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aw City of Petaluma, California
REGULAR MEETING
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Draft City Council'Meeting�Minutes
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Monday, Marcl 1'7; 2003 - 3:00 P.M.
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Regular Meeting
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ROLL CALL
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Harris, Canevaro, Healy, Vice Mayor O'Brien, Mayor Glass, Torliatt, Moynihan
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PLEDGE, OF ALLEGIANCE
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Council Member Canevaro
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AGENDA CHANGES AND DELETIONS
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Council agreed to move the Closed Session items to the °end of the meeting.
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PRESENTATION
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Mayor Glass presented an Arbor Day Proclamation, which was accepted by
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Joseph Noriel, Chair of the Tree Advisory Committee.
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CORRESPONDENCE
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Mayor Glass read 'a letter from Jessica Vann Gardner, Executive Director of the
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Petaluma Visitors Program, asking Council to send a letter to the California
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Division .of Tourism in support of Petaluma's Visitors Center becoming a California
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Welcome Center. Council agreed.
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PUBLIC COMMENT
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Bill Donahue .Sandalwood Mobile Home Park, Petaluma, spoke in support of
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approving the agreement between the City and Sonoma County for
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a drrii'histration of the Petaluma Mobile.Home Rent Stabilization Program. He also
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spoke�'abo'ut`the on -going struggles of mobile home owners.
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Matf °White,. Basin Street Properties, Petaluma, presented his firm's proposal for a
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Petaluma'' Town 'Center project, which will come before SPARC shortly. This is a
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mixed -use project that would include a movie theater, retail space, housing, and
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1 of the garage. The developers ask that the City fund the needed infrastructure
2 for the project, and that Council create a theater district in the downtown area. •
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4 The Superb Seven, Petaluma, seven teen girls, spoke in support of a downtown
5 theater and Basin Street Properties' proposal.
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7 Geoff Cartwright, Petaluma, spoke in opposition to development in the floodplain.
8 and Council's agreement at the February 24, 2003 Council Meeting 'to support
9 the Sonoma County Water Agency's (SCWA) recycled water policy.
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11 Ronald Kinyon, ,Petaluma, Garden State Manufactured Homeowners League,
12 spoke regarding the Mobile Home Rent Stabilization Program.
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14 COUNCIL COMMENT AND LIAISON REPORTS
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16 Council Member Harris announced that there are now 110 people on the
17 waiting list for the 55 hangars to be built at the Petaluma Airport, each of whom
18 has deposited $400 to be placed 'on the list. Occupancy is planned for the
19 summer of 2004. He asked that the meeting be adjourned in memory of Daniel
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22 Council Member Canevaro attend the Every Fifteen Minutes program, and
23 thanked all the agencies involved. The program simulates a fatal drunk- driving
24 accident, and, gives teens that participate a "dose of reality" about the dangers •
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27 Mayor Glass added that the program was "shocking and very well done," and
28 said he would definitely want his daughter to participate in this program before
29 she, "got behind the wheel of a car." He described Basin Street ;Properties'
30 proposed project as a, "breath of fresh air," and an opportunity to provide
31 mixed use and vitalize the downtown area. He added the project would be,
32 "achievable, with the cooperation of the development community: Regarding
33 mobile home owners, he stated he is a, "strong, fair advocate" for them.
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35. Council Member Healy thanked Matt White and Basin Street Properties for their
36 proposal for a "solid, realistic, and achievable project for downtown Petaluma."
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40 Vice Mayor O'Brien attended the Community Recognition Awards on Thursday,
41 .March 13. He thanked the Chamber of Commerce- and Arg,us- Courier, which co-
42 hosted the event. He asked for the City Manager and. City Attorney's help to
43 rezone Petaluma's mobile. home parks prior to the completion of the General
44 Plan. He would like to see an, injunction against the latest attempt on'the part of
45 the park owners to seek space rent increases. He asked to have the 'meeting
46 adjourned in memory of Marisa R. DeCarli.
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1 Council Member Torliatt called the Basin Street Properties proposal, "very
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exciting" and said she is looking forward to talking more about it. She is
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"extremely supportive." She noted that Council must first adopt the Central
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Petaluma Specific Plan, which will allow them to approve projects of this
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magnitude in the downtown area.
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She noted that President Bush would be making an announcement at 5:00 p.m.
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'regarding the situation with Iraq and asked to have the meeting adjourned in
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honor of U.S. troops, who, "need our support."
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Council Member Moynihan wished everyone Happy St. Patrick's Day. He would
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like Council to discuss future establishment of a City of Petaluma employee
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compensation policy at the March 24, 2003 Council Meeting.
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CITY MANAGER COMMENTS
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There were none.
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1. Approval of City Council /PCDC Minutes
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A. February 24, 2003 - City Council Meeting
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Motion to approve minutes of February 24, 2003 as submitted.
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M/S O' Brien /Healy. CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
B. March 3, 2003 - City Council /PCDC Joint Meeting
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The following corrections were made:
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Page 16, line 5, change "Savez" to "Savel."
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Page 20, item B, amend minutes to include discussion regarding
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location of parcels to be annexed.
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Page 21, line 44, change "Mark" to "Marne."
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Motion to approve minutes of March 3, 2003, as corrected.
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M/S O'Brien /Healy. CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
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2. Approval of Proposed Agenda for Council's Regular Meeting of April 7
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2003.
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Council Member Torliatt asked the City Clerk to confirm the nature of the
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Mayors' and Councilmembers' Association ABAG (Association of Bay
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Area Governments) appointment. She did not think the appointment was
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to the Executive Board. She also asked to have the appointment of an
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alternate Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO) . representative
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added to the agenda. Additionally, she would like to hear an update on
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the City's negotiations to purchase the Frates /Martinelli property.
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Motion to approve proposed agenda for April 7, 2003, as amended. M/S
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Torliatt /Healy. CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
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1 3. CONSENT CALENDAR
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3 PUBLIC COMMENT
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5 Geoff Cartwright, Petaluma, spoke regarding flooding and traffic issues
6 with the Rockridge Pointe subdivision.
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8 Motion to approve the following items. MIS Torliatt /O'Brien. CARRIED
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11 A. Resolution No. 2003 -055 N.C.S. Approving Agreement Between the
12 City of Petaluma and the Sonoma County - Community
13 Development Commission for the Administration of the Petaluma
14 Mobile Home Rent Stabilization Program. (Gaebler)
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16 B. Resolution No. 2003 -056 N.C.S. in Support of Funding by the Coastal
17 Conservancy of the Grant Application by the Bay Area Ridge Trail
18 Council for Development of a connecting Trail on the McNear
19 Peninsula Phase I Project. (Tuft)
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21 C. Ordinance No. 2148 N.C.S.. (Adoption - Second Reading) Prezoning
22 a 123 -Acre Parcel to Planned Unit Development, to Allow for 62
23 Residential Lots and Development of 62 new Residences Located •
24 at Western Avenue.and Windsor Drive (APN 020 - 030 -037, 039, 013
25 and 015. File ANX 00004, TSM 00003, PRZ 0001, PUD 00004)
26 Rockridge Pointe. (Moore /Lafler)
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28 4. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
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30 PUBLIC COMMENT
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32 Geoff Cartwright, Petaluma, spoke regarding drainage issues with the
33 Magnolia Park Subdivision and cumulative flooding impacts with the
34 Redwood Technology project.
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36 A. Ordinance No. 2146 N.C.S. (Adoption - Second Reading)
37 Approving Prezoning to Planned Unit Development District (PUD)
38 Magnolia Place. (Moore)
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40 Council Member Moynihan announced that he would recuse
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43 Motion to adopt Ordinance No. 2146 N.C.S. M/S Harris /Canevaro.
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45 AYES: Canevaro, Harris, Healy, Vice Mayor O'Brien
46 NOES: Mayor Glass, Torliatt
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B. .Ordinance No. 2147 N.C.S. (Adoption - Second Reading) Rezoning
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Property from Highway Commercial (CH) on Parcel A and Light
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Industrial (ML) on Parcel B to Planned Unit District (PUD) Redwood
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Technology Center. (Moore)
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Motion to adopt Ordinance'No. 2147 N.C.S. M/S O'Brien /Healy
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AYES: Canevaro, Harris; Healy, Moynihan,
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Vice Mayor O'Brien
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NOES: Mayor Glass, Torliatt
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NEW BUSINESS
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A. Resolution No. 2003 -057 N.C.S. Authorizing Program Administration
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Fees for the Mobile Home Park Space Rent Stabilization Program for
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2003. (Gaebler)
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Bonne Gaebler, Housing Administrator, presented the staff report.
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Motion to adopt Resolution No. 2003 -057 N.C.S. M/S Healy /Torliatt.
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CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
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B. GENERAL PLAN 2004 -2025: Council discussion on the Economic
Health Chapter of the Existing Conditions, Opportunities &
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Challenges Report and Fiscal Analysis and the General Plan. (Tuft)
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Pamela Tuft, Director of General Plan Administration, explained
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that Council had indicated a desire to discuss the fiscal analysis
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model being built for the General Plan. She introduced Roberta
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Mundie and Suzanne Lambert of Roberta Mundie and Associates,
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economic consultants. Ms. Mundie and Ms. Lambert spoke
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regarding the fiscal condition of Petaluma within the broader
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setting of the economy of Petaluma, as well as the discussion
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paper that was distributed to the Council, and made available to
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the public, regarding retail sales tax "leakage."
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Public Comment
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Onita Pellegrini, Chief Executive Officer of the Petaluma Area
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Chamber of Commerce, reiterated the Chamber's offer to
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contribute $5,000 toward an independent retail sales fax leakage
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survey covering the Sausalito, San Rafael, and Novato areas as well
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as Petaluma.
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Geoff Cartwright, Petaluma, noting he was "rather fond of the word
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leakage," stated that by building in the floodplain, the City would
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be "subsidizing disasters, not the local economy.
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1 Victor Chechanover, Petaluma, suggested the City mail a survey
2 with water bills to ask residents "what they want to buy and why •
3 they aren't buying it in Petaluma," instead of conducting an
4 analytical survey. He suggested the City also ask residents, "why
5 they moved to Petaluma - to shop or for the atmosphere."
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7 Council discussion ensued regarding the following:
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9 0 Council's interest in seeing leakage studies referred to this
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12 • Review of similar studies from other cities.
13 . Encouraging redevelopment.
14 0 Community Survey (Godbe Associates, 2002)
15 • Special- interest groups and comments voiced at workshops.
16 0 The need for the General Plan to identify future retail
17 locations for the entire City.
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19 C. Consideration of Applicants and Possible Appointment to Vacancy
20 on Site Plan and Architectural Review Committee. (S.P.A.R.C.)
21 (Petersen)
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23 Council directed the City Clerk to advertise this and other •
24 vacancies on City boards, commissions, and committees in the
25 Argus- Courier, with _a deadline for receipt of applications of April
26 25, 2003. Appointments will be made at the May 5, 2003 Council
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29 ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION
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31 Council adjourned. to Closed Session at 5:25 p.m., in memory of Dan Fager,
32 Melissa DeCarli, and in honor of U.S. troops in the Middle East, on the following
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35 CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS '(Gov. Code Section 54957.6):
36 Agency designated representative: Heather Renschler, Ralph Anderson &
37 Associates and Richard Rudnansky. Unrepresented Employee Position: City
38 Manager
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40 • CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL- EXISTING LITIGATION (Gov. Code Section
41 54:9:56.9(a))
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43 1. Dubrey vs. Petaluma et al (Alameda Superior Court Case # 2002057128)
44 2. Thompson vs. City of Petaluma (Sonoma Superior Court Case # SCV-
45 225677)
46 3. Thompson vs. City of Petaluma (U.S. District Court, Northern California, •
47 Case # C 03- 0033EDL)
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4. City of Petaluma vs.. Bajgrowicz (Sonoma County Superior Court Case #
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David Glass, Mayor
ATTEST:
Claire Cooper, Deputy City Clerk