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L85a MEETING_ ~Of PETALUMA COMMUNITY DEVELOPAflENT
COM"MISSION AND THE PETALUMA CITY COUNCIL
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PCDC/City Council Minutes
Monday,. Aprif 5, 2004 - 3:00 P.M.
Regular Meeting
CALL TO ORDER
A. Roll Call
Present: Mdyor Glass; Harris, .Healy, Vice Mayor Moynihan, O'Brien, Thompson,
Torliatt
Absent: None.
B. Pledge of Allegiance
PUBLIC COMMENT
.Tom Corbett and David Yearsley, Petaluma River Cleanup Co-Chairs, addressed the City
Council regarding the" upcoming River Clean Up Day to take place on May 2~d from ;8
a.m. to 12 noon. They also asked.. the Council to consider a Proclamafion for their ;event:
Toni Bodenhamer, Coordinator, Butter and Egg. Days Parade & Activities, addressed the
City Council regarding the upcoming event on April 24th and thanked the ~~City far their
support.
John Records, COTS, addressed. 'the City Council announcing their certification from
Sonoma County for :being a Five Star Restaurant. He presented fresh strawberries to the
Council prepared by volunteers from their kitchen.
John Sedlander, COTS, ad"dressed the-City Council reporting on the progress being made
on the Mary Isaac Center. He noted it should be open 6y November 15r.
PRESfNTAT!ONS/PR'OCtAMATIONS
Employee Service Awards for First Quarter of 2004.
The fallowing individuals were in attendance to receive their awards:
Lori Arvizo, .Human Resources 5 years
5~2~<e Hood, Police Chief 5 years
Louis Hodge, Vvater Resources and Conservation 15 years
John Wood, Public Facilities and Services 20 years
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1 Bill Allen, Public Facilities• and Services 30 years
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3 The following individuals were not able to attend,'but received recognition:
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5 Froilan Mariscal, Police D'epartmerit 5 yearn.
b Debra. Ivlishler; Police Department 5 years
7 John Neri, Police Depgrtrnent 5 years
8 John Silya, Police Department 5 .years
9 Pqul Gilman,..Police-Department 5 years
10 Andrew Urton, Police Department 10 years
1 1 Nancy Belivedu, City Manager/City Clerk. 1.5 years
12 Martin Learn, Fire Department 15 years
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1,4 COUNCIL COMMENT
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l;b Council Member O'Brien requested that the Council Meeting. be adjourned in memory of
17 Lester Corda and Phyllis Kelly. He also thanked .everyone for their calls- and: letters during
18 his recovery'from recent heart~surgery.
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20 Council. Member Torliatt stated her support for adjourning in memory of Lester Corda:
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22 Council. Member Torlidtf announced the City of Petaluma has received the .Mariano
23 Vallejo G_overnrnent Award for the exterior ~estoi-ation ofithe Petaluma. Depot: She noted
24 =the. Brained Jones Preservation Award went to Dave. Martin and Jim Nelson for theirwork
25 on the. Wesfern Refrigerafion Building in Petaluma:
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28 sta ed that we needrto tmake surenwe'rerdoa g Ithe most we can in terms of condserv unty`;
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29 She requested: a ,presentation. on the "hold the flow" Study: In conclusion, Council
30 M`emberTorlidtt noted she'had attended: the Water Advisory Committee Meeting today
31 :and .noted after the meeting they werit fhrough the: MOIJ with. the prune contractors.
32 She noted .negotiations went well and the MQU should b:e: coming to the Council in the
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35 Vice.Mayor 1Vloynihan commented on his attendance at the Traffic Committee Meeting
36 where Ely Blvd., gnd:Sonoma :Mountain Parkway were topics. df`discussion.
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38 Council Mem6erThompson indicated. his,support ford "Hold .the Flow" presentation.
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40 .Council Member Harris. noted he attended the Chess Tourndment held at Qld Adobe
'41 School.. He concluded by wishing Petaluma. a Happy 14'b~h Birthday,. which will.. be nexf
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44 Mayor .Glass indicated this Sunddy, Mcs. Grossman's Sticker Facfory would. 'be :featured
~45 on d CBS news segment with Charles Qsgood. ~He thanked Joe Sanchez from the Press
46 Democrat for his article bringing notice to her business.
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1 City Manager Bierman commented on the Unreinforced Masonry ordinance deadline
2 and noted we have achieved total. compliance.
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4 Additionally, the Mr. Bierman presented a draft letter to Paul, Kelley; Chair of the Sonoma
5 County Transportation Authority, regarding Highway Interchange Design Alternatives.
6 The. letter noted the City of Petaluma is in the process., of updating its General Plan and as
7 apart of this process, is reconsidering the existing design line for the Rainier Avenue
8 Interchange and Cross-town Connector. 'He asked. for Council feedback on the letter,
9 and received consensus to send the letter.
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1 1 City Council discussion ensued regarding, whether' changes could be made to the City's
12 position at a later date. The Council was assured that would be the case.
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14 AGENDA GRANGES AND DELETIONS
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16 Council Member Torliatt noted the March 1 minutes were being pulled, and will be re-
17 transcribed to include additional discussion and would be resubmitted at the April 19,
18 2004 meeting.
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20 COUNCIL APPOINTMENTS
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22 I. Recommendation to Mayors' 8~ , Councilmembers' Association for One
23 Representative to fh.e 'Sonoma-Mari.n Area Rail Transit (SMART) II Commission
24 Board'of`Directors. Term expires 1-2/2006.
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26 MOTION by Mayor Glass, seconded by Council Member Thompson, to nominate
27 Council Member Healy as the City of Petaluma's recommendation for
28 appointment:. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
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30 IL. Appointment (One Representative) to the Mayors' 8~ Gouncilmembers'
31 Legislative Comm_ ilfee: One-year term.
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33 Given :both Council Members Healy and Torliatt are interested in the appointment
34 and more information is`needed with regard to what kind of time is involved to
35 serve on this.committee, this item was continued to the April 19, 2004 City Council
36 ~ ~ Meeting.
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38 City 'Man'ager Bierman noted that .Jeff Kollin, City Manager of Santa Rosa,
39 Jennifer Murray, City Manager of Cloverdale, and he would be he designated
40 City:Managers serving on the.Legislative Committee.
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42 APPROVAL OF MINUTES
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44 1. APPROUA_L.OF MINUTES -CITY COUNCIL AND PCDC
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46 A. City Council Meeting Minutes of IVlarch 1,.2004..
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48 These minutes were pulled and continued to the April 19, 2004 meeting.
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B. City Council/PGpC Meeting. Minutes of March 15, 2004.
1VfOTION to approve the minutes:
M/S T.orliatt and .Healy. MOTION CARRIED $X THE'FOLCOWING VOTE:.
AYES: Harris, Wealy, Mognihan, Thompson., Torliatt, Glass
NOES: None.
ABSTAIN: O'Brien
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APP-ROYAL OF PROPOSED. AGENDA
Approval of Proposed Agenda for Council's Regular Meeting of April 19; 2004..
Council Member Healy noted he had. distributed a memo .regarding ,placement
of a resglution on' the April 19th .agenda regarding the City's ;interest ih selling
Lafferty .Ranch to fhe State for inclusion in a larger park system; as. well as'
encouraging 'the :California Coastal 'Consecvan~cy; the California State, Pdrk
system, and local govecnmenf officials to work together to create ~a..park and trail
system of regiondl significance.on'Sonoma Mountain.
dice MayorlVloy',nihan commented-.the Lafferty item should clearly state the goal
of the. Council. within the agenda .title of ths'item He also requested that the City
Manager's evaluation be placed on the~April 1;9th agenda during Closed' Session
and that there be an :item of discussion regarding the Five-Year CIP,_ an update
on streets aril street maintenance, as well as a labor negotiations item,regarding
a`wagepolicy and approach.
Council Member Toi•liatt added the need to move forward with, a ggal setting
date for the City Council, as well. ,
Council Member Thompson agreed with the need to discuss a wage policyr.
Council Member O'Brien indicated the agenda for the 19th needs; to be 'on the
light°side for Closed. Sessions because of the lerig'thy evening session..
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Mayor Glass agreed to take at~leas_t a.n, hour'bregk, between the Closed Session
and. the, beginning of the evening session.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
A. -Public. Hearing and Discussion of Appeal by R'elco Builders and Developer,
Inc.; of the Site Plan and ,Architectural Review- Committee"'s (SPARC)
Decision, to Deny the 46=Unit Single Family and 46-Unit Townhouse
Gatti%Stratford, Plaee Subdivision at 71-0 Sonorn'a Mountain Parkway. 04=~
APL-0466 (Moore/Robbe) This item was continued from the March 15,
,2004 City .Council Meeting,
City Manager Bierman .noted that he-had met~with Doyle- Heaton of Delco
Buildings and had worked, through the appeal. It was noted'"that Phase I
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1 would proceed as proposed and. Phase II's Conditions of Approval for the
2 Vesting Tentative Map would be: changed, to reflect the new layout and
3 design of the .project. He also noted the new Phase li design would be
4 reviewed by SPARC including the revised Conditions of Approval.
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6 Doyle Heaton, Delco Builders and Developer, 1nc., thanked Mr.
7 Rittenhouse, SPARC Chair, for his input. He noted their grading approval is
8 on this evening's. Consent Calendar and urged Council's approval. He
9 noted the reestablished Conditions of Approval would be on the Council's
10 Consent Calendar as soon as possible.
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12 Council Member Torliatt stated she does' not have a problem with Phase I,
13 but would like to see the new Conditions of Approval on the Consent
14 Calendar of the next meeting.
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16 Mike Moore, Community ~ Development Director, clarified the action
17 Council would be taking, which is to uphold the appeal of Delco, which
18 upholds SPARC's recommendation and said staff would be bringing back
19 a resolution to the Council with the changes in Phase II.
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21 ~ - The balance of Council thanked Mr. Rittenhouse for his input and for
22 facilitating dwin/win situation for all.
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24 Mayor Glass opened ahe .public hearing. Hearing no requests to speak,
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27' MOTION to uphold the Appeal by Delco Builders and Developer, Inc., of
28 fhe;Site Plan and Architectural Review Committee's (SPARC) decision to
29 deny the 46,;unit; single. family and 46 unit townhouse Gatti/Stratford Place
30 Subdivision -at 710 Sonoma Mountain Parkway including direction on
31 desired site plan modifications to the: townhouse portion, subject to
32 SPARC review and approval. (Legislative: documents to be brought back
33. for Council final approval at the earliest meeting possible.)
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37 Motion included (to be a part of'the Conditions of Approval) a change in
38 the street network, the reorientation of the units, a reduction in the size of
39 the public park, and additional parking spaces.
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41 B. :Resolution' 2004.-040. N.C.S. Public Hearing to Receive Comments on the
42 2004-2005 Proposed Action Plan and Adoption of d Resolution Approving
43 the: Co:mmuni#y Development Block Grant Action Plan and Authorizing the
44 ~ City .Manager to Sign All' Documents' Requi'red' by the- Department of
45 ;Housing and Urban Developmenf. (Gaebler)
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47 :Bonne Gaebler, Housing Administrator; gave• an overview of the proposed
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Vice Mayor Moynihan.. questioned if a request for funding had been
received from Burbank Housing for Arro:yo.
Staff responded they had..not received a request.forfunding.
Vice Mayor Moynihan. commented that he didn't see any funding for
workforce housing and/or silent seconds.
Staff responded that priorities may' change this upcomingyear ahd that
staff wilt be back in August with a Took. at the upcoming year's priorities.
Council Member Torliatt commented on the Arroyo property and' noted
before entertaining applications for development on that life; .she feels,
'there is a need to have community `meetings with the neighborhood' fior
input.
Mayor Glass opened the public hearing. Hearing no requests to speak,
the public hearing was closed.
Council Member O'Brien commented the proposed, programs dre
worthwhile, but- he has concerns with Rebuilding Togeth'er' due. ,to their
lack of response to. donations made to them, as well :as the Vietnam yeas
Horne, 'where a hew living ..roam, set: was donated-arid they° never even
called: back. Council Member O'Brien also quesfi'ons the number of
residents at the Vefs home dnd clarified wi,t,h -staff ,that there are currently
six residents. Staff noted the number of residents changes as needs arise.
ounce Member O'Brien concluded by stating he is lee"ry of block grants
and would, 'like to see this come back to the .Council' with the various
requests separated out.
MOTION to. adopt: the resolution:
M/S Mealy and Torliaff. CARRIED BY`TWE FOLLOWING VOTE:
AYES: Harris, Healy; Moynihan, °Thompson,'Torliatt, Glass
.NOES;- O'Brien
4. CONSENT CALENDAR
Vice Mayor Moynihan requested item 4.B be removed from the Consent
Calendarfor eparate~discussion.
Council Member Torliatt requested :items' 4.D and 4.E be removed from the
Consent Calendar for separate discussion.
Council IVlember O`:Brien requested, items 4.G' .and 4.M be removed from the
Consent Calendar for separate, discussion.
MOTION to.adopt the balance of"the Consent Calendar:
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4 A. Resolution.2004-041 N.C.S. Accepting Claims and Bills from October 2003,
5 November 2003, December 2003, January 2004 and February 2004.
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8 C. Resolution 2004-042 N.C.S. Authorizing the .Filing of an Application with the
9 Metropolitan 'Transportation ,Commission. for Allocation of Transportation
10 Development Act/State'. ,Transit Assistance Funds for the City's Transit
1 1 System for FY 04=05. (Skladzi"en/Ryan)
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T3 F. Resolution 200.4:-043 N~C.S. Authorizing the Developer, Mardell, LLC, to
14 Commence Grading ,Activity Prior to 'Final Map Approval on the Site of
15 Stratford .Place Subdivision Located on Sonoma Mountain Parkway Near
16 Casella Way and Yorkshire Road. (Moore)
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20 B. Resolution 2004:-044 N.C.S. Accepting City Treasurer's Report for Period
21 Ending September•30, 2003. (Thomas)
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23 Vice Mayor Moynihdn questioned the Inter-fund Loans and clarified with
24 staff that the Marina Fund Loan from PCDC wilt be forgiven over the next
25 year and that there would not be a continuous inter-fund loan from
26 Housing in Lieu to CDBG.
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28 MOTION fo adopt the resolution:
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30 M/S Moynihan and Healy. CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
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32 D. Resolution.2004-045 N.C.S. Approving Street Closure in the Downtown. Area
33 for Butter and Eggs Day Parade for Saturday, Aprif24, 2004. (Cook)
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35 Council Member Torliatt indicated she wanted to point out that security
36 would be provided by the Police Department and that the City's Police
37 and Public Works, Budgets will be impacted by overtime costs for this
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40 MOTION to adopt the resolution:
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42 M/S Torliattand Healy. CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
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44 E; Resolution 2004-046_N:C.S. Approving Street. Closures for Antique Faire for
45 -Sunday;, April '25, -2004: Fourth Street between "B'' Street and Western
46 Avenue:; Kentucky Street between Western Avenue and Washington
47 Street; and the "A" Street Parking Lot between Fourth and Fifth Street.
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1 Council MemberTorliatF noted the expense to be incurred for.security and
2 Public Works Department assistance would be paid. for by the Antique
3 Faire7Petaluma Downtown Asso.ciafion, as it is a "for profit" event.
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5 MOTION to adopt the resolufion:'
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7 M/S Torliatt and Healy.: CARRIED' UNANIMOUSLY.
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9 G. Resolution 2004-.047 N:C.S. Authorizing; the City .Manager to Purchase
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1.0 Three Park Maintenance Vehicles Under the California Multiple Award
l 1 Sch°edule (CHAS) in the Amount~of $34;572.00. (Simmons)
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13 Council Member O'Brien clarified with staff that this. process was a part of
14. the State Bid .and no additional research wasp done. It' was noted that
15 West Cal Tractor of Santa-Rosa is the only one who carries .John 'Deere
16 Equipment and currently holds the CNIAS contract for lawn mowing.
17 equipment.
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21 M/S O`Brien and Torliatt. CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
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23 H. Resolution 2004-048' N:C.S. Award of';Bid to SB~C Ford in the Amourit Hof
24 $209,750 for the Purchase of 8 Police Vehicles. (Simmons)
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26 Council Member O'Brien took the opportunity to thank staff for putting this
2T out'to'bid and gefting a better bid'for having done so.
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31 Ivl/S: O'Brien and Torliatt: CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
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35 A. Adoption ,(Second Reading) of Ordinance 2179 N.C:S. of the City Council '
36 Amending Ordinance No. 2174 N C.S. 'to .Change Certain Appropriations
37 ' 'for the. Operation of 'the City of Petaluma from July 1, 2003 to ,June 30;
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40 MOTION to adopt the ordinance: .
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42 M/S Healy and Torliatt. C'A'RRIED' BY THE.FQ.LLOWING' VOTE:
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4.4~ AYES: Harris, Healy, O'Brien, Thompson, Tocliatf, Giass
45 NOESc Moynihan
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4T B. Adoption. (Second, Reading), of Ordinance 2180. N.C.S Rezoning ffie
48 Properfy Located at 945 Petaluma Boulevard North from CH-Highway
49 Commercial to'PUD-Planned Unit District.
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3 Ivl/S Healy and Glass. CARRIED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
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5 AYES: Healy, Thompson, Torliatt and Glass
6 NOES: Harris, Moynihan, O'Brien
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10 A. Presentation by the Commuriity :Development Department of the City's
11 New Web Site for Purchasing Permifs, Checking Permit Status and
12 Scheduling Inspections (Moore)
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14 sit ;the request of stuff, this item was- continued to the Apri/ 19, 2004
•15 City Council Meeting.
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1.7 ADJOURN TO: CITY COUNCIL CLOSED SESSION
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19 The City Attorney'drinouhced the Council would be discussing the following:
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2T CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL-EXISITNG LITIGATION (Government Code §54956.9(a))
22 Bramlett etal vs. City of Petaluma (Sonoma Counfy Superior Court Case # MCV-174982)
23 CONFERENCE WITH .LEGAL COUNSEL-ANTICIPATED LITIGATION -Significant Exposure to Litigation
2'4 (Government Code §54956.9{B)) (1 matter)
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28• There was no public comment.
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30 ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION
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32 The meeting was adjourned at 4:20 p.m. iri memory of Lester Corda and Phyllis Kelly.
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50 ayle P tersen, City Clerk