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December. 5 1956 7030 P. M.
City Hall Petaluma:,. Calif.
Adjourned meeting of the Council. of the City of Petaluma called to order
by Mayor. Schoeningh.
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T .Present: Councilmen- Ad .ms Bigelow Brown, Gustafson, King and
Mayor Sc:hoeningho
Absent: Councilman Cru ella..
" PfTI: HEAR ING-:
A a.n donrnent of Spring S t. Bassett .St. to Douglas St.
`his .being the time grad place set for leari:ng 'of protests in regard to
.the alaaaadonment of Spring 'Street between Bassett St. and Douglas St. , the Clerk
`a ; that no written. protests had been received.. There being no verbal
Reno #179:3 N. C. S.
introdu' ed. by Councilman Adams, seconded by Councilman Icing, entitled,
"A. RESOLUTION ORDERING THE VACATION AND ABANDONMENT
AND CLOSING TO PUBLIC USE THE FOLLOWING STREET AND
PORTION OF STREET IN PETALUMA -, TO -WIT: SPRING STREET
_ LOCATED BETWEEN BASSETT T- STREET AND .DOUGLAS STREET. "
era's L:Jopted by the following vote.
Ayes: Councilmen Adams, Big6low -, Brown., Gustafson and King.
Noes: Mayor Seh.oeningh.
Absent ° Coun.c aman Crinellao
_V, E.P QRTS - OF CITY O FFICIAL S
Council Comm'i'ttees
Main Street Pa irking Lot Easement '
CL� rracilmaal Bro `t -, 'Chdifffian `df the subject Committee, reported that IT
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dg: eetnen:t had: been - drafted by the City Attorney, on this matter,
Another member of the Commitfe'e Councilman King, then informed the
CoLUlc .l that Mr. Lepori had seen the agreement and had stated that said
agre rrY.e at would meet with hi s approval, however, he did not wish to sign
unt.11,,Mr. `Miller., who Was out of town,,- ha.d seen' the - agreement and also
expressed his approval. of it. - Councilman King went on to say that he had
been assured by Mr. Lepori tha.� the agreement would be signed by Monday
.when, M Miller was expected back.
F'oll'owing a discussion relative to the number of si'dewa'lks there should
be. on the lot, and whether there should be one-way or two-way traffic, the
the City Engineer was directed to draw up tentative plans, working out what
he could on the matter, particularly with a. view towards one -way traffic
and, cWewalk:s on either side of the lot..
Th "e Council was in agreement that. a sidewalk on the North side of the
lot in a.: eordance with the proposed agreement with Mr. Lepori and Mr. Miller,
would ,be satisfactory.
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December-S, 19'5,6
REPORTS OF CITY OFFICIALS-6 cont.
CitT Manager
Report on Former Cota.ti Naval A Field
City Manager Ed Frank Informed the Council that he had checked-on'
the subject matter ° and learned that the-air strip is under General Services
Administration and that this had all comej a through the Dept -o. of
Edu.cat on.4,'s writing a, notice to various school systems on the availability
of this property. The notice stated that applications for the acquisition of
any of the property were to be in the Federal Office Building one or,
before. Dec, 7, 1956 Mt.. Frank. Wer t`on. to say that he had contac.t:ed
Mr. Reilly.. who had written the letter, and had been informed by him' that
this had been done only with the idea of trying to determine what schools ,
might be interested in the ,availability of the property for school purposes
The City lVIanagot stated tY at he had been informed by the Regional
Chief of Rec.reationa.l & ; Resource Planning and the Chief of the Real Property
Disposal osal Division that the property ert in question actuall ' has' not et been
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declared ''surplus
Mr Frank diso informed the Council that he had been told by the
Regional Chief of Recrea.tioizal & Resource. Planning that if the property were
purchased by a City,, the price would be 50% of the appraised value'°
To a question by Councilman King, Mayor Schoeningh stated that,: as'
he remembered, there. were certain restrictions as to the use of t_ he air field .
etc., which the City.hdd been informed of at the time this matter had originally
been called to their attention, However. the Mayor believed this situation
might change it the property were to be sold as. `'Surplus
The City Manager was directed to keep the Council informed on future
developments as to the status. of the property
A DJ , OURNMENT,
There being no further business to come_.before'.the meeting:, the
meeting was adjourned.
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