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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 02/17/19724 -9 3 MINUTES OF MEETING OF CITY-COUNCIL PETALUMA, CALIFORNIA February,14, 1972- 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 Brunner, Cavanagh, Jr., Clecak, Daly, Mattei, 'Perry, Jr., and Mayor Putnam. Absent: None. Approval of Minutes The minutes of January 31, 1972, were ap- proved.as recorded. Agenda By consensus of the Council, Agenda Items 2 and 3-- Claims and Bills and Reports- -were moved for consideration at this time. Claims',and Bills Resolution No. 5985 N.C.S. approving claims Res. 5985 N:C.S. and bills Nos.. 4802 to-4924 inclusive ap- proved by the City Manager, was - introduced by Councilman Mattei, seconded by,Councilman Daly,.and adopted by seven affirmative votes. v�tudy seasion with � Councilman Clecak was asked to arrange a; Recreation, Music, joint meeting tentatively on February 26, and Parks Commission 1972, (or .a late.week day afternoon meeting if ,desirable) with the'Council and the Recreation, Music, and Parks Commission to make an on -site inspection of the Mc.Near property on,Petaluma Boulevard.South under consideration for a recreational area. 5%f Environmental Design Lhis being the,continuatiori of public hearing Plan on the Environmental Design Plan from January 31, 1972, the following four letters were read:. Letter, dated February 1, 1972, from Mr. Charles M. Porro, owner of Homeowners' Lumber Company, expre.s.sing. thanks for the , Council's consideration of the Environmental Design Plan and stating that when he is cer- tain that his property will not be changed ,. he will be happy to work with'the.Planning Commission to make any,,, changes in the appearance of his property to help beautify the City of Petaluma, :read.and filed. Letter, dated Febr "nary 3, 1972,,from Wilma Bingham, Correspondinq Secretary, Young Voters' for Conservation, asking for reasons for having so .many citizens' committees working.on an Environmental Design for Petaluma and questioning the.recent vote by the Councilmen for more mobile homes in Petaluma as bieng_in complete opposition to the recommendations_ of .these committees, read and filed. Letter, 10, 1972, from Leslie H. Meyer, Superintendent of the Petaluma Schools, that the Board of Education reen- dorses its stand on mobile homes as stated in its resolution passed on September-22, 1970,..and reaffirmed,its stand to cooperate and work with other agencies in the growth 494 February 14, 1972 Environmental Design and development our community, read--and Plan (Continued) filed. Letter,.dated February 14, 1972, from Dr. Rodney - Tognetti, 512 Eastwood Dk-.L e_,, Petaluma, expressing his opinion in favor of an:Environ- mental Design Plan that is .concerned with open space,, suggesting that a survey °b.e . taken through the. Argus- ,Courier to help in- volve the citizens, in the area, read and filed..' Mayor Putnam announced that the Council will address itself to reviewing the E.D.,P. Text, and the Planning Commission' recommended changes filed with the Council:on January 31, 1972, . with adjournment ; at-10:00 o'clock ;p.m. to Monday;.February 2.8, 1972, at 7:30 o'clock p.m. 1 Mr. -Corwin •Mocine of Williams and Mo.c,ine; City Planning Consultants', was:,pr,esent to discuss - the various issues and points ,under considera.t-ion. Throughout the.Co.uncil re- view of the.test,.Planning Director McGivern and - Councilman Daly, Council representative on the Planning Commission, explained the, Planning Commission's reasoning for- the - recommended changes. RECOMMENDED PLANNING COMMISSION ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN PLAN TEXT' REVISIONS` Page 2,. Top Paragraph _ Delete ;Last sentence, ,beginning "It 'is clear.,,, . " COUNCIL REVIEW Concurred with ,Planning -Com mission'.s recommended change. 1 Page 6, Bottom Two Limes, Second Sentence Change to read:: "on the west side, the greenbelt will contain a road way-,for the improvement of circulation. Page 7, Second -Line From Top: Correct-spelli-ng of , "bridal" to "Bridle." Page 7, Second Paragraph: Delete paragraph and all items under it., Concurred with Planning_Com mission's recommended change. Councilman Mattei stated that he had a number. of .questions regardi- ng.the greenbelt., but would reserve discussion until later: (Relative to Council Park..Study . ) Approved. Concurred with Planning Com- mission's recommended change. Page, 9 Councilman Daly -asked that reference to Bridge Street, Hopper Street, Hopper Street Extension, a portion o'f 'Wils.on . Street, and a • portion of Lake -, Ville Highway. throughout the text be changed to "'Lakeville Street". to.conform with recent Council action renaming the streets. 45 February 14, 1972 RECOMMENDED.P,LANNING COMMISSION - ENVIRONMENTAL DE'S IGN PLAN ,.TEXT - RE V IS'IONS Page 10, Third Line, , From Top:: In "sert "- Lakeville Street" in front-.of "Hopper Street - Bridge Street ." Page 10, Paragraph Under '.'Needs and Potential -' -Areas for Development Change "central and western por- ti,on;.of the City" ' to read "area west of the freeway." Page'10, Bottom Paragraph First Sentence: Insert ',' ,1"35" -in - blank at end of. :sentence. Page; ;al : De`let'e .the . bottom eight - (8) lines 0 Page 12.,,. Paragraph Under "The Ring Parkways " Next to the La st ;Sentence Chanqe "Magnolia Street" to "Magnolia Avenue" .and change "Washington Street" to' "Howard Street." COUNCIL REVIEW Concurred with Planning Com- mission's recommended change. Concurred with Planning Com- mission's recommended change,. Concurred with Planning _Com- mis;s'ion' s recommendation. Concurred with Planning Com mission' s recommended. change . Concurred with Planning Com- mission's recommended change. Page 14, Paragraph Under "Internal Circulation Improvements - Should read as.follows: "The pre- viously planned Caulfield Lane ex- tensi'on over freeway and.the Lakeville--;-Hopper- Bridge Street improvements are the first steps in improving the internal crcula- tio_n of the central and west -areas of Petaluma. They will relieve the congestion.on Petaluma Boulevard and Washington Street, improve cross town c >irculation and make downtown more efficient.. Immediate ..should be carried out to review means of eliminating traffic tie -ups at the railroad.crossing. Other,new routes are shown _on the plan to improve access -to downtown and to community facilities on the west side . Magnolia.Avenue improvement and extension to the parkway:, Laurel Street improvement extension'as a collector street Two new routes through the hills to connect the parkway Bodega Avenue. An of Webster.Street over the hill in order to provide.collector street access between CHerry Valley sec- tion and - the Senior High, .School ,, Hillcrest Hospital, and Petaluma Junior High School facilities.. Due to the grade, a landscaped Concurred with Planning Com- mission's recommended change. 49.E N February 14, 1972 RECOMMENDED PLANNING COMMISSION ENVIRONMENTAL.DESIGN PLAN TEXT REVISIONS Page 14, Paragraph-,_Under. ".Internal Circulation Improvements (Continued) cut will be necessary to pre- serve aesthetics'.(similar to the,Washington Street- Bodega Avenue connection) A route extending,from° the southwest side of Petaluma Junior High School (Bantam Way extended north across 'Bod.ega) where, the hill is less steep and grading.could be minimized. This route, however, is not direct and needs Western - Avenue and Bantam . to connect.with Webster Street and points south. These routes, in addition to ring park ways proposed, would tie.the central and west areas together with a coherent circulation pattern." Page 15 ,, ,Top Line-' Insert "450" in the blank space. Page . 1 -5 ,. Th -ird, Line . Insert after "'dwelling, units per gross'acre" "and the Sunny slope Valley and the.area in the vicinity of the western City limits are figures at 4.5 units COUNCIL:.REVIEW Page -14, Recommdendations,To Preserve and Enhance -The Western Hills Are Discussion followed two re - commendations: "Areas over 2'56 natural grade should not be subdivided, but'.retai -ned as open area," and "Areas over'156 grade should be re: served for lots of one-'half acreyand larger'." Councilman Mattei questioned the reserva- tions, claiming that develop- ment of the western.roll,ing hills area would be restricted. Mr. Moc ine - expla•ined the bas.i,s for the 'percentages ,and' rec.om -. mended that density *be; related to slopes, adding that the percentage factor was�,also in cluded,from a public safety standpoint. Councilman- Mattei asked for more specific informa- tion on .grades in %.the western hill and Bodega areas. The above two,recommendations were referred -to the,:Planning r Commiss: . for further cons'id-eration . Concurred with.Plahning Com- mission's recommendation.. Concurred with Planning Com- m'ssion's recommended addition. 1 per gross acre." 4 7 February 14, 1972. RECOMMENDED PLANNING,COMMIS;SION Page 1,6,. Second Paragraph: D.elete.everything past the first two , sentences. u 7 COUNCIL REVIEW Concurred with Planning Com- mission's recommendation: Concurred with Planning Com- mis.sion`'s recommendation. Concurred with•Planning Com- mission.s recommended change. Concurred with Planning. Com- mission's recommended change. Page 17, Second Paragraph To conf.orm.with map changes,. the Council recommended that the fo'l'lowing be eliminated: "Revisions and reductions in the amount of commercial zoning on Petaluma Boulevard and Washington Street." The recommended change was refer- red to.the Planning'Commis- sion for consideration. Page - 22,.,Paragraph Entitled "Public Recreation Councilman Mattei" asked that the matter of public recreate tion be held for general dis- cussion later. (Relative to Council Park Study..) Page 24 , . Fourth .Line.. From Top Councilman Cavanagh,.Jr., questioned the reason for the parenthetical words "(logical at that.time) "' in the sentence "With-this qoal (logical.at that time) ,the City annexed a three mile strip of land between Petaluma Boulevard and McDowell Boulevard from Lynch.Creek to beyond the Denman Interchange." He felt, the,;words were superfluous. Councilman Perry disagreed, stating the parenthetic- al words - indicate a question. It was generally decided by the-Council not -to delete said parenthetical words, although a difference of opinion was expressed. Mr. Mocine pointed out to the Council that when firm con- clusions have been reached .on the E.D.P. Map and Plan,. it will be necessary to revise act ENVIRONMENTAL 'DESIGN PLAN .TEXT REVISIONS Page 15., . Fourth Line: . Insert ,350" .in�the blank space. - Page 15, Bottom- Insert "130" units, iri,the: blank space. Page 1.6; Top Paragraph Change.to,read: "Undeveloped areas designated.for'high and medium density residential use include the hill along the east sidL . of .Petaluma Boulevard to- wards ,the north edge of town, and other like areas." Page 1,6,. Second Paragraph: D.elete.everything past the first two , sentences. u 7 COUNCIL REVIEW Concurred with Planning Com- mission's recommendation: Concurred with Planning Com- mis.sion`'s recommendation. Concurred with•Planning Com- mission.s recommended change. Concurred with Planning. Com- mission's recommended change. Page 17, Second Paragraph To conf.orm.with map changes,. the Council recommended that the fo'l'lowing be eliminated: "Revisions and reductions in the amount of commercial zoning on Petaluma Boulevard and Washington Street." The recommended change was refer- red to.the Planning'Commis- sion for consideration. Page - 22,.,Paragraph Entitled "Public Recreation Councilman Mattei" asked that the matter of public recreate tion be held for general dis- cussion later. (Relative to Council Park Study..) Page 24 , . Fourth .Line.. From Top Councilman Cavanagh,.Jr., questioned the reason for the parenthetical words "(logical at that.time) "' in the sentence "With-this qoal (logical.at that time) ,the City annexed a three mile strip of land between Petaluma Boulevard and McDowell Boulevard from Lynch.Creek to beyond the Denman Interchange." He felt, the,;words were superfluous. Councilman Perry disagreed, stating the parenthetic- al words - indicate a question. It was generally decided by the-Council not -to delete said parenthetical words, although a difference of opinion was expressed. Mr. Mocine pointed out to the Council that when firm con- clusions have been reached .on the E.D.P. Map and Plan,. it will be necessary to revise act 498 February 14, 1972. RECOMMENDED PLANNING COMMISSION ENVIRO.NMEN.TAL.DES;IGN,PLAN - TEXT REVISIONS :� COUNCIL'REVIE Page 24, _,Fourth Linei From Top: (Continued) the.E.D.P.�Text.to conform with map 'chang.es adopted " by-the Council.. in the North Petaluma area. Page 2.5, Second-Line of Second Paragraph Page 216 First Paragraph: Delete the.four sentence bein- ning with "However the''fiked . investment, . . . " and ending with if'there is a need to 'extend the time permitted. Page .26,, 'Paragraph.. Under "Industr.ial Uses - Delete -the first sentence "Pro- jections indicate•that.a maxi,- mum of about 150 acres of�industri- al land. can actually `be absorbed in . Petaluma in.. the. next - years. Page. - 27 , Fifth and-Sixth Lines Delete the •phrase•. "sti'll - in ex- cess the total projected -for the Petaluma area." Page 2;8 Delete heading . "Circulation-_" Capitalize , "THE GREENBELT PARK.­" Page 2.8 ,Paragraph Under "The Gre'enbelt' Park" : - . Delete the sedorid sentence and, change the third sentence to read "The -plan shows a large area in residential use to the north in- corporating •the, existing mobile home. park. End.the paragraph with sentence ending ". Recommended that the word. "will" � be changed, ,to "may':" -Referred to the. Planning - Commission. Planning Commission rec;om- mended.deletions on Pages 26 and 27 (part of the E.D.P. for North Petaluma) were - discussed. The amoritza- tion techn que -in the text setup for mobile homes was explained by Mr.- Mocine, but questioned by-the Council. Mr. Shannon of the.Chamber of Commerce addressed the Council-stating that the. Chamber's Industrial Com- mittee_r•ecommended the dele- tion. 26 ,under, "Industrial Uses:" In view of ,.the Council'-s ac- tion on January 31, 1972, - recommending to .the Planning Commission that some of the area in North Petaluma be changed,on; the E.D..P. Map. from Industrial,to Medium Residential Use, Pages 24 to "Greenbelt ".on page 28 were referred to the Planning Commiss,ion.for review and suggestions to correlate the text with the map.. Concurred with Planning.Com- mission'Ls recommended change .. Concurred with Planning Com- mission',s recommended changes. 499 February 14, 1972 RECOMMENDED ,PLANNING ,COMMISSION ENVIRONMENTAL DES7IGN PtANI.• TEXT REVISIONS-.. Page 28, Paragraph Under "The Greenbelt Park"':' (Continued), regional considerations are taken into Make.new heading: "Circulation;" capitalized,,and, new paragraph as follows continu- ing to Page .29 "T-here' will , con- tinue to be a need for-better con- nections between the -east and west sides of-the City. A connection needs to be extended from -North McDowell. Boulevard to Petaluma* Boulevard. The most economic route, is: to 'underpass. thy. free - way and.cross the railroad-. at grade.at the point where the freeway is elevated over the tracks., This.link between east and west -will in all probability. be built,in the next ten.to fifteen years rather than in the first strategic planning - period, but ; , it.is necessary to plan for the connection now. Page 3.1, Bottom Paragraph,.Second Sentence Change.to. read "At the same time, it is isolated from the. west by the lack of .sufficient cross town .links . COUNCIL REVIEW Concurred with*Planning`Com -• mission's. - recommended .'change'. Page 32 < , Third Line From Top Recommended that' the . word "developed" be inserted before "community and neighborhood parks." Referred to the Plan- ning Commission-. City Manager Robert Meyer pointed out the imbalance of parks area - wise-- approximately 14.82-acres on the west side versus 35 acres on the east side (not including the boat.launching ramp) for 15,000 people in,each-area. Mr. Mocine'noted that the text does not specifically so state, but the map does recommend an addi- tional park site in the Sunny- slope area for the west side and marked for future study by the Planning Commission* and - Co.uncil. in . an effort' to 'bring the west side up to standards. Mr. Meyer asked the record to'indicate that Mr. Mocine stated that there is a deficiency on both'sides,of the City as far as parks are concerned. 500 February 14, 1972 RECOMMENDED PLANNING COMMISS.IO.N ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN PLAN REVISIONS (The following was, an ommission,, but-to be included as a Planning Commission Recommendation.).. Page : 33 , Line 5 and Line, 8 : COUNCIL REVIEW Insert "4-,150" in the blank space Concurred with Planning on.Line_5; spelling of, Commission's rec;ommensded "are" to ',''area" and. insert . "6" in insertion. the blank.space on Line 8. Page .3.5 Fifth, Line at Sentence Beginning "'If it becomes a cl ear . Delete balance of the paragraph. Page 37, ,First Yaragraph, Third Sentence,: Change. .to read "Areas -which are slated to , become urban in the -neat future will be annexed to Petaluma n.a manner that will assure.that maximum,lo.cal control can be established." Delete the balance of the sentence. Delete Item .No . 1 (Nbt- .shown in the Planning Commis sion'_s recommendations, but to be included) Page 37: - Change Item 2 to. Item 1, and Item 3 to Item 2. Pag,e 38 Change "Number 4 "•. toward- the . top of the page to "Number 3 " (per the preceding,no:te), and change to read "The major undeveloped parcels between the existing subdivided areas, and the greenbelt will only be',urban- ized through the Planned'.Unit Develop- ment,or the Planned Community District process,and in accordance with the development..contro.1 methodology set - forth in Appendix "A ".. The - balance of the paragraph recommended . to be , delted refers to the "The Greenbelt Park," portion of which states "If .it be- comes clear beyond the•initial, period that further growth. is de- sired and should be planned for, the greenbelt• can.:accom -. modate a par.kway.for crcula- tion around the east side Mr. Mocine commented that the deletion has been discussed with the ._Commi - s"s on and clarified that ,it is' more difficult to establish a con - tnuous g- reenbelt link' than; a _parkway. link, but :agreed with the Commission if it is best for the City. However,, he -added that no final answer has been reached by the Consultants, but they are studying particular: section. Concurred with Planning Com mission's recommended .change. Concurred with Planning.Com- m,ission's recommended',change. 1 501 February 14,,, RECOMMENDED PLANNING COMMI'SSION ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN'.PLAN TEXT REVISIONS Page 38,.Paragraph and Items Under "'The Greenbelt Park Delete Itema�Numbers 5 and 6 Page 4,2, Under "Low Density Residential Areas Change Item No. 2' to read "Areas where sewers not practicable should be -zoned for, Agriculture:" Change Item read "Other undeveloped areas should`be zoned for approximately 10,:000 square foot lots. Changer Item No. 4 to read-"Cluster-subdivisions with equivalent overall densities should be encouraged where. topo- graphic conditions' make• i.t. desir- able, in order to provide varied. types of living environments and a broader range of. dwelling types than,.is now available in Petaluma. Page 43, Item No. 1,.Under the Paragraph Begi4n,ing " It .is also a. policy . "' Should read."Encourage- undeveloped. areas along the Petaluma River to develop with water- orie:n ed apart - ment complexes by zoning for high density, but provide public access to water." ; Page 4 -5, Under Specific . Strategic Policies. for, East. Petaluma' Dehete Tt'em No. 2 (a) (The following recommendation from the'Plarining Commission wa`s omitted on the list but to be.included.) Item Number 2 (c): Change the word "eight" to "six" in the.,fifth line; and, change the word "net" to "gross" in the last line. COUNCIL Possible-.question. To be included in the.total park study. Page 3.9, Second.and -Third Lines Recommended to( Planning .Commiss`ion that the following words be.delcted " . . and to pay.its share .of_ construction costs." Questioned was the City's commitment to pay.its share of construction costs for needed rights -of -way for street improvements. Mr. Mo'cine explained that if the text indicates . a different Policy than in effect, the deletion should be made- -that the matter also involves the Fity's budget. Concurred,with Planning.Com mission's recommended changes. Concurred with- Planning Com- mission's recommended change. Concurred with Planning Com- mission's recommended changes.. 502 February 14, 19'72 Page 46, Item Number 3: Delete last,three sentences beginning -.r '-'If the amount of land . . ." Concurred with, Planning.Com- mission's recommended•cha.nge,. February Hi 1972,, In.respons,e to -Mrs. Dona Cook, the Counci Meeting Mayor indicated that the audience will havesan opportunity to speak in regard' to the E.D.P. Ad�3- ournment There being no further .busi ness+, to come before—the Counci_l., -the meeting was adjourned at.- 10:05' o' clock p.m., to. •an executive,. session and to ,Monda_y, February 2`8 , 1,97.2 , ' for coast "inua.tioh of, the public hearing on the. E . D.. P . Mayor Att sit City Clerk v Plan Lines - East Wash During the di,scussion.of the, E.D.P. ington St. from Lakeville Text, Councilman Cavanagh; Jr. re- St. to the Freeway quested that a study se;ssion'be held. _ on the subj matter. On July ,6, 19`70," .subje.ct plan line consideration was referred to a study session., Re- ferred-to the City Manager :for a •study session date. Page 3 - January 31, City Manager :Robert Meyer referred. 1972, 'Minutes to Page 3, Item 3, of the Minutes for January 31, 1972, and questioned- whether word "Freeway" should be changed to "Caulfield Lane" to.re'ad. as follows: "'Planned residential designation in the area zoned M=L bounded, by . Caulfield Lane .'.`• As to the Planning Commission!s :intent on the matter, Commi:ssionert Waters,believed that the area to the Freeway,.-(not to Caulfield Lane,) was to be included in .the Specific Plan-, 'nng 'Study.- However, clarification on,the.matter- was delayed-to the ,February 28th Council meeting`toiallow. time for Mr. Waters -to check details. February Hi 1972,, In.respons,e to -Mrs. Dona Cook, the Counci Meeting Mayor indicated that the audience will havesan opportunity to speak in regard' to the E.D.P. Ad�3- ournment There being no further .busi ness+, to come before—the Counci_l., -the meeting was adjourned at.- 10:05' o' clock p.m., to. •an executive,. session and to ,Monda_y, February 2`8 , 1,97.2 , ' for coast "inua.tioh of, the public hearing on the. E . D.. P . Mayor Att sit City Clerk