AUBURN CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR SESSION AGENDA

• City Hall, Council Chambers
• 1225 Lincoln Way, Auburn, CA 95603
• July 12,2010
• Closed Session 5:00 p.m.
• Regular Session 6:00 p.m.

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CALL TO ORDER

ROLL CALL

By MOTION adjourn to a Closed Session under Government Code Section 54957:6

Conference with Labor Negotiators
G.C. 54957.6

Agency Designated Representatives: Robert Richardson, David Mackowiak

Employee Group: All Bargaining Units

REPORT OUT OF CLOSED SESSION

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

MAYOR’S COMMENDATIONS/PROCLAMATIONS/ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS/ ANNOUNCEMENTS

AGENDA APPROVAL

This is the time set aside for council members and/or the public to ask for removal, postponement or a change to the listed sequence of an agenda item.

CONSENT CALENDAR

All matters listed under the Consent Calendar are considered to be routine in nature and will be approved by one blanket motion with a roll call vote.

There will be no separate discussion of these items unless persons request specific items to be removed from the Consent Calendar for discussion and separate action. Any items removed will be considered after the motion to approve the Consent Calendar.

1. Minutes   Pages 5-26
   
   By MOTION approve City Council Minutes of 06/14/2010 and 06/28/2010.
   
   
2. Quarterly Report of Investments – Quarter Ending March 31, 2010   Pages 27-38
   
   Receive, review and file the “City of Auburn Quarterly Investment Report.
   
   
3. Assignment of Auburn Airport Industrial Park Ground Lease from the Kaping Trust to the TK Neithercutt Family, LLC.  Pages 39-70
   
   By RESOLUTION, authorize the City Manager, or his designee to:
   
   A. Approve the assignment and assumption of the land lease between the City of Auburn, the Michael J. Kaping and Nina L. Kaping 1999 Trust, and the TK Neithercutt Family, LLC; and
   
   B. Approve the recording by the Placer County Recorder’s Office Memoranda of Lease for the TK Neithercutt Family, LLC.
   


4. Revised Resolution Establishing Employer- Employee Relations Policy  Pages 71-102
   
   By RESOLUTION, repeal the City of Auburn Resolution No. 90-176 in its entirety and adopt a revised Employer- Employee Relations Resolution.
   
   
5. Authorization for the Fire Department to Purchase Fire Equipment Using Fund #63  Pages 103-106
   
   By RESOLUTION, authorize the Fire Chief to purchase fire equipment utilizing Fund #63. authorize the Fire Chief to purchase fire equipment utilizing Fund #63.
   
   


6. Auburn Transit Bus Purchase  Pages 107-110
   
   By RESOLUTION, authorize the Director of Public Works to purchase three transit buses from A-Z Bus Sales, Inc.
   
   
   
7. Approval of Pre-Employment Background Investigations Contract  Pages 111-128
   
   By RESOLUTION, authorize the City Manager or his designee to approve a renewed contract with Morello Investigations Services to perform pre-employment background investigations for all prospective hires to the City of Auburn.
   
   


8. Second Reading of the Ordinance Amendment to the Sewer Service Charges  Pages 129-134
   
   Hold a second reading and by ORDINANCE, set a schedule of sewer service charges and suspend the implementation of that schedule so that sewer service charges will be collected in fiscal year 2010-11 at the fiscal year 2009-10 rate.
   
   


9. Second Reading of the Ordinance to Repeal Obsolete Provisions of the Municipal Code  Pages 135-138
   
   Hold a second reading, by title only, of an ORDINANCE , to repeal 101.100-101.99 and Section 70.20 of the City of Auburn Municipal code relating to the Arts Commission and Traffic Committee.
   
   

*************** End of Consent Calendar *************

10. Public Comment    
    
    This is the time provided so that persons may speak to the Council on any item not on this agenda. Please make your comments as brief as possible. The Council cannot act on items not included on this agenda; however, the items will be automatically referred to staff.



PUBLIC HEARING



11. Weed Abatement Public Protest Hearing  Pages 139-148
    

Conduct a Public Hearing for the purpose of declaring public nuisance of those properties that have not complied with the Auburn Municipal Code, City Ordinance, Title IX, Chapter 95.03, “Notices to Remove: Default: Removal by City”.

By ABATEMENT ORDER, authorize the Fire Chief to abate those properties that have been posted and notified as a public nuisance and have not complied with “Notices to Remove”.



12. 2010 Update to Local Hazard Mitigation Plan  Pages 149-160
    

Conduct a Public Hearing RESOLUTION, approve the Local Hazard Mitigation Plan as developed by the Local Hazard Mitigation Planning Committee.


REPORTS

13. City Council Committee Reports

The purpose of these reports is to provide information to the city council and public on projects and programs that are discussed at committee meetings. No decisions are to be made on these issues. If a council member would like formal action on any of these discussed items, it will be placed on a future city council agenda.

COUNCIL BUSINESS

14. Update Regarding Relaxing Temporary Sign Regulations
  Pages 161-184
By RESOLUTION, discontinue providing the Community Development Director with authority to utilize prosecutorial discretion in the application of the temporary sign requirements.


15. Consideration of Adopting a City Charter  Pages 185-214
    
    Discussion item, provide direction to staff.
    
    
16. Ad Hoc Streetscape History and Art Advisory Committee Recommendations  Pages 215
    
    By MOTION, approve the concept of the third interpretive sign at Central Square.
    

ADJOURNMENT

Materials related to an item on this Agenda submitted to the Council after distribution of the agenda packet are available for public inspection in the City Clerk’s Office, 1225 Lincoln Way, Room 8, Auburn, CA 95603 during normal business hours.

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