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MINUTES OF
OF CITY COUNCIL
PETALUMA, CALIFORNIA
July 27, 1970
Council Meeting
Adjourned meeting of the Council of
the City of Petaluma was called to
order by.Mayor'Putnam at 7:30 o'clock
p.m:
Attendance
Present: Councilmen Battaglia,.Brainerd,
Brunner, Cavanagh; Jr.,, Joerger,
Mattei, and Mayor.Putnam.
_Absent: None.
Sidewalk
Letter, dated July 20, 1970, from
Res. #5534 N.C.S.
the Chamber of Commerce requesting
permission to hold Sales and
to close off.Kentucky Street between
Washington Street and.Western Avenue on
July 31, and,-August 1, 1970, read and
filed. Letter, dated July 23, 1970, .from.
Chief of'Police Larry Higgins., recommend-
ing approval of event and requesting
that:a 20 -foot emergency lane be main-
taine'd for emergency vehicles down the
center of the street, read and filed.
Resolut No.. 5534 N..C.S., authorizing
Sidewalk*SaIes on July 31,. and August 1,
1970, and closing Kentucky Street between
Western. Avenue and Washington Street on
July "31, and August 1,.i970, between the
hours of - 8:00 a..m. and 10:00 p.m_,:was
introduced by Co.uncilman,Mattei, seconded
by Councilman Brainerd, and adopted by 7
affirmative votes.
ABAG -
Mayor Putnam reminded the Council of t y �
Regional.Plan,
the special meeting on ABAG's Regional
Plan to be held Thursday, July 30, 1970,
at'7:30 p.m., Hotel Claremont, Berkeley,
California, in connection with the Gen -
eral Assembly. All Council members were
invited to attend.
League of
Mayor Putnam, Director representing the
California
Redwood Empire Division, League of Cali-
Cities -
fornia Cities, reported on the Quarterly
Executive Board
Meeting held in Long Beach, 22 - 24,
1970, of the League of California Cities'
Executive Board, which was highlighted
by a tour of the "Queen Mary ". She added
that expenses for the Directors of the
Executive Boa_rd.to attend the Quarterly
Meetings are not the responsibility of
the individual city but of the League
of California Cities. The Quarterly
Meeting will be the'League's Annual Con-
ference in San Diego in October, 1970.
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Preliminary Plans -
Architect Richard Lieb showed slides of 4 4 ,
Fire Station #3
the site of Fire House No. 3 located on
South McDowell.Boulevard and of the exist-
ing homes in the area to illustrate the
predominating type of architecture. He
then presented a_nd discussed the site plan
designed to provide for future expansion
of the structure. A floor plan with an
alternate and Plan.A, B and C Frontal
Elevation View were submitted for consid-
eration. Mr. Lieb. explained that after
Council approval of the floor plan and
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July 27, 1970
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Preliminary Plans - elevation view, the site plan will be sub-
/ Fire Station #3 mitt_ed to the Planning Commission for site
(Continued) design review. 'He requested Council action
to,proceed with preparation of the final
plans.
Review of various plans followed.'It
was agreed to accept the floor plan (.not
the alternate) recommended by Fire Chid
Benton: Plan B Frontal Elevation View�was
approved by four AYES and three.NOES. C'oun=
cilmen Brainerd, Brunner and Mattei voted
"NO ". They favored Plan C.
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Budget - Transfers
�0?
Resolution No 5535 N.C,.S., authorizing
Res. _ #5535 N.C`.S.
the transfer 'of appropriations between
1g
respective budget-sections as appropri-
ated by Ordinance'No. 904 N.C.S., as
amended, was introduced by Councilman
Brainerd', seconded Councilman Mattei,
and adopted by affirmative votes.
`nA Preliminary.
Consideration of the preliminary budget
�,� Budget
for 1970 -1971 continued from'July 13,
rte 1970 -1971
19.70:
Departmental Capital Outlay
Amended and approved for a total of
$28!;1;'67.
David'M. Browne Proposal, Dated June 1,
19,70., for Security and Backup. Program
for Files and Records Audit for a Com
bined•.Total $1,500
It was - decided to.accept only the pro=
posal for records audit in the amount
of $750, The matter of micro- filming'
records for.a possible backup program
was referred to the Purchasing Officer
for quotations on micro- filming - .
Sections .322, .324, and ..325:
After some discus,s'ion, it was. decided to
approve the'City`Manager's'recommenda=
tions. In line with Councilman Brunner's
suggestion, the -City Manages was 'direct'ed
to establish a policy limiting.the.number
of days in a yea -r for department heads to
travel. The City,Manager was a -lso auth-
or.2ed to use his-own discretion regard-
ing outrof- state meetings .for department
heads
The matter of Coinm.ssion dinner meetings
was referred to Couneil'representatives
on the various Commissions 'for a recom-
mendation 'the'reon'.
Adjournment There.being,no further business to come
befo -re the 'Council, the meeting was ad-
journed.to an executive session at 9:15
o' clock_ p
Mayor-
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Attest; eC,c�w
City l'erk