HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 11/11/1999November 8, 1999 Vol. 34, Page 61
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3 City of Petaluma, California
4 Minutes of a .Regular
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7 Regular.Illleeti_ng
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10 The City Council ofi the City of Petaluma met on this day at 7:10 p.m. in the Council
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13 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
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15 At the request of Vice Mayor Keller, Vince Landof led the Pledge of Allegiance.
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17 MOMENT OF SILENCE
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' ~ 19 At the request of Vice Mayor Keller, a Moment of Silence was observed.
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21 ROLL CALL
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- 23 Present: Cader-Thompson, Hamilton. ,Healy, Keller, Maguire, Torliatt
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25 Absent: Mayor Thompson
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. 28 PUBLIC COMMENTS
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30 Sandra Shand 617 N. Webster Street spoke regarding soccer field use and abuse:
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32 City Manager, Fred Stouder to find out who schedules, the; :games. and. asked Ms. °Shan_d
33 to contact him wifh .any further questions or comments in this regard.
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35 Vice Mayor Keller asked City management to check with Chief Parks regarding-.any ire
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38 Beth Meredith 104 Fifth Street announced the Friday night film series being hosted at
39 City Hall by various organizations in the community.. She also mentioned. that the.
40 wording in the agenda and. staff report.. did not provide a good sense of what the
41 discussion was about. tonight. She asked Council if the Public could commerf following
42 discussion at 'the dais..
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44 Jerry Price 411 "D° Street #3 was pleased with the action taken by Council and the City
45 management regarding, the appointment of Jean Kapolchek to the Sonoma County
46 Open Space, due to her professional relationship with Peter Pfendler.
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2 Bob Martin 1.71 P.ayran Street suggested run-off factors are tested on rainy season soil
3 conditions (letter on file in the.City Clerk's Office):
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5 Geoff Cartwright 56 Rocca Drive .spoke regarding the channelization in: the flood' plain
6 and expressed concern about where the water would go when it backed up into the
7 weir.
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9 Vice Mayor Keller advised that the City had requested that information from the Corps
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12 Diane Rei_Ily-Torres Rainier Avenue- asked why no EIR was done for the '.River
13 Enhancement-Plan:.
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15 Council Member Mamilfon answered. that the Council at, that time did not want an EIR
16` done and reminded Ms. Torres-that. was: a different Council.
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18 Council Member Torliatf stated that there had been a negative deelarati'on on the
19 project.
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21 Ms.Torres wanted City management to agendize the City's, contract with the 'Sonoma
22 County Water Agency for Council discussion and publiccomment.
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24 COUNCIL COMMENTS
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26 Council Member Torliatt asked that Council adjourn the meeting in memory of Jan
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29 Council Member Maguire announced a Zone 2=A meeting to be held at City Hall from
30 5:00 to 7:00 p:m. on Tuesday, November 09, 19.99.
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32 Council Member Hamilton -spoke regarding the. complaint:. received at the previous
33 week's meetingabout the G''ity's policy regarding employees receiving..gifts She was of
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34 the opinion that the employees would:' prefer recognition in t_he form of public
35 acknowledgementsuch as a Metter to the newspapers or expression of appreciation ,at a
36 Council meeting ratherthanf.ood or drinks.
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38 COUIVGIL LIAISON. AND CITY MANAGEMENT REPORTS
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40 Council Member Torliatt~ announced that the housing requirements for the County from
41 ABAG would ~be. presented; to the Executive Board on; November 17. She had asked
42 Steven Rabinowich, Santa Rosa City Council Member and the City's representative on
43 the Board,, to send that information to Council' as soon as possible..
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45 Keller SCTA -distributed :a draft of 'the B'ay° Area Transportation' Blueprint for the 21st
46 Century,. a summary document from the Metropolitan. Transportation Commission: He
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1 would also forward' a draft of the County Transportation plan and vision statement to
2 colleagues and advised it was coming back to thee-"Agency in December. He would
3 appreciate cornmenfs from Council before: then. He also advised that the informal
4 position of the Sonoma County Transportation Authority was not to adopt the Citizens 4
5 101 Measure.
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7 Council Member Torliatt wanted the Council to know she had ,been attending .the
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8 subcommittee meetings of 'the Sonoma. County Transportation Authority and in that',
9 capacity was working with. the subcommittee to prepare the- visioning plan.
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f1 AGENDA Cl'AiVGES,ADDITIONS AND DELETIONS
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15 UNFINISHED BUSINESS
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17 1. Discussion. and Possible Action on Process, Work Program and Budget for
18 Specific Plan or Project Plan.. (Lncluding Corona Reach Specific Plan) Related to
19 Condition 5.3 and Chelsea GGA Realty Application for Processing of Future:
20 Developments of the Factory Outlet Mall. (Stouder/Grunt)
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23 Vince Landof 12 Cordelia Drive wanted the' flood project completed before anything was
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26 Jerry Price 411. "D" Street #3 spoke regarding the community enhancing alternatives the
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29 John Cheney 55 .Rocca Drive spoke regarding the time constraints for this project and
30 was of the opinion that if the necessary ,studies were ~completed;° probably no
31 development would. be allowed due to the flooding issues; the City needed to -waif until
32 the flood project~was completed before proceeding with development in the floodplain.
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34 -Geoff Cartwright 56 Rocca Drive Spoke:againsf dewelo_prnent in the floodplain.
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36 Mark C. Johnson J Cyril Johnson Inv. Gory, 125. Willow .Road, Menlo Park spoke
37 regarding property' owner .representation/input ~on; any committee. appointetl to address
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40 Matt Connolly, Chelsea G:C.A. Realty .2200 Petaluma,.Boulevard .North was in favor of
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43 Fred Etzel Chelsea G,S.A. Four Embarcadero Center #510 S'an Francisco addressed
44 Council's time constraints on the Chelsea application; He requested the City's' "standard
45 form reimbursement agreement." He urged Council to adopt Option 2 as set forth in the
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Bob Martin 171 Pay_ran .Street: spoke regarding. the: antiquity of the FEMA reaps. He
recommended: that: if development was allowed,,. the. improvements .should 'be: built on
columns with: subterranean parking.,
Beth Meredith 104 Fifth Street spoke against decisions of this significance; being rushed
and cautioned Council to be conservative in their decision-making process.
Council Member Caller=Thompson asked City management to obtain: the. articles in -,the
LA Times regarding global warming:
Council concurred. that they .wo.uld act : as,. a Cornrnittee .of the whole. to ;address
development in this area and assign subcommittees as needed for specific issues.
David Wolfering understood that of a follow-up special meeting the: Council wanted an
agenda that focused. on ,
1.. Options for the area, such. as boundaries of the .Specific Klan area.
2. A discussion of the general. parameters, options and criteria;
® circulation ,assumptions;
• floodplain assumptions;:..
- is more information~needed?
3. A discussion of ttie; three major issues:.
• 'land use options;.
• cireulation~options; and ,
• ~, floodplain management options and, issues.
He conclud`e`d that Council's preference/or desire to:
• 1Nork ;on thisproject' as a committee of the. whole.;
• ;Provide ample opportunities .°for' the. public and property .owners toR. give
tho,ro,ugh 'input; and
• Define, the area,: key~'issues and criterio"n parameters (outlined above]
with the outcome being a; decision for a preferred alternative, and a range of alternatives
that would''be studied in the environmental :document.
Council. Member Cader=Thompson gadded
addressed gas a top p'rority: ~ ~ _
that. she wanted the biological constraints
Council Member Torliatt asked that~staff add the assurnptians that had been. made for
traffic and circu_lation;, such as_no Rainier, the Corona. Interchange as a viable option,
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1 and the potential for a frontage road along Hwy. 101, a look at east-west connectors;
2 and using railroad right-of-ways. She wanted more in-depth. things listed under the
3 main elements that Mr. Woltering had addressed. She also requested the River
4 Enhancement Plan be .included and folded into the discussions about alternatives.
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6 Council asked City management to bring the topic back for review, discussion., public
7 comment, and possible action on Monday, November 22 at 7:00 p.m.
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9 Council Member Healy suggested that at some point in the future the Council meet at
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12 ADJOURN
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14 The meeting. adjourned at 9:35 p.m.
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1 g E. Clark Thompson, Mayor
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