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Resolution No. 2001-044 N.C.S.
of the City of Petaluma, California
AMENDING RESOLUTION 00-220 N.C.S. AND RESOLUTION 00-221 N.C.S.
DELETING THE RESPECTIVE FINDINGS, MITIGATION MEASURE AND
CONDITION OF APPROVAL IN SUPPORT OF REQUIRING THE DEDICATION AND
CONSTRUC'T'ION OF A BICYCLE/PEDESTRIAN PATH FROM SUNNYSLOPE ROAD
TO SUNNYHILL DRIVE AS PART OF THE APPROVAL OF THE RIDGEVIEW
HEIGHTS SUBDIVISION (APN 019-201-006 & 025)
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission held a public hearing on the proposed Tentative
Subdivision Map, PUD Development Standards, and Mitigated Negative Declaration for the
proposed Ridgeview Heights Subdivision, on June 22, 1999; and
WHEREAS, at the end of the public hearing the Planning Commission voted 6-0 to recommend
that the City Council adopt a Mitigated Negative Declaration and approve the project; and
WHEREAS, the City Council held public hearings on the proposed project on August 16th,
August 23ra, November 15, 1999, and May 15, 2000 and additional deliberations following the
close of the public hearirig on November 20th and December 11, 2000 after giving notice of said
hearing, in the manner, for the period, and in the form required by Ordinance No. 1072 N.C.S.,
as amended; and
WHEREAS, on December 21, 2000, the City Council, by a vote of 5-0 (with 2 absent),
approved Resolution 00-220 N.C.S. adopting a Mitigated Negative Declaration and Mitigation
Monitoring Report for the Ridgeview Heights Tentative Map and PUD Development Standards
and by the same vote approved Resolution 00-221 N.C.S. approving the Tentative Map and PUD
Development Standards for Ridgeview Heights; and
WHEREAS, Resolution 00-220 N.C.S. contained a finding (Finding No. 8) and a
Transportation/Circulation mitigation measure (Mitigation Measure No. 3) in support of
requiring a bicyclelpedestrian path across the proposed subdivision and the "remaining lands of
Beatie" (the property owner and subdivider); and
WHEREAS, Resolution 00-221 N.C.S. contained a finding (Finding No. 7) and a condition of
approval (Planning Department Condition of Approval No. 21) requiring abicycle/pedestrian
path across the proposed subdivision and the "remaining lands of Beatie"; and
WHEREAS, on January 16, 2001, the City Council, by a vote of 4-3, approved a motion to
reconsider its decision to approve Resolutions 00-220 N.C.S. and 00-221 N.C.S.; and
WHEREAS, on February, 20, 2001, the City Council, following a duly noticed public hearing,
by a vote of 4-3, approved a motion to delete the requirement of the bicycle/pedestrian path
across the Ridgeview Heights subdivision and the "remaining lands of Beatie".
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NOW, TI~EREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that that City Council of the City of Petaluma
hereby amends Resolution 00-220 N.C.S. and deletes the following provisions of said
Resolution:
Findings:
8. That based on the evidence in the record presented during the course of the public
hearings before the City Council, the City Council has determined that the proposed
development will have traffic, traffic safety and air quality impacts resulting from
anticipated vehicle trips on the local road system and has determined that a
bicycle/pedestrian connection between Sunnyslope Road and Sunnyhill Drive will
mitigate those impacts to a level that is less than significant. Said evidence of potential
environmental impacts includes:
a) The average single-family household generates 10 vehicle trips per day, or 90
potential trips per day for the proposed 9-lot subdivision (Institute of
Transportation Engineers, Trip Generation Manual, 6th Edition, 1997) ;
b) Most daily vehicle trips are less than five miles in length and as a result generate
far more air pollution than trips in excess of five miles (California Air Resources
Board, "Land Use Air Quality Linkage", 1997, p.2) ;
c) Each one-percent reduction in vehicle trips can result in a two to four-percent
reduction in air pollution emissions (Victoria Transport Policy Institute,
"Quantifying the Benefits ofNon-Motorized Transport", 1999, p.4);
d) A lack of safe, convenient bicycle/pedestrian connections between neighborhoods
and schools, shopping, parks and other facilities "thwart attempts to increase
walking and bicycling and force pedestrians and bicyclists onto arterial and
collector streets" (Petaluma Bicycle Plan, p. 5), increasing the potential for
conflicts with motor vehicles and the potential for accidents.
Transportation/Circulation Miti ate:
3. A public bicycle/pedestrian connection shall be provided between Sunnyslope Road and
Sunnyhill Drive comprised of the proposed public street„ the public drainage easement
across Lot 6 and an easement across the westerly edge of the "Remaining Lands of
Beatie."
BE IT FURT>FIER RESOLVED that the City Council hereby amends Resolution 00-221
N.C.S. and deletes the following provisions of said Resolution:
Findings:
7. That the City Council has determined that the addition of a bicycle/pedestrian connection
between Sunnyslope Road and Sunnyhill Drive across the proposed subdivision and the
"Remaining Lands of Beatie" will result in the project being consistent with Goal 2 of
the Petaluma General Plan Transportation Element to "improve safety on all streets" and
Goal 4 to "reduce dependence on the auto by integrating, to the extent feasible,
alternative transportation modes as a fundamental component of the City's transportation
system", as well as with Program 30 of the Petaluma General Plan Transportation
Element to "develop and implement a system of off-road bike paths"; Program 31 to
"expand and improve bicycle routes and connect them to each other and to major
destinations"; Program 33 which requires "new development and redevelopment to
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include bicycle routes and parking facilities"; and Policy 14.2 of the Community
Character Element requiring "new development to include pedestrian and bicycle
circulation within and through the site to connect ex-fisting and/or planned Citywide
pedestrian and/or bicycle networks."
Planning Department Condition of Approval:
21. A bicycle/pedestrian path shall be provided between Sunnyslope Road and Sunnyhill
Drive. Said path shall include the following components: the proposed public street to be
constructed as part of the subdivision; the proposed public drainage easement on Lot 6; and
an easement to be dedicated along the westerly edge of the "Remaining Lands of Beatie" in
the general location shown on attached Exhibit "B". The proposed drainage easement on
Lot 6 shall be dedicated at a sufficient width to accommodate abicycle/pedestrian path
consistent with City standards and this portion of the path shall be constructed as part of the
other required public improvements of the subdivision. Prior to approval of the final map,
the property owner of the "Remaining Lands of Beatie" shall make an irrevocable offer of
dedication of an easement for that portion of the bicycle/pedestrian path on the "Remaining
Lands of Beatie". The City shall not exercise said offer of dedication until such time as the
ownership of the property transfers from the current owner (Dr. and Mrs. Jerome Beatie) or
their heirs. The final map shall include the location and design of the entire
bicycle/pedestrian path, including suitable, convenient access to and from Sunnyhill Drive
on the north and the proposed public street on the south, subject to the review and approval
of the City's Bicycle Advisory Committee.
BE IT FiJRTHER RESOLVED that all other findings, mitigation measures and conditions of
approval found in Resolutions 00-220 N.C.S. and 00-221 N.C.S., respectively, shall remain in
full force and effect as stated.
Under the power and authority conferred upon this Council by the Charter of said City.
REFERENCE: I hereby certify the foregoing Resolution was introduced and adopted by the Approved as to
Council of the City of Petaluma at a Regular meeting on February 20, 2001,
by the following vote:
City Attorney
AYES: O'Brien, Healy, Moynihan, Mayor Thompson
47 NOES: Torliatt, Maguire, Vice Mayor Thompson
48 ABSENT: None
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50 ATTEST: ~.vt. ~ ,.
51 City Clerk` ~ E. lark Tho
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