Weekly Updates
Welcome to our new Weekly Updates page with information about land-use and urban planning activities underway or upcoming in Petaluma!
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February 6, 2023
Calendar notes for the week of February 6, 2023.
At City Council, 5 new GPAC members to be appointed; decision on whether to pursue design grant for Corona SMART station on the agenda.
January 30, 2023
Calendar notes for the week of January 30, 2023.
PBAC will meet on Wednesday 2/1 this week. Agenda items for the meeting will include Vision Zero, the goal of eliminating traffic deaths primarily by rebalancing the equation between cars and other modes, and a progress update on the Fifth Street Bike Boulevard, a long proposed alternative for bicyclists not comfortable with Petaluma Boulevard South.
January 23, 2023
Calendar notes for the week of January 23, 2023.
The most interesting urbanist meeting of this week will be tomorrow evening’s Planning Commission workshop on the 500 Hopper Street project.
The site is bounded by the River Front project, the Petaluma River, Shamrock Materials, and Hopper Street. With its location on the rarely traveled Hopper Street, it’s a site of nearly 40 acres that is often overlooked but is close enough to the SMART station and Transit Mall to be considered appropriate for transit-oriented development and only slightly further from downtown.
January 16, 2023
Calendar notes for the week of January 16, 2023.
The General Plan Advisory Committee (GPAC) application window closes 1/16/23. GPAC meeting this week. Other committees open for applications, including SMART Citizens’ Oversight Committee opening (the application window closes this week).
January 9, 2023
Calendar notes for the week of January 9, 2023.
Next steps on the proposed Hotel Weaver at B St and Petaluma Blvd, and General Plan Advisory Committee openings, SMART Citizens’ Oversight Committee openings.
January 2, 2023
Calendar notes for the week of January 2, 2023.
Pedestrian and Bicycle Advisory Committee, next steps on the proposed Hotel Weaver at B St and Petaluma Blvd, and General Plan Advisory Committee openings.