 Okay, I'm going to go ahead and call to order tonight's meeting of the City of Santa Rosa Planning Commission and ask for a roll call, please. Let the record reflect that all commissioners are present, except Commissioner Calia. Okay, with that, we'll move on to the approval of our October 24th draft minutes. Any comments or corrections on those? Then those are going to stand as printed. Next is public comments, which is a time for any member of the public to come and address the commission on matters of interest to the commission. Then aren't listed tonight as a public hearing. I'm going to go ahead and open public comments. I don't have any cards, but you don't need to have filled any out. And I am not seeing anyone move to a microphone to make a comment, so I'm going to go ahead and close public comments and move on to Planning Commissioner's report. Any reports tonight? Okay. Then we'll move on to Department Report. All right, good afternoon. Just give a highlight of some upcoming meetings and our schedule as we finish out the year. We will not be having any commission meeting on Thanksgiving, so you get to be with your families. But so our next meeting won't be until December 12th, so we're gearing up for that. Obviously only having one meeting per month. We will have a full agenda, but not overly full, but that would be the last meeting of the year. So we're looking at upcoming city council meetings that would be of your interest and one item of which you'll be participating in. December 3rd is the Joint City Council Planning Commission study session. And at that meeting, and the study sessions are typically held at 2.30, but the final agenda isn't out yet. But typically at 2.30 we hold our study sessions. And this one will be about the downtown plan update and where we're at in that process is we have drafted a preferred alternative. And at this point in the process, we'll be checking in with the council and the commission, and we have been all month checking in with our community groups with this draft preferred alternative. And then instead of looking at three different ones that are radically different, we've boiled it down to one. I'm really getting feedback before we go into the next stage. Is this the right one? What adaptations do we need to do before we go into the next stage, which is the technical analysis feasibility of that specific plan and the drafting of the specific plan? So December 3rd will be that session. And for the public that are following the process at home, there is a website that's set up and you can take a look at the draft preferred alternative and you can follow, you can sign up for updates as the plan progresses through analysis and public review and adoption process that will take us into next year. The next website is www.plandowntownsr.com. That's plandowntownsr.com. And then just to update, there is an appeal that's making its way back to the city council that was related to a commission action. And that was the Foxden cannabis dispensary retail application. It had already gone on appeal to city council, but city council had continued it for more work, more evaluation. And that work has been conducted. And so December 3rd will be the continuation of that appeal hearing with the city council. And that rounds out the end of the year. So thank you. Okay, great, thank you. Any statements of abstentions tonight? Okay, great. We don't have a study session, nor do we have any consent items. So we'll go ahead and move on to our public hearings tonight. And we will begin with item 10.1, which is a one time automatic 12 month tentative map extension. Resoning text amended citywide. It is not an ex parte disclosure and Adam Ross is city staff. Thank you chair Cisco and members of the commission. The item before you is a second 12 month automatic tentative map extension text amendment. The proposed text amendment to the zoning is a, sorry, the text amendment is to the zoning code chapter 20 dash 16 resilient city development measures. It would add a second automatic 12 month extension to tentative maps and associated entitlements. And it applies only to maps which received the first automatic extension which you had recommended approval to city council back in 2018. It continues to address the housing needs citywide following the October 2017 wildfires. On October 2016, the council accepted the housing action plan addressing ongoing unmet housing needs. Then in June 2017, the council priorities adopted implementation of a comprehensive housing strategy. In October 2017, the fires damaged approximately 3,000 homes and 100 commercial structures. And a local emergency proclamation and resilient city overlay district were created. In April and May of 2018, the council adopted the resilient city development measures. In November 2018, the commission recommended approval of the first automatic 12 month extension. And then in December 2018, January 2019, the council adopted ordinance number 2019 dash 01 when it do effect in January. The automatic 12 month extension applies to tentative subdivision maps, vesting tentative subdivision maps and tentative parcel maps that were valid on October 9, 2017. And subject to a previous one year extension as stated before with ordinance number 2019 dash 01. And it would extend them one additional year. It applies to roughly 36 subdivisions totaling 975 housing units. And there's a potential for more housing commercial projects that would benefit from this discretionary land use approvals that are approved in conjunction with the above map approval would be automatically extended by one year as well. This is an exhibit of all of the locations provided in attachment one place throughout the city. The notification included one eighth page in the press democrat and emailed a notice emailed to city to the community advisory boards and it was posted at city hall. The adoption of the proposed ordinance is exempt from the California environmental quality act pursuant to seco section 15061 b3. It's a common sense exemption and seco section 15183. It's consistent with community with the community plan general plan or zoning with that the planning and economic development department recommends that the planning commission by resolution recommend to the city council to the adoption of an ordinance amending city code chapter 20-16 resilient city development measures to add a second 12 month automatic tentative map extensions to address the continued housing and economic development needs within the city following the tubs and nuns fire of October 2017 file number raz 19-012. And that concludes my presentation. Great. Any questions of staff right now? Yes, commissioner Peterson. Just just a brief one. And I think this came up the last time as well, but at least one of these projects dates to when I was a junior in high school. So I'm not super optimistic that granting another year is going to do much. Are we inadvertently preventing higher better uses of these parcels by granting another extension? Yeah, the answer is no, because if there's a higher and better use or a more modern project that an applicant wants to provide for, they are eligible to apply for a new project on the property. So it doesn't prohibit something new and modern to come forward. What it does is it enables something that was vested to stay vested until it's either no longer of interest or it will expire. Thank you. Any other questions? Okay. All right. This is a public hearing. I'm going to go ahead and open the public hearing on this item. If anyone wishes to speak on this item, you can move to a microphone. And I am not seeing anyone do that. So I'm going to go ahead and close the public hearing and bring it back to the commission. Any other questions? And then would somebody be willing to move the resolution for the purposes of discussion? I'll move a resolution of the Planning Commission of the City of Santa Rosa recommending to the City Council approval of an ordinance amending zoning code chapter 20-16, Resilient City Development Measures to add a second 12 month automatic tentative map extension to address continued housing and economic development needs within the city following the tubs and nuns fires of October 2017. File number REZ19-012 and wait for the reading. Do I have a second? Okay. I'll second. Thank you. Helps me when we say it or we. I'm not used to this. Okay. So that resolution was moved by Commissioner Duggan, seconded by Commissioner Peterson. Vice Chair Weeks, would you like to say anything about this? I'm supportive of this. I have no comments. Commissioner Peterson. No additional comments. Okay. I'll be in support of this. I have no additional comments. Commissioner Duggan. No additional comments. And I think Commissioner Peterson for asking his question, thanks. I'm in support. Commissioner Carter. I'm going to support staff's recommendation and I have no further comments. All right. And I also support staff's recommendation and have no comments. And I know that project, it's been out there a really long time. Okay. Without the resolution was moved by Commissioner Duggan, seconded by Commissioner Peterson and our votes, which I don't remember how to do. Okay. It's going to show up. Okay. I thought, well, maybe there's a spot and I'm not seeing it. I just see the motion, the motion to adjourn for the public that's here. The benefit. So I'll answer it. The motion to adjourn for the public that's here. Okay. And I think that's the most important part of the group system to us. So we're. Trying to figure it out. Yeah, we're still on the motion. I don't know. It's something we'll have to work with the city clerk's office. If we can just do a manual vote with your hands, because we don't have the other system set up either. Okay. So we just. Raise our hands. Okay. All right. All those in favor. Go ahead and raise your hands. by six votes conditioner call you being absent chair Cisco yes staff recommendation be to just do a roll call vote call for the record yeah and that's secretary is called mr. Maloney's job correct I like that idea that sounds good haven't done that one before let's do it Patty Cisco I vote I Karen Weeks hi Charles Carter Vicki Duggan hi Koshka Lee is absent so Jeff O'Crepkey hi Julian Peterson hi okay so that passes with six eyes commissioner call you being absent and that concludes that item next we're gonna move on to item 10.2 which again is a public hearing for the resolution of the planning commission recommending to city council approval of zoning code text amendments to amend a number of city code sections that is not an ex parte disclosure and Amy Nicholson is staff thank you chair Cisco members of the Commission the item before you is a zoning code text amendment which is in response to recent state legislation regarding housing and family daycare homes this text amendment incorporates the language from assembly bill 2162 assembly bill 3194 and Senate bill 234 assembly bill 2162 covers supportive and emergency housing this bill went into effect January 1st of 2019 and it may sound familiar to you this was one of the two bills which was the impetus for the objective design standards that came before you in September AB 3194 is also called the housing accountability act this act has been around for several decades but was recently amended to further limit local government's authority regarding housing projects and this bill went into effect January of 2019 and finally Senate bill 234 went into effect until January 2020 but it encourages large family daycare homes to be located throughout residential districts assembly bill 2162 requires a number of text amendments to the city's zoning code including allowing supportive housing as a permitted use anywhere that mixed use or multifamily uses are allowed so what this would do is add supportive housing as a permitted use and six of the city's seven commercial zoning districts it would also allow it as a permitted use within the business park zoning district the open space and recreation district and the text amendment would also eliminate a footnote in the residential district land use table which requires a minor use permit for the new construction of supportive housing assembly bill 2162 would also modify automotive and bicycle parking requirements that is if the supportive housing units are located within one half mile of a public transit stop there would be no minimum parking spaces required and the bill also requires that public transit stop be defined and so this amendment includes a definition for public transit stop to include any bus stop or train station assembly bill 3194 would require one text amendment in terms of content but it would be located in two sections of the zoning code up in the front section where the zoning code discusses the different zoning districts and also in the process section which discusses amendments to the zoning code this bill aims to remove barriers to having housing projects be permitted and the text amendment would make it clear that a rezoning would not would no longer be required in cases of inconsistency between a general plan and a zoning district so an example of this is if there was a housing project that came forward on a site with a medium high density land use designation but the zoning district was general commercial those two that zoning and general plan are inconsistent however pursuant to this law the city would utilize the implementing zoning district which is r330 and instead of going through that rezoning process they would just measure that project against those existing standards and and so this lack of a rezoning requirement will likely make a pretty big impact for those housing projects because it increases certainty for developers to not have to go through a rezoning process it it cuts down on the time as you know rezonings go to the commission and then the council and then it also opens up additional sequel exemptions and then finally senate bill 234 this bill would require that large family daycare homes be permitted by right in all residential zoning districts so this text amendment would move the requirement remove the requirement for a minor use permit and state each of the zoning districts would have a large family daycare as a permitted use the zoning code also contains a chapter on specific land use requirements and one of those chapter one of those sections is on daycare facilities there are many references to large family daycare homes within that section which requires evaluation for over concentration circulation plans and those would no longer be evaluated as the city would no no longer have any sort of discretionary review of small or large daycares instead all of the evaluation and permitting and licensing would be done by the state and then finally there's a minor change to the definition of both large family daycare home and small family daycare home pursuant to some changes in the state legislation so those remain consistent the amendments before you are exempt from the california environmental quality act per sequa guideline section 15061 b3 which is the general rule in that the amendments themselves do not have the potential to cause a significant effect on the environment and with that the planning and economic development department recommend that the planning commission recommend approval of the zoning code text amendment to the city council and i'm happy to answer any questions any questions of miss nicolson at this point okay this also is a public hearing item tonight i'm going to go ahead and open the public hearing and if any lone member of the public wishes to speak on this item he may i'm not seeing him want to do that so go ahead and close the public hearing and bring it back to the commission any other questions before we move on to the resolution no okay would somebody like to move the resolution i'll move the resolution of the planning commission of the city of san erosa recommending the city council approval of a zoning code text amendment to amend city code sections 20-20.020 20-22.030 20-23.030 20-24.030 20-26.030 20-36.040 20-42.050 20-64.020 20 20-70.020 file number rez19-011 and wave for the reading and all second all right so that was moved by commissioner dug in second by commissioner peterson mr. dug in you want to start on that one i think it's just a common sense thing that it's in line with state law so i'm fully supportive all right commissioner quarter in support of staff's recommendation i'm a little bit curious as to whether or not we have any projects that we anticipated seeing that would exempt would not come before the planning commission with this change well if your question is what projects would come before the commission they none that would be permitted by right by the state law so those are those by right would they don't require even a minor use permit so they would get what we call as a zoning clearance and we issue those across the counter my question was more do we have applications in the queue that might be streamlined through this action and not come require further approvals i'm aware of one daycare application that was submitted several months ago that won't have to go through the process because of of this new state law and we will we will continue to get more since this is fairly new to us we haven't put together sort of a public campaign if you will but ultimately the supportive housing stakeholders in our community and daycare providers we they will be notified that they have this option and so that will create opportunities i'm in support of uh staff's recommendation commissioner peterson i'm also in support of staff's recommendation and vice chair weeks me too and i also support staff's recommendation so are we going to try this again with okay great that resolution was moved by commissioner dug in seconded by commissioner peterson okay so your votes please that passes with six eyes commissioner call you being absent and i believe that went well okay so that concludes this item it also uh it concludes our meeting tonight and i'll adjourn us to our december 12th meeting