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Home My WebLink AboutPCDC Minutes 11/08/1976REGULAR MEETING ROLL CALL APPROVAL OF MINUTES NOV. 1 9 1978 PETALUMA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT�COMMI.SSION Minutes of Meeting Monday, November 8, 1976 - 4:00 p.m. The Regular Meeting of the Petaluma Community Development Commission was called to order by Chairman Helen Putnam at the hour of 4:00 p.m. Present: Commissioners Brunner, Cavanaghr. , Harbes.on,_Hilligoss, Mattei, Perry, and -Chairman Putnam The minutes of October 12, 1976, were approved as mailed. REVITALIZATION PROGRAM -- DISCUSSION OF WORKSHOP`PACKET` POLICY ON AREA Project Manager Janie Warman stated the purpose of the meeting CITIZENS' was for the staff and the citizens' committee to receive INVOLVEMENT policy decisions regarding redevelopment from the Petaluma Community Development Commission. Ms. Warman stated the area citizens' involvement is comprised of the Project Area Committee which meets two times each month and which has a steady communication with the Downtown Merchants' Association. She then -reviewed the alternatives out- lined on page 8 of the packet which had been prepared for the Commission and which was dated October 26, 1976, a copy of which.is.on_file_with the Recording Secretary. Ms. Warman reviewed the methodology for input for private and public projects, Alternatives I, II, and III. Commissioner Harberson indicated his -preference would be for -Alternative III, and he would like to see some sort of interplay between the Project Area Committee and the staff and for this combination to come up with a proposal to be given to the PCDC. He also felt.the-Project Area Committee could independentlybring -a project to the Commission as these are the people who are most heavily involved and who would be paying the cost of.the rehabilitation process. He felt the staff should be used as research people to come up with some ideas and to put the plans together, but the people who own and operate the businesses in the downtown area should provide their own plans -independently. Ms. Warman stated this is the system now being used, and from her contact with -the Project Area Committee, she feels this is the course of action they would like to take. There was general discussion regarding the makeup of the Project Area Committee. Executive Director Robert Meyer suggested the committee remain as an ad hoc committee and not officially -appointed, which would:require supplying staff. Commissioner Mattei recommended that as specific projects are suggested, the makeup.of the..committee should,be from those.persons_who.would have a vested interest in the proximity. In response to a ques.tion.by Chairman Putnam as to the composition of the present Project Area.Committee-and the scope of their undertaking, Deputy Director Frank Gray stated the present Project Area Committee is an ad hoc committee of property owners, merchants, -and the public at large who have.an interest in the area who have asked the .Commission for,an opportunity to be recognized as the.official Project Area Commit.tee.... Their membership was determined by themselves -and not at the City's direction. Mr. Gray stated the Project Area Committee has recommended to follow the suggestion made by Commissioner Mattei that.they not work as a whole but divide into special interests as they approach a specific project. General Counsel Matthew Hudson also cautioned against making the Project Area Committee a formal committee as it might make the members subject to the provisions of the Brown Act. The more formal the committee would become, --the more likely it would be subject to City or staff intrusion on their independence. Executive Director Robert Meyer also stated if a formal committee was formed, the City may have to either provide staff or they could go out and hire their own staff for which the Commission would have to pay expenses. At the conclusion of the discussion, it was the consensus of the.Commission that the ad hoc committee structure continue. It was suggested, in addition to property owners and merchants from the area, that consumers also be included in the ad hoc committee. Mr. Gray stated two of the members on the Project Area Committee represented con- sumers, one was Joan Paddor from the AAUW and the other was Carolyn Geiger, a teacher at Casa Grande High School, who regularly shop in the downtown area. Their input tc the Committee as consumers was very important. 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Project Manager Janie Warman. -stated the staff was looking for COMMITTEE AND direction from the Commission regarding site design review CRITERIA for projects in the downtown..area. She asked the following: 1) Should a member of. .the. agency's staff attend the design review for proposals for-_c.onstxuction and rehabilitation in the Project.Area; and, 2) Would the PCDC want to.establish the downtown area as a demonstration point for a stronger sign ordinance. .Ms. Warman also questioned whether or not the Commission would want to establish some type -of theme..for__the.., downtown area. There was_.a.great deal of discussion regarding the.makeup of the site design review committee, and.it was determined that since the PAC is an informal committee, it may be well to have a.member of the staff accompany the applicant to the site design review.of any proposed project in the Central Business District. The Commission did not feel a distinct and separate site design review committee should be established. Mr. Vincent De Carli, owner of the Lan Mart Building,, was present during the discussion and suggested.a.theme be.established for each distinct area in the downtown. His Lan Mart..Building_which..faces on Petaluma Boulevard now -has an 1876 theme; whereas, the back.portion of the building facing on Kentucky.Street is a 1930 building. Executive Director.Robert Meyer suggested that the Commission look at establishing theme criteria on a block -by -block basis, and this would_keep.the downtown area 'from becoming a monotonous, one type of theme. Project Manager Janie Warman suggested the block -by -block theme be referred to the Project Area Committee for their review and recommendation. PRIORITIES: DISCUSSION.ON COMPARISON FACTORS Project Manager Janie..Warman::refexred to the comparison factors on pages 19, 20, 21, and 22 in the packet prepared for the Commission. It was determined the Commissioners should com- plete the questionnaire.and return them to Project Manager Janie Warman by the following.week. . The Commission thendiscussed#2 alternatives on page 7 of the packet which had been provided for them. On item #1 they had already made. a..d.ecision to address themes for the Core Area. On items 2, 3, and 4, they felt_the.redevelopment should place focus not only on the financial business district but on:the retail for Petaluma.citizens and on the.tourist trade. It was felt that all..three-of.these categories should be encouraged. With.reference to items 5, 6,.and..7__on..parking whether.to have assessment district, tax.increment only, or a combination of. -'tax, -increment and assessment district, the Commission.detezmined item 7 wouldprobably be.the most logical.way for the. parking district to be accomplished.. On item...&, beautification, the consensus..was-a "yes" vote; item 9, a separate. -site -.design review board, the consensus was..a."no1° vote; item 10, to use the.existing..site design review and add additional.members, the Commission voted "yes".; item 11,, to rehabilitate old buildings in the downtown area, the consensus was a._ "yes:' vote; item 12, new/modern buildings.encouraged, "yes"; item 13, blend of old..and new, "yes"; on item 14, focus on architectural.design criteria, the Commission.made.no definite committment on this but the.feeling was that no set standards should be established; on item 15, for the Project Area.Committee to generate ideas, Chairman Putnam felt that all people interested in the area should generate ideas. Since.the hour was getting late and the Petaluma.Community Development Commission would be.reconvening as the City Council, Executive Director Robert Meyer suggested the Petaluma Community Development Commission should have a study session of at least two or three -hours -to formulate the ensuing phases of the Redevelopment Plan. Some discussion -was held whether or not to have the meeting during the afternoon or morning. No definite date was scheduled. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business to come before the Commission, the meeting was adjourned at 5:45 p.m. Chairman Attest: Record' g Secretary -3-