1972/10/24 City Council Resolution (6)RESOLUTION NO. 72- 142
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUdCIL OF THE
CITY OF ROHNERT PARK AMENDING THEE GENERAL
PLAN BY ADDING THERET O THE SOMM' MA STATE"
COLLEGE ENVIRONS PLAN, AS Ai,111:] NDED
WHEREAS, the City Council has held a duly noticed public hearing,
which has been continued from time to time, to consider an amendment
to the City of Rohnert Park General Plan by the adoption of the
Sonoma State College Environs Plan dated September 1971, hereinafter
referred to as The Plan, (including map and text) as prepared by
the Sonoma County Planning Department in cooperation with the Sonoma
State College Study Committee appointed by the Sonora County Board
of Supervisors, and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission of the City of Rohnert Park
has also held public hearings on The Plan and has recommended its
adoption subject to certain amendments, changes, additions, and com-
ments, and
WHEREAS, during the course of the public hearings the City Counci:
heard extensive testimony and received written communications con-
cerning The Plan, and
WHEREAS, the City Council has, upon conclusion of the public
hearing, determined what changes it feels should be made in The Plan
prior to its adoption by City and has requested that the Sonora
County Planning Department ;nape said changes, and
WHEREAS, the changes requested by the City Council, particularly
on the land use map of The Plan, have been made, and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds and determines that The Plan,
as finally revised, constitutes a coordinated, comprehensive, long
range guide for the development of the eastern area of the City of
Rohnert Park and the unincorporated area of the County of Sonoma in
the Sonoma State College environs, and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of
Rohnert Park as follows:
1. That the City Council of the City of Rohnert Park does
hereby approve and adopt the Sonoma State College Environs
Plan dated September 1971 with the following revisions and
comments:
a. The revised land use map dated September 1972 as
approved by the City Council
b. The pro; ,ed concept for controllin density.of develop-
ment and the planned area zoning concept are endorsed
and appropriate amendments to the City Zoning Ordinance
will be made to incorporate same.
2. That the Mayor is hereby authorized to certify on a copy
of The Plan, as revised, the approval of the Council this
date.
3. That in adopting The Plan, as an amendment to the City of
Rohnert Park General Plan, the City Council does declare
the follo =wing statements of policy:
a. The Plan is not a zoning ordinance. The Plan does not
change any existing zoning classifications but rather
serves as a guide for future zoning regulations.
b. The circulation system and public facilities set forth
in said plan are general in location and extent.
C. At the discretion of the City, and the County of Sonoma
as respects the unincorporated area, The Plan may be
altered from time to time, after conducting appropriate
public hearings, to accommodate changes which in the
view of the City and /or County are important and in the
best interests of the community.
4. That the City Council requests the Sonoma State College
Study Committee to review and endorse the City of Rohnert
Park's adoption of The Plan.
5. That the City of Rohnert Park hereby makes it known that it
is not planning for the extension of its utility system,
sewer service in particular, beyond its present easterly
city limits, with the exception of the service now being
provided to Sonoma State College.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that thanks and appreciation are hereby
gratefully extended ton
1. The Sonoma County Planning Department representatives and
Director George Kovatch and Planner Kiel Pedersen in
particular for the fine professional job in preparing The
Plan and for coping with the difficult task faced by the
department in view of constantly changing public attitudes.
2. The members of the Sonoma State College Study Committee for
their time and effort spent as a public service in preparing
The Plan.
3. The Sonoma t_anty Board of Supervisors x their foresight,,..
and wisdom in recognizing the need for the study and for
authorizing same.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be trans-
mitted to the Sonoma County Planning Department, Sonoma County Board
of Supervisors, City of Cotati, Sonoma State College, Rohnert Park
Citizens for a Planned Community, Rohnert Park Chamber of Commerce,
California Resources Agency, and other interested parties.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Sonoma County Planning Commission
and the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors are requested to hold the
necessary public hearings on she Plan so that it may be officially
adopted by the County of Sonoma at an early date.
.DULY AND REGULARLY ADOPTED this 24th day of October, 1072.
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Mayor
AYES: (5) Councilmen Beary, Flores, Hopkins, Smith, and Roberts
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Deputy City XAerk