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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council/PCDC Minutes 04/02/2011 April 2, 2011 Vol. 46, Page 11 ( s A City of Petaluma, California swat MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL/ • V PETALUMA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION /858 1 City Council /PCDC Minutes 2 Saturday, April 2, 2011 3 Special City Council Goal Setting Session 4 Sheraton Petaluma Hotel 5 Caspian Room 6 745 Baywood Drive 7 Petaluma, CA 94954 8 9 10 11 SATURDAY, APRIL 2, 2011 - 8:30 A.M. 12 13 14 CALL TO ORDER - 8:30 A.M. 15 16 A. Roll Call 17 18 Present: Chris Albertson; Teresa Barrett; David Glass; Mike Harris; 19 Mike Healy; Gabe Kearney; Tiffany Renee 20 Absent: None 21 22 PUBLIC COMMENT 23 24 Wendi Thomas, Petaluma Coalition to Prevent Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs, asked Council 25 to review the current Alcohol - Related Nuisance Ordinance (ARNO), and spoke about efforts to 26 reinstate an alcohol - control enforcement (ACE) officer in Petaluma, and asked the City to 27 conduct an ARNO fee study to determine how to best generate sustainable funding for the 28 officer. She also asked Council to review conditional use permits for new alcohol - related 29 businesses. 30 31 Bob Curry, Petaluma, spoke about updates that neighboring communities have made to their 32 tobacco - control ordinances and asked Council to update the Petaluma ordinance to include 33 regulations for smoking in outdoor areas such as at outdoor public events, bus stops, and 34 outdoor - dining areas of restaurants, and to increase protection for residents in multi -unit housing. 35 36 Pam Granger, American Lung Association, asked that Council take action to update the 37 tobacco- control ordinance and regulations that protect citizens from drifting secondhand 38 smoke. 39 40 Chris McCarthy, North River Landing, Petaluma, spoke regarding the North River Landing 41 development and said that public infrastructure improvements are what is now holding up the 42 project. 43 Vol. 46, Page 12 April 2, 2011 1 Daniel Lyke, Petaluma, member of the Technology and Telecommunications Advisory 2 Committee, said the committee is feeling "lost and directionless" because the City shows no 3 interest in implementing any of their ideas. He asked how the committee could be more helpful 4 to the City. 5 6 Karen Nau, Petaluma, said she was pleased that Council is considering review of the Alcohol - 7 Related Nuisance Ordinance (ARNO), and asked them to please do this sooner rather than 8 later. She encouraged them to move forward with the infrastructure improvements needed for 9 the North River Landing project. When a new Economic Development Director is on board, she 10 hopes that person will make sure that "small developers" don't fall through the cracks. She also 11 suggested a partnership with the school district for maintenance of "pocket parks" located next 12 to schools. 13 14 Diane Allen, Petaluma, said she is still waiting for approval of her small subdivision project, and 15 doesn't know where she is on the list. She submitted the project in 2006. 16 17 1. GOAL - SETTING WORKSHOP 18 19 A. City Council Goal Setting Workshop for 2011 -2012. 20 21 ADJOURN 22 The meeting was adjourned at 1:10 p.m. 23 24 25 26 27�� 28 2 29 David Glass, Mayor 30 31 ATTEST: 32 33 34 35 36 Claire Cooper, CMC, City Cle 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50