City Hall, 525 Henrietta Street Martinez, CA 94553-2394
CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING
APRIL 16, 2008 – 7:00 P.M.
C.C.C. Board of Supervisor’s Chamber
651 Pine Street, Rm 107, Martinez
Lara DeLaney, Councilmember
Michael Menesini, Councilmember
Janet Kennedy, Councilmember
Mark Ross, Vice Mayor
Rob Schroder, Mayor
INFORMATION FOR THE PUBLIC
Staff reports are available for review in the City Clerk’s Office prior to the City Council Meeting and/or at the City Council Meeting; staff reports are available on the City’s website at www.cityofmartinez.org. Materials that are submitted to members of a legislative body, after the agenda packet has already been distributed, are available for public review in the City Clerk’s Office during normal business hours and will be available at the Council meeting.
Consent Calendar items are considered to be routine and will be enacted without discussion and in one motion, unless a member of the City Council, Staff or Public requests specific action.
The Mayor accepts Public Comment on Agenda Items as they are discussed. If a member of the public would like to speak on an issue not scheduled on the Agenda, he/she may come to the rostrum during the “Public Comment” portion of the meetings. In consideration of others wishing to speak, members of the public are kindly requested to limit their comments to 3 minutes on any one item. A speaker may have the ability to yield their 3 minutes to a particular speaker with a maximum time of 10 minutes.
If you wish to be identified for the record, please state your name and present a Speaker Card to the Clerk.
All interested persons are invited to attend Public Hearings and take the opportunity to speak. In accordance with Section 65009 of the California Government Code, anyone wishing to challenge action taken on any of these items in Court may be limited to raising only those issues he/she or someone else raised at the described Public Hearing or in written correspondence addressed and delivered to the City at or prior to the Public Hearing.
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It is the policy of the City Council that at approximately 10:30 p.m. the Council will, by consensus, adjourn the meeting to a date announced or to continue the meeting as posted.
NOTE: Regular City Council Meetings are held on the first and third Wednesdays of every month at 7:00 p.m. in the City Hall Council Chambers. City Council adjourns for a Summer Recess during the month of August. Meetings are televised on Friday following Wednesday’s meeting on the Public Access Channel 24 or Channel 26 at 7:30 p.m.
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I. CALL TO ORDER
II. PRESENTATION(S)/PROCLAMATION(S)
A. Proclaiming April 2008 as “Fair Housing Month.”
PUBLIC COMMENT (COMPLETE SPEAKER CARD AND GIVE TO CLERK)
Reserved only for those requesting to speak on items not listed on the Agenda.
CONSENT CALENDAR
MOTION WAIVING READING OF TEXT OF ALL RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES.
1. Motion approving City Council Minutes of March 19, 2008.
2. Motion approving Check Reconciliation Registers dated 03/27/08 and 04/03/08.
3. Motion approving Cash and Investment Report for March 31, 2008.
4. Motion authorizing the City Manager to sign the Martinez Pool Use Agreement with the Martinez Community Swim Team for the 2008 season.
5. Resolution accepting Subdivision 9111 “Villa Del Sol" improvements and authorizing the release of performance and labor and materials bonds for subdivision improvements and landscaping.
6. Resolution accepting the 2007-08 Cape Seal Project per contract documents and instructing the City Clerk to file a Notice of Completion.
7. Resolution accepting the 2007-08 Paving Project per contract documents and instruct the City Clerk to file a Notice of Completion and allocating the balance of the 2006-07 Traffic Congestion Relief funds.
8. Resolution accepting the Downtown Street Light Modification Project per contract documents and instruct the City Clerk to file a Notice of Completion.
CITY COUNCIL
9. A. Climate Change Ad Hoc Committee Report. (Councilmember DeLaney and Vice Mayor Ross)
B. Beavers in Alhambra Creek Subcommittee Report. (Councilmember DeLaney and Vice Mayor Ross)
APPOINTMENTS TO COMMISSIONS AND/OR AGENCIES
10. Appointment of Mayor Rob Schroder and ______as Alternate to the Central Contra Costa Transit Authority’s Board of Directors for a two-year term.
11. Appointing Michael Marchiano on the Planning Commission as an Alternate Commissioner.
12. City Council Comments.
ADJOURNMENT
Adjourn to a Special City Council Closed Session Meeting on April 18, 2008, at 11:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. at John Muir Best Western Inn, 445 Muir Station Road, #127, then to
a Regular City Council Meeting on May 7, 2008, at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers.
If you challenge the action of the City Council in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this agenda or in written correspondence delivered to the City Clerk, at or prior to the public hearing.
I certify under a penalty of perjury under the Laws of California that by and/or on April 11, 2008
at 5:00 p.m., I posted this notice at City Hall, 525 Henrietta Street, Martinez, CA.
Mercy G. Cabral, Deputy City Clerk