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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 03/06/197219 MINUTES OF MEETING OF CITY COUNCIL PETALUMA,.CALIFORNIA March 6 , 1972 Council Meeting Regular-meeting of of the..City of Petaluma was - cabled to :order by Mayor Putnam at the.hour,of 7:30 o'clock p.m. Attendance Present: Councilmen Brunner, Cavanagh, Jr. Clecak, Daly;, Mattei, Perry, Jr., Mayor Putnam. Absent: None. Invocation The invocation was - ,given by the Reverend Kenneth Ohrstrom, First Baptist Church. Approval of Minutes The minutes of February 22, 1972, were approved as recorded. Proposed Taxi Fare Letter,: dated February. 25, 1972, from John Increase yu F storm and Leo R.'Nei of the Petaluma Taxi Service requesting consideration of a taxi rate increase for a set minimum fare east of the Freeway, read and.filed. Upon recommendation by Police Chief.Larry Higgins for a committee to study the matter, the,Mayor appoint ed.Councilmen.Cavanagh, Jr., Mattel, and Brunner to serve on a committee.to explore the proposal with the Chie -f.of Police and the taxi company. Councilman Cavanagh, Jr., was selected as chairman of the committee. Councilman,Daly expressed an objection to the,proposed higher. minimum rate on one side .of the City.. The Mayor asked the committee to'consider the objection when studying the matter. Rezoning - Willow Letter, dated February.29, 1972, from Creek Properties Arthur" Lafranchi ,.attorney.representing. Willow Creek propert -ies and owner of land on Redwood_ Highway North adjacent to Sonoma Joe's Restaurant, requesting that the Council. authorize the Planning Department to accept an.appliaation.for.rezoning with the understanding.that the time.ex- Airing: between the day of acceptance of the application and the ending of the moratorium on rezonings would be used, to.study.the proposal, read and filed. Mr. Lafranchi was present and requested a priority from a processing,standpo:int. At the suggestion of Councilman. Daly, the letter was deferred_ u_n.til the .end of the meeting when matters concerning the Plan- ning•Commission- will'be added for discus - sion. Annual Fair Parade Let- ter,,dated February Z9; 1972., f -rom Mr. r1 James • Carney,, Fair .Parade - Chairman, re- questing financial assistance for the �� annual .Fair Parade, read. and filed. 20 March 6, 1972 Annual Fair Parade. It was.decided to discuss' this matter- with (Continued) Mr. Carney ;at: the. March 20 , Co.uncil meeting. The City Clerk. was ,directed to so' notify Mr Carney. The.Mayor,al.so asked,the Council that if any pertinent information is needed to contact the staff before the '20th of March. Appeal - Rezoning Letter,. February 25:,.1972 from Denman Annexation Arthur I Condiotti withdrawing appea- l #5 Area so, �F the Planning Commission's denial to rezone the .subject area located . on. North .Mc'Dowell Boulevard' from an Agricultural zone to a Mobile Home. Park zone, read and filed - .' Downtown Parking Letter,. dated .February. 29,.1972, from -.the District Plan Petaluma Chamber of Commerce regarding the, Downtown Parking District Plan with a �{ petition signed by 10'8 merchants willing. participate tparticipate ,in the removal, of the parking Met, ers within the parking distri_c -t,, . and re.- questing that the'' City Council �s'tudy the petition and adopt.by resolution a worth- while •p.arking ,d strict plan, with. meters removed as petitioned,, read and filed Councilman.Cavanagh,, Jr., and'Mattei, Council Committee who met with the Chamberr regarding the 'subject matter; b:r reported_ on the. activities of the committee. Since. it was decided.to'hold a study session in the - future on the proposal,,Couhcilman Ma-ttei ::suggested that-in the 'meantime the . Cityy Attorney pre - pare an interpretation on 'the. legal problems involved .and the ',Tinahce .D; rector also sub- mit .information on the funding situation for Council review. -Mr. Jim Ordway, member-of the Chamber Board, `of Directors who spear headed action''on the proposal., addressed the Council regarding.the .plan and .urged consideration of the recommendation in , order to establish a more, successful downtown .business ,district.. 1 Upon .conclusion of the d scussEion, the Mayor drected' the City Manager to establish.a study session date. after the. :staff has pro- vided• the necessary legal and financ =ial w V a, information. Petaluma Schools - Letter, dated January 3.1, 1972, . from Gerald. Work Exper,ience Dadey,,'Principal Petaluma Schools, thanking 1. Program �� the, Council .for its ; 'contribution in the schoo'ls' expex en'ce program, read and filed. ABC. 3g Application filed wit h Alcholic Beverage ./ Control -by A.B'. _and D.G. Klein -,and, J'. and C. Mische'l, Jr,,. fo on - dale general pub- lic premises to. premi'ses license from 40.1 East Washington `Street to 1030 Petaluma Boulevard North,.; approved,b:y the Ch of Police, the; Building `Inspector =, and `the Health Sanitarian, submitted and fihed. Relinquishment of Letter, d_ ated February 23, 1972,, from Highway Right -af= Harry L.. Kagan,, Chief. Right-o.f -way Agent, way, -. a3 � ' ' State- - Division •o,f Highways,, with certified copy of California Highway, Commission March 6, 1972 Relinquishment, of Resolution of. relinquishment o.f highway Highway Right -of� right-of; -way (parcel located at the - inter -. Way „(Continued) section of Perry Lane and Route 116), read and filed. Letter,.dated March 2, 1972, from Thomas R..Lammers, Dist'rict.IV Engineer, State Division of Highways.,, advising that subject relinquishment was recorded on February 29, ;1972; Recorder Serial Number M57383, read and filed.' 0I Source Control of Letter, dated-February 16, 1972, from Fred J Toxic .Wastes 1 ��, H..Dierk:er, Executive- Officer,.Califo.rnia. Region,al.Water Quality Control Board, San Francisco Bay.Region, that the.cities and districts are being asked to establish effective source control of toxic components of industr.ial•and,commercial wastes served by municipal sewerage systems, and further asking submission.by April 1, 1972, a plan, and schedule.for instituting or improving source control measures, read and filed. Director ,of Pub ,ic_ Works David Young pro- . posed tha.t.the letter be answered by April lst outl the course of action to. be fol- lowed.,, However,•• that some special staff inspections'of industries will be re- quired in order to obtain the necessary data to categorize the various industries to the impact of.the. city's system. He pointed,out that the-present ordinance con- tro,ls industrial waste discharge for new industries only,, and he suggested that legislation be:adopted- applying the same rules for existing industries.. Mr. Young added that a report of the input will be submitted to the Council before - forwarding same to the State. Councilman Mattei observed the State's - order and questioned the pressure of.its demands. SCA 72 fl, Letter, dated February 22,.1972 from a Senator Gregorio soliciting.endorse- ment of Senate Constitutional Amendment -2, a..measure which,wou•ld establish an independent non- partisan reapportionment commission, read ,and filed.. Councilman Clecak referred to the.letter's attachment of. the breakdown, of -the provisions and questioned that Assembly and Senate candidates.will.only.be required to be resi -. dents California instead of being re- quired to be-resid'ents of districts they seek to represent °as they are now.. Because of the questions raised, it was .,decided that.the matter --merited.further. consideration. Sales Tax Revenue. Letter., dated:February 17, 1972, from the Distribution City of Norwalk.with.a - copy of Resolution No, 2500 reques'ting.•the State legislature to revise the manner.in which sales tax revenues are;distrbuted, and asking that: a similar.reso!l -ution be adopted, read and filed. In reviewing the resolution adopted.by the City.of Norwalk, Councilman Daly objected . to'the suggestive point of view to revise March 1972 Sales Tax•Revenue themanner. He felt the resolution would Distr.ibution, be- def.inite.,as to the manner of sales, (Continued) tax distribution,. . Questioned was whether or not the City of Petaluma would gain 'on a population basis formula•. Because of the qLiestidns was asked to develop facts and figures on sales tak * and population for the.0 ity of Petaluma s, well. as other cities in 'the 4 County-. Mayor Putnam.indicated.'that this matter wil-lalso be presented to the Mayors" a.nd.Coancilmen's Association of Sonoma County for-a Cbunty"wide Point of•view. Introduction and second of the proposed resolution were withdrawn by Councilmen Mattel and Daly. Claims and Bills Resolution # Ni,,C.;.S. -approving claims Res. #59.97 NCS and .bill's Nbs...4-967 to 5028 inclusive ap- proved forJ payme'Rt by the City Manager was introduced by Councilman,matt' ' ei, seconded by Councilman Clecak*, and.adopted by 7 affirmative votes. Mayors and The Gi_ty.Man reminded the Counc.il,' Councilmen's the subject meeting to be held in Cloverdale Association.of on Thursday; March'9,•1972. Sonoma County Meeting Water -Bond Iasue City Manager-Robe' rt Meyer reported to the Council that.he attended the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors meeting today - and-the Board agreed to put the Water Bond Initiative on the 6 ballot- Also.at meeting was report on water, usage, for the current year.' AB 3;85 The Council generally agreed, that the City Manager write to Assqmblym4n,Baqley on.be- half. of the City Council supporting AB,385, a to postpone from Jun&3&, 1972, to June 3 197:3;. the date upon which. ev.ery•-county and di, ' ty shall prepare and adopt an open Curly Acorne-Field Co.unci-lman- D of the Public -aly, Chairman Facili,,ty - Naffiing= Committee, reported -the Coimittpe. -is recommending to the Council that the softball diamond in MCNear- Park be named "Curly, Acorh& Field," . in,:ho_nor of hi.s spor'ts, announcing activities and interest-in all types , o,f He noted, however, this is.not settin'g.'a precedent. as -areas wit, - hin parks have been , dedicated. to a person or a group in the past,. Councilman,C11ecak was directed to discuss the rec'ommendat'ion with'the Recreation, Music j and Parks, :Com m t - ission at i,s meeting next.week., and if-, City Attorney then is tb.pr6pareh apprQpria,te.1eqis1 for the March '20 Council meetin 9: Co.uAcilman.Daly - reviewed discussion held by the.ComMittee with regard to public involvement of naming public facilities. March 6, 1972 Curly Acorne Field Considered is -the posslbility-of a citizens' (Continued) committee ;to ,be,.,appointed to name major parks, sports complexes, etc.,-with an opportunity for citizens to participate by submitting- names.;, reason for the names, etc. Elks Club Q- .Councilman,Mattei commented on the Elks � Club "_Police Appreciation Night" held last Friday •evening. Police .Chief Larry Higgins made an outstanding presentation and Master of Ceremonies Judge Alex McMahon very ably introduced all the new police officers. Councilman Matted added that it was a dis- tinct pleasure for him to be present at the function. Sergeant Jimmy. �� Mayor Putnam also noted that Sergeant Matthews Jimmy . Matthews is resigning. from the Police Force; and in. = -his retiring remarks made radio, he "spoke .highly of the•Police Department and.it's function. Valley Green ,1( Report, dated February 28, 1972, from Subdivision #2` Director of Public .Works David A. Young Res' #5998 NCS recommending acceptance of improvements completed in theubj subdivision with certain- provisions, read -and Resolution #5.998•N.:C.S. accepting Qom- pletion of work required in Valley - Green Subdivision #2 was introduced by Co.unc;lman Mattei seconded by Councilman C'lecak, and adopted.by 7 affirmative votes. Planning Commission Ordinance, #1035 NCS'amendinq Chapter 2, Reorganization Article 3, Sections 2.38'through 2.4.3.1 Ord #1035 NCS of the Petaluma City Code of 1958 to establish a Planning Commis;s'Ibn of '7 mem- bers and repealing.the,' provisions providing for - a'Board of'Zoning:Adjustments and con - firmingla to the.Planning Com- mis'sion.was in- troduced by Councilman Daly, seconded by Councilman -Brunner, and ordered posted-by 7' -af firmat•ive votes. Sale of Surplus Resolution #5999 N.C.S.-establishing terms Real , P.roperty ., ` 1q and- conditions of sale of City's real pro - Res #.5.999 NCS perty generally-,known-as the Standard: Oil Property (located on Lakeville Street), was introduced-by Councilman Perry, Jr., seconded•by Councilman Daly, and adopted by 7 affirmative votes. Re Planning Councilman Daly stated that the Planning Commis,sion� Commission.has not had an opportunity to Matters Completely re-view-the Methodology.of the Environmental -Design Plan and that he would like to have Council opinion on some matters in•order to give'the Planning. Commission an ,idea of direction. He. continued -by t. saying•that the -moratorium on rezoning and annexations.is ovgx today; consequently, the Planning Commi`s'sion agenda is very full. He presented the following questions for Council discussion: OA;J3 Effill March 6, 1972: Re.Planning Commission Matters . (Continued) 1.- In :t he:Methodology, discussion was held on 500 homes per year - -are these to be split 50 -50 east - west'? 2. In the;Methodology, a onetime.open season for review was discussed -if applied,,.what - timing would that have? 3 If 500 homes. per ,year are to_ be - counted, are these to be counted on -a calendar., .or fiscal year, and when doeti the year actually .start? 4. Are mobile homes�,to be included as part of the 5:00 homes per year count? Another raised by.the City Manager was the matter of priority of the rezoning applications held over by the Planning Commission due to the�moratorium.� Considerable discussion was held on the various mat ters; however`, it was concluded that more review of-.the E.D.P. Methodology was needed to, reach any kind of a decision, there -fore, the Council•.agreed.to hold a .study-,session on Monday, March 13, 1972, at 7:30 zo'clock p..m.. With reference to Mr. Arthur Lafranchi's letter - regarding rezoning Willow.C'reek properties adjacent .to 'Spnom;a Joe='s Restaurant, the City 'Manager suggested ,tha:t since there is no longer a moratorium" 'the application be referred to the Planning Department, routine processing. Agenda A motion was made,.by Councilman Cavanagh,,Jr., and seconded by Perry,, .Jr. , to add :a resolu- tion to the age nda endorsing the„ i s,e of nuclear power in Mendocino County. The motion was defeated (unanimous vote required) by the following vote,: Ayes: Councilmen Brunner, Cavanagh Daly, Mattei , and .P.erry I Jr. Noes*: Councilman Cl;ecak and :Mayor Putnam,. Absent:. None,. The resolution was directed.to be included on the March 20', 1972., agenda,. Adjournment There. being no further business -to come before ,the Counc=il the. - meeting was ad- , journed' to an .Executive Session at 9:35 o' clock p.m. _„ Mayor Attest: �/ City Clerk .