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Even though it seems like it would be a slam dunk deal at the local voting stations next November 2008- putting a halt on city growth may not be as clear cut as it sounds.
Despite the fact that Petaluma City Council is rightly concerned about drinking water inadequacies in the next twenty years, a population expansion may still be a consideration if major developers step up to the plate with $40 million worth of civic project money.
Voters may well be expected to make this decision and grant an exception or not to build an additional 2,100 homes near Lakeville Hwy.
According to reports in the Santa Rosa Press Democrat, Mayor, Pam Torliatt is sticking to her guns with supporting current growth restrictions and will likely urge citizens not to put up their city's principles for sale.
On the other side of the potential expansion fence, council members must now come to an agreement as to when the environmental studies necessary for this discussion need to take place. Before or after the completion of the general plan at the end of this year...
