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August 6, 2001
City of Petaluma,. California
Minutes of a. Regular
City Council Meeting
Vol. 36, Page 337
Monday, August 6, 2001
Council Chambers
ROLL CALL 7:00 p.m.
PRESENT: O'Brien, Healy, Torliatt, Vice Mayor Cader-Thompson
ABSENT: Maguire, Moynihan, Mayor Thompson
Vice Mayor Cader-Thompson led the Pledge of Allegiance.
MOMENT OF SILENCE
PUBLIC COMMENT
Andy Rodgers, 1151 Debbie Hill Road, advised Council that he was appointed by
Supervisor Mike .kerns to represent District 2.in the County General Plan update
effort as well as Rick Savel and Don Marquardt. He stated. that- the process is
moving quickly. Public input is being taken on the General Scope Elements.
There is a public meeting tomorrow in Sebastopol., a meeting next Thursday in
Guerneville and August. 14th at 7:00 p.m. in .Petaluma at the Veterans Building,
Petaluma Boulevard South. You cari reach the web site at www.sonoma-
county.org/grind/gp2020/index.html. Andy's. phone. number is 789-0962.
Richard Brawn, 141 Grevillia Drive., spoke regarding the County Assessor's office
declaring Petaluma is worth $5 billion dollars. There is a need for Economic
Planning and Sustainable Growth.
Bill Phillips, 824 Blossom Court, spoke regarding the gravel mining in the
Russian River: He would like clearer wording on the agenda so the layperson
can better understand it.
Geoff Cartwright, 56 Rocca Drive, spoke regarding the Traditions Subdivision
(Ryder Homes) located off of Corona Road and Sonoma Mountain Parkway.
The project proposes changes to the General Plan and the Corona Reach
Specific Plan,, one being the splitting of a park resulting in two postage stamp
parks. The second change being the plan for Sonoma Mountain .Parkway, which
was designed to 'change direction to facilitate circulation of traffic within
Petaluma. The Ryder Homes project changes the direction to the west and
instead puts into place the infrastructure for development into the Urbari
Separator.
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1 Rick Savel, 499 Adobe .Road, Penngrove, gave the Council an overhead
2 presentation, regarding the 'Traditions Subdivision. He is concerned with the
3 realignment of Sonoma Mountain Parkway. Another concern is the overlapping of
4 boundaries. Mr. Savel feels that. any proposal thaf comes into this area is gon. g to
• 5 be extremely problematic.
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7 Wes Sutliff;. David Inden and Justin, approached the- Council to endorse their
8 program called "What's For Breakfast" that is shown on PCA. They also stated that
9 there wasn't °adequate affordable housing 'for people their age in Petaluma..
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11 Clare Monteschio, 101.2 F Street, spoke regarding the demolition work being done
12 at McNear Park. She and the neighbors are against anyone coming into fo the park
13 to do workwithout,first'obtairing the necessaryperrnits.
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15 COUNCIL COMMENT
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17 Councilmembe,r O'Brien, announced that the Police Department is having a Safety
18 Faire and Car Show at the Plaza North Shopping Center, Saturday, August. 11,
19 2001,
21 C.ouncilmember Healy spoke .regarding a memo from. the City Manager with respect
22 to a `po`fential public opinion survey around a •possible ballot measure on the street
23 issue. He would like this agendized for next Monday's meeting.
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25 The Sonoma. County Transportation Authority has .just sent. out a request for
26 proposals for a project tady report to be completed by the end of this year for
27 potential widening of Highway 1.01 from Old Redwood Highway to Rohnert Park
28 Expressway in conjunction with the use of Garvey Bonds.
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30 Councilmember Torliatt; at the MTC .meeting the allocation fo the City of Petaluma
31 for $1,064,208'.00 in TDA funds for the FY 2001-2002 Transit and Paratransit
32 Capital and Operating Expenses was approved. They also. approved $250;000 for
33 the Downtown Petaluma River Projects under the Transportation for Livable
34 Communities Grants.
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36 There is aloes-income housing project in Santa Monica and Irvine that will be
37 generating most of its own energy; ,It is attaching 199 Solar PV Panels that will
38 generate about a third of the. baildings electricity. An on-site micro turbine generator
39 that runs. on natural gas will supply the rest with •8% being provided by utilities.
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41 She would .like:. to see retiring Commission/Committee; members recognized for their
42 long hours and hard wor".k that they have contributed.
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44 She attended the Water Advisory Committee meeting where they discussed. public
45 input -sessions for the new Master Agreement.. The first public input meeting will be
46 September 20th at 700 p.m. at Finley Center, Santa Rosa. The
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1 second meeting will be December 6th in Sonoma at a place to be determined. In
2 February if will be in Petaluma. More information will be provided at a later date.
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4 Vice Mayor Caller-Thompson, asked~for an update on the McNear Park project.
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6 Jim Carr, Parks and Recreation Director stated that it is the American Legion Ball
7 that has been working. to freshen up the ball field at McNear Park. A permit has
8 been obtained and the work is primarily on the dugouts and backstop. He doesn't
9 anticipate a lot'~of tournaments being held because of the impact it would have on
10 the neighborhood.. The coach has suggested having a neighborhood meeting in
11 which city staff will pa"rtcipate.
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13 Vice Mayor C`ader-Thompson`attended a League of California Cities conference in
14 Monterey. She visited the~~'Elk Horn slough. She encouraged Council and the public
15 to visit the area` when in .Monterey.
16 Monterey also. has a walkway from Seaside to Pacific Grove,. which engulfs several
17 miles, and it is open for public access. 'She would like to see something like this in
18 Petaluma.
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20 On August. 22"d she will be .attending. a. meeting sponsored by Caltrans to discuss
21 the widening of Highway 1 Q1 between :Petaluma and Novato. The meeting is being
22 held at the Petaluma Community Center;. 320 N. McDowell, Petaluma, CA., at 5:30
23 p.m.
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25 She met with the developers of Ryder Homes and, has concerns about the
26 continuation of Sonoma .Mountain Parkway onto Corona Road. That was a
27 stipulation in the past. She is not pleased that Ryder Homes is going to go ahead
28 and supercede the Planning Commission's recommendations and appeal to the City
29 Council.
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31 Councilmember O'Brien, Liaison to the Planning Commission felt that the
32 developers of Ryder Homes was not given the opportunity to respond to the
33 Planning' Commission's comments. He feels that the City owes Ryder Homes an
34 apology for the attitude that was displayed toward them. He feels it is a viable
35 project and the city should work with the developers.
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39 The minutes of July 21,:.2001 .were approved as corrected. Page 2 Line 36, change
40 that the meeting °was in violation of the Brown ,Act fo the vote that was taken to
41 provide a taping~of the meeting was not in violation. of the Brown Act.
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43 Page 4, Line 21. under Completion of General Plan, remove Economic Vision/Public
44 Input Committee
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2 seco tled by Counclme be Hea yotion to ~ approve the minutes with corrections,
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4 AYES: O'Brien, :Healy, Torliatt, Vice Mayor Cade'r-Thompson.
5 ABSENT: Maguire, Moynihan, Mayor Thompson
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7 PRESENTATIONS '
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9 Lillian Hames, Projector Director for Sonoma Marin Area: Rail Transit .(.SMART) gave
10 an updafe with regards to the commuter rail... The SMART_ Commission (five.
commissioners from Marin Count /five commissioners .from Sonoma Coun
12 develo ed a Rail Implementation Pan that looked at'th~e .cost of a comet ty)
P
uter rail
13 system that involves a 68=mile corridor between Cloverdale and San-Rafael.,,
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15 It is unique in the, United States in, that the right-of-way .is. held in public ownership.
16 It's owned jointly_by Marin County; NCRA, Golden Gate Transit District:~and it's run
17 by a Joinf Powers ,agreement and the North Western Pacific .Rail Authority oversees
18 it.
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20 Eleven stations are planned between Cloverdale and San .Rafael... Three of those
21 stations are in ..Marin County and the remaining, eight are in Sonoma County: Initial
22 service as recommended: in the Rail Imp ementation Plan was ten trains, per 'day
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23 running at 45 minute headways. By the year 201..1 the amount of trains per day- is
24 expected to increase.
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26 Preliminary costs are $95 million for infrastructure to upgrade the tracks,,:. stations,,
27 etc: The cost of rolling stock is approximately $30-$4Q million dollars and the
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.upgrades of ervice about $2'0-$25 million dollars for other maintenance
29 requirements: The Total estimate about $177 million. .Annual operating subsidy
30 about $5 million, the assumption is between 30-40% of that could be covered in
31 fares:
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33 Initial opening of this service atthis le.~el of service is projected to be about` 3,000
34 passengers: a day increasing to approximately 5,0.00 passengers a day with greater
35 .service improvements.
36 The goal fore opening the system is 20.05:.. The type of vehicle _to: be used is still
37 being researched. The :choices: are. a conventional diesel locomotive with a
38 passenger. rail car, or die el rnultipae units:
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40 Community outreach is starting in September. Public Hearings; .will be held to
41 discuss the vehicle.. selection. Pu;b1ic Hearings will 'also, be held' near the: northern
X42 terminus of the line 'in the Cloverdale. area to address. the issue Hof the maintenance
43 facility.
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45 Some of the key issues that, will be .looked at with: regard to. the project over the next
46 several -years are the development of scope and services, ffie vehicle selection,
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1 developing the environmental work,• public input,, :developing a sound program for
2 safety and environmental mitigations;. developing ~ the track upgrades to full
3 standards.,. who should operate the train, shoi:ld it be a private provider or another
4 agency. The North/South Bicycle Corridor has; been added. to this project to be
5 studied as part of;it, and we will be looking at the e.n~ironrnental and safety issues of
6 having a parallel bike and pedestrian corridor ,paralleling the: alignment of the train
7 operation. -.
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9 There are some key issues in downtown. San. Rafael/Santa Rosa, related to traffic
10 and rail interface because of the smallblocks and :development. There is currently
11 $37 million dollars that has .been set, aside for the project, in the Governor's budget.
12 They do not have the full funding for the project, but we have `some plans as to how
13 to acquire some of That. money both from. Federal and State'sources, but one of the
14 key elements to this in addition to the Proposition. 116 money, which we currently
15 have is 'that the sales tax in both counties iscurrently proposed as a major capital
16 and operating;. contributor to the commuter. rail ~~project: Both counties have set up
17 some comrnftees that are studying how to proceed on this .for upcoming general
18 elections.
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20 Councilmember Torliatt wanted to know if there 'was a-.tune frame in which we need
21 to use the Proposition 116 funds,- and are we going to be able to meet that time
22 frame in order to utilize those. funds?
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24 Ms. Hames, we can meet the time frame if we can move into final engineering,
25 obtain some minor right-of-way acquisition and. vehicle procurement. If it's
26 postponed beyond 2005 and there isn't an extension by the legislature then there is
27 a problem.
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29 Couricilmernber Torliatt what is the status for the proposed 2002 Ballot Measure
30 and how is SMART working with the Board of Supervisors and the Transportation
31 Authority?
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33 Ms. Hames,. there are two board members from both counties, both of which are
34 working through a special subcommittee set up by the Sonoma County
35 Transportation Authority. The subcommittee is reviewing how to proceed and they
36 hate not made a final recommendation as yet which is due by the :end of this
37 calendar year:
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39 SMART works with the subcommittee, giving them :information on the costs and
40 capital costs arid- they work daily with Susanne ~~1Nilford; Executive .Director of
41 Sonoma County Transportation Authority,:, and daily with her counterpart in Marin
42 County.
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44 Councilmember Healy a member of the SCTA ad hoc subcommittee stated that
45 there is a meeting next week with the focus on public out reach.., Sonoma County is
46 looking at potentially going to the voters in November 2002.
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Ms. Names stated that some: unsdictions Piave m ui_red abo
2 J ~` ~~ ~ q ~ ut more. stations; :but fhe
3 more stations you ha~e~ the more~.access but :the slower .the travel time.
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6 Ion eal s~ heduleSee hu respinal cost and „the operating .cost of fhe project's because
9 q '- ore trained crews because of, set. requirements for'
7 operations'. The commission will_ be maki,'ng those decisions ;as part of `th_e
8 preliminary engineering and'. final ;environmental assessment.
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10 WATER SAVING VIDEO:
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`12 Luis Hernandez. presented the Council with, a showing of hi's Water Saving Video::
13 The Council thanked him fo"r ~the~viewing.,~
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15 CONSENT CALENDAR
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17 The following items,. which are noncontroversia and have beeri reviewed~,by. the :City
18 Council and staff, -were enacted by one' motion, which was introduced ;by
19 Councilmember Healy, seconded by Councilmember O'Brien.
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21 AYES:O'Brien, Healy; Torliatt; Vice Mayor.Cader-Thompson
22 NOES: None:,
23 ABSENT: Maguire, Moynihan, Mayor Thompson ~ ,
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25 PAYRAN FLOOD PROJECT
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27 Status. Re ~ ort Re ardin Pa -ran Flood Mana ~ ement Pro'ect Financin and Bu
p 9 9_ y ~ 9- ~ 1~ g dget:
28 This week the Git received a check for $1,69,9,812:43 from the State. This. is,.80%
29 of the costs submitted:: The additional amount of approximately $400,000 may be
30 received at :final project close. out, _ .
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32 RESQ. 2001-14;4 NCS
33 MGfVEAR'PARIC RENOVATION;
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35 Resolution 2001-144 NGS' accepting bid sand awarding confract. to Ross Recreation
36 Equiprnent,for. McNear Park :Playgrountl Renovation:-
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38 'RESO,. 2001-145.NCS`
39 ANNUAL. ASSESSMENT RATES
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44 Res,oution 2001-145 NCS Setting Annual,..Assessrnent Rates for Assessment
42 Districts.
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44 INTERIM .CITYCLERIC
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46 Appointing Interim City Clerk was.reschetluled to Monday;: August 13, :.2801,.
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2 RESO. 2001-146.NCS
3 GARY BROAD RESIGNATION
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5 Resolution 2001-146 NCS Accepting resignation of Gary Board from the Planning
6 Commission and the Board of Building Review and Appeals.
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8 PROPOSED AGENDA
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10 Approved Proposed Agenda for August 20, 2001.
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12 * * End Consent
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15 Public Hearing Opened..,:
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17 RESO.2001-147 NCS
1 g WEED ABATEMENT COST
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20 Kip Spragens, 101 Bodega Avenue, addressed the Council with concerns of a
21 delinquent invoice regarding the growth of weeds on his property that were cut
22 down due to the city's Weed Abatement Program. The invoice was in the amount of
23 $72. He stated he would work with Fire Marshal Michael Ginn regarding the
24 procedural process in which bills are received and declared delinquent.
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27 Public Hearing Closed
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29 Resolution 2001-147 NC.S Confirming the Cost of Abatement of Weeds. Introduced
30 by Councilmemb`er Healy, seconded by Councilmember O'Brien.
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32 AYES: O'Brien,; Healy, Torliatt, Cader-Thompson
33 NOES: None
34 ABSENT`. Maguire, Moynihan, -Mayor Thompson
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36 RESO. 2001-148 NCS
37 PETALUMA BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE'
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39 Clare Monteschio feels the: Bicycle Committee serves and invaluable service.
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41 Bilf Phillips supports the Bicycle Committee although there are some sfreets in
42 Petaluma that are not safe to ride on a fjicycle on.
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44 Beth Meredith, 104 Fifth Street, stated that the Bicycle Committee's focus
45 encompasses.. what. she calls the public realm. They are looking at Petaluma
46 through the eyes of the walkers and bicyclists not from the vantage point of an
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1 automobile. She commended Patricia Tuttle Brown for attending
most of the
2. SPA'RC and Planning Commission meetings to see what development are planned
3 for the city-and where .pedestrian and bike. paths could be better placed.
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5Barry Bussewitz, 315 Sixth Street; supports the. Bicycle Committee.
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7 Ned Orrett, 620 Second Street supports.'the Bicycle Committee.
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9 Geoff 'Cartwright; ~56 Rocca Drive; ;supports: the Bicycle Committee.
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11 Elizabeth Mori, 407 Meluin Street,
The committee. is dedicated to improve bicycle
~12 and pedestrian access for all .citizens in the city. They continue to improve cross-
13 town travel, for those who don't have access to cars or who choose not to use their
1~4 cars. They ,have also initiated working sessions with the California.. Rails to Trails
15 Conservancy to fostex greenways and_connect communities.
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17 . Patricia Tuttle. ,Brown; s13 Petaluma Boulevard South, she would like to see the
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position of thee. committee include members that life outside the city limits.. She
20 projects ~whelre a bike/ edestr an ath the committee changed. There are many
p p could be included in the process Irnking much
21 of Petalurna.together.
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23 Andy ,Henning; 618 Prospect Street; the Bicycle, Committee is an .unofficial
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24 committee on sustainability and clean air: He supports: the committee;
25 Communitesshoul'tl be built with pedestrians and cyclists in mind.
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27 Chris Lynch, 320 Walnut Street, SI'ARC member;. supports the Bicycle Cocnmitt'ee
28 and recognizes the amount. of hours they put info projects.
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30 Victor Chechanover Marylyn. Circle, :it is obvious the .Bicycle Committee is valuable.
31 He would like the Council to vote on the item and get on with more serious
32 business.
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34 Sharon McConnell, 920 B Street is new, to Petaluma and :bike's everywhere. She
35 finds Petaluma Bicycle unfriendly: There are certain streets that are not safe. She
36 . would like to join the committee.
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38 Natalie :Peck, -34'4 Keokuk supports-the ..Bicycle Committee. The Lynch Creek Trail
40 Peta uma. IPetalulma Bouhevard North is not 'from the. West; side .to the .East side of
sa a nor is. Washington Street.
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42 Scott Egide,, 31'5, Walnut Street, .he. aupports the Bicycle Committee. Biking :and
43 walking is a quality of life in Petaluma.
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45 Joe Durney, Second. Street, supports the 'Bicycle Committee.
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COUNCIL COMMENT
Councilmember Torliatt, stated that the Bicycle Committee had a lot of input in the
Parkway Plaza Shopping Center where a bike/pedestrian path was put directly
through the parking .lot to .link the .Americana Subdivision to .Gatti Park when it is
developed, which will then connect to Santa Rosa Junior College. The Bicycle
Committee is very diverse and every member is working 110%. The Chairman,
Dusty Resneck, splits the projects and the committee members in turn reviews the
project site comes back to the committee and the entire committee works out the
best solution possible.
From a bicyclists vantage point the road conditions are abominable in this
community.
Vice Mayor Cader-Thompson, is looking forward to the continuation of the Lynch
Creek Trail to get to downtown.
Councilmember Healy made a motion, seconded by Councilmember Torliatt to
approve the recommendations of the Bicycle Committee as follows:
1. The Composition of the Bicycle Committee shall be made up of Seven
Pedestrians/bicyclists, One :Parks:, Music,. and Recreation Commission
member, one Planning Commission member and One City Council
Liaison.
2. Change the Residency allowing two of the Seven Pedestrian/Bicycle
Committee Members may live outside the city limits.
3. Change the name of the committee from Petaluma Bicycle Advisory
Committee to Petaluma Pedestrian and Bicycle Advisory Committee.
AYES: O'Brien, Healy, Torliatt, Vice Mayor Torliatt
NOES: None
ABSENT: Maguire, Moynihan, Mayor Thompson
Meeting adjourned'at 9:30 p. m.
ADJOURN
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Vice Mayor Cader-Thompson
ATTEST:
Paulette Lyon, Interim Ci lerk
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