CITY OF PETALUMA, CALIFORNIA
SPECIAL JOINT MEETING OF THE CITY
COUNCIL/PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE ADVISORY
COMMITTEE AND PLANNING COMMISSION
City Hall Council Chambers
11 English Street
Petaluma, CA 94952
MINUTES
Monday, March 28, 2022
JOINT WORKSHOP
CALL TO ORDER - 6:00 P.M.
Mayor Barrett called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m.
ROLL CALL
PRESENT: Teresa Barrett, Brian Barnacle, D'Lynda Fischer, Mike Healy, Dave King, Kevin McDonnell, and Dennis Pocekay
COMMISSIONERS: Blake Hooper, Sandi Potter, and Rick Whisman
COMMITTEE MEMBERS: Kelly Bond, Nicole Camarda, Marja Tarr, Patricia Webb and Jerry Wilkinson
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
1. WORKSHOP
A. City Council, Planning Commission and the Pedestrian and Bicycle Advisory Committee (PBAC) will receive a presentation on how parking and associated parking regulations shape the character and behavior of the city, best practices, and tools to guide the development of new off-street parking policies – particularly focused on zoning- code standards – and the inherent benefits and tradeoffs of each to solicit initial feedback to inform a subsequent off - street parking ordinance update
Mayor Barrett announ ced the item and introduced Interim Community Development Director Heather Hines.
Heather Hines , Community Development Director presented the staff report and introduced Thomas Brown and Lauren Mattern from Nelson/Nygaard to make presentation.
Mayor Barrett facilitated questions with the Council, Pedestrian and Bicycle Advisory Committee and the Planning Commission.
Kelsey Hubbard, Senior Planner facilitated a polling exercise for members of the public and displayed results.
Mayor Barrett opened public comment.
Racusen Paul G. Taryn Obaid
Eris Weaver Teddy Herzog Chrisjrn
Sheila Baker Janice Cader-Thompson Ali Gaylord
Duane Michael Gralnick
Mayor Barrett closed public comment and returned item to Council, PBAC and Planning Commission for further discussion.
Heather Hines made closing comments and Kelsey Hubbard facilitated a straw poll of Council to identify next steps.
Council Straw Poll Vote:
1. Exempting small business from parking requirements (All approved)
2. Establishing a change of use = no parking required (6-1 Healy No)
3. Update the Parking Ordinance Purpose Statement (All approved)
4. Unbundling parking for Multi-family housing (All approved)
5. Decouple bike parking requirements from vehicular parking requirements (All approved)
6. Establishing a consistent metric from parking calculations (5-2 Healy/King No)
7. Eliminate minimum parking requirements (5-2 Healy/King No)
8. Explore establishing flexible maximums ( 3-4 Healy No McDonnell/King/Barnacle Maybe)
9. Explore Transportation Demand Management Strategies (All approved)
10. Explore incentives for sharing parking facilities (All approved)
11. Flexibility for project specific parking (6-1 Fischer No)
Mayor Barrett thanked the council, commission and committee members, staff, and Nelson Nygard.
PUBLIC COMMENT
During Public Comment, the public is invited to address the legislative bodies concerning the item described in the notice for this meeting. 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). WORKSHOP
Mayor Barrett opened public comment
Racusen
Paul G
Taryn Obaid
Mayor Barrett closed public comment.
ADJOURN
Mayor Barrett adjourned the meeting at 9:21 p.m.