HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 10/14/2003Planning Commission Minutes - October 14, 2003
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City of Petaluma, California
City Council Chambers
City Hall, 11 English Street
Petaluma, CA 94952
Telephone 707/778 -4301 /Fax 707/7784498
E -Mail cdd(a,ci.petaluma.ca.us
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Planning Commission Minutes
October 14, 2 003 - 7000 PM
Commissioners: Present: Asselmeier, Dargie, Healy, McAllister, Rose, von Raesfeld
Absent: Barrett
* Chair
Staff. George White, Assistant Director, Community Development
Mike Moore, Community Development Director
ROLL CALL:
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE:
APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Minutes of September 23, 2003 approved as amended.
M/S von Raesfeld/Rose.
PUBLIC COMMENT: None.
DIRECTOR'S REPORT: None.
COMMISSIONER'S REPORT: None.
CORRESPONDENCE: None.
APPEAL STATEMENT: N/A
LEGAL RECOURSE STATEMENT: N/A
The public meeting began @ 7:00
COMMISSION BUSINESS:
I. DISCUSSION WITH CITY MANAGER OF THE GOALS, OBJECTIVES
AND ROLE OF THE COMMISSION WITHIN THE CITY OF
PETALUMA ORGANIZATION
City Manager: Michael Bierman
The- City Manager addressed the Commission. He provided background on his reasons
for addressing the Planning Commission. He indicated that he expected no changes to the
Planning Commission Minutes - October 14, 2003
1 Planning Commission makeup or role within the organization. He spoke of a possible
2 change in the development review process by which, for projects that require City
3 Council, Planning Commission and SPARC approval, the SPARC portion would precede
4 the Planning Commission review rather than follow Council review as is the case now.
5 This would mean that once the Council reviewed a project it could receive final approval
6 and not have to go on to design review.
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8 Various Commission members provided comments on the suggested change in process.
9 Most were favorable to the idea but several Commissioners desired to see the details of
10 the proposal and asked if the Council would ultimately approve such a change. Mike
11 Moore indicated that such a change would typically be done by a Resolution of the
12 Council and that this general subject was scheduled to be discussed on October 27. If a
13 change were directed, the Resolution would be followed by specific Municipal Code
14 changes in the upcoming development code update process.
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II. LIAISON REPORTS:
a. City Council: None
b. SPARC: George White read an email from Chair Barrett regarding
preliminary reviews of a New Bank of America at Plaza South Shopping
Center, a mixed use project on the Gina Pitler property known as Haystack
Landing and a new office /warehouse project at the end of Technology
Lane.
c. Petaluma Bicycle Advisory Committee: Pamela Asselmeier provided a
recap of recent project reviews.
d. Tree Advisory Committee: George White, for Chair Barrett, indicated
that on 10/15/03 a peace tree planting would occur at Wickersham Park.
The public was invited.
Adjournment: 7:41
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