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P- ETALUMA PLANNING` COMMlS$'ION N'Q UEMB.ER 10., '1970
S;P tI;AL MEETING # "1; ISCAt YEAR COUN:CIC CHAMBERS
7 :30 0"CLOCK'Po:Ma - PETA`LUMA., CALIFORNIA
R'O.LL CALL: Comm. Bias'nner, H haters - Perry - Stanl
STAFF: William -Co Mc'Gi D�ir°e'ct. ®'of P 146ni ng
Andy Andes soh, A : P . 1 .. anne - r'
- NOTIC'E IS HEREBY' .GI °VEiV' th 'ti al Mbeting
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the Petaluma City "P�la n,g Commission " -to "be he 1'd .on Tuesday,
Nove.mbe.r° 10, 1970, "at them °;7:.30 0 6. f6r the fol ®wing
pgrpose:
CON51DERAT'LQ.V'OF THE P.E'TAL AREA ' PLAN
PAUL ' R'.',' STNKLEY;; CHAIRMAN
P'ETALU CI'TY PLANNING' COMMISSION
Attest:
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November., 10, 19.:7`0
Special meeting of the Petaluma City . Pl,arining. Commission was. .held
on November 10 . ,197 0 ; in ; the Council Chambers of - '.the City Hall
Petaluma,.California; at 7:30.0 "clock -p.m. The purpose of --the
meeting was".to disc:u'ss .the - Peta- luma General .Plan:
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PRESENT Comm,. Hood,, Waters Perry," Stanley.
ABSENT - Comm,. Brunner (Comm. ':Brunner ..was i . - the audience
during, "part• of the, meet ;ng but .did, not vote. )
Comm,. a , .me'mb.er of the Boar_,d• -of.' Zoning - .Adjustments,
was I a'1 so, . pre s,ent,% i
STAFF •' William C. ; McGivern, D ,rector of Planning.
Richard .D.- A. Anderson 1 , Ass.istdnt Planner::.
Planning, Director Wi• l.am ''McGi- vern..;presented a -brief
s.y- nopsis of'the history and.'background of the Petal -uma Area Gen -.
era-, "Flan . which- was prepared' by, i i.virigston . and , BI - and adopted
in 196.0. (An,e'arli Plan was adopted in 1948 by the .City.)
MqGivern
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ttialong with the'General P -lan;, the City
ado .
p g p mp l ovements' to run concurrently -with
the General Plan.: Uario:us general - obligation bonds were.suggested-
to -'subsidiz.e. the .'.proposed , capital, improvements. The Planning Dir
ector .referred to - some - -of the pr:ojects accomplished; .,namely j con-
struction of the Washington Street Btidge, establ shment'of the
East Washingtn
o",:Stre,et •Plan Lines, _prepared plans. for the Caulfield
Lane -
in Gverpass; ',addit�iens to the Fi-re and P61 Department �bu.ild-
g , etc.,. He ,point`ed dut.•that many of .-the .priority .it-ms . have ,
s
been.,promoted and implemented witch City - f.unding..' Mr. McGivern
stated th*e Planning"`Commis.sion and .,staff have' - done their - part `in
upholding the.integrity of the General Plan.;''and•'whe possible
worked within its !.framework:
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Comm,: Waters stated thel General. Plan, is the, groundwork, .
and q- ideline'.Tor the -type of commu,n ty Petaluma wants,..) He listed
thg.necessit Y o;f.revis.ing the General Plan'- inclu e�
d'the follow=
irr S'et up a _housing el.emen:t a transporta;tion e'lement., 'update-,-.
the subdivision :,and "zoning,, ordinances .a planned., unit
developmentsordinanc.e and'a ..rive'rl,.front:ordinance*.
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Mr. McGivern noted the : need • for an open space , program
and a vital .recre'ati�onal elemen_t.1 He informed the Commission that
the Std_;te Division of Highways is undertaking a I special tran.spor -.
t atudy•for'all of Sonoma County.., The Gener;al.Plan - area.
of
Petaluma, is, broken :down,into•various. transportation zones New
arterial and secondary'routes.are established or'-,being planned
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Petaluma City --Planning Commi'ssion
Minutes November 10 1,9 7 O,
In conjunction. with, this study 'the City set -type of
land Uses and plan.,the denLSjit IL;s-]dIesired- . al-on4. arterial And
seconda st-reets-'
and are to i4to consideration in the study.
The following- pe at the meeting,. commented
as follows: i.
Mrs. -Sa:rtori ekpressed.1 concern over annexing. more. land
during'the'..ti Cit'y updating the General Plan.
Mr, John Bal 1680. Ke'arne.Y. a
cessation oT, annexation until th 'Plan is completed..
Mr. McGivern --informed t hem - tb ou
l h Cncil could -7
,impose con
trols on si�vbddvision-s or, annexatiahsp howqver, such controls would
have be--studied cind pre I pared.
The Commi d1scussed:tfie, fact that the present
industrial . zoningz des1gpqa to. bring - ih; , has not been
ver i successful - and perhaps_ some o i , the :a reas, industry I aside. for 'in-.
dustria,1, should be. 'set---dside.fbr residentiai_uses.'i'
After ,fu-rlther.-discuss,ion.,,the Commission 'voted to direct
the.:-sta-ff to fbrward•a le�tter'to the City lt -Council requesting that due
, I , y
'to the evident - -cha-n4e dn -the chara,,cter and pl-anning ,philosophy of the
City - w i�-h 'the time lapse p
e eriod I of - •t4' e General Vlan,-
srious,�, con . sideration.,shoqld be, gi,�en 'to.,compt
' ,a lee restudy of the-.
General . Plan. It is-evidbpt. both pre direction of '-the
City -can be 'achiev'ed ''with.. an updated plan for its "-eventually ,destiny
and proper development. The Commis.sion further recommended that , the
ri.onal -.-' 'o s
n and other
program be developed unbl�Lsedl',p6fes0
.
speciali'sts..to conduct a. survey The
motion was int'r0ducedby Cbmm.:Perry and s Waters.
era1 --Plan,
affect the
dation.
Comm:. Popp stated that i '
during the formation of the_Gen-
in comingl-bef�r'�the Com'fnission that-
Plan was a ' , referred to the con recommen
ADJOURNMENT:
Attest:
There , being no, ,furth'erbusiness -to ., come ' before -the
comml-ssiO4,, .meeting ,was,adj'ourned.