HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Bill 10.A-Lttr 01/27/2003'REQI FOR AGENDA CHANGE
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r i m City Manager (Vi �,.ax #707-779-4419' )
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City o f Petaluma
11 English Street
Petaluma, CA 94952
RE: Cross Town Connector & Highway' Interchange
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Dear Mr. N erman,
The following Council Members o f t h e Cit 'petaluma ,request that you place the
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Cross-town Connector and U. - Hi ang Project
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1. Resolution repealing resolution number 99-15, N.C. S. (adopted July 26,
1999)
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Cc, Gayle, Petersen, Petaluma City Clerk (via fax #707-71!8.4554)
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2. Resolution.,replacing this Project on the list 0f'
r—apital.1mi3rovement Projects
(Clp) an d T circulation improvementi a�d reinstating the CIP budget
(CEP #9528) sho wing I the $4,200,000 deveio;?4 ib"hewcontribution budgeted
from Chelsea GCA as,a,initigation,for Phase ! the Petaluma Premium
Factory Outlets,
Thank you for your time and consideration.
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Cross -town Cr,fmcclor'lod U.S. H Ighway 101 lnterChwig( Project
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Resolution No. 99 -150 R— C..S'..
of _the , City of Petaluma California
RE SOLUTION T REMOVE RE THE RAINIE AVENUE CROSS -TOWN
CONNECTOR AND US HIGHWAY 101, INTERCHANGE PROJECT FROM THE
CITE' OF PETALUMA AND PETALUMA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
COMMISSION'S (PCDC) LIST.OF CAPITAL, IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS
AND TRAFFIC' CIRCULATION IMPROVEMENTS
WHEREAS, the City Council of Petaluma did certify the Final Environmental Impact
Report (FEIR) and approve the Rainier Avenue Cross -town Connector and US Highway
101 Interchange Project on October 17, 1994 (Resolutions {94 -284 N.C.S. and 94 -285
N.C.S.); and
WHEREAS, the City Council and PCDC have in other past actions approved and
included this Project on'its list of capital projects and traffic circulation improvements; and
WHEREAS,. the Primary Objectives of the Project were stated in the Draft EIR as "to
provide a new cross -town connector (east /west route) to relieve congestion along the
Washington Street corridor; and to provide an interchange with US Highway 101 to serve
both-east and west Petaluma: "' and
WHEREAS, subsequent examination of existing, changed an&new information has raised
significant doubts about, and problems with, the.assumptions and conclusions of the FEIR;
and
WHEREAS, the City Council�finds such problems to include the following:
1. The Project :induces new growth, and does not just accommodate growth as
claimed in,the FEIK.
2. The Project induces and supports significant growth and occupancy of the
floodplain.
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3. The Project was based on floodplain mapping and constraints from the Flood
Insurance Rate Map" of September 1989, which is now over ten years out of date. •
4. Such - new floodplain development creates an, increased risk - to the public and
private health, safety and welfare thatis not addressed by the FEIR.
5. The Project and EIR does not account for impacts of the new traffic generated on
air and water quality.
6. The Project Final EIR did not include up -to -date traffic figures, calculations, and
modeling, such as not including the likely uses of several key parcels in�tlie Project
area.
7. 'The new traffic induced, generated, and accommodated by the Project will
cumulatively, in n short period of time, overcome any congestion: relief benefits of
the :Project alone, :including those at the critical .Washington and McDowell
intersection..
8. The new traffic - induced, generated' and accommodated by the Project will
adversely affect the 'intersections of Rainier' Avenue and US Highway 1Ol and
McDowell. Blvd., resulting - in access to Petaluma Valley Hospital that ,is more
' difficult from the "north than itis now.
9. .'The Project was approved as the key component for congestion relief. However,
the City did.not, and still does not have a comprehensive `Trip Reduction Plan; :nor
a Land Use, Transportation, and Circulation Plan, nor other non - structural means
of reducing ,congestion and delays throughout the circulation system: The results
of these efforts could likely `cost less, be less environmentally damaging, and
produce longer lasting congestion relief for the City.
10. The Project, locally funded, is dependent on significant new development. This, in
effect, mandates maximal development in open lands, floodplain„ 'riparian
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corridors, wetlands and habitat corridors of the Corona Reach to yield the
assessment revenue necessary to provide funding for the Project.
11. Because of the limitations imposed by Proposition 218 and Special Benefit
Assessments, there would be significant inequities in sharing the cost burdens
between the properties which are accessed and benefit directly from the Project,
and from the general public, thus providing a significant public subsidy to the
development of those properties.
12. These inequities and,local funding requirements for the'Prcject and its long -term
maintenance will drain substantial public resources of the City and the PCDC from
other urgent and identified needs in the City for many years to come.
13. The project 'further fragments the critical habitat corridor along .the Petaluma
River, especially'in the reach identified as the best. remaining riparian corridor and
oak - dominated valley bottom woodland.along the River.
14. The Project FEIR does not address, potential impacts to 'migrating steelhead (now
a listed species) and other identified endangered, threatened or special status
species within the Project; area.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that for these and other reasons and
findings, the City Council does 'hereby eliminate the Rainier Avenue Cross -town
Connector and U S 101 Interchange Project from its priority list of capital improvement
projects 'and traffic circulation improvements.
Under the power and authority conferred upon this Co uncil. by the Charter of said City:
REFERENCE: I hereby certify the foregoing Resolution was introduced and adopted :by the Approved as to
Council of the ....
e, City of Petaluma at a (Regular) (Adjourned) ,A - -f orm
on the 26 th day of _..rTLLly.:.._ ......... ..... ............ 193.9., by the
following vote: _... r ........ ..:....................
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AYES: Hamilton, Maguire, Torliatt, Vice Mayor Keller
NOES:
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ATTEST:
Healy, Mayor Thompson
None ABSTAIN: Cader- Thompson (due to a po conflict of interest)
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City Clerk Mayor
Council Fay. .
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