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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPCDC Minutes 02/24/1976PETALUMA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT C014MISSION Minutes ,of Regular Meeting February-,14� 1976 CALL TO ORDER 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. ROLL CALL Present:,:.Commissioners,Brunner,_ Cavanagh, Hilligoss, Mattei, and Chairman Putnam. Absent: :Commissioners Harberson and Perry. APPROVAL OF The minutes of the adjourned meeting of the Petaluma Community MINUTES Development Commission dated January 19, 1976, were approved as recorded. AGREEMENT PCDC Resolution No.. 6, authorizing the execution of a contract RE ADVA14CE OF with the City of..Petaluma to.repay the City for money advanced FUNDS for and on behalf of the Petaluma Community Development Com- PCDC RES #6 mission was approved by 5 affirmative and 2 absentee votes. STAFF REPORTS: INTRODUCTION The Assistant Director, Frank Gray, introduced the members OF STAFF of the staff who would be working with the Petaluma Community MEMBERS Development Commission: Mr. Larry Kennings from EDAW, Inc. Mr. Gray explained Mr. Kennings would be working in the City Hall on Mondays and Tuesdays of each week, and will serve as Planner. The next person -Mr. Gray introduced was Joan Diamond, a student at Sonoma State.College, who would be working as an intern; and Mr. Gray acknowledged the presence of Janie Warman, the Project Manager. CALIFORNIA Ms. Warman stated the staff started working on the project REDEVELOPMENT January 26,.1976, and on that same date the Project Area -Com - SEMINAR mittee met. :his. Warman advised the Commissioners some of the members of. the Committee will be attending the California Redevelopment Seminar, February -u h, and asked if members of the Council planned to attend. Commissioner Mattei advised he and Commissioner Brunner had attended the seminar the previous year and felt it was very worthwhile and recommended more of the Commissioners_ make an .effort to attend this year. Mayor Putnam asked the Commissioners .to advise Mr. Gray before the end of the week if they planned to attend. Commissioner Hilligoss indicated she felt she would be attending the seminar. PROJECT AREA Ms. Warman presented a timetable which would go through June TIMETABLE 28th. The last two weeks were to be reserved for the Planning Commission to review and revise and make recommendations to the Petaluma Community Development Commission. Ms. Warman stated the timetable is flexible and can be changed from time to time. Ms. Warman further stated she hoped to get the public involved in the development processes, and one of the tools to be used would be video taping and having the local cable television broadcast some of the Committee meetings and - hearings. The Executive Director, Robert Meyer, asked Ms. Warman to point out some of the key dates where the Commission would be involved. Ms. Warman stated April 5th is proposed for a joint meeting between the Petaluma Community Development Commission and the Project Area Committee. At this point there would not be a formal plan, but the meeting would be PROJECT AREA concerned with some kind ofworkform where Commissioners TIMETABLE would have the opportunity to suggest alternatives. The draft (continued) plan should be presented.to the Commission at the meeting of May 3rd. Mr. Meyer questioned whether the May 3rd meeting then should not be'scheduled earlier in order to give the Commission ample time to review the plan. Mr. Meyer further suggested that perhaps -.the Commission would want to schedule an earlier afternoon meeting . He stated it probably would not be feasible to plan for a Monday evening when the Council was not meeting because of the involvement in budget sessions and so forth, with which the City Council would be concerned. PROJECT AREA Commissioner Mattei stated he was looking toward a date when COMMITTEE the staff would be able to have'a large majority of the pro- perty owners in the downtown area indicate to the City what plans they would 'agree to. Mr. Mattei further stated there are many people in the area who are vitally concerned with the redevelopment of the downtown. Ms.. Warman stated there were 18 members on the Project Area Committee, and at the last meeting they had a large turnout. She further stated the goal was to have more people involved; not only the merchants, but the property owners.- Mr. Gray indicated he had been contacted by additional people who wished to serve on the Project Area Committee. Mr.Gray further stated plans were being formulated to further involve the property owners and the staff is presently working on the problem. Ms. Warman stated it would be an extension of some of the work already done by Larry Martin. The staff is reviewing the questionnaire and results sent out by Larry Martin, and the information is still useful and being utilized. ADOPT PCDC A schematic drawing of a seal had been presented to the Com - OFFICIAL mission at a prior meeting. The Commission at that time asked SEAL Mr. Gray to bring some alternatives to them for their consider ation. Mr. Gray presented the two alternatives. One of the alternatives was a graphic symbol and the other was a symbol depicting development along with the river. Mr. Gray also presented a rough sketch which would depict the City's town clock. At the conclusion of his presentation A vote was taken and the town :clo.ck:.symbol• was chosen. Mayor Putnam asked to have 'the clock symbol finished, and with the Commission's permission, if it met with the Chairman's approval, the symbol could be approved by her for adoption. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business to come before the Commission, the meeting was adjourned.at 4:45 p.m. Chairman ATTEST: Sec ary