CITY COUNCIL/PCDSA REGULAR MEETING - 7/8/2025 12:30:00 AM
CITY OF PETALUMA, CALIFORNIA
REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL &
PETALUMA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SUCCESSOR AGENCY (PCDSA) MAYOR
Kevin McDonnell
COUNCIL MEMBERS
Brian Barnacle
Janice Cader Thompson
Alexander DeCarli
Karen Nau, Vice Mayor
Frank Quint
John Shribbs
CITY MANAGER
Peggy Flynn
CITY CLERK
Caitlin Corley
CITY ATTORNEY
Eric W. Danly
COUNCIL MEETINGS
1 st
and 3
rd
Mondays of each month
City Hall Council Chamber
11 English Street
Petaluma, CA 94952
CONTACT INFORMATION
Phone (707) 778-4360
[email protected]
cityofpetaluma.org
AMENDED 7/3/25
AGENDA PACKET
Monday, July 07, 2025
CLOSED SESSION 5:30 PM
/ REGULAR SESSION 6:30 PM
Pilot Hybrid Meeting Format
City Council meetings are currently being held in a pilot hybrid format, by virtual teleconference as well as in-person. Teleconference login information and instructions on how to participate for virtual meetings are available in each specific meeting agenda.
How to Observe and/or Participate and Provide Public Comment at a Meeting Attend In-Person:
Petaluma City Council Chamber located at 11 English Street, Petaluma, CA. Please fill out a speaker card for each item you wish to speak on, and place in the speaker card box next to the City Clerk.
At this time, the City is temporarily suspending virtual participation by Zoom at Council meetings and will re-evaluate at a future date.
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: E-mail comments to
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or submit your comment online through the agenda portal. Comments that are received at least two hours prior to the meeting, will be distributed to the Mayor and City Council Members and placed on the City's website as part of the agenda packet for the meeting. Comments received after the cutoff time will be posted online and made part of the record the next business day.
Closed Captioning/Live Transcription
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Decorum
The Mayor has the authority to rule any speaker out of order, including speakers during the General Public Comment period, if the subject raised is not within the subject matter jurisdiction of the City Council, or during a public hearing or a general business item if the speaker is not presenting testimony or evidence relevant to the matter or if the speaker becomes disruptive to the proceedings and conduct of the meeting. The Mayor also has the authority to order any person who willfully interrupts the meeting to be removed. All persons are expected to conduct themselves with civility and courtesy at all times. All persons giving comments shall speak directly to the Council and address issues, not individuals. Personal attacks, cursing and outbursts from the audience in support or opposition to a speaker are not tolerated in order to foster an environment where everyone feels welcome to speak.
Animals in Council Chamber
No animals shall be allowed at or brought in to a public meeting by any person except (i) as to members of the public or City staff utilizing the assistance of a service animal, which is defined as a guide dog, signal dog, or other animal individually trained to provide assistance to an individual with a disability, or (ii) as to police officers utilizing the assistance of a dog(s) in law enforcement duties.
CLOSED SESSION - 5:30 P.M.
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
CLOSED SESSION
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL — ANTICIPATED LITIGATION – ITEM ADDED 7-3-25
Consideration of Initiation of Litigation pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (d) of Section 54956.9 Number of Cases: 2
Existing facts and circumstances: Multiple U.S. cities and counties in California and other states are plaintiffs in federal litigation brought in the Northern District, Case Number 25-CV-01350-WHO, challenging federal executive directives purporting to order local jurisdictions to assist in civil enforcement of Federal immigration policies. Staff will update the City Council concerning their direction to join this litigation, current developments and impacts.
Existing facts and circumstances: Multiple U.S. cities and counties in Washington state, California and other states are plaintiffs in federal litigation captioned Martin Luther King, Jr. County, et al, v. Sott Turner, et al, brought in the Western District Court of Washington, at Seattle, Case Number 2:25-cv-00814-BJR. The case challenges conditions imposed on federal funding of the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Transportation purporting to order local jurisdictions to comply with Trump administration policies opposing local gender recognition, reproductive choice, and DEI programs, and requiring local cooperation with civil enforcement of Federal immigration policies. Staff will update the City Council concerning their direction to join this litigation, current developments and impacts.
PUBLIC COMMENT ON CLOSED SESSION ITEMS
Prior to adjournment into
Closed Session,
the public may speak up to three minutes on items to be addressed in Closed Session
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Public Comment - Closed Session
ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION
REGULAR SESSION - 6:30 P.M.
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
MOMENT OF SILENCE
AGENDA CHANGES AND DELETIONS (TO CURRENT AGENDA ONLY)
REPORT OUT FROM CLOSED SESSION
PROCLAMATIONS
National Parks and Recreation Month
National Parks and Recreation Month Proclamation - 2025
PRESENTATIONS
Sonoma Water Presentation on Eel-Russian Project Authority and the New Eel-Russian Facility for Regional Water Supply Sonoma Water Presentation
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).
General Public Comments
COUNCIL COMMENT
CITY MANAGER COMMENT
CONSENT CALENDAR
1. Minutes of the City Council/PCDSA Special Meeting of June 11, 2025 Draft Minutes - June 11, 2025 (1)
2. Minutes of the City Council/PCDSA Regular Meeting of June 16, 2025 Draft Minutes - June 16, 2025
3. Minutes of the City Council/PCDSA Special Meeting of June 26, 2025 Draft Minutes - June 26, 2025
4. Tentative Agenda for City Council/PCDSA Regular Meeting of July 21, 2025 and Significant Agenda Items for July - September 2025 Staff Report
Attachment 1 - Tentative Agenda - July 21, 2025
Attachment 2 - Significant Agenda Items - July - August 2025
5. Resolution Accepting Completion of the Swim Center Pool Replastering Project (C14502320) by Burkett’s Pool Plastering, Inc., and Authorizing Release of Retention Staff Report
Attachment 1 - Resolution
Attachment 2 - Project Location Map
Attachment 3 - Project Photos
6. Resolution Authorizing the Award of Contract for the Rainier Avenue Water Service Replacement (C67502536), and Urban Recycled Water System Expansion (C66402554) Projects to Team Ghilotti, Inc.
Staff Report
Attachment 1 - Resolution
Attachment 2 - Project Location Map
7. Resolution Awarding a Contract for the Temporary Fire Station Project (C11502435) and the Onsite Asphalt Paving at Fire Station 2 as Part of the Fire Reserve Apparatus Storage & Paving Project (C11501911) to Arntz Builders, Inc.
Staff Report
Attachment 1 - Resolution
Attachment 2 - Project Location Map
8. Resolution Authorizing the Filing of an Application with the Metropolitan Transportation Commission for Regional Measure 3 – North Bay Transit Access Improvements Funds for City of Petaluma Transit Facility Electrification Staff Report
Attachment 1 - Resolution
Exhibit A - RM3 Initial Project Report
Exhibit B - Project Funding Plan
9. Resolution Supporting the Eel-Russian Project Authority and the New Eel-Russian Facility for Regional Water Supply Staff Report
Attachment 1 - Resolution - Eel-Russian Facility for Regional Water Supply 9 - Responses to Council Questions and Comments
10. Resolution Authorizing the Purchase of Two (2) Heart Monitors and Associated Equipment from ZOLL Medical Corporation Staff Report
Attachment 1 - Resolution
Attachment 2 - Quotation
11. Resolution Authorizing Purchase and Installation of the G2 Fire Station Alerting System through the NPPGov Cooperative Purchasing Program Staff Report
Attachment 1 - Resolution
Attachment 2 - Quotation
12. Certification of Examination of Referendum Petition Against Resolution No. 2025-047 N.C.S. Titled “Referendum Against Resolution 2025-047 N.C.S. Passed by the City Council of the City of Petaluma” Regarding a General Plan Amendment to Increase the Maximum Allowable Floor Area Ratio for Areas Within the Downtown Housing & Economic Opportunity Overlay from 2.5 to a Maximum of up To 6.0, Applicable to Subarea A Only, Pursuant to Elections Code 9240 Staff Report
Attachment 1 - City Clerk Certificate of Sufficiency of Petition Attachment 2 - Resolution 2025-047 N.C.S.
Attachment 3 - Sonoma County Petition Summary Report
Attachment 4 - Sonoma County Clerk's Certificate for Petition Signatures 12 - Responses to Council Questions and Comments
12 - Public Comment
PUBLIC HEARINGS AND MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION
13. Resolution Ordering the Levy and Collection of Assessments Within the City’s Landscape Assessment Districts, Fiscal Year 2025/26 Staff Report
Attachment 1 - Resolution with Exhibit A, No Recusals - UPDATED 7-7-25 Exhibit B, No Recusals - UPDATED 7-7-25
Attachment 2 - Resolution with Exhibit A, Barnacle Recusal Exhibit B, Barnacle Recusal
Attachment 3 - Resolution with Exhibit A, DeCarli Recusal Exhibit B, DeCarli Recusal
Attachment 4 - Resolution with Exhibit A, McDonnell Recusal Exhibit B, McDonnell Recusal
Attachment 5 - Resolution with Exhibit A, Shribbs Recusal Exhibit B, Shribbs Recusal
Attachment 6 - Resolution with Exhibit A, Quint Recusal Exhibit B, Quint Recusal
Presentation
13 - Responses to Council Questions and Comments
14. Resolutions Ordering Abatement of Nuisances Consisting of Hazardous Vegetation and Rubbish Growing Upon Public and Private Property in the City of Petaluma and Ordering the Fire Department to Abate Said Hazardous Vegetation and Rubbish by Contract if Property Owners Fail to Do So Pursuant to Chapter 10.70 of the Petaluma Municipal Code Staff Report
Attachment 1 Resolution - no recusals
Attachment 2 Resolution - Cader Thompson recusal
Attachment 3 Notice Published in Official Newspaper
Attachment 4 Letter Mailed to Property Owners
Attachment 5 Proof of Service by Mail
Attachment 6 Memo to City Council Listing Properties Within 500' of Councilmemb
15. Introduction of an Ordinance Amending Title 16 of the Petaluma Municipal Code, Entitled “Airport and Aircraft”, including amendments to Chapter 16.04 “General Provisions and Definitions”, Chapter 16.06 “Airport Leases”, Chapter 16.08 “Motor Vehicles at Airport”, Chapter 16.12 “Aircraft on Ground”, Chapter 16.16 “Aircraft Taxiing, Landing and Takeoff”, Chapter 16.20 “Aircraft Traffic Patterns”, Chapter 16.24 “Aircraft Fueling and Defueling”, Chapter, Chapter 16.28 “Airport Fire Safety Rules”, Chapter 16.32 “Unlicensed Aircraft”, Pursuant to Federal Aviation Administration Order 5190.6B, and Chapter 16.32 “Violations and Penalties” Staff Report
Attachment 1 - Ordinance
Attachment 2 - Proposed Revision to Title 16
Attachment 3 - List of Proposed Changes
Attachment 4 - Airport Commission Resolution 2025-01
Presentation
16. Adoption of a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Apply to the State of California Department of Housing and Community Development Permanent Local Housing Allocation (PLHA) Program to Receive the Calendar Year 2023 Program Funding Allocation and Authorizing the City Manager to Execute any Contracts for the Program Staff Report
Attachment 1- Resolution for PLHA - CY 2023 Entitlement Funding Exhibit A To the Resolution - City of Petaluma CY 2023 PLHA Program Application Attachment 2 - City of Petaluma PLHA Amended Five Year Plan Presentation
ADJOURNMENT
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The City Clerk hereby certifies that this agenda has been posted in accordance with the requirements of the Government Code.
In accordance with Government Code §54957.5, any materials of public record relating to an agenda item for a regular meeting of the City Council that are provided to a majority of the members less than 72 hours before the meeting will be made available immediately online as part of the agenda packet on the City website at www.cityofpetaluma.org/meetings
and at the City Clerk’s Office, 11 English Street, during normal business hours. Materials of public record that are distributed during the meeting shall be made available for public inspection at the meeting if prepared by the City or a member of its legislative/advisory body, or the next business day after the meeting if prepared by some other person.
In accordance with Government Code Section 65009, if you challenge the land use and zoning actions in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City at, or prior to, the public hearing.