HomeMy WebLinkAboutPlanning Commission Minutes 12/10/1970a
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P;ETALUMA ;PLANNING 'COMMIS'SION' 'DECEMBER 10., L97'0'
SPECIAL' MEETING #'2;'FISCAL- jYEAR 'COUNCIL CHAMBERS.°
7; ' 3'.0 PETALUMA,,, CALIFORNIA
ROLL ` -ALL,;. Comm . Brun d Watttr s' PO,rry ' S t
ner' Rood H. _ an1'eY
STAFF,• Wi11i•am C;.. McGiver ,n:, Drlctor"of. Planning., -
Andy Anderson,,, Assls•tant'jlll P1°anner.
NOTICE IS HEREBY .GIVEN that I hereby..,c'all.�.,:a. -S,pecial Meeting,, ,of
the; Petaluma, City ,Plann'i_ng:';C- szi:on, .to .be.. held.,:bn. Thursday, Decem-
ber TO;� �1970; at the hour- o,i 7 c 30 p tor. the. ,following purpose:
(.1)z.. Possible name change 'f'or_,. Bodega .Avenue from Howard Street `
in Pettaluma fland Petaluma=Valley„ Ford..,Ro'ad�.to; Valley -Ford`;
to Bodega, 'H_ighway or -
(2): ',Change subject street'names, to zany:. combination. which seems
appropriate..
All interested. persons. _are:, hereby . invited' to`..,be .,present .and be
heard thereon.
PAUL X- . ,S-T_ ANL;EY', 'CHAIRMAN
PETALUMA' CITY `PLANNING' "COMMISSION
I ;he'reby consent to•. ,tries ;holding. of,,: the., December .1,0 ,
1970••
,December 10, '19710
Incember
eciAl .meeting of the Petalum&.,City 1�.
J'OL, 1970, at 7':.30 o'clock p,.m
..City Hall, Petaluma,, Calif,,ornia_*
PRUENT-:; Comm. Hood,: Perry, WAters, S
ABSENT: comm. Brunner,..
inning Commission, was. held on
in the 0-6'unqiI :Chambers,
n-ley.
Chairman .Stanley opened the public Iyear"ing, which, 'was, cal. I led for the -
putpos.e of, 6btaihing comments .from res,xdents ' along the high-
way"x,unn-ing through Petaluma to Two,Roc'k-,,' Valle-y, Ford.. .C
oast CbAst High-
way 9
way #'-1 for a, possible name change for said route
Mr., Marvin. Do , itz addres,sed:the Commil,!
the que,st-Loh,_of coriflictdhg, names given
.the, tf.s. 101'.Fre6waY to ,the roast 1 . A
,. ' .1F,1V4
East Washington, Washing,ton, Bodega Pxei
and Highway1 #-1. He noted the difflcult,,
in finding ndiriq their.way to thiae aoag:t.
Mr: Robert he Richolton-7i Assistant,- 86ndl
St-Atec t C -ua' t ;a:!. - road names 'were adopt,I
s,ult .of, the Collier Burns Ac,;ti He was
indlicFat,ing, same- riot taut up, At that
Valley Ford sign,)..The''County Planning
'h,pa_rir�4 on January 7, 1971j, and ils desi:
t, -
Fam the cominunvy & is _ 'to . suitable names
ust., He stated. ,a:petition, signed -by,
iftg In the Valley Ford, area, had been s,
Ing to: ch-angi h q, the., Petaluma -Valley V'or,
Mr,. 86t Garrison,, 7600 Two Rock Road, si
cul*a'ted- by aj J:ealtor from Sebastopol_. I
of'" Two Rock prior -*t-O''its. closing. in 195
'w6ke ds s i . gned, by the Pe.t luma Post Of fi
Addi tibila.
al, testimony ..wAs,,heaxd-.from,-,oth
�cor.nments'beakd from the,"I-1oor related t
the naive,"Petaluma-VaI ley, 'Ford Road,"
.name of the. -roadstarting a't.'H6ward .Str.
Furthermore, i I t .was- their' contention a,,
hated :j:f - adequate- signing were. provided
BodeqA' and other dbastarl, _ areas. it was
off the ,.P,.-r.eeW4y,,'.�-ho.-f-urthOk iden,tifica:t
way to the coast.
Chairman Sta:n.ley, , qlqsed thia. pub 14 -d.. hear
cession,. ussIon V the . f o - I'lJowing,'. Motion waL.s,,ihtr61
by. Comm-. Pe rzyl,, and pa,.s I spd, unanimously
�corrunend,. td- the Son.oma County Pl&rining-.c
t1oh be given, to naming the highway sta
_W&q Rock, -tomale-s, p,pringhl'11 Road inte
I ti6h. BODEGA 'AVENUE. F
adequate signing for the area .and
ticular-ly the: .s,ign '."'Petaluma"Val1ey Fo
'slori statin be had raised
to the MAJ0'r thoroughfare from
names are invoI.v6d; namely,
ue, 'Petaluma-4,Aley Ford Road
People from- out . of town have
.a County 71ahninq Director
d-_,by the Couh y- in 1,947 .,as a re-
hablel 'to, explain ,;why, ,road signs,
time 4referring`to the. Petaluma-
Comprfilssidn will, hold Another
,ous� of. getting a:rec6mmendation*
for the subJe.c t. route to the
approximately 90 people resid-
bmitted tothe County,' object -
name to BodeqA Highway
ated-, th-e!,Ip-etition had been cir-
r.. Garrison, former postmaster
said the pr'es6nt addresses
a in. January 19-54.,
r. -resident's, ln:-'the area. All
objoctions, to: the sign bearing
nd �the kedonmenda-tion that the
et .should .be :"Bodega Avenue
ot, of confusion would :be,, elirifi-
for-.touri,sta headed toward!
noted that, once the peop'le turn
dn,,s,iqf,ns. are posted sihowin!14, the
qII(n;q" an'd.,fo'116winq further di,s-
luced, 'by .CorjlM., ters. seconded
)y a1l_.mombets present: 'Re-
that. serious. cons-idera7
�fting_at._Howard Street to the
.Isecti,oh and . beyond that__intejr-
I
irthermore, that the County, pro-
Tlemove confusing signs, ,par-
_Rbad.
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Petalurhal Planning -Commiss-ion'"
Min-utes De.c6inber_11.0., 1970
addition; Comm., W a*ters. made., the, f&l_-oWI:4q- motionThat the City
Cdiincil 'request .the: Tr-a-f f ic Comittee to,, provide: -:adequate signing.
within the City to_dktec,t. peOpl-e. #n-. the, way. to' ,,the.-, "coatt, (parti-
cularly a sk4n,at" the intr' es6ctiom...of -'p"'e--t-Alu'ma713ou'le Vard and Washing-
ton Street and`' at HowA:rd Street and. Bodega Avenue-).... --the motion was
s "condled. :by :Comm..Ho6d., and pa's�sed. unan. e L6ous'lY -bY,-,aUr_-4nebers present.
Dblowitz",submitted ,,,s,ev&.tal-,sketdhes,:of' signs drawn by L6w Barber
for po's,s-ib,s
ld,.�,inst.allat,- i6n�, at.the_coih-er._..of Howard,.Street" and. -Bodega
Avenue.. Thee -sians, will, be -,.made. avai-lable to.the Traffic Comittee
i, These ; -signs. .1
for the _r'.consideratipm.
Mr,-,'. Pat Shannon, new :manager of the Peta'luma,Chainber of Commerce, was
present and endorsed the action -of the Commission.
ADJOIJMNENT.:�. -there, bering -no fu-rther.bu.-,Ines's,..to come before the Com-
ur-d mistion--,� Cher meeting was ad o n6e,
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