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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 01/17/1989January 17, 1989 ~PProreoR as Gorr~c..t~c,~ Zi~l~ Vol. 24, Page 273 , MIN~JTES OF A REGULAR MEETING PETALiJMA :CITY COUNCIL JANUARY 17.,1989 There was no one wishing to speak PUBLIC COMMENT CONSENT CALENDAR The following items .were approved Eby the adoption. of a single motion which was introduced by Larry Tencer; and seconded by - Vice Mayor Davis ~ . ~ ~ :.~ . . ~:. , . ,, r . - . ~ .. _ _ _ . AYES: Cavanagh, Tencer, Woolseyy, Balshaw Viee Mayor Davis 11!Iayor Hilligoss NOES: 0 ABSENT: *Sobel ICES®. 89-13 .NCS ''CLAIMS ANI) BILLS Resolution 89-13 NCS approving Claims and Bills #87629 through #87910. ORD. 1750. NCS BICYCLE`ItIDING AItOiJNI) LUCCHESI LAKE Adopt Ordinance 1750 NCS restricting bicycle riding ati Lucchesi Lake °perimeter. RESO.89-14 NCS DENY APPEAL ON BOUI;EVARD BOWL Resolution 89-14 NCS confirming action denying appeal on Boulevard Bowl. ORD. 1751 NCS ALMA COURT REZONING Adopt Ordinance. 1751 NCS rezoning Alma Court ,for consistency with the General Plan. RESO.89-15 NCS FINAL MAP SOUTI-I POINT Resolution 89-15 'NCS approving:final map for South Point. RESO.89-16 NCS ACCESS EASEMENT`PARK PLACE 7 Resolution 89-16'NCS authorizing the summary vacation of a superseded emergency access easement to Park Place 7. ROLL CALL: 3:00 P.M. ****** End of Consent Calendar #'~'~*** ~.. - .. a ,. L.Y yi ~ i ~ ~ Page 274, Vol. 24 January 17, '1989 BEST STORE & DELI APPEAL. Ana eal was received from Jo p convenience market on Petaluma n Milliken regarding use ennit requirements for Blvd.._North, After .much discussion v~nth regard to __ _ left 'turn :pockets 'into driveway,, removing bus stops and banning .on street parking, motion was made. by Vice ,Mayor Davis 'and seconded by Councilman Cavanagh.. to . approve the striping unprovements of, a 7~', secti'on in ,front of the Best Store & Deli, to be funded by the. applicant. City Council to participate. in the cost of paving with funds from the five ( ear Ca rtal 'Im rovement Pro am. Stn m im rove ~.n P . _ ~ ._ _ __ ~ P g •P , ,merits to be completed withi one. year :begmnmg January 17, 1989. After, striping is comppleted Council will take innto consideratiffo+n a left turn out of lot onto Petaluiria B1vd.,,North, CSee B7J}.PZ $9 •lo ~' n.dd~~i a,c.a! irclormr,;}1oi~> AYES: Cavanagh; Tenter, Sobel, Woolsey, Balshaw, Vice Mayor Davis, Mayor Hilligoss . NOFS: 0. ABSENT:"0 Coun~lnan,Sobe1 arrived at:3:50 p.m. 199.0 DEVELOPMENT OB:IECTIVES Resolution 89-:1,7 'NCS establishing 199U Development objectives for Growth. Management System. The :Council.agreed on the following Development Objectives:. 1. Alternative housing. projects° such as modular or self: help cooperatives. 2. Joint development: of ~ adjoining smaller parcels is encouraged when. it will. result in; a better .overall __ project design. 3. Pro'ects in the Urban Diversified (up to 10 du/ac) or Urban High (up to 1'S f _) Creneral Plan land' use categories, should ;provide private open space, du ac recrea`t'ion ,facilities or. _public~ open space mamtamed by a andscape assessment district. for the benefit of~ its :residents when dedicated public recreation :facilities :are ;not required as a ,condition of approval. 4. ~ M°° P tam an avperage Bastside/Westside development ratio:,, of 65 percent and 35' ercent, res ectively,, over a three (3) year period: , 5.Increase the stock .of multi=family housing where permitted. by the General Plan. 6. Work =with affected school districts to ease' potential impacts resulting .from ~~ new development. January 17, 1989 Vol. 24, Page 275 7. Reduced zesidential street -standards are encouraged; however,. developers should also .consider alternative driveway patters {length aril 'width) to offset the potential loss of on-street parkin (this may encourage garages "to' the rear and improve overall project appearance.. 8. Maintain the integrity of the Urban .High and Urban Diversified land use categories by requiring. that development projects on sites with those designations have an overall density of not less than 67% of the maximum allowable General Plan density. Council would also like to add an additional objective, that being to encourage `meandering sidewalks'.. Language in the form of a resolution will be brought back to the Council. for final action. ~~ CLOSED EiJSINESSES REPORT _ It was .suggested liy Council that there be a Business- Property -Maintenance Ordnance`~applyng to the appearance of botl~~open ~and~.closed~-businesses-. City Attorney, Joe Forest recommended that the best way for the City to enforce the ordinance would be, as a Nuisance Abatement. This item will be brought back in . ordinance fo"rm for Council approval. . ~ - NORTH IVICDOWELL ASSESS1VIEl~IT DISTRICT This item to be continued -until January 23, 1988. RES®. 89-18 NCS . ~ OLD REDWOOD HIGI=IWAY INTERCI~IANGE Resolution 89-18 NCS: agreeing to pay the cost for: Old Redwood Highway interchange widening. Council would like wording on this resolution to include or any other mtra coupt~ protect that may. impact the interchange that is beyond the direct control of the City of Petaluma. It was moved by Larry Tencer and seconded by Lynn Woolsey AYES: Cavanagh, Tencer,. Sobel, Woolsey, Balshaw, Vice Mayor Davis, Mayor Hilligoss NOES: None ABSENT: None RES®. 89-19 NCS ABANDON STATE ROUTE 116 Resolution 89--19 NCS revising; resolution of .conditions relative to abandonment State Route 116. Councilman Balshaw believes the- city should not abandon State Route 116,. that it should remain the city's road. Councilman Tencer feels hat unless staff .thinks there is overwhelming considerations why we should' agree .to the exchange, he proposes that the offer be turn down. Motion was made. by Larry Tencer -to rescind Resolution No. 88- 4 in its entirety, seconded by Lynn Woolsey. AYES:. Cavanagh, Tencer, Sobel, Woolsey, Balshaw, /ice Mayor Davis, Mayor Hlligoss NOES:O ABSENT:O Page 276,. Vol. 24 January 17, 1989 RESO.89-20 NGS INVESTMENT POLICY Resolution 89-20 NCS approving: Investment Policy for"~ ,1989 was introduced by Viee' Mayor Davns~ and seconded by BnanSobel. AYFS: Cavanagh, Tencer, Sobel, Woolsey,'Balshaw,Vice IVlayor'Davis, . Mayor:Hilligoss NOES; 0 ABSENT: DIXIELAND .IAZZ F'ES1'IVAL A request; was. made: fiom the Dixieland Jazz Festival to use 19$8 TOT allocation for 1987 expenses: Request. was,;reviewed by'the' Council. 1Vlotiori was made by Larry Tencer'to reject request, seconded'by.Brian Sobel. _ ;, . -. '`~ ~ ' AYES: ~, Tencer, Sobel, Woolsey, Balshaw, Vice Mayor Davis, ~aye~ ' ~ - ,. ; ,,u . ~ NOES: -0"L''a~tanag~,~ Mu.yn'. ~};1'l~9uss ~ ,. ~ r ,_~ ABSENT: O . BUS DESIGN: ~~, ; , AssistantCity Manager Gene Beatty, ~presented'the Council with a design of the new city buses. The meeting`-was' adjourned at 5::20'p.rn. ADJOURN TO DINNER at Alfred's 700'P.1Vi: Weer, .Sobel, Woolsey, Bal'shaw, Davis, .Mayor H~illigoss ~ . PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE City Attorney"Joe Forest led the Pledge of Allegiance. PUBLIC ~COIVTIdIENT: Bonnie Nelson; 147 Ellis Street, # 17, spoke ~on behalf :of the ;homeless and their .. needs. . ABSENT: None. January 17, 1.989 Vol. 24, Page 277 CITE COUNCIL COMMENTS: John Balshaw - he has. observed: parents parking -on the .opposite side of the street from 1VI'cDowell School to bring them to school and to pick them up. In both eases, the ~ehldren 'have to run across the street .thus exposing them to oncoming traffic; they° should be left, and picked up at"the curb for then safety. Lynn Woolsey -she observed that staff at the Lucchesi Community' Center is very busy and expressed concern about over-extending our staff: Michael Davis -noted the Lucchesi :Park. trees that the. Council specifically directed to be supported with 4 protecting, rods .have been. subject to breakage. Staff was asked to replace -the broken poles. and support ties. Larry Tencer =expressed compliments for the manner ;in which the Petaluma Police offi'eers handled a .disturbance. Jack Cavanagh - Payran Street between Jefferson and Lindberg truck' parking and unloading 'has been an ongoing problem. ~ He asked staff .how they are handling this. City Manager'Scharer advised the Chief has been directed to suggest a solution to the problem. .PROCLAMATION MANLTEL 1VdENDES Mayor Hilligoss read the proclamation- for Manuel Mend"es and 'extended to him the sincere appreciation and admiration for all 'he, has accomplished as a single parent and. as a volunteer. for abused children and the handicapped. Vice Mayor Davis presented the proclamation to Mr. Mendes. PROCLAMATION YMCA FAMILY WEEK Mayor Hilli~oss read and presented the proclamation to a Board Member of the YMCA, Craig Roland. VACATION PORTION OF .NINTH STREET Page 278, Vol. 24 January 17, 1989 TRUCK TRAFFIC. FAIR/TENTfLSTItEETS _ DireFctor of Public Works: Pat Miller reviewed the various t'imes~ the subject of truck- y of Request; for ._ g ,-g Con c 1 once deration of Trc Co rmmitt eodec lsion re~ardm ldt~ruck traffic at 10th and Fair Streets. Residents'. Attornev° ~ ' . Irv Piotr-kowski spoke qn, behalf° of several residents pointing .out to the Council several ;actions taken by the :City prior C Councils relating to truck ,,traffic regulations: In fairness, he said the; truck tr 'c restriction on 5th and ~6tfi, Streets: should either- be duplicated. on. the 10th. Street-Fair' Street artery" or the. restriction 'on 5th and .6th Streets should be removed so that the .streets are 'treated equally'. It "was noted that :both " Hagstroms Market. and. they Cooperative Creamery have reduced the truck usage of -10th ;Street - .Fair Street. Suggestion o eliminate usage o£ 10th,-.Fair It was suggested that.. the trucks coming in, from the Pt: Reyes :area. should' travel .along easterly along D Street to'Lakeville, turn.left on.,Lakeville to Washington, turn left on Washington and travel. westerly to Howard, then take I-Iowad towards `Western Avenue then turn right on Western Avenue, to travel westerly to the creamery: John Seibert; :Safety Director and ~ Transportation. Manager of thee- California Cooperative Creamery reviewed the steps they creamery has taken to reduce truck usage of 10th-Fair. They' use 'Petaluma, Blvd'..during the hours the;: Blvd. ~is open to truck traffic. In,;addition, they have 'spent a lot, of money repairing. thec brakes and mud flaps: to reduce. noise'. Signs have- been. posted all ,over the ereamer• .. telling the drivers what time and where they can drive the trucks. He noted thaf,85:% of the:-milk from Maria and Sonoma Counties is Petaluma Cooperative Creamery niullc. Steve Gaultney,: Hagstroms Market, ,is encouraging the truck drivers to change their delivery. times, to later in the morning where possible to reduce the impact on 10th- Fair°~residents. Bob; Texera, truck drver'for the ~creamery:identified problems the drivers experience in utihzing the D .Street ~ to Lakeville to Washington to Howard. to Western route. These include waiting for several traffic signal changes at D/Lakeville and at Lakeville/Washington, and because of the slower speeds of the fully loaded trucks, impatient drivers. make,, fast, unsafe maneuvers around the trucks both coming into town along D Street and going up the .hill on Washington. Street.- Jennifer -Baker ,of 18 '10th Street spoke about. the. amount of truck disturbance they experience. Johng Siebert advised the Council.. he had. not been :informed about any truck drivers usm routes during times the creamery has self-im osed res his busmess~ cards to members of the audience request riction"s. He gassed out ' ~'~ng- they. notify hun of creamery drivers if there: are. more problems: January 17, 1989 Vol. 24, Page 279 The: Council discussed the possibility of removing. the .ruck traffic restriction on 8th and "6th Streets either permanently or on a trial basis... ~ ' It was .council consensus to continue the matter for a month. At that time,. to invite the residents. of 5th and 6th. Streets to the meeting also: Staff is to develop data so the Council can quant~'fy the situation. Staff was' also asked to be specific: about weight limits and' .truck traffic enforcement on Petaluma Blvd. " ~ . Bill Adams, 24 Fair Street, advised that hay, silage and belly-dancer trucks also use 10th-Fair. ~ ' ELIMINATED Joern Kroll, Traffic Engineer, described the request of the residents of Park Avenue, Pleasant Street, .and the orfion of Prospect that_conneets the two that 'one-way traffic up-hill' be institufed on both Pleasant..Street and .Park Avenue with Oak Street remaining two-way. Medla McClerie and Mr. Kvalheim spoke on behalf of the residents. The residents' say that Oak Street has become an access between Petaluma Blvd. North :and. Bodega Avenue to avoid, the Washington Street traffic. After ooking at several alternatives„ the Council and residents agreed that creating a parking area on Oak Street; just off of Howard, closing Oak to through traffic at a point uiside the park just beyond the newly created parkin area would be the most satisfactory alternative. Staff will bring appropriate legislation back to the Council at a future agenda. It was moved by Larry Tenter, seconded by Vice Mayor Davis, to .approve closing Oak Street to through traffic at a point inside Oak Hill Park. AYES: Cavanagh, Tenter, Sobel, Woolseyy; Balshaw, Vice Mayor Davis, Mayor I"Iilligoss , NOES: None ABSENT: None l~IcDOIVALD'S Z7SE'PERMIT -GATEWAY CENTER Planning Staff recommended approval of th`e use permit; for McDONALD'S Restaurant for afree-standing- fast-food restaurant with. adrive-throu~li .lane at the Gateway' Shoppin Center, located on the northwest corner of "Lakeville Street and Caulfield Lane. Tlie Mcdonald's Use Permit for a fast food franchise at the location of the new Lucky Store was referred to the Council ,pursuant. to a condition of the Lucky Store's approval.. There was considerable discussion about an architectural feature of the proposed fast food building and about the identification of the business. Also discussed was a"°major traffic mitigation fee. Speakers included Jack Bariteau of Keenan Land Comppany, the property owner; George Scott, architect; ~,. Peter Jordan, IVIcDONALD'S Construction; and Kathleen Gearhart of ' . McDONALD'S: McDONALD'S requested relief from the. `fee for the :reasons that . the fee was not in effect at the time of the original approvals and~the applicant was unaware of it during the planning,: financing and design process up to date. There was a fee paid, relating to the proposed Lakeville:= Assessment District, ~aiid the amount of the proposed $66,000 fee would preclude McDONALD'S from building at that site. Page 280, Vol. 24 ' January 17, 1989 It' was >> moved by ,Vice Mayor Davis, seconded by Jack Cavanagh, to accept the tower as shown. <AYES Cavanagh, Vice Mayor. Davis, I~iayor Hilligoss NOES: ; Teneer, Sobei, Woolsey, Balshaw RESO.89-21 NCS _ - APPROVING THE USE PERMIT F.OR 1VIcDONALD'S RESTAiJRANT Reso. 89-21 NCS approving: a use permit for 1VIcDONALD'S,Restaurant to be:loca'ted at the. northwestern corner: of Lakeville Street and Caulfield Lane subject °to the architectural modification of lessening; the Power, height and 'the corporate logo- be incgrporated in relief`in the surface matenal: and that traffic mite aton -fees shall tie computed: based upon the additional seating over and above t e 2,900 originally proposed. Introduced by John~Balshaw seconded by.Brian Sobel. AYES: Cavanagh, Tencer Sobel,. Woolsey, Balshaw, Vice Mayor Davis, IVlayor' Hillgoss NOES: None- ABSENT: None I:T. 5. ~IIGI~VVAY 101 CORI~IDOIt and The Committee has looked at- (but' made no decision) he possibility of submitting a measure to the County's voters regarding imposition of an additional, amount :of sales tax (perhaps 1/2 of l%) to be earmarked for transportation corridor improvements. They also. have formed.a growth management ,subcommittee. AD.TOURN The meeting was adjourned at 1,1:15 p . ., ~~~ - atnca i _igoss, a r. ATTEST.. ~ . ~- _ . . atncia _" : emar , ty er .