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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 03/09/1976M I N U T E S PETALUMA CITY PLANNING -COMMISSION!, MARCH 9 , 1976 SPECIAL"MEETING ,':, re 7:30 P.M. `� ' ; • CITY' COUNCIL CHAMBERS , ..CITY KHALL­ i; " ' PETALUMA, CALIFORNIA PRESENT: Comm^: -'-Bond, `•Hilly goss^ IHorc za ,,,1 opp',"Waters, Wright ABSENT: Comm..He_ad STAFF- k,' B., Gray,, , • •- AFF� Fran , Commiinity� Development' &' Services Coordinator Fred.E. Tarr, Associate Planner' DISCUSSION REGARDING Mr: -Gray 'expl'ained to those present that the City is ..',PURPOSE OF,.NEW FIVE-YEAR guided by the;General, Plan., which is a long-range PLAN: 20=year'`• plan•.that`.'seems to be unattainable at times. ' ^0. "He 'advised that '"th"e, purpose ; of the 5-year intermediate range plan (EDP) is to basically provide a road map of. Nfhe City,-Vki-1c'oordinate its capital improvements �and:how•`developmeni,should occur over the next five years in order ''to' ,providea specific plan with specific policies. Mr. Grayifurt-hei explained' that the Residential - 'Development Control System -is a separate part of the EDP land is ,a means of implementation of the 5-year • P ' plan. He informed the Commission.that although.the ••City Council„wo,uld be,making a decision with regard to, the <Residential.Development Control System•:for the 1977-78 cons.truction year because of the time element involved, he:feht that"..the Commission should review the system to det;ermine,,what-should be done in the future:' •Mr':. Gray informed •those .present that the purpose of `th6,. proposed task -force would be to identify problems, :. -look for,opportunities to solve the problems, define goals'and,.po'licyl, an&a!eventually look at implementa- tion -'measures. He stated that there were two forms of. i Is take, the-�group:could take, i.e.: °.1)'' Act as'' a whole' unit and divide the meeting time up by geographical. areas 'stated in the past plan ,..._(north,, east,, • and central/west) , or 2) Brea'k 'down the task force into �co"mmi�ttees';; working.: ' -on speaificc"problems and then coming,;;;back-,'•tb'gether, as a group:`.. • - fM—k.,-Gray,stated hey,felt the first alternative would be the�;bes-',,'Method•:r. ,i,,�He°.,further stated that the staff would'no.t be-present;at the future meetings, and would only provide factual information as requested by the 'committeet. ° Mr:.' Gray, also 'recommended that the (Pl'annirig. Commission,;meet with the task force two or, three - times•. during: the process. Mr Gray stated;*.that a new General Plan would be -forth- coming in the near f.utur.e,and he felt it was important ,, Petaluma City Planning Commission Special.Meeting Minutes, March 9;, 1976 that the. task force and: the Plannin ,Commission help determine what the ultimate growth limit-; in this 20-year plan would,be.,;. _The_, tentative --time -;schedule for -adoption of the -EDP was stated, by Mir. Gray as follows: 1) The -task force •wi-ll meet with, ;Planning Commission A members the ,week; of; March 15719,,; ;1976 . , 2) The task force will hold its fir-.st meeting the week oC'karch ­2Z-2'6,' 1976, and "'determine its- _ schedule, : of .meetings.. r _ 3•),� ;From March 29 • to -,.May 31, 19.76:, the: task force will 1ormulate.•recommendations. -.4),.•;In June. 1976..the •,task force will meet with the Planning.Commission to present the`EDP recommen- dations. 1 T. i 5) In July 1976•the Planning Commission will hold a :;. publ"ic,. hear-ing., 'to; •gain public input into the !EDP`, :., discuss::recommendations for the EDP,, and forward recommendations• -to the City Council. •6),•: In.,ea_r-ly;August 1976 the, City Council will review the Planning., Commission :recommendations,;and in _ ;,!mid -August. `19.76, that body will hold a public' ;hearing for the., -purpose. of ad'op'tng the EDP. The question: was, 'raised as to how the process would actually be started. A brief -discussion followed,,.and i;t•,was,,generally 'agreed that the task -force should be informed.;of:,the;.changes that have taken place since the adoption •.of;,; the: •EDP to determine which direction r they wished•to.-.proceed, and that they should also be '- • f,ur-nished• with a, copy, of the EDP, -General Plan, Housing;;Element;, and, the, zoning 'map to acquaint them- selves with.the Ci'ty's adopted policies. It was. -also determined that staff.,members would be -present at the 'initial, meeting: of the task force, to- answer questions.11 APPOINTMENT•OF•'THE TASK The?preferred number•of members was discussed. Mr. FORCE, :COMMITTEE:, GrAy-ad'vised;.that•when the west side of the city was cons idered:,,he.felt the Project Area Committee should be. ineluded.,in.:the discussion of the downtown core a -tea. The,_'Commissioners also felt that. the school distriets;- dev-elope..s,,,..and various members of the • :; :c•ty •saaf f ,should, be.. included on occasions. Prospective task. _force members who had .submitted r their,.names .and.were--present in the audience intro- duced ,themselves as -follows: Vern Hansen;, Aline Schilder, Martin Miller, Donna MacKenzie, Ken Styles, Loin-Kana;;Philr.Palmer, and David Lorenz. Other ire i Petaluma City Planning Commission Special Meeting Minutes, March 9 , 1976 interested parties present who introduced them- selves t, �i ' were e ,R.CYgarrroU olyl.. .„A,inreglsicnotJ.a rMillsap� Jo Duthie,Comm. Popp advi sed f , • ... that, -Manuel Amaral,,had asked that his name be incltided,for. consideration, although he could not be present this evening. Comm. Bond questioned whether or not two employees of MacKay & Somps.should be accepted to serve on µw w the committee. Mr. Miller informed the Commission that he did not feel there would be a conflict since no particular projects would -be -,under consi- deration, and both Mr._:Gross.arid;hmself were , interested members of the city. The Commissioners'dete"rmined that the Planning Commission representative"s to serve on the task force would be Chairman Horciza and Comm. Waters, who had been a member of the original EDP committee. Comm. Hilligoss moved to accept the following 22 individuals to serve on:..the task -force: Graham McPhail Lois Kana Vern Hansen Terence Garvey Don Bennett Phil Palmer Aline Schilder John Balshaw Jim Grossi David Lorenz Martin Miller Lee Lofton Donna MacKenzie Carroll Anglin Bob McFarland, Jerry Millsap Marilyn Stewart Jo Duthie PatMaynard Dorothy Prescott Ken.Styles Manuel Amaral Comm. Popp seconded the motion. AYES 6 NOES 0 ABSENT 1 The Commissioners indicated that more members might be appointed .to the task force in the future if more citizens showed an interest. A discussion followed,r,egarding.what night -of the week to meet, and'a'decsion was made'to hold the task force meetings on Wednesday evenings. Mr. Ken Styles advised the Commission'he would have to withdraw his name from the committee, since he had a prior commitment for.'Wednesday evenings. The newly adopted task -force committee was informed that they were not to be concerned with policy making, but would be working only in an advisory capacity. It was determined to hold the first meeting of the task force committee at 7:30 p.m., March 17, 1976, in the City Hall Council Chambers. �' -3- ' 1 Petaluma City Planning Commission Special Meeting Minutes, March 9, 1976 ADJOURNMENT;- . ' •There � being *no further - business:; the • meeting adjourned / Chairman. / ; . ... .