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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 01/13/1992January 13, 1992 Vol. 27, Page 1 ~ MIriUTES ®F A REGULAR.ADJOURNED MEETING 2 PETALUMA CITY C(JUNCIL 3 1VI®1VDAY, JANUARY 13, 1992 4 RGLL CALL 7:00 p.rti. 5 PRESENT: Read, Davis, Cavanagh, Vice Mayor Woolsey, Mayor 6 Hilligoss, Sobel, Nelson 7 ABSENT: None s PUBLIC C®NIMENT 9 Pam Torliatt, 1017 GStreet -What is the status of the public education workshops on the to wastewater plant. 11 Who is responsible for maintenance of the Auto Plaza sign? There are 12 unlighted letters. 13 The walk button on the Highway 10.1 overpass traff c light is broken. 14 Congratulations to Vice Mayor Lynn Woolsey on her election campaign 15 for Congressional in the 6th District. 16 Vince Landof, 12 Cordelia Drive -questioned what the City of Petaluma has done to 17 generate the 5 % reduction in flood insurance rates. He fails to see where there is any 1s flood fix. 19 City Manager John Scharer advised the audience on January 21 the Council will consider 20 dates for the wastewater plant workshops. 21 The Auto Plaza sign upkeep is the responsibility of the automobile dealer. 22 The traffic light controls at the Highway 101 overpass are the 23 responsibility of CALTRANS. The City will contact CALTRANS. 24 Assistant City Manager Warren Salmons advised the flood insurance rate reduction is the 2s result of the City's Zoning Ordinance amendments which recognize the revised Federal 26 Emergency Management Agency Flood Map, the result of the emergency preparedness 27 planning activities on the part of City staff, and the result of information programs. It is 2s anticipated the Petaluma flood insurance policy holders will experience another rate 29 reduction in 1993. 3o C®UNCIL C®MMENTS 31 Brian Sobel requested an update on the Army Corps of Engineers flood control project. 32 City Manager Scharer advised the Council that there will be a report on the Army Corps 33 of Engineers project at the January 21 meeting. 34 Michael Davis -congratulated Vice Mayor Woolsey on her candidacy for the 6th District 3s Congressional .seat. 36 He noted there is a business in town that will contract to clean up a homeowner's 37 yard of doggie stool. 3s World Watch, an environmental group, says there will be an environmental 39 revolution within the next decade. 4o Detroit automobile manufacturers are beginning to produce small numbers of 41 alternative energy vehicles. Page 2, Vol. 27 January 13, 1992 1 Nancy Read -regarding Cable Television, she requested the Council subcommittee look 2 into and keep the Council informed as to; (1) progress regarding cable de-regulation; (2) 3 the use of fibre optic telephone lines ..for cable television delivery systems;. (3) the use of 4 satellite dishes; (4:) whether or not the cable company serving. the area would be 5 amenable to selling some of the equipment that is available by zental .only ;(such as the 6 remote control. device); and, (6) whether or not the cabae company would -make limited ~ service available gat a reduced rate. s Jack Cavanagh - requested a status report on the Marina including progress with the 9 fueling facility. io Vice Mayor Woolsey - .complimented Jennifer Barrett on her Rainier :project report. She i i asked ahe .City:"Manager to explain more -about the. packet schedule so the Council knows 12 what to expect. She thanked everyone for their congratulatory remarks. 13 Bonnie Nelson -the homeless have shelter this cold 'night;. she is grateful for that. 14 Mayor Hlligoss -called :Don LaCerte from the: American Legion ..and Private Mary Keill 15 to the microphone to recognize Private Keill for her service in Operation'. Desert Storm. ~6 She was presented with a key to the City, a City the and a United States flag. 1~ FIREPLACES AND WOOD'BUItNING HEATING APPLIANTCE5 ~g As: a result of a successful public information campaign to reduce the use of fossil. fuels 19 several years. ago, an .increasing number of households in the Bay .Area Air Quality 20 Management District (BAAQMD) have installed wood burning appliances for .heat. 21 Air Quality 'Regulations - The'Cty was advised. recently ghat the'BAAQMD :is developing 22 regulations for ahe use of individual automobiles in order to reduce air pollution. 23 Regulating, emissions from wood burning appliances is also on the BAAQMD regulation 24 horizon. 25 Staff presented a draft ordinance regulating chimney particulate emissions on new and 26 replacement installations of wood burning appliances to those which emit no more than 27 7.5 grams per hour of particulates. That is the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 2s standard' for "enclosed" heating appliance chimney emissions. Speakers were: ~(h i I ~o n 29 ~4irr-Feldstein; of the Bay Area Air Quality Management District spoke in support of 3o regulating the types of wood. burning. appliances to be allowed in new construction. He 31 suggested all new and replacement wood burning appliances should be EPA approved. 32 He noted where have been 10 days in the last year when the atmospheric conditions -have 33 been such that the Bay Area Air Quality Management District has issued "Do Not Burn" 34 alerts to try to alleviate the amount of smoky air that results from atmospheric inversion 35 layers. He noted they have a telephone number for people to call'the BAAQMD to report 36 chimney smoke on "Do Not Burn" days. The BAAQIVID has staff on duty ,at night to 37 respond to the telephone complaints. Sixty five calls have been received so far. 3s At this time there is no Bay Area municipality that has. adopted this type regulation ,i January 13, 1992 Vol. 27, Page 3 ~ Lloyd Becket of Sebastopol represented the fireplace insert industry. The company he 2 represents manufactures the only fireplace insert that can meet the stringent EPA emission 3 standards. However, due to interesting wording of the EPA regulations, fireplaces 4 cannot be approved because they utilize more than a 35:1 air ratio. 5 Sarah Kidd, representing the Wood Burning Appliance Industry, noted the EPA will not 6 test certain units even though those units may be very clean burning appliances as 7 certified by the same testing laboratories that are used by the EPA. The wood burning s appliance industry is evolving in terms of using waste products, such as rice stalks, to 9 make pelletized fuel. She referred to the Woodburning Handbook distributed by the Air 1o Pollution District Districts. This document incorporates consumer data on choice and 11 drying of wood and efficient wood heating. 12 Charles Carson, representing the Building Industry Association (BIA), expressed BIA 13 support of clean burning heating appliances. He asked that the ordinance become 14 effective for each subdivision at a time in the building/planning process prior to incumng 15 costs related to fireplace/heating appliance design selection. They would like to continue 16 to install fireplaces in some form. ~~ Jack Balshaw, 1680 Kearny Court - it would have been great to have this information ten 1s days ahead of time in order to digest it all. .Everyone here from the industry speaking to 19 you tonight would benefit from this proposed regulation. He is not sure there really is a 20 major air pollution problem and is concerned about Mr. Feldstein's (Bay Area Air 21 Quality Management District) news about neighbors turning in neighbors for using a 22 fireplace. It also appears that we are setting up a situation in preparation for retrofitting. 23 Who is going to test his fireplace for compliance and efficiency? The industry has told us 24 they are working on cleaner burning appliances and fuel. He feels the Council should put 25 this aside for a while. 26 Michael DeLongis, Amber Way -opposed to ban of open hearth fireplaces. He asked 27 how this could go to the voters for the decision. 2s Jack Arnold, 622 Second Street -this is an education issue. You can create a clean 29 burning fire with green wood, if you know how to do it; and, you can create a polluting 3o fire with dry wood. Log placement and timing are key elements. 3~ It was suggested the staff be given sufficient flexibility to approve installation of heating 32 appliances that have been tested to emit up to 7.5 grams of particulates per hour. That 33 would include more units ware on the current EPA approved list. 34 Assistant City Manager Warren Salmons asked the Council for time to revise the 35 ordinance to incorporate the comments received this evening. Amendments would 36 include the following, acceptable appliances would have particulate emissions no greater 37 than 7.5 grams per hour; the regulations will be effective. for new construction and for 3s replacement of existing units or fireplaces; the effective date of the ordinance would 39 recognize the timing of the development community cost development cycle for 4o subdivisions which are in process so as to avoid incurring additional cost factors. .i3'~W .;t~.s Page 4, Vol. 27 January 13, 1992 1 RECESS 9:20 to 9:45 p. m. 2 ADJOURN -the Regular Adjourned Council 3 with the Petaluma Community Development C pz =ti °W ' ~?~~ ~iGy~lS ~ ~ ~:,ti' ing was adjourned to a ~n ., 4 M. Patricia Hilligoss, Mayor 5 ATTEST: r 6 Patricia E. Bernard, City Clerk meeting January 13, 1992 1 MINYJTES OF A d®INT MEETING 2 OF THE 3 PETALiJMA CITY COiJNCIL 4 AND THE 5 PETALiJMA COMMUlV1TY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION 6 MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 1992 Vol. 27, Page 5 7 ROLL CALL 9:45 p.m. 8 PRESENT: Read, Davis, Cavanagh, Vice Chairman Woolsey, Chairman 9 Hilligoss, Sobel, Nelson 10 ABSENT: None 11 RIVER WALK DESIGN 12 Sandra Reed of ZAC Landscape Architects reviewed the decisions made at the two 13 planning workshops, made a slide presentation reviewing the design recommendations 14 and displayed a large model of the River Walk (formerly called Golden Concourse). 15 Color selections will be made at a later time. Colored banners with a seasonal theme and 16 ornamental lights will be hung. The workshop group is ready to develop working 17 drawings for Zones 1 and 2. $200,000 has been budgeted for River Walk improvements 18 this fiscal year. 19 Zone 1 (Keller Street Parking Garage to Kentucky Street) will be resurfaced. Zone 2 20 (Kentucky Street to Putnam Plaza) will have new ornamental handrails on either side of 21 the stairs. 22 Zone 3 (the crosswalk at Putnam Plaza and Petaluma Blvd.) There was considerable 23 discussion about the identification of the crosswalk and an overhead ornamental design 24 connecting both sides of the street. 25 Zone 4 (the area between Petaluma Blvd. and Water Street along the public parking lot) 26 will tie into the other sections of the River Walk with the same seasonally representative 27 colored banners and similar lighting. 28 There was discussion about the possibility of utilizing several business establishment rest 29 rooms with PCDC reimbursement for some of the maintenance and operation costs. Staff 3o will pursue this idea. It was suggested that a homeless person could be employed to assist 31 with the maintenance. Jim Schultz, representing the Main Street organization, noted the 32 merchants do not wish to have signs pointing to public restroom facilities in their 33 establishments. Jack Balshaw, 1680 Kearny Court, noted the Petaluma Area Chamber of 34 Commerce Promotion Committee is in favor of supporting the provision of restroom 35 facilities in the downtown area. The Council/Commission was advised that a hamburger 36 business was offering the use of their facility, but the Health Department "wrote the 37 business up" and required that permission cease because the people had to pass through 38 the cooking area to reach the restroom. The Council suggested that alternatives be 39 pursued before they look at a big restroom construction project. 4o Traffic Engineer Allan Tilton reviewed the pedestrian/vehicle collision experience of the 41 downtown area. Although there was a great deal of discussion regarding the pedestrian 42 movement in Zone 3, there was no staff direction at this time. Prior to actual installation 43 of banners and lights, the respective property owners will be obtained be asked to allow 44 these appurtenances to be affixed to their buildings. Page 6, Vol. 27 January 13, 1992 1 The Chairman advised staff to proceed with the next step (complete the Zone 1 2 construction, and to the extent that funds are available, to work on Zone 2). There was 3 no objection from the Council/Commission. 4 At 10:55 p. m. the meeting recessed to a Closed Session to discuss litigation with t e City 5 Attorney. A I . ~ `~ _ y~~~ 6 M. Patricia Hilligoss, Chairman 7 ATTEST: s Patricia E. Bernard, City Clerk