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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 03/09/1976M I N U T E S ,; • PETALUMA' CITY PLANNING`- COMMISSION!- MARCH 9 , 1976 SPEC IAL,`•MEETING 7:30 PM • CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS,,CITYKHALL - t' PETALUMA, CALIFORNIA °' PRESENTi' Comm Bond, Hill goss ; Horciza *:'^Popp';" "Waters., Wright ABSENT: Comm. -Head STAFF: 'Frank B : Gray;^` Commiirility � .& Services Coordinator Fred.;E. Tarr, Associate P DTSCUS.SION REGARDING - -Gra Y 'ex 1' . Mr -. ain`ed to those present that the City is PURPOSE OF N E W FIVE -YEAR guided by the'Gener_al, Plan which is a long -range PLAN: 20= year`• paan•that seems to be unattainable at times. 0.' "He advised that th"e ;of the 5 -year intermediate .range plan (EDP:) is to basically provide a road map of howrthe`City w 11 coordinate its capital improvements and: how should occur over the next five years in ordertoa provide: a specific plan with specific policies. Mr. Grayyfurttier'explained' that the Residential - Development Control System -is a separate part of the EDP ldridds a means of implementation of the 5 -year plan. He informed the Commission.that although the to °the be,imaking a decision with regar Residential •� City Council would Development Control System for the 1977 -78 construction year because of the time element involved,�he feht that'..the Commission should review the system to determine ,,hat should be done in the future:* Mr':. Gray informed' -those ,present that the purpose of `the task force would be to identify problems, :. - 'look for opportunities to solve the problems, define ° goals ; - :policy; ands "eventually . look at implementa- '•ti6h- -measures He 'stated that there were two forms of "strate'gy the - group. c'oiild take, i.e.: as'" a whole' unit and divide the meeting time up ' geographical areas "stated in the past plan ...,..._(north,• east,.. and centralNest) , or 2)` Break down force into' co"mm itte es';;,work ng.° on specific' < roblems and then coming: back- ether, p g ,+ g as a group . Mr. `Gray- °stated` hey =f'e'lt the first alternative would be wouldeno. tmbehpresent�;�at future that the staff meetings, and would only provide factual information as requested by the `commtteet. ­Mr,.'-.Gray also recommended that the (Planning. Commis s ion; <meet with the task force two or three - times•. during: the process. ' M a' Gray stated--that a new General Plan would be-forth- coming in near future' and he felt it was important id l Petaluma City Planning Commission Special Meeting Minutes,: March 9 1976 that the task force 'and the Plannln ;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,Mr. Gray as follows: 1) The ".task force "will meet with ;Planning Commission A member the -Week: of, Ma rch 15 19,, 197'6 . 2-) The task force will hold -its first meeting the week of March 22 -26,' 1976, and' "deter`mne its'" _ schedule, .of .meetings., _ x •),� ,From March 229 to `May 31, 10,6,, the: task force will formulate.•recommendations. In June 1976. the ::task force will meet with the Planning Commission to present the'EDP recommen- ;. dations... ,.3 1 .5) In July 1976 Planning Commission will hold a public hearing, to;,gain public input into the !EDP', :• discuss recommendations for the EDP,, and forward Y ,;. recommendations to the City Council. In ea_r 19,76 the City Council will review thel Planning. Commission ;recomanendations,.and in. :mid- Aug4st.'19,76,that body will hold a public ; hearing for the., purpose. of ad 't n'g the 'EDP. The question was raised as to how the process would actually be started. A brief- discussion followed,, ...and it 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 and the, zoning map to acquaint them- selves,with,.the Cityls adopted policies. It was. also determined that staff..members would be- present at the initial, meeting: of the task f answer questions APPOINTMENT•'OF :'THE .TASK The preferred number, of members was discussed. Mr. FORCE C.OMMIT-TEE:: Gray. wadvised,,that when the west side of the city was consdered felt, the Project Area Committee should be included, in .;the discussion - of the downtown core - The.,, Comm t the school .. area;: •' a.oners , also felt tha distr ets,: dev - opers,,,..and various members of the ,; • :• :� ; :city staf f should be., on occasions . Prospective task,forc;e members who had submitted their .names and.were present in the audience intro- duced themselves as follows: Vern Hansen Aline Sc h il der,;Martin Miller, Donna MacKenzie Ken Styles, ;• Lois- Kana;, ;Phil . , .Palmer, and David Lorenz. Other Petaluma City Planning Commission Special Meeting Minutes, March 9 , 1976 interested parties present who introduced them- selves were Car r c. rthy, ,Presco'tt. Jerry Comm. Popp, Jo Car Anglin, Jer r T a . d Doo . Popp advised, Duthie an � •� that�Manue.l Amaral1ad asked that his name be included, 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.,,_ Grossi�and,h ms6 I were interested members of the city. The Commissioners'determined 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 task - force: Graham McPhail Vern Hansen . Don Bennett Aline Schilder Jim Grossi Martin Miller Donna MacKenzie Bob McFarland, Marilyn Stewart Pat ,Maynard Ken .Styles Lois Kana .Terence Garvey Phil Palmer John Balshaw David Lorenz Lee Lofton Carroll Anglin Jerry Millsap Jo Duthie Dorothy Prescott Manuel Amaral Comm. Popp seconded the motion. AYES b 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 the week to meet, and 'a decision 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-