HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 01/29/1973MINUTES OF MEETING
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PETALUMA,, CALIFORNIA
January. - 29, 1973
Council Meeting Adjourned meeting of - .:the Council of the City
of Petaluma was.called 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.,
and Mayor Putnam.
Absent: None.
Mr. Young pr.e,sented -a slide of the .proposed
project showing.the.roadway. section and a
diagram of-'traffic counts in the area The
counts indicated a large volume of.steady
traffic during 'the day.
Lampma_n and'Associates, engineers for the City's
Traffic- Device_Inven ory made an analysis of
Washington Street and recommended that signals
be installed on•Washington�Street at Howard
Street and.at Kentucky Street, but not at
Keller Street an_d _at Liberty Street. Band
diagrams were presented by Mr..Young to illus-
tra:te the fact that .. signals, at the recommended
intersections provided the best solution to the
traffic flow problem.
Sound measurement were taken by the
En'gine,ering Division for inclusion in the
Enviro.nmental,Impact Statement Negative Declara-
tion-on_the block of Washington Street between
Petaluma Boulevard North and Kentucky Street
to'detect.any appreciable increase'in sound.
Although sound.levelsT may not be desirable, it
is conceivable -that 'less noise, will develop
because of the smoother flow of traffic from
installation of.the 2 signals.
The estimated,cos.t of,the project was outlined
by, Street construction and widening
to be.funded'by- gas.tax monies -- $8.5,000. Two
signal systems: Portion be funded 'by TOPICS
Fund $38,000; balance from gas tax monies- -
$28,000. Total project -- $151,000.
*Councilman , ,Perry; Jr., arrived at 8:00 o'clock
p.m.
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Widening of Washington
Director of Public Works David Young reviewed.
Street From Kentucky
the.background of the proposed project. As a
to Keokuk -- Installation
part, of the Trafficways Element of the 1962
of Signals on
General Plan, this phase'.will,continue the 4 —
Washington Street at
lane major.east /.west arterial in the City. In
Howard Street
order to accommodate a 4 -lane project in the
Kentucky Street.
existing 70 foot right -of -way, parking will
have to be , banned - .and. parking meters removed
to provide.a street width of 52 feet from curb
to curb and a sidewalk width of 9 feet on each
side of. the .str.eet. The proposal also provides
for - installation of a signal system on Washing-
ton Street. Howard Street and at Kentucky
Street and for right -hand turn movement to
Washington--, from Keller Street and from
Liberty Street. Because the City has applied
for .TOPI.CS Funds with the State of California
for the signal system a public hearing is
required to be held on the.proposed.project.
Mr. Young pr.e,sented -a slide of the .proposed
project showing.the.roadway. section and a
diagram of-'traffic counts in the area The
counts indicated a large volume of.steady
traffic during 'the day.
Lampma_n and'Associates, engineers for the City's
Traffic- Device_Inven ory made an analysis of
Washington Street and recommended that signals
be installed on•Washington�Street at Howard
Street and.at Kentucky Street, but not at
Keller Street an_d _at Liberty Street. Band
diagrams were presented by Mr..Young to illus-
tra:te the fact that .. signals, at the recommended
intersections provided the best solution to the
traffic flow problem.
Sound measurement were taken by the
En'gine,ering Division for inclusion in the
Enviro.nmental,Impact Statement Negative Declara-
tion-on_the block of Washington Street between
Petaluma Boulevard North and Kentucky Street
to'detect.any appreciable increase'in sound.
Although sound.levelsT may not be desirable, it
is conceivable -that 'less noise, will develop
because of the smoother flow of traffic from
installation of.the 2 signals.
The estimated,cos.t of,the project was outlined
by, Street construction and widening
to be.funded'by- gas.tax monies -- $8.5,000. Two
signal systems: Portion be funded 'by TOPICS
Fund $38,000; balance from gas tax monies- -
$28,000. Total project -- $151,000.
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January 2'6, 1973
Widening of Washington
Mr. Young also. presented alternat,i >ve - pla-ns for.
Street from Kentucky
Council donsideratiori which :wer"e diseussed,to -
to Keokuk - Installation
gether with .a' pl,an suggested by -Councilman-
of Signals on
Mattei to permit, ,parking on one side- of-:the
Washington Street '.at
street.- °-
Howard Street andk�.
Kentucky Street.-,.
This', _-being the time set to hear comments, on
(continued)
the proposed:;pr.oj,ect,, the Mayor the ,
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public - -hear :,open. -The City .Clerk announced.
that ' =one le=tter- was - received commenting on
the project. Let -ter, dated January 19,, 1973,.
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from Myrel A. Moss Lorraine.E. Moss re-
questing c,ons.derat :ion of four points to be
considered .in. connection with the project,
read and filed. °.
The Mayor then* - called for comments from the
floor. Those who addressed the Council were:
Mr. Hero -ld. Mahoney; owner of ,property:. on the
southeastAcorner o.f.Washington and Liberty
Streets.. * informed -that left -turn move
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,.. -..
ments will - be" permitted und_e,r .the proposal on
Washington. Street into any place of business,
!driveway, etc.
Dr. Newburger, 131 Liberty Street,- spoke on the
loss of parking fa lities and asked-if additional
c-
pa rking 'would be: accommodated by - the `City. In
this respect it,wa's that the Keller
Street :parking Tot, . located, in the ar=ea, was
enlarged 5 year's -ago and'•the Faustman Traffic,
Study- recommended double- decking the. lot- in the
:futur;e . to provide .:additional„ spaces :.
Mary Volpi; owner -.of a grocery store located.
at' Washington and Keller Street_ s, , inquired
whether .loading zones would be. ,re;located . It
was i=ndicated that loading zones will be desig-
_
: side streets to accommodate businesses
and that nearby alleys- could be -used.
Mr. Art, Weller, 'Who maintains .a, .furniture
warehouse `ori the.' no.rth� side -..of Washington Street
between Keokuk ; and- Howard Streets, also raised
questions regarding loading zone removal. 'It,
was suggested that consideration be given to
-unloading nierchandise'between'midnight and 6;00
a.m.. as a possible s;ol,ution to the problem, but
Mrs. Vo,-lpi pointed. out the impra`ctica ities
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involved.
Following-some general discussion, the Mayor
declared the publie',hearing'.closed.
Mr. Young outlined the following tentative
construction - schedule for the proposed project -;
Approval of pl4n -s and s:pea f cat ons and author-
izatiori.calling for bids in March; award. of
.contract in *May and - construction complet °ion
in 'September.
Upon _d'onclus:ion of -the ' discussion,._. the Mayor
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= annou 'ced that. f.uk,ther written statements ;or
le•tters�• may- be.' rec.e`ive,d by the City Clerk
during .the next:-'10 days to be included into
;;:
- the official' record. °
January 38; 1973
by Re,s'olution #62,02
Rezoning - -East ,.. -
This being the. - : set . .,.
Washington: Street =Ely_
N.'C.'S . to hear-:, Sunco... Development Corporation's
Boulevard: North Area-
app lication to�, A.P*:.• #149-110 -01 from
Sun Terrace Park
an , R- M - 1;500._(Multi Family, Residential) Dis-
(Sunco Development
trict to a Planned- Development District,
Corporation)'
located at the northeasterly corner•of .Ely
Ord #1075 NCS=:-
Boulevard'North an'd -East Washington Street,
(area . as, ";Sun Terrace Park`'.) the matter
was opened for consideration.
Planning Director referred to Section
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10 , 'Resolution = #.6184'.. N. C . S . , r equiring:. that if
_ the- -Plann ng: finds the Environmental
_
Impact.-.Report ,to be sufficie•nt, it shall forward
the• same to..the City. Council for its recommenda-
tion that it be', adopted. Statement, dated
... -.January 2'9:x; .1973, :. from'- ;Planning Director William
C'.. ,' McGivern that the. Planning Commission at its
regular meeting ,of January 3, 1973,
:.,
the Environmental - Assessment Statement - and
�.s,uppl:emental Environmental Impact Report as
._beng'correct-and having no significant environ-
.mental impact and, therefore, it is recommended
to'the City.Council that the Environmental
Assessment Statemen;t'and the Report be accepted
as approved by the . Planning ,Commission, submitted
and filed.
By,Yconsensus;:.the Council accepted the Environ-
mental- Assessment Statement and concurred that
an'Env Report is not required.
Mr :,% Mc'Givern.-.reyiewed:' the history of the 26-acre
parcel and the applicant's proposal for a condo-
minium type de've.lopmen't. -He noted that F.H.A.
indicated the easterly.third of the site would
not- be'acceptable for development because it is
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in .the flight.:pattern of the airport. This
portion of_.the.,deveiopment has been removed from
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- the.'.developmen,t plan. - and is not a part of the
proposal �at..-this _time.. He also reviewed the
staff: report -- showed a number of considera-
-tiona - the findings . He pointed out that
the•:Planning'.Commission recommended the PUD
map -.be .. appr-oved with a,-density of 9.4 units .per
_
acre, .which would `.reduce the number of units
in the, , propos,ed�. plan .and provide more open -space
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and .:parking An ,th6� ,deve,lopmient .
..Mr, Fr:ank•.LaPointe, President of Sunco Develop-
ment Coiporation,.:introdUced Mr. K. L. Poulsen,
President, U. S. Egii t-ies Inc. , who addressed
the Council ..- regardin'g,.-the application. He
showed •slides.of various developments to illus-
trate to,the Council the type and design of the
area proposed for.;Sun Te rrace-Park.- 'Drawing
were,presented to show the layout' of the streets
and` ; housing and the -proposed parking and land-
scaping, of the. park, as well as the creek that
cr .the, subdivision.. He added that the
creek traversing the, property will be,...left in
its ; natural state and will be open to'.. -the public
.,if permitted by Sonoma County Flood Control
Agency. The app.lican- t- strongly 'objected to the
9.4 density.° recommendation and cl'amed that the
limitation was :economically ..unfeasible -. It was
requested by �Mr. - LaPointe that the' proposal of
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11.4 density be considered for approval. Dis-
cussion followed at length-on this matter.
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January 3-6, 1973
Rezoning - -East
In the discussion 'that a typographical
Washington Street =Ely•
error was noted ih the Planning-Commission's
Boulevard North Area-
legislation and the point was clarified that
Sun_Terrace Park
the proposed rezoning to PUD applies to''the-
(Sunco Development
total 26 acres and 'not to a portion of the
Corporation),'
parcel. The proposed ordinance for.;Counc:il
Ord #1075 NGS
intreduction•refl'ects the cbrre-ct - rezoning of
(continued)
the comple e' parcel.
After considering the density issue, a motion.
was made..by Councilman Dal y'and seconded by.
Councilman Perry, Jr., that the density be-7
units . per ,acre for the entire• '26 ..- acres, •but
upon further discussion the motion was amended
to accept the recommendation of..the'P_ lanning
Commission limiting the density to 9.4-units
.,per acre': Motion -carried by . 6 affirmative and
1'negative' votes. Councilman,Cav Jr.,
voted `, No . "
Ordinance #107`5 N'..0 . S . amending Zoning Ord-._
nance #1072 N.C'.. by rezoning A..P.4149- 110 -1
from an R- M - 1,500' (:Multi- Family Residential)
Dist�r:ict to a'Planned Unit Development District
located 'at the northeasterly corner of Ely
Boulevard'North and East.Washington Street, was
introduced -by Councilman Daly, seconded by.
Councilman Perry, Jr., and order published by
7 affirmative votes.
Councilman ,Daly was asked. to contact the appli-
cant concernin - g the numerous questions he raised
in reviewing applicant's proposal.'
Refund 197`0 Municipal Let ter , dated Januar;y;19, 1973, from Mr. Herman
Improvement Bonds B. Zelles, vice- Pres- ident,. •Stone and Youngberg,
Municipal Finan;c:inq 'Cbnsu7tants ,, Inc .: ; proposing
that the 1970 Municipal Improvement'Bonds be
refunded in order to derive a savings for the
City of .Petaluma, submitted and filed.
Mr. :Zelles was present and explained the details
of the ref unding .pro'ce( ure. which would realize
a 7gros in.terest of $328,000..
Upon_conclus:on of a short discussion, a motion
was made by Cbun Brunner and seconded by
Councilman Perry Jr., authorizing the; Bond
Counsel to prepare. the,neces.sary hegislation
for the refunding of the: bonds for Council-
consideration on'Februar.y. S, 1973. Motion
carried unanimously.
Adjournment There;being no further business to.come before
the Council, 'the meeti=ng was. adjourned , i t 11:3 0
o'clock p,.m,. to - 4O 0 'c'lock p.m., Tuesday,
January 30", 1973-
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