HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 8517A N.C.S. 04/23/19798517- A, PLKI-mi.4-11-79
fad Resolution No. ............. .......... I.. .............. N. C. S.
RESOLUTION RELATIVE TO AIR QUALITY. t1ITIGATION NEASURES
OF T111 EASTERN MARIN-SOU-THERM SONOP4A UASTEWATER
1IANACEHDNY PLAN
JACK W:. CAVANAGHJR.
INTRODUCED BY COUNCILMAN------. ..................... ................................................. . .., ..... .............. ........................... and
WILLIAM! A. PERRY, . JR.
SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN-------- ......................... .............. .............................
........................... ......................... at a
ADJOURNED REGULAR
......... ...................................................................... ..... ........................ ------------- 7 ................ ............ --- Meeting of the City Council of the
City of Petaluma, on ......23rd da y o f ....... ..... . APRIL'
....... .......... . ...................................... ........... ............................ ............ 19--.79
WHEREAS, it is the policy of the State Water Resources
Control Board's C-le,a.n Water Gran -t Program to coordinate water
-quality planning a�na_construction with'air quality planning
activities; and.,
WIIEREAS, re'ulations of the -U. S. Environmental., Protection
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Agency (EPA.) require that wastewater treatment worls funded with
federal funds comply with all pertinent requirements of the Clean
Air -Act and other applicable federal, state, and local environmental
laws and regulatidns (40 CFR 35.9.25.14) and,
WHEREAS, EPA in a 'policy statement
tement to the 'State I -later Resources
Control Board stated that grant. applications for federal funds are
expected to demonstrate that attainment and maintenance of air
duality
uality standards will not be interfered with by the -proposed pro-
ject and the po',pu1 ation. it serves so that EPA ma.v'fund'the complete
project as th,e grant ar3plicants may apply for; and,
UHEREAS, the City of P,etal-uma recognizes that the population
growth that can be served by the project may interfere with the
attainment and maintenance sof_ air quality s,tandards, but the pro-
ject is needed to" solve 'a water quality problem and comply with
state and federal water po'llution control requirements; and,
1,111EREAS, the City of 'Petaluma is a part of the San Francisco
Bay Area Basin which has been designated a Noh-Attainment* Area be-
cause the exceeds the primary National- Ambient Air Quality
Standards for photochemical. oxidants and carbon monoxide; and,
WIIEREAS, the Clean Air Act Amb,ndmentrs of 1-977 require the de-
velopment of a Non -Attainment Plah. for the San Francisco Bay ]rea
and' is currently developing the, Non -Attainment Plan,, and
-IE:RE ABAG has been designated as -'the lead agency for dev
AS elbo
jr.ent of. the: Non -Attainment Plan for the San Francis'
co, Bay Area and.
is currently developing the Tion--Attainiment Plan; and,
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WHL'RE_AS, the City of Petaluma and other governmental agencies
are currently taking' .or, have taken actions to improve air quality
as -listed on Exhibits A and B; and,
WlIt REAS, the City of Petaluma is.committed to implementing
those actions to improve air.quality measures contained in Exhibit
C which are planned:but not curre`nt.ly being undertaken; and,
WHEREAS, implementation of the measures contained in the Non"
Attainment Plan are generally beyond the statutory authority of
sanitary and sanitation districts,
NOW, TH.EREFO;RE,, BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Petaluma agrees
to leave in place those measures contained in,Exlxibit A and to im-
plement measures contained in Exhibits B and C, and also those
measures in the approved Non-Attaih merit Plan, which it considers
to be reasonably within its capacitilities, resources, and statu-
tory authority.
BE IT FURTHER.RESO'LVED that the City of Petaluma agrees to par-
ticipate in the continuing planning process evaluation of air quality
improvement measures that are not contained in the Non -Attainment
Plan but which have the potential for significantly improving air
quality, and that the,City of Petaluma shall implement those
measures which -it considers to be within its, capabilities and statu-
tory .authority that are determined to be feasible and effective in
improving air quality and that are subsequently approved as part
of the Non -Attainment Plan, and the City of Petaluma .will develop
information for inclusion in the semi-annual mitigation monitoring
report.
under the power and authority conferred upon. this Council by the Charter of said City.
I hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly introduced and
' de feated > AADptod by the Council of the City of Petaluma on the.:..._..2.3rrd......................
day of April 19 79:......, by the foflow"ing.votes:
AYES:Councilmen� Balshaw', Bond, Cavanagh,, Da.'ly, Harberson; Perry and
Mayor Hilligoss
NOES:
ABSENT
ATTEST:
FORM CA.S. 7/74
City Clerk
1?1„S.8517A
EXHIBIT' A"'
N - I PLAGE AIR QPAMTY -KIT.LdATION MEASURES
The -City of P e t.a 1*u,m,a is presently imp
Lem.enti.ng 'a number, of
measures, described' bel,ow, which can serve to.,main,tain air quality.
rricIuded are various .land . use. - cont;rol.t which, regulate the amount,
rate., location, and densityof future residential
use policies to
.develop a diversAfi,ed economic base 4h'ich could serve to reduce
commuting;_ operation of, a- local transit system.; and -acquisition
programs designed,. i n part, to result in reoxygenation..In sum,
the. land use :.and.'. tra,n,s"portation measures -,.d.eiscri,bed below are
creating a compact f'&rm' of community develop - me ; nt served
erved by both
Iocal and reg.ional transit systems �and co,hs.titute in-place air
n
.quality mitig-ati6n measures.
s.
l.- Land Use Policies ab'd Implement.
.-ation, 'Me,,asures
In April, 1978,,-t,h,e City Council ad.olped its Environmental
Design -Plan , (EO'P) which includes a set of intermediate
range goals and'pol,i c i,e,s to gldd" �: -,growth . and development opment
for seven yea.r I s (197&-1985'). Go,a1g, and policies which
relate to: air quia,li,ty mitigation a -re, u'Mmarized .as follows:
a. To. establish an "'ultimate" sph.ex,e of influence and
optimum populationsize, of approxlma't61Y 70,000-90,000
persons a,nd t,o, in,sure th;e futdrle of Retaluma as a
separate and' dlistincIt urban community. The ultimate
population size is significant as. it is used to size
public: f.acilities.
b. Recognitioh of three -types. of land usewithin the
Petaluma 'sphere.. of - inT'luen:ce: 1) urbanized area of
existing � and d " :evelop,':ing areas, 2) a,n.urb.an reserve
wherein there is enough land to accommodate planned
growth but will rema.*ln-i�n.'agricul-t,.u.ral,- open space., or
very low denst.ty use until it isconverted to urban
use. - Conversion of the reserve is to, proceed outward
from tba* existing limits of urbanization, and
3 permanent open space areas whore service extensions
would n - ot be, prov1d,ed. It- should be noted that these
policies promote -a compact,-deve-Iopme'nt pattern, in' two
ways: both as growth, o(zc,t I ir,s within. the city - and as
P eta-luma's growth,remal1 ft, I
, s'�spatidll'y. distinct from that
of other communi.tie�ls. The community;separator-policy,
also part of the EDP, defin.es -land uses and appropriate
development' nece:'s'`s'ary t10 suppor't.tompact growth through
the spatial dif,ferentiation, of urban a-nd non -urban
areas.
c 'To maintai'n an annual popul:at:ion -growth rate of about
5 percent per year for approxim.'ately seven years. This
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e. To pro'vi.d7e more m.ultiple-family 'housing units. The
policy - is implemented 'through GO. n-er a 1 PI a n designations
and specdfi-c 'Plans for certain n parts of the city
(e.g.,
the river sector which encomp,as.1s,es. t'he older downtown
area).
f.. Various p,ro-j,e,cts . have ' been im7p.len.ented by 'the city
(agricultural -jr,rigation, marshland enhancement, open
s . pace acqu;_isiti,ons.) which serve to replenish the supply
of oxygen in the region.. S'upporitl.,ng.s the concept
.of . reuse of. wastewater effluent. for a,gricultural
irrigation i;s one example of this
policy. , The city
reqQ1resdedic.ation of Laxids for 'b.p;en space As a
co-ndi.tibn of .approving
r. ng. deve.zlopmentproposals.
2.1 Tran,sport.a.t.ion Poll&ies and Implementatlon. Measures
a. In a,.dd:itib,h to the. Golden Gate Transit District (GGTD)
which provides commuter service to reljid,na.l, employment
's�
centers, Petaluma o'per'ates itown local transit
system.. Se:'ry ice c'onmeh1c6,ld Way' 7, 1976, and annual
ridership Is 'approximately, 190.,0.00: The local system'
provides feeder sexvic,e to GGTD bus stops and provides
special facilities and fA±-e discounts to the elderly
and handicapped', tlr'anqit-dependent 'populations.
'b Two e:lderly.,,'ho;u,s,ing projects were, re,ceintly approved in
the c'ervtrlal` city' area near public trans.it. Sin ce
elderly people are, 'transit dependent., "location near
transit is important' in facilitating its use.
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goal is. implemented through the; Re s .1 -'de ntia,l_ D6ve.lopment
ch was adopted - i -h
Control Sytem' .which
September �19'78. In
addition�. to �es°tcibliiahin,g an afn,n Ta -1
groWth Alloc.alition,
limiting . th,e - amount Ofe t i d en nt i a 1 gr owith -w.hich can
r i
occur., allocations a'.r e_ made by
h,o U' sA.ng -type and
location. ln, terms of .,:t'he former,
- the city has used
the system to increasethe amount
of. multip-le-family
housing which in conjunctiony
, with
the- po,licies noted
above' tri', (b) - serve to,' increase
the:, fe'asibility of
transit. Loca-tional' prefexenc16s, I
a re significant in
that they`' contribute to a, compact
land use patt'ern.
The system .was . recently ch,ange-d_
to, encourage more
infill an"d ' , red.ev61opm ' ent :Deve'lbpments on f ive, acres
or less and ' involving ten; units or less . need not go
through 'this process,.
e. To pro'vi.d7e more m.ultiple-family 'housing units. The
policy - is implemented 'through GO. n-er a 1 PI a n designations
and specdfi-c 'Plans for certain n parts of the city
(e.g.,
the river sector which encomp,as.1s,es. t'he older downtown
area).
f.. Various p,ro-j,e,cts . have ' been im7p.len.ented by 'the city
(agricultural -jr,rigation, marshland enhancement, open
s . pace acqu;_isiti,ons.) which serve to replenish the supply
of oxygen in the region.. S'upporitl.,ng.s the concept
.of . reuse of. wastewater effluent. for a,gricultural
irrigation i;s one example of this
policy. , The city
reqQ1resdedic.ation of Laxids for 'b.p;en space As a
co-ndi.tibn of .approving
r. ng. deve.zlopmentproposals.
2.1 Tran,sport.a.t.ion Poll&ies and Implementatlon. Measures
a. In a,.dd:itib,h to the. Golden Gate Transit District (GGTD)
which provides commuter service to reljid,na.l, employment
's�
centers, Petaluma o'per'ates itown local transit
system.. Se:'ry ice c'onmeh1c6,ld Way' 7, 1976, and annual
ridership Is 'approximately, 190.,0.00: The local system'
provides feeder sexvic,e to GGTD bus stops and provides
special facilities and fA±-e discounts to the elderly
and handicapped', tlr'anqit-dependent 'populations.
'b Two e:lderly.,,'ho;u,s,ing projects were, re,ceintly approved in
the c'ervtrlal` city' area near public trans.it. Sin ce
elderly people are, 'transit dependent., "location near
transit is important' in facilitating its use.
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EX H,I B I T ".'B
ON:-'GOTNG AIR QUALITY MhTIGAT.ION M;E'ASURES
The , following.. air gva,lity mitiga't,ion measures are in the
process of be' ng impletenaed
1. An. overlay zo` ,i.ng district .w-a,s, approved in December, 1978,
to increase minimum lot si,"ze in areas with 5 percent or
more slopes. This .has the ef;f,ect o:f lim'iting growth (and
air quality impact -s) '.b'y red,ucing th.e amount of .development
which would occur. relative to th.e holding capacity under
convention'a•1 zoning. Imp'lement.atio.n is contin'uous through
zoning administration'.
2. .A condominium conversion .ordinance wags' e'nac,te.d in January,
1979,.which al-low's"f'o.r.conversion only when this will not
interfere with maintaining a 3� p.ercen"t vacancy rate for
multiple. -family units This hass-the. effect of maintaining
a housi,n'g "supplyy_ fo,r renters and would °red-uce commuting for
local service, cle'r.ic'al and commercial employ�e'e,"s.
3. The city is pursuing'polici.es. designed to increase
employment a, d economic ' g;r:owth, p're'serve industrial
zoning in the:. face of . potential tesid'en.t- -al encroachment,
diversify the local economy, and to in ---:fill commercially
zoned land befar-:e more land for these uses is developed.
These policies will 'cont.ribute to ma;n,tain"ing .air, quality
y by reducing either/or the length or :number of home -to -work
or shopping trips.
4. The Petaluma comm,u,n-ity Development Co.mmissio`n is carrying
out city policy on economic growth as it relates to
redevelopment of the'' downtown commercial area. Improve-
ments are being, made'''to Washington Street making it more
convenient -by bus;.
5 The city routinely- changes bus routes when. new, areas are
developed. -to make them .more conveni.e,nt, to transit systems.
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PLANNED- AIR QUALITY MI.TIGAT.ION MEASURES
The following air'quality ,mitigation
..mea.sure is in the planning
stage:
.
1. The city Is at°tempti;ng to have th;e areaknown as the McNear
Peninsula stet aside, as permanent open,;space. State funding
and other means 1o.r achieving this goa'1 . are being purs.ued .
EXII,F. r "MUT C
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