HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Minutes 08/30/2000August 30, 2000 Vol. 35, Page 193
1 City of Petaluma, California
a Minutes of a Special
3 City Council Meeting
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~ Council Workshop
~ General Plan Vision;
s Issue Identification and Scope of Work Review
9 Wednesday, August 30, 2000
to Petaluma Community Center
11 320 North McDowell Boulevard
,2 Petaluma, CA 94954
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14 The Petaluma City Council met on this day at 7:00 p.m. in Rooms A - D at the Petaluma
is Community Center, 320 North McDowell Boulevard.
16 ROLL CALL
17 PRESENT: Cader-Thompson, Hamilton, Keller, Maguire, Thompson, Torliatt
la ABSENT: Healy
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zo PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
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as At the request of Mayor Thompson, Geoff Cartwright led the Pledge of Allegiance.
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2a MOMENT OF SILENCE
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z6 At the request of Mayor Thompson, a Moment of Silence was observed.
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Za Pl1BLIC COMMENT
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3o Geoff Cartwright, 56 Rocca Drive, spoke regarding the Petaluma floodplain.
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32 William Phillips, 824 Blossom, spoke regarding urban sprawl.
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34 COUNCIL COMMENT
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36 Council Member Keller stated the recent editorial in the Argus Courier was inaccurate
37 noting that there was no concern to the community regarding the State's recent
3s investigation and report about water issues.
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4o Vice Mayor Torliatt asked City Management to provide a list of all projects on which the
al Community Development Department was currently working.
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1 COUNCIL AND CITY MANAGEMENT REPORTS
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s AGENDA CHANGES, ADDITIONS, AND DELETIONS
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9 UNFINISHED BUSINESS
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11 1. Discussion and Direction to City Management on Draft Scope of Work, General
lz Plan 2000 - 2020. Discussion to include the Scope of Work and a Facilitated
13 Visioning Exercise on the General Plan Process.
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is Director of General Plan Administration Pamela Tuft provided a brief summary of
16 progress regarding the Draft Scope of Work for the General Plan 2000 - 2020 and
17 explained that the purpose of the workshop was to provide Council Members and the
is public the opportunity:
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zo To offer ideas, values and hopes about the long-term direction guiding the
zl General Plan development;
zz To begin to identify the critical issues that need to be addressed in the General
z3 Plan as the community looks ahead to the next twenty years, and;
za To provide direction on the scope of the planning process guiding the
zs development of the General Plan.
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z~ Ms. Tuft then presented an overview of the workshop agenda that included the
zs development of a vision(s) that provided each Council Member with an opportunity to
z9 share their twenty-year vision for the community, followed by a discussion of common
3o and/or divergent themes. She added that the discussion would. result in one or more
31 "straw person" visions, such as alternative points of view about the future of the
3z community that would serve as a starting point for the community visioning process.
33 She asked the Council to project ahead twenty years and beyond by discussing what
34 they considered the most critical issues the community needed to address in order to
35 successfully achieve its vision, one that the community joined together with ..them to
36 build through the General Plan process, including water resources, transportation,
37 economic health, and sustainability, among others.
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39 Ms. Tuft concluded by asking the Council to provide comments to City Management on
4o the proposed General Plan Scope document that had been provided.:to them and
41 stated that City Management would outline the City's current position and the next steps
4z in the planning process. She then introduced Dr. Rick Brown, of The Results Group, as
43 the facilitator of the workshop. -
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1 Dr: Brown outlined the following objectives-of the workshop:
3 1) Opportunity, vision, value, hope;
a 2J .Identification, of critical issues; and
s~ 3) Direction on Scope of Work.
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The gro und rules for the workshop were defined as:
a 1) Listen for understanding
9 2) Consider different perspectives
l0 3) Share the airtime
11 4) Focus on the issues
lz 5) Tell me what you need
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la The discussion regarding issue identification included the following comments:
is • Clarification of deliverables;
16 Higher density zoning for development to compact growth within the Urban Growth
17 Boundary, self-funded development, people willing to support the Urban Growth
is Boundary in 20 years;
19 Trees, community gardens/central park, floodplain reserved for recreational
zo purposes, ability to walk along the river, 1,000 acre park atop Sonoma Mountain;
zl Pedestrian/bike mobility improvements
zz Rapid transit, trolley transit, airport expansion;
z3 Develop an east/west corridor where cars .were not used;
za More neighborhood ownership/responsibility, .neighborhood street names;
zs A world class example of sustainability, resources used efficiently, telecommuting
z6 citizens/business consciousness of consumption/waste;
z~ • Thriving ecology;
za Beauty.. a community enjoying each others company, balconies; corner stores, a
z9 village, a small town community, friendly parks and community, incorporating our
3o agricultural heritage; the fairgrounds, rural heritage;
31 Living/sustainability, arich nurturing environment, open safe community;
3z • Community involvement with a community, garden, independent, food sources -
33 raised here to support the community, activities self-supported by the community,
3a pride in community;
3s Beautiful delivery of community provided services, new City Hall;. housing provided:
36 for seniors City to develop organizational structure that would support; neighborhood
37 lifestyles; i.e., councils, parks, gardens, recreation, educational, cultural. economic
3s United community, multi-cultural;
39 • Economically sustainable to maintain/enhance infrastructure, tax base, another
ao downtown mall area, redevelopment of 1950 - 196Q houses;
al Education,, recreation, sports, training, healthy community (infrastructure);
az Sustainable water resources, water recycling;
a3 Regional governance communications;
as Working community that includes blue collar, industry, agricultural industry, shipping
45 stability;
46 • Focus on development infrastructure;
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~ Encourage industry of sustainable markets; i':e., agriculture type interest providing
2 foods;
3 Permaculture institute,, interwoven eco system .plan;
4 Diversity that supports interwoven economic system culfur`ally benefiting;.:and
s Recycled capital, human/financial - wastewater treatment plant. used as . a
6 recreational/educational/and economical center.
a Regarding Water Resources, the following were noted:
9 Watershed protection; i e., interaction with degradation;
~o Protect quality- healthy or healthier;
~ ~ Protect resource -flood protection, erosion prevention;
~2 Pollution prevention -reforestation, flooding, avoid future damage and decrease
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14 Economics, preserve historic resources; creating a sense of place as~ part of the
~s identity;
~6 Connection between eastand west; and
i~ Generate stable. source .of money for city government in order to provide for a
is healthy, sustainable community.
~~ Regarding Transportation:
20 Circulation; move people and cost internal/external.
21 Regarding Growth -Repair and. Restoration:
z2 How much? 1Nhat kind? Where retain/maintain sustainability for community
z3 economic viability;
za Keeping dollars here by capacity for community;
zs Economic- development to sustain community .green business; and
26 ~ Provide cultural activities/educational activities to keep dollars and resource people
2~ here.
zs Vision:
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30 Start small, bigger things can follow;
3r Recreational facilities funding supporting;
3z Support agricultural, infrastructure tourism;
33 • Community involvement, I~eadership;
34 City to provide ;better/enha_nced services, high standard of City em_ployees_;
35 Preserve and maintain housing stock;
36 City Seal -create new City seal -get citizen involvement to design seal;
3? Outreach. -store front display and'. meeting area.; risk to access online information;
3s Identification of City symbol -developed through. the community process and or
39 developed now; and
40 Design logo -Brought with timeline and budgef by October so City Councif can offer
41 input within the next. week
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August 30, 2000
1 ADJOURN
z At 8:50 p.m. the meeting was adjourned.
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s E. CI k Thompson., Mayor
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to Beverly J. Kline, City Clerk
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