CITY COUNCIL/PCDSA REGULAR MEETING AND PLANNING COMMISSION SPECIAL MEETING - 8/5/2025 12:00:00 AM
CITY OF PETALUMA, CALIFORNIA
REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL &
PETALUMA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SUCCESSOR AGENCY (PCDSA) & SPECIAL MEETING OF THE PETALUMA PLANNING COMMISSION MAYOR
Kevin McDonnell
COUNCIL MEMBERS
Brian Barnacle
Janice Cader Thompson
Alexander DeCarli
Karen Nau, Vice Mayor
Frank Quint
John Shribbs
PLANNING COMMISSIONERS
Sarah Ebner
Brian Goldman, 2
nd
Vice Chair
Jessica Mozes, Chair
Brent Newell, Vice Chair
Darren Racusen
Keith Schildt
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
AGENDA PACKET
Monday, August 04, 2025
JOINT SESSION WORKSHOP OF CITY COUNCIL AND PLANNING COMMISSION – 5:00 PM REGULAR CITY COUNCIL 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.
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Decorum
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Animals in Council Chamber
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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
MOMENT OF SILENCE
AGENDA CHANGES AND DELETIONS (TO CURRENT AGENDA ONLY)
PROCLAMATIONS
United States Coast Guard Day
United States Coast Guard Day Proclamation - August 4 2025 -Final Rev
WORKSHOP - JOINT SESSION OF CITY COUNCIL AND PLANNING COMMISSION
1. Recommendation to the City Council and Planning Commission of the City of Petaluma to Receive a Staff Presentation and Provide Feedback on Design Concepts and Site Development for the Petaluma Public Safety Facility Project (C11202431) Staff Report
Attachment 1 - Staff Presentation - PUBLISHED 8-4-25
Attachment 2 - Resolution 2023-174 N.C.S.
Attachment 3 - Resolution 2022-167 N.C.S.
Attachment 4 - Project Plans, prepared by LPA Design Studios Attachment 5 - Project Design Narrative
Attachment 6 - Existing Site Photos
Item 1- Responses to Council Questions and Comments
Public Comments - Workshop
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
2. Minutes of the City Council/PCDSA Regular Meeting of July 21, 2025 Draft Minutes - July 21 2025
3. Tentative Agenda for City Council/PCDSA Regular Meeting of September 8, 2025, and Significant Agenda Items for August - October 2025 Staff Report
Attachment 1 - Tentative Agenda - September 8, 2025
Attachment 2 - Significant Agenda Items - August - October 2025
4. Resolution Awarding Contract for the Wetlands Mitigation and Bioretention Rehabilitation as Part of the Petaluma Community Baseball Field (Phase One) (C14501607) Project to Wildcat Engineering and Rejecting the Bid of N G Builder Company as Non-Responsive Staff Report
Attachment 1 - Resolution
Attachment 2 - Project Location Map
Attachment 3 - Notice of Non-Responsive Bid for N G Builder Company
5. Resolution Authorizing Award of Contract for Phase One of the Transit Fleet Charging Infrastructure Project (C65502214) to Mike Brown Electric, Co. and Rejecting the Bid of Cats 4U, Inc. and SCC Electric, Inc. as Non-Responsive Staff Report
Attachment 1 - Resolution
Attachment 2 - Project Location Map
Attachment 3 - Notice of Non-Responsiveness Bid to Cats 4U Attachment 4 - Notice of Non-Responsiveness Bid to SCC Electric
6. Resolution Authorizing the Purchase of Synthetic Turf Materials from FieldTurf USA, Inc., through the California Multiple Award Schedules (CMAS) Program for the Lucchesi Turf Field Replacement Project (C14502008), in the Amount of $722,848 Staff Report
Attachment 1 - Resolution
Attachment 2 - Pricing Proposal
Item 6 - Responses to Council Questions and Comments
6 - Public Comments
7. Resolution Authorizing Award of Contract for the Hangar Repair at the Petaluma Municipal Airport to Altor Construction, LLC, and Approve a Revised Project Budget Staff Report
Attachment 1 - Resolution
Attachment 2 - Location Map
8. Resolution Authorizing the Purchase of a Skid-Steer for the Water Resources & Utilities Department through Sourcewell Cooperative Purchasing Program and Authorizing the City Manager to Execute All Documents Necessary to Complete the Purchase Staff Report
Attachment 1 - Resolution
Attachment 2 - Quote
9. Resolution Authorizing the Purchase of a Wood Chipper Machine for the Water Resources & Utilities Department through Sourcewell Cooperative Purchasing Program and Authorizing the City Manager to Execute All Documents Necessary to Complete the Purchase Staff Report
Attachment 1 - Resolution
Attachment 2 - Quote
PUBLIC HEARINGS AND MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION
10. Introduction (First Reading) of an Ordinance and Adoption of an Urgency Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Petaluma to Amend Specified Provisions of Chapter 6.50 of the Petaluma Municipal Code Entitled “Mobilehome Park Space Rent Stabilization Program,” and to Maintain in Effect the Remainder of Chapter 6.50 of the Petaluma Municipal Code Staff Report
Attachment 1 - Ordinance
Attachment 2 - Urgency Ordinance
Item 10 - Responses to Council Questions and Comments
10 - Public Comments
Presentation
11. Receive, Review, Approve and Adopt FY24-25 Annual Military Equipment Use Report and Renew Ordinance No. 2859 N.C.S., which Approved Petaluma Police Department’s Military Equipment Funding, Acquisition, and Use Policy 709, (Use Policy) and Policy 613 Pertaining to Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) and Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGV) in Compliance with California Assembly Bill 481 (AB 481) Staff Report
Attachment 1- Resolution
Exhibit A - FY 25 Annual Military Use Report (AB481)
Exhibit B - Military Equipment Funding, Acquisition, and Use Policy 709 Exhibit C - Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) and Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGV) Operations Policy 613 Attachment 2 - Ordinance 2859 N.C.S.
Attachment 3 - Ordinance 2818 N.C.S.
Presentation
12. Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Submit an Amended Resolution for the (2) Grant Agreements with Danco Communities and Sonoma Marin Area Rail Transit for Funding through the Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities (AHSC) Program for the Meridian at Petaluma North Station Affordable Housing Project located at 890 North McDowell Boulevard and finding that the authorization to amend the AHSC grant agreement does not create a physical change in the environment and is therefore not a project under CEQA Guidelines Section 15378 Staff Report
Attachment 1 - Resolution
Exhibit A to the Resolution - Standard Loan Agreement
Exhibit B to the Resolution - Standard Grant Agreement
Attachment 2 - Revised Award Letter 06-17-25
Attachment 3 - Staff Report & Resolution - 03-20-2023
Attachment 4 - Standard Loan Agreement HCD
Presentation
13. Resolution Amending Resolution Nos. 2014-036 N.C.S. Setting City Facilities Development Impact Fees, 2014-037 N.C.S. Setting Park Land Development Impact Fees, 2014-038 N.C.S. Setting Non-Quimby Act Park Land Acquisition Fees, 2014-039 N.C.S. Setting Open Space Land Acquisition Fees, and 2016-076 N.C.S. Setting Traffic Development Impact Fees, to Provide a Loan Option for Payment of the Fees for Certain City-Supported Affordable Housing Projects Resolution Applying Resolution No. 2025- XXX N.C.S., Adopted on August 4, 2025, Regarding Loan Option for Payment of the Fees for Certain City-Supported Affordable Housing Project to Danco’s Meridian at Petaluma North Station Affordable Housing Project Staff Report
Attachment 1 Reso Amending Fees for Loan Option for Affordable Housing (002) Attachment 2 - Staff Report & Draft Resolution Nov 21, 2022 - Impact Fee Inapplicability Attachment 3 - Executed City Resolution 2022-182_N.C.S.
Attachment 4 Resolution Danco Loan Deferral
Exhibit A to Attachment 4 Meridian - City - Impact Fee Note August 2025 Item 13 - Responses to Council Questions and Comments
Presentation
ADJOURNMENT
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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.