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Home My WebLink AboutMinutes 11/29/19651 MINUTES OF SPECIAL MEETING OF CITY COUNCIL PETALUMA, CALIFORNIA November 29, 1965 ,Special Council Special Meeting of the Council of the City of Meeting Petaluma called to order by Mayor Mrs. Helen Putnam at the hour of 7:00 o'clock p.m. Attendance Present: Councilmen Brainerd, Cavanagh, Jr., Colin, Gans, Joerger, Lipman, and Mayor Putnam. Absent: None. Reading of the Notice of the Special Meeting called for Novem- Ca'1.1 ber 29, 1965, the certificate of the City Clerk of the delivery of said notice, and the consent of the members of the City Council to the hold - ing of said meeting, read and filed. Purpose of the The purpose of the meeting was to hold a dis- Meeting cussion regarding an architect and engineer for the swimming pool. Councilman Brainerd presented a proposed drawing of the swimming pool site which he described as being located on the north- west.corner of the Fairgrounds property next to the access road that parallels East Washington Street. He then read a letter, dated November 24, 1965, from Dr. G. Edward Rudloff recommending that Milton F. Johnson of Palo Alto, California, be retained as the.project architect and coordinator, and that Nor -Cal Engineering_Company of Redwood City, California, be retained as site engineers. Copy of said letter was submitted and filed. Letter, dated November -29, 1965, from Lieb, Ross, & Quaresma of Petaluma requesting that their firm be considered as project architects for the pro- posed swimming pool complex, was read and filed. In the discussion that followed, the matter of adequate parking for the pool site was brought up by Councilmen Colin and Cavanagh, Jr., who felt that a definite parking plan should be developed at this time. It was pointed out that the access road would provide parking and that the Fair Board has offered they will cooperate with a parking program as indicated on their list of comments of the November 22nd meeting with Dr. Rudloff. Said list was read by Councilman Brainerd, copy of which was submitted and filed. However, Councilman Colin stated he could not approve the site unless the parking matter is settled. In line with the suggestion of Council - man Colin and Lipman who felt that there are many questions, in addition to parking, that should be discussed with Dr. Rudloff before any action is taken, the City Manager was directed to arrange a convenient date and time with Dr. Rudloff and the Council for the purpose of holding a special meeting on the swimming pool complex. Adjournment There being no further business to come before the Council, the meeting was adjourned. Mayor At- test;: