CITY OF PETALUMA, CALIFORNIA
REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL/
PETALUMA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SUCCESSOR
AGENCY (PCDSA)
City Hall Council Chambers
11 English Street
Petaluma, CA 94952
MINUTES
March 21, 2022
REGULAR SESSION – 6:30 p.m.
CALL TO ORDER – Mayor Barrett called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. * ROLL CALL
PRESENT: Teresa Barrett, Brian Barnacle, D’Lynda Fischer, Mike Healy, Dave King, Kevin McDonnell, and Dennis Pocekay
* PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
* MOMENT OF SILENCE
AGENDA CHANGES AND DELETIONS (TO CURRENT AGENDA ONLY)
1. PUBLIC HEARING
A. Public Hearing regarding Election Districts and District Election Sequencing for Petaluma District-Based Elections and Introduction (first reading) of a District Elections Ordinance providing for election of the Mayor at-large and the election of the remaining members of the City Council by six election districts, approving an election district map establishing district boundaries, and establishing the election order of each district and adding a new title 5, “City Council Elections” to the Petaluma Municipal Code to codify the city’s City Council Election Requirements (Alverde/Danly)
City Attorney Eric Danly gave a brief report on the public hearing process and what was before the city council and introduced Chris Chaffee of Redistricting Partners for presentation on the final two maps under consideration and sequencing of the districts.
Mayor Barrett opened the public hearing.
Patrick Flower Rick Duste
Racussen Janice Cader-Thompson
Taryn Obaid
Mayor Barrett closed the public hearing and return the item to council for discussion. 2 Motion to Approve:
Councilmembers Fischer/Pocekay moved/seconded to introduce Ordinance No. 2803 N.C.S. approving updated draft map attachment 2 and renames the City election districts from “A to 1,” “B to 2,” “C to 4,” “D to 3,” “E to 5,” and “F to 6; and include an eligibility requirement for the by -district City Council seats that requires prospective City Council candidates running by -district to have resided in the district in which they are running for election for at least the thirty days immediately preceding the time of filing their nomination papers.
Ayes: Teresa Barrett, Brian Barnacle, D’Lynda Fischer , Dave King, Kevin McDonnell, and Dennis Pocekay
Noes: Mike Healy
Absent: None
Motion carried 6-1
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
A. Approval of the Minutes of the City Council/PCDSA Regular Meeting of March 7, 2022
Council unanimously accepted the Minutes as submitted.
3. APPROVAL OF PROPOSED AGENDA
A. Approval of Agendas for the City Council/PCDSA Workshop of March 28, 2022 and Regular meeting of April 4, 2022
Motion to Approve:
Councilmembers Fischer/McDonnell moved/seconded to approve the amended proposed agendas for the City Council/PCDSA Workshop of March 28, 2022 and Regular Meeting of April 4, 2022.
Ayes: Teresa Barrett, Brian Barnacle, D’Lynda Fischer, Mike Healy, Dave King, Kevin McDonnell, and Dennis Pocekay
Noes: None
Absent: None
Motion carried 7-0
4. CONSENT CALENDAR
A. Adopted Resolution No. 2022-034 N.C.S. approving the Annual Successor Agency Report July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021 pursuant to Health and Safety Code §34176.1 and direct staff to submit the Annual Successor Agency report to the State Department of Housing and Community Development (“HCD”) as an attachment to the Housing Element Annual progress report and to the Governor’s office of Planning and Research (“OPR”) (Shimizu)
B. Adopted Resolution No. 2022- 035 N.C.S . approving the Final Subdivision Map for the Riverbend Subdivision Project located at 52 9 Madison Street, APN 007- 041-006, consistent with the approved Tentative Subdivision Map, and all application conditions of the approval as outlined in Resolution No. 2020-167 N.C.S. (Stutsman/Hines)
3 C. Adopted Resolution No. 2022-036 N.C.S. approving the Inclusionary Housing Agreement between the City of Petaluma and Riverbend Associates LLC for the Riverbend Subdivision project located at 529 Madison Street, APN 007-041-006 (Shimizu)
D. Adopted Resolution No. 2022- 037 N.C.S. authorizing the Submittal of a Financial Assistance Application to the Bureau of Reclamation for the Design and Construction of the Ellis Creek Water Recycling Facility Tertiary Treatment Expansion, the Adobe Road Pipeline Expansion, and Maria Drive Pipeline Expansion; Authorizing the City Manager to Execute All Necessary Application Documents; and Authorizing the Mayor to Vote to Support the Inclusion of the Project in the North Bay Water Reuse Authority Grant Application (Fayehun/Herrera/Thompson)
E. Adopted Resolution No. 2022- 038 N.C.S. authorizing the Grant Application, Acceptance, and Execution for the California State Library Building Forward: Library Infrastructure Grant Program (Bolt/Benedetti-Petnic/Ramirez)
F. Adopted Resolution No. 2022-039 N.C.S. ratifying approval of the March 7, 2022 regular meeting of the City Council Consent Calendar for March 7, 2022 (Gonzales/Brady)
Mayor Barrett opened and closed public comment as there were no speakers for consent calendar items A, D, E and F.
Motion to approve:
Councilmembers King/McDonnell moved/seconded to approve consent calendar items A, D, E, and F
Ayes: Teresa Barrett, Brian Barnacle, D'Lynda Fischer, Mike Healy, Dave King, Kevin McDonnell, and Dennis Pocekay
Noes: None
Motion carried 7-0
Mayor Barrett opened public comment for consent calendar items B and C.
Janice Cader-Thompson Kathy Hutchinson John Hanania
M. Sullivan Susan Kirks Amara Morrison
Taryn Obaid Patty Robfogel
Mayor Barrett closed public comment and returned item to council for discussion.
Motion to approve:
Councilmembers Fischer/Healy moved/seconded to approve consent calendar items B and C .
Ayes: Teresa Barrett, Brian Barnacle, D'Lynda Fischer, Mike Healy, Dave King, and Dennis Pocekay Noes: None
Abstain: Kevin McDonnell
Motion carried 6-0
4 5. NEW BUSINESS
A. Introduction (first reading) of ordinances to change certain Appropriations for the Operations of the City of Petaluma from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022; and adopt a resolution updating the Authorized and Funded Permanent Position Schedule; and Mid-Year 2021-2022 General Fund update (Garberolio)
Deputy City Manager/Finance Director Corey Garberolio presented the staff report.
Mayor Barrett opened public comment.
Racussen
Taryn Obaid
Mayor Barrett closed public comment and returned item to council for discussion.
Motion to approve:
Councilmembers Healy/McDonnell moved/seconded to introduce Ordinance No. 2804 N.C.S. approving the change in the General Fund & Measure U Funds Appropriations , Ordinance No. 2805 N.C.S. approving the change in the Enterprise Funds Appropriations, Ordinance No. 2806 N.C.S. approving the change in the Utilities Fund Appropriations; Ordinance No. No. 280 7 N.C.S approving the change in the Internal Services Fund Appropriations; Ordinance No. 2808 N.C.S. approving the change in the Special Revenue and Trust Funds Appropriations; Ordinance No. 2809 N.C.S. approving the change in the Capital Projects and Debt Funds Appropriations; and adopted Resolution No. 2022-040 updating the authorized and funded permanent position schedule.
Ayes: Teresa Barrett, Brian Barnacle, D'Lynda Fischer, Mike Healy, Dave King, Kevin McDonnell, and Dennis Pocekay
Noes: None
Motion carried 7-0
B. Acceptance of Vision Materials for the General Plan Update as unanimously recommended by the General Plan Advisory Committee (Hines/Garcia)
Interim Community Development Director Heather Hines presented the staff report and project roadmap.
Introduced Ron Whitmore of Rainey and Associates to present the background process and path to the Vision, Pillars, and Guiding Principles. General Plan Advisory Committee (GPAC) members Bill Reinhart, Chris Ravello and Josh Simmons summarized the purpose, methodology, community input and presented materials for consideration of the Council.
Mayor Barrett opened public comment.
Taryn Obaid M. Sullivan
Bev Alexander Susan Kirks
Mayor Barrett closed public comment and returned item to council.
This item was informational only and no action was taken.
Mayor Barrett called for a recess at 9:20 p.m. and the meeting reconvened at 9:25 p.m.
5 C. Adopt a resolution approving a short-term cash-flow loan of up to $1,100,000 from City General Fund for local match required to receive the State of California Housing and Community Development (HCD) Homekey 2 award of $15,980,831 (Shimizu)
Housing Manager Karen Shimizu presented a brief presentation and overview of the Studios at Montero project Homekey.
Mayor Barrett opened and closed public comment as there were no speakers and returned item to council for discussion.
Motion to approve:
Councilmembers Healy/King moved/seconded to adopt Resolution No. 2022-041 N.C.S. authorizing funding an amount up to $1,000.000 as a short -term cash flow loan as local match for the Homekey Project, the Studios at Montero.
Ayes: Teresa Barrett, Brian Barnacle, D'Lynda Fischer, Mike Healy, Dave King, Kevin McDonnell, and Dennis Pocekay
Noes: None
Motion carried 7-0
6. PUBLIC HEARINGS
A. Adopt a r esolution accepting the Housing Element Progress Report for the 2021 Calendar Year and direct staff to submit the report to the State of California Department of Housing and Community Development and the State Office of Planning and Research (Shimizu)
Housing Manager Karen Shimizu presented a brief presentation of the annual Housing Element progress report and on the background and progress toward meeting RHNA goals.
Mayor Barrett opened the public hearing.
Taryn Obaid
Mayor Barrett closed the public hearing and returned the item for council discussion.
Motion to approve:
Councilmembers Fischer/McDonnell moved/seconded to adopt Resolution No. 2022-042 N.C.S. accepting the annual housing element progress report for the 2021 calendar year and authorizing staff to submit the r eport to the California Department of Housing and Community Development and the Governor’s office of Planning and Research
Ayes: Teresa Barrett, Brian Barnacle, D’Lynda Fischer, Mike Healy, Dave King, Kevin McDonnell, and Dennis Pocekay
Noes: None
Absent: None
Motion carried 7-0
6 7. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
A. Adoption (second reading) of Ordinance No. 2802 N.C.S. amending the Petaluma Municipal Code Section 17.14 to codify Universal Design Standards for new residential dwellings to enhance the full life cycle use of Housing and Implement Citywide Workplan Item No. 95 to adopt a Visi tability Ordinance (Hines)
Interim Community Development Director Heather Hines presented a brief report on the second reading and report for adoption of the Visitability ordinance.
Mayor Barrett opened and closed public comment as there were no speakers and returned the item to council for discussion.
Motion to approve:
Councilmembers King/Fischer moved/seconded to adopt Ordinance No, 2802 N.C.S. amending the Petaluma Municipal Code to enact a new chapter 17.14 entitled “residential Visitability and Universal Residential design” and update the footnotes in an amendment to the Municipal Code.
Ayes: Teresa Barrett, Brian Barnacle, D’Lynda Fischer, Dave King, Kevin McDonnell, and D ennis Pocekay Noes: Mike Healy
Absent: None
Motion carried 6-1
Councilmembers King/Fischer moved/seconded to approve the meeting to proceed past the hour of 11:00 p.m.
B. Introduction (first reading) of an ordinance approving an Amended and Restated Lease Agreement with Rooster Run Golf Club, LLC (continued from February 28, 2022 City Council meeting) (Cochran/Danly)
Assistant City Manager Brian Cochran presented the staff report on the amended and restated lease agreement and water recycle agreement, highlighted changes on the twenty-year agreement and reviewed some language modified during negotiations with Rooster Run LLC, after the council meeting of February 28, 2022.
Mayor Barrett opened public comment.
Susan Kirks Rick Duste
Taryn Obaid Richard Coombs
Mayor Barrett closed the public hearing and returned the item for council discussion.
Motion to approve:
Councilmembers Healy/McDonnell moved/seconded to introduce Ordinance No. 2810 N.C.S. approving an Amended and Restated Lease Agreement with Rooster Run Golf, LLC. to operate the Rooster Run Golf Course on City property for 20 years.
Ayes: Brian Barnacle, Mike Healy, Dave King, Kevin McDonnell, and Dennis Pocekay Noes: Teresa Barrett and D’Lynda Fischer
Absent: None
Motion carried 5-2
7 GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT
During General Public Comment, the public is invited to make comments on items of public interest that are within the City Council’s subject matter jurisdiction and that are not listed on the current agenda. Public comments are limited up to three minutes per person. Depending on the number of persons wishing to address the Council, time will be allocated in equal shares totaling no more than twenty minutes, subject to the Council’s discretion (Cal. Gov’t. Code §54954.3(a), Petaluma City Council Rules, Policies and Procedures, III).
Mayor Barrett opened public comment.
Josh Simmons
ChrisJRN
Mayor Barrett closed public comment.
COUNCIL COMMENT
Councilmember McDonnell
Councilmember Healy
Councilmember Barnacle
Councilmember King
Councilmember Fischer
Vice Mayor, Pocekay
Mayor Barrett
CITY MANAGER COMMENT
ADJOURN
Mayor Barrett adjourned the meeting at 11:35 in memory of longtime Petaluma School Board member Carolyn Tennyson.