in western gnoma. gnome sonoma. >> yeah the destinations here, distinction here, all of the height the zoning districts in split height are larger lots above half an acre and so for half an acre to three ache retro customers the special zoning use calls them out and says we are going to give you some additional height but to take advantage of that height it require an additional use and one of those pro visions that instead of paying a higher tier impact fee you pay a tier one impact fee for residential but instead of paying 15% or providing 15% on site affordable it refers to the tier b for afford. and so you do a higher rate of affordability which, is 20% and exchange essentially and if we don't adopt these changes to thezoicking map and planning code, then none of those parcelels and that pro vision that increases the affordability could not apply to those zones split of hair son street. >> i think we are still going to get significant housing there and 15% affordable and it's going to be built at a height and b

have written down that i just wanted to point out there is about 60 design professionals in the western sonoma area and about 40 within the valley area and so we would like to stay, continue and continue to grow our businesses there. >>> good afternoon commissioners my name is jeffery miller with miller company architect i want to follow up on the previous speaker i have a business that has been there for 50 years and in my building there are several interior designers and lighting designers my wife is a designer who has a space had the building as well. we actually share facilities copy machines and thing like that, that we cross fertilize, it seems that we are part of the creative density of the area and having designers, landscape architects and argument connects architects and interior poem shrewded from the area i do not understand that. i have been to several meetings and i support the plan in general but it's just in this particular matter, i do not support the purpose in that. >> is there any additional public comment? okay seeing none of the public comment it's closed and opening up t

and the eastern neighborhoods didn't have adequate space and so they put the burden onto western sonoma and so given the limited amount of space that we have, we took s l i area where there is currently no housing accept for 100% affordable and where the intent of the board of supervisors was to limit the use and set aside it to be a loan area where the city would still provide support for service, slight industrial and pd r uses. >>> are you satisfied with that. >> i'm satisfied with that, yes. >> commissioner hillis. >>> yeah just that i don't know how i would vote on this or on the c u for this i think it's awkward that we are short circuiting a c u that is in place. >> commissioners there is a motion on the floor that has been seconded to endorse the 3b option on 11th street and grandfathering 34,011th street only. >> commissioner antonini. >>> no. >> hillis yes. >> commissioner sugayaa eye, commissioner fong no. >> that move passes for to three with commissioners antonini, hillis and fong voting against. so i'm want to go make a motion for 113. commissioner sugayaa. >> yeah, i woul

then on 3b we had discussed the 3b and i guess to clarify to the public one of the reasons for western sonoma zoning is there was an incompatibility with the night time uses with housing because people move in and then they complain and there was a desire to try to avoid that and so pretty much the zoning is an either or proposition. it's not -- we did it is not plated as both a proposition and members of the public cannot speak and so when the 3b option came forward to make those none conforming and could not expand, you know, there was an acknowledgement that that was an entertainment area and we would toying to continue it being that way and then the proposal chooses one use over the other unfortunately and we have learned that although people have claimed that they can co exist with entertainment uses they don't always do a good job of that and so that things us to the other issue about the 11th street project and it seeps like there is a two projects on the whole list that would be impacted and so there doesn't need to appear that there is a need for a larger grandfathering and for this

fitting that the site ised by street and ally and is that is a pretty good reflection of what western sonoma is all about and we have as our neighbors reds dens, businesses, artists we really have a good riflings of what is happening in the broader western sonoma area. we started this process in 2006. can you go back to the and i actually

proposition c limiting the addition of affordable housing that is going to effect thing with the western sonoma plan and so that is unfortunate that, that, path was taken but this is a good project and encourage it.. >> that your commissioners gym meek cofrom south of market and funny finding myself here supporting the recommendation of tim colon and i think serve on board supporting it project it was a unique situation when sandy miller and her class of architecture of students from cal polly were working with task force before still came on the pictures and they had been assigned this very same parking lot and they were created what kind of uses could go there and that is where the whole concept of a mix of uses came from. planning department in these initial meetings had great difficulty wrapping their head around what we were trying to do because the traditional way of thinking has always been dropping some -- in somebody's neighborhood and calling it mixed use this is sen or eight buildings i can never keep track televise and each with it's own use we told the planners come town to the nei

a flash-flood warning in affect for the western part of the sonoma counties. the flash-flood warning includes the entire city of petaluma within the last half hour. local stream gages showed levels at or above flood stage. this comes at the first winter storm of the season is bringing high winds and widespread rain around the area. there is a wind advisory until 1:00 this afternoon. you can see the roads here to lake tahoe, covered in ice and snow. chains are required on highway 50, and crews are warning drivers headed up to the mountains to be prepared, have your chains handy and drive slowly and cautiously. elizabeth has more details on what to expect the rest of the day. >>> yes. flooding reports coming in. parts of the great highway shut down. no surprises at sfo with delays up to two hour, especially on arrivals. this is the reason why. hi-def doppler has been lighting up since overnight. this is the worst of it this morning. slowly tapering off into the afternoon and evening. we should be dry by christmas eve. the heaviest cells right now are moving over

national weather service in the san francisco bay area issued a flash flood warning for sonoma county in western california, this includes the city of petaluma. from 540time a.m. pacific standard time. and national weather service doppler radar and automated rain gauge indicate sharp highs is producing flooding on the wildo grief and sand hill park. the indicated county, a flash flood warning means that flooding is occurring or is umnent. the runoff from heavy rainfall will cause localized flooding of small creeks and streams as well as roadways under passes and low lying spots. don't attempt to cross the water flowing or of unknown depth. it's important for campers and hikers to know where they're relative to creeks, streams, or rivers that can be dangerous in heavy rains. be particularly aware where many low water crossings can become killers. if flash flooding is quick, move up to higher ground to e scape flood waters. do not stay in areas subject to flooding when water begins rising. to report flooding, have the nearest law enforcement gauge a report to the national weather forecast office.

lifted for awheel but spread from western marin county up into sonoma and to napa county and we haveer across the entire bay area by midmorning tomorrow. right now heaviest activity around occidental and bodega bay and all shifting south, east now tm after some steady wide spread rain in the morning afternoon howevers will see mainly scattered showers. high pressure gemly in the 60's. low 60's. here's accu-weather 7 day forecast drying out for raider thursday tonight game on abc 7 on thursday. that's what i call thursday night football. clever how they come up with the name. >> forecast period looks dray is that machined tonight football is on monday too. whether a shock. >> piercing blue eye. sort of a rail regal air. >> i may royalty. i may. you should probably be kneeling. >> you are royal pain just before the show. >> nice. very good. may off season but the giants keep winning. now free agency winning. now free agency tonight targetwell, well, well. growing up, we didn't have u-verse. we couldn't record four shows at the same time. in my day, you were lucky if you could record tw

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western suspension span began to flicker on. you can see. it took three minutes for the span to light up again. >> flooding is a big concern in parts of sonoma county under a flash flood warning today. >>/r7ç businesses suffered heavy damage in 2005. awc 7 news reporter was w.more now from petaluma. >> from yesterday, about four and a half feet from yesterday, yesterday, we're seeing ground, grass, puddle autos andrew knows the creek well, is behind his office building. he knew rain was coming. still, volume of water appearing suddenly in the creek was still a surprise. but at least water is staying in the creek for now. near ron york park, emergency crews were on scene assessing this situation before dawn. petaluma river made a mess at stoney point road. >> we need new kayak autos bobby has a mobile home with brand new floor autos this water came up quickly this morning. we're hoping it stays where it is right now. so we don't get wet. >> people are watching and waiting as the drenching is not done, yet. amazing the amount of water, if we've got three more days there is no way the banks are going to hold that. >> police say it is business a