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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPCDC Minutes 01/14/1980"J 2 �1 1980 MINUTES PETALUMA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION Monday, January 14, 1980 ROLL CALL - 4:00 p.m. Present - Balshaw, Battaglia, Bond, Cavanagh, Perry, Chairman Mattei Absent - Harberson PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE The pledge of allegiance was l,ed by Commissioner Perry. MINUTES The December 10, 1979, minutes were approved as mailed. Slide presentation by Helen Issel The Project Area Chairman showed slides of landscaping of public areas in Petaluma and public areas of other municipalities. She urged the PCDC to consider a more varied and imaginative approach in planning and designing the public walkways and rest areas in our city. The Commission also reviewed a proposed tree planting scheme for the downtown area with considera- tion being given to the planting of certain trees which currently have been approved for front yard plantings but not for street plantings. A new category of trees for planting in the downtown area was suggested. These approved trees would be from an already approved list of front - yard trees. The Commission urged staff (Superintendent of Public Works, Roy Kelly)• to prepare a list of recommended trees that could be planted in the downtown area within a reasonable period of time. Such list should be referred to the City Council for approval. Mahoney Parking Lot Assistant Director John Scharer reported that revi.sed plans for the parking lot and drainage are now in the Engineering Department for checking. Pedestrian Bridge from the west side of Petaluma River to the Eagle Shopping Center area. Commissioner Balshaw reported on a'meeting of his subcommittee held earlier in the day. The committee felt the pedestrian bridge would be a good idea if a parking lot could be developed in the area bounded by Petaluma Blvd. North, Western Avenue, Water Street an.d the present parking lot in the center of the block. Initial contacts with necessary federal agencies will be made to begin the paperwork to change the head of navigation from the most northerly point (Washington Street bridge) to a site towards the Old Petaluma Mill building.