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MINUTES OF MEETING
OF 1 CITY -.COUNCIL
PETALUMA,,.CALIFORNIA
September 1, 1971
Council Meeting Special 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, and Mayor Putnam.
Absent: None.
Notice of Notice of Special Meeting called.for
the Call September 1, 1971, the certificate of
the" City Clerk of the.delivery of said
notice and the consent of the members
of'the.City Council to the holding -of
said meeting, submitted and filed.
Purpose'of
Mayor Putnam stated that.the meeting was
the Meeting,
called to discuss and act upon Senate Bill
No. 920 by Councilmen Brunner, Cavanagh,
Jr.,.Daly and Perry,, Jr.,, and explained
that the City Chart er.provides - that either
the Mayor or-.four Councilmen may ,call a
special meeting of the City Council.
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SB 920
Being involved with a comparative report S ,
Res. #5858 N.C.S.
(filed with the Council August 16, 1971)
of AB 1057 (Senator Knox's Bill proposing
a regional, government to include nine Bay
Area.counties and .opposed by the Council
on July, 19, 1971) and-SB 920 (Senator
Collier's Bill proposing a North.Coast
Regional Planning. and Development Agency
and opposed by the.Council in its present
form on August 16, 1971), both Bills being
legislative and - non= voluntary, Councilman
Clecak presented a substitute motion that
the Council.consider joining -a voluntary
planning and development agency.. The
motion was seconded by Councilman,Mattei.
Considerable discussion then followed.
.Councilman Mattei expressed his objection
to the B'kll and again referred to the County
Board of Supervisors' ballot measure of
April 20, 1971, proposi- ng'County withdrawal
from - ABAG' and the. Board's arguments for a
YES. vote mailed - with.the'sample ballot.
Quoting the arguments,'one of'which stated
"withdrawal direct removal of 'Sonoma
.County from the, ominous threat of being
included in a regional'governmenti .Coun-
cilman Mattei claimed that the voters in.
passing -the measure did not want a regional
government.
Speaking in,support of- SB 920; Councilman
Brunner referred following commun-
ications from James R. Hooper, Attorney
from Crescent City who basically drafted
SB 920:
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September 1, 1971
/ SB 920 Memorandum, dated April 5 .19'71, expl'ain-
Res. #5858 N.C.-S ing the strategy of'the draft..
(continued)
Memorandum,,date "d April 29, 1971, to
the Board of ;Supervisors of the Counties:
of - Del - Norte, .Humboldt, Lake and Mendocino.
Letter; dated July 15, 1931, to Senator.
Coll -ier
Letter , , dated August 25 , .1971 , to -the 'Board
of Supervisors'.of Del Norte County:_
A'copy of-each of the above submitted
and filed.
Also, copy of -: "Remarks of Harold Del
Ponte" on a Reg ional-;Goverriment panel
at F.ort.Bragg August 12, 1971, submitted
and filed.
Councilman Brunner pointed out strong
arguments contained in the Hcoper,Re,port,
for the proposed North Coast Regional Plan-
' ning_and Development Agency. However,
Councilman Mattei debated that.the B'i11
was - designed for the four northern noun
ties (Del.Norte, Humboldt, Lake and Men -.
docino) and not with Sonoma.County in
mind:
Councilman Clecak's motion was defeated
by the following - vote:.
Ayes: Councilmen Clecak, Mattei and
Mayor Putnam.
Noes: Councilmen Brunner, Cavanagh,
Jr., Daly and Perry,.Jr..
Councilman Cavanagh, Jr.,, qualified'his
"no" vote, ,stating that 'in .his, opinion,
there is no.choice - either. AB or
SB•920.
Discussion continued during which Council-
man Mattei questioned whether'' -political
pressure. caused Councilman Perry, Jr.,,.
to•reve_rse his stand on SB 920 ,(previously
voted against support,.). Councilman Perry, -
Jr.,' stated that in his there was
no 'political pressure. '
Members, of the audience who spoke in favor
of the Bill were:
Mel'Hein, 609 Keokuk Street
Lawrence , Forney;.Ell s Street
Ernie. Curtis, Irate Taxpayers" Committee
Mrs'. Donald Hel:gren, '9,01 "'D" Street ..
Members of the audience who spoke against
the Bill.were
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Arthur Lafr:anchi ,, 245 .Kentuc'ky ,Street.
Mr,s . 'Wilma Bingham; 377 Grant Avenue
Mr.,and'Mrs.'Wm. Bettinelli, 24.5 Kentucky
Street
September 1, 1971
SB 920 Arthur 27 - 8th Street
Res. #5858 N.C.S.. Floyd Colvin, 41.2 Bodega
(continued) Mrs: John.Wadsworth, 1 Manor Way
Mr.'B. A. ,Shannon of the Chamber
of Commerce
, 383 .
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Attest:
City Clork
Comments were also heard from:
Mr... O. Stanley, (address unknown)
Mrs. Richard Cook, 1713 Kearny Street
Jack Reid of Rohnert Park
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After considering the'pros and.cons pre -
sented regarding SB 920, Resolution No.
5858,N.C.S., expressing support of Calif -
ornia'Senate Bill:.No. 920,.was introduced
by Councilman.Perry,.Jr., seconded by
Councilman Brunner and adopted by the
following
Ayes: Councilmen Brunner, Cavanagh,
Jr., Daly, and Perry, Jr.,
Noes: Councilmen.Clecak, Mattei, and
Mayor Putnam..
Adjournment
There being no further business.to, come
before the Council,.the meeting was ad-
journed at 9:45 o'clock p.m.
Mayor.
Attest:
City Clork