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MINUTES OF MEETING
OF CITY COUNCIL
PETALUMA,- CALIFORNIA.
January 23, 1968
Council Meeting Adjourned meeting of the Council ofthe City
of Petaluma called ,to-order by Mayor Putnam
at.the hour of 7:30 o'clock p.m.
Attendance Present: Councilmen Battaglia, Brainerd,
Cavanagh, Jr., Colin, Joerger,
Lipman and Mayor Putnam.
Absent: None.
Area Planning..,Commission Resolution #Z1 -68 recom-
Bodega Ave.,mending the adoption of proposed-amendment
Washington to Zoning Ordina -nce #662 N.C.S. by reclassi-
fying Assessor Parcel Nos. 6- 311 -18 and 6- 311 -19
'CS and a portion of three,other lots considered
as Public right -of -way from an R -2 -3000 zone to
a P -M (Professional- Medical) zone (triangular -
shaped parcel bounded by Bodega Avenue, Howard
and .Washington Streets), submitted and filed.
Planning Director William McGivern located the
area on a map and briefly reviewed the request
for rezoning,, whereupon Ordinance #889 N.C.S.
amending the Zoning Ordinance #662 N.C.S. as
recommended, was introduced by Councilman
:Brainerd, seconded by'Councilman Lipman, and
ordered published by 7 affirmative votes.
Purchase of Property
Ord. #888 NCS
Rezoning -
Bounded by
Howard and
Streets
Or:d. #889
Silva Property -
English & Baker Sts.
Res. #$910 NCS
Central Business
District Study
Ordinance #88B .N.C- S.•authorizing the purchase
of 21 feet more- or less of Assessor's Parcel
#6-282 -1 (old Montgomery Ward building), was
.introduced by Councilman Colin, seconded by
Councilman Lipman, and adopted by 7 affirmative
votes.
Report, dated January 23 1968 from Directo
of Planning and Building Official William Mc-
Givern certifying to the completion of the
demolition of residence located at 319
Baker Street, read and filed. Resolution #4910
N.C.S.'approving costs incurred in the demolition
of the structure and.the cleaning of the property
at 319 Baker-Street, California, and
declaring the costs,.incurred in said demolition
to be a lien.-against-the real property and a
special assessment to be collected as a special
assessment, was introduced by Councilman Lipman,
seconded by Councilman Brainerd, and adopted
by 7 affirmative votes.
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Mr. Leon Rimov appeared before the Council to 0
present a detailed report on the Central Business
District Study. He reviewed the sketches pre-
sented at the December 4th Council meeting re-
garding'the existing conditions in some of the
downtown area and continued with slides and dis-
cussion of a proposal for the revitalization
of the Central Business District. He delineated
the boundary of the District comprising of 137
acres. Paramount among the plans presented by
Mr. Rimov was the rerouting of a portion of
Petaluma Boulevard along the Petaluma River.
He outlined a three -stage program over a pro-
jected five -year plan to develop the realign-
ment of said Boulevard at an estiamted cost of
one and one -half million dollars. Mr. Rimov's
presentation also included plans to develop
other portions of the'District and a discussion
on the cost factors involved for the improvements.
He reviewed various methods of financing the
January 23,,1968
Central Business entire program but pointed out that feasibility
District Study of financing be referred to a financial con-
(Continued) sultant.
Before a general discussion was held on the.re-
port given by Mr. Rimov, the Mayor asked Dr.
D. Jackson Faustman to make his presentation on
the Traffic- Parking Study-
Traffic-Parking
Study
Adjournment
Dr. D. Jackson Faustman appeared before the
Council to discuss the preliminary stages" oaf "
_the traffic - parking study cond;ncted'by his
firm.under. contract with the City. He re
ferred to an incomplete written report sub
mitted to the Council, which, he stated,, will
be finalized in the near future. Dr. Faus
recommended that the Council consider specific
steps'-of the study for' action, particularly r
relative to °the parking spaces. He continued' .
by saying that in the survey made of the,parking
phase of the program;, it was determined that
400 parking spaces are needed in the downtown
area. He suggested that 200 of the 400 spaces
be acquired immediately for short —time off- street
parking by developing a parking lot for l0''0
spaces on the easterly side of Petaluma Bou'le-
vard North between Washington Street and the
existing parking lot by Western Auto and an-
other 1:00 spaces by extending the present
Keller Street Parking =lot to Western Avenue
and%d'ouble= decking the entire'1ot. He esti
mated that the cost of acquiring the additional
-200 spaces would be one million dollars 'He
also discussed methods of financing the recom-
mended parking program.
upon conclusion of the two,reports, a general
discussion was held with members.of the Council
after which the Mayor entertained comments from
the audience. "
Upon the suggestion of City Manager Robert .Meyer,
it decided by the Council that the total re-
port be presented before any action is tak°em.
Dr. Faustman indicated that the parking study
will be finalized and forwarded to the City
within the next week and that he will.be :pre-
pared to make a complete presentation both
the; parking and traffic studies in Februaryi
it was agreed' that the tota.l'presentation be
made at a Council meeting on February 12, 1968,
with both Dr. Fa'us.tma`n and Mr. Rimov present:
There being no further business to come before.
the Council,, the 'meeting was adjourned
o clock.,p.;m. to an executive- session. w
Mayor,
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Attest:
City Clerk