HomeMy WebLinkAboutPCDC Minutes 01/16/2001I City of Petaluma, California
2 Minutes of a Regular
3 Petaluma Community Development Commission Meeting
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6 Tuesday, January 16, 2001
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9 The Petaluma Community Development Commission met on this date at 3:00 p.m. in the
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12 ROLL CALL
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14 PRESENT: Vice Chair Cader-Thompson, Commissioners Healy, Maguire, Moynihan,
15 O'Brien, Chair Thompson, and Commissioner Torliatt
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17 ABSENT: None
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19 PUBLIC COMMENT
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21 Wayne Vieler spoke regarding his concerns about the Basin Street Turning Basin project
22 planned for 'B' Street, and its compliance with the establishment of various parking
23 garages throughout the area set forth in the guidelines in the Central Petaluma Specific
24 Plan. He stated that the project did not address how it would benefit the central downtown
25 and how it would impact the central downtown with regards to parking, both parking lost
26 and additional parking provided.
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28 COMMISSION COMMENT
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30 Commissioner Torliatt thought the City needed to have a complete infrastructure
31 assessment for the Central Petaluma Specific Plan (Plan); that is, how much it would cost
32 to put the infrastructure the City needed in place. City Management had been given
33 direction to return with additional information for the Plan and she wanted the infrastructure
34 assessment included as part of the analysis for the Council to know what the cost was, for
35 example, three parking structures or the first per square foot, including storm water and
36 sewer, and water lines.
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38 Commissioner Moynihan asked that a review of the City's unreinforced masonry structure
39 program be scheduled on a future Petaluma Community Development Agency agenda.
40 He wanted to know how many buildings had been retrofitted and how many were still
41 unreinforced. He also wanted assurance that all persons who successfully participated in
42 the program received their reimbursements.
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City of Petaluma, California
Minutes of a Regular
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Tuesday, January 16, 2001
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Vice Chair Cader-Thompson agreed with Commissioner Torliatt's request and Mr. Vieler's
comments. She expressed her concern about how full the garbage cans were downtown
and asked that City Management work with the downtown merchants.
Commissioner Maguire noted that the Council requested that City Management provide
more specific information about infrastructure needs and costs relative to the Central
Petaluma Specific Plan.
MINUTES
May 17 and October 18, 1999;
May 15 and December 11, 2000
Commissioner Torliatt noted misspelled names on page 2 of the minutes of May 15, 2000:
line 9 should read Marty Bennett, and line 17 Jim Burchill.
Commissioners Moynihan and O'Brien noted that they would abstain from voting on the
minutes, as they were not members of the Commission at the time of the meetings.
MOTION: Commissioner Cader-Thompson moved, seconded by Maguire, to approve
the minutes with corrections as submitted.
MOTION
PASSED: 5/0/2 (Moynihan and O'Brien abstained)
NEW BUSINESS
1. Resolution Accepting the 1999/00 Petaluma Community Development Commission
(P.C.D.C) Annual Report.
Finance Director Bill Thomas explained that the State of California required that an
annual report be presented to the legislative body each year. Components of the
report were:
■ Financial Statements as of June 30, 2000.
■ Annual Report of Financial Transactions, as sent to the State Controller's Office.
■ Schedule HCD, the housing portion of the report, also sent to the Controller's
Office.
The specific items of compliance were listed in the Executive Summary as items one
through seven.
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Minutes of a Regular
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Tuesday, January 16, 2001
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I MOTION: Commissioner Maguire moved, seconded by Cader-Thompson, to
2 adopt Resolution 01-001 accepting the 1999/00 Petaluma Community
3 Development Commission (P.C.D.C) Annual Report.
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6 PASSED: 7/0
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8 2. Discussion and Possible Action Accepting Preliminary Report to Council, Draft
9 Environmental Impact Report, and Draft Amended Central Business District Project
10 Area Plan and Authorization to Distribute Same to Taxing Entities as Required By
11 Law (Marangella)
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13 Economic Development Director Paul Marangella stated that the item for
14 consideration was start of a process to amend the Central Business District Project
15 Area. He provided background information and reviewed documents included in the
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18 Resolution adopting the plan being presented.
19 Preliminary document for the Plan Amendment process as prepared by Seifel &
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21 Draft Environmental Report prepared by Wagstaff Associates, the draft report
22 that documents the environmental impact of the project. The recommendation
23 was to receive the report and allow City Management to circulate it among the
24 taxing agencies.
25 Draft Amended Restated Redevelopment Plan for the Central Business District,
26 a document prepared by the City Attorney's Office, a legal document that was
27 required by State law. It restated the development plan.
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29 Public hearings would occur circulating the documents; every property owner in the
30 affected district would be noticed. Explanations about the intent of the expansion,
31 what impact it may have, was given at two noticed meetings with property owners
32 that had all ready occurred. He noted that the meetings were fairly well attended
33 with approximately 30 people present each time and that the primary concern
34 seemed to focus around the inclusion of the power of imminent domain contained in
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37 MOTION: Commissioner Healy moved, seconded by Chair Thompson, to adopt
38 Resolution 01-002 accepting the Preliminary Report to Council, Draft
39 Environmental Impact Report, and Draft Amended Central Business
40 District Project Area Plan and Authorization to Distribute Same to
41 Taxing Entities as Required By Law.
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43 MOTION
44 PASSED: 6/0/1 (Moynihan voting "No")
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Tuesday, January 16, 2001
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The meeting adjourned at 4:00 P.M.
E. Clark Thompson, Commission Chair
ATTEST
Beverly I Kline, Recording Secretary
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Tuesday, January 16, 2001
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