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Home My WebLink AboutCity Council Minutes 08/24/19814~3 ADJOURNED MEETING NOT OFFICIAL UNTIL APPROVED BY THE PETALUMA CITY COUNCIL ~ ~ MINUTES OF MEETING ~(~~ OF CITY COUNCIL _ PETALUMA, CALIFORNIA ~ ~ AUGUST 24, 1981 ~ , ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ROLL CALL 7:00 P.M. Present: Councilmen Perry, Harberson, Battaglia, Balshaw, Bond, Vice-Mayor Cavanagh, Mayor Mattei PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Mayor Mattei led the Pledge of Allegiance. GENERAL PLAN Resolution No. 9262 N.C.S. ratifying and curing certain ELEMENTS AND EDP - technical deficiencies, amending the ecologic resources GRAY ANNEXATION element of the General Plan, the Land Use and Circulation RESO ~~ 9262 NCS elements of the General Plan and Environmental Design Plan to reflect requirements of Flood Insurance Study adopted February 11, 1980 and to amend maps of_ af_oresaid elements to add Floodway Classification and Flood Plain-Combining District Classification. The hearing was opened. There being no comment offered either oral or written, the hearing was closed and a vote taken on the resolution. Introduced by Councilman Harberson; seconded by,Councilman Perry. AYES: PERRY/HARBERSON/BOND/BATTAGLIA/BALSHAW/CAVANAGH/ MAYOR MATTEI AMENDING THE GENERAL Resolution No. 9263 N.C.S. ratifying and curing certain PLAN AND ITS~EDP technical deficiencies in earlier action amending the (WITHIN GRAY General Plan and its Environmental Design Plan Element ANNEXATION) to Designate Property along Petaluma Boulevard North RESO ~~ 9263 NCS (within Gray Annexation) from Planned Residential to Service Commercial. The public hearing was opened. Mr. Winton Baker, property owner, indicated property owned by him was being prezoned Residential rather than Service Commercial. Inasmuch as the zoning by the County was Light Industrial, he opposed the change to Residential district. Staff concurred with Mr. Baker and the Council adopted the change amending the General Plan and EDP. There being no additional oral or written communications, the public hearing was closed. The resolution was introduced by Vice-Mayor Cavanagh; seconded by Councilman Battaglia. AYES: BATTAGLIA/HARBERSON/BOND/BATTAGLIA/CAVANAGH/ MAYOR MATTEI NOE: BALSHAW PREZONING ALONG Adoption of_ Ordinance No. 1479 N.C.S. amending Zoning PETALIJMA,BLVD. NORTH - Ordinance No. 1072 N.C.S. by prezoning certain Assessors GRAY ANNEXATION AREA Parcels and portion of_ certain Assessors Parcels as ORD. 4~1479 NCS precisely described on the attached Exhibit A(Gray Annexation) f rom S, (Study Zone), to C-H, (Highway Commercial) and R-1-6,500 (Single Family Residential). AYES: PERRY/HARBERSON/BATTAGLIA/BOND/CAVANAGH/ MAYOR MATTEI NOES: BALSHAW 4~ AUGUST 24, 1981 At approximately 8:10 p.m. Mayor Mattei and Councilman Battaglia absented themselves from the meeting, both stating as £ollows: "based upon the advice of the City Attorney I have decided not to participate in the governmental decisions regarding the Old Adobe/Frates Ranch Project..." Vice-Mayor Cavanagh chaired this portion of_ the meeting. OLD ADOBE/FRATES RANCH Resolution certifying, approving and adopting the PROJECT - ENVIRON. final Environmental Impact Report and making findings IMPACT REPORT with respect to substantial adverse effects in conneetion RESO ~~ 92b4 NCS with the'Old Adobe/Frates Ranch Project Einal Environmental Impact Report. John Wagstaff of Wagstaff and Brady, Consultants, for the benef_it of the meeting, explained the purpose of a Final Environmental Impact Reporf, stating the procedures for implementing the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) are set forfh on fhe State-Guidelines. Resolution introduced by Councilman Perry; seconded by Couneilman Harberson. AYES: PERRY/HARBERSON/VICE-MAYOR CAVANAGH ' ~ NOES: BOND/BALSHAW ABSENT: BATTAGLIA/MAYOR MATTEI RECESS At 9:30 p.m. the`Council recessed until'9:'40 p.m: AMEND GENERAL PLAN/ Resoluti:on No. 9265 N.C.S. adopting an amendment to EDP ELEMENT OLD ADOBE/ the General Plan and its Environmental Design Plan FRATES R9NCH PROJECT (EDP) Element to designate the property located in RESO ~~ 9265 NCS the vicinity of Frates Road and Lakeville.H~ighway from Planned Residential and Agricultural/Open,Space to. Planned Residential, Industrial and Agr•icultural/Open Space and amendments to major roadways and the urban separator. Planning Director Freitas sho,wed viewfoils of the proposed development, the existing General Plan/EDP, a viewfoil illustrating a golf course in the Denman area as originally planned in 1977. Planning s.taff showed:a viewfoil indicating population trends as af.fected by the cumulative effects of Oakmead and Lakeville business parks proposed in fhe area near the proposed Frates Project. City Engineer Hargis showed transparencies of various traffic patterns, how they would be~affected by the proposed project, and on a cumulative basis if the Oakznead and Lakeville business parks are developed. • The public hearing was opened and the following written testimony received: Position Paper on the Frates Ranch by Councilman John Balshaw, indicating he ` believed the proposed development would be an asset to the City of Petaluma, w~ :~ ~q' `r,,-~~~ hic a~ynrnv^i hu e~cpressing principal concerns: namely, the enlargement of the EDP would open the door for additional residenfial and/or industrial annexation and would disturb the present growth management policy of the City. He further advocated~the need to have an 'industrial.gr.owth management plan'. Letter, dated August 24, 1981, froui John J. Gyves, Superintendent of Schools, Petaluma Elementary and High School District, providing information that ample space is available in the school system to accommodate projected population growth from the proposed development. Letter dated August 18, 1981 from Stuart Hirsh, 522 J Street, Petaluma, expressing to the proposed project because it would reduce agricultural land and expand industrial land uses and requesting the City examine other impacts that would be generated if. the development proceeds. -2- ~ < ~~5 AUGUST 24, 1981 The following persons spoke o^ various aspects of the proposed development: Keith Hayenga, 1582 Creekside Drive, Petal.uma read a~paper relating "to Points of Order and procedural process of hearings before the Planning Commission and City Council. Michael Sweeney, 3325 Primrose, expressed concern about conf.lict between the proposed Frates development and the future airport expansion; that the present design of. the project would jeopardize the funding to be requested from the Metropolitan Transportation Commission. Staff responded that the design of the Frates Ranch did not jeopardize funding. Ned Davis, 7000 Soldier Road, Penngrove, work experience teacher with the Petaluma School District, praised the project because it would provide badly needed employment for young people in the community. Michael Davis, 525 Sonoma Drive, "job opportunity is emotionally appealing" other new industry coming into Petaluma is a factor that provides employment; he noted light industry is in trouble in other parts of the State and when businesses do not develo.p, the community is obligated to supply services to residential development anyway. Gene Benedetti, 8990 Poplar Avenue, Cotati, indicated that a well-planned project would be benef.icial to the community; that "there will not be a shortage of milk in Sonoma County" and the proposed golf course would make a good buffer for the City. Pat Carlone, 152 Jeffrey Drive, Petaluma, voiced opposition to the project and presented a f.older of petitions stating "over 1,000 had been collected in under 24 hours..." further stating "I believe you are out of touch with what the community wants and does not want..." Arthur Parent, Tenth Street, Petaluma, and former City of Petaluma Mayor, said he was "disturbed greatly because every time something nice is proposed for the community...people come out of the bushes to stop it...". He stated he thought the development would be one of the nicest things to happen to Petaluma. Wayne Williams, 920 St. Francis Drive, Petaluma, expressed concern that the proposed development would generate too many students at Casa Grande High School, and the negative impacts of the development should require citizen decision making. Robert W. Sharp, Sebastopol, representing the Western County Rural Alliance, expressed concern that the project "would affect the quality of life" in Sonoma County. Joseph Tinney, 116 Suncrest Drive, Petaluma, f_avored the project and referred to it as "controlled, planned growth..." William Kortum, 180 Ely Road, Petaluma expressed concern this project and others proposed in the County will take away the agricultural land necessary to Sonoma County. . RECESS At 11:15 p.m•. Council recessed until 11:25 p.m. FRATES RANCH Comments (cont.) Rita Cardoza, 5869 Lakeville Highway, Petaluma, indicated "adobe land and oat hay crops are not marginal" for farming. -3- 4~~ AUGUST 24, 1981 Charles Carson, $20 Bodega, Petaluma, spoke in favor of the project. Lynn Woolsey, 923 "B" Street, spoke in opposition to the project, indicating Petaluma has too much industrial land. • , , Adrian Swenson, Cotati, representing the Envirqnmental Forum of Sonoma County objected to the project as "being an invasion on agricultural land..." James Sullivan, 920 Bodega, Petaluma spoke about the cumulative effect of'this project together with other projects proposed for the County and the impacts having a"domino effect" on growth, land use, etc. Bill Murphy, applicant, and developer of the project spoke; invited interested parties to meet with himself and Mr. Bi11~White to discuss the development. Joe Milner, Petaluma, spoke and indicated that "s group favoring the project is also circulating petitions'...some 1400 persons are in favor of the project." The hearing was closed and a vote was taken on the resolution. Int~roduced by Councilman Perry; seconded by Councilman Harberson. ' AYES: PERRY/HARBERSON/BOND/VIC~E-MAYOR CAVANAGH " NOES: BALSHAW .. ~, f3S"rA l N. ~ ABSENT: BAT AGLIA/MAYOR MATTEI ~ ~oN~ ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 12:35 a.'m. Attest: ~ ~ ~ ' , ~ ~~~ Deputy City Clerk ~ ~ , Vice-Mayor -4-