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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 01/23/1989~Pp~ovecQ aS sub,h;-1-led z~13~$~j January 23, 1989 Vol. 24, Page .281 MINU'T'ES OF A REGULAR ADJ®URN~D MEETING PETALUMA CITY COUNCIL JANUARY 23,1989 ROLL CALL 7:00 P.M. PRESENT: Cavanagh, Tencer, Sobel, Woolsey, Balshaw, Vice Mayor Davis, Mayor Hilligoss ` ABSENT: None PLEDGE ®F ALLEGIANCE PUBLIC C®MMENT Bob :Martin, 171 Payran Street - expressed his continuing concern about perceived flooding impacts. on the Payran area from upstream construction. RES®. 89-22 NCS C®NGRATULATE 49'ERS Resolution 89-22 NCS cong` atulatng the San :Francisco 4,9'er Football Team for winning the XXIII Super Bowl in Miami, Florida, on Sunday, January 22, 1989. Introduced by Brian. Sobel, seconded by Vice Mayor Davis. AYES: Cavanagh, Tencer, Sobel, Woolsey, Balshaw, Vice Mayor Davis, - Mayor I=iilligoss NOES: None ABSENT: None C®NSENT CALENDAR ,. The followin .items were approved by a single motion introduced by Lynn Woolsey . ~ and seconded by John Balshaw. AYES: Cavanagh, Tencer, Sobel, Woolsey, Balshaw,. Vice Mayor Davis,:Mayor..Hilligoss NOES: Norte ~• ABSENT: None ~, RESO:`89=23 NCS . WORKERS COIVIPENSATI®N - VOT.,IJNTEERS Resolution ~~89-23 NCS ;extending Worker's Compensation benefits. to City of Petaluma's volunteer workers. ItESO.89-24 NCS' ~- RIVER. WALK -.NEGATIVE DECLARATION Resolution. •89-24 NGS~ approving the issuance of a negative declaration of environmental impact for. the Petaluma River Walk Pedestrian Bridge. RES®. 89-25 NCS ALLOTMENTS -COUNTRY CLUB ESTATES Resolution: 89 25 NCS extending the allotment :forfeiture date from January 31, 1989, to February 28, 1989, for Country Club Estates i7nit II. End of Consent Calendar * "` " Page 282, Vol. 24 NCS January 23, 1989 Resolution 89-26 NCS supporting_grant .applications. for Urban ;Stream Restoration and Coastal Conservancy Enhancement. program. 'In applying for these grants,, tfie roviuma People Services Center requested. City suppport for their. program to petalde fob training while; enhancirig~ the environment, through creek improvement projects.. Rich Duisenberg of the Petaluma People Services Center addressed the, Council .and thanked them for the support.. Introduced by Vice IVlayor, Davis, seconded by Lynn Woolsey. ~ . AYES: Cavanagh; Tencer, Sobel, Woolsey, Balshaw,'Vice Mayor Davis, Mayor Hilligoss NOES:: None ABSENT: None CORONA-EI.Y ~SPECIF'IC PLANT- Principal Planner Michael Moore` noted the correspondence received from Kaaren Colabianchi requesting a continuance. of. the hearing to a'later date .to allow her to respond to the proposed. Corona-Ely Specific Plan, because a portion of the propposed -Sonoma Mountain Parkway bisects. her property. Due to ,grievous. family problems, she has not.been.able. to ,participate in this process until now, Mr: Moore has scheduled a meeting with .her later 'in the week. The hearing process resumed. Speakers were as~ follows: Ursula Liakos, 430 Ely .Road - - Densi -suggested the area .nearest Corona Road' be less dense than the southerly portion of `the area - Rural Uses. Protection. -suggested the lands which are. being used for agricultural pursuits should be protected: now, before=new residents move m -and decide, °they 'do not want .th'e agricultural uses adjacent to them and they start. `petitioning the City Council to ban agriculture - Cit~Services/Assessments -suggested that current residents notbeforced to:accept City services if they choose not to and,. if they choose not to utilize City services at the present~time; they should not be ,assessed at this time ,~ ~, . Staff Response =Michael Moore, noted the Plan calls -for feathenng 'the. Densi ""~'to Corona Road and the conflict between urban,:uses and existing It'ural Uses has been identified in the, Environmental. Impact Report and there are three, possible mitigations to that: (lj All: prospective purchasers of land within the planning area should be made aware .of.potential'.nuisances from abutting agricultural uses. As': a ' ' royal,. the City could require that. such notification be condirion of subdivision app _, made in the title, or some other a~propnate instrument, for all properties to'be sold= (somewhat= similar to the avigafion easements near they airport: Tliis would be reflected iii title reports.: (2) Strict. leas. h laws should lie established °for the area: He suggested these could be in the form of Conditions, erhaps Conditions; Covenants, and Restrictions or' Home Gwrier .Association Ru es and Regulations,. and that a signage program.. be implemented to control: doffs ;in the planning area. and to minimize the :impacts on adJacent agricultural activities., (3~ TheCity could .adopt a 'rights ~to farm' ordinance for -the purpose of protecting- existing agricultural operations from~being declared nuisances. January 23, 1989 ~ ° ~ ~Vo1. 24', Page 283 `~ City Services/Assessments. - With respect to the comments. about protecting the ,property owners from. assessments, the Financing Plan ,addresses the issue of creation of ari assessment district which includes properties that are affected by Sonoma- Mountain Par-kway construction. Most of the small agricultural parcels along Corona Road were excluded from the assessment district. The Financing Plan sets up procedures to follow at the time that these property owners wish to come into the City (at which time the benefit fee will he paid). Payran~ Flooding =Bob Martin; 171 Payran Street,~addressed his fear of the potential of flooding `impacts resulting -from construction in the Corona-Ely planning area. He suggested ~an erosion .control plan be adopted and asked if there are limits to commercial and industrial development in Petaluma. Allocation tequest Van Logan, spoke on behalf of development interests representing. approximately 250 of the nearly 700 acres that are included in this p g y ~ dusted their development planning'to the 300 lannin .area. The have met 'and ad' units per year which are assigned. to this planning area- by the Specific Plan. If there are any years in-which there are fewer requests for bunlding allotments than the General Plan maximum .allowable (including the 300 units in the Corona EIy area), the property that, he represents request that the Council make those available for development m the Corona Ely area. Council Subcommittee 'Report. John Balshaw reported during meetings held between the Council subcommittee and a majority of the landowners in this area 'there was discussion about the ability of the land to support the infrastructure construction costs which. will be borne -by the developments. The nmpetus for this specific study has always been the intention to build the whole roadway network and other infrastructure at once. To do that it takes. the money -that is appro~nately allocated ao all of the houses. Information given to the Councnl subcommittee by the development community was that 300 houses a year would be bare, marginal if everything goes the way i't's' supposed to go. The .Council subcommittee was firm in its stand-not to automatically give more than chat ~numlier of allocations annually to this area. In the spirit of the negotiations and with' he developers modifying their plans relating to :the assessment remamtng, as was. required - to be, to gnve the estimated funds for the infrastructure that we do make some kind of tentative commitment to the landowners (the intent would be That provided the situation in town was such that we could award up to 50 units,.. that we make a good faith agreement to do that and not two years ..from now comer up with some new way that if we ,give them fifty units they will build four :child care centers on the West. side). He agrees the exact numbers should remain open, but the intent to award should be there. It was noted that perhaps only 60% of the potential housing may be built and `that 6U% would have to carry' 'the 'burden of -financing thee. infrastructure, which is something between $8 Mnllions and $10 Millions. The development agreements could include a condition that additional units may be :available for allocation not to exceed 50 to 75 -units "per year- if there is less construction on the West side than the General Plan calls for. .Page 284, Vol: 24' • ~ „January" ~ 23', 1:989'' ' It was noted that this may' be~~up .to 3/5 of the gowth. of the community in one ' quadrant. On ahe ,other :hand,. if there would be a, prohibition ~of allocating, additional units- m this quadrant, it is conceivable that there; would be no building: at all in the community due to `the fact there is little. undeveloped .land' available in „the remaining .quadrants. High Amenity Area -Principal Planner Michael :Moore. described this area as one where the City ca tures some of the attractive features of'the West side where there ,. is some topograp_ y, mature trees and a place where there. could. be larger,lots and. custom homes. Initially it was the intent of the "12;000 square -foot loi" to achieve that ;goal. This. caused difficulty in netting out space -for the roadways,_ and ~ the transfer policy from the Urban Separator .does not work in most cases. However, using 25 units per ,acre allows developers of those ,properties to resolve these problems and the City can ;achieve its goals for the High Amenity Area. Brody Property -Bruce Aspinall of Aspinall,, Hummer & Associates, Planning:, Research ,of Santa .Rosa, apoke of behalf of; Sylvia. Brody, owner of 360 Corona Road, requested the Council continue the public trearing. The Brody family has also experienced grievous family problems, which have required all their recent attention.. The proposed .Sonoma Mountain Parkway with its i20 foot right; of sway, as shown on the Plan, bisects the.;Brody home as well as passes over the site of'two other houses. on -the Brody property. It is only re,cenfly that Mr: Aspinall "has been asked to speak for the fanuly. He noted thee: EIR does not address the.- specific impacts in conjunction of construction.of the Park_ way which, from his reading of the Plan,, he ;infers there will be 17,500 cars _on the Parkway at the point of the Brody property as a result of an aggressive build-out rather than a phased.. build,out;. „this results from the proposal 'to create a.sngle .assessment and annexation. The Brody family does note support the financing plan,. the. :annex. ation or the assessment district. They suggest the Plan be redone ands the 'council consider the possibility of rerouting 'Sonoma Mountain. Parkway, .phasing `the develgpment, and phasmg''~i the infrastructure. They also request` tfiat an EIR be done to evaluate the :impact on the. Brody interests and to~ clarify the roadway alternatives. He noted the Brodys have. already participated in .Assessment. District 6 for sewer -and should not be required. to participate a'second time. Duane`Bellinger., 464 N. Ely.Road said we :are. building a, two-.car suburbia at a time when our carbgn, dioxide :might be making. California :unlivable. He went on to suggest .the: City should be~planning for .mass transit since the City is in a mass `transit comdor: :Tohn Matelli, 470 Corona. Road - I have been up here. several times in the three. years this' lan has been going on and ask that you check into the air pollution, the water problems, the flooding He went on to say t_he~ .14th Arriendment ao, the b Constitution ays you'. (Counc~lj are obligated to protect our morals, our health and our very well lieing by developing; Petaluma :you. are going against the Constitution. because ,there is a=drug problem. Asked if the money from the development is going. to build a drug rehab center, cancer~,research 'center, bigggger. hospitals and; a much larger- cemetery `because weare going to need, them. I ask you not to approve this because of the creme that comes when :a town. is overcrowded. .,, January 23, 1989 Vol. 24, Page 285 Clinton Cow, property owner at Corona Road and North McDowell Blvd., said although. early _ on he had been receiving- information on this planning process, but that his name is not ion the mailing list anymore. He requested that his name be a ~ added back to the mailing. list. His concern is that the road: widening of Corona and McDowell and where there is a take of 100 feet each .side of the creek .they are developing is really. putting his piece of property in a handicap. We would appreciate it if `tfie City would take another look and give us a better situation: Ron Mills, 706 Theresa Court, his thoughts are that the population survey says there are approximately 1.5 children for every household, and the City is planning to put in approximately 2,700. houses. That comes to approximately 4,000 young people m the area not including the children that have to hve with their parents. Has the Council considered some of the problems. that. would occur if there is nothing for these young people to do? There is not much for the young people in this town to do to begin, with, and mayybe the Council should take that into consideration. He asked what happened ~to the skateboard. site the Cit had talked about. It is difficult. to find an empty lane at the bowling alley. The' Council asked if a bowling alley is an acceptable use in the area. Planning Director Warren Salmons advised the Council that Neighborhood Commercial would not be appropriate for a bowling alley. Mr. Salmons noted that they have done. all they are required to do and more with respect to the mailing.. list, which has .grown. Theyy have added everyone who has asked to be on the list. With respect to the E1R, Mr. Aspinall has raised interesting questions so staff would' like to postpone certification of the E1R. The Council requested staff submit an opinion on the specific plan as to what flexibility the City has after it is adopted particularly m relation to Sonoma Mountain Parkway. Cain the Cit~+ amend the Plan once it is adopted or will this process have to be ,repeated? City Attorney Forest advised the Courts have said that designating ~a public: facility on a General .Plan ~ or Specific Plans does not constitute taking of property. You can change it later because the specific plan does not establish a definite a for the road right=of-way. The Council then commented, "we will leave thetion of the roadway location open and acknowledge that in adopting the spe a plan, Sonoma Mountain Parkway will connect to Corona Road, and the nature of the connection will be subject to study. 'The design speed of the 650" radius curve may be greater than .35 mph. It was suggested the design speed should anticipate the speed the City desires to `have in place at this point. Napthali Knox, the s~ppecific plan consultant, read: a pparagraph which was recommended, by the. Pluuung Commission: "The proposed,. alignment of Sonoma Mountain Parkway from where it begins its diagonal route northwesterly toward Corona Road and as shown on the various maps- of the specific plan is conceptual and will regqwire an engineering study to determine the exact location of the roadway. To the- extent feasible, the actual alignment of the parkway will be designed to be a reasonable .distance from existing residential areas so as not to create significant noise. or safety problems: for the residents." The concept of Sonoma IVlountain Parkway was to move vehicles from. the. commercial area without impacting the existing Corona Road area. as it is today in order to maintain the rural atmosphere and to maintain the ambience that is there now. Page 286, Vol. 24 .January 23, T989 I=Ie went on to-say, the railroad crossing,was considered as was the Posf Office traffic on Corona Road:. 'There may be: a future rapid transit rail. line. or bus-way using that right-.of-way..Also considered were. the .railroad crossing of North McDowell, a short distance to the. east, fhe preference of designing Sonoma Mounfain~~.P,arkwa to reach 'N,orth McDowell at as close to a perpendicular standpoint: as possible, and the Brody request .not. to have the diagonal roadway to cut through ,their property. -The road was -bent: back- to straddle the property line between the Brody property and the property to the .east of that. -The desire to leaxe~ the location of the Gor`ona Club unchanged was also taken .:into .consideration. The- engineers :will have. to look at the. plan and it is wise to plan. for the ;120 foot right-of=way,- but,, if. necessary,, only the two center lanes could be built. It may be a long time; if ever, before the full four lanes. are constructed. Napthali .Knox asked for recognition by the. Council that there: is .a need ,for additional work' on the final document and he requested some flexibility allowance to reorganize the content of the plan in a modest way. The Council requested assurance .that fhe geometries! of a two-lane roadway which will eventually be widened to four can be accommodated within some reasonable boundary,.. The north end of that roadway is an important;facet and we want. it to satisfy the greatest needs including he property owners of the, affected ,parcels: The CityEngineer was asked to look at the possible :roadway configuration and ,give the Council an update on February 27. A :report on the design speed was also requested. The , ublic: hearing was continued to February 27 at 7.00 .m. fqr additional input.. The following actions were also continued to February 27,(pA) Resolution certifying the FIR, (°B) Resolution adopting Statement of Overriding Considerations; (C) Resolution adopting Corona-Ely Specific .Plan and amending the General Plan, and (D) Resolution adopting, financing plan. Recess 8:55. TO 9:10 p.m. SCAPED MEDIANS H `1VIcD®'6?VELL ASSESSIVIEIV`I' DI'STItIC'~` David'Hazelwood;, Landscape Architect; and City Engineer Tom Hargis presented the proposed. andscape median scheme and driveway locations :for the'~~pro used North McDowell Assessment District which goes fom~Corona Road on the -West. to Lynch "Creek_ on the -East. Thee: Boulevard design has been :narrowed from .the ongnal drawings'. to .match :Petaluma Blvd. ~as a mechanism", to reduce;sp,eed. There was consensus on the. landscaping as ~deseribed by Mr. Hazelwood. ;Some property access will become rigghht-tum m and right-turn out only m_ order to reduce cross traffic movements: Members of the City Council asked for estimated 'traffic generation. from the proposed.regional chopping center ('Rainier Avenue)';: asked if there will be a place for Police to enforce "the speed limits on McDowell Blvd.: ' .. zr -. January. 23,.1989 Vol. 24, Page 287 There was discussion about the proposal for a:~regional shopping center and whether or not it complies with the recently adopted General Plan. Staff was asked to forward a brief report indicating, based on the traffic volumes. that .are' proposed how the left toms out of the center and back onto the freeway by way of Rainier will be handled. It was suggested this topic be scheduled for discussion on a future City Council agenda. LIAISONitEP®It'TS Transportation Committee Liaison Sobel noted a meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, January 25. .Recreation Commission `Liaison Balshaw reported as follows:. -The Commission agreed with theBoys and Girls Club building plan to be situated in the area between.. the tennis courts .(Lucchesi. Park) and Maria, keeping the building so it doesn't protrude north of the tennis courts. -The Commission: recommended' spending between $4,000-$6,000 on finishing the Casa Grande Mini-Park. The volunteers had become burned out and needed some resource held. -The Comrmssion will' be developing a child care policy to bring back to the Council on both Meadow Park and Village East subdivisions with the intent that the Council will approve the concept before more details are developed. -The Commission heard a request to make space available for 1,000 bicyclists for an over-night stay as part of a five-day tour. -The Commission. is ,recommending some burglar alarms be installed inside the Lucchesi Community Center building. -The Commission has ordered a plain wooden sign to identify the Lucchesi Community Center facility. -The Commission is looking at selling one-half of the very heavy folding tables from the center and replacing them with some type of round folding table. -The Commission will. acquire dishes for the facility for use by rentals. -The Commission is developing on a fee policy for Lucchesi Community Center reflecting actual costs as well as resident vs. non-resident use. -The Commission'°discussed the crosswalk situation between the Community Center and the Plaza North. -The south, driveway entrance will have to be redone, because it is too narrow and causes traffic to slow nearly to a stop to access the parkinglot. -The Commission is also looking at a General. Plan build-out scenario of the parks including the playfteld facility (former Gray property across from the Airport). AI) TOiJItN The meeting was adjourned at 10:00 p.rn. `.~ // .. atncia~ igoss ay ATTEST: 1. tncia ernar , ity er