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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Minutes 07/05/1977ie3 MINUTES OF MEETING OF CITY COUNCIL PETALUMA, CALIFORNIA, JULY 5y 1977 REGULAR MEETING The Regular Meeting of the Petaluma City Council was called to or=der by Mayor Helen Putnam at the hour of 7:35 p.m. ROLL CALL Present.: Councilmen Balshaw, Bond, Cavanagh, Harberson, Hilligoss, Perry and Mayor Putnam. Absent None. INVOCATION The Reverend Ken Sanders of the.Church of the Open Door gave the invocation. PLEDGE OF'ALLEGIANCE Petaluma High School senior student Bill Hogins of 30 Berger Lane led the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. COUNCIL REORGANIZATION Mayor: Putnam noted this was the first meeting for the newly constituted Council of the City of Petaluma. She had intended to make a statement prior to the Council meeting, however, before coming down to the City Hall she had a visit from former Councilman Fred Mattei who gave her a letter to be read to the City Council. Mayor Putnam read the letter in its entirety (letter on file with the City Clerk). City Attorney Larry Klose,read from the section of the,City Code which indi- cated the Vice -Mayor or Vice - President of the City Council shall be elected by members of the City Council for a period of one year No member of the Council shall serve consecutive terms; as Vice - President. Mayor Putnam then called for nominations for the office of V -ice- President of the Petaluma City Council. Councilman Cavanagh.nominated Councilman William A. Perry, Jr. and Councilman Hilligoss nominated Councilman James L. Harberson, Councilman Cavanagh then moved the nominations be closed. In the ensuing vote, Councilman Perry was elected Vice - President of the City Council for fiscal year 1977 -78 by a four - to- three vote. RESOLUTION,APPOINT_ING Resolution No. 7810A appointing William A..Perry, Jr. WILLIAM. PERRY, JR. Vice -Mayor of the Petaluma. City Council for fiscal year D7 VICE -MAYOR 1977 -78 was introduced by Councilman Harberson, seconded RES #7810A by Councilman Hilligoss and adopted by 7=affirmative votes. After the selection of the Vice-Mayor, Mayor Putnam then asked the remaining Councilmen to draw numbers for the seating arrangement for the year. CONSENT CALENDAR There was a brief discussion regarding Item No. 7 on the Consent Calendar, the ,approval of the lot line adjustment for Golden Land Realty at 501 East Washington Street. City Attorney Larry Klose advised a condition should be placed on the resolution prior to having the lot line adjustment recorded to require that a 60 -foot frontage be maintained on Assessor's Parcel No., 7- 081 -25. No further discussion was held on the Consent Calendar and a motion was made by Vice-Mayor Perry, seconded by Councilman Hilligoss file Item #1, the ABC application for Petaluma Delica- tessen, #2 introduce the Wastewater- Ordinance for posting, #3 introduce the amendments to the Water Ordinance for publication and adopt the resolutions -- Items #4 thru #8. Motion carried unanimously. Agenda Item #I ABC APPLICATION— 'PETALUMA DELICATESSEN 148 KENTUCKY ST., . Agenda Item #2 INTRODUCE ORDANANCE AMENDING TITLE 15 OF THE PETALUMA MUNICIPAL CODE =- WPYSTEWATER REGULA- TION AND REVENUE ORD 41251 NCS ABC application, 'Petaluma Delicatessen, 148 Kentucky F 8 Street, ori sale beer and wine,eating place, person -to - V person transfer from Helmut and Elisabeth Lemke to Erika.Lohrmann and John Szoke, was ordered filed. Ordinance 41251 N.C.S: of the City of Petaluma amending Title of the Petaluma Municipal Code by repealing Chapter `15.32, 15,.44•, 15.48, 15.52 and 15.56 thereof, and adopting new Chapters 15.•44 through 15.72 to provide a comprehensive system of wastewater regulation and revenue to. support construction and operation of the Wastewater Disposal System, was introduced and ordered posted. 1 .44 July 5, 1977 Agenda Item #3 Ordinance #1252 N_C_. of the City of Petaluma amending AMEND WATER S'ec'tions 15.08.010, 15.:08.040 and 15.16.040 of the ORDINANCE =- PROVIDE Petaluma Municipal Code ('the Water Ordinance), to PER4ITS SET BY provide that charges for permits shall be set by reso- RESOLUTION lution oL the City Council, revising they amount of ORD #1252 NCS' credit for water service for .fire protection service, and further to increase the quantity rate.,, was intro- duced and ordered published. AQend`a Item #4 Resolution 47811 N.C. authorizing the:Mayor to sign Water Well Agreements with Williams and Aguirre, Inc. for M•iwok Manor Subdivision; Feature Homes., Inc. for Casa de Arroyo, Units #1 and #2 and future Sunrise Subdivision; and ,Qantas Development Corpotat =ion for Park Place Subdivision„ was adopted,. AUTHORIZE,, MAYOR TO SIGN WATER WELL AGREEMENT' RES 47811 NOS Resolution 447812. N.C.S.. designating th:-e Finance D rec- tor as authorized :representative of the City to sign 312 Housing Rehabilitation Loan, Applications., was adopted'. Agenda Item #6 : Resolution x{7813 N.C.S of the. City Council of the City APPROVE SANDERSON/ of Petaluma, State of California, ordering reorgani- rq � KIPCO REORGANIZATION zation without notice or hearing of territory designated RES 46 -7813 NCS' as: Sand'erson /Kipc'o Reorganization, was; adopted.. Agenda .Item V Resolution .447814 N. C., approving lot • line 'adjustments APPROVE LOT for A.P.. 0- 08 - 1-25 and - #7- 081 -3'2 (Csutoras and Larsen). ADJUSTMENT -- GOLDEN, was adopted. II LAND REALTY RES 47814 NCS Agenda Item #5 DESIGNATE FINANCE APPROVE PRELIMINARY Petaluma H-stor--ical: Library /Museum an'd' authorizing the DIRECTOR REPRESEN- /(� TATIVE TO SIGN 312 HOUSING LOANS 11 RES #1812 NCS' Resolution 447812. N.C.S.. designating th:-e Finance D rec- tor as authorized :representative of the City to sign 312 Housing Rehabilitation Loan, Applications., was adopted'. Agenda Item #6 : Resolution x{7813 N.C.S of the. City Council of the City APPROVE SANDERSON/ of Petaluma, State of California, ordering reorgani- rq � KIPCO REORGANIZATION zation without notice or hearing of territory designated RES 46 -7813 NCS' as: Sand'erson /Kipc'o Reorganization, was; adopted.. Agenda .Item V Resolution .447814 N. C., approving lot • line 'adjustments APPROVE LOT for A.P.. 0- 08 - 1-25 and - #7- 081 -3'2 (Csutoras and Larsen). ADJUSTMENT -- GOLDEN, was adopted. II LAND REALTY RES 47814 NCS Agenda Item #'8 Resolution. 447815 N..0 -.S•6 approving preliminary plans for APPROVE PRELIMINARY Petaluma H-stor--ical: Library /Museum an'd' authorizing the PLANS -- AUTHORIZE Mayor to sign agreement. with architect,, Remo N. Patti, MAYOR SIGN AGREEMENT for a sum not to exceed $6,000, to prepare working ARCHITECT drawing's for bid documents, was adopted. HISTORICAL LIBRARY / MUSEUM RES 47815 NCS DESIGNATE COCA -COLA This matter has been continued ,f -r'om the meeting of June S,IGNI N MUTUAL 20, 1977 until Development and Services RELIEF - BUILDING Coordinator Frank Gray returned to the City to answer HISTORIC LANDMARK some questions which had,been raised. Planning Com- ORD 441249 NOS mission Resolution No.10 -77 adopted May 1.0, 1977, sub - (SECOND READING mitted. and filed:. Excerpts of the Planning Commission minutes dated May 10, 1977, submitted and filed -... Planning staff's report to the Planning Commission dated.May 5, .1977, submitted Community Development and Services Coordinator. Frank Gray and filed. explained the project started 'about two years a go The rationale behind,the designation of this sign as a historic landmark over other'signs in the City is the fact the sign has the picture of a chicken which ,points out the earlier heritage of Petaluma when it was noted for egg and chicken producing business. The fact . the sign is to be. preserved is not to advertise Coca- Cola, but' to preserve some of the early history'o -f Petaluma. The Coca -Cola Company has agreed to repaint the sign at no expense to the City. Coca --Cola does not, at the present time, paint signs and this would be a special. project fox'them. City Attorney Larry Klose advised-the question had been raised at the last meeting whether painting the sign on the Mutual Relief Building would limit the owner•fr;om- repainting or changing the face of the building. There was also question raised regarding adjacent buildings and if the historic designation would .restrict construction of a building in the vacant lot which would.cover up, the,s gn. Mr.. Klose indicated if the owners of. the Mutual Relief; Building wanted to repaint the building it would be a matter to be considered' by the Planning Commission and so advise the public. It would cause no. restr- ctions on'b,uil' hg a structure in the adjacent vacant lot,. Mr'. Gray explained the idea of designating this sign a historical landmark protects the sign and would require.a special review 1 July 5, 1977 DESIGNATE COCA -COLA if the sign is proposed to be removed. The City's SIGN ON MUTUAL Historic and Cultural Preservation Committee would RELIEF BUILDING review first.,, then the matter would go to the Planning HISTORIC LANDMARK 'Commission. ORD #124.9 N'CS (SECOND READING) Mayor Putnam opened the public.hearing. Mike Cordoza (Continued ") asked if the matter had been discussed if somebody bought the building next to it and wanted to construct a structure which would, cover the sign. City Attorney advised someone could build a building, at the site and obscure the sign and it does not remove pro- perty rights from a land owner. Mayor Putnam asked for other comments. There were none and•no 'communications had been received by the City Clerk and the public hearing was closed. Ordinance No. 1249 N -G.S. designating the Coca- Cola sign painted on the Mutual Relief Building° at the corner of Western Avenue and Kentucky Street in the City, of Petaluma be declared a historic landmark was adopted by six affirmative and one negative vote. Councilman Cavanagh voted no. Effective date of ordinance,, August 4, 1977. LETTER FROM ' A letter dated.June 23., 1977 addressed to .the Mayor and ROBERT E. DALY City Council by Robert E. Da ly, a member of the Peta- PLANNING COMMISSIONER luma Planning Commission was read by. the City Clerk and ordered filed. Mr. Daly had been appointed to fill the unexpired term of Mervin Waters and wanted to thank the Council for appointing him to what, he considered a very important role. . Mr.,. Daly made some suggestions in his letter regarding the Commission and commented on the.recent difficulties.in obtaining a quorum for very important meetings:. PRESENTATION BY Letters.fr.om the following citizens had been received � n CITIZENS REQUESTING by the. City Clerk request irfg.appointments to the Plan - c APPOINTMENT °TO ning Commission or other. Commissions of the City. Each PETALUMA PLANNING applicant spoke briefly to the Council in the following COMMISSION order: Ben Brinkworth, 8 Daniel Drive; Rose Eiserich, 931 "B" Street; Terence M. Garvey, 83 Maria Drive; Roger M. Giese, 1713 Claremont Court; Jim C. Harris, 1329 Berrydale Drive; Keith Hayenga, 1582 'Creekside Drive; Marian.Hodge, 1.3 Haven Drive; Alan F. Johansen, 1624 San Marino Drive; Lawrence A. Jonas,, 15'24.Baywood Drive; Michael J. Lavin, 429 Sutter Street; John Maderious, 21 Baker Court; Lillian Powis, 1428 Quail Drive; Mary G. Shearer, 40.Mission Drive; Benita Trosko, 822 "D" Street; Donald E. Waite, 54;2 Amber Way; Jerold W..Phillips, 17 Pamela Drive; and Harry W. Schloetter, 73.6.Paula Lane. All candidates for -the Planning Commission were aduised.the Commission meets usually twice.a month, the first and third Tuesdays of the month, however, there are special meetings. In addition, the newer.members are usually se- lected to serve on the Site Design Review Commi-ttee:which meets at 4:00 p.m. on Monday afternoon. Councilman Bond, .a former Planning Commission member him- self, indicated newer members. are•appointed to the Site Design Review Committee which is an excellent way for them to.learn the functions of the Planning Commission. Mayor Putnam thanked all who had appeared before the Council for their excel- lent presentations. She indicated the community and the Council could be proud of the number of candidates who indicated an interest in serving the community. She then explained to the audience there would be two appointments for full four year terms to the Planning Commission as well as an appointment to fill the unexpired term of Councilman Bond. Mayor Putnam also :explained any appoint - mentns would have to be made:in a public meeting and could not be done in executive session as had been done in prior years. City-Attorney Larry Klose °explained the amendment to the Brown Act indicated that selection must be made in public. The Council could vote on the candidates and the vote of the Council would become a public record. Mayor Putnam called,a brief recess at 9:45 p.m. The. Council voted on their selection for the Planning Commission members and readjou "rned_at 10 p.m. The City Clerk read the results and the.followi_ng actions were taken.., 10 July. 5, 1977 APPOINT MICHAEL.J. LAVIN TO C PLANNING COMMISSION ��E111 TO JUNE 3,0, 1.9.8.1 RES. #7816 NCS Resolution No. 7816 N C S appointing Michael J. Lavin to. the Planning Commission was introduced by Councilman Har-berson, seconded by Gounzilman Balshaw and adopted by seven affirmative votes. MOTION TG RECONSIDER The City Council gave approval to ; move ,Item 16 'Li-sted BREACHING DIKES on the agenda to thisl point in the discussion for consideration. Councilman Cavanagh indicated he had voted in the majority when Resolution No. 7802 N.G.S. was defeated'by the City Council on June 20, 1977. He asked the matter be brought bef ore the 'Council for reconsideration and 'so moved. Councilman Perry seconded the motion. Motion carried by 6 affirmative voaes,'with Councilman Harberson.abs because he has a- `business relationship with CDM, Inc., the engineers for the project. Mayor Putnam indicated since Councilman Balshaw and Councilman -Bond may not be familiar with the situation, she asked the City Attorney to.give,a.brief history on the matter. Mr,. Klose. stated :somewhere around 19.72 the City was. _ faced with a.dual requirement by the_ Federal and State Government to improve the quality of the effluent into the Petaluma River. In order- to accomplish the imp.rovements•, the City received Federal and State grants. The majority of the cost.for. the.p- roject was funded "through grants. Some time later it.was determined a Corps of Engineers permit would be needed to lawful-ly complete the. changes because the City was.discharging outfall and doing,some construction within the navigable waters of the Petaluma River,. As a result.of' theE'orp°s of Engineers permit, the City wa's required to, breach the dike and restot,e a por- tion of the land to marshland: The City has always contended th- is:was an unreasonable request., since they were .required to.build the improvements to the Wastewater. Facilities by the State and Federal Government:; however_, :the City did agree ;to the conditions of the permit. Mr. Klose indicated noncompliance may cause the City to lose the 10 percent retention portion of the grant which amounts to about $500,000. 'The obligation the City agreed to in the Corps of Engineers permit, i.e., to breach -the dike and return the .land to-marshland, is still outstanding. Councilman Balshaw questioned whether the,City had asked the United States Department of Fish and Wildlife.if, they would reconsider their ,demand 'to have the dike breached and the area returned.to marshland. City Engineer David Young advised, in a letter from the Corps of Engineer-:s dated June 8;, 1977, the Corps ndicated, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife, Service had no objection to breach- ing the' dike and, therefore, instructed the City to proceed with the work. Councilman Balshaw commented on the fact the letter stated they did not object to breaching the dikes, but wondered if they might consider an: alternative: Once the action is taken, it pr6bably would be irreversible. He suggested perhaps they would accept a proposal to use the dike area if it were, filled with the effluent water from.the. ponds to create a recreational resource for the City which could be used for fishing, as' well as for wildlife habitat,. He also indi Federal agencies are known to change their minds from time to time., and "perhaps using, the area as a fish and wildlife habitat with, the reclaimed water: may fulfill the requirement of` the U.S. Fish and,Wildl -fe Service.. He.felt,it was worthwhile to research the matter. APPOINT Resolution No. 7817 N appointing Mary Shearer MARY G. SHEARER70 to,the Planning Commission was introduced by Councilman nn PLANNING COMMISSION Perry, seconded by Councilman Bond and adopted by seven affirmative votes. T:0 JUNE 30, 1,981 RES. W7 +817 NCS APPOINT Resolution No.. 7 N.C.S. appointing Donald E. Waite DONALD E. WRITE TO to _the Planning Commission was introduced b.y Councilman ¢! PLANNING COMMISSION Hilligoss, seconded by Councilman Perry 'and adopted' by TO JUNE•30:, 1978 seven - affirmative votes. RES. #7818 NCS - - - - - LETTER FROM SOUTH A letter dated June 22, 1977 addressed to the Mayor and COUNTY VOICE City Council and signed by Charlotte Siemens Member of 'OPPOSING,DEANNEXA- Board of Di.rector.s, South County Voice, was read by Mr. V v� TION FROM'PETALUMA Richard Hodge of 1 Haven Drive. The letter is on, file HOSPITAL DISTRICT with the City Clerk. MOTION TG RECONSIDER The City Council gave approval to ; move ,Item 16 'Li-sted BREACHING DIKES on the agenda to thisl point in the discussion for consideration. Councilman Cavanagh indicated he had voted in the majority when Resolution No. 7802 N.G.S. was defeated'by the City Council on June 20, 1977. He asked the matter be brought bef ore the 'Council for reconsideration and 'so moved. Councilman Perry seconded the motion. Motion carried by 6 affirmative voaes,'with Councilman Harberson.abs because he has a- `business relationship with CDM, Inc., the engineers for the project. Mayor Putnam indicated since Councilman Balshaw and Councilman -Bond may not be familiar with the situation, she asked the City Attorney to.give,a.brief history on the matter. Mr,. Klose. stated :somewhere around 19.72 the City was. _ faced with a.dual requirement by the_ Federal and State Government to improve the quality of the effluent into the Petaluma River. In order- to accomplish the imp.rovements•, the City received Federal and State grants. The majority of the cost.for. the.p- roject was funded "through grants. Some time later it.was determined a Corps of Engineers permit would be needed to lawful-ly complete the. changes because the City was.discharging outfall and doing,some construction within the navigable waters of the Petaluma River,. As a result.of' theE'orp°s of Engineers permit, the City wa's required to, breach the dike and restot,e a por- tion of the land to marshland: The City has always contended th- is:was an unreasonable request., since they were .required to.build the improvements to the Wastewater. Facilities by the State and Federal Government:; however_, :the City did agree ;to the conditions of the permit. Mr. Klose indicated noncompliance may cause the City to lose the 10 percent retention portion of the grant which amounts to about $500,000. 'The obligation the City agreed to in the Corps of Engineers permit, i.e., to breach -the dike and return the .land to-marshland, is still outstanding. Councilman Balshaw questioned whether the,City had asked the United States Department of Fish and Wildlife.if, they would reconsider their ,demand 'to have the dike breached and the area returned.to marshland. City Engineer David Young advised, in a letter from the Corps of Engineer-:s dated June 8;, 1977, the Corps ndicated, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife, Service had no objection to breach- ing the' dike and, therefore, instructed the City to proceed with the work. Councilman Balshaw commented on the fact the letter stated they did not object to breaching the dikes, but wondered if they might consider an: alternative: Once the action is taken, it pr6bably would be irreversible. He suggested perhaps they would accept a proposal to use the dike area if it were, filled with the effluent water from.the. ponds to create a recreational resource for the City which could be used for fishing, as' well as for wildlife habitat,. He also indi Federal agencies are known to change their minds from time to time., and "perhaps using, the area as a fish and wildlife habitat with, the reclaimed water: may fulfill the requirement of` the U.S. Fish and,Wildl -fe Service.. He.felt,it was worthwhile to research the matter. I ' 1 July 5, 1977 MOTION TO RECONSIDER Councilman Balshaw questioned whether or not it would BREACHING DIKES be possible, to. hold off: fo,r .a :month in order to re- (Continued) search the mat er.. Mr. Young stated the original permit had a condition.in it,that the project would be completed by August 16, 1977. Mayor Putnam also questioned whether a delay would cause the City to lose the $500,000 retention. Councilman Cavanagh. indicated when the matter came up two years ago, the Council was not in favor of breaching the dikes,; however, in .order to complete two projects, i.e., dredging the river.and the Water Pollution Control Facilities, the City was more or less forced into accepting the terms of the agreement. Mr. Balshaw indicated he felt the Corps of Engineers may listen to a reasonable alternative and suggested holding the project up for 30 to 60 days until the matter could be reviewed with them. Then if the dikes had to be breached and the agreement could not be amended, he would beiin favor of it. City Manager Robert. Meyer suggested the City proceed with advertising the call for bids as it required a 30 -day advertising time. In the meantime, it would give the staff some chance to work on Mr. Balshaw's suggestion. When the bids were received, the City would have some idea of the cost of the project. If a favorable response was received 'from the United States Fish and Wildlife Ser- vice, it would not.be necessary to award the bids. Mr. Young advised the suggestion made by Mr. B'alshaw had been previously ex- plored by not only the staff, but by the City's engineers, CDM, Inc. Fresh- water marshes are being built in the Bay Area; however, the City received the permit from the Corps of Engineers in 1974 and time is now running out. He was doubtful whether'they would grant an extension. Mr. Marvin Lindorf of CDM, Inc. indicated the specifications allow the City 45 days from the opening of'the bids to award the contract.' The bids do, however, have to be reviewed by the State before they can be awarded. There was some further discussion regarding the matter and it was determined to approve the plans and specifications and contact the U.S.. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Corps of Engineers.and the California Department of Fish and Game to determine if they would accept the alternative. Mayor Putnam indicated the City would be protecting itself by proceeding with the call for bids, and if a positive reaction was received .from the agencies involved, nothing would be lost. City Engineer David Young questioned Mr. Lindorf of CDM whether or not it would be possible to do-the work once the rains:s.tarted.. Mr. Lindorf indicated any deviation from the time schedule may cause "a delay of about one year. If the City receives a negative answer, the Council would be in a position of deciding whether to go ahead this year or the following year. The schedule is set up in order for the work to be done at the driest part of the year, as work in the area, even under the best of .circumstances, will be difficult. Once the rains begin, it would be virtually impossible to complete the project. Deferring the project could cause .a,delay.in the City receiving the $500,.000 retention from the grant. At the conclusion of the discussion, Resolution #7820 N.C.S. approving plans and-specifications-for breaching the levee, on- site.grad`ing and disposal of excess materials ( Water Pollution Control Facilities) and calling - for bids August 8, 1977, was introduced by Councilman Cavanagh., seconded by Mayor Putnam, and adopted by 6, affirmative votes. Councilman Harberson abstained from voting as his firm does business with CDM, Inc. CITY.MANAGER'S REPORTS CLAIMS & BILLS Resolution approving claims and bills #2494 - #2620, RES #7819 NCS inclusive, General City; and, #461 - #498, inclusive, Water, approved for payment by the City Manager was introduced by Councilman Hilligoss, seconded by Coun- cilman Perry, and adopted by 6 affirmative votes. 1 (o July 5, 1977 WATER EMERGENCY City Manager Robert Meyer advised the Eouncil-he would STATUS keep them informed of.the citations issued by -the various departments on the abuse of irrigation ,privi leges by citizens. MAYORS' & COUNCILMEN',S City Manager Robert Meyer reminded the Council of the MEETING JULY 14, 1977 Mayors' and Counci- lmen''s Meeting to be held :in Rohnert Park on July 14, 1977, This is, the first meeting where the .wives or husbands of Council members have been invited to attend. ENDORSEMENT BY BOARD Mr. Meyer stated he had.received''a copy of a.`resolution OF SUPERVISORS'FOR adopted by the Board of Supervisors June 21, 1977; PROPOSED MARINA endorsing the development of the proposed marina for the'City of.Petaluma. The resolution had been sent to him by Harold B. Pederson, Development Director of the Economc'Devel'opment Board, County of Sonoma. A copy of. the x esolution is on fife with.the City Clerk. SENIOR CITIZENS' HOUSING PROJECT tl Urban-Development Garden Proj''ect. area for the next Community-Development and Services Coordinator Frank Gray reported Janie .Warman had brought. to a _successful conclusion an award from the Department of Housing and for 100 units. for , senior citi- zens':housing for the St. James To his knowledge., these will be the only units_ awarded in the three -year period. The City Manager had been advised today the application would.be approved. Mr. Meyer also advised the property would have to be rezoned and-the unfts� would be exempt from the requirements of the Residential Development Allotment System. REDWOOD EMPIRE The City Manager advised the.Quar.terly Meeting of the DIVISION MEETING Redwood. Empire Division of the League of California. JULY 30; 1977 Cities would be held.in Arcata July 30, 1977. He requested members of "the Council to make re.serva!tions with :his Secretary. AB 164 Mayor,Putnam. suggested a letter be written to Senator ,Peter'aehr thanking him for his support in opposing Assembly Bil`1 164. SOUTH COUNTY Councilman Harber-,son expressed his disappointment REGIONAL PARK regarding the :action. taken by the Board of Siiper.visors on the Varnhagen- pr-oper`ty which had been discussed by the City Council at , the June 20 Meeting.with.Mr. Joseph Rodota, Director of the County Park Systems. Mr. Harber,son indi,cated'he felt the Council was led to believe the property was suitable for the South County Regional Park; however, Mr. Rodota'',s statements to the press indicated otherwise. He asked that the Recreation Commission and the City staff determine if: it was a preordained situation which was not. explained to the Council at the June.20 Meeting.. Councilman,.Hillgoss indicated she and the Recreation Commission, as well as the s;taff,`had spent a lot of time on the decision relating to, ;the..Varnhagen prop.er'ty ,an'd felt .it was not proper for the County to ask the City "s recommen- dation and turn around and do something opposite'. Mr. Meyer indicated. the County Commi'ttee`s meeting again and Mayor Putnam suggested a representative from the t ity accompany Mr. Muzio at the meeting. TEEN DANCES' Recreation Director Jim Raymond advised the Teen Dances sponsored by the Recreation Department,, have no;t been well attended since school has'been dismissed. The last dance held they had to pay $200 for a band and only about 20 young people participated in the affair. H_e: asked: for and given perm to discontinue the dances. Councilman Hilligoss;, the Council's representative on the.Recreation. Music and Parks Commission, stated the Commission had discussed perhaps starting the dances again in.,September with 'less frequency, but having big name bands to attract more participants. She further suggested the drop -in program be con tinued during the summer. i(q July 5, 1977 HISTORIC RESOURCE Community Development and Services Coordinator Frank V / SURVEY OF PETALUMA Gray stated the Historic Resource Survey of Petaluma is overdue; however Dan Peterson, who was responsible for compiling the documents:,, was available and would describe the survey, what the project has, accomplished and the original docu- ment has been submitted to the City. Mr. Gray also indicated there would be a problem for the Council to consider regarding the publication of the document. The condensation of the survey was presented to the City and is on file with the City Clerk. Mr. Dan Peterson stated the project began in September, 1976, . and the reason for the time delay was partially due to the fact t_he..survey had been taken by volunteers. The State is now recommending at least a year for this type of program. In doing the research for the survey, Mr'. Peterson indicated the Heritage Homes group.was of great assistance. He also was .fortunate enough to have two classes of 30 students, for a total of 60 students, from the Petaluma Junior High School who helped to gather the 'information for the survey. Mr. Peterson indicated the Junior High School students were Very enthusiastic about the project and some of their research material was much more complete than that received from other volunteers. The purpose of the survey was not necessarily to"pick out and identify landmark - type buildings. -It was fashioned to pick out a reasonable mix of buildings, identify historical sites which make up the overall effect of Petaluma. Mr. Peterson indicated Petaluma is a. unique community compared to other communities he has worked in. Petaluma surpasses in the amount of buildings which have retained their historical.integrity. By means of the viewfoil,, Mr. Peterson outlined the survey districts. The City was divided into different districts in order to keep the material at a more manageable level. Initially 3,000 structures were looked at. The list was reduced to 450, and a final condensation gave the group 275 buildings to con- sider. Some of the buildings were evaluated against the National Register Criteria at the local, state and national level. Mr. Peterson indicated they felt the cast iron buildings very important 'and do deserve some attention to qualify as state landmarks. There are buildings in the community which are the works of I great architects, such as Ernest Coxhead and Julia Morgan who had worked for William Randolph Hearst on the Hearst Castle. Mr. Peterson hoped from this point on the Historic and. Cultural Preservation Committee would pick up. the list, continue it, refine it, and add to it as they saw fit. Mr. Peterson indicated the report contains seven recommendations to help protect and preserve the heritage of Petaluma. He also stated he felt certain historic areas should be designated but not entire districts which would be similar to a Georgetown or a Williamsburg. It is not necessary to restore buildings to be museums. They have to be lived in and be part of the community. At the conclusion of the presentation, discussion was,held regarding producing the volume in a condensed version which would be available for sale to the public. Community Development and Services Coordinator, Frank Gray indicated the origi- nal volumes would be committed to the care of the "City Clerk to be kept in the vault for reference; however, the proposal was to take a sampling from the volumes and condense 'them into booklet form. Janie Warman advised she had done some research on the cost and presented the Council with a copy of the Pt. Reyes Station Archaeological and Historic Resource Survey which had been authored by Dan Peterson and printed by MVM of Santa Rosa. Although part of the cost would be reimbursed by Heritage Homes through the "purchase of copies of the document, the total quotation would be more than $3,000 and it would be necessary to prepare plans and specifications to go out to bid. The Council asked the staff to prepare the specifications for their review and bring the matter back to'their 'at'tention to call for bids. AMEND ZONING ORDINANCE There was a brief discussion held regarding this pre- TO PREZONE 1003 zoning of.the. area on.Western Avenue. Councilman 'WESTERN AVENUE FROM Hill igoss, questioned whether or not a study should not COUNTY Al -B5 TO be made before any prezonings are attempted. She CITY R -1- 20,000 indicated she was °not opposed to the R -1- 20,000 zoning, (FINER PEDERSEN) but perhaps i,t wasn't the proper zoning for the area. (HELD FROM 6/20 77) Planning. Director'Ronald Hall indicated, on the average, ► ? July 5, 1977 AMEND ZONING ORDINANCE 20,000 square foot lots would be the proper density. TO PREZONE- 1003 He felt if the lots were zoned less than 20,000 square COUNTY Al-B5 to Planning cause� thereewaslsoame co At the e concern by CITY R -1 -20 „000 residents : in the area regarding the wild =life habitat,. (EINER PEDERS +EN) The ,general topography in the area exceeds 20 to '25 (HELD FROM 6/20/77) percent slope. Excess -ve building in the area could (Continued) cause pos ?sible erosion. Councilman Bond .indicated he was on the.Plannng Commission when the initial application was submitted and.subsequen.t to that time, the,Planning Commission looked at a wider area in terms of amending the Environmental.Design,.Plan. A question was raised whether or not the matter could be continued to later date,; however, City Attorney Larry Klose indicated only if the applicant was willing to continue the matter, could it legally be done: Kay'Robinson;, representing the applicant, :indicated she felt the time for discussion would. be at the public hearing! stage and could see no reason for intr.oducing',the, ordinance;f'or publication to 'hold the public hearing. At the conclusion of the discuss- ion, Ordinance.#12`53 N.C.S. amending Zoning Ordinance #l 072.N.,C.,S. by p.rezoning A.P. X619- 110 -34 (consisting of approxi- mately 4.78 acres`)' from County Agriculture to City R- 20,000 located at 1003 Western Avenue,.(Einer Pedersen) was introduced by Councilman Harberson., seconded by Vice - Mayor Perry, and o.rdered'published .by 7 affirmative votes. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business to come: 'before the Council., 'the meeting was adjourned at 12;•2;0.a•.m., Wednesday,, July 6, 1977, to an Adjourned.Mee.ting July 11, 1977, at 7 >:30' p.m: .Mayor Attest, City (: jerk