HomeMy WebLinkAboutStaff Report 10.B 01/22/2007CITY OF PETALUMA, CALIFORNIA
AGENDA BILL
Agenda Title:
DRAFT GENERAL PLAN 2025 and DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACT REPORT
Continued public hearing— Update and Questions
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January 22, 2007
Meeting Date:
22 January 2007
Meeting Time: ❑ 3:00 PM
® 7:00 PM
Category : ❑ Presentation ❑ Consent Calendar ® Public }searing ❑ Unfinished Business ❑ New Business
Department: Director: Contact Person: Phone Number:
General Plan Pamela Tuft, C[' Pamela Tui 77$-4552
Administration �-� ` �
Cost of Proposal: Professional Services Contract with Dyett & Bhatia, Account Number:
not to exceed $1,356,000.
Amount Budgeted: $1,356,000 plus Water Resources EIement and
Water Master Plans
Attachments to Agenda Packet Item:
Current Continued Public Hearing Schedule (updated January 3, 2007).
Summary Statement:
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Name of Fund:
General Fund, General Plan
Administration — Professional Services
As with many planning topics Petaluma has had a very active citizenry in the development of the Draft General
Plan 2025. Beginning in late 2001 with community visioning, extending through parcel -specific studies on many
topics (e.g. land use, water use, traffic generation, impervious ratios, etc.), extensive community involvement in
the Draft Land Use Plan, and numerous workshops and hearings with all appointed Committees and
Commissions, the work effort reflects the input of hundreds of citizens and appointed officials representing the
Council and the community.
As the new Council begins its governance of the community, including the adoption of the vision document to
guide the City for the next twenty -plus years, this meeting offers the Council an opportunity to be brought current
with the progress and work effort to date and to ask questions. The current schedule of continued hearings was
distributed last week, but is recopied as an attachment to this report. At the conclusion of their public hearings
the Planning Commission's recommendations will be forwarded within a red -lined draft General Plan for
consideration and direction by the Council.
Recommended City Council Action/Suggested Motion:
Update of General Plan 2025 adoption progress is provided for Council information; comments are welcome, no
action is requested.
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CITY OF PETALUMA, CALIFORNIA
22 JANUARY 2007
AGENDA REPORT
FOR
DRAFT GENERAL PLAN 2025 AND DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT
CONTINUED PUBLIC HEARING—UPDATE AND QUESTIONS
1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.-
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UMMARY:
As with many planning topics Petaluma has had a very active citizenry in the development of the Draft
General Plan 2025. Beginning in late 2001 with community visioning, extending through parcel -
specific studies on many topics (e.g. land use, water use, traffic generation, impervious ratios, etc.),
extensive community involvement in the Draft Land Use Plan, and numerous workshops and hearings
with all appointed Committees and Commissions, the work effort reflects the input of hundreds of
citizens and appointed officials representing the Council and the community.
As the new Council begins its governance of the community, including the adoption of the vision
document to guide the City for the next twenty -plus years, this meeting offers the Council an opportunity
to be brought current with the progress and work effort to date and to ask questions. The current
schedule of continued hearings was distributed last week, but is recopied as an attachment to this report.
At the conclusion of their public hearings the Planning Commission's recommendations will be
forwarded within a red -lined draft General Plan for consideration and direction by the Council.
2. BACKGROUND:
In June 2001 the City Council authorized the revised budget and consultant services contract with Dyett
& Bhatia to assist in the preparation of the next General Plan, anticipated to be a three to four-year work
effort. The authorization allowed the General Plan Executive Team, made up of City department
directors, to actively pursue the research necessary to inventory the community's assets and to work
with the consultant teams to involve citizens in the kick-off visioning workshops as identified in the
approved General Plan Scope of Work (both completed during 2001 and 2002). Changes to the
contracts for greatly expanding the water related tasks resulted in the preparation of the following
components and General Plan Appendix documents: Black & Veatch and West Consultants (Surface
Water), West Yost & Associates (Groundwater), and Dodson (Water Demand & Supply Analysis,
Recycled Water).
The Land Use and Mobility Alternatives Report was presented to the City Council in February 2004 and
released to the public. Two public workshops were hosted (March and April 2004) to receive public
comment. A Notice of Preparation (NOP) for the General Plan Draft Environmental Impact Report
(DEIR) was published and a Scoping Session was held in August 2004 to allow early public input into
the content of the Environmental Impact Report. The Planning Commission worked through and agreed
upon General Plan Guiding Principles.
Based on the Commission's discussions and feedback a Draft Preferred Land Use Plan was prepared.
The Planning Commission also hosted a total of ten public workshops from June 2004 through January
2005 for consideration of the Draft Land Use Plan. The City Council hosted six workshops from
February through June 2005, resulting in numerous comments and direction for the Land Use Plan to be
included in the Draft General Plan and discussed in the Draft EIR. The completion of the Draft Land
Use Plan allowed the conclusion of all analyses of buildout impacts, including substantial work on water
resource components, and the preparation of the draft General Plan. The Administrative Draft General
Plan was received in February 2006 for review by City staff. Substantial rewriting and reformatting of
the document occurred while the Administrative Draft Environmental Impact Report was being
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finalized. The Draft General Plan 2025 document was released in July 2006, followed by the Draft
Environmental Impact Report in early September 2006. In the six months since publication, over thirty
workshops and hearings have been held on the documents by the various appointed Committees and
Commissions for review of the GP elements within their areas of authority.
Hearings have begun at the City Council to facilitate early review and understanding of the complex
documents. Although no direction has been requested from the City Council, questions have been posed
and public input has been welcomed. Holding the Council's consideration of the Draft General Plan as
formal public hearings assures the public that any comments offered constitute testimony as part of the
public record.
3. ALTERNATIVES:
A) Update of General Plan 2025 adoption progress is provided for Council information; comments are
welcome, no action is requested.
B) Provide direction amending the current schedule or process.
4. FINANCIAL IMPACTS:
The budgeted authorization for Dyett & 13hatia has been nearly expended due to the extended time
period for preparation and public participation. Preparation of the final documents will largely rest with
City staff.
Costs associated with the implementation of the General Plan 2025 will be addressed within the
Implementation Plan, currently being drafted as part of the General Plan and Final ETR package.
5. CONCLUSION:
The Planning Commission is wrapping up its review of the Draft documents; hearings are currently
scheduled through February. At the conclusion of the hearings their recommendations will be
forwarded within a red -lined draft General Plan for consideration by the Council. Continued City
Council hearings are scheduled through March, when it is hoped that the City Council will provide
direction toward the preparation of the final documents.
6. OUTCOMES OR PERFORMANCE A'IEASUREMENTS THAT WILL IDENTIFY SUCCESS OR COMPLETION:
Staff will continue to facilitate the completion of the public hearing schedule for consideration of the
Draft General Plan 2025 and Draft Environmental Impact Report. The Final General Plan 2025 and
Environmental Impact documents will be prepared in accordance with direction received from the City
Council following conclusion of the Planning Commission hearings. The Final documents will be
presented to the Planning Commission and community for consideration and recommendation to return
to the Council for consideration and adoption.
7. RECOMMENDATION:
Update of General Plan 2025 adoption progress is provided for Council information; comments are
welcome, no action is requested.
Attachment: Current Continued Public Hearing Schedule (updated January 3, 2007).
Background information available, at request, includes the earliest visioning workshops; Existing Conditions,
Opportunities and Challenges Report; Land Use & Mobility Alternatives Report, and minutes of all Committee and
Commission meetings.
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You are invited to attend the following scheduled Public Hearings on the
Draft General Plan and Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR):
City Council
Date
Location
Time
Topics*
l Jan. 22, 2007
City Hall
7 PM
Update, Q&A
I Feb. 51"
City Hall
7 PM
Mobility
l Feb. 2e
City Hall
7 PM
Land Use & Topics
l March 5`"
City Hall
7 PM
Land Use & Topics
March 19'
City Hall
7 PM
GP Redline & EIR
Planning Commission
Date
Location
Time
Topics*
l Jan. 9, 2007
City Hall
7 PM
Mobility & Draft EIR
Jan. 23'
City Hall
7 PM
Topics
l Feb. 13`"
City Hall
7 PM
Draft GP Redline
Feb. 27`"
City Hall
7 PM
I Draft EIR & Direction to staff
*Topics are tentative and subject to change. Citizens are welcome to comment on any
General Plan or DER topic at any hearing.
The purpose of the hearings is to discuss and receive public comments on the
Draft General Plan 2025 and Draft EIR.
The City's General Plan is a collection of goals, policies, and programs that will
guide the development of Petaluma for the next 20 years and beyond. These
hearings are integral in the General Plan adoption process and will give you the
opportunity to understand the community s input into the drafting of the
documents and participate in the plan that will guide development and ensure
the quality of our community for generations to come.
If you would like to purchase or borrow a copy of the Draft General Plan, Draft
Environmental Impact Report or the Technical Appendix documents, or have
questions, please contact the General Plan Administration Office at 778-4552.
Additional hearings may be scheduled, watch for notices and news articles.
Following conclusion of the Public Hearing process, City
staff and the consultant team will prepare the Final
General Plan and Final Environmental Impact Report
documents. Public hearings will be held by the
Planning Commission and City Council on these
documents before the EIR is certified and the General
Plan is adopted by the City Council.
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