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CITY OF PETALUMA, CALIFORNIA
AGENDA ISILL JAN
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Agenda Title
Meeting :Date:
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5 January 2'004
GENERAL PLAN 2004 — 2025, _PRESENTATION OF LAND
USE AND MOBILITY ALTERNATIVES — DRAFT REPORT
Meeting Time ❑ 3:00 PM
Z 7:00 PM
Category - (check'one) : ❑ Consent Calendar ❑ Public )FIearing Z New Business
❑ Unfinished Business ❑ Presentation
Department
Director
Contac Person:
Ph6ne. Number
GP Administration
Pamela Tu ,
Pamela Tuft
(707) 778 -4552
Cost of Proposal
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Amount Budgeted
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Attachments to Agenda. Packet Item
Petaluma General Plan 2025: Alternatives (Draft Report)
Summary Statement
The Alternatives Report represents the third significant, step toward the preparation of the new General Plan
and Environmental Impact Report. Conducting over twenty workshops (late 2001, early 2002) for the
public and appointed officials to ;solicit early input was the first; the preparation and publication of the
Existing Conditions, Opportunities & Challenges Report published October 2002 and heard by the City
Council in January 2003, was the, second major step. The attached Alternatives Report presents three
alternative plans offering new land use desi ation
p g design g development opportunities for the City.
The Report is intended to stimulate discussions by the community and the Council to lead toward the
identification of a preferred "Alternative ". The preferred. alternative, in all probability a compilation of
portions of the three alternatives blended and/or amended through the'public input process, will be used for
the foundation of` the new General Plan, with preparation of policies and objectives to guide its
implementation.
The Land Use and Mobility consultant team members will. attend the Council meeting and make a verbal
presentation of the Report.
Recommended City Council Action /Suggested Motion
No action is requested at this time. This is intended' to be a working session to, facilitate presentation of the
contents of the Report to the Council. Public workshops with the community;. appointed Commissions, and
the Council will' be scheduled. to collect public comments and suggestions. The summary of the public
comments, recommendations from the Commissions, culminating in specific direction from the Council
will lead to the preparation of -the Preferred Alternative for Council consideration and direction.
Reviewed Eby Finance, Director:
Reviewed by City Attorney
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29 December 2003
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CITE' OF PETALUM,A CALIFORNIA
5 JANUARY 2004'
• AGENDA ]REPORT
FOR
GENERAL PLAN:2004
PRESENTATION 'OF LAND USE AND MOBILITY ALTERNATIVES
DRAFT REPORT'
1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Alternatives Report represents the 'third signif cant step toward the preparation of the new General
Plan and Environmental Impact.Report. Conducting over- twenty. ° workshops (late 2001, early 2002) for
the public and appointed officials to solicit early input was the first; the preparation and publication of
the Existing Conditions, Opportunities & Challenges Report, pub'l'ished October 2002 and heard by the
City Council in January 200.3 was the second major step. The attached Alternatives Report presents
three alternative plans offering new land use designations and widening development opportunities for
the City. The Report pis intended to stimulate discussions by the community and the Council to lead
toward the identification of a. preferred "Alternative ". The preferred alternative, in all probability a
compilation of portions of the three alternatives blended. and/or amended through the public input
process, will be used for the - foundation of the new General Plan, with preparation of policies and
objectives to guide its implementation.
The Report, still being critiqued and edited by senior staff members at report printing time, is presented
as a DRAFT document.
2. BACKGROUND
The Report is written to bring 'a new citizen .up to date on.. the General Plan progress to date, historical
growth patterns, and at the same time, allow citizens and City officials with General Plan experience to
pick up where the Existing Conditions, Opportunities & Challenges Report concluded. The Alternatives
Report identifies key planning issues (pages 3 through 7) lo be confronted discussed, weighed, and
decided upon for selection of a preferred Alternative. The Report 'updates the reader with .approved
development projects . approved and - underway since the initial '2001 land use inventory. The
Alternatives Report also includes; again for discussion and analysis purposes, land use options for the
potential Urban Growth Boundary expansion areas. The Report preserves. a portion of the City as a
"built" environment, focusing primarily on those parcels with development or redevelopmentpotential.
The Report then provides a comparative analysis of the, three alternatives (Section .5 page 55) before
presenting the topic specific analysis (Transportation (Pages 59 -77), Surface Water (Pages 79 -81), and
Fiscal Analysis (Pages 83 -86).
The Report ist not intended to offer A, B, or C as individual candidates to be the "preferred" alternative,
but to allow consideration of various facts and points,. of analysis.undertaken on the.three alternatives for
the purpose of comparison and discussion. It is important to recognize that each of the three alternatives
• are presented with land use. and mobility alternatives, 'which should be considered separately on their
own merits. 7 he transportation plan determined _fgr the "preferred alternative" will reflect the direction
given by the Council following this General Plan. alternatives analysis process and conclusion of the
parallel analysis, being undertaken through the Cross -Town Connection Enhancement Opportunities
Preliminary Analysis Report:
ALTERNATIVES
.A. Hear presentation on the Report; present specific questions to consultant and in -house team
regarding contents of the Alternatives Report. Direct General Plan team to continue public outreac
effort,
B. Offer specific comments or direction to City Management regarding additional research or analysis
for inclusion in the Alternatives. Report.
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FINANCIAL IMPACTS
The General Plan has an approved - budget. Budget expenditures for professional contract services
(excluding the Water Resources Element and Master Plans) over a 3 -.year work effort; begun in the
2000 -01 budget year, are not -to- exceed $1,356,000. Preparation of the Water Resources Element, by t Black :& Veatch including the completion of the three Master Plans (Water Supply; Recycled Water,
and Surface Water Management) is funded in the, amount of $1,549,184 through, allocations from the
Water and sewer enterprise funds.
CONCLUSION
The community outreach and visioning process was the first step, of many; to involve the citizens in the
General Plan 2004 -2025 preparation process. The distribution of the Exi'st'ing Conditions, Opportunities
and Challenges Report, ;primarily through the wide spread sharing of the information in the Executive
Summary document to the. public 'through workshops conducted in November 2002' - January 2003,
comments were summarized to aid in the preparation of the Alternatives. The .Alternatives were
prepared reflecting comments from the publi c i, the consultant teams, and the in -house team members.
The Alternatives Report, now being presented to the Council, will allow the community to weigh t ce
various topics discussed within ' the Report (land use designations, density options,
transportation/mobility enhancements, ,potential surface water impacts, fiscal results, etc.).
Once the, Council has provided direction for the preparation of the preferred Alternative; work will be
finalized- on the Draft General Plan.., The Draft General Plan will include preferred goals, policies and
implementation strategies. ; A .Draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR) Will be prepared. concurrently
with the General Plan to allow evaluation of the environmental. 'effects of ;implementing the various
programs includedjn the Plan.
OUTCOMES OR PERFORMANCE,MEASUREMENTS THAT WILL IDENTIFY SUCCESS ORCOMPLETION:
January, - March 2004
® Hosting of public workshops to allow comment and ;discussion on the various, topics (density,
mobility, .etc.) and alternatives presented in the Report, or generated through the public
discussions;
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Council to facilitate discussions and provide preliminary comments and/or direction;
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• Preparation of summary report.
March - April`
® Present siimmary to Council; and
e Conclude discussion with direction from Council on preferred Alternative.
April May • .
• Prepare Draft General Plan and Draft Environmental Impact Report
• Conclude.administrative review ofDraft documents; and
o Present Draft General Plan 2025 and Draft EIR to public.
June —July
m Public outreach and public hearings (mandatory public review period); and
® Public :Hearings before the Planning "'Commission and City Council concluding with
recommendations and direction to prepare Final -EIR and General Plan documents
• August
® Commission and Council hearings on Final EIR and General Plan, resulting in certification of
EIR and adoption of General Plan.
7. RECOMMENDATION
No action is requested at this- time. This is-intended to be a working session to facilitate presentation of
the contents of the Report to the Council. Public workshops with the community, appointed
Commissions, and the Council will be scheduled to collect public comments and suggestions. The
summary of those comments and specific direction from the Council will lead to the preparation of the
Preferred Alternative for Council consideration and direction.
Attachment
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H:GP2004 /reports \CC Alt Report 010504.doc
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J anuary 5, 2004
Note:
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Due to u°hforeseen. photocopying problems, the
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Petalum General Plan 2004 -2025 Land Use and
Mobility Alternatives Draft Report will not be
available unti'I' Monday, January 5, 2004.
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