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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 08/24/1959r August 24, 1959 - '7:30 p.m. City - Hall - Calif. Adjourned. meeting of the Council of the City of Petaluma called to order by Mayor Parent. ROLL CALL: Present: Councilmen Crinella, Ellis, Gustafson, King, Matzen, Van Bebber and Mayor Parent. Absent.. None. PETIT & COMMUNICATIONS: Letter dated, August 19, . 1959, from Claude B. Hutchison, Mayor of Berkeley re' meeting to be held October 2, 1959,_ to 'consider possible forma- tion of a Metropolitan Council in the Bay Area, read and filed. Application of United Church . of Christ for street improvement on and portion. of Mission .Dro Extension, read and filed. This (7o n.rr,anication was dated 1959. A representative of the United Church .of Christ addressed the Council explaining that they are interested beginnin.g.,development of new site hi th.e Country Club area and desire to enter into , an - agreement with the City, whereby the City will the engineering services necessary f the location of - the utilities and the construction of the streets; curbs and gutters. The streets involved would - be part or all- of Mission Dro from its present termination to its intersection with McNear Ave. - and - the develop- ment of Middlefield Dr_ from its present termination - to its intersection with Mission .Dro He stated that the church - would be willing to bear the expense for.its share in development *With other parties - who" would also be involved; thal so far none of the property owners had objected to paying for their share of the cost of these - improvements. The City Engineer stated - that - to his way of thinking, this work be somewhat in an assessment district and somewhat along the lino,s of the English Street Extension. He the church was requesting F; s i.Jme that the City, be authorized to prepare the plans and estimates for the work It was pointed out 'that there would be some 5 property owners involved in this project, ' The City Attorney felt that it would be perfectly Legitimate for the City forces to do this work, assuming that it would be done on a cash deposit basis, under an agreement. This line of procedure was then approved by the Council, Application of Arnold Maier dated Aug. 14, 1959; - for outside sewer connection at rear of property designated as AP 6-291 -3 on North Webster St. , submitted and' fi.l.ed. Report of City dated Aug, 21, 1959, recommending denial of subject outside sewer connection, read and 'filed, It was also recommended in this report that, since the front portion of the property lies within the City limits, the owner might be invited to annex the remaining portion of his property to .the City, subdivide in aecorda.nce with the applicable provisions of the City Code and constr. act his buildings in conformance :with the City ,Building Code. uuy Engineer Al Roberts explained that from the appearance of the lot, there is room for at least 2 units to be built. For access to the lot, the owner is presently utilizing the driveway of the adjacent property. In connection with annexation of the lot to the City, Mr.. Roberts stated that he had not yet had an opportunlity to. discuss this with Mr. Maier, Before taking any action on the subject application, it was the decision of the Council to have Mr., Roberts discuss the matter of annexation with the property owner. The City Engineer was so directed. - (1) 210- August 24, 1959 n fl.EPORTS OFCITY OFFICIALS: City Planning Com mnis sioni Use - Mrs Cookie Couch Res,'. U19m59 granting Us6'Perfftit to Mrs, Cookie Couch,. 408.Fair St., to operate 'a ceramic - shop,, submitted _filed. . 1. Use Permit..- JacquQlineD,. Dwight Res.: U23-*59'ai g Us - ahtin 'P erm it, to Ja - D du cqueline .. Dwight, to conct a ej dressmaking occupation at 137-'Wilson' St.,, submitted and filed.' Use - Barber _Sign cp, Reso U24-59 grantih " U' "' - Permit to Barber Si Co. to move existing g,.*, ,sp Sign neon sign on building to p arking l ot, i , submitted'and filed. Use Pen - Petaluma. Ice Delivery, Res -5-59 granting =Us ;Poml Petaluma I ce ­Delivo.f.y to - move automatic ice vendor from 615 to 115 Peidluma Blvd, . So. submitted - and filed. Linda. Del '.Mar -Subdivision Let-ter from Petalum a. City Schools dated - A ug, 24 1959, re school site serve projected ini.pir d Linda -,Del Mar 'Subdivision and adjacQnt'ar'eas, read :and fi.led. Report of C-it y - Planning'D* m - Dick Coleman dated Aug, 17, 1950, re tentative map of 'Linda - Mar:Subdivis ion, - submitted and filed. Letter from - City , Planning - .Commi . s sion dated Aug, - 21; * 1959; ` referring the entire revised tentative map of Linda Del Mar Subdivision on to the Council .foraption, submitted and - filed. Tentative map of Linda ..Del Mar Subdivision, submitted - and. filed. Councilman Matzen stated - that - he had some misgivings - regarding the whole discussion on this matter at the last meeting; - and fe e t at the Council. had been or less stampeded into a decision before ving-'all av cts in the case. - Concern - width of"Payran through,th subdivision,. Councilman Matzen. - ,stated that - since receiving the recommendation of :the Plann ing Coffi mis in which reasons for - this street being -80' . wide were s'et`f&rth he thdt­th­eke a reconsideration - of - th'e - -- vote - relative to the of'Pa Y ran-St. - However; - it explained by City Attorney that the which had been taken this mat . te r was not a formal action by the Council, inasmuch 'as the `.tentative map of the subdivisidri ha not been formally . to , the Council. for . 'action.at the time ofthe poll, Councilman: Crinel requested -to if - the subdivider* would be Willing to provide a easement along - Pay-ran St. - - lbi' on ea ch I of 'the I _ street, r in order 'to fo any tut ure necessity , ingthle ' street necess yo , -.- " . eet This - would p rovide .for a - 60' ovbrd1l' at - tffis time, - - and : still , mak- it possible to Widen the st reet - to 80 Without moving homes, etc. . Under this plan the houses Payran St. would. have - a - 20' setback at this ' dm& a 10' setback at the time the street was. widened. Mr.. Jess answered that-he Would be willing - to comply with Coifficil'' man Crinella's suggestion, It was recommended b City that .b y the C t , E '... -- P a.25" setback on these hoLise8, at - this --* time ma king - - 15" '!_ th , - a, s if and 'wh street is widened. He beli 10' setback 7 � buld, result in very poor. ap W Pearanqe,, etc, 'The City - Planner also pointed out the objections to having, a 10' setback along such a street, (cont' (2) 211 August 24, 1959 Del Mar Subd. - cont ° d Councilman Matz &n "noted that he was not against the - development of this subdivision, or any other, but merely felt that all the in the matter should be - .known before the Council made any final decisions. He did not feel that the 20° ease was an appropriate solution to - the problem, Councilman Van Bebber was of the opinion that Pay-ran St.. should definitely be an 80' right:°�of�wray through the subdivision; - that - the - City would be setting a. bad precedent by purchasing right- of-way along Payran St. - After considerable - discussion on the .subject, a poll was to determine if the majority of the Council favored the 20' ' easement as suggested by Councilman Crinellao - There were 5 affirmative - votes - and 2 negative; the 2 negative votes being cast by Councilmen Matzen and Tan .Bebber. To a question by Councilman Matzen, the City Engineer stated that he believed the matter of widening the bridge over 'Pay-ran St in the future could be worked out by` him and Mr. Jess' engineer, cEml[ P.m. - A 10 minute recess was called at this time The meeting was called back to order, Mr. Herold Mahoney, President of` the Petaluma School Board, addressed the Council noting that he was not speaking on behalf of the entire School Board at this time He stated when you consider a subdivision of this size, he felt you must also consider an elementary' school.. Mr.: Mahoney informed the Council that a - study had been made of the area and the only location - for which the School Board could - get approval from various agencies concerned was the site located on 2 -1/2 acres of Mr. . Wood'worth's property 7 ®1:/2 acres - belonging to Mr. Dick Gray. - At their last .7 consideration had - been given to the possibility of- another site location; however; no decision could be reached; Since that time, - they - had talked - briefly with Sacramento and - had been told that the area across the would not receive State approval. In view of the fact that the School, ;Board will be building State funds, this actually means that the school site will. have to be located on this side of the river„ - Councilman Van Bebber asked if the City accepted - the tentative map of the subdivision, would this - create any ' hardship on the - School Board in the selection of site, inasmuch as no school site -is provided for in the map, Mr. Mahoney stated that if - the School Board - is requ ed.to take the location which has been recommended by the -City and County Planners and the Dept. of EdLicationas field- superintendent - for school housing, be believed it would probably require some in the future - in the planning. Also, if the location wa - s acquired at some future date, he felt that it would possibly cost - considerably more than it would cost at this time, In regard `to the school problem, the City Engineer suggested that it might be possible to revise the final map-of the subdivision to provide an alternate street as'.suggested in Item. 3 of his report dated Aug. 18. He l .believed this might be done without .resulting in the loss of lots in the develop- ment. It was the decision of the Council to 'accept the recommendation of the 'City Engineer on this matter, as set: forth in Item 43 of his repofti of Aug. 18, 1959. Relative to a park site adjacent to a school. site in the subdivision, the Council remained in accord with the results of the poll on this matter which had been taken at the last meeting,', (cont'd) (3) o . 212 A6gust 24, 1959 L iQ& I ..ar 8 _,Suld. - COAt Referring - to - Point- #4 of the City. .Planner `s report dared Aug°' 17 1959, in which it suggested that certain lots have a §' minimum - ,solid fence constructed ted - on - their rear lot - lines where they back - up - to - the 'railroad tracks — and thatrees be planted. on these lots, Mr., Jess stated that it would ­,sati factory to him to - build a. fence Almost entirely 'around the S'Odiv I isi6n, except on. Mk..Gray`s This recommendatiOWW4S then approved by the Council.,, City. Engineer A I Roberts -- recommended the following requilt'm&n in connection with lots -- backing - up'to , the river- (1) All lots - ba.cking - up to the river be provided with "an -.80'-min , im.um, Level building pad depth between the street property the top of the river bank, or provide 'a minimum 20' deep, level rear yb,rd, (2) Any f ill - placed on, - or to., the - river bank - should be. instal under the supervision of the soils; engineer (3) Embankment surfaces should be 'adequately protected from erosion. There Was discussion in regard to whether a - strip - 'should be put between the sidewa1ks and 'curbs or if the sidewalks should - be of the monolithic type; adjacent to A poll was takeir which revealed - 7 - affirmative votes in favor of monolithic 'ty e p sidewalks throughout the subdivision, 'The C ity - Pl e[nnerrecommend that - at - the Payrah - .St. - -- and - Magnolia, Ave, are joined together -- consideration should he given to closingy Ave. Mr, Coleman explained the reasons for this recommendation as outlined in his report of A­.ug, After discussion on: the matter, - the Council -agreed that the .tentative map could be approved without* changing this portion of same. , T answer to a question by in connection witlithe - dr'ain, the, City Engineer -answered he had -discussed this with it had - been agreed ' 'th at a - cast � in� concrete pipe would - be used; the..trench and street crossings to be back-:01led - with concret . e. - Item. #2 - . of City Engineer's report dated A ug- 18, 1950 In this item it was suggested the Sonoma - County- Flood Control & - Water - = Conservation District should be consulted .. as - to their requirements, 'if any- for ded1cation of Petaluma River rig4t-of.-w6y, Mr. . Jess stated that he would check on this matter. Item. -#4-. City_ Engineer'-s report of A ug. 18, 1959 'Santa R'ita & Rocca Dr. southerly of'. Pa yr - n , St. should be widened to 60S they are i' a'a collector streets. After discussion . on-the subject, during Which. Nlr, Jess stated d it'would be impossible for - him towiden Pf'these streets, the City.,Eng . iveer 'stated that 'he - felt at least the one street, Rbcca- Dr , should be wideii . Mr., Roberts suggested. that this problem be resolved b y him and Mr—Jess" engineer, There, were no objections to this sugg&s,tion,, .The sanitary sewer easement between lots :24 and '25, opposite. Vallejo -Street, was to beVidened to 12 , per Clty,'Engineer s recommendatibbl. In connection with the sewer pump station for - the 'subdivision, City - En gineer A I Roberts recommended that the structure in which this will be housed provide space so that additional pumping facilities can be installed. (4) (cons' d) August 24, 1959 .Linda .Del Mar Subd -o - cont'd The C ity A ttorney stated that he had not prepared"any -formal.- :legislation on the acceptance of this tentative map, However, he he could have a resolution on the matter the next meeting of 'the CQouncilo He explained that the tentative map be approved by motl.on tonight if the Council. so desired; the resolution would then confirm. this action, - - - A motion-was then by Councilman Ellis and seconded. by Council - man Crinel.la, that the tentative map be approved as modified, The roll was called, revealing the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Crinell.a, Ellls. ,_ Ggs,tafson, King, Matzen and - Mayor Parent. Noes: Councilman. Van Bebbero Director of' Publi.c Works Street Deficiency Report A n: uI, -port on road and street deficiencies 1959, signed by Dira of Pubic. Works & City Engineer, submitted and filed, Street Repairs, 1959 - -Resolution Approving Plans Res. #2307 N C. So introduced by Councilman King, seconded by Councilman Crinel.la, entitled, "RESOLUTION APPROVING THE PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS ENTITLED, 'STREET REPAIRS, 1959' AND AUTHORIZING THE CLERK TO ADVERTISE FOR BIDS FOR SAID WORK. " adopted by 7 affirmative votes, ADOPTION OF ORDINANCES: #552 "NCS - Levying Tax Rate Ordo #552 M Ce S. ley Councilman Gustafson,_- seconded by. Councilman Ellis, entitled, "AN ORDINANCE LEVYING RATES OF TAXATION UPON THE ASSESSED VALUATION OF THE PROPERTY IN THE CITY FOR THE FISCAL YEAR JULY 1, 1959 TO JUNE 30, 19600. " adopted by 7 affirmative votes. #553 NCS _. Authorizing., Execution of Ac quisition) Ord. - # 553 Na C. S introduced by Councilman King. seconded by Councilman Crinell.a, entitled, "AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF QUIT .CLAIM DEED TO CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY LN THE COUNTY OF SONOMA, SPATE OF CALIFORNIA. " adopted by 7 affirmative votes. CONSIDERATION OF UNFINISHED BUSINESS: Res, #2308 N C. S. introduced by Councilman Crinel.la., seconded by Councilman King entitled, "RESOLUTION APPOINTING KEN COLIN TO THE WATER COMMISSION, t Cl aim. Deed (Re Water read ,and adopted by 7 affirmative votes. ( (cont' d) X1 4 August 24, 1959 Res.- #2308 - NCS - - cont ° d 'At the requ °eat 'of Councilman Crinel the word~ "declinat ion- '' was re laced b ' the word. "resi nati.on." i n the `fore o p y g going resolution.. : . Res. : Authorizipg Cit Manager to Apply for Per mit .to. Operate - Water 'S stem Res,,. 2309.No C,So introduced b, - v Ellis, seconded h Councilman Gustafson.,, entitled, '!RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGE R TO APPLY TO' THE..STATE OF CALIFORNIA BOARD OF' PLJB'L.IC` HEALTH FOR A PERMIT TO OPERAT'E WATER SYSTEM IN THE' PETALOMA DfSTRI To read and adopted - b 7 af:firma:t 've votes. . . Councilman. King -reported having receive. a call .from Mr< McGowan. of �} : Old Adobc:Un�on`School D strict9 . wh informed him that°the Boa�rcl had more or` less ded on the sitepropos'ed by Planner Engineer, which takes in the narrow' strip of land _belong' :o the City on - the north side of Maria Drive. ,. total 10 acre site involves -some 8 ®I /2 °acres from property ovsrners and shout 11/ 'acres of City property He went on to say. that 2 appr-ai`sers had appraised the site at $2 per acreo A recess was declared at 11.°15 p M. Approxm dtel 11..25 p ma: The meeting :vvas called back to order° Consideration of`DeLeuw, Cather & Co.. Traffieways Plari for S'onorria, Couz,t I I .:, _: _ . In the proposer resolution approving the County Master Road Plan there. were .12 recommendations set forth which the Countft: went over for approval. All. of these - were approved, with the exception of numbers' 2 & 7; which •were changed to read.:as fol ows:o _ 1#2 "A .connection should - be made fioin; Western Av to the Petal Ford '.Express�vav in the 'area of'Levy Road.- z. #7 ' ° "The grade interchange 'at East Wa- shington Street 'and the :Freeway should °possibly be a.full. interchanges Two 'items were added to the list of recommendations - as shown 'below' #13 - - ' a study "be made of possible b asses of� the City �' -p : ofTetaluma -for Ea st;-West traffics 1 ''.That the reserves° the'r ght review, and modify the County Road Plan in the `Petaluma Area 'at .time ,of' the - Petaluma Area ;Gener.4 Plaw° 'b tfidt':both plans*.shall , coord inated. o : Wording of the first and second 'paragraphs of the resolution was char nged - to_ read a.s follows; " WHEREAS- the "-County Master Road .Plan p,epar.ed - ,by DeLeuw�, Cather and .Co : Engineers been eXamined "by .fhis Council an this Coun�c lff approves in general the County Road' Plan as presented, excluding prorities9 - subject, however, - to cer-tai.n recommendations ;applicable .to the City of`Petaluma " "NOW... THEREFORE,-,, IT RESOLVED. that Council approves in general the County Master Road Plan a presented by ILeuw, Cather and : Col a , subject, how.ever,' that the -followi:ng. listed recommendations be'cof� idered w recommendations - are 'as -foil was `- The resolution was then ad'opte_d with the `modifications a's , spe - ified above. (con.Vd) (o) August'24, 1959 DcLi-aw, Cather Trafficways -Plan cont'd Res,. #2310 No Co S. introduced by Councilman Van .Bebber,- seconded by Councilman Crin-ella, entitled, "RESOLUTION APPROVING -THE COUNTY MASTER ROAD' PLAN AS PREPARED BY DeLEUW,, CATHER AND CO, .SUBJECT TO CERTAIN RECOMMENI)ATIONS ' adopted .by '7 affirmative votes. .ADJOURNMENT. There being no further business to come before the Council, the meeting vvas adjo I urned, � � Attest - Ute ,7 City i I I (7)