HomeMy WebLinkAboutHCPC RESOLUTION 2023-01 06/13/2023
Resolution No. 2023-01
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF PETALUMA HISTORIC AND CULTURAL
PRESERVATION COMMITTEE AMENDING THE RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR
THE TRANSACTION OF BUSINESS FOR THE HISTORIC AND CULTURAL
PRESERVATION COMMITTEE TO MODIFY THE REGULAR MEETING DAY TO
THE FIRST TUESDAY OF EACH MONTH
WHEREAS, City Council Resolution No. 2017-016 N.C.S. establishes enabling
legislation for the Historic and Cultural Preservation Committee; and
WHEREAS, City Council Resolution No. 2017-016 N.C.S. states that “The committee
shall have the right and duty to adopt such rules and regulations as it shall determine for the holding
and conducting of its meetings and hearings…”; and
WHEREAS, Chapter 2.30 of the Petaluma Municipal Code addresses the establishment,
duties, rules and regulations, and vacancies of the Petaluma Historic and Cultural Preservation
Committee (the Committee); and
WHEREAS, Section 2.30.020, entitled “Duties - Generally”, authorizes the Committee to
be generally responsible for “…administer[ing] the committee’s responsibilities pertinent to the
zoning ordinance of the city of Petaluma…”; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to City Council Resolution No. 2017-016 N.C.S. and Section
2.30.030 of the Petaluma Municipal Code, the Historic and Cultural Preservation Committee has
adopted on October 10, 2017, Rules and Regulations for the Transaction of Business (Rules and
Regulations), attached hereto as Exhibit A; and
WHEREAS, Section 501 of the Rules and Regulations states in part that “Regular
meetings of the Committee shall be held on the second Tuesday of every month at 4:00 PM
unless otherwise decided by the Committee”; and
WHEREAS, at a regular meeting of the Historic and Cultural Preservation Committee
held on May 9, 2023, the Committee consented to agendizing discussion and deliberating on
amending the day of the month on which regular meetings shall be held from the second Tuesday
of every month to the first Tuesday of every month at 4:00 PM; and
WHEREAS, holding regular meetings of the Committee on the first Tuesday of the
month will contribute to the effective administration of the business of the Historic and Cultural
Preservation and eliminate any potential interruption of the administration of the regular business
of the Planning Commission for which regular meetings are held on the second Tuesday of the
month at 6:00 PM; and
WHEREAS, amending the Rules and Regulations, attached hereto as Exhibit 1, is not a
“project” pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) Guidelines Section
15378, as this action amending the day of the month on which regular meetings of the Historic
and Cultural Preservation Committee will be held is an administrative action; and
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WHEREAS, the Rules and Regulations, which primarily regulates the administrative
business of the Committee, do not instruct about how a modification of the Rules should be
brought before the Committee; and
WHEREAS, modification of the Rules and Regulations does not require a public hearing
because no discretion is required for this decision; and
WHEREAS, the proposed amendment of the Rules and Regulations is brought before
the Historic and Cultural Preservation Committee as a Matter for Consideration agenda item; and
WHEREAS, the public was provided notification of this Matter for Consideration
through the Regular Meeting agenda published on June 6, 2023; and
WHEREAS, at the June 13, 2023, regular meeting of the Committee, the Historic and
Cultural Preservation Committee of the City of Petaluma held a duly noticed public meeting, at
which time all interested parties were given full opportunity to be heard and to be present.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Historic and Cultural Preservation
Committee of the City of Petaluma as follows:
1. The foregoing recitals are true and accurate and are incorporated into this Resolution as
findings.
2. Finds that amending the Rules and Regulations for the Transaction of Business for the
Historic and Cultural Preservation Committee, attached hereto as Attachment A, is not a
“project” pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) Guidelines
Section 15378, as this action amending the start time for the Historic and Cultural
Preservation Committee is an administrative action.
3. Section 501 of the Rules and Regulations for the Transaction of Business for the Historic and
Cultural Preservation Committee of the City of Petaluma is hereby amended to read as
follows (strikethrough are deletions and bold italics are additions):
Regular meetings of the Committee shall be held on the second first Tuesday of every month
at 4:00 PM unless otherwise decided by the Committee. New agenda items will not be started
after 10:30 PM without a majority vote of those Committee members present. Matters not
completed by 11:00 PM will be continued to the next adjourned or regular meeting, unless a
majority of Committee members present at the meeting votes to continue the matter past
11:00 PM.
This resolution shall become effective immediately.
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Committee Member Aye No Absent Abstain
Perlis X
Pitingaro X
Chair Rinehart X
Whitley X
Vice Chair Van
Ommeren
X
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Bill Rinehart, Chair
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Andrew Trippel, Planning Manager Dylan Brady, Assistant City Attorney
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