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January 27, 2001 Vol. 35, Page 437
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2 City of Petaluma, California
3 Minutes of a Special Meeting
4 Council Goal Setting Workshop
5 Saturday, January 27, 2001
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9 The Petaluma City Council met on this day at 8:35 a.m. in the Activity Room at the
10 Petaluma Community Center, located at 320 North McDowell Boulevard.
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12 ROLL CALL
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14 PRESENT: Vice Mayor Cader-Thompson (8:40 a.m.) Council Members Healy,
15 Maguire, Moynihan, O'Brien and Mayor Thompson
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17 ABSENT: Council Member Torliatt
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19 City Management
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2.1 Present: Assistant City Manager Gene Beatty, City Attorney Rich Rudnansky,
22 City Clerk Beverly Kline, and City Manager Fred Stouder
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24 Facilitator: Juan Lopez, Amistad Associates
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27 Public Present: Geoff Cartwright, John Mills (11:00 a.m. +/-), and Scott Vouri
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35 After opening remarks by Mayor Thompson and City Manager Fred Stouder, Amistad
3 6 Associates Facilitator Juan Lopez gave an overview of the agenda, explained his role as
37 facilitator, and worked with Council Members to establish ground rules and workshop
3 8 standards.
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40 1. ®iscussion Regarding Council Rules, Policies and Procedures
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42 Mr. Stouder reviewed the background and explained what lead to the Council Rules,
43 Policies, and Procedures moving forward to the Council for discussion.
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45 City Attorney Richard Rudnansky provided a summary of the process he, the City
46 Clerk and the City Manager employed to develop the draft presented.
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Council discussion ensued with some comments from the public. The Council __
3 agreed upon a number of revisions, modifications, clarifications, and amendments
4 for the document. They asked City Management to update the draft to include those
5 items and bring it back for review. Changes were to include specific language to
6 address public noticing for Special Meetings regarding high profile issues in the
7 community; e.g., Council goals and priorities developed as a result of the workshop.
8 Council also asked that any further recommendations City Management might have
9 about the document return at the same time.
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11 Recess: 10:35 a.m.
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13 Reconvene: 10:55 a.m.
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15 Council continued discussion regarding Council Policy, Rules, and Procedures.
16 Items addressed and agreed upon included:
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18 Council packets are to be delivered during regular uvorking hours.
19 Members of the public are allowed up to five minutes for presentations and are
2 o required, if more time is necessary, to submit comments in writing for scheduling
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22 ® Members of the public addressing Council are to provide their names and cities
23 of residence. Street addresses are provided at the speakers' option.
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2 5 Council agreed to add a provision regarding Council comment and after discussion,
2 6 directed City Management to research other cities' rules regarding Council comment
27 and provide a recommendation with the revised document.
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29 Council directed City Management to add as a final agenda item for the final half
3 0 hour of the Special Meeting (Council and Department Directors Workshop)
31 scheduled February 24, 2001 the final review and discussion of Council Policy,
32 Rules, and Procedures.
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34 Recess: 12:00 p.m.
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36 Reconvene: 12:10 p.m.
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38 2. Council Goal Setting
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4 o City Manager Stouder provided background information and a status report of the
41 Council's goals and priorities established in 2000.
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43 Mr. Lopez distributed a summary of his interviews with individual Council Members
44 and asked each Council Member to briefly state his/her main goals for the City.
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46 Council Member Healy:
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1 Workforce and housing balance.
2 Revenue regeneration.
3 ® Park Master Plan, River Enhancement, Bicycle, and the Central Petaluma
4 Specific Plans.
5 Regional transportation.
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~ He was skeptical of the scope of the General Plan and wanted to explore
8 alternatives such as focusing on segments of the General Plan instead of a
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11 Council Member Maguire:
12 ® Establish working dynamics between Council Members inclusive of City
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14 ® Revenue recapture.
15 Comprehensive General Plan as originally proposed.
16 ® Continued progress with Water, Water Reuse, and Flood Projects and Bicycle
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18 ® Adoption and Implementation of-the River Enhancement Plan and the Central
19 Petaluma Specific Plan.
2 0 Open Space -open Lafferty to the public.
21 Regional multi-modal transportation -bus, rail, water, and improved circulation
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23 for pedestrians, bicycles, and automobiles.
® Amendment 12 and address concerns that were voiced and not resolved
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2 5 Energy independence for the City.
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27 Vice Mayor Cader-Thompson:
28 ® Parks - recommended a bond assessment for the 2002 ballot.
2 9 ® Sewer Plant.
3 0 ® General Plan - as originally proposed.
31 ® Bicycle and River Enhancement Plan.
3 2 ® Regional multi-modal transportation.
33 ® City infrastructure; i.e., streets, sewers.
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3 5 She stated concerns she had regarding the overall health and economic conditions
3 6 of the community, the Lynch Creek trail interconnecting with the downtown, and
37 noted that she wanted to look at how the City attracted people to spend their time
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42 ® Council to work together in a positive. direction for the betterment of the
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44 ® Street repairs.
45 Traffic circulation -cross-town connector.
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• Central Petaluma Specific Plan to move forward. _
• Surface Water Management Plan.
Council Member Moynihan:
• Wrap the vision established by the Bicycle, River Enhancement, and Central
Petaluma Specific Plan, and economic health of the community, into a practical
plan as part of the General Plan process.
• Build replacement reserves, rolling stock maintenance reserves.
• Streets -redirect funds and actively manage.
• General Plan transportation element -cross-town connector, Rainier.
• Current reports from the Finance Department.
Council Member O'Brien:
• Continuity between Councils -professional attitudes.
• Traffic and circulation -cross-town connector without increased exposure to
flooding.
• Parks -alternative revenue sources.
• Street repairs.
• Comprehensive update of the General Plan.
• Conservation -water re-use pipelines to golf courses and parks.
• Central Petaluma Specific Plan.
• Alternative traffic circulation plans.
Recess: 1:25 p.m.
Reconvene: 1:35 p.m.
Council established the following goals and priorities and directed City Management
to present a proposed work plan and budget for Council's review and discussion at
the workshop with Department Directors scheduled to take place on February 24,
2001:
Short Term (next six months)
• Park Bond - make a decision whether to put it on the ballot for Election Year
2002.
• Amendment 12.
• Amendment 11 -Location of storage tanks, report to Council about storage and
pipelines.
• Traffic and circulation study -Feasibility of a cross-town connector.
• Funding and services relative to the Payran Flood Management Project.
• Finalize Zero Net Fill and Zero Run-Off policies.
• Work on a [Russian River] gravel mining policy.
• Revenue recapture -where are the funds going to come from.
• Approval of the Central Petaluma Specific Plan -rezoning, right to work the
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® Draft Zoning Ordinance -proposed land use.
® Litter abatement.
Mid-Terra (six months to one year}
® Implementation of the Central Petaluma Specific Plan.
® Funding for street repair.
® Open Lafferty.
® Ongoing generation of revenue.
® Complete flood project.
® Energy independence.
® Regional transportation issues.
® Comprehensive infrastructure plan.
® General Plan.
® Development in the floodplain.
Council Member Healy departed at 1:55 p.m.
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Mr. Stouder clarified that it was Council's role to establish goals and priorities and
that it was his role to implement them; he stated he was committed to doing that.
Council continued discussion, noting that the Park Master Plan was to include plans
for the McNear Peninsula, Lafferty, and a Park Bond.
Vice Mayor Cader-Thompson departed at 2:05 p.m.
Council Member Moynihan asked to have the following added to the lists that were
established:
® New budget format -compliance with standards established by G.A.S.B.
(Government Accounting Standards Board).
® Economic vision -public input committee.
® General Fund Reserve Policy.
® Comprehensive five-year capital improvement plan and atwenty-year capital
improvement [vision/strategy].
® Rolling stock maintenance and reserve program.
® Revisit the cost for the Carrollo Engineering Water Recycling and Treatment
Facility Project.
® Amend the Campaign Finance Ordinance.
ADJOURN
Mayor Thompson adjourned the meeting at 2:15 p.m.
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