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Date	Description	Links to Videos
5/31/06	Chris Stevick explains to the Petaluma City Council how the trestle could be saved rather than demolished and advocates for a new design and plan for renovating the Trestle. Council unanimously passes resolution to ask city staff to prepare an RFQ & RFP (prerequisite to new design and plan) in cooperation with Chris & Katherine J. Rinehart.	YouTube Video
2/16/11	Chris Stevick makes a presentation about saving the Trestle to the Recreation, Music, and Parks Commission The first thumbnail on the right is linked to the video archived at the City of Petaluma website, and will open in a new window. The second thumbnail on the right is linked to a complete transcript of Chris' presentation. The PDF will open in a pop--up.	Archived Video: Transcript
7/27/12	KRCB's "Vintage Petaluma: All Aboard" video. Good two minute info about the trains that ran on the trestle when it was originally built.	YouTube Video:
10/1/17	Chris Stevick receives Preservation Award for Outstanding Building Talent from Heritage Homes.	Click the image to view video
10/4/17	Video by John Maher Point by point contrast of presentation by Katherine J. Rinehart on historic trestle designation at Petaluma Museum in 2016 vs Mark Hulbert’s report, (employed by Preservation Architecture, hired by Public Works) as part of the 2/6/12 staff presentation to City Council.	Original Video
3/23/19	Video of two 80 ton diesels and one 40 ton hopper crossing the Trestle (recorded before 1994).	YouTube video:
2/21/20	Video of Chris & Pet Pete explaining why Trestle should be repaired rather than demolished. Includes video of engine on the trestle.	YouTube video:
11/21/20	Chris Stevick's Petaluma Trestle Facts - (Aka: The Living Room Presentation) Includes highlighted elevations of Trestle Components and a vintage video clip of Railroad engine pulling several cars on the Trestle in the early 1990s.	YouTube video:
5/1/21	The Petaluma River Promenade SAVE THE TRESTLE organization celebrated a Pianos of Petaluma EXPO outside the Petaluma Arts Center. Participating speakers in support of restoring the Petaluma River trestle for pedestrian use: Lynn Woolsey, former United States Representative and Petaluma resident Petaluma Mayor Teresa Barrett Marie McCusker, Director of the Petaluma Visitor and Downtown Association Director	YouTube video:
9/20/21	Video animation of the Trestle, morphing between how it looks at present with how it will look after restoration.	YouTube video:
5/11/22	John Ramos reports on push to save the old Petaluma train Trestle, transforming it into a riverfront promenade.	YouTube video:

1992 - 4/5/06
4/19/06 - 4/20/10
5/20/10 - 12/8/11
12/12/11 - 9/24/12
9/25/12 - 7/14/23
5/24/24 - Present