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City of Petaluma, California
Minutes of a~Regular
City Council Meeting
Vol. 35, Page 137
IVlonday, August 7, 2000
Council Chambers
~ The Petaluma City Council met on this~date at 3^00 p:m. in the Council Chambers.
io ROLL CALL ~ ~ '
~~ PRESENT: Caller-Thompson, Hamilton, Healy,. Maguire., Thompson, Torliatt
is ABSIENT: Hamilton, Keller .
13 Clerk's Note: Council Member Hamilton arrived during Closed Session at 5:10 p.m.
to PUBLIC COMMENT
is Jerry Schwartz, Jerome's Barbecue, 1390:. North McDowell Boulevard, spoke regarding
~~ traffic problems in the parking lot and around the shopping area at the northeast end of
town and noted his concern that another restaurant had been approved at that location.
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~9 Geoff Cartwright,, 56 Rocca Drive, spoke regarding the Sonoma County Water Agency '
Zo Environmental Impact Report and presented. the Council with his concerns about the ,
2~ impacts of plans for construction and development'in the floodplain.
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23 COUNCIL COMMENTS
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2s Vice Mayor Torliatf; made a motion to reconsider Council's action taken on July 31;
z6 2000 regarding ,the 11th Amendment to the Sonoma .County Water Agency Agreement
2~ for Water .Supply and the Memorandum of Understanding. regarding Water
is Transmission System Capacity Allocation and asked that it be placed on the nexf City
a9 Council Agenda for discussion and possible action..
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31 AGENDA CHA(VGES ADDITIONS, AND DELETIONS
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33 Proclamation .regarding~~the Russian River Cleanup moved to the evening session by
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6 MOTION: .Council Member Maguire moved; seconded by Cader=Thompson to
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io PASSED:. 5/0/2 (Hamilton, Keller absent)
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12 Controller "Paula .Cornyn introduced Finance'Director'1Nlliam Thomas. Mr., Thomas: told
13 .Council he was pleased to tart work with th,e City.and that; with his background :of living
14 'in .Dixon and workirig with the City of Vallelo~ for, eight „yoars, coming to Petaluma
rs seemed like coming home.
r6 CONS:ENT:CALENDAR
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rs Mayor Thompson. ;removed Item ~8 firorn Consent.
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~9 MOTION: Th,_e fo lowing items (one through six) which are- non-controversial and
20 which have been reviewed by the City Council and City Management were
21 enacted by one' motion; which .was introduced by Council Mernbe,r Healy
22 and seconded by Maguire.
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Zs PASSED: -5/0/2 (Hamilton, Keller absent)
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~~ 1. Resolution. Q0-143 N.C.S. Accepting Claims and Bills. (Gorny,n)
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29 2. Resolution. 00-144 N.C.S. Accepting Quarterly Treaswrer's Report. (Cornyn).
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31 3. Resolution 00-145: N.CS. Accepting the Completion ~of Water 'Main. Extension
3z from East "D" StreetlWeller Street to. McNeai• Peninsula. Project:. The Project
33 Involved ,Installing a New 8-inch. Water Mann to Provide: ,Ade:quate 1Nater
3a .Pressure to the McNear. Peninsu_ la to' Fulfill fhe City.'s Obligation to the McNear
3s Peninsula Matching Grant. from the Sonoma. County ~4gricultural 'P.reservation
36 Open Space District.. Final Project: cost:. $127,Og0. Contractor; Nelson
3~ Construction. Funding Sou,rees: Water Fund,. -.t?;ark Fund; a,nd Private
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40 4. Resolution. 00-146 N.C.S,~.Accepting t_fe Completion of Grading, Drainage and.
4~ Site Preparation, at theLucchesi Park. Soccer.- 1=field, in Preparation for
az Instal_lati"on of 'Fieldturf` Synthetic Turf. The' Site Preparation was Completed
43 by North..Bay Construction at a Cost of $262,280.35`; "(Carr)
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~ 5. Resolution 00-147 N.C.S. Appointing William Thomas as Finance Director,
z Treasurer and City Auditor. (Cornyn)
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a 6. Resolution 00=148 N.C.S.. Authorizing Street Closure for Antique Faire on
_ s Sunday; September 24; 2000. (Parks)
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~ 7. (Removed) Resolution Approving the Final IVlap for the Pinnacle Heights
s (Formerly IVlaxwell) Subdivision. The Project Would Create Fourteen Single-
9 Family Residential Lots as Well as Three. ;New Private Streets Designated as
io Pinnacle .Drive, Tree Haven Lane, and Tilden .Lane. The Project is Located on a
~ ~ Westerly Facing Hillside. Near the. Intersection of Windsor Drive and the `D'
~z Street Extension. Kelly Creek Flows Through the Project Semi-Parallel to the D'
13 Street Extension. Construction ,for fhe Project is Scheduled to Commence.
la lrnmediately Upon Final Map Approval With an (Jnknown Completion Date. No
~s Grading Will Be Allowed to Occur Between October 15th and April 1:5thn The:
16 Estimated Cost of Public Improvements for the Subdivision is $290,313.
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zi 8. Resolution Authorizing Street Closure for Petaluma lii~h School Music
zz Boosters Petaluma Band Review on Saturday, October 7 from 7:00 AM to
i3. 3:00 PM. (Parks)
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zs Council Member Healy asked if the residents of the areas impacted had been
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zs Police Chief Pat Parks .replied that the neighbors were not notified.
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3o Council Member Healy was concerned about the.. impact to residents and asked
3~ why the hours scheduled were so long, if alternate routes were considered by
3z the parties involved, that is, why was `D' Street chosen.
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34 Chief Parks ~repli'ed that the closures were to be intermittent and. that alternate
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37 Petaluma High. School Band Director Cliff Eveland added that `D' Street was the
3a widest, flattest, and maintained ~ street in Petaluma and that made it an ideal
',, 39 location for the event planners' consideration.
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4i MOTION. Council Member Healy moved; seconded by Maguire to adopt:..
az Resolution ~00-149 Authorizing Street Closure for Petaluma High -School
43 Music Boosters Petaluma Band Review on Saturday, October 7th from 7:00
a4 AM to 3:00 PM
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~ Council directed City Management to do extensive noticing to~ t_he residents
2 about the event and, in the future., notice neighborhoods when .events were
3 planned that may affect their neighborhoods.
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6 PASSED:. 5/0/2 (Hamilton, Keller)
a 9. Report `Regarding :Status of Payran, Project a.nd biscussion, Nand Possible
9 Direction Regarding .Payran Flood Management Project Financing and Budget..
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i2 Water Resources .and Conservation Director Tom Hargis reported work is being
13 done, ~on the trapezoidal channel:;. railroad tracks, pump stations on each side of
14 the river, and that the contractor was currently taking, advantage of the: ow tides
rs and starting construction earlier~whil.e there, was an enuironmentaf window (mid -
16 July through the end of O,ctober).
is City Manager Fred 'Stouder reported that the new,authorization had been written
19 into legislative documents, at the House. of Representatives and at an amount- .,
zo better than they had.. hoped fo.r, that is $32 million dollar level with a Z5% f,ederal
2i investment.. The challenge. was at the Senate and that would come about within:
22 the next 2 - 3,weeks. He added what was necessary wcas to get additional
23 funding this year anal asked for Council support to travel-with City Management
24 the second or third week.. in September to go to Wash'ingfon and lobby for the
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i~ Geoff Cartwright, 56 Rocca Drive, asked about the 'two gaps on the wall on the
zs flood project.
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3o Mr. Hargis replied by mid-October they would be closed; these wereaccess aril
31 construction areas at°the :riper for the contractor.
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3s 10. Resolution Approving Revised Tow Service Agreement and Adminisfrat~e Tow
36 Fee. (Parks/Savano) -
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;3s Chief of Police Pat Parks introduced Officer Ken Savano who presented slides
`39 and. a video that provided a comprehensive background.; and statistical.
4o information about the growth of Petaluma and the irxipact fo the Traffic Safety
4~ Program and related funding.
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43 Chief Parks. presented background information regarding the tow service
44 agreernen't °and .reviewed the timeline over the. past. year of negotiating the new
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PUBLIC COMMENT
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Michele Nelson, member of Petaluma Towers, 6871 Abbott Avenue, Sebastopol
95472, spoke in opposition to the Tow Service Agreement revisions.
END PUBLIC COfVIMENT
MOTION: Council Member Maguire moved, seconded by Healy to adopt.
Resolution 00-1;50 N.C:S. Approving Revised 'Tow Service Agreement and
Administrative'Tow Fee.
Vice Mayor Torliaft supported the motion and asked the City Attorney to look into
the ability of the Council to increase rates.
Mayor Thompson and members. of Council. acknowledged the hard work of the
Police Department, antl .their efforts in development of this agreement. Mayor
Thompson noted. the positive assistance and services extended to the City by
tow service contractors, called to traffic incident scenes.
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PASSED:: 5/0/2 (Hamilton, Keller abse.nt),.., .,
11. (Removed) Resolution Granting the -City Manager the Authority to Sign the
Second Cooperative Agreement for Countywide.,Procurement of Computer
Assisted' Dispatch/Records Management 'Systems and Mobile Data'
Communications (CAD/RMS/IVIDC) (Parks)
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12. .Business Improvement District:.(Tuft)
A. Resolution AuthorizingF..City Manager to Execute ~ .Memorandum of
Understanding Between. City,~:and Petaluma;.Downtown Association for the
Formation of a Business~lmproveme,nt District~(Blb).
B. Resolution Declaring .;Intent to~: Establi'sh .the Downtown Petaluma
Business Improvement District and":to Set the Place and-Time for: a Public
Hearing for Consideration of` a Downtown Petaluma Business
Improvement District. .
Introduced and continued to the evening session.
13. Review and Discussion of the Draft Notice .of Preparation and Scope of Work#or
the Environmental Impact Report for the Proposed Expansion of the Petaluma
Village Premium Outlets. (Moore/Lamph;ier)
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1 Planning Director George 1Nhite~ introduced Planning Consultant Joan. Lamphier
z of Lamphier and Associates. to. present the work ahus far:
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4 Council Members .Maguire and, Healy asked. that Ms. Lamphier respond to
s questions as presented in writing by Beth Meredith.
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7 Vice- Mayor Torliatf asked Ms. Lamphier to gain additional input and, added that.
s Council Member Keller :would undoubtedly have some input. .
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to Council. Member Healy asked if the preliminary checklist forriwas one Lamphier
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13 Ms. Lamphier'replied that if`was actually a State form.
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is Council Member Healy asketl Ms. Lamphier if she had seen the form th-e=
16 Community Development~Planning Department had customized...
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18 Ms. Lamphier replied that shoe: had spoken. to Mike Moore regarding the form-;,the
19 State has changed some items on their forme that •makes it more cur.rent'than the
o one Community QevelopmenVPlanning has been.. using.
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zz Council Member Healy felt-that. Ms. Lamphier would still benefit from looking. at
z3 Community Development/Plannng's form to see if' it covers some. issues not
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zs covered' by the State, .tor.m. He 'also asked that: Ms. Lamphier review what the
z~ Community Development/Planri~ng Department had acquired/accomplished
27 relative. to. this prgje.ct 'and ,adde•d that he thought the items raised 'in Ms.
zg Meredith's letter should•_ be considered in alf CEQA (California Environme,rtal
z9 Quality Act) projects. ~ 4 -
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31 Ms. Lamphier reviewed the timeline for the •project; noted. that any comments,
3z questions; ,suggestions should be forwarded to Community 'Deve opment
33 Director Mike: Moore° at the City of Petaluma, 707-778-4301, and added public
34 comments would be-continued throughout,the project.
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~ ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION
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3 At 4:45 p.m. the Council adjourned to Ciosed Session in the City Manager's
4 Conference Room after City Attorney Rich Rudnansky announced the following items
s Council would .address during Closed Session:
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~ CONFERENCE'WITFI LABOR NEGOTIATOR, Pursuant to Government Code Section
s 54957.6, Unif 8, Department Directors. Agency Negotiator: Acorne.
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io CONFERENCE VNITH LABOR .NEGOTIATOR, Pursuant to Government Code Section
11 54957.6. Agency Negotiator: City Negotiator. Unrepresented Employee: City Manager
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is 5:40 p.m. to Velasco's
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19 RECONVENE'
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zl The Petaluma City Council .reconvened its. Regular Meeting and the Petaluma
zz Community Development. Commission Regular Meeting was opened in a joint session
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za with Council. for the purpose of addressing and taking action on items of mutual interest
zs on this day at 7:00 p~.m. in the Council Chambers.
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z~ ROLL CALL
zs PRESENT: Cader-Thompson, Hamilton, Healy, Maguire, Thompson, Torliatt
z9 ABSENT: Keller
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31 REPORT ON CLOSED:SESSION
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33 Mayor Thompson announced that no reportable action was taken on the Closed
3a Session items.
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36 PLEDGE DF.ALLEGIANCE
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3s At the request of Chairman Thompson, Bill Thomas led the Pledge of Allegiance.
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ao MOMENT Of 'SILENCE
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az At the request of Chairman Thompson, a Moment of Silence was observed.
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1 PUBLIC COMMENT
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3 David Royall,, 1508 East 'Madison,, spoke regarding traffic concerns on ,East 1Vladison
4 and presented the Council, with letfer defining the issues.
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~ Geoff Cartwright,., 56 Rocca Drive,.. Sonoma. County Wager Agency Environmental
~ Impact Report that addressed. impacts of the building in the floodplain.
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11 Council Member Magure:.had ..heard that NW.P,R (North. 'UV,estern Pacific Railroad)_
lz responded to<a..re:quest for proposal; development potential fc~r all three sites.
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14 Vice Mayor Torliatt announced a meeting regarding th, a Novato Narrows on September
is 22 at; 1:00 p.m, that the public was invited to aftend .and asked interested'. persons; to
16 contact City Hall about the location.
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is AGENDA CHAfVGES DELETIONS AND AMENDMENTS
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zo Mayor Thompson and City Manager ,Fred Stouder .noted that item 17 was scheduled
zl tentatvely'for Se. pternber 5, as a number of. Board,`Membersfrom PCA could not attend
22 this evening and additional information had., been provided th~~~t would be considered.
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24 Council Member :Maguire referenced Vice Mayor Torliatt's. earlier comments for the
zs Council to reconsider its. action regarding the 11t" Amendment and MOU with the
z6 Sonoma County Water Agency.
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z8 PRO:CLAMATIO'N
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3o Russian River Cleanup Day
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3z COUNCIL AND'CITY ~IVIANAGEMENT REPORTS
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3s APPOINTMENTS
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37 14. Appointment: (One) to the Bicycle Committee for a Ter-rl of -Two Years. (Kline)
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39 MOTION: Vice- Mayor TOrliatt moved, seconded. by Maguire; to adopf a
4o Resoluti_on 00-1:51 appointing Andrew Henning to a twoyear term on the. City of
41 Petaluma's Bicycle Advisory Committee with a term ending June 30; 2002.
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a4 PASSED; 6/0/1 (K_eller absent)
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1 UNFINISFIED BUSINESS
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3 12. Business Improvement ®istrict (continued from the afternoon session)
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s Director of General Plan Administration Pamela Tuft provided background
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Council Member Maguire asked what the standard board size was and how often
they met.
Petaluma Downtown Association Director Samantha Daugherty replied that there
were 25 members; the board met bi-monthly.
PlJBL6C CO.IVIMENT -~
Cheryl Wagoner, Circle. of Friends on Kentucky Street] spoke ~ in favor of the
Business Improvement District, stated that it did not effect the Petaluma
Downtown Association organization, and elaborated on the Memorandum of
Understanding'.
Council Member Hamilton asked how many people would be on the':Board.
Ms. Wagoner replied that the number :was not determined. It would be
determined by an election of the B1D members:
Council Member Hamilton acknowledged the efforts of all the people, had
contributed. She favored an annual review ;and approval. She did not -think the
City should. stipulate that the funding. was not. going to change.
Mayor Thompson reported that he had attended a~ number of meetings and
stated that the Committee had really helped the City determine :who had note paid
for business licenses.
Vice Mayor Torliaft acknowledged the hard work of the members
MOTION: Vice Mayor Torliatt moved,. seconded by Cader-Thompson to adopt
the following resolutions:
A. Resolution of the City Council 00-152 N.C.S. and of the P.C.D:C. 00-`~12,
Authorizing City Manager to Execute Memorandum of Understanding
Between City and Petaluma Downtown Association for the Formation of a.
Business Improvement District (BID).
B. Resolution of the City Council 00-153 N:C.S. and of the P.G.D.C. 00-13,
Declaring Intent to Establish the Downtown Petaluma Business
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~ Improvemenf~ District apd to Set the Place and Time for a Public Hearing
z for Consideration of a Downtown. Petalum<~ Business :fmprovement
3 District: (Tuft)
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~ PUBLIC HEARING
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u Public Hearing to Hear Comments or Protests on Cost of Weed Abatement.
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13 A. ~ .Resolution Ordering Delinquent Weed, Abatement Bills to .be Turned, Over
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is ~~ Weed ~Ab~ateme'nt Season.
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is -~ MOTION;. Vice, Mayor Torliatt moved, seconded by Cader.-.Thompson to adopt
Zo - Resolution 00-154 N.C.S. Ordering Delinquent Weed Abatement Bills fo be
2~ Turned Over to the County .Assessor's Office. Staff Preparation Time: 150
22 .Hours for Weed.Abatement.Season
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z~ A. .Resolution Ordering the Improvements and. Confirming the Diagrams~and
30 :_ Annual,Assessments for Landscape,Assessment'Districf for FY 00/01..
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33 Recreation and. Barks. Maintenance Supervisor Ed _Anehordoguy prodded
3a background inform•afion and reu,ewed recommendation -.and the executive
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37 Council.Member Maguire askedif'there wereanyprofE~sts.
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39 Mr. Anchordoguy replied yes, from a resident on Stonehenge Way..
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ai PUBL.IC HE-ARING.
Hank Flum_, Stonehenge>Way, supported the Landscape Assessment: District .but
was not :happy with the results; better maintenance was needed.
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1 Vice Mayor Torliatt suggested that the neighborhoods host an event to have the
2 residents take ownership for their neighborhoods and that the philosophy of the
3 Recreation and Parks Department should be one. that encouraged residents to
a take responsibility for their neighborhoods.
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~ Mayor Thompson acknowledged the success of the mulching
a Council Member Maguire: asked if mulch was available to community.
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to Mr. Anchordoguy replied yes, if the property was in an-Assessment District.
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12 Council Member Maguire thought it wouad be great if members of the community
13 could come to the City to have landscaping branches chipped. He also noted
14 that some of'the tree companies give away the chips.
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16 Mr. Anchordoguy noted. the City of Petaluma was alloffed mulching based on
17 what went~to the dump; he believed he could work something out with Empire
is Waste Management.
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ao MOTION: Council Member Maguire moved, seconded by Cader-Thompson.,
al to adopt Resolution 00-15:5 N.C:S. Ordering the Improvements and Confirming
as the Diagrams and Annual Assessments for Landscape Assessment Districts for
z3 FY 00/01.
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30 17, (REIVIO~VED)'Discussion and Possible Action on Request From Petaluma
31 Community. ,4ccess (PQA) on Forgiveness of .Existing Loan of $50,000 and
32 Request for Additional Funding to Assist with Operating Expenses.
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al MOTION: Vice Chair Torliatt moved, seconded by Cader-Thompson to approve 'the
4z Commission's Minutes as presented.
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as PASSED: 6/0/1 (Keller absent)
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2 ADJOURN
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4 The meeting adjourned at 8:10 p.m. in memory' of George Shitara who had: recently
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