 Okay, want to let our attendees know Especially our staff. I was having a little trouble with the YouTube feed and I was on with our technical services, but looks like we have it all ready to go and I have sent a couple of prompts to our staff or sound checks Mr. Wixen. Yes, ma'am Want to try your camera or just sound? No ways try the camera Looks good. Thanks Thank you Okay, I want to welcome all of our attendees I'm going to Get the screen changed up here so we can see the agenda Give me a moment, please Okay, and we can get started in a moment, but I want to take a look at our attendees and Welcome our staff Planner B-slut, I am sending you a prompt and you can go ahead and answer that prompt your sound and screen will be enabled Zoning administrator means I'm sending your prompt Planner Susie Murray I am sending yours and I believe that takes care of our staff Let's go ahead and a sound check for Planner Wixen and Planner B-slut, can we go ahead and do a Soundcheck check one two check one two. This is Planner Wixen. Okay. Thank you. This is Planner B-slut Sounds good, thank you and zoning administrator means I have sent your prompt Good morning. We're set recording secretary. Oh Were you secret recording secretary Hopwood? Can you hear and see me? Yes, we can. Thank you so much Okay, let me check our list roll momentarily here make sure All of our staff let's make sure we have Planner Murray in here See I'm gonna resend that prompt project Planner Murray and the soundcheck please Can you hear me now? We can thank you. Thank you for the prompt. I'll talk to you in a few minutes. Okay Recording secretary Hopwood, if you would just let me know when we are ready to go. Okay me make sure our recording is going and our YouTube feed is going so we should be all set. Thank you so much. Excellent. Thank you so much. Well with that I am going to call the September 15th regularly scheduled zoning administrator meeting to order I am sharing needs your zoning administrator pursuant to government code section five four nine five three e and the recommendation of the Sonoma County Health Officer The zoning administrator will facilitate this meeting via zoom webinar members of the public can participate virtually at www.zoom.us forward slash join or by calling toll free 877-853-5257 The meeting ID is 851-5063 6666 Members of the public Accessing the meeting through zoom can provide comments during the public comment periods Additional information related to meeting participation is available at www.srcity.org forward slash zoning ADMIN Meeting is also being live streamed at www.youtube.com forward slash city of Santa Rosa So we are now going to open a public comment period for non-agenda items miss means Yes, I do apologize, but With with the setup of the meeting I neglected to remind you to Introduce the fact that we have our interpreter here and to make sure that the initial part of our meeting is interpreted so the first thing that we need to do is make an announcement that Of how our participants can access the interpretation So I'm gonna go ahead and let mr. Leon Give some direction on that Okay, habla el interpreter Gilberto y para las personas interesadas en interpretación Simultane en español de esta reunión del administrador de sonificación Pueden accesar este canal en la barra de funciones en la parte baja de su computadora o teléfono móvil Aga click en el icono de mundo o globo terracchio escoja su idioma en este caso en español También se le pide por favor que mantenga su micrófono apagado Hasta que se le pide hablar y la administradora le avise que es su turno muchas gracias Okay, so I'm gonna go ahead and stop my screen share and initiate that language interpretation So please just a moment And thank you again for being with us mr. Leon You're welcome Okay, so I apologize miss needs that we should start at the beginning and And I want to remind all of our participants our staff and all of our participants that Since the meeting is being translated on a different channel It's important that we all remember to speak much more slowly than we're accustomed to Thank you so much go ahead miss needs So good morning, I'm sharing needs zoning administrator And I'd like to call to order the regularly scheduled zoning administrator meeting of September 15th 2022 at 1038 a.m Pursuant to government code section 54953 a and the recommendation of the Sonoma County Health Officer The zoning administrator will be facilitating this meeting via zoom webinar members of the public can participate virtually at www.zoom.us forward slash join or By calling toll free eight seven seven eight five three five two five seven and in both cases you will need to use the meeting ID number Which is eight five one? five zero six three six six six six Members of the public accessing the meeting through zoom Can provide comments during the public comment periods If you need additional information about how to participate, which our recording secretary will provide Prior to each of the public comment periods as well You can you can take a look at www.srcity.org forward slash zoning admin this meeting is also being live streamed at www.youtube.com forward slash city of Santa Rosa so the Second item on our agenda is public comment So this is a time for folks to address matters within the purview of the ZA That are not on today's agenda Public comment will also be accepted after each of the agenda items Each speaker will be given three minutes to make a comment and Recording secretary hopwood will now provide instructions on how you can make a comment if you would like Okay, the two ways for us to do this for all of our attendees on your toolbar in the zoom meeting You should see a symbol of a hand that will raise your hand so that I can see it We also have a few attendees that have called in on telephones So we want to let those well, I saw a few attendees early on and I'm going through the list Oh, yes, we do. We have three attendees calling in on a telephone So to enable me to see your hand within the zoom meeting, please press star nine This is for public comment or items that are not already on the agenda There will be additional public comment for each item as we move through the meeting Okay, so I'm going to go ahead and open that public comment period So if you would like to make your comment, please follow the instructions just provided by Ms. Hopwood And we can give you a chance to speak Are you seeing any hands miss Hopwood? I don't see any raised hands at this time, Ms. Mead Okay, well then let's close the public comment for comment period for non-agenda items And we'll move on to item three on the agenda, which is the zoning administrator business This includes the zoning administrator statement of purpose, which is The zoning administrator is appointed by the planning and economic development director And has the authority to conduct public meetings and hearings and to take action on application For minor discretionary projects A determination or decision by the zoning administrator may be appealed to the design review board Cultural heritage board, planning commission, or city council as applicable to the decision There are no zoning administrator reports or consent items today So I'll skip to item number five on the agenda, which is regularly scheduled items Our first item, item 5.1, is a public hearing for a minor conditional use permit to allow mobile food vending at 505 Santa Rosa Avenue City file, CUP 22027 Unfortunately, we have been made aware of a mistake on the on-site sign that was posted for this item We just found out today We just found out today. So I apologize. This meeting is going to have to be continued The meeting will be renoticed in the newspaper Via the postcard notification and a new on-site sign will be placed The reason for the renoticing is the the zoom ID numbers for each zoning administrator is different each time. They're unique So when you get the new postcard it will include a new zoom ID number. So you'll want to make sure that you Discard the original one for today's meeting and use the meeting Information that will be included on the new postcard on the new on-site sign and via the press democrat newspaper So then we'll move on to item 5.2, which is also a public hearing It was a public hearing by virtue of the applicant request So it's for brookwood medical city file prj 21-024 CUP 21-088 the present presentation will be provided by senior murray Senior planner suzie murray. Thank you Okay, you caught me a little off guard there and I I'm going to request kimberley if I could ask him having problems with my own presentation. I can't seem to open it I was frantically trying to correct that if you could pull it up and just operate the slides for me That would be great. And I'll just give you just a second here I'm so sorry. I don't know why it's not coming over my email for me And no need to prep for the applicant's presentation that one works perfectly Thank you so much So good morning zoning administrator means sherry The project before you this morning is the brookwood medical center. It's a minor conditional use permit for a medical an integrated medical facility proposed at 101 brookwood avenue 884 and 1002nd street adjacent to the santa rosa creek The next slide please It's the medical office building is proposed at 92,370 square feet. It's four stories tall The parking garage is six levels tall and I want to differentiate between stories and levels The the six level parking garage is actually shorter than the four-story medical office building The project required two entitlements The first was design review which was approved by the design review board on september 1st I also want to take a moment to mention at this point that the resolution That was available online did not reference that the design review board's resolution number Which is d rb dash zero or two zero two two Dash zero zero five and that includes all of the the project related conditions of approval The zone the zoning administrator resolution Deferred to those conditions unless of course you add some more at the end And then of course the minor conditional use permit that's before you this morning Next slide please Here's an overview of the site It encompasses three parcels The largest of which is not developed and is adjacent to santa rosa creek the other two have buildings on them which will be demolished Go ahead and just click once more kimberley that little red triangle there is Uh, it's an a city owned property and one of the improvements that the applicant has agreed to Is extending all the street frontage improvements along that stretch of city property to connect with the bridge on brookwood avenue Next slide please So again, there's the project site and this is just to give you some idea of the surrounding neighborhood You can click forward once more kimberley Um, you've got commercial and residential to the west predominantly commercial to the east And public institutional and res residential to the south and that on the other side of the creek is where the police station is So next slide please So a quick project history back in july of 2021 We had a real busy week with the neighborhood meeting a pre application meeting with staff in concept design review meeting Those meetings are all pre application meetings And they're intended to provide an opportunity for neighbors to understand the project before you know when it's in its conceptual stage also for another one with staff where staff can Identify any big issues that may come about And then with a design review board for a project of the size where they can Get kind of input from the board, which was very valuable input on this and reflected in the final plan On december 16th. We went to the waterways advisory committee The the committee was very much and very supportive of the project. They had requested that We extend or add an easement That would continue to connect the creek path. That's part of the design, which you'll see in a moment So so would extend to the east I guess or to the west So when future development comes in we can connect the creek path to continue along the creek And then we the project applications were submitted actually a couple months before that and And there is september 1st that received design review Okay, next slide please There's the project site the site is within an area designated as neighborhood mixed use on the general plan land use diagram It's also Well, I'll talk about the specific plan on the next slide next couple slides the zoning district is MMU as well consistent with the general plan Go ahead with the next slide Some of our general plan goals, but it maintained we want to maintain downtown as a major regional office financial civic civic and cultural center in the north bay and vital mixed use center And then there's encouragement to to keep our our creeks and our habitat intact The project landscape planner has a presentation in which I think you'll you will Yeah, her input will be valuable For this point especially I'm not going to steal her thunder here And then promote new retail and higher density uses along the city's regional and arterial corridors for which brookwood is one So next slide please The project has been reviewed in compliance with all zoning code development standards It Actually exceeds the minimum requirement for parking and parking is the big issue here because In this area, we really want we tried it. We're trying to get Fewer parking spaces or the need for Parking reduced but for a medical Facility people don't typically take public public transit or walk to medical appointments They typically bring their their own cars and there was a a very strong analysis prepared by W. Tron trans and Staff specifically asked them to address that that issue Why the need for the parking and I'll say in this meeting as I said in the design review board meeting If anybody's ever tried to find a parking space at the kaiser campus Um, you you have a an understanding you understand what it's like at a medical office building So the project is within the allowable lot coverage um, it's the the floor area ratio Is is 4.0 and uh floor area ratio is kind of a an alternative to building height And allows these buildings to go up much taller um One of the requirements by the the zoning code the general plan and the specific plan is the people in these areas develop Over the midpoint which this project was successful through its redesign after concept design review to to achieve that um Setbacks defer to the review authority. Uh, again, it's been reviewed by the By the design review board and they certainly didn't have a problem with it And it meets other all the other design building design and ground level level requirements next slide, please So the pink line there shows the boundary of the downtown station area Just forward one more time And that star indicates where this site is located is right on the eastern boundary of the downtown station area plan along that arterial Brookwood avenue next slide, please The project also implements several more goals from the the specific plan and i'll say The specific plan the general plan and the design guidelines have so much overlap in their goals um It's basically it's bringing jobs and viability economic viability to the downtown um The it's a balance of parking that supports the quality of life and the businesses And a diverse range of public spaces public or the walking path We'll have two seating areas that is open to the public as well as connecting brookwood avenue to second street So in the next slide, please Here's the site plan The architect is on the line, and I know he's going to go into great detail about not only the buildings, but he'll also explain A bit about the the parking plan. It it's a very this is a challenging challenging property to um develop Some of the obstacles that they had were a 30 foot creeps setback and of course being on that that that very um I well traveled street and corner um They had to get emergency access while meeting the parking needs Etc But you can see on this path on the on the The bottom where the creek path starts at brookwood meanders across and then connects up to The medical office building that stretch of the project that is between You know the left side of this screen on the west side and where the path turns up We do have we've required an easement so that path can be extended Which is what I mentioned a request from our waterways advisory committee Next slide, please There were a few issues that came up during uh staff's review Uh Let's see that they they were resolved and I've already mentioned that by that little triangle that we look At earlier the red triangle the city's property front edge the applicant agreed to extend extend the sidewalk and the bike path So it connects with the bridge We had some issues with uh low impact development standards Which we've seen a lot of because the water board the state water board has um, they've changed up some of their Allowable best management practices So we got over that hurdle and of course the parking, which I've already addressed and there are no unresolved issues with this project Next slide We received some public comments There's I think the most The most the the biggest comment that we're the one that we've heard most about is that six level parking structure adjacent to brookwood avenue Um, the the downtown station area plan encouraged encourages vertical construction The d rb suggested at their concept design review Or a concept review meeting that they increased the height for both structures to meet To meet the requirements And I've mentioned it's and on the previous slide that it's a challenging site to develop um and to achieve That that midpoint floor area they had to increase the size certainly of the medical office building And again, I want to point out that the garage is still lower in height than the medical office building um There was a concern about Tenants being displaced before uh, their leases were expired That is between the leaseholder and the tenant, but I've I've been assured that that is not the case and I don't know all the details of it. So um in uh support of the project that somebody that there was a Gentleman who spoke to me that was very happy about that this will eliminate the derelict activities on the site Um, I'm just gonna and I want to point out again that it won't eliminate those activities, but it will It will shift them to a new location. So where that will happen That's a whole nother problem that the city is working diligently to correct and help um, uh, there were also some other comments. I had a conversation uh with a nearby property odor concerns concerned about um the reflective Our characteristics of the uh kinetic art pieces that are that are proposed up on the um, uh garage structure and you know, we have we have those on an at&t building downtown, which is um, you know people public's actually quite fond of them. Um There's some concern that that those types of uh installations may have Issues for people that have disabilities, whether it's um have see or prone to seizures Or prone to migraines or there may be some other medical conditions, but um, we have uh, certainly notified our You know our parks department of that for um, I for the part that The staff that review and the board that reviews art in public places is aware of that. So That will certainly be a consideration Um, and then then of course there was also some concerns about how this will Not be supportive of smaller medical Uh practices across across the street from here. There was concern about Access across the property across the street getting from this building to the hospital and those were all discussed during the um During the design review board meeting they it is a I think more related to land use and We've recommended that those those property owners put up some signs if it becomes an issue with no trespassing But where there is a very clear pedestrian path of travel for those traveling between the two facilities Next slide, please in terms of the environmental quality act the project is statutorily exempt um, it is in it it's in compliance with um The downtown station area plan with the general plan and zoning. It has a flora area ratio greater than 0.75 percent I'm sorry 75 percent um, it is consistent with the the bay area plan bay area 2040 that's a plan that really talks about air quality and greenhouse gases and what have you It's within the downtown station area priority development area It's within a transit priority development area and it's consistent again with the downtown station area plan for which an eir Report was certified just I think last year by the by the city council Next slide So with that It's recommended by the planning and economic development department that the zoning administrator by resolution Approve a minor conditional use permit for the brookwood medical project located at 101 brookwood avenue and 884 and 1000 second street And for those of you that are calling in i'm just going to give you my contact information if you have any Questions about the project after action today. My name is suzie murray My telephone number is 707 543 4348 My email address is smu r r a y At srcity.org I also want to point out that I will be on vacation So if there are any types of appeals or anything those should be forwarded to our planning At srcity.org email address and I will ask Zoning administrator needs to please reiterate that later in this Meeting so that people understand that I will not see their emails. Thank you very much I know the applicant is primed and ready to go and if you have any questions, I'm happy to answer them Meanwhile, I'll go ahead and You can cancel off the My slideshow and I'll get the applicants ready to go Excellent. I'm going to just hold any questions until after the applicant's presentations if that's all right with Ms murray Is absolutely fine great Hold on one sec. I just have to get my screen up So can you see my screen? Yes, we can. Thank you. We can just trying to get this back up to the top and Do oh my gosh I guess I am at the top. Okay, and I have um has the applicant team Can I can ask the the uh Brianna and Ah, I'm drawing a complete blank on the architect's name if you could both raise your hand so kimberley can see you That would be wonderful Oh, no You guys Uh Yes, Brianna has been elevated Uh, can you elevate Brianna to speak? Brianna, I've sent you a prompt and as soon as yeah, it looks like your sound should be good And I apologize you guys I was supposed to send them a text, but I didn't realize we were reordering the agenda That's okay. I'm here and darin should be on the line as well darin adkinson He's I think calling in if you could allow him to speak to he's going to start the presentation I'm so sorry, Brianna. That was my I knew that would happen That's okay. I'm I'm always nervous about being late. So I just logged in early Um, so I want to let uh, mr. Adkinson know that um, although I can see your raised hand in the zoom meeting If your sound is on one of our phone lines calling in Then I won't be able to enable your sound unless you press star nine on your phone Um, otherwise you can go ahead and try your sound if you're on a computer or a device You want to try your sound that way? I'll send you a prompt that way Yes, I'm I'm online actually not calling in. So okay, perfect. Yes. We can hear you sounds great and um, just let our Our applicants know that it it helps with our It helps with our Sound quality of the meeting if you keep yourself muted when you're not speaking. So thank you for that, Brianna I can see that you already muted yourself. Uh, go ahead mr. Atkinson. Okay. Thank you so much. So again, my name's Darren Atkinson Uh design director with gensler and thank you for having us here to present the project and happy to walk through Everything with you and answer any questions you have Um, susie does such a great job of introducing the project. I think some of these slides are a bit, um Unnecessary, but everyone I think is clear about where the site is And clearly the creek is a big part of our project. So maybe we can just move to the next image there Again, we just provided some images of what it looks like on the site today. Many of you probably very familiar with this But it was a big part of how we started to approach the project and making sure that the creek was a significant element that we tried to Work with and maintain as much of that as we can and then provide access to as well as which I'll talk about more later so next Site plan so just briefly Susie did a great job of talking through the areas and things like that and yes, the the office building is a four-story building it is on the corner of second and brookwood because of the kind of the requirements of the downtown district planning requirements and so um The project is certainly a challenge to develop because of this creek setback and the shape of the site but we were able to fit both The medical office building as well as a single based parking garage along brookwood And just to point out a few features on the site We have provided three entrance rights in right out entrances onto the site Um, and um, I'm not sure I guess you probably cannot see my pointer, but I'll just try to direct you You know as you entered the site off of brookwood Yeah, that one's kind of the main entrance onto the site because it will allow people to come and drop off Right into the south of the building. That was that will be the main entrance to everything Uh space there for multiple cars to drop off at once But then also space for that person to then turn and go back and be able to find a parking spot in the garage, which is um, as susie mentioned six levels of parking, but the the heights of each of those Levels is pretty short Around 10 feet so that we can actually keep that garage as short as possible and it is Shorter than the the building itself Uh, we're providing uh all of the required eda parking on site paths to the building and then um, you know, I think, um, you know the Access from the the site gives gives you access to that path along the creek Um, and so people can enter off of either brookwood or they can come along second street and kind of connect to and experience the the nature along the creek So, um, let's go to the next slide We got some great feedback Susie mentioned that we had this preliminary meeting with the design review board They gave us some great feedback on some things that were working well in in santa rosa and areas that they had seen And and these images were really some stuff that um, they kind of pointed us to or things that we thought of as they started to Mention, uh elements like how the building touches the ground Some murals expressing this the towers Those were all great comments and feedback that we took to heart and really started to think about as we were, you know Planning and organizing and designing the building and so we just use these as a reference for the that conversation so next So we can get into what the building looks like so this is an aerial view so, uh from the The northeast and here you can kind of see how the building fits on the site And the relationship of the patterning of windows on the building and relating that to the garage as it was an attempt Of trying to help tie everything together And then really Because the building is so prominent on the corner, you know, we really started to express an element on the corner to kind of create a bit of element, you know some element that expresses itself kind of announces itself and it is memorable as people drive by the building So if we go to the next view You get a closer view of this as you're heading south on brook wood and this glass And metal frame really starts to kind of express and hold that corner We have some more In the glass or some patterning some freeness and kind of funness to the the glass patterning to kind of help just kind of express it as an element And um, you can start to see how the patterning of the windows are not, you know rigid, but they're kind of tied a little bit more free flowing and that Translates on to the parking garage a little bit So next image This view is from across the street Of brook wood and you again this really kind of highlights the height difference between the The building on the corner and the parking garage below are to the to the left, sorry And you start to see the kinetic art panels that susie was mentioning earlier that we have on the building so that You know, I think there's a real attempt at trying to take what is normally and not a very exciting uh building type like a parking garage and try to give it some presence give it some interest so that it's not just You know a big box on the street, but rather something that has some character to it And so we if we go to the next view, I think we see Well, this is the view of the building from second street headed east on second street so just expressing kind of the Breakup of the building of materials and how the glass starts to kind of create a little bit of patterning and You know breaking the scale down a bit with a metal brow at the ground level But if we go to the next level at the next view, I think We start to see what the building starts to feel like from the creek side So this is kind of the main entrance side of things pulled back quite a ways But you can see that there's plenty of opportunity for Landscaping and kind of being in the in nature On this project, which I think is amazing given, you know, how tight the site is and and being able to really Captivate the interest of that creek area. I think it's a wonderful thing and it's going to really be a major Contribute contribution to the project itself Let's go to the next to you. Yeah So here you can see the garage. Let's go to the next one because I think we see both the panel so Um on the parking garage as I mentioned, you know We really worked hard to try to make this thing feel like it has some character or not and contribute to the To society a bit other than just be a big box for cars Um, the ways we did that was to pull panel the the panel pattern from the office building onto the garage and we do that in two ways there are Planted what's called green screen. So we're actually growing vines and and life up the side of the building for part of it The other part closer to the building. Those are the kinetic panels. Those are are kind of that starts to Express itself through kinetic movement of wind and things like that. So there's always something new and happening there And then what doesn't show up on this view but would certainly Be a major impact to the design is that as the sun goes down and it starts to get darker the lights Are pat are following this pattern. And so at nighttime there will be the same kind of expression along the garage So, you know, the owner has really committed themselves to doing something really special with the garage and and trying to help it You know fit into and contribute to its area Last thing on the garage is that it also has a full array of pvs So photo will take array on the top of the garage which provides shade for those cars on the top level And all of that energy is going to kind of offset the use of of the building Okay, next In just the same views This materiality we're using exterior plaster with earth tone colors Warmer tones that really contribute to kind of the health and well in the bulk being of Patience, so that's a really a strategy that the the owner Who develops these types of projects has really kind of honed over the years of doing this and making sure that the that The user experience is really considered and knowing that people come to these types of spaces You know, maybe not filling all that great, you know, giving them a place of comfort Is really important. And so the color palette has really been born from that idea So we're using some wood like a phenolic rain screen product that has a wood Texture to it. So it starts to bring in a bit of that natural warmth Warm tone colors of different varied tones Okay, next And then this just shows how the building is organized the main entrance lobby space is off of the south Sod right where there's a large drop off And then the the building is really just open space now for, you know, attended to come in and organize the way they Works for them Okay, next again typical floor lobby space You go to the next slide I think Just again some more materials for for screening and things like that for both things on the ground Like trash enclosures and as well as on the roof of mechanical enclosures We're using like a louvered system again that has more of a warm earth toned color So we can go next parking garage layout as I said before is a single stall because of the challenges on the site We couldn't really make the the garage wider We really were restricted to that Layout but we were able to make it work with the speed ramp if you go to the next And then this is just some visual Images of some of the the parking garage ideas where we really are using that green screen You know, you can start to see a real photo of what it will feel like where there's actual vines growing up the side The canada art, which you actually have a great example of there in downtown Santa Rosa, so but I think something to really bring life to the facade And then the lights the How the lights will work at night. I think will also be a really impactful element. So Next And then I'm going to hand it off to Brianna and let you kind of walk through How you're handling all of the landscaping and the ground plane Thanks Darren So with the landscape what we're really trying to do here is respect the natural features that we have on the site Which is the a beautiful section of Santa Rosa Creek We're trying to integrate with the architecture on the parking garage with the green screens We're trying to complement the architecture around the office building And we're also trying to meet Stormwater treatment requirements all within very limited space so You know working with the architecture team and our civil engineers to locate the buildings so that we can Respect the creek setback so that we can Save trees where we can And so that we can fit in all of these elements On a very compacted site And then also create a really great experience when you're driving by and when you're visiting the site or visiting the creek So that's what we've really tried to do With The landscape design if we can go to the next slide So here you can see that how we're sort of trying to create With our paving pattern this entry at the drop-off for for people coming to the building to try and bring some of the interesting window pattern Patterning into the the concrete we're trying to Create different materials. So using different colored and textured concrete At the entrance to highlight that using a permeable paving for the creek trail and the seating areas there and then providing a variety of Benches and picnic tables both at the entry and along the creek and of course Providing bike parking both long-term and short-term parking To meet requirements and also for you know staffing and people visiting the building Next slide, please this is just a sort of representative palette for the sort of plants that we're proposing so To mitigate for the trees that we do have to take out. There are some oaks on the site. So we want to Provide new oaks and concentrate them around that creek to help pull the creek environment a little further into the site So when people are on that creek trail, it really feels like they're they're getting to enjoy that environment we also want to enhance that habitat with Native plants that are appropriate for you know a creek bank and then also provide some gentle color seasonal color and interest And all native or adaptive low water use plants. There are some moderate plants on this list particularly for street trees and our storm water plantings But the irrigation will be designed to be very water efficient and meet meet Lilo And I think that's all I've got. Thank you Great. Well, let's Go ahead and thank you for the presentations I want to go ahead and open the public hearing and open the public comment period for the public hearing So anyone who wishes to Make a comment about this item, please kimberley if you could or recording secretary kimberley if you would please Once again, give us the instructions on how to do that Thank you miss means within our zoom meeting find the raise hand on your toolbar And for those who are calling in on a telephone line Even if you're logged in to the meeting on a device if your sound is to be enabled through the telephone In order to get that enabled you will need to press star Nine on your phone and that will raise the hand so that I can see it in our list of participants So first up it looks like we have Eric Shazenkin and I do apologize if I didn't pronounce your name correctly I'm going to send you a prompt Once you answer the prompt your sound should be enabled Good morning. This is Eric Shazenkin My family has owned and operated creekside medical plaza 95 Montgomery drive Which is directly across brookwood avenue from this project site Since 1976 So we have been in this neighborhood working with exclusively medical offices for a long time And I appreciate all of the effort that The applicant and that miss murray have put into the design and all the design details Obviously, they've put in a lot of Effort and thought on a met lot of the elements of that I would like to introduce a practical real world Perspective on this project that I think may not have been carefully thought through When focus has been placed instead on downtown station area plan other design standards That on paper seem great My concerns are first of all, we have a big surface parking lot for our 23 24,000 gross square foot medical office building That lies basically directly between this project site and memorial hospital and for medical offices You always want access to a hospital. That's one of the big draws. That's why you place the medical building your hospital and To suggest that people who want to walk back and forth between this project and memorial are going to Walk a couple blocks out of their way wind their way around the sidewalks When they can literally see the hospital across our parking lot Is not a realistic suggestion I think they're going to be walking back and forth there all the time which Presents a lot of practical safety and logistic concerns In addition to that, I don't think signs are anywhere near an adequate Suggestion to stop people from doing that. They just will walk right past them Uh in addition to that, uh people like to park close to their offices They like to park on the ground. They don't like to wind their way up Six stories if you're in san francisco, sure, that's what you do That is not what people in santa rosa are used to doing. They're used to wanting to park by their offices I have personally been yelled at twice this week By a doctor because somebody parked in their assigned parking space and they had to park 20 feet further away from their office So I know you're trying to change patterns, etc in terms of traffic, but That's going to be a challenge. It's going to take time and uh The practical solution too of station area plan downtown doesn't require on-site parking This is right on the edge of the station area. We're on the other side of that line We require five spaces per thousand square feet of parking and as do all the other medical buildings that are around the memorial This doesn't So I think we're going to overload our surface parking lot and a lot of the other parking in the neighborhood Which is already impacted and has been for a long time by relying on a big uh parking structure Which I don't think provides as much parkings would be required if they were across the street closer to the hospital The community doesn't need this amount of high rise. It's out of character for this immediate neighborhood Which again is way over on the edge of the station area plan. I know I'm just about out of time And uh, I just uh, I would also like to just briefly say I'm the one that mentioned the kinetic landscaping issues to ms. Murray um, I'm a migraine suffer And uh having flashing scintillating lights Is a disaster for people with migraine When you look at that it triggers migraines. It causes a lot of problems for people There are over 15 million people in the united states that are migraine sufferers and Uh to have that lighted and scintillating and flashing light all night right across the street from a medical building That might be there for the purpose of treating people with such conditions Is just silly. It's just a recipe for disaster. It does not serve the community well So I think I'm over my time. Thank you for bearing with me and I appreciate your attention Thank you Okay, thank you. Um, and I I want to just uh verify miss mead Um, although I do appreciate um Our our commenters consideration I uh, I have a clock that I can share on the screen for our public comment which I um, I unfortunately didn't share that on that occasion Um, shall I go ahead and put that? Uh Share go ahead and share that screen as we move through the rest of our public comment Yeah, that sounds great. Thank you miss hopwood Okay Did we allow um our first commenter more than three minutes? However, or was it Three minutes. I believe miss marie said she was timing it great I was timing it and he excited to say let's give everybody three and a half minutes That'll make it fair and I want to give erica big. Thank you for for recognizing your time limits Absolutely. Appreciate the mindfulness there some is hop. What are you going to share the? I am I'm okay. Thank you. I'm trying to go ahead and adjust it That's take your time three minutes and 30 seconds. Thank you I'm sorry. I'm trying to adjust it for a different time here Okay, I believe our screen is up. Let me get to our list of participants here Enjoy So it looks like next up on our list. We have scout Tamaris I'm sending you a prompt you should be able to speak When that Comes on Yes, there you are. Can you see the timer on your screen? I can okay Go ahead. Thank you. I'm scott tamaris and I live at eight eight seven snowman avenue apartment 10 Which is directly across the creek from this facility that's been planned And We certainly are concerned here in this multi-family housing Still see I live in about the Not only the visual but noise impact, but my main concern is the creek on the We're on the south side of the creek and this facility is on the north side of the creek. It's very high above the creek and The Bank that goes down to the creek. It's quite steep. It's covered with a riprap all kinds of concrete and Stuff that just seem to have gotten poured Down there. I mean it's actually quite ugly and And as covered with trees That have not been maintained for many years In the big rainstorm last October one tree actually fell across the creek from that side of the property And created a log jam which caused excessive flooding on our property. So I'm concerned about the plans for not just the the surface level where the parking garage and building will be but the actual creek bank itself And It's not a beautiful natural area for the public to look at At this point. So I'm hoping that there are going to be plans to Clean that up There's a gigantic I You could look the street there And excuse me if my computer spoke There is a Giant eclipse tree That over there that we're hoping will Will come down because it's presenting a quite a fire and Other danger So my concerns are primarily that The creek and the creek bank itself be maintained and that is my only comment. Thank you very much Thank you. Ms. Tamaris So I'll I'll remind our attendees in order to be recognized for public comment Please raise your hand on the toolbar Or press star nine if you're calling in on a telephone And this means it looks like that will be all of our public comment. Okay, then I'm going to go ahead for this item. Sorry I'm going to go ahead and close the public comment period and close the public hearing I'm taking a few notes and I do have a couple of questions and then I'll defer to to ms. Murray or the applicant team to answer these and If at all possible to address our last commenters concerns about the creek and and who would ultimately be responsible for that maintenance In case she needed to follow up on something so One of the questions I do have is is there any plan for nighttime security for the parking structure? And is it easier for you guys for me to read them one at a time or the whole list? Um, it just depends on how many there are I guess maybe um I Think one at a time and that way it's it's clearer for everybody else and I'm going to defer to the applicant team To talk about security Yeah, and that's a fairly straightforward answer there the owner has committed to providing security on site during construction as well as Post construction there will be someone on site. Yes excellent And I I really appreciate the green screens. I think they're lovely What is the plan for their maintenance because I want to make sure that they remain green screens given our water And drought situation and requests for reduction in use How right go ahead so I can answer that um, we Our plan at the moment what we're working through with design development is actually to put Uh planter boxes under each of the green screens. There's there are Products where you can do that and they do them on parking garages a lot. So we would be Having planter boxes with vegetation in those to grow up the individual green screens and they would have drip irrigation to them so they would be Maintained as part of the overall landscape excellent I I share the concern about the kinetic art Given that this is a medical facility. However, I will defer obviously to public art folks to to make that ultimate determination of whether It is still appropriate to have something that Could affect medical Patients at a medical facility Could I make one comment on that just just to make a clarification? I think the person who was voicing concerns about that I certainly Empathize with anyone who has a condition that would be prompted or worsened by something like that But the I just want to clarify that The the kinetic art is like a piece of Plastic or metal that moves with wind It does not have a light source the light source on it during the day would strictly be the sun and I know that that might create Some some light moving around and I think we can take a look at what the actual finish of that is so that maybe it's not as shiny Like if it's not as chrome or mirror like it that type of reflection would be less impactful I think what we're planning on doing is is nothing Different than the sparklets trucks that you see driving around town that have those little pieces It's kind of like that where they're just things that flap and with the wind But the main point I want to make is that There are lights as part of the plan so that at night there will be lights But those lights are not in any way shape or form flickering or there are just a constant light So it's it's not And I believe my understanding of some of the medical conditions that are impacted by Light and things like that that it's more about the flashing and or changing of something at a certain rhythm that would cause issues So at night the light is static. It is not moving or flashing Hopefully hopefully that helps with clarifying his concern Yeah, thank you for that clarification. Um, I'm wondering are there any plans for emergency Use at this site ambulances or anything such as that? Um, I only in the in this sense when you know any other building would have right there It is not intended to be A place where ambulances are dropping people off. No, this is a this is intended to be your doctor's office And you know, obviously if something Is needed they would come pick them up. They would not be dropping them off there. Excellent. Well, I I really appreciate this project. I think it's been very well designed. I think you're you are working with a tough site I Greatly appreciate how you're trying to you know Maintain the riparian corridor, whether that's kind of adjusting it a little bit by moving the trees out But I I think it's a wonderful project. I think it's in a good place. I I disagree with comments that it's over parked just because I I've I've been at Kaiser and I was trying to take someone to the emergency room And there was no space available and we ended up in the in the parking garage So I was actually thankful that it was there because I didn't have to work as far And it is something that we're encouraging in the downtown We are asking folks to go vertical And the parking garage allows a lot of parking but not It doesn't take a lot of footprint. So I appreciate that I don't really have any other questions So I will be approving this project and I want to thank senior planner Murray and the applicant team for Creating something wonderful Owning administrator meets there was one thing that wasn't addressed that was brought up by the public and that was the ukulele trees Yes, thank you maintenance So the creek maintenance is certainly like any other place It's it's the if it's on the property the property owner is responsible for it But the the landscape plan I I think that uh, Brianna if she's on the call Can respond to how they treated the creek and I think that that is is necessary information for For the the public comment Sure, so, um, our intent is to enhance the creek The creek area by by sort of Bringing it into the site. We don't when I say bringing it into the site I mean that the planting that we plan on doing between the creek trail and the creek bank Is appropriate for that kind of habitat We don't plan on getting into the creek Because that is a whole other can of worms and so you know So we're trying to leave the creek as it is and then enhance it on our site by By by kind of bridging that gap We don't plan on touching anything in the creek. There is one tree That is Stretching into the site that will have to be trimmed. It's it's kind of fallen over and it's at the pinch point of the setback But everything else. We're not really touching if there were to be you know Like invasive vegetation that's growing up out of the creek bank into the site You know, obviously there would be that level of maintenance, but at this time We're not we're not really proposing touching the creek and that's a for a lot of reasons I hope that answers the question And I I wanted to say that I did I also and I neglected to mention it earlier I learned heard from somebody else I Could be at the same location requesting that A treat that eucalyptus tree in the creek Be be removed and it's just it's just on the side of the creek and several others They're on the other side of the creek on their property and and we had a good conversation And it was explained that we can't really Require this applicant to remove trees on their property um, and again this this I've I've I've looked at the tree. I've looked at a lot of trees lately and This this tree I actually walked the site with Brianna and this tree doesn't look like it doesn't appear to be um A hazard certainly no no fear of it falling down right now, but um, so I think the other concern was fire safety again, it's a tree in a creek so Or not in the creek, but right alongside the creek so but I did want to address that before the the meeting was done Thank you. Ms. Murray so as mentioned, I will approve this project and um sign the amended resolution to include that design review board resolution number and Thank you again applicant team and mrs. Murray wonderful project. I look forward to seeing it be built Thank you so much. Thank you So our next item is 5.3 a hillside development permit for 3796 st. Andrews drive city file hdp 22 dash 010 And the presenting planner is sock nor bees love Good morning zoning administrator meets. I'm going to share my screen Are you seeing my presentation? Okay, looks great. Thank you Good morning, everyone. My name is norbis la and this is the ferro development corporation residents hillside development permit application This is a 4850 square foot single story or bedroom three and a half bath house it has a Attached to car garage with shop and daylight basement on the down so blot The project has main and lower level decks and patios at the rear of the residence And it has a combined 5,000 5,845 square feet for residents garage porch and the decks Some history about the proposed project the same plans were actually approved in 2018 for a hillside development permit, but the permit did expire Here you can see an aerial view of the site And here as well you can see that it is in the fattengrove area just north of fattengrove parkway The site has a general plan land use designation of low density residential And it is in a plan development zoning district as well as the resilient city combining district Here is the slope analysis as well as the site plans as provided by the architect and some more plans as well And this is the color plan for the proposed project The proposed development would meet hillside development setback standards and the plan development lock coverage standards The proposed development will take place on the portion of the land with a slope between 10 and 25 The proposed building design complements the natural topography of the site And the proposed project is consistent with the low density residential general plan land use designation As well as the plan development district which allows for single family dwellings And with that planning staff is able to make all of the required findings for a hillside development permit The proposed project is categorically exempt from CEQA with a class 3 exemption as it is a construction of a small structure There are no unresolved issues as a result of staff review and no public comment has been received for the proposed project Therefore it is recommended by the planning and economic development department that the zoning administrator approve a hillside development permit To allow the construction of a 4,850 square foot hillside residence at 37 96 st Andrew's drive For any questions or comments. This is my contact information and thank you for your time Thank you miss beeslaw I don't have any specific questions about the project I do have a question About the construction of the project I do have some questions about the trees I'm looking I could have sworn that I saw a condition on here requiring a tree Mitigation schedule with building permit and I don't know why oh there it is it's on there Okay, so I just wanted to make sure that I wasn't crazy that I had seen it So thank you that's on there And there are two slightly conflicting conditions of approval um condition of approval number four requires a um adjustment to how the gable roof projects over the second story deck and then the condition number five says that it needs We need to match the building plans that I'll be approving with this project So I'm just asking if you could maybe add some clarifying language there so that We are capturing that The plan submitted for building permit will reflect condition number four which requires a little bit of a little bit of retooling of the of the construction site so Other than that, I have no questions. Um, excellent presentation. I greatly appreciate it I do want to let everyone know that this action in addition to all actions that we are taking today Is final unless an appeal is filed with the department within 10 calendar days of today's Decision, which is monday september 26 2022 And I apologize in the case of the project we just heard which is for brookwood medical Our planner susie murray will be out of Out of the office for a month So any appeal related to that project would need to be sent to planning at srcity.org So sorry to extend your presentation with that Ms. Beesla, but I just wanted to make sure everyone knows how to file an appeal if they have one Miss means yeah, if I can just interject a moment. Um, I don't recall that we had public comment for that item Oh, this is true I was going off the fact that there was no public comment listed on her slide Let's open up the public comment period. I have not approved it yet I rescind that approval and let's open up the public comment period for this item So if you have any comments or concerns about this project at 3796 st. Andrew's drive Please um follow the instructions. Ms. Hopwood will give you to provide that comment Thank you so much miss means Once again, I'm gonna invite our attendees to use the raised hand On your toolbar Or for our callers to press star nine in order to make a public comment By telephone Maybe give just a moment or two for our attendees here. I do not see any public comment. Thank you Great. Thank you for the reminder miss hopwood. So I'm going to close public comment on this item and I will restate that I um will be approving this project and We'll sign the resolution that includes clarifying language to incorporate condition of approval number four with condition of approval number five and thank you very much excellent work So our final item is item 5.4 a minor conditional use permit for a personal services Land use for a new body art facility located at 1331 gernville road City file number is c up 22-039 and the presenting planner is again So I can work miss law again. Um, can you see my screen? Okay This is a minor conditional use permit application for creative ink tattoos at 1331 gernville road This is a proposed tattoo shop located in the codding town area There would be four to six tattoo artists working the shop and the hours would be monday through saturday from 10 a.m to 8 p.m Here is an aerial view of where it is located As you can see it is right across from the codding town shopping plaza The general plan land use designation for the site is retail and business services And the zoning is general commercial and it is also part of the north station area Here is a floor plan as provided by the applicant The proposed use falls under personal services restricted Which is allowed in a general commercial district with a minor conditional use permit The proposed studio would be located within an existing commercial plaza with sufficient parking which is designed for commercial uses The proposed use is one of low intensity and it would not result in increased traffic And as a proposed condition of approval, there will be no loitering on the site And with that planning staff can make all the required findings for a minor conditional use permit This project is categorically exempt from CEQA with a class 1 exemption as it involves minor modifications to an existing structure There are no unresolved issues as a result of staff review and no public comment has been received for the proposed project Therefore it is recommended by the planning and economic development department that the zoning administrator approve a minor conditional use permit to allow the operation of creative bank tattoos at 1331 Kernville Road Once again, this is my contact information for anybody who has any questions or comments regarding this project and And I thank you for your time Thank you, miss beeswax. I don't have any questions about the well, okay. I'm going to say I do have one question We're I've been trying to be very considerate of construction hours where the Project is adjacent to residential, but I just want to make sure that this is strictly interior construction We're talking about correct. So the hours of 7 a.m. To 7 p.m. Are adequate. It should not affect the residential neighborhood That is behind the location. So Yeah, I don't have any other questions. I appreciate the no no loitering policy I feel like a lot of our businesses probably could use something like that But it's just great to to keep the sidewalks free in front of front of each of the Spaces, I do need to open the public comment period. I'm really forgetting that today I don't know what it is. I think my tummy's hungry But let's open the public comment period in case anybody has something they would like to say about the potential tattoo studio at 13 31 gernbill road if kimberley you could remind folks how they can participate Thank you So yes once again our attendees for this item if you can find the raise hand feature on your toolbar Or press star nine for those who are calling in we do have a couple of phone callers And I'll be able to recognize you and get your sound enabled so that you can make your comment And I don't see any public comment for this item Great. Thank you. Ms. Hopwood. I will now close the public comment and restate that I will be approving this project Thank you. Ms. Bisla I want to express one last time before I close the meeting that for any items that were Acted on today The action is final unless an appeal is filed with the department within 10 calendar days of today's decision Which would be monday september 26 2022 In the case of brookwood medical our project planner will be out of the office for a month So any appeal or questions related to this pro project should be Sent to planning at sr city org And with that I will close the september 15th 2022 Zoning administrator meeting. Thank you everyone