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April 17, 2000
City of Petaluma, California
Minutes of a Regular
City Council Meeting
Vol. 34, Page 403
Monday, April 17, 2000
Council Chambers
ROLL CALL
Present: Healy, Cader-Thompson,
Torliatt, Mayor Thompson
Absent: None
Keller, Maguire, Hamilton, Vice Mayor
PUBLIC COMMENT
Geoff Cartwright, 56 Rocca Drive, Attended a Planning Commission meeting
where Old EIm Village and the proposed parking lot were discussed. He has
concerns about the narrowing of I'ayran at that location. When there is a
flooding event the only escape route for the Linda Del Mar Subdivision is Payran
Street.
COl9NCIL COMMENTS
Pamela Torliatt -Council received a letter dated April 13, from the Petaluma
School District: regarding disposition of the Kenilworth Junior High site. The letter
is a formality stating that we need to respond within 60 days if the city is
interested in purchasing the site. In order for us to make sure that we have the
ability to possibly acquire the site or portion of the site with -the ball. fields, I think
that the Council should at least send the School District a letter stating that we
may be interested in the property depending upon what the .School Boards
decision is. Can we direct our city staff to do that?
David .Keller agrees with Council Member Torliatt and would like to ask Jim Carr
to inquire about the status of the fields. He visited the Fish Hatchery at Casa
Grande, great project.
Talked to Tim Haddad,. Marin County Community Development Department. A
letter was sent by the Sonoma County Permit and Resource Management
Department to the County of Marin, regarding the construction of a Fly Over at the
landfill in Novato.. The Dump owners propose to construct an overpass that would
serve the dump only at that Hwy 1,01 intersection. It will need to be torn down
and a full interchange built once Hwy 101 is expanded. He will bring this letter
forward to SCTA for comment.
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1 Air flight patterns over Sonoma and Marin are up for grabs given the expansion
2 at San .Francisco, Oakland and: San Jose. Airports.. The amount .of airline traffic
3 over central Sonoma County will increase unless SFO and Oakland are
4 persuaded to move their flight patterns elsewhere.
6 Jane Hamilton is it predetermined where an interchange is going. to go?
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8 Mike Healy is not prepared to sign off on a letter to the SchoolDistrict today, but
9 he would: be willing to have. it agendized for discussion and have staff do a report
10 about what the implications would be and the opportunities would be.
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12 Matt. Maguire met with Supervisor Kerns ;and Spencer Flornoy head of the
13 Sonoma Tax Payers Association regarding the implications of defeated Measure
14 B & C on Transportation.. Mr. Flornoy indicated that if a designated list. of
15 transportation. projects. including Highway and Rail. could be specified in the time
16 frame. necessary for the Supervisors to adopt a November measure.,, even if its a
17 measure' that requires a two thirds vote that he believed his group could support
18 or at least not oppose such a measure. He didn't think `it would be possible to get.
19 such a list together in time foC the August deadline; foie the November Election,
20 but if it is possible to do that, then it appears that one element of the voting
21 constituency out there is willing to work towards that, He has k5een; having
22 ongoing conversations with people. in the environmental community about what
23 you get if you don't come to agreement, what you can get if you do come to
24 agreement, so I would encourage our representative to the SCTA to proceed as
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27 Janice Cader-Thompson, April 22 the. Petaluma Transit in association with the
28 Empire 1Naste Management will be having free rides on Petaluma Transit for
29 Earth Day. Starting today, Fair Isaac of Marin, the City of Petaluma and
30 Enterprise Rental Cars are testing a pilot program for Fair Isaac commuters.
31 Enterprise is furnishing vans for commuters from Petaluma to Fair Isaac and I
32 want to thank Jim Ryan. for all his work. that went into that program. It is important
33 for people not to leave standing water around 'their yards for mosquitoes to
34 breed.
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36 PROCLAMATION:
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38 Take Our Children To Work Day
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42 The Minutes of October 4, 1999 were approved -as submitted.
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44 The Minutes 'of November 29, 1.999,, were approved. as amended: 'Page 3 Line
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1 The .Minutes of January 26 were approved as amended: Correct page
2 numbering. Page 5, Line 2, change oft to opt. Page 21, Line 7, change meeting
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5 The Minutes of April 10, 2000, should be modified to reflect that Council did take
6 a straw vote of 4/3 to go back out for another look at consultants for the Surface
7 Water Element and also the Council decided to select Dyett & Bhatia as the
8 prime consultant.
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10 Councilmember Keller, it would be useful if some of the discussion of that
11 meeting was expanded upon.
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13 Motion made by Matt Maguire, second Cader-Thompson to approve the minutes.
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15 ORD 3000 NCS
16 AMENDMENT TO REDEVELOPMENT PLAN
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18 Adopt. Ordinance 3000 NCS Adopting Amendment to the Redevelopment Plan.
19 Introduced by Matt Maguire, seconded by Jane Hamilton.
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21 AYES: Healy, Cader-Thompson, Keller, Maguire, Hamilton, Vice Mayor Torliatt,
22 Mayor Thompson
23 NOES: None
24 ABSENT: None
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26 RESO. 00-67 NCS
27 TAX ALLOCATION BONDS
28 Resolution 00-67 NCS Approving the issuance by the Petaluma Community
29 Development Commission of Not-to-Exceed $18,000,000 in Tax Allocation
30 Bonds for the purpose of financing and refinancing of certain public
31 improvements. Introduced by Pamela Torliatt, seconded by Matt Maguire.:
32 AYES: Healy, Cader-Thompson, Keller, Maguire, Hamilton, Vice Mayor Torliatt,
33 Mayor Thompson
34 NOES: None
35 ABSENT: None
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37 Council Member Healy, The 5-Year Implementation Plan was based on
38 $15,000,000. Is staff's recommendation based on the notion Council should
39 maximize the amount as opposed to looking at a list of projects we have in mind?
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41 Paul Marangella, Yes, the 5 Year Implementation Plan had an assumption about
42 how much money would be available. If we had known that we would have
43 $18,000,000 we would have included more for the implementation of the Central
44 Petaluma Specific Plan which as of right now has $3 million allocated to it
45 because the Payran Project is taking up so much.
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Council Member Healy, with the additionaC:$3 million how much of that, is part of
the larger Redevelopment Agency and how much is ,~Iloeable to: the Downtown
Redevelopment Agency.
Paul Marangella, that is at the discretion of the Council As you recall, we said
that in the event more -funds would be available we could put .it towards other
Council priorities.
It was clarified for the Council that. the debt service on this. bond is being paid for
by the Petaluma Community Development Project Area, and is loaning about $3
million to the Central Business Districf.
RIDGEVIEVV HEIGHTS SUBDIVISION
Removed from the Agenda. Continued to a date undetermined.
CONSENT CALENDAR
The following items which are noncontroversial and which have been reviewed by the
City Council and. staff were enacted by one motion, which was introduced. by Jane
Hamilton and seconded by Matt Maguire.
AYES:Healy; Caller-Thompson, Keller, Maguire, Hamilton, Vice Mayor Torliatt,
Mayor Thompson
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
RESO. 00-67A NCS
MOBILE. HOME RENT'STABILIZATION PROGRAM
Resolution 00-67A .NCS authorizing the setting of a payment of Program
Administration Fees for the Mobile Home Park Space Rent Stabilization Program
for the year 2000.
RESO.00-68 IVCS
BEVERAGE CONTAINER RECYCLING PROGRAM
Resolution 00-68 NCS Authorizing Sonoma County Wasfe Management Agency
to. Submit the Funding Request to the Department of Conservation's .Division of
Recycling and to Implement a .Beverage Container (Recycling Program on its
Behalf..
RESO. 00-69 NCS
PUBLIC WORKS .FORMAN
Resolution 00-69 NCS Establishing the Classification. aid Salary Range of Public
Works Foreman. Cost Estimated at $9.,600 Per Fiscal Year.
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RESO. 00-70 NCS
CAB AN®CFIASSIS TRUCK
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Resolution 00-70 NCS Authorizing the Purchase of a 2001. International 4700 Cab
and Chassis Truck From 101 International, Inc., in the Amount of $44,639.38 for
the Water Resources Department.
RESO. 00-71 NCS
PURCHASE 01= WATER METERS
Resolution 00-71 NCS Authorizing a Price Agreement for Water Meters for One
Year with Two One-Year Renewal Options With Badger Meter, Inc., in the Amount of
$67,379.87.
**** End Consent ****
ABAG LETTER.
REGIONAL HOUSING NEEDS
Council Member Torliatt spoke regarding the letter staff drafted to the Association
of Bay Area Government regarding regional housing needs. The letter states that
Petaluma approved the allocation .and then it makes suggestions. What are the
implications of rejecting the allocations? She has received a variety of letters
from other cities in the county as well as talked to other cities about trying to
reduce the number of units that would be in the county/cities.
Council Member Hamilton believes the letter is not worded strongly enough.
Council Member Healy:, what ABAG has allocated Petaluma seems to be readily
achievable. Council's concern is out of solidarity with the other cities in the
county and also a concern that ABAG was looking for non-city centered growth
and dumping unreasonable amounts on other cities. I think the letter reflects the
city of Petaluma is not concerned about the allocation provided to the City of
.Petaluma; but we have other issues and maybe it could be worded a .little more
clearly.
Council Member Maguire.,. felt that the letter was clear enough in that it was
basically talking about the numbers should be based on the water supply, "Smart
Growth" principles and because we had acknowledged that our numbers were
certainly within our ability to achieve.
Bonne Gaebler, I think it would be disingenuous to discredit our numbers for the
city of Petaluma. We'll have in our affordable housing numbers 4/5t" of our
allocation done one year into the new 5 year Housing Element. We can
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certainly reword the letter to take a stronger stand where the County and other
cities are concerned.
Council Member .Hamilton, recommends. that instead ofi saying. the City of
Petaluma approves its Housing Allocation .of 597 units for the period from (date)
to (date). First state our objections and at the end say we agree to the
Allocations, but we do object to ones that were given for the unincorporated parts
of the. county and other cities, and that we have issues with those. She: would
like Petaluma to object to the County numbers unless they're for farm labor or
very low income.
Council Member Torliatt: 1,3:;0.00 out of the 25,000 homes are supposed to be in
the county so if we talk about doing city-center growth were going to be taking
some more of those housing numbers out of the county .so that is going to push
our numbers up. The whole point is to say that 25;000 is unreasonable for our
County.
Council Member Keller, I don't want to take the. other cities off the hook, the
language needs to be clear that they: are responsible for their city=centered
growth.- His concerns are referred to the county oriented growth.
Motion made by Matt Maguire., seconded by Vice Mayor Torliatt to make changes
in the language to the letter to ABAG.
RESO.00=72 NCS
PAC BELL FOUND4TION
COMMUfVITY ENRICIiMENT PROGR°AM GRAINY
Council Member Torliatt wants to see if she can get $25;000 of PAC. Bell's money
working on our Community Access facility that AT&T will not hand over to our
Community Access Center.
Council Member Hamilton., that is not in competition with this PAC BELL grant
because it is conceivable they could, give. more than one grant:
Resolution 00-72 NCS ,Authorizing the City Manager to Submit.' App ication for a
$25;000 Pacific Belf ..Foundation Community .Enrichment Program Grant to Fund
Sustainable'Wafer Information Management Sysfem (SV1lLMS);to Provide ~Petalurna
Watershed and 1Nater Resources Lnformation through KnowledgeMap Technology.
AYES: Healy, Cadec-Thompson, Keller, Maguire, Hamilton, Vice Mayor Torliatt,
Mayor Thompson
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
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1 RESO.00-73 NCS
2 URBAN :STREAMS RESTORATION GRAINY
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4 Resolution 00-73 NCS Authorizing City Manager to submit an application for a
5 $200,000 California Department of Water Resources Urban Streams Restoration.
6 Grant to fund Bank Stabilization and Riparian Corridor Enhancement
7 Improvements in compliance with the Petaluma River Access and Enhancement
8 Plan for a portion. of the Petaluma River between East Washington Street and the
9 Corps of Engineers Payran Reach Project.
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11 The City has been notified that the State of California Department of Water
12 Resources is holding an expedited application cycle to award grants of up to
13 $200,000, with priority given to projects that meet specific application criteria, are
14 part of existing or proposed river (or stream) parkways, and can be implemented
15 by fall 2001. City Management has reviewed the adopted Petaluma River
16 Access and Enhancement Plan with respect to the pre-application questionnaire
17 and recommends the submission of the portion of the Petaluma River upstream
18 of the East Washington Street Bridge to the southern limit of the Corps of
19 Engineers project. This project area would allow an effective reduction of erosion
20 and would help restore the natural environmental values of the creek as called
21 for in the grant application. The application must be received in Sacramento by
22 tomorrow (April 18, 2000) to be considered. for funding approval in July. If the
23 grant is received it would fund the bank stabilization work and a good portion of
24 the riparian habitat enhancement called for the in the River Plan.
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26 .Pamela Tuft- .advised Council that this opportunity arose unexpectedly and
27 because of the very strict criteria i.e., not politically sensitive, does not hinge on a
28 great deal of other projects, it is a segment that could just be lifted out of the
29 River Plan and in all probability obtain stream bed alteration permits from the
30 Department of Fish and Game without a Corps required permit and that we could
31 .implement further guidelines during the year 2001. In filing the app ication it asks
32 for anon-governmental co-agency. Petaluma Watershed Partnership, which is a
33 group of citizens working on watershed issues, has submitted a letter saying-that
34 they would be pleased to become partners on it.
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36 1lVith Proposition 12 and 13 funding, Ms. Tuft will get the General Plan started
37 and then bring to the Council between 6 and 8 projects to be considered for Prop
38 12 & 13 funding cycles which will begin this fall and have Council pick and
39 choose which ones you want to go for.
40 Introduced by David Keller, seconded by Janice Cader-Thompson.
41 AYES: Healy, Cader-Thompson, Keller, Maguire, Hamilton, Vice Mayor Torliatt,
42 Mayor Thompson
43 NOES: None
44 ABSENT: None
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1 Council Member Keller noted that there is a battle .going on in Sacramento between the
2 Legislators and Agencies over the distribution of Proposition. 12 and 13 money. It was
3 recommended that a letter be sent encouraging them to distribute the- money through
4 normal agency channels.
6 STATUS OF PAYRAfV
7 FLOOD' MANAGEMENT PROJECT
9 .Fred Stouder, City .Manager, reported that Tom Hargis and Paul Marangella had a.
10 follow up trip to Washington D.G. to again meet with representatives. The: strategy
11 that 'is emerging seems to be in clear agreement gene~~ally with' all parties at the
12 State and National Offices of the Federal Legislative and ,Administrative; side.. There
13 are two clear objectives.. 1) To seek new authorization for the project outside the
14 Section 2Q5 Project and seek authorization under the. 19.86 .rules wh'ieh would allow
15 for 75% federal funding, 25% non #ederaf -funding. .Language will be draffed over the
16 next several weeks while brief and succinct,, must be the correct language and all
17 the various individuals at Washington D.C. IeveJ administratively and legislatively
18 must be in agreement in that including committee staff.. 2) 1Ne .are fentatively
19 scheduling another trip with as many Council Members as possible the week of May
20 14 with meeting days between the 17-19. We hope to gain an audience with
21 Assistant., Secretary 1Nestphal to formally request that the: Assistant Secretary of the
22 Army pay the invoices.. Under the. current agreement That was signed in 1996 there
23 is a section of the: ,a`greernent that deals 'with if the project is terminated. or
24 suspended because of the local agencies failure to rne.et 'its obligations: the Assistant
25 Secretary can in fact. if he :deems it in the national interest not cause the project to
26 cease. 1Ne are also aware. that at year=end of the: Federal Fiscal year, which is,
27 October, that occasionally. there are unspent monies by various Federal
28 Departments and we would be calling upon the U:S: Army Corps to actually apply
29 some year end un-obligated funds to pay`these invoices.
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31 Paul Marangella, our meetings at the Pentagon. were very productive. It was to the
32 city's benefit that it was acknowledged. That the bridges are not a so-called
33 "betterment." He thanked .Lynn Galal who advocated.. our position quite. strongly.
34 The only complicating; factor left is the issue- of the maximum reimbursement amount
35 based upon the economic assessment of the project. Originally the project was $T7
36 million dollars, now we have to do an economic analysis to see whether .a higher
37 cost projecf would meet the. national economic development standards.. 1Ne've had
38 a series of rneefings with the Senatorial Staff, and Congressional Staff who .have all
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4.1 It is important to have as many local officials as possible at these. meetings:. It also
42 makes a difference when those in the communityspeak out for the ..record,. contact
43 the City .Manager's office for a lisf of addresses and viording. His office. phone
44 number of 778-4345.
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46 Council asked if the Economic Analysis Document is available to other agencies?
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2 Paul Marangella, it is not known to what extent they share the actual methodology of
3 the calculation. The .information that has been obtained is a summary document, but
4 the city can make a request for this particular document. Lynn Galal is very
5 optimistic that the numbers will improve substantially given the more recent flood
6 costs as well as the increase in the assessed value of land in the area. We're going
7 to argue for replacement value of the housing as opposed to some flat figure they
8 used before.
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10 GENERAL PLAN UPDATE
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12 Pamela Tuft, General Plan Administrator, since the direction of the Council
13 was to go back. out for Request for Qualifications and Request for Proposals on
14 the 1lVater Resource Element she wanted to do a recap and give the Council an
15 opportunity to provide supplemental information on the RFQ if you would like to
16 define .particular areas of interest or scope you would like to have addressed in
17 the RFQ. Council has authorized staff to begin contract negotiations with the firm
18 of Dyett &Bhatia, and you have requested staff to put out a new RFQ for the
19 Water Resource Element. A list of the revised First Steps outline is included in
20 the material received,. which shows the additional steps to be taken from April
21 through August to review and select a Water Resources team.
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23 Council Member Keller, Council needs more complete minutes of April 10
24 regarding Council's discussion on this subject.
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26 Council Member Healy, for the July time frame, on the portion not directly related
27 to the RFQ process, City Council reviews and provides direction on Scope of
28 Work, Contract and Draft Budget for contract services with Dyett and Bhatia.
29 Would it be possible to move up the portion of that that is not related to the
30 Surface Water Management, or are you proposing to have the whole package to
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33 Pamela Tuft, the Water Resources would catch up later: The Water Resources
`34 would be in October, so this would be staff working with Dyett and Bhatia to
3.5 begin definition of scope. We will. plug in some coordination time to. fold ih Water
36 Resources and there may be some contingency discussion with the Dyett and
37. .Bhatia proposal.
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3:9 It was suggested that monthly updates be brought to Council to keep them
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42 Council .Member Torliatt, when are we going to get .into the level of what were actually
43 going to be analyzing from Dyett and Bhatia's standpoint, meaning the existing uses
44 that we' have, then incorporating specific plans that we already have. Looking at the
45 vacant land and looking at that from a cost standpoint in negotiating the contract,
46 because a lot of the planning effort has already been done for the majority of the city
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and there is not a whole lot of land left that we're going to be looking at uses for. I don't
know how much time that actaally takes out of what we would be incorporating in the
proposal.
PT the discussion of all of those topics would be brought up in the outline for July.
Council Adjourned at 4:30 p.m. to Closed Session to discuss the following:
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL, EXISTING LITIGATION Pursuant to
Government Code §54956..9 .(Subdivision (a) Hunter vs. City of Petaluma, Sonoma
County Superior Court :Case #220351.
PUBLIC EMPLOYEE. PERFORMANCE EVALUATION, Pursuant to Gouernrne.nt Code
§54957. Discussion of City Clerk Evaluation.
PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION, Pursuant to Government Code
§54957. Discussion of City Attorney Evaluation.
ADJOURN
RECONVENE - 7:00 p.m.
ROLL CALL
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Present: Healy, Cader-Thompson,
Torliatt, .Mayor Thompson
Absent: None
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Keller, Maguire,. Hamilton, Vice Mayor
The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Carol Fullerton
MOMENT OF SILENCE
PROCLAMATION
Petaluma Girls' ;Basketball Team -Coach.
Casa Grande Academic Decathlon. -Coach
Take Your Child to Work Day -Joe Manthey
PUBLIC COMMENT
Harvey Goldberg, Petaluma,. he feels the Government is trying to take his land away.
He presented a Treaty that covers the. land, between here and Petaluma. President:
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1 Ulysses S. Grant signed this in 1878. I gave you a true certified copy from the Bureau
2 of Land .Management. I'm going to give you a copy at this time.
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4 Linda Buffo,, Petaluma Downtown Association spoke regarding the upcoming events of
5 the Butter and Eggs Day Parade. She encouraged one and all to attend and presented
6 Council with Mugs and T-Shirts commemorating this event.
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8 Carol Fullerton, 112 Ravenswood Court, spoke to the Council regarding the proposed
9 program of getting kids out of the house., into the buses and into the community during
10 the summer months. It seems no one is aware that the City offers a $5 per month pass
11 available to children. That information needs to be relayed to the schools and parents.
12 For those children who cannot afford it they will be easily identified by the lunch
13 program, so they will .either be asked to spend a lesser amount or for those who can't
14 afford it they will be given a ten (10) punch card, at the end of the ninth (9t") punch they
15 will be issued another card to be used. through the summer. She needs the specifics so
16 she can get the information into the schools for ,newsletters and possibly put it on the
17 Web Page.
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19 The Mayor will. be in touch with Jim Ryan, Transit Coordinator and contact Carol with
20 the pertinent information.
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22 She also stated that the stop signs on Sunnyslope Road excellent. If they are taken off
23 Sunnyslope she wants them taken off of other streets.
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25 Geoff Cartwright, 56 Rocca Drive, he has a proposal for "Citizens Post Card Lobbying
26 Campaign" to assist in acquiring federal funding of the Corps Flood Project. Dear Sir, I
27 believe the citizens of Petaluma would respond favorably to a letter asking them for
28 assistance in acquiring fair federal funding of this U.S. Army Corps of Engineers flood
29 project. The letter should contain a variety of one Liners that they could choose from
30 along with such a letter provide , a blank post card addressed to our federal
31 representatives and ask our friends and neighbors to jot down one of the one liners or
32 words to the same effect. The post-card should be pre=stamped.
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34 Don Wisenfluh, 1092 Wren Drive, he is opposed to the proposed. Sonoma Mountain..
35 .Development. Supervisor Kerns is trying to broker this in exchange for a~ couple. 100
36 acres to be used as a South County Park. There is an organization. called- COSA
37 (Coalition of Oufdoor Spaee Advocates). These folks are trying to put a proposal out. to
3'8 get our Open Space District to not only acquire more lands and protect it, but for the first
39 time in life actually allow people to use the property. I don't want to look at 34 houses
40 on the ridgeline. The Sonoma County General Plan used to prohibit building on the
41 ridgeline. County and City plans are supposed to mutually support one another in this
42 regard. This COSH organization may have a good proposition and again if we can get
43 the use of the land we've already protected we may not. need this..
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1 Eugene Ruggles advised Council that. on Sunday, April 30, there would: be a first annual
2 Poetry Celebration Benefit for the Phoenix Theater Arfs Program. The reading~ begins
3 at 7:00 p.m.
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5 Diane Reilly Torres,. Rainier Avenue, read a letter to :the Council from her dog Punky.
6 Punky and his family are donating $1500 to Petaluma's Animal Controf (Rod Hilliard). for
7 all their help they have given.
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11 Council Member Keller, spoke regarding Sonoma Mountain Development (White Oaks
12 Estates). He believes it is not good for us to encourage breaking up agricultural lands
13 and scenic lands on the top of any ridge top in this county in exchange-for parkland. If' it
14 is done for this project you will have every other property owner on the mountain at
15 some point coming to the County to develop. their property in exchange for land for
16 parks.. 'If would be contrary to policy in every county from San Francisco around the Bay
17 to Alameda County who have worked very hard for the past 25 years to ensure that
18 ridge top lands are not developed .and hat they in fact become open to the public and
19 there is no reason for Southern Sonoma. County'to accept. any less.. We have a funding
20 vehicle that the voters have agreed to fund through the Open Space District .and
21 Authority, and. it seems. to me that the Galvin Ranch would; be the number one priority
22 for removing from' development potential by that District. by our tax payer money and I
23 hope that the Board of Supervisors recognize the importance and the gravity of
24 changing any zoning or status for development on ridge. tops in South County. He
25 would like: to see Phis item :come before Council when the draft plan is complete at the
26 County so this Council can. have an opporfunity to weigh in for the South County.
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28 Council Member Jane Hamilton -'What a community we live in! We have such. a variety
29 of people who are involved and. interested.
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31 Council Member Healy agrees that the Sonoma Mountain Development should be
32 brought before Council and the proponents can do a presentation:
33 Beginning this evening; once a month on Mondays from 6 to 8 p.rn. there will be a
34 Community Legal Clinic held at Slim Lutheran Church, Baker & S anley `Streets.. Local
35 attorneys will donate their time with advice & .referrals. There will be Spanish language
36 translators present. The next date will be Monday, May 22.
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3'8 Council Member Cader-Thompson. advised that recently there was .260 acres in Mann
39 County where a. developer clustered 21 homes on 23 acres at the lower level and, the
40 rest of the land. was kepf for .open space for public access... There was no cost to the
41 public. in order for Lucas Film. to develop 56 acres: they gave 3,000 acres to Marin
42 County for open space for their public access and there. was no cost to th'e public. It
43 would be nice if we started looking at Marin County as anexample of how our Open
44 Space District could actually provide more for the community in Sonoma County.
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1 She met with Rick Skladzien, Public. Works Director, and a citizen regarding traffic
2 issues. Rick has great ideas and she is really looking forward to him coming before the
3 Council.
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5 PRESENTATION
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7 Renee Tolliver, The United Way of Sonoma-Mendocino-Lake and the Sonoma
8 County Community Foundation launched the Community Action Program (CAP) to
9 research and document our communities' assets and needs, and to provide a guide
10 for community members to set priorities and mobilize resources to identify and
11 address their specific issues. Through the Community Action Program, Petaluma
12 will be encouraged to hold town hall meetings and, ,similar functions to build
13 coalitions of residents, business leaders, the faith community, non-profit agencies,
14 existing collaborations and government that will identify and prioritize local issues.
15 Groups will determine strategies to maximize assets and achieve local goals. The
16 City of Petaluma can serve as a link to existing resources and help to create forums
17 for public discussion. The Community Action Program's action plans will utilize the
18 power of local partnerships to build strong, healthy communities.
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20 RESA
21 REDWOOD EMPIRE. SPORTS COMPLEX
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23 Jim Carr, Parks and Recreation Director brought this before the current Council for a
24 status report and discussion. The proposed Redwood Empire Sports Complex is
25 located on E. Washington Street, East of the Airport. The proposed project is for a
26 six field lighted softball complex with two of the fields being multi use and a possible
27 indoor soccer facility.
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29 Marty Hronec, Developer -stated that he has been involved in sports for many
30 years in this community. He brought a guest speaker who is here to speak
31 regarding night vision.
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33 Dr. Rapkin, Ophthalmologist/Pilot -read from several pieced of literature to the
34 Council regarding dark adaptation and the ability of the eye to adjust to low. levels of
35 illumination, :and the impact. the dark adaptation has on flight piloting and the
36 'proposed :development that is before you. Dark adaptation 'in flying conditions one is
37 primarily talking about instrument flight. One is looking at an instrument panel that is
38 dimly illuminated purposely to allow pilots when at altitude in flight to have the most
39 and greatest sensitivity to lights on the outside that maybe coming in their direction
40 representing either obstacles on the ground. or most commonly other aviation
41 aircraft. When one is on the ground and one is shooting an approach on a visual
42 flight path under visual flight rules dark adaptation does play not play a great role.
43 We all know that being in a commercial airport there are headlights on the landing
44 gear of planes, there are strobes on planes. There is significant illumination of the
45 fields so one is not dark adapted at an aircraft field at all. The problem of adaptation
46 time is a serious one only when there is a gross change to lower illumination. Large
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1 changes in illumination from low to high levels. usually- d'o ..not pose. any serious
2 problem for adaptation. Complete dark adaptation after long-term exposure to_bright.
3 summer sunlight may actually require months. Background lights serve to
4 desensitize the system to luminance but to .increase it sensitivity to space even
5 during a dark range of illumination. 1Nhat happens actually is if you have something
6 like a baseball field or a landmark that is ;illuminated, the intensity of the light or the
7 light that is present.. that. ambulant illumination allows you to be oriented to the
8 ground. It is a safety factor in terms of orientation for a pilot.
9 The proceeding. discussion ~is indicated that a number ofi perceptual distortions occur
10 under viewing conditions similar' to those encountered during :night aviation. This
11 analysis suggests that one way to eliminate these illusions from the nighttime. flying
12 situation is to provide some representation of the stable external environment for the
13 aviator.
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15 The field, in particular the lighting, which is being proposed by Mr. Hronec if
16 anything, hould be an aid -to aviators and not a hindrance and not something that
17 would ereate~ a precarious situation in the air.
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19 Marty Hronec. stated. that the Sonoma County Airport Land Use Commission has
20 allowed him 46 ~h people per .acre, 20 acres which is 1300 people for a maximum
21 number of people at the..facility atone time.
22 There is a control gate to monitor people coming and going. One-dollar ($1)
23 admission will be charged to those 18 years and older and given back in -the form of
24 a token to be used at the concession, stand. or batting cages. There will be no
25 charge for Petaluma Girls Softball Association or the Petaluma Youth Soccer
26 League.
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28 His proposed building sits:, opposite the Two Niner Diner and the Administrative
29 offices at the Airport,, which are very close to the. runway. The occupancy of those
30 two buildings is above 50 people. at any given time.. The hangars, which .are to the
31 northwest of the field, are larger and taller than his proposed. building. The Rooster
32 Run Golf Course holds banquets almost every weekend with large numbers. of
33 people. , .
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35 His water well was discussed years :ago with Warren .Salmons, then Assistant City
36 Manager, .and it'was suggested that he irrigate at night, therefore ,any draw on `the
37 water table would be able to recover. Steve Simmons, Public UVorksSuperintendent
38 recommended that the proponent-dig h'is own irrigation well which would not have to
39 go as deep as a city well and would: not have a negative impact. on surrounding
40 homes.
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42 Council.. Member Maguire, suggested Mr. Hronec look into artificial turf, in particular
43 the Marin Academy in Sa_n Rafael who use it.
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45 Mr. Carr advised Council th~e~ RES~A clubhouse would b~e approximately 600'=800'
46 from the runway. Th'e closest housing is of equal distance.
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2 Council Member Keller, do you have an estimate of if you went to a shallower well
3 on site what the pumping costs would be? Are those pumping costs the city's
4 responsibility? Is the city responsible for supplying water?
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6 Marty Hronec: The city would not be responsible in supplying me with water. I
7 would install my own well and pump my own water to provide irrigation.
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9 Jim Carr, the agreement reads that the city will supply water and sewer to the
10 property line. Mr. Hronec would be responsible for the cost of utilities. The city
11 would provide domestic water to the clubhouse.
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13 Tom McCaw, spoke on behalf of the Airport Commission who's charge is providing
14 Council input on the day to day long. range operation and maintenance of the airport
15 facility. Some of the issues Mr. McCaw brought up were that facts that the
16 Commission has jurisdiction over airport property, the Airport Land Use Commission
17 has authority over the surrounding property and the use of the Urban Separator has
18 allowed for a ball field without structures.
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20 The comments he made in his letter about night vision was what he learned from his
21 flight instructor at flight school. Orie of the concerns he has is with foggy nights and
22 the coastal stratus. One of the most difficult and challenging things visually for a
23 pilot to do is to transition from flying instruments to visual. Because of the location of
24 hills and houses- an instrument approach brings you down. to pattern altitude that is
25 1100 feet, 1000 feet above the ground.. That's right about the base of where those
26 clouds are. You pop out of that and'you have reflected light coming off the base of
27 the clouds you can see the lights of Petaluma and it makes for a severe transition.
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29 Mr. Hronec mentions that the Airport Commission approved his project, but it is
30 questionable at what location it was approved.
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32 Council Member Keller,. looking over the aircraft accident listing 1984 to current there
33 were 11 fatalities, 4 were attributed to low ceilings and special disorientation.
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35 Herb Johnson, 521 Adrienne Drive, currently a pilot and :rents a hangar. He objects
36 to this project and any other development around the airport. There will be noise
37 complaints, interference with lights. He would like to see the Rocky Dog Park turned
38 into athletic fields.
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40 Don Smith reported that the present project went before the Airport Land Use
41 Commission in November. Airport Land Use Policy Plan states that in Transitional
42 Zones the occupancy is no greater than 50 persons per acre at any time. The
43 capacity of each of the 3 proposed larger bleachers adjacent to the main softball
44 field would hold 125 persons. You don't want a lot of people under a flight path.
45 There are instances where aircraft will fly directly over the sports complex at 500'.
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1 Art Caller, 513 Selmart Lane is very concerned about the buildings at Rooster Run
2 Golf Course. This is not a controlled airfield.. V1le don't need anymore distractions
3 especially around the airfield. He does not approve of this location. In time .more
4 things will be built surrounding the airport and- it could possibly-put the airport out of
5 business.
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7 Tony Avelino, Pilot in Viet Nam, feels that speakers have exaggerated the dangers
8 in regards. to this project and the airport. He agrees with the. Doctor with regard to
9 night vision. You train yourself to not look directly at the lights. He approves of this
10 project. He believes Prince Park is outdated, it need`s. lights and.. either a Larger
11 snack bar or more than one.
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13 John Mills, 1.315 "D" Street, if Council is concerned abouf the lights at the proposed
14 field you should be concerned with the lights you just approved for ,Prince Park.
15 Density of people of RESA should apply to Prince Pa"rk as well. The .Parks and
16 Recreation Commission told Mr. Hronec to put his project at the current location.
17 RESA takes the city out of the adult softball business and puts it into: private hands
18 easing the burden of the Parks. and Recreation Department so that they can spend
19 their time and money .maintaining youth. field's not adult fields.
20 Mr. Mills does not: feel there. is a density problem. He feels this location. is far safer
21 than Prince Park. He has a ,problem with alcohol use because the. city does not
22 monitor the situation in city parks.
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24 Mr, Hronec,. when this was brought before the.Airport Commission, May 2, 1996, this
25 was what they were shown. It states in their minutes that the new layout. would
26 benefit -all.. concerned parties. The bleachers were a large discussion at the ALUC
27 and it was determined that they were not structures because they wereportable and
28 could be moved at any time.
29 Security will be on site at all times when there is a function. Alcohol will be limited to
30 the building,. however it could possibly be allowed in the picnic areas:
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32 Council Member Keller asked City Attorney, Rich Rudnansky; since we had a
33 unanimous recommendation from our Airport Commission against. this project, if we
34 needed to have .any particular findings 'in overriding their recommendation. Mr.
3S Rudnansky .gave me a copy of paper work from the: ALUC .with various sections of
36 the ALUC-statutes provide for local agencies to override. ALUC decisions on land
37 use matters an"d Airport Master Plans :and the override process for that involves
38 three. mandatory steps. "1 } hold a pub is hearing except. where city or county
39 overrides a commissions disapproval, 2) the making of .specific findings that in action
40 propose is consistent with the p"urposes of the. ALUC statute and 3) approval of the
41 proposed action by 2/3 vote of the agency's .governing body. V1/e don't have: any
42 regulations in our Charter or proceedings that wound: require anything....parallel? If we
43 do I would rather err on the .side of safety that if we do decide to override. the ALUC
44 recommendation that we: do it by findings. .
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1 Council concerns and issues:
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3 1) Look at present location and/or alternate locations and whether the city approves
4 ball fields in this proposed location. Pursue option of the city owning this facility,
5 fiscal impacts and benefits city would receive from ownership of this parcel.
6 Look into Federal Grants in order to purchase this site from the city with a 10%
7 match and then use that money in order to purchase property in the Corona
8 Reach area.
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10 2) Airport encroachment/expansion plans for the. airport and how that relates to our
11 plans to accommodate business in Petaluma. It was requested that staff obtain
12 from the Airport Manager any future expansion plans that are available.
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14 3) Traffic generated from complex, bike paths and how they would be paid for, and
15 viable use of shuttles/vans.
16 The Traffic Study provided shows the facility actually located coming out of the
17 Prince Park facility. This needs to be updated.
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19 4) Provision for Transit services and financing of those services.
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21 5) Clarify density of people at RESA complex - 46 'h to 50 people per acre.
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23 6) Policing of alcohol on fields.
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25 7) Determination from City Attorney, with respect to Liability and Risk Assessment
26 whether it's a publicly or privately owned facility. If the city were to run this facility
27 what would the risks be?
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29 8) Security, staffing and enforcing regulations so we don't. have the Police
30 Department responding instead of an effective security force.
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32 9) Safety at the RESA complex and Prince Park in relation to flight patterns and
33 protecting the Airport for the future.
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35 1D )Define Airport Land Use Commission authority and City authority. (Jf Council
36 wants to override the ALUC we have to be very explicit about our findings so that
37 we lay legal groundwork to insure the public that we believe they are wrong and
38 we have reasons they are wrong).
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40 11 )Water -look at over all plan of what city is going to do for water recycling in that
41 area. is the: pipeline: in or not in, monitor the draw down on ground water,. high-
42 pressure sprinklers and city well versus private well.
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44 12 )T.here are revenue projection in year 8 of about $90,000-$100,000 to the city,
45 make sure that our costs are accounted for in this so that this is not going to be a
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Council would also. like to discuss insurance that .holds the city as additional insured
to a substantial sum.. under a wide range of events in which we can be Warned the
landholder or having. approved. this .over the opposition of the Airport Commission.
It was requested by Council that staff provide a map of thee. Transition Zone for the
airport to see ,justwhere structures are situated in ceiation to :air traffic. In allowing
permanent homes. at a similar distance on the other side of the runway speaks of the
flexibility or how you approach the Transition Zone issue when you're not in the
approach patterns, but when your direct) next to the runway.
ADJOURN
Council adjourned to Closed Session at 10:45 p.m.
CLOSED SESSION
CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATOR Pursuant to Government Code: Section
54957.6 Agency Negotiator: City Negotiator: Unrepresented Emp ogee: City Manager
an.inia~ru
Closed Session Adjourned at 11:30 with nothing to report.
E. Clar son, Mayor
ATTEST:
Paulette` Lyon, Deputy' i ~ Clerk
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