 Okay, everyone will be ready to go in about one minutes. Okay. Staff, are you ready? Okay. With that, I'd like to call the January 12, 2023 meeting of the centers of planning commission to order. Due to the provisions of the governor's executive orders and dash 25 dash 20 and end dash 29 dash 20, which suspends certain requirements of the ground act and the order of the health officer of the county of Sonoma to shelter in place to minimize the spread of COVID-19. The planning commissioners will be conducting today's meeting in a virtual setting using zoom webinar. Commissioners and staff are participating from remote location and or practicing appropriate social distancing. Members of the public may view and listen to the meeting as noted on the city's website and as noted on the agenda. Members of the public wishing to speak during item three public comment portion or during our two public hearing items tonight will be able to do so by raising their hand and will be given the ability to address the commission. So with that, we have roll call please. Let the record reflect that all commissioners are present. Thank you. So item two is the approval of minutes and we have two sets of minutes, one from December 8th and one from December 14th. Are there any changes to the minutes or corrections? Okay. Seeing none. They'll be approved as submitted. And then we'll move on to item three public comments. So we're now taking public comments on item three public comments. So we're now taking public comments on item three, which is the non-agenda item. Any person who would like to address the commissioner, the commission on matters not listed on the agenda, but which, but which are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the commission may do so. If you wish to make a comment via zoom, please raise your hand. If you're dialing in via telephone, please style star 90, raise your hand and then star six to unmute once called upon. And there will be a countdown timer on the screen for your use. So do we have any public wishing to speak? I don't see anybody. Is that correct? That is correct. There are no public comments at this time. Great. Thank you. So with that, I'll go ahead and close the public comment and bring it back to the commission. So we move on to item four planning commission's report. Our statement of purpose is that we are charged with carrying out the California planning and zoning laws within the city of Santa Rosa. Duties include implementation of plans, ordinances and policies relating to land use matters, assisting in writing and implementing the general plan and area plans, holding public hearings and acting on post changes to the zoning code, zoning map, general plan, and sub-division. So we move on to the sub-division and waterway advisory committee reports. Are there any? Okay. And that just reminded me, I believe. And Miss Jones, if you can help me, I believe now council member O'Crupp, he was on the subdivision committee. And so we will believe. We actually were looking at this the other day. Thank you, chair weeks. I think that our last sub-division committee meeting, we had vice chair Peterson. Is that correct? Yeah. So we will actually be having one coming up here soon. So vice chair Peterson, I can keep an eye on your email. We'll be contacting you. Great. Thank you. I wanted to make sure we had everything covered. So with that, commissioners, are there any reports by my fellow commissioners tonight? Okay. Department reports. Number five. Miss Jones. Yes. Thank you. Chair weeks, members of the commission. Yeah. I do have a few things for you first. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. So thank you. I do have a few things for you first. I want to wish everybody happy new year. This is our first meeting in the new year. So very excited. And while I know that. We've had some exciting times here with the rain and the Standing Viper potential activation of our emergency operation center, which luckily. To date the city has not opened theirs. some wet rain out there, although today I was enjoying a little bit of sun. So hopefully you were as well. Okay. So I do have a couple of items I wanted to go over with the commission tonight or this afternoon. First, as many of you may be aware, if you're watching the council meeting this week, we did have some appointments to our planning commission. So I'm excited that we will come February 1st, be fully operational with our commission and be fully seated. So we had reappointments for three of our existing members. So congratulations. A new council member staff reappointed share weeks, a new council member of Kruppke, formerly with their planning commission, has appointed commissioner Cisco, and excuse me, council member Fleming has appointed commissioner Carter. And so those reappointments will be effective as of February 1st. And so we will be, and I believe that you've already been contacted, be doing your swearing in prior to the first meeting in February. And then we also have a new appointment to the planning commission by Vice Mayor McDonald. And that is Terry Sanders, who will fill our seventh seat. And so he, just like the rest of you, he will be effective as of February 1st. So we will be doing an orientation with him to bring him up to speed on the planning commission. And then we'll be swearing him in. So he hopefully will be able to be seated for that first meeting in February with you all. And then, and also for that first meeting in February, just to give a heads up, we will be looking to elect a vice chair. And the mayor who appoints the chair to each of our boards and commissions is also aware that she will need to make sure that she reappoints a chair for the planning commission. So hopefully we'll hear that here soon as well. And then just a quick reminder that if you could, if anybody who hasn't let me know yet, if you could let me know by Monday, if you're interested in attending the League of California Cities Planning Commissioners conference, which is in Garden Grove in March, I'd appreciate it. We have funding to send two of our planning commissioners. So I'm hoping to get anybody who has not attended or any new commissioners and then it's up for grabs. So if we have more than two interested, I'll be reaching out to you and we can figure that out. And then finally, just to give you a heads up at our next planning commission meeting on January 26th, the commission will be considering the draft housing element and a potential consideration to the council for adoption of that housing element. So that should be, that looks like the only item for our agenda that night, but it should be a nice meaty one for you and hopefully a good topic for discussion. So that's all I have for tonight. Thank you very much. So with that, we will go into statement of abstentions. Commissioner Siscoe. Yes, I will be abstaining tonight from both items 8.1 and 8.2, as both projects are within 500 feet of my property. Great. Thank you. And then good night. Bye. Thank you. So we don't have any consent items tonight. So we'll move on to our first scheduled item 8.1, public hearing 11 Barham LLC. It's a Sequa exempt project rezoning 11 Barham Avenue, REZ 22. It is an exparte item. So we'll go ahead and start with Commissioner Carter. I have visited the site and I have nothing further to disclose. Thank you. Commissioner Duggan. I have visited the site and have nothing further to disclose. Commissioner Holton. I've also visited the site and I have nothing further to disclose. And Vice Chair Peterson. I also visited the site and have nothing further to disclose. Thank you. And I also visited the site and have nothing further to disclose. So with that, Project Planner Hartman. Hello, can you hear me? Yes, we can. Great. Let me share my screen. Here we go. All right. Well, good evening, Chair Weeks and fellow commissioners. I hope you all had a lovely holiday and very happy New Year's. Tonight I am presenting a rezoning application, file application number REZ 22-003 located along West Barham Avenue and Barham Avenue. So this is a rezoning going from plan development to light industrial. The subject property is 11 West Barham and staff has decided to reel in six additional properties that are located along both West Barham and Barham Avenue. The rezone includes, I'll just say the addresses for now to not drag on with all the numbers of parcels. We have 11 West Barham, 57 Barham, 107 West Barham, 0 Barham, 55 Barham, and 81 Barham, and 0 Boyd. The current land use at 11 West Barham Avenue consists of various warehouse commercial facilities with no new development being proposed on the site. The subject properties are surrounded by various residential developments along West Barham Avenue and Barham Avenue. There are also various warehouse and wholesaling developments to the north and vehicle repair services to the south, which was a little bit cut, you could see in that corner there. And the current land use for 11 West Barham Avenue consists of various warehousing facilities. So again, the current development, or sorry, the current zoning district is PD, plan development 96-002, and that is for all of the subject parcels. It's not just for 11 West Barham. And so the proposed rezoning will go to Light Industrial, which is consistent with the general plan land use designation. The other parcels recommended for inclusion in the rezoning are developed with a variety of commercial and industrial uses. Only one parcel is currently not developed. It's just kind of a vacant parking lot, and only one existing use would not be permitted within the Light Industrial Zoning District, but would be allowed to continue to operate as a legal non-conforming use and be subject to zoning code chapter 20-61, which governs non-conforming uses, structures, and parcels. So to give a little bit more background of the project history, this application was submitted on August 8th, and on August 23rd, a notice of application was distributed, as well as a notice to property owners that were selected in the rezone, as essentially a notice to let them be aware that their property was going to be included. On October 4th, this application was deemed complete, and on December 27th, the notice of public hearing was distributed. These are the required findings that were made. The proposed amendment is consistent with the goals and policies of all elements of the general plan and any applicable specific plan in that the seven subject properties are designated as light industry on the general plan land use diagram, and the Light Industrial Zoning District implements that land use. The proposed amendment would not be detrimental to the public interest, health, safety, convenience, or welfare of the city, and that no new development is being proposed, and the proposed rezone is consistent with the general plan. The site is physically suitable for the requested zoning designations and anticipated land use developments, and that it is consistent with the general plan land use text addiction, which is intended to accommodate light industrial warehousing, heavy commercial uses, and any proposed development that would be reviewed based on its own merits. The project was also found to be in compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act, pursuant to guideline section 15183-I. The proposed rezoning of the seven select parcels qualify for a streamlining measure because the proposed rezoning is consistent with the general plan, and for which the environmental impact report was certified by Council in 2009. There were no public comments received at the time of the distribution of the notice of public hearing as well as the notice of application, so it is recommended by the Planning Commission, or my apologies, is recommended by the Planning and Economic Development Department that the Planning Commission recommend approval and adoption to the City Council to the rezoning of seven properties located along West Barham Avenue and Barham Avenue from the PD zoning district to the IL light industrial zoning district, which is consistent with the general plan. And this is my contact information. Please let me know if you have any questions, and I believe my applicant will not be presenting, but is available for questions. Thank you very much. Are there any questions of Planner Hartman before we open the public hearing? Okay. So with that, I will go ahead and open the public hearing on this item. If you wish to make a comment via Zoom, please select the raised hand feature. If you're dialing in via telephone, please dial star nine to raise your hand. You will have three minutes. A countdown timer is shown on the screen for your convenience. Please make sure to unmute yourself when you're invited to do so, and your microphone will be muted at the end of the countdown. I do see one hand raised, but I believe it is the applicant. Nick Abbott, I've sent you a prompt to unmute yourself. State your name for the record, please. Nick Abbott. Thank you. Do you have a comment at this time? Yeah, I just wanted, I'm representing the applicant, and I just wanted to, I guess, kind of reiterate what our planner just shared with you all. I've been working on this property for 15 to 20 years, and these PD Zonings, as a lot of you probably know, are kind of an antiquated zoning tool. And it's been kind of a frustrating process over the years trying to move legitimate good businesses in because that PD Zoning just kind of cripples the ability to do things quickly. And so people and businesses just take other space. So I think this is long overdue. It complies with the general plan. I'm glad to see planning staff roped in the neighboring parcels because I think it's better than just a spot zone change. So I'm glad we're here, and hopefully you all see it the same way. Thank you for your time. Thank you. I don't see any other hands raised. Is that correct? Yes, that is correct. There's no further public comment. Thank you. So with that, I'll go ahead and bring it, close the public hearing and bring it back to the commission and we'll go ahead and start with Commissioner Carter. Oh, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. This has a resolution. Is somebody would somebody like to move the resolution and then we can start discussion on the project. Commissioner Duggan, you were off the last two meetings. So it's your turn. Art meeting. Yeah, that's right. I'll move a resolution of the planning commission of the city of Santa Rosa, recommending to the council rezoning of properties located along West Barham and Barham Avenue, assessor's parcels numbers 125-281-032, 125-281-046, 125-281-035, 037-101-042, 037-101-043, 037-101-015, 037-101-020 to the IL light industrial zoning district for general plan consistency, file number REC 22-003 and wait for the reading. Thank you. Is there a second? I'll second. Thank you. So that was moved by Commissioner Duggan, seconded by Vice Chair Peterson. So now, Commissioner Carter, on to you. Yeah, upon viewing the site and reading the staff recommendations, it will be possible for me to make the necessary findings to support this proposed rezoning, and I have no objections. Thank you. Commissioner Duggan. I can also make all the required findings, and I have no problems recommending this resolution to the city council, so I'm in favor of it. Thank you. And Commissioner Holton? I can also make all the required necessary findings to approve this change to the zoning to light industrial, and I have no concerns with the project whatsoever. I agree. I think that this PD 96002 is fairly antiquated, and I'm really happy to see it getting this new zoning. Thank you. And on to you, Vice Chair Peterson. I agree with my fellow commissioners. I think this is nice straightforward rezoning that makes sense, and will hopefully bring some good businesses into an area that is a focus for the city. Thank you. And I also can make all the required findings, and the fact that it is consistent with the underlying general plan land use designation. So with that, it was moved by Commissioner Duggan, seconded by Vice Chair Peterson, and now for the vote, please. Commissioner Carter? I. Commissioner Sisko? Commissioner Duggan? I. Commissioner Holton? I. Vice Chair Peterson? I. Chair Weeks? I. I. So that passes with five eyes, one vacancy and one extension. Please note that this action is final unless an appeal is filed within 10 calendar days of today's action. The time limit will extend to the following business day at the last day falls on a day that the city is closed. For information on how to submit an appeal form, please contact a project planner. So that will move on to item 8.2, another public hearing. Timothy Road, Roseland Enterprise Sequa Exempt Project Conditional Use Permit. 460 Timothy Road, CUP 22-025. This is also an expatriate item. So we'll start with Commissioner Carter. I visited the site and I have no additional information to disclose. Here, Commissioner Duggan? I visited the site and have no additional information. Commissioner Holton? I have no information to disclose. Thank you. And by Chair Peterson? I visited the site and have no additional information to disclose. Thank you. And I also visited the site and have nothing further to disclose. So with that, we'll go to Planner Shaqali. Thank you, Chair Wicks and good afternoon commissioners. Okay, I will go over the project presentation and share my screen and turn off my video. So as you mentioned, the project before you is a conditional use permit for Roseland Enterprise LLC at 460 Timothy Road. Oh, I'm sharing the wrong site. Sorry, just give me seconds. Hold, I'm on the wrong site. Okay, now is the correct one, I believe. Okay, can you tell me which page you are seeing? I have three monitors not open. I need to unmute myself. I'm sorry. I see, I think it's the second page. It says project description. Okay, that's correct. Okay, so I have three projects. It was showing sharing another page. My apologies. Okay, now I'll go over it. Okay, so the applicant is requesting a conditional use permit to operate a commercial cannabis micro business facility between 14,949 square foot industrial building. About 10,000 square feet, 10,610 square feet of the building is going to be used for cultivation. 252 square feet for manufacturing and 395 square feet will be designated for distribution. The hours of operation will be 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and they will have three shifts and each shift will have three to four employees. And here is an image from the site as it stands today. And the project is between the southwestern quadrant of the city located at the end of the Timothy Road Colisec. And this site is currently fenced and paid with a vacant industrial building. And here are some pictures of the existing building and uses along Timothy Road. So Timothy Road has an interesting land uses. On the western side, you have industrial uses. And on the eastern, I'm saying on the west side are residential uses and industrial uses are on the east side of the road. Some of these industrial uses include a building and landscape material sales, winery production, and an approved cannabis facility. And here is the zone and general plan, which are consistent. And the northern parcel currently operates with the various industrial uses. And the southern parcel has a warehouse that has a legal non-conforming dwelling unit. The smart trade lines separate the residential development on the east side of the project. And there's also a wall there to prevent from the any future noises and noise wall, not sound wallage thing. And the residential uses on the western side are also separated from this project site by the extension of Timothy Road. And here are some, again, images from the property. This is the front gate, as it stands today, and the fence along Timothy Road. And here are also some other pictures from inside of the site. As you can see, the lot is paid and existing industrial buildings there. A short summary of the project history. In April 2022, the application for a conditional use permit was submitted. The neighborhood meeting was held on April 11, which had no attendees. And in October, the application was deemed complete. And here is the site plan that shows the existing building. The applicant is also adding 3,429 square feet addition to the project and will make some exterior changes at landscaping and add 20 new parking spaces. This new addition require a design review, which the applicant has also included a design review application for this project. This site will provide sufficient parking spaces for the proposed use. And here is the site with the proposed landscaping. And this lot shows the proposed full floor plan for each use. The green area will be mainly used for the cultivation related uses, which consists of six flower rooms, a vegetation room, a dry room, and a stream room. The room shown below in yellow color will be used for cannabis distribution. And the room with the blue color will be used for manufacturing, which is non-volatile. And here is the on top with the existing building as it stands today. And there below is a rendering of the proposed project, which will be reviewed by the zoning administrator at the later date. And as you may know, our zoning code has some general operational requirements for commercial cannabis facilities, including a security plan, order mitigation plan, lighting, noise, and delivery plan. The applicant has submitted a project description that includes, included a detail about proposed security measures, has also included a certified order control plan that shows compliance with the city's cannabis order standard. And also based on the project description, the deliveries will be conducted by the person that holds the micro business license with the state. And the vehicle will have an alarm system and will only travel between licenses shipping and receiving and the project site. Also, the applicant has proposed exterior lighting, which will be required to comply with the city's lighting ordinance to reduce any impact on the adjacent residential neighborhood residential users. And also, the applicant included a noise plan with his project that indicated much of the mechanical equipment will be placed inside of the building. And some other equipment will be located within a screen area outside of the building. And the project has been reviewed and compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act. And staff has determined the project qualifies for three exemptions, class one and class 33 and section 151A3. And staff did not receive any public comments or questions regarding the proposed project since we hold a neighborhood meeting and we send the notes of application. And with that, the planning and economic development department recommends that the planning commission by resolution approve a conditional use permit to allow 14,949 square feet of commercial cannabis micro business for the property located at 460 Fimuti Road. That was my presentation. The applicant does not have any presentation, but they are available to answer questions if there are any. Thank you. Thank you. Are there any questions of Planner Shikali at this point? Okay. They're not seeing any. We will go ahead and open the public hearing on this item. If you wish to make a comment via Zoom, please select the raised hand button. If you're dialing via telephone, please dial star nine to raise your hand. Each speaker has three minutes. You see the countdown timer there for yourself, for the convenience of the speakers and viewers. Please make sure to unmute yourself when you're invited to do so and your microphone will be muted at the end of that countdown time. I see the applicant has their hand raised. Michael Napolitka, I've sent you a prompt to unmute yourself. Please state your name for the record. Here we go. Hello. Can you hear me? Yes, we can. Hi. My name is Michael Napolitana. I am an architect. I have prepared all the plans and worked with the various consultants to bring this project to you tonight. I don't really want to represent it. I just want to say hello, and I just couldn't go by without saying something. So thank you for all the input. Monet did a great job. She walked us through this. It's been months and months and months. And we're glad to be here tonight. And I'm available with other team members if you have any questions. Thank you, Chairman Weeks, rest of the planning commission. Have a great day. Thank you. So I do not see any other hands raised. Is that correct? That is correct. There is no further public comment. Okay, so with that, I'll go ahead and close the public hearing portion on this item and bring it back to the commission. This item has one resolution with somebody like to go ahead and read the resolution. Vice Chair, please. I'd like to move the resolution of the planning commission of the City of Santa Rosa, making findings and determinations and approving a conditional use permit for a commercial cannabis micro business use within the 14,949 square foot industrial building located at 460 Timothy Road, APN 125-181-029, file number PRJ 22-008, CUP 22-025, and DR 22-017, and wave for the reading. Thank you. Is there a second? Commissioner Duggan, thank you. So that was moved by Vice Chair Peterson, seconded by Commissioner Duggan. We'll start with Commissioner Carter on this item. Yeah, I think this is the second cannabis micro business or cannabis operation we've seen in this general area. And while it's a little bit awkward given the proximity of the residential uses, I do note that the exhibit A has numerous conditions to protect the integrity of Timothy Street, which will provide separation between this property and the residential uses that are nearby. And hearing no objections from the residential neighbors, I think I can make all of the findings necessary to recommend approval of the use permit or agree with approval of the use permit as recommended by staff. I think the applicant has a complete package with the normal security, noise, odor, and traffic control reports that we need to see, especially when these kinds of operations are so proximate to residential uses, and all of those are in order so I can make all the necessary findings for the use permit. Thank you and we'll go to Commissioner Duggan. I too can make all the required findings. I think it's a good reuse of an existing building and existing site and I like the fact that it's all fenced off and it's not going to be super obvious to the neighbors and it doesn't sound like it's going to add that much more traffic. So I'm in favor of the resolution. Thank you. Commissioner Holton. So nice to have Commissioner Duggan back. She says everything for me before I need to say it. So all I need to say is I can make all the required findings to support the approval of the conditional use permit. Thank you very much. Thank you and Vice Chair Peterson. Yes, I agree with my fellow commissioners. I think it's a good reuse. I think it will hopefully visually improve the look of this, the current site and with the standards that we've got set for these conditional use permits, hopefully the neighbors don't even know it's there. So with that, I will be supporting the project. Thank you and I also am supporting the project. I think it's appropriate use on the site and it's a complete application. I also like the use of the existing building so I can make all the required findings and as I said, I will be supporting the project. So this was moved by Vice Chair Peterson and seconded by Commissioner Duggan. If we could have the vote please. Commissioner Carter. Aye. Commissioner Duggan. Aye. Commissioner Holden. Aye. Vice Chair Peterson. Aye. Chair Weeks. Aye. So that passed with five ayes, one abstention and one vacancy. Please note that this action is final unless an appeal is filed within 10 calendar days of today's action. The time limit will extend to the following business day if the last day falls on the day that the city is closed and for information on how to submit an appeal form, please contact the project planner. So with that, unless there's anything else, Vice from staff, so we will go ahead and adjourn this meeting to our next scheduled meeting of the Planning Commission. Good night and stay dry.