item number two
. So the second to do approve item number two on the favorite thing if I was in
a right and I. Thought. Item number seven I don't number seven
. This is about River Lodge and the
bottom I'm an advocate of the gift shop sales. This year
. They're trying something new which was to. Continue
selling foreign like products but also to have
a second. Products sale which started with the thirteenth and I
heard that the first increment of components the six hundred items that they got
were sold out immediately so they went and got another six hundred delivered. And
I'm assuming the same feeding frenzy occurred on that so I guess my question is how
many times can we do the seconds until we run out the seconds because it's
benefiting both this the city for the gift shop sales as well as fire and light.
But I'm definitely in favor of this if we can do this on
a yearly or by by yearly by annually whatever we need to embrace it. For
item number eight on page twenty seven. For the public this is
a consideration of
a request for to the concert series to waive the fee for the river large in the
co-sponsor Air Force jazz
a band concert. And the fee that has been requested to be waived is the daily fee
of eight hundred fifty dollars and I just want to point out that that is for the
whole entire day the period of time the disbands going to be there is not going to
be eight hours it will be far far shorter than that so. The cost technically is not
that much but still had
a court date on fifty dollars and I am definitely in favor of that any time you can
bring some patriotic service branch band to arst city and let people listen to
these professionals that are serving our country and providing all this wonderful
music I'm truly in favor of it so what that Mr Mayor I make a motion approved. And
a free concert yes. Stephanie there is there any comments on either one of those
items seven number eight with the Air Force
a jazz band I was very honored when Kareen and Jim Stanfield brought to this idea
to me and then in turn to the city and I think it's
a great program I don't know that there were it has been some discussion about
maybe if we could see that they could do two programs on that day rather than just
one but so it might be more than an hour or length you know
our two could be longer depending on if it's an afternoon concert in the maybe an
evening concert because it is on
a Sunday but it any rate I'm sure that whatever venue they it's going to be packed
. Especially if they do have just one program but I was very honored I'm
glad to see this on the consent of June. OK With that I make
a motion to approve five number seven and eight Second it moved and seconded to
approve item seven and eight figure signify by saying I. Approved
I mean on to the business items for tonight's meeting. The first item is
a public hearing city of fourteen urban water management plan after resolution two
thousand and eleven dash twenty five main presenting the staff report this evening
is Dennis Ryan our Director of Public Works and city engineer. Thank you doing good
evening honorable mayor and council members they got to be for you at this time it
is
a public hearing to consider adopting. Urban no water management plan for the city
of Fortuna the city has recently contracted with environmental and freshwater
environmental services to assist in the preparation of an update to the city's
urban water management plan the plan is
a regulatory requirement geared primarily toward the efficient operation and
maintenance of water systems and it does have
a focus on water conservation and drought. Emergency Planning City last prepared
a plan in two thousand and although the plan is required to be updated every five
years the city did not update their plan in two thousand and five the two thousand
and ten update deadline was postponed to July thirtieth two thousand and eleven due
to significant changes both in the program and in the plan requirements although
this is
a regular Tory requirement in the past there's been little incentive to update
these plans especially in geographic areas similar to the NOR state who typically
see very small population growth little history of water shortage and water
supplies that have historically been abundant the north coast has also seen
a significant decrease in water demand as
a result of several of our local businesses going out of business. The current
urban water management plan has recently been added as
a requirement to receiving certain grant funds associated to the Department of
Water Resources including several of the programs to which the city has submitted
grant applications therefore obviously the incentive to update urban water
management plans has changed pretty dramatically. The plan that requires the urban
water suppliers report described in about you eight four major areas water to.
Reason uses water supply sources official water uses and demand measurement
management measures which are can be thought of as best management practices for
the operation of the water system. We have prepared
a plan it's quite lengthy It's quite detailed the plan does not answer every
question but it does describe a timing and A It sets a a template or
a plan for completing all of the items that are regulatory requirements and one of
the things that is very interesting to note is that it does force you to look at
your water consumption historically and if you look at the graph on page two of the
report this is on page thirty of the council packet you will notice that over the
past five years there has been
a significant decrease in water consumption within the city and we believe that
this is
a definite factor of being more conscious of and conscientious
about the use of water within the city associated with the new water rates that
were implemented five years ago. The procedural and I should also mention that you
will see and we will talk about that considerably in more depth and in much longer
more detail when we talk about our water and sewer rates that has had
a significant impact on how we structure those rates the procedural requirements
require several things including
a fifteen day public notice prior to the public hearing of the plan it requires
City Council review and approval it must the plan must be available for public
review during normal business hours at least thirty days prior to submittal to the
Department of Water Resources it's required to be submitted to the Department of
Water Resources and it also must be submitted to the California State Library and
we have taken care of. The noticing requirements this is the public hearing to
consider City Council review and approval and draft copy is included in this plan
if Council chooses to adopt this plan we will take care of the making it available
for the required time and posting at both submitting it to both the Department of
Water Resources and the California State Library. The plan as I mentioned is quite
lengthy there is one other thing that council should be aware of as
a result of this process we are pursuing clarification documents that have bounced
around the city for many years in regards to surface water rights on the year
wherever we're talking with the apartment of water resources there are some details
that may come out of those conversations that may require some modifications to
this plan it will be quite some time before those questions are answered We would
suggest that this plan be adopted at this point in time and depending upon the
outcome of those conversations we consider whether or not modifications are
required to the player would be more than happy to answer any questions of counsel
may have. Any questions of staff this time
just
a comment or two you get seventy five pages of writing here and I've found it very
difficult to find any meat on the bone of this thing that's what we're going to
take as well as the doing we either respond in the negative. It's not
a likable the Fortuna or another statement on here that it's given quite often with
the D M M's is not a foundational E.M.M.
So. It's
a nice historic. And that says we're going to do some things in the future but it
sounds like you I mean to me it looks like you did
a lot of work to satisfy the state requirement that. At least
tell us
a plea I'm not going to argue that point Parker is here with freshwater Environmental
Services and he can he's the one that actually prepared the plan if you have
specific questions of him be more than happy to make him available to answer those
questions in response based upon the level of detail that I am familiar with the
report you are required to address certain specific items and you have three or
four different courses of action to document your consideration of those of those
topics and those are the elements that you identified of either done something
about it it's not applicable you can demonstrate I think that it's not financially
feasible and then the foundational element I believe and maybe or in can provide
additional clarification but I believe that that's not like one of the required
elements you can adopt it if you so choose it's not basically correct or
. You could you come to the mike please do that we
. Think thank you or to address the foundational do you
demand management measures in the program rather measures. More options and the
fact that you've seen such dramatic reductions in gallons used per person per day
is the gallons per capita per day that keeps coming up in the discussion there. As
you've already seen some drastic actions it gets you. To do some of those programs
but there still may be good reasons for looking at those in the future are
so far under stated goals in this report that. We're going to need
a lot more houses and
a lot more people to get the gallons per use per day figure up to our. Both to have
less less rights we've done a really good guys
a really good. Use of the consumption person it's
a good thing. Because the closure of the mill site. Here in town does that
attribute to the Leslie Knope consumption is that factored in the gallons.
Per capita per day figure gallons per capita to per day is based on your amount of
water that's produced. By your population if your town had two
percent or more of your water for industrial uses the process by which you could
eliminate those. Of the bench total production divided by
population. With these reductions or gals
.
You. Thank you for being here. At the end nice meeting you in the audience
. It is very unique that we've done the sewer water increases which
ironically have facilitated meeting some of these mandates and I decided to tweak
the numbers I was like play numbers now coming up with at least the bases. Into the
year two thousand going by the hundred thirty two gallons per day that works out to
five hundred fifty five cubic feet so if you have
a water bill that reflects that and you're under that guess what. You're
close but you're still
a little bit above. The low amount which is way below the target of two fifty
two thousand and fifteen in two thousand and twenty the low amount that's been
reflected right now is an average of four hundred thirty. Cubic Feet
. And I think some of us up here. Could probably combine both of ours together and
come up with four hundred thirty so
a lot of people are meeting that requirement and. The program for Bond pay back
has made that happen although there are other people that the sky's the limit and
they have a lot of things in their home and we can't find them in penalty but it's
a averaging mathematical averaging concept that what you are referring to that we
go by. You have material information in here
that. Reflected Scotia. And what happens in Scotia stays in Scotia
what happens super tuna as
a water supply stays in unfortunate and we definitely don't distribute our water
anyplace else. Which is interesting is but that's it's in house
and what you reported as components of the breakdown of materials that were
negative not what you want to find in our water I'm not sure whether that was
reflected because of Scotia's breakdown the manganese and so forth we don't have
stinky water in Fortuna it comes from old river bar old old river base that
thousands of years ago used to be above the bluffs where the trap club is but it
just swings around and does what it wants to do. And the volume of water that you
refer to is. I personally think that we have probably one the best water supplies
in the state of California because of people in the valley are trying to force
mandates against us to change our ways when technically we don't have anything to
say about their water supply that comes from Shasta or from the Sierras so you know
we do have the best of the best the best water we don't have to be paying homage to
municipal water works we don't have to worry about the poor quality of water in Rio
deal or the limited supply of water that's in Scotia so. It was good information I
plowed right through it and found some some stuff interesting and one of them was
on page five in the year two thousand and ten
a total of four hundred forty million gallons of water were pumped from our wells
to the city of Fortuna that works out to one million two hundred five.
Gallons per day which is
a phenomenal amount to use and must been
a lot of fire trucks squirting out of that day. Or
a lot of watering for our parks But anyway thank you very much for providing this
and and it's great to be able to not have to jump through any more state hoops
because we've already met Dakota steps. We will do well you're bringing your
projection of growth like it was one point three percent per year. I don't think
that's going to come into play you know every we were going through
a crisis in our state and I'll take the growth is going to accrue to that level we
did for twelve years really jump high on the hog and be
a lot of homes and relocate people from elsewhere but I don't think that's going to
come into play though probably in our favor Thank you. And even
a quick one on office or in our dentist but there are several references to items
that are going to be completed or implemented by July two thousand and twelve who's
doing that who's keeping track of all of those things and making sure we get them
all done the city people will be responsible for keeping track of those and
completing those and so where it says R D M M L conservation corner is
freshwater Omar mental What are they going to do exactly them versus what the
city's going to do they will be reminding us of things that we need to do and will
be determining whether or not it would be most cost effective for us to clean
complete those in the house or have them take the primary lead in completion of
those items is and then and that cost for that service will be taken out of the
enterprise Yes and of that currently
a budget item that we're going to be talking about tomorrow it's not been taken
into account for the two thousand level but it's included in excuse me under
consultation services I don't know that there is
a specific item for each one of those items but it is estimated in that consulting
services. You know one of our if I'm reading War and if you try to do better
. Yeah you're smart guy.
Then it's good to speak to the educated water rights that the city. May or may
not have it seems to me in the general plan does get back on the discussion that
our subsurface. Pumping from the basin was fairly
secure. I don't is that we don't take surface water off the heel river it's
two different things or is that the same thing that happens to be the question that
we're primarily investigating with the Department of Water Resources what we have
found is that due to if you are seems to be fairly anxious to assign
surface water rights to anything that they think may even remotely be related I'm
not sure what the philosophy is behind that but there are many questions around
that particular item that we are pursuing what do you do if you are
. Well you talked
about on page sixty seven. Plans to fully implement the D M
G By July and then it says all these things are going to do you what do you mean by
contacts with the public four times
a year there will actually be public education outreach programs where we will go
to schools or we will have
a president will make presentations. So any time you go somewhere say
a school or wherever it might be that's considered one of your four appearances yes
and it could be
a Rotary Club It could be term programmers it could be I want us to be
a council thing where we have to do this work you don't have to do that. And you
know that occasion programs would be basically conservation This is all. Seventy
some pages on conservation simply it's focused on conservation and drought planning
and management
.
Public he went on the public that would like to address this matter and now take
the podium please. To close public comment second
the motion removed in
a second to close public comment ever signify by saying I I thought I
. Was the pleasure of the Council. I'll move to adopt
a resolution two thousand and eleven dash twenty five and read by title of the
second the motion it's been moved and seconded to approve Resolution two thousand
and eleven dash twenty five
a resolution of the city council of the city for the urban water management plan
just
a question. On the resolution itself on about the seventh warehouse down below.
It says the city did not receive any comments and that at least with mine looks
like shaded so that's taken out it will be yeah it's
a statement of fact but we didn't know it to be true until now stays in so stay and
you. Get. To be
a local council member cause or Yes Ma'am from some member long yes some are lousy
Yes Remember I'm strong. I'm sorry mair pro-tem stance here yes. It's
been
a while since that one stroke yes. Next
item on the agenda is to consider adoption as Council policy and procedures manual
and operates Aleutian two thousand and eleven dash fourteen. American Council
members this is really your project this was something that the city council had
made
a desire statement about particularly brought forward by mirror struggle and you
have been working as you know on several workshops sessions in the early mornings.
I think there were four of them if I remember correctly. Staff provided you with
a couple of options of various examples from other cities you've selected one that
was probably more in tune with Fortuna and then went about modifying adding
correction and making it for to his own and so you know more about this product and
certainly his I was there with you your city attorney was. But this was I think
a very big step forward and so staff is presented to you this evening based on your
last workshop where you seem to be pleased with what the file modifications were
and is being brought to you for adoption and at this time I'd also like to make
a point of thanking Linda Jensen she did quite
a bit of work on researching this and also following the corrections and providing
you know those documents and was it was quite
a bit of work and I thank you. So staff is so suggest in proposing
that you adopt this manual through the doctrine of resolution two thousand and
fourteen. I you know. I like the process we went through to come up with this
handbook we really. Prior counsels there wasn't
a guideline for anybody new coming on the council to kind of understand what the
council was all about and some of its responsibilities I think what we were able to
accomplish was to come up with at least
a national handbook to start out and for everybody. It's something that can be
changed in the future would. Linda did
a fantastic job of gathering and books from I do
a few different cities that we had to read and choose and pick from and human to
listen to us through all of our meetings and did all of our corrections and ceteris
and. It came out I think it came out to be
a good document anyway that's my comment he made on so many comments on it you know
I just want to excuse me. Thank you so Linda she was very patient with us and she
had helped us with wording and ideas and was going to contact cetera et cetera et
cetera in. The end product that's an actual product legalese on it's well worth it
. It's also I want to thank Linda to them for the work she did but it's also
. A reference to the public to look at to see how we are supposed to conduct our
business and make sure that we do that our own rules so again thank you Linda if
you don't give the public they want to be candidates actually know what they're up
to as
a recruiter cry when snob Legations rather than coming in extreme you know naive
. Nine years ago. And learning from the very get go that we have
a lot to do. But yeah great job Linda and you facilitated it we we
absconded workers from from other cities and made it
a wonderful wonderful workshop bookstore Thanks. I think it also will help the
public if they actually look at it when they are wanting the Council to intervene
or help them with something they'll realize just what the council is supposed to do
versus what the city manager and city is doubtless supposed to do so that I think
will be helpful in the future too
.
I don't know if you could hear Linda at that time but she said it's going to be
available on the website again. So I don't know
most of the demotion yet it will bring it coming our way I guess we need public
capital like that or it's just so on chapter I'm asked right now
it's Michigan they are human head. Is there anyone from the public that would like
to speak on this topic. Mr Mayor make
a motion of your thinking why it's your common good. I want to congratulate
you it's
a very fine document. It's there it's nice to know how something gets on the
agenda and that there's
a process for that. To know the process when you come in to stand here to know the
process is very helpful. I do have to say when I have to give
I say one thing repeat one thing that I said before even though you've heard it
before and that is that. The
interface with the public the one thing that is missing is the follow up you refer
to staff to the city manager. Who follows up to make sure that
what happens. I have given you
a complaint and as far as I know it's in limbo I don't want to bring this up but
it's been eight weeks. And there's been no follow up nobody has contacted me nobody
contacted me when I gave it to you. I saw it on the agenda that was coming up so
there needs to be follow up I want people contact you there needs to be some follow
up. To know that. You know who who do I go to
if I don't hear anything once I contact you thank you thank you
so it's good advice to have to pay to pay attention to that thank you. And
he added comments from the public. Don't do
. Almost we want to get you we could do it. Mr Mayor make
a motion plus public comment period. We moved in seconded to close public comment
period on in favor signify everything I write. I just like it take
a minute Real quick to get to now because she did sit through most of our workshops
and she had several comments that were helpful and we incorporated some of what she
said into this policy and thank you for being there
. When you going to be
brave enough to put this into policy so me OK. I make
a motion that we adopt resolutions number two thousand and eleven dash fourteen
read up by title only so I can. It's Beluga secular do approve resolution number
two thousand and eleven dash for the resolution of the city council of the city of
fourteen adopting the council policy and procedures manual
. That takes
a roll call and council member Glazer Yes ma'am council member along yes also
member Alosi Yes very pro tem Sandy Yes very strong yes. And I
congratulate all
a few as well. For working as diligently and cooperatively as we all do
. And we learn from this they can there's not like etceteras.
To have
a page up and coming up. OK moving on to the next item of
the on the agenda item C is to consider authorization of extension of the thousand
and ten two thousand and eleven please go budget for both the city and the read of
. Dr resolutions two thousand and eleven X. Twenty four an R.T.A.
Two thousand and eleven or one. Doing. This particular staff report and
what the two resolutions allow the council to do is to extend this year's physical
your budget into next year and as you know tomorrow night we take up reviewing the
draft proposed budget for you and we have two meeting set aside for that Tuesday
and Wednesday and I suspect that we will get through the entire budget in that
timeframe with that said to based on the comments and direction we get from staff
we'll need to prepare that budget for your official adoption of it which at the
earliest won't occur until Tuesday July fifth so moving into and of course not
it doesn't always go as planned in there might even be
a reason for extending that to even
a later meeting and in July so what I didn't want us to do is enter the new fiscal
year as of one July without a budget in hand and so this was
a procedure that we have done in the past which is essentially extends the current
budget and its elements since the new budget isn't radically different from this
one and gives authority for the city manager to proceed continuing operate the city
government and to operate the Redevelopment Agency which includes issuing payroll
to our employees and house as well as continuing our other operations this
particular resolution does have
a time frame it is good in till July thirty first of two thousand and eleven or
until the two thousand and eleven two thousand and twelve the school year is
adopted budget is adopted whichever occurs first the intent here is this is
a very short natured short term resolution that certainly wouldn't have to go
beyond the month of July unless some extenuating circumstances come up and again we
would have to extend the budget. But that's what's in front of you this evening and
staff is recommending that you adopt. Resolution two thousand and eleven dash
twenty four an R.T.A.
Resolution two thousand and eleven dash one. Any
discussion or questions to the city manager I would question regarding payroll if
we approve coal as what it how does that affect the payroll that would be paid in
July or is there
a payroll do it before July fifth there isn't will be coming due but it will be for
payroll that occurred in June so it wouldn't be OK again at this particular time we
have not and do not have an agreement. To do in effect though so why if we go
forward with those that's going to have to probably be the word that the finance
department hates and you probably appreciate is retroactive stuff but that with the
least Laois to honor the payroll you know I think I
answered your question well as we go beyond July thirty first will be OK right that
would be there and I certainly hope we don't get past July fifth right OK
. Tree like there were
openness to the public anyway I would like to address this item.
To close public on
a second the motion moved and seconded to close public comment on in favor signify
present I I think. So closed. Mr
Mayor for the city and move to adopt resolution eleven two thousand and eleven
there are twenty four and read by title only. To move in second had to approve
a resolution two thousand and eleven dash twenty four
a resolution of the city council of the city of Fortunato arising extension of the
two thousand and ten two thousand and eleven fiscal year budget. Rollcall place
council member Glaser Yes ma'am
a member long yes council member yes or pretends answer yes. Yes
. Now we go on to the redevelopment agency. For the redevelopment
agency and loved adopt resolution R D A two thousand and eleven and Swan
and read by title only second the motion in Moved and seconded to approve
a resolution R.D.
a Two thousand and eleven dashes on the resolution of the Fortuna Redevelopment
Agency the city afford to the authorizes the extension of the two thousand and ten
two thousand and eleven fiscal year budget roll call please tell us member Glazer
Yes ma'am it's a member along yes it's
a member mostly yes they're protected and say yes we're strong yes
. OK you want to go it OK
. We're going on to the next item on the agenda it's
a public hearing to consider the adoption of various fees for city services
provided in the area of city manager city clerk fees community development building
permit fees Park and Recreation fees police Animal Control fees River Lodge
conference center and Monday club fees transit fees water and waste water
laboratory fees. Extensions of the water and sewer grate fees
and adopted by resolutions two thousand and eleven dash fifteen two thousand and
eleven dash sixteen two thousand and eleven seventeen two thousand and eighteen two
thousand and eleven nineteen two thousand and eleven twenty and Resolution two
thousand and eleven dash twenty one. Two thousand and eleven dash twenty two and
two thousand and eleven twenty three staff report pleased and Marvel mayor members
of the Council. These are fees were reviewed with you at our workshop
on May thirty first we went over all the items and I think we got some
direction thems most of these fees are have very little change at all from
our courier fees there were
a couple exceptions in park recreation. Community development building development
development new fees our state exactly the same water and sewer stain exactly the
same by and large there are no proposed changes in the fees what this does is move
these fees into being able to be collected for next year's business with one
exception I did want to point out in the staff report on page one eighty. There was
some fees that were I believe addressed by counsel in regards are at that workshop
and. For whatever it is worth we did some research on it but we didn't extract them
if you look on page one eighty there is
a waiver of sidewalks and parking lane fees and it does talk about
a fund and says the fees collected under this section shall be paid into the
collector in artillery or road improvement fund. That and
I'm I'm afraid to tell you this is been in our resolutions in the past and really
I've never picked up on it we don't have such
a fund. Never did. This was
a fee structure that was created some time back I don't know exactly when as far as
I can tell and from all the review of this we've never imposed it never had
a purpose for it. We reviewing it yet again we don't see where it fits in with the
of the purposes of the city in the in the future and so therefore I'm recommending
that that particular item be deleted from our fee structure and I'm sorry I didn't
point out earlier and that was I die identified in staff report but it serves no
purpose that we can see of and in fact it's never been used or have any evidence of
ever using it. If we do need something like that in the future I would suggest we
would rewrite this or go about it differently than how this approach was I don't
know what particular problem or situation was in front of us at the time that this
was being proposed and and subsequently adopted but it didn't seem to ever manifest
itself and certainly we don't see any need for it now that's my staff report and he
questions. Yes yes
yes my last comments on this item related to the term etc is then fee
schedules and the nets that's the day to have our fees. Described with great
clarity if we're going to charge people for. Services.
We have within our fee schedule charges for except
a row that remain the range from zero dollars on page one seventy six for
ministerial business licenses. We charge up to five hundred dollars for an
exception regarding the rodeo ground rental on page one ninety eight so again
. It's I think it's necessary if we're going to say we're going to charge
people for something that we say what it is and not leave it to people's
imagination so there are those fees that exist on page one fifty for residential
sewer rates. There's an except for there we charge thirty eight dollars and seventy
five cents for him Page one seventy six mentioned that one page one eighty eight
temporary power service we charge him except for
a fee for one nine hundred seventy two one thousand dollars and seventy two cents
PAGE ONE money for
a mechanical permit for. The charge for except where there are seventy five dollars
page one ninety eight really
a grounds I mentioned that one page one ninety nine we charge twenty five dollars
an hour for an accept or there or two dollars per person you know page one ninety
nine the record up recreational hall fee we charge and except for
a fee there for twenty dollars to twenty five dollars per hour so just to make it
clear in our fee schedule. I think it's necessary to say what we mean
in those seven or eight into this instances.
They've been him they've been in the fee schedule for years and I guess nobody's
complained about being charged for and except
a robot there. You
have
a good point. I mean it damn it actually when we took exceptions out of our. Our
manual it made it clearer and sharper and more personalized so
. We could approve this and ask for those
to be removed. We could do it that way I believe you can do that and
I would I would ask your programs and see just to make sure I have that I wrote
down all the numbers I got I thank you I thought I think we could do those edits
and I can certainly have going through the center discussion on your other manual
it did add
a lot of clarity and I think it's time overdue and I believe staff based on your
direction would have then the authority to go through these and make the
appropriate corrections or in this case deletions that
. And your other questions of staff on the
few structure we can when it is pretty good back in May
. This is going to be an interesting one because we do have quite
a few resolution. I'm
. Number two you know open the public hearing yes we have to go to the
public arena and even the public like to speak and any of the fee structure.
One of them you know like I want to speak to be an extension of the water and
sewerage fees and of course you can extend that change in them but I want to take
this opportunity to respond to the comment that the one hundred dollars seventy
five dollars is for the whole process of disconnect. The fee
the fee needs to be based on what you do that's a fee. If it's not
a penalty if it's a penalty you already have
a penalty it's ten percent per month overdue. If you may have
to change your door hanger to say that you know at this point there's an additional
penalty or official fee and then the dish will be you see what I'm saying is that
she said that it's for the whole process. All the process hasn't been when you turn
off the water you know if you don't turn off the water if they've already paid and
you don't turn off the water they do not doing that part of the service.
And I just look at the process OK your your your point I thought you wanted me to
look at you I'm sorry. So this is one hundred
dollars to turn the water back on but if the water hasn't turned and turned off
you're charging a fee for something that hasn't been done which is a penalty not
a fee so just imagine some of that the process that we have
to go through our staff time and step up and do up to you had yes yes yes yes
pretty good I think probably the big the big costs is the door hanger and that
turned the tourney off and turned you know we're turning out at that but if the
water hasn't been turning off and turning back on but if the water hasn't been
turned off you haven't done that OK yeah. Oh
sorry where thing just because you're going to. But you know right now our fee.
Or reconnect to be is the highest I looked at. Five
other water services in the county ours was the highest except for Arcadia it
goes to one hundred thirty two if disconnected three or four times but other than
that. Seventy eight sixty five and then we get that's subsequent
our begins at seventy five and goes to one hundred S.
Just want to let you know thank you. Staff want to respond to
any of that but I don't know if if it is but we as well as we pointed out in this
illustration there's
a lot of work before we actually get to turn the water meter off and that's part of
the cost and the point of this is as was also made in the previous presentation
there's
a cost to doing that and so the approach of this it's being paid for by the person
that is requiring that additional notification service the city and not the rest of
the rate payers this whole thing is about protecting the cost to all of our rate
payers and so if they if there are customers that require additional notification
such as mailings and bills and door hangers to remind them to keep their account
current. We feel staff as we presented these and other fee resolutions.
We're putting that cost onto the the customer fires that service not all the rate
payers because
a split out there is bad debt and bad debt is absorbed by the rate payers. May I
make
a comment for quick. Just wanted to clarify something that I'm saying that's not
being understood is the whole ten A.M.
And your water is considered shut off if there are twenty five people that need to
have their water service turned off. It takes them time to turn everyone's water
off so if the person whose water shut off right at ten AM comes
in and has to pay
a reconnection fee Why shouldn't the person whose water is scheduled to also be
turned off that day but they didn't get to it until noon not have to pay that
because they didn't get to their house by noon so that's the reason why there is an
absolute deadline for that reconnection fee and then once that once their bill is
paid again to the finance department is on the radio letting them know this water's
been paid please turn that water back on and sometimes the payment is happening
simultaneously with their water being turned off so they may come and saying I'm
here to pay my bill it hasn't been shut off yet but while they're in there their
water could be shut off so that's the reason for that ten A.M.
Deadline you can't give the person whose water hasn't shut off until noon
a free ride just because their house is further down the road than the one who shot
off at ten A.M.
Everyone is treated the same and that's why everything that sent them says ten A.M.
Now it's to be fair to everyone thank you I just wanted to clear that up I did that
for
a long time and that's always been our policy so I wanted to clear it up thank you
. Mr Mayor make
a motion plus public comment period so I can maybe instead to declare the comment
period all in favor signify by saying I. Vote. I just had
my question I had to step out but was there any discussion about the laying payment
on a with
a contractor's development fees. To that was brought up the last time but you know
we if you recall at the workshop we talked about it and it was
a question of whether there was still some interest in doing that. We have not
received any communication from anyone issue either by letter by phone call that I
knew of if that's something the council would like to do again. We can bring it to
you at another meeting but right now it without any other action the action from
last year will and I believe on June thirtieth for anyone that's in this in the
cycle now and I think we don't we only have one that will continue on until the end
of the the house is occupied or actually so it's stays in effect while it's under
construction no matter what it would mean that there are no new ones unless the
council so directs us to go ahead and bring you bring it back to you but after our
workshop meeting I did not again hear any interest to do that I thought the idea
had some merit and I know that there was some discussion about that and I thought
that we were going to have additional discussion or maybe just include
a back again for our purposes for the city. It is. Virtually
no risk because there are liens placed on the property that insured payment at some
point in the future so. If there's if there's interest
from other folks on and there was one public speaker that expressed an interest in
the meeting when we talked about it and I believe we asked that if there were
others out there because the numbers don't look good one out of. So many and if
there were others out there that might want to avail themselves of the. Procedure
to come forward and talk to us and apparently though I do it expires I don't like
. I don't like delayed obligations of payment it occurred with
seventeen thousand dollars lost from the person division that we never collected on
because of slipping through the loopholes in city hall. Sidewalk repayment
grants or not granting But but loans that were sort of lost
in the shuffle and disk was experimental and it showed that there was not enough
overwhelming reception by the building community you didn't stimulate
a lot of houses being built. On speculation so I'm definitely in favor of
eliminating it and not perpetuating it. Well we don't we don't have to eliminate it
automatically so we can bring it back again but right disc this current fiscal year
it's off the grid is not going to be continued
. Mr Mayor you need
a resolution start off you have to start out the race. I would like to make
a motion to approve
a resolution two thousand and seven dash fifteen resolution of the city council of
the studio for Tuna's continuing water and sewer rates and fees for the city of
Fortuna stablished for fiscal year two thousand and ten through eleven into fiscal
year two thousand and eleven and twelve. May we have
a friendly amendment to that resolution but the be removed from the verbiage in
that item where were every you pointed out
a set or is it that would be passed on to staff responsibility to direct.
So I go. It's been moved and seconded to approved resolution two thousand and
eleven dash fifteen
a resolution of the city council of the city for today continuing the water and
sewer rates and fees for the city fortunate stablished fiscal year two thousand and
two thousand and eleven into fiscal year two thousand and eleven two thousand and
twelve counts number Glaser Yes ma'am once a member along yes
a member mostly Yes Robert M's answer yes we are strong yes
. Mr Mayor I make
a motion to adopt Resolution two thousand eleven dash sixteen setting city manager
city clerks please and read by title all of. US and the Ceterus that have been
doctored up like now it's not really my group but up to the OK. From. Got
a list out
a list of sorts I cannot be moved and seconded to prove resolution number two
thousand and eleven bass sixteen
a resolution of the city of fortunate stablish in his schedule of fees and charges
for the city manager and city clerk will call members like this or. As many council
member along yes
a member Lossie Yes programs and say yes you're strong yes. All Go
ahead move to adopt Resolution two thousand and eleven dash seventeen starting
community development development review fees and read by title only and I would
like to add on to that page one eighteen to remove the fund that states the fees
collected under the section will be paid in
a collector an arterial street improvement fund that would be removed. And I concur
along with ETCS Ceterus yes or and. Council member Glaser Oh I'm sorry you have to
read it. A second the motion is going to. Resolution number two thousand and
eleven that's seventeen resolution of the city of fourteen establishing
a schedule of fees and charges for the community development and development review
. Council member Glazer remember Long Yes I was
a member mostly Yes or part time Sandy Yes there were strong yes.
And I'll move to adopt a resolution two thousand and eleven Dash eight teams at
a community development building permit fees and rebuy title including etceteras
cleanup etc slanderous at Sec of the motion removing seconded to prove resolution
few thousand and eleven Daschle eighteen
a resolution of the city of fourteen establishing
a schedule of fees and charges for the community development and building. Local
council member Glazer Yes ma'am council member along yes that's a member low-Z.
Yes there portends and yes very strong yes Mr
Mayor make
a motion to. Adopt Resolution two thousand and eleven dash one thousand selling
Park and Recreation fees and we buy title only and removing the etceteras that
would keep pointed out by Councilman sassy. Second. They move the secretary do
approved resolution number two thousand and eleven dash nineteen
a resolution of the city for tonight establishing
a schedule of fees and charges for the Park and Recreation local Please also member
Glazer as ma'am I was a member along yes I was
a member yes Sandy Yes very strong yes. Mr Mayor IMO to adopt
resolution twenty eleven dash twenty setting police fees and Animal Control fees
and read by total only one second that we moved in segregated us
. It's been moving Thank you did you approve
a resolution number two thousand and eleven Nash twenty
a resolution of the city of four tonight establishing
a schedule of fees and charges for police and Animal Control called Please also
member Glazer Yes ma'am not
a member along yes on some member mostly Yes I'm Sandy Yes or strong yes. Mr
Mayor make
a motion to adopt Resolution two thousand and eleven dash twenty one setting river
large conference center and Monday club facility fees and read by title on Second
it's been moved and seconded to approved resolution number two thousand and eleven
dash twenty one a resolution of the city of Fortuna stablish in
a schedule of fees and charges River Lodge conference center and the Monday club
roll call please council member Glazer Yes ma'am council member along yes. Council
member Lo C. Yes their protests and say yes they ARE STRONG Yes Mr Mayor I make
a motion to adopt Resolution two thousand eleven dash twenty two setting transfer
fees and read by title only. The second to be
moved and seconded to approved resolution number two thousand and eleven dash
twenty two resolution city of Fortuna stablish in
a schedule of fees and charges for transom. Council member grazer Yes ma'am council
member long yes council member mostly Yes. Yes we are strong yes
. And last but last here we have
a motion to adopt resolution twenty eleven twenty three setting water and
wastewater laboratory fees and read by title only
a second it's been moved and seconded to approve
a resolution number two thousand and eleven dash twenty three resolution of the
city of fourteen and stablish in
a schedule of fees and charges for water and wastewater laboratory roll call please
council member Glazer Yes ma'am I was a member long yes I was
a member Lucy Yes there protests RAMSEY Yes. Yes
. That was it got through that one
. I tried to talk him into letting us do it all at once but they wouldn't let me.
Between over there yet but. Are you sure if you want to just it depends you know
you can see. It. Moving line item
. Designated cities voting delegate at the annual League of Cities meeting.
Each year the league of California cities request that each council each city
doesn't need
a voting delegate or an alternative alternate to vote at the league California
cities policies are at the annual meeting and you mean this year for the legalities
of this is in San Francisco and I know Council members was really has stated he was
interested in attending that conference. In the past this action and get really
back up this action has to be taken by the city council directly asked me by
a vote because we register that and any voting delegates are there alternatives
are noted and or receive
a special voting delegation. I guess voting paddle and are so
segregated from the rest of the audience when the league goes into the actual
voting on the various policies adoption Some years it's very perfunctory. Certainly
have attended some meetings where this whole voting thing has extended for hours on
controversial issues. It's amazing how dynamic the state is and in its political
stance and it's certainly demonstrated on how different cities act on various
issues including internal policy of the league so any way the items in front of you
for your action. It's really up to you this year I mean last year I did not attend
the League conference as we have in the past and I believe last year only council
member was or attended we did not help last year we waved to did not go to San
Diego because it was not cost effective and in
a proper fest the spent fuel into that I'm remembering the past you know this is
not so the world will not come to an end if we don't have anyone there to vote on
it I don't know what's on the even being proposed for voting by the league this
year but our focus has been predominately on still trying to resolve state issues
in their problem with their own budget so that's my staff report it's your choice
so you want to proceed with this. Just so everyone knows Dean has been our voting
delegate or two or three how many.
Who are anyway so we didn't even know there were times it was three or four of us
at the meeting was the one that. Stayed
a little longer because that part of the meeting of that conference goes later in
the day the most controversial was in San Diego about five years ago when
. All of us except for Bill Bertie could not we attended and
he stayed home and I was the voting delegate in their three caucuses they were
requesting they have voting powers which turned out to be so controversial that it
was amazing and everybody left saying bye you see you later. And the nice part
about that was is that we had to leave because this Saturday was the bison it was
right in Kenya that's the city and we had
a city that's right and we had to cook hot dogs and hamburgers for the city's. Rest
of the council had to get back here the not the decision to meeting and down there
I got to carry on a conversation with
a Nigerian cab driver to the airport it was good anyway I think it's important if
anybody really wants to go to this because this this you got a little taste of
a League of Cities when we went down to the training earlier this year this one
will be three and it's three days but there is classes on numerous things you can
go to your date can be fool or. Beginning to end it's really neat to get in
there and learn the different aspects in you you know more than one goes you can
cover more areas with the last one we all set this same room heard the same thing
this is divided up into different classes so anybody wants to go if we can figure
out
a way to squeeze it out of the budget. People should go I've been to two or three
of them in navy and they're well they're worth it or are they are very interested
in the news going to their very own informational field it does over I think
a fantastic job opening and then your conference on for all their members which is
all the cities in California it's are SEPTA what is September the next fiscal year
and next fiscal year next fiscal year you'll be talking about that budget to my
just from our Ok it's it's September Wednesday September twenty first you have to
show up the twenty second Thursday and the voting is done on the twenty third
Friday and then you come home so it's Wednesday the twenty first twenty second and
then Friday is the voting and then you return it's in San Francisco I just missed
going he said. And they do cover a lot and you will there's also
a trade show in the middle of all of it and you can go into the the main hall and
see all of the vendors that sell the cities and see all the new products and.
Really interestingly looking for street lights down you could go see all the
different vendors to understand what they had and I was there that's where Dean
found out about. The personal permeable concrete rice and Humboldt County they have
. But you know it's things like that you know stuff when you get out and get around
these people you can learn
a lot something that I think about. But at this time what we're going to do is we
have to pick at we can all go do it if we can come up with a money or
a couple of us but we do need to pick
a person to stick around on Saturday to represent the city with. A voting delegate
and an alternate we could do that yes. Well I just am OK
. We're not making
a decision yet. You know why should open public comment and one reason I'm
a little always have a problem with this is because for
a long time we open public comment before the Council talked and we used to be
a lot of flak for talking
a lot afterwards so I've been trying to get the council to get the talking out of
the ways with the public can chime in on what we've talked about instead of the
other way around but by doing that it put me right up against the wire so I keep
getting the opening comments. For that so I'd like open public comment right now if
anyone like to speak on this. To close public on the second
. Or not second that might be conflict of interest. You can see at. The movies
they're going to close but we comment all in favor saying the privacy and I. O's
closed. The B.R.
Alternate actually going on just to see you know the
process works and everything I would like to add something to but I think that's
right after my daughter's wedding I think I'm not going to be. Just going to have
to do some work at my real job but I didn't it doesn't bother me to have another
person serve as
a delegate you know I rather share it let everybody experience it. But last year
. Dennis got up and said You know I think we should have
a representative but I said that the cost factor was so far down there and they
really didn't vote I think it was important and you really don't know what's going
to be brought up at the last minute as
a proposal so there might be some sneaky little thing that might affect us might
not affect us. But the distance is not that bad it's not that controversial. And I
think it would actually embrace. A couple members going. It is
a lot of fun and I said the classes sometimes the classes are redundant and other
times the classes are interesting because you know who the council person might be
or city manager teaching it and doing that hour's discussion and that's also
a chance to. Co-partner with people you've met in the past find out what they've
been doing because we've actually had been helped by finding out new ideas that
we've never thought about and somebody has already experienced that done it walked
in and we get to learn from their expertise and we get to apply it so. However we
network it's
a win win win and so. If you want to have two of us go I'd definitely like to
be
a voting delegate or if Mike wants to be they want to stays and I can jump ship be
able faster that's even better. No I just assume him have you be the voting
delegate I would just like to see how that process works and you said you have not
been. You want to go you're welcome to go so therefore I made the motion.
To designate
a council member being the laws are those who are voting delegate delegate and Mike
council member My closely is our first alternate and council members and the mayor
pro tem is our second alternate for the annual league of California cities meeting
. Also I couldn't. In any discussion and
. It's been moved and seconded to nominate being lodgers are voting delegate
and that can then the in Mike. Willesee as our alternate and it's
a voice vote so I'm in favor signify by saying I. O's. Asked
talk to Linda. But
. Travels are
. A flyer on land so yes yes. There are some that we'll have to get you
some it had they've had some good updates where the lodging is or you think they're
even started. After octopi very crazy
but you only do. Maybe a trailer on Mission Street might be
a better. Yeah. Let's let's move on before we get in trouble here.
Did you do the next is the city managers report the way no thank you
. You have my written report of the upcoming particular council meetings that we
have and
a reminder tomorrow. And maybe even Wednesday depending on how much we get done
tomorrow is our budget workshop with the council it won't be
a televised meeting but it will be here in the public's invited and we're starting
at four P.M.
. And going into all you say you're done or until we continue it into
Wednesday if necessary then the next council me will be on Tuesday next regular
meeting will be on Tuesday July fifth way because Monday that the fourth of is
a holiday for the city. Other than that we're going forward with our regular
meetings and as I mentioned one July fifth I didn't mention on July fifth You also
have a special council me scheduled for eight thirty A.M.
On that. On that Tuesday morning to take up on the workshop issue.
Other than that oh excuse me I've got to remember turning the page we have been
moving these proposed water and sewer rates for fiscal year two thousand and eleven
two thousand and twelve all the way through sixteen workshop for you to Monday July
twenty fifth so it's always often more hope to get you that information well in
advance so you have
a couple weeks to study it and again now what waste is that what we're going what
staff is going to present to you as several different alternative ways to look at
water sewer rates for the next five years. Other than I have no other issues or
items to bring forward to you continue to amaze me again this year that the states
in Bolivia to adopt a budget or even get
a budget propose that makes sense but other than that I have no other comments if
you have some questions I may be can answer. Any questions or doing.
You know one two city council report and comment as to why. Thank you Mr Mayor
. I attended the Environmental Quality committee meeting
on the seventeenth both the sixteenth and the seventeenth prior to the meeting time
the league California cities want to actually have those committees get together
for an informational. Statement by Chris
McKenzie the executive director for California Cities like a California cities is
a joint powers authority we belong to and it is very very beneficial for us they
are
a partner for representation in the state capitol they go and talk to the politicians
directly we have our say based on what are our votes our. As all of us know
last November two thousand and ten we voted past Prop twenty two which was to
prevent the legislators from taking from public safety redevelopment and
transportation. Transportation and and public safety been off the grid although
there are some things for public safety that has been usurped in our our budget
will be talking about is going to actually reflect that but redevelopment.
Constitutional amendment letter of the law don't mess with the Constitution and
unfortunately two of our representatives Assemblyman just Breaux and Senator Evans
voted yes on abolishing redevelopment so all you Democrats out there that think
these people walk on water I got news for you they took money away from you that
actually provides the funding for mandated housing units that we are forced down
our throats to provide for low income. Housing and I'm curious to find out whether
if if. When I keep on discussing later if it does happen whether we get to renege
on any mandates by the state legislature that those numbers are flushed down the
toilet we can we start off with zero. But anyway Chris MacKenzie pointed out that
. We built twenty six and twenty seven as well as Senate bill fourteen and fifteen
for funding of redevelopment. That should have been
never voted on and allowed to pass they were
a yes vote strictly straight Democrat Party saying yes in the Republican stood
their ground said no but the numbers were against them and they lost. These two
bills just the A.B.
And that in the Senate's bills are something that because the budget was vetoed by
the governor that they are pretty much standing alone. Constitutionally legally
they cannot as
a legislature. Introduce these bills or put them on trail or bills that they have
to be reintroduced once the budget is produced as approved by the governor and
signed so that might happen in the next two weeks might happen in the next six
weeks but whenever the governor signs the final budget then the redevelopment bills
. Didn't I redevelopment will be presented and that is when the League of
California is currently to California cities plans to file
a lawsuit against the state of California in the Supreme Court of California and
contested and I've been saying after the very get go that that they should
aggressively have done this with rather trying trying to find
a middle ground and make concessions about paying the school property taxes and so
forth which is totally wrong so I'm looking forward to the next month what it
provides and I'm looking forward to see what kind of squirming and squealing bro
and Evans will be doing because they did this wrong and everybody this elected
official needs to tell them that. I do want to go back
a little bit to what I said in public statement about Jerry Grier I mean. A year
ago when he was elected as first vice commander he really didn't see the magnitude
of what disposition represents I saw it. Being
a political figure I don't I still don't feel myself as being any different than
anybody else walking on the streets outside. But looking at your Agree or he's he's
one individual. That was potentially going to be come commander.
Last June twelfth on Sunday in Concord there was that potential chance that
somebody would run against him during their years period of time he flew all over
the United States went to training back East was representing the league
representing the AMVETS and he showed to those officials in M.P.'s that he could do
the job he was potentially do that job. In Concord there were one hundred thirty
delegates not one person ran against him he was uncontested and I just the
magnitude of that position is just awesome there's only one president at United
States there's only one governor in California and those one jury Greer is
commander of ambit is just totally awesome and I keep on telling him that he's so
humble that is just incredible but I'm just delighted to have somebody living in
Fortuna that has that that prestigious name and what it means so
I'm not trying to grind it in the ground but it's awesome that he is he is one of
our citizens. Sue can reiterate on
this in July third the fireworks leave that lifeforce on Monday
there will be
a parade in Ferndale fortress like parade as is always everybody is invited to that
they're also be
a fireworks display at the whole county fairgrounds sponsored by casino thank you
very much for doing that wonderful public gesture and say thank you to them when
you go up to this casino because they don't get enough thank yous. Some of the
comments that were made at the the the meeting there was one stand we built was
trying to be promoted that was actually for private garbage companies that they
would not be allowed to prevent other communities from coming in and bringing in
their waste their solid waste. They were worried that that if we were to want to
take our solid waste and go to Anderson that they can say no we're not going to
take it and if you had enough of those private enterprises doing that not public
because publics not affected by this but if you had
a private private garbage company the said no before long you might be wandering
from Fortune always down to San Diego if you were lucky to find someplace to
receive it so it was considered controversial. But if you're
a private enterprise you definitely don't want to make money you're not going to
turn away somebody that wants to make money off of your refuse but anyway that's
going through the. Discussion and there was one. We also discussed
about marijuana cultivation and how that would have an effect on your community and
Mark Wheatley from Archita provided his input to that let them know how that
affected them and how what their jurisdictions in each one of the jurisdictions the
cities provided their input about how they determine it was a code issue or
a zoning issue or so forth so anyway Mr Mayor it was
a good trip hot place to be but it was well worth it getting information from Chris
McKenzie thank you. I haven't
attended any of my. Council meetings but I have been attending the Fortuna
fireworks festival meetings and that's coming on well
a letter was sent out via e-mail to several businesses to see if they wanted to
contribute to the program and how to do that if they so desired. One thing that was
omitted from the letter was
a deadline as to getting your logo on the poster so we are going to need donations
tomorrow I'll have time to get posters around town in time for them to mean
anything to notify the public that there is an event on July third.
The donations will affect how many donations we get will affect how much we're
going to charge this year for the the response for the kids last year they were
free the committee. Decided that the event needs to pay for itself between what we
can raise at the event and. Donations by businesses and then the generous donation
by Hopsin humble we felt we needed to charge this year so that we can make it pay
for itself and. The fire works so. We increased our from
five thousand dollars so to a seven thousand dollars show which is quite
a bit it's almost double the fireworks so that was the thought behind it so there
will be a charge this year for the wrist bands we're thinking two dollars
a kid but that's going to depend on how many. Donations we get from the community
so if you haven't got
a letter you can call me or you can see and he's also on the committee and will get
you a letter or you can just send money to P.O.
Box for ninety one for tonight thanks. Yeah so I saw that letter and there was
a list of donors attached to it were those last year's donors were those the donors
that have already contribute this year those were just
a list of people that got e-mailed a letter but it had
a dollar figure with. Each of the businesses and the civic
organizations. But it really didn't explain it I was thinking well maybe that's
those are the folks that contributed last year. Or we have
a lot of people that are east it up and provided donations this year. But anyway
. There wasn't anything attached unless you were one of the ones I got the letter
that I sent wrong in the first place. I'm. Broken record I
said something out that was from two thousand and ten and there had to rescind and
say ignore the previous. That might be what you got.
So far we've only received two donations for this year but like I said the letters
just went out and I would check the box for
a couple days. If
you missed them. The latest F.
Big meeting was on June the first and although I didn't attend I had
a court hearing that I had to attend I have since than talked to Dan and crew the
director and received some information from her with regard to that meeting. Over
the last several months F.B.I.
Has been looking or it or of the board has been discussing
a search for larger quarters. The office over at the Monte club's somewhat small
addition they were looking for some place that they could also use for storage they
have apparently
a lot of assigning engine in batteries and things of that nature and at one point
Redwood Capital Bank had made an offer to allow F.B.I.
To use one or two of those offices now they can at their bank and that was
a discussion that went on between the board it was for
a one year. Agreement only
a hand and bid the directors felt that because of the only offer for
a one year period would be sufficient so they did decline that I think that for now
they're they're probably going to stay right where they're at the F.B.I.
Budget was approved and they have approved some funding to be going to various
businesses in town to help with the promotions of the various events such as. That
Clinton's Apple. Orchard for the apple festival and different events of that type
. Of the chamber board seat representative will change from.
Peter Kruger to Dan Webber Kevin Johnson will remain as the downtown representative
. And there were some other changes some other representatives and
beginning next month hopefully there will be
a report from the motel businesses in town and Diana crew will give that particular
report outlining any anything that they might have going
. Thank you.
Thank you Mayor. Just an item on the agenda I
appreciate you keeping me on the California Coastal Commission but the governor of
the state has made it very clear that myself and four under other members are no
longer members of the California Coastal Commission so if you can take me off
there. I don't have to leave and. You know
then that I didn't have
a Lefkow meeting sensor last the other raining.
Harder next meeting is
a Wednesday July twentieth. Thank you
and for me the last couple weeks since we met last it's been really nice I've been
able to attend
a lot of family and friends type events but no city business in the Thursday
though I will be attending the homo County Association of governments meeting
. So that's all I have to report anything out anyone might do.
OK then moving on to. Be
a close session coming up. Well comments from the public and members of the public
may be heard on any item on closed session speakers address the council or board be
limited to three minutes per speaker be advised that by
a line neither the city council nor the board is able to deliberate or take action
on issues presented during oral comment. The session items number one
is a close session item
a conference of labor negotiation with the city negotiator the city manager of the
Wayne Brady employees organization Petunia Employees Association for two new Police
Association and the city are for simply as Association the cordons Wisc Section
five four nine five seven point six of the government code. The second item is
a closed session to discuss public employees performance evaluation and court
Section five four nine five seven of the government code. Title the city manager
under this. I don't know. The council will be not discussing anything that
has to do with any public complaints that have been filed at this particular
meeting. There's other items in the evaluation that we'll be discussing this time
is anyone from the public like to speak on any of these items.
To close public coming second the motion has been moved and seconded because the
public comment period on Fed signify was an act. Oh Mr Mayor I make
a motion to close this meeting. Being larger has made a motion to beating in
a journey to
a closed session and it. Closes movies do is I'm sorry let me reiterate on that
going to do it right I'd like to make
a motion to close the this public meeting and adjourn to
a closed session and that after we're done with that close session will return back
to publicly tell what decisions have been. Saget so I get
. To do it during this meeting to a closed session on
a favorite thing if I'm saying I. Owes. You or your.