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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Minutes 06/14/197629 MINUTES OF MEETING OF CITY COUNCIL PETALUMA, CALIFORNIA JUNE 14, 1976 I ADJOURNED MEETING ROLL CALL PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE The .adjourned meeting of the Petaluma City Council was called to order at the hour of 7:30 p.m., by Mayor Helen Putnam. Present: Councilmen Brunner, Cavanagh, Harberson *, Hilligoss, Mattei, Perry *, and Mayor Putnam. Absent: None. *Councilman Harberson arrived at 7:52 p.m. Councilman Perry arrived at 7:35 p.m. At the request of Mayor Putnam, Dean Brunner, son of Council- man Brunner, led the assemblage in the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. 21 DAY SALUTE Mayor Putnam asked to have the 21 days between June 14, FOR AMERICA 1976, which is Flag Day, and July 4, 1976, Independence Day, declared the 21 days as "Salute to America" days and asked if citizens would care to, on a voluntary basis, fly their flags for these 21 days. PUBLIC HEARING. Community Development and Services Coordinator Frank 1976 APPLICATION Gray briefly reviewed the history of the Community F6 FOR FUNDS PURSUANT Development Act of 1974. He stated when the Act was TO THE adopted it.was part of.the Federal. Government's plan to DEVELOPMENT ACT have revenue distribution decisions made at the local OF 1974 level rather than the Federal level. In addition to RES #7412 NCS the revenue sharing program, some special revenue sharing programs were started and one was the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974. The Act combined all of the Federal programs where agencies would request grants and made a determination that each city should have so much money allotted each year. If the local agency does not apply for the funds they are then allocated to other jurisdictions. In the first year of theprogram.(.1974 -75) the City of Petaluma had a citizens' advi- sory committee to set the priorities: The Department of Housing and Urban Development determined the most fundable project submitted by the City was the wheelchair ramp program. The citizens' committee has again met this year and, over the past several months, have worked toward establishing their priorities and have made two•recommendati.ons to the City.Council. The preapplication was filed several months ago with six different activities listed. In the letter dated May 10, 1976 to Mayor 'Putnam from the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the City was invited to submit a full application for two projects. Mr. Gray then asked Associate.Planner Leo Rachal, who has been working with the Community Development Advisory Committee, to explain the two.programs in more detail. Mr. Rachal stated the.two programs.included in the 1976 Title I Com- munity Development Full Application were the result of work done by the City staff, the Community Development Advisory Committee and interested parties. For the senior citizens" real property acquisition the requested amount is. $53,000. Mr. Rachal.explained this amount of money,would not,permit any actual construction, but could probably pay for acquisition and the preparation of the site for future development. An amount of $3,000 was also included for in -kind services from the City for.'administrative costs. The short term objective is to acquire a suitable site which meets all zoning requirements. Five proposed sites were discussed and two of these have been.eliminated. The three remain- ing sites include, in their order of priority, a five to six acre parcel lo- cated adjacent to Ely Blvd.. and Washington Street which is part of the St. James Church property.. When the Church originally bought the site, they pur- .chased about 12 acres and now.occupy. from four to five acres. In discussions with persons representing the.Bishop, it- appears this site will soon,be for sale. The second parcel, priority number two, is an area located between Petaluma Blvd. South and Fifth Street and "K" and "I" Streets. ..Some of the property is available through a realtor at time.and the real estate agent, Mr. Tom Baker, indicated he probably could acquire other parcels in the area. The third priority would be a parcel of vacant land located at the corner of Ellis Street and East Washington Street. The site is approximately two acres of completely vacant land, situated on the City's bus route, and would provide adequate space for a senior center facility which would be in close proximity to various commercial, retail businesses, shopping centers, etc., in the area. a 294 June 14, 1976 PUBLIC HEARING Mr. Rachal stated the long -range goals would be for the 1976 APPLICATION City to purchase the land and within two to five years FOR FUNDS PURSUANT have construction started on it. If the grant is TO THE .COMMUNITY approved, the only concern the Department of Housing DEVELOPMENT ACT and Urban Development would have would be for the City OF 1974 to have invited adequate competition from developers in (Continued) the bidding process 'and to construct suitable housing for senior citizens on the site.. Mr. Rachal stated it was a recommendation that the land acquisition be handled through the Housing Authority which had previously been approved by the City Council, but to this date has had no real function. Mr. Rachal further stated there is a possibility, in addition to spurring competition between developers, to use Section 8 allocations. Currently, the City, through HUD, is authorized 35 and possibly 37 Section 8 unit allocations toward the rehabili- tation of existing residences throughout the City. It is not beyond possibili- ty, however, to use these allocations for actual new construction. The City had originally gone with the County for the allocation of such units but the County has had some delay; in fact, they are still going through administrative functions trying to decide how to actually allocate the units. Only after the grant approval would the City be able to negotiate for land, acquire the site, encourage competition while financing the development and actually launch the construction project. Some discussion was then held regarding the sites selected for the proposed senior citizens' land acquisition.. Councilman Perry expressed some concern regarding the site at Ellis Street and East Washington Street as being too noisy and Vice -Mayor Mattei indicated he felt the St. James Church site on Ely Blvd. was too isolated. The majority of the senior citizens presently reside in the older- section or western section of the City where they can be close to the downtown business area, churches, medical facilities, etc. Councilman Brunner expressed some concern regarding having to select the sites at this point in time, as he feared the property would become more expensive overnight as soon as it was learned the City was interested in purchasing. Mr. Gray responded by stating the St.. James ,site is not nearly as isolated now as it had been a year ago; the bus system is available, passes right by the site and goes directly to two 'shopping centers on the eastern side of the community. Mr. Rachal also indicated there would be some "trade - offs ", as shopping is somewhat less expensive in the shopping centers than in the western side or downtown areas and the terrain is less hlly.and easier for senior citizens to .get around. Mr.-Gray also stated it -would be necessary to list the three sftes the application, but the City would not be limited to these sites. After the City is advised the project would be funded then it would be necessary to negotiate for the site. Mr. Gray also stated if the.land is purchased through) the Housing Authority, the power of Eminent Domain would be available. Pro- perty owners are aware of this fact and, therefore, do not inflate the prices. quite so much.. Discussion of the second priority item, housing rehabilitation and code cor- rections in selected areas of Central and West Petaluma then followed. Mr. Gray gave a summary of the programs stating the Federal Government, through HUD, has established priorities this year for the provision of low -and moderate - income housing and housing for the elderly. When HUD reviewed the proposed projects, the two programs "being ,discus`sed this evening would take-priority under the_disbursement of funds. The Community Development Advisory Committee for the City of Petaluma had questioned whether or not funds could be made available for a senior citizens' drop -in center and were advised the funds could not be used to build these facilities. The Committee was advised, however, there are other Federal programs which the City could make application for funds to do such a project. Housing rehabilitation and code correction is strictly a voluntary program where property owners would apply for assistance, both financial and technical, to rehabilitate their homes. The City would have to set up target areas within the community, make certain public improvements and in these areas the homeowners could apply for assistance. When a home owner would contact the City, -a Housing Rehabilitation Specialist would be sent to the.property to review, with the property owner, what needed to - be done to rehabilitate the house. The object of the program is to go into neighborhoods which are declining and the people have not been able to rehabilitate their homes. Long -term, low - interest loans would be available to the applicants.. June 14, 1976 PUBLIC HEARING 1976 APPLICATION FOR FUNDS PURSUANT TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1974 (Continued) 295 Mr. Rachal stated it was .necessary to outline general target areas for , the application and this had been done after a review with the City Engineer of the areas where the least amount of public improvements would be necessary':to upgrade the,areas. At this point in time however, the specific areas have not been outlined and the amounts of public improvements for the target areas are not defined. Mr. Gray explained the rehabilitation program would use a combination of the Marks -Foran Program and the Housing and Community Development Act monies. Low- ,, interest loans would be offered to the City, as a whole, for housing rehabili- tation. These loans' are three percent below the market rate and:would be offered to all who would qualify. In order to qualify, the applicant must be a property owner and be in a low- or moderate- income'bracket. The object would be to select target areas which have a good potential for rehabilitation. The City would then make capital investment in public improvements and, in this particular case, it would be mainly street overlay projects and upgrading the streets and sidewalks in the area. Although the program would be available City wide, it would be wise,. Mr. Gray stated, to concentrate the efforts in one target area to bring about the private rehabilitation of one of those areas. Usually the program is a one -year program', but hopefully after being estab- lished, it would be a self - sufficient program. Mr. Gray outlined the three target areas by means of a viewfoil. Area A is bounded by East Washington Street, Jefferson Street, Wilson and Payran Streets. Area B is bounded by Petaluma Blvd., "I" Street, Eighth Street and "B" Street. Area C is bounded by Bodega Avenue, Howard., Western near Webster, Fair Street and Douglas to "B" Street. Mr.''Gray stated the staff had actually surveyed the areas and area B, had most of the homes needing rehabilitation. The discussion then centered around how the $103,550 grant would be used if it became available under the''Community Development Act funds. Mr. Gray stated approximately $36,000 would'be needed to set up the program and provide a Housing Rehabilitation Officdr for the first year. The.Federal money would set up the program,. however,'the loan program would be under the Marks -Foran Act. The remainder of the money, approximately $67,000, under the Community De- velopment Act funds, would be used for street overlay projects. Mr. Gray stated the program would be for a three -year period and as repayments of the loans were made, funds would again become available for further rehabilitation loans. The annual administrative cost would be approximately $36,000. Mr. Gray did state, however, part of the administrative costs will be borne by the lending agencies. Mr. Gray also advised the administrative costs could be by the use of City staff and hiring a Rehabilitation Service Agent, or to contract with an outside consultant for the development of the Housing Assistance Programs. Mayor Putnam suggested before she opened the public hearing, the Council would want to hear from the representative from Community Development Counselor's Ltd., Mr. E. M. McCartt who was present this evening to explain their proposal to the City. The Council concurred and Item 3 of the Agenda was transferred to this portion of the meeting. In his presentation, Mr. McCartt explained his firm has been involved in de- veloping the new financing authorized by the State. The Marks -Foran Rehabili- tation Act as originally written, benefited San Francisco more than any other community. Smaller communities then became involved in the program and the law has been rewritten and revised to allow cities to issue tax exempt revenue bonds secured by real estate loans. These loans provide low cost loans for people in the community to.rehabilitate their homes. FHA loans are available only to serve the market legally allowable and are'available only to those who have an income equal to 120 percent of the area median'. Using FHA Insurance would permit making loans available under 8 percent interest for 20 years for home improvements. The City would also have the authority to. assist home owners in refinancing their homes and the money could be made available to do related commercial facilities. The FHA Insurance could also be used to con- struct housing for the elderly. The program allows the City to issue revenue bonds which are in no way guaranteed by the City, to facilitate the various types of housing rehabilitation and construction as the City elects. The City would have the ability to control what is constructed, how it is constructed and, how it is operated. Mr. McCartt stated if loans were made available for elderly housing the City would have some measure of control over the amount of rent to be charged in these developments. Mr. McCartt stated his firm is 2 96 June 14, 1976 PUBLIC HEARING. primarily interested in the Housing Finance Program in 1976 APPLICATION terms of originating loans along with the local banks FOR FUNDS PURSUANT and savings and loan associations in this program. Mr. TO THE COMMUNITY McCartt said the first proposal would be to assist the DEVELOPMENT ACT staff in setting the program, with a g p p g great deal of OF 1974 community involvement, in order to reflect what the (Continued) community wants. While this work.was going on, it would be desirable to begin issuing loans and get the program underway. In this way, the City would be reimbursed the $10,000 fee from the mortgage bankers and the bankers, origi- nating the 'loan.' The second phase of the program would be assist home owners in upgrading their homes. This would mean carefully going through with the home owners what needed to be done and how it could' done economically. It is the feeling of their firm that this is the best way t'o get the housing; stock upgraded. Mr. McCartt also stated the'y not think the heavy hand of code enforcement gets things done 'as it builds up a certain amount'.of resent ment and they do not feel_ it gets the work done in this type of a program. Their firm would .operate the voluntary rehabilitation program on a'fee basis. They would have an employee here in the City to do'the'inspections, work with the people in developing the costs, processing the loans and aecompl'ishing` the work: Mr. McCartt stated'it would be up to the City Council how'much of this cost would be* chargeable to the' loans. Their recommendation is the long =term project should be self - supporting and self- sustaining: The 'cost of - this " service for the housing financing program would be $36,000. Mr. McCartt then invited questions from the Council. Councilman Harberson asked whether-the' municipal.agency to be involved should the City Council or the Community Commission. Mr. McCartt said he felt either agency could administer the program as,,"bascally, the City would have control either way. The guarantee for the bonds is the same. Councilman.Harberson then asked what cities or the firm is involved with at the present time. Mr. McCartt stated there has been some bonding done in San Trancisco and presently they ar'e working with the City of San Pablo and Richmond and are in the midst of public hearings with citizen participation. This is a.fairly long procedure requiring a great deal of citizen input. The first issue of bonds being made now and these are AA'bonds.. In answer to'Councilman Harbers,on's question, he stated they were revenue bonds and would not affect the City's credit rating. Vice -Mayor Mattei then Mr. McCartt how their program would tie in with the site acquisition for senior citizens' housing. Mr. McCartt stated that their recommendation would be 'if the City is to acquire the site it should be offered with this type of financing. Then, as a part of a package, a developer competes on the basis of being able to get a seven percent, forty= year loan. The developer would be "required to'show the City architectural plans and rental schedules based on`the financing. 'In this way, the City would substantially assist in the reduction of rents. Mi. McCartt stated there is a limitation on rent increases for a.number of years. The property could be sold at any time by the City,'but must be maintained as housng'for'elderly persons or low- income housing. Councilman Cavanagh asked,whether or not code enforcement, as referred to�in the proposal from Community Development Counselors, could mean condemnation. Mr. McCartt stated it could, but only where buildings are so unsafe as they should not be occupied. The project they are working on in San_Pablo has .many' homes which were built for shipyard workers in the early 40 "'s, but contain only 500 or 600 square feet and were not well constructed to begin with. This housing needs to be replaced. Mr. McCartt stated he did not . feel this was the condition in Petaluma - -in fact, it is probably just the opposite here. When the older homes in Petaluma were constructed they were well built but some of them do need rehabilitation. A brief discussion was then held on the financing. Mr. McCartt stated the revenue bond usually trails the money market by about three percent and the limit of the loans under FHA on a second mortgage is $17,400 per'unit and if refinancing is done on a property the limit is $30,000. FHA Home Improvement Loans are usually a 20 -year term whereas conventional loans are 15- years. He further commented there will always be a substantial interest and term advantage under this program as,opposed to conventional loans. Mayor Putnam then opened the public hearing..* She explained what the Council would -be considering would be the selection of a site for' senior citizens' June 14, 1976 PUBLIC HEARING housing as one portion of the application, and the 1976 APPLICATION other would be for housing rehabilitation. Mr. Lou FOR FUNDS PURSUANT Rasmussen asked whether both parts of the application TO THE COMMUNITY had to be filed together or could they be filed sepa- DEVELOPMENT ACT rately. •Mr;.• Gray responded stating the City can,apply OF 1974 for either project, both of them or none of them. The (Continued) indication the City has recieved from the Department of Housing and Urban Development was the two items ap- peared to be ones which would be given priority for funding. The two applications do not depend upon each other. It could be if the City applied for both, only one of the projects would be funded. Mr. Rasmussen stated he favored the acquisition of land for senior citizens' housing and also favored the St. James'site. Mr. Rasmussen did express some concern however about the code correction program and stated there would be certain people, after their homes were inspected, who would not have the income to qualify for the FHA loan to rehabilitate the property. City-Manager Robert Meyer responded by stating the City-Building Inspection Department would not become involved in the program. The loans would be to help those people who were unable to acquire conventional loans to receive financing to handle certain improvements to their property. Mr. Meyer stressed the fact that the program would be strictly a voluntary one. The City does not want to get involved in a mandatory code enforcement program. Mr. Gray also stated the only way the City would become involved with the property owner would be at the invitation of the home owner to meet with them and to provide technical assis- tance. Mrs. Lucille Elmore then spoke to the City Council, her concern was that she owned a smaller home in a neighborhood where larger and more expensive homes are being built. Mrs. Elmore stated the words "Eminent Domain" frighten some older residents who already own their homes, do not want to relocate and are fearful their homes may be condemned because they do not conform to the neigh- borhood. City Manager Robert Meyer explained the term Eminent Domain was used to purchase the site.for the senior citizens housing. The program is not geared to condemn homes. He also stated if somebody was displaced because of public improvements or other improvements needed on a site, whether the person living in the home was renting or was the owner, it would be the responsibility of the City to relocate that person into suitable quarters. The benefit of the program is to - rehabilitate the- houses so they can remain in the housing stock and not be permitted to deteriorate to -such a state where they would become a code enforcement problem. Councilman Harberson questioned whether in view of the fact the City already has considerable power of Eminent Domain, do any of these programs increase that power ? - Mr. Gray responded they do not. The next person to address 'the Council was Mr:. Ernie Bennett representing the Golden Age Club. Mr. Bennett expressed -his appreciation to the City Coun- cil and to Mr. Rasmussen-for their work and efforts on behalf of the senior citizens' welfare. He also questioned whether the rental figure of $165 per month would be a flexible figure and would it be based on the variations of the financial position of those applying for units. Mayor Putnam asked Mr. McCartt to respond to Mr. Bennett's question. Mr. McCartt stated there are a number of things that can be done. All of the HUD -based Section•8:programs can be used to bring the rents.down to 25 percent of a person's income and there is flexi- bility in the program. Next to address the City Council was Mr. Roger Giese -, who had served on the Community Development Advisory Committee. - Mr. Giese spoke -in favor of Site A for the purchase of property for the senior citizens' housing. He did state there were some problems connected with the site because of its location, however it is on-the City's bus-route. A question was also raised during committee meetings about the fact that the buses do not run at certain times. A proposal was made to provide some type of mini -bus service for the -site. Of all the sites considered, this was given top priority by the committee. Mr. Leon Bohling then spoke to the Council stating his recommendation on site selection -would be the one on Petaluma Blvd., as -it would be near.par.ks, there is a neighborhood store in the area and is closer to the downtown shopping area. 297 Next to address the City Council was Mr. Ralph Ellis. Mr. Ellis stated he lived in the center of one of the target areas and each year his taxes have gj June 14, 1976 PUBLIC HEARING 1976 APPLICATION FOR FUNDS PURSUANT TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1974 increased considerably. He is aware his home needs painting,, however, he stated as soon as he painted it he was: afraid his taxes would increase again. Mr. Ellis stated he was on a.fixed income and could not afford to pay additional taxes on his property.. (Continued) There being no further comments from the audience, the public hearing was closed. At the conclusion of the public hearing discussion was held on the programs would be staffed and would it be necessary to hire a consultant. The Planning staff indicated they had included in the application an in -kind service fee of, $3,000 for the senior citizen.site acquisition and $8,000 for the rehabilita- tion and code corrections program. Some discussion was held on the cost of administering the programs_ Councilman Brunner suggested perhaps the . resolution should be split to have one cover the site selection and the other the code correction program. He pointed out nearly half of the money would be used to administer the program. Mr. Gray explained- the application was, in part for funds to set up the program and if the City hired outside consultants there would be a one - time.fee of $10,000 and.an annual fee of .$36,,000 per year.. The staff has been working on figures to determine what it.would cost if the City administered the program and the two costs are nearly the same. With the remaining amount of money, the City would participate in an area putting in some public improvements. Administrative costs, Mr. Gray stated,, would hope- fully produce far more than the physical improvements in that it would give the people the ability to rehabilitate their homes. After some deliberation as to whether or not to divide the priorities into separate resolutions, Mayor Putnam asked the Clerk to read the resolution prepared which applied for both priority one and two. Resolution No. 7412 N.C.S., authorizing the Mayor to sign the.1976 full application under Title 1 of the Community Development Act-Of 1974 was then introduced.by Councilman Harberson, seconded by Councilman,Hilligoss and adopted by a 5 affirmative and a 2 negative vote. Councilmen Cavanagh and Pe.rry'voted RECESS Mayor Putnam called a recess at 9:40 p.m., and the Council reconviened at 9:45. ACCEPT COMPLETION_ A letter dated June 11, 1976,.from Mr. Richard F. Lieb PETALUMA PUBLIC for Beland,, Gianelli and Associates regarding,the LIBRARY completion of the Petaluma Public Library was read by RES #7413 NCS the City Clerk and ordered filed. A letter from Duncan H. Olmstead, Chairman, Petaluma Library Advisory Board, was received by the City Council, not read by the City Clerk, but ordered filed. Mr, Lieb addressed the City Council stat n.g.the library has been substantially completed with the exception,of the items listed in the check list submitted to.the City Council. If the Council accepted com- pletion of the Petaluma Public Library the responsibility for the library and its security' would fall with the County on the following day. Mr . . Lieb stated the building had been completed 100 days ahead of schedule and all of'those who were concerned with the construction were very pleased. He advised he and Mr. Gianelli,, along with the mechanical,engineer, the electrical engineer, the City's Chief Building Inspector, Mr. Lonac, and the City's employee, Frank Adams, who had acted as Resident Inspector, had inspected the building. Mrs. Dorothy Bertucci advised the Council the Carnegie Library, at Fourth and "B" Streets, would.close Saturday, June 19th at 6.:00 p.m., and circulation service at the. new library would 'begin July 12th. Mrs_ Bertucci also stated a formal dedication of the, new building is planned for Saturday, July 10th at 1:00 p.m. Upon conclusion of the discussion, Resolution,No. 7413 N.C.S., accepting completion of the new Petaluma Public Library, was introduced by Councilman:Brunner, seconded by Councilman Perry and adopted by 7 affirmative votes. AUTHORIZE PURCHASE The City Attorney Matthew Hudson advised the Council l REAL.PROPERTY the..acqusition of the property along Sunnyslope Road C SUNNXSLOPE ROAD is necessary to provide right -of -way for street improve- (TENNYSON) ments. The property owners Stanley E. and Doretha RES #7414 NCS Tennyson and John A. and Helen Tennyson have agreed to sell the property to the City for $150 with the pro -. vision the City_ move the existing fence to the new property line. 1 June 14, 1976 AUTHORIZE PURCHASE REAL PROPERTY SUNNYSLOPE ROAD (TENNYSON) RES #7414 NCS .(Continued) AUTHORIZE.PURCHASE REAL PROPERTY SUNNYSLOPE ROAD (OLSEN) RES.#7415 NCS Resolution.No. 7414 N.C.S.,.authorizing the purchase of -real property on Sunnyslope Road (Tennyson) was intro- duced by Councilman,Har:berson,, seconded by Councilman Hilligo;ss, and adopted by 7 affirmative votes. City Attorney Matthew Hudson advised the Council he had been.able to reach an agreement with Phillip E. Olsen and.Jean D. Olsen to purchase.the necessary property on F&5 4 Sunnyslop.e Road to realign and widen certain portions of the road. Mr. Hudson stated this was the parcel of land which.the City had previously authorized him to proceed with Eminent Domain. Since the item.had not been included on the Agenda, .a motion.was made.by Vice -Mayor Mattei,.seconded by Councilman Har- berson and unanimously approved to add the item.to the Agenda. Resolution No. 7415 N.C.S., authorizing the.purchase of real property on Sunny - slope Road (Olsen), was introduced by Councilman Brunner, seconded by Councilman Cavanagh and adopted by 7 affirmative votes. CITY MANAGER'S REPORTS MAYORS' AND Mr. Meyer advised.the Council a.proposal had been made COUNCILMEN'S to assess the eight cities in the County in order to ASSOCIATION provide an operating budget.for.the Mayors' and Council - PROPOSED BUDGET men's Association. The matter would be voted on by the membership at the next - Mayors' and Councilmen's.meet ing. Mayor Putnam stated the proposal would pay for the services of one person to act in the capacity of secretary to the associa- tion which she felt would be a more effective way of handling the procedures for the Mayors' and Councilmen's.Association meetings. City Manager Robert Meyer, indicated this should be a matter of discussion at the Wednesday, June 16th budget.session. PLANNED USE REPORT The City Manager and the City Council reviewed the REVENUE SHARING memorandum dated.-June 11, 1976,-from Finance Director FUNDS John Scharer to the City.Manager. Mr. Scharer advised. ENTITLEMENT NO. 7 the Council the City.is required.to.file a planned use report establishing priorities for.the $187,059 to.be alloted under Entitlement No. 7. The.total request for the use of revenue sharing funds including those from various.organizations and individuals and City departments amounts to $743,865.. The planned use report does not go'into specifics, but categorizes the allotment of funds under such items as public safety, public transportation, recreation, social services, general government and other. Mr. Scharer stated it was not necessary at this time to make individual allotments. The proposal in the staff report was merely an attempt to ,place priorities on the various categories. Revenue sharing funds, Mr. Scharer stated,, should be allocated for capital costs rather than for funds which would be on a continuing basis. Councilman Harberson requested the $25,000 listed under public transportation to subsidize the bus system removed. He indicated he preferred to have the transportation system financed by TDA Funds and the fare.box. His suggestion for the use of the $25,000.was.to increase the Animal Control Center expansion by $10,000, the request for Petaluma People Services Center increased to $10,200 and the balance to be allocated to.the public.safety category for signalization of intersections. Vice -Mayor Mattei indicated he would perfer to add an.additional $20,000 for the acquisition.of land for the Police Department expansion referring to the fact that the present adminstration.building at the Police Department is a temporary building which must be removed in a.five year period. In referring to the Petaluma People.Services Center, Mr. Mattei felt the $5,000 allocated should be sufficient.and felt this agency would have to seek other sources of funding._ Some.discussion• was held on the signalization of the intersection of Washington Street and Kentucky Street and.Mr. Mattei indicated he felt a four -way stop sign at the intersection would probably work. City Manager Robert Meyer stated there could-be some problems if only Washington and Kentucky were signalized.because traffic may be.backed up onto Petaluma Blvd. After some discussion it was determined to have the planned use report filed to indicate the f`ollowin'g: Public Safety, $59,200; Recreation, $50,659; Special Services, $10.,200; General Government, $12,000; Other (Animal Control Center expansion), $50,000; for a total of $187,059. Mr. Scharer indicated he would prepare the Planned Use Report and have it advertised as required by law incorporating the Council's suggestions. 300 June 14, 1976 �® ADOPT INTERIM City Manager Robert Meyer reported a Coi¢mittee.comp.osed RESIDENTIAL of Mr.- Robert Anderson, the City Attorney and the Vice- 0 0 DEVELOPMENT Mayor as well as:himself had met to work out an interim - CONTROL SYSTEM policy for Residential Development Control until such RES #7416 NCS time as the new Environmental Design Plans are'-completed. They endeavored to form a policy so the Planning Com- mission could grant applicants permission to move forward with their plans for the 1977 - 78 construction year after the Council makes a determination at this meeting of the number of units to be allotted on this.bas -is. The Planning Commission would rate the developments and if appeals were necessary this procedure would "then come back to the City Council. The policy to be in effect for one:year only. Councilman Cavanagh questioned when the Environmental Design Plan Task Force would have their report and Mr. Gray responded it would probably come back to the Council in January or February of 1977. Councilman Brunner questioned how many units had been actually built during the five. -year period when the Environmental Design Plan was in effect and Mr. Gray responded that 1,320.units had been built. This left a balance of 1,180 units which had not been built or had been rescinded during the five -year period and would be available for the 1977 -78 construction year. Mr. Brunner indicated at no time during the five -year period did the units exceed the permitted 500 and he pointed out he was not in favor of continuing the control system. A copy of the interim residential control system for the City of Petaluma is on file with the City Clerk and is made a part of the resolution. At the conclusion of.the discussion Resolution No. 7416 N.C.S., adopting an interim residential development control system was introduced by Councilman Harberson, seconded by Councilman Hilligoss and approved by 4 affirmative and 3 negative votes. Councilmen Brunner, Cavanagh and Perry voted "no ". ESTABLISH Staff report dated June, 11, 1976 directed to the City NUMERICAL LIMITS Manager from Fred Tarr, Associate Planner, was submitted ✓✓✓✓ ^ FOR 1977 -78 to the City Clerk and is on file. The report indicates CONSTRUCTION YEAR the number of units available from "previous years and RESIDENTIAL ALLOTMENTS the distr- ibution of the annual quota for the 1977-78 RES X67417 NC S construction year. The total units, including those which had been rescinded or had not been built plus the 500 unit allotment for the new construction year, equal 1,680. Community Development and Services Coordinator Frank Gray explained the central district had been combined into the western sector of the community and the 500 units would then be divided equally between the valley side of the community and the western side. The total number of units on the east for single - family dwellings would be 470; multi 370. For the west side of the community the single- family dwelling units total 540 and the multi- family dwelling units 300. Vice- Mayor 'Mattei expressed some concern about awarding 1,680 units for a one -year period. Mr. Gray stated he did not feel developers would apply for all of the units. Even if all the units were requested, the 470 single- family units on the west side of the community could easily be accommodated. The schools have.indicated there is suff= icient room without causing problems for double sessions or staggered sessions of classes. Mr. Gray stated the only problem he could anticipate would be that the City could get behind in the building inspection process. -Mr. Meyer also indicated the Council should know the number of units by July 15th, the deadline for applications for developments. This would give the City time to °hire a tem- porary inspector if necessary. Mayor Putnam questioned whether low - income housing was included in the proposed allotments. Mr. Hudson advised this had_been. covered in the interim policy in Section B which would allocate point to the developments providing low- income housing: Vice -Mayor Mattei also questioned whether or not an investor in a development could be guaranteed.more than 10:0 units in order to have a feasible project. Mr. Hudson indicated that although no more than 100 units could be allocated in each construction year there is a method in the interim, policy to give a developer more than 100. units over a period of time. Mr. Jon Joslyn of Young America Homes spoke to the Council suggesting the Council reassess their policy on requiring a balance to be built on the east and west .sides; of the community. Mr. Gray stressed the fact there is a deadline for receiving applications which is July 15, 19.76 at 5;00 p.m. At the conclusion of the dis.cus.s.ion Resolution No. -,7417 N.C.:S., establishing the residential development control system numerical limits for the 1977 -78 June 14, 1976 ESTABLISH construction year and establishing final date to apply NUMERICAL LIMITS for residential allotments - Interim Residential De- FOR 1977 -78 velopment Control System was introduced by Councilman CONSTRUCTION YEAR Harberson, seconded by Councilman Mattei and adopted by RESIDENTIAL ALLOTMENTS 6 affirmative and. 1 negative vote. Councilman Hilligoss RES #7417 NCS voted no and clarified her no vote by stating she felt (Continued) 1,680 units were too many to allot. After the adoption of the resolution,.Mr. Norden Van Logan of Petaluma Partners asked for some clarification on whether or not there would be sufficient time for developers to file if they still had to annex property to the City. It was determined his question could be better answered at the staff level and he was invited to meet with the Planning staff on the •matter. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business to come before the Council, the meeting was adjourned at 11:05 p.m. to an executive session and to a budget study session Wednesday, June 16, 1 301 Mayor Attest: ef Ci y Clerk.