 Chair weeks we're good to start at 430 Good afternoon everyone. I'd like to call to order the March 23rd 2023 meeting of the Santa Rosa planning Commission Can we have roll call, please? Commissioner Carter Commissioner Cisco here Commissioner Duggan here Commissioner Holton here Commissioner Sanders is absent Vice Chair Peterson is absent Chair weeks here let the record reflect that all commissioners are present with the exception of commissioner Sanders and vice chair Peterson Thank you. So now we'll move on to item 2 approval of minutes. We have no minutes today So we'll go on to item 3 public comments We are now taking public comments on item 3 which are non-agenda matters This is a time when any person we address the Commission on matters not listed on this agenda But which are within the subject matter jurisdiction of this committee or commission If there are any in-person attendees who wish to make a public comment Please step to the podium at the top of the stairs and state your name for the record And you will be given a total of three minutes You'll be unmuted and a countdown timer will be shown on the screen And if you wish to make a comment via zoom plate Please raise your hand if you're a dialing in via telephone, please dial star 9 and then star 6 to unmute once called upon So I don't see anybody going to the podium. Are there any hands raised in zoom? chair weeks there are no hands raised in zoom and Just an FYI we have a couple members of the public in attendance And then we have about four people who are staff in attendance. Thank you. So with that Not seeing anybody. I will go ahead and close the public Comment portion and we'll move on to planning commissioners report. I Want to start by reading our statement of purpose The planning Commission is charged with carrying out the California planning and zoning laws in the city of Santa Rosa Duties include implementing 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 proposed changes to the zoning code Zoning map general plan tentative subdivision maps and undertaking special planning studies as needed So with that we'll go to subdivision and waterways committee reports. Do you have any? Okay? And there are no committee reports and so then on to commissioners report Does any of my fellow commissioners have anything to report? Okay seeing nothing We will go then to department reports Yes, good afternoon chair weeks members of the Commission Jessica Jones deputy director for planning Just wanted to give you guys a quick update that the short-term rental ordinance, which I know you guys are all aware of We have been doing community outreach for that as requested by the council That outreach has concluded and we are working on Recommended updates to the ordinance to address some technical changes that need to be completed And that item is tentatively scheduled for review by the Commission For your April 27th planning Commission meeting So at this point is still a tentative date, but we do anticipate it will likely come to you on that date So just wanted to give everybody heads up and that's all I have Thank you So item six abstentions. Are there any abstentions? Okay, seeing none We'll go on to consent items and we have no consent items. So we'll move right into our first scheduled item 8.1 public hearing Tierra de Rosas formerly known as Rosalind Village Neighborhood Center to seek we exempt project tentative map extension request 665 and 883 Sebastopol Road ext 22 dash 0019 And this is an exparte item. So we'll start with Commissioner Carter Have nothing to disclose. Thank you Commissioner Duggan. I have nothing to disclose Commissioner Cisco I have nothing new to disclose and Commissioner Holton, I also have nothing new to disclose and I revisited the site, but nothing further to disclose. So with that Mr. Kondalariya if you would Lead us off Good evening Commissioners, I'll be sharing my slides now. Can you speak into the microphone? Okay, I'll be sharing my slide now Okay, good evening Commissioners this project for you is the Tierra de Rosas formerly known as Rosalind Village Neighborhood Center This is for a tentative map extension. The file number is ext 22 dash 0019 at 665 and 883 Sebastopol Road I do want to make one note for the beginning on the project files The property owner is listed incorrectly as Dave Kiff and I would like to state that the property owner is actually the Sonoma County Community Development Commission for the project description on June 25th 2019 the City Council approved here de Rosas formerly known as Rosalind Village Neighborhood Center And then before you today is the one-year time extension and the extended expiration would be from December 25th 2022 to December 25th 2023 So this project is suspected by two parcels which are approximately 7.41 acres into This community consisting of five lots with a density bonus with three concessions for a mixed-use project Includes the multi-family units including 75 affordable units and the 25,000 square foot civic building the 5,000 square foot marketplace and the Plaza public Plaza So this is some renderings of the site Here you can see that they have Sorry one of the current things happening right now is for Casa Rosalind which is currently in the building permit phase And then right now they're currently in the design review phase for the public Plaza Park And then the next things that they're looking at doing are the Mercado and the civic building Here is the project location and you can see where it is also on the aerial view The general plan and zoning so for the zoning This is R3 18 and also CG and the general plan is medium residential and retail slash medium residential This is also located in the Rosalind areas and sub-assable road specific plan Here is the approved tentative map. You can see all of the acreage laid out and where the parcel a is located So for the project history of this site it was approved by the Planning Commission in 2019 in February and then it was filed there was a filing for an appeal and then that was denied by City Council in 2019 on June 25th September 29, 2020 there was an additional So there was an extension that was applied by Assembly Bill 1561 and for this particular project It allowed the project go from 20 June 25th 20 21 to December 25th 20 22 So before you today is the extension from this December 25th date to the one coming up this year And then on December 16th last year they submitted for this extension prior to the expiration Before you is the environmental review. This was reviewed in with the California Environmental Quality Act So for this site there was the Rosalind area and sub-assable road specific plan and that was adopted in November of 2016 Also here is the categorical exemptions under seco guidelines 1516 to stating no further Environmental review is required if there's no changes to the project or no information There's also the statutory exemption under seco guidelines 1518 to and government code 65457 It is recommended by the Planning and Economic Development Department that the Planning Commission approve a one-year time extension for the tier to Rosas tentative map extending the expiration date to December 25th, 2023 If you have any questions my information is listed here. Thank you Thank you. Are there any questions of staff at this time? And does the applicant have a presentation? The applicant does not have a presentation, but they are available for any questions. You might have great. Thank you Are there any questions of the applicant at this time? Commissioner Cisco Well, it could be either applicant or staff and Mr. Condolary, did you see that it's going to expire on December? 25th of 2023 because Yes, the slide I had said June so I Little head of that was incorrect. Okay, so it is December. Okay, good. Yeah, the correct one is also in the staff report Okay, great. Thank you. And then a question about in the the applicants Submittal, I know there had been a lawsuit that had been filed about easements parking easements on the property and I understand from what the at what the applicants submitted that that had been Adjudicated, can you confirm that and do you know the date of that? If the applicant team wants to chime in they can my understanding is that at the lower court The judge found in favor of the county and that that decision has been appealed and is pending at the court of appeal with briefing Expected next month April Great, thank you Hi, I don't know if you guys could hear me. This is yes, Daniel. I'm moves from midpen housing Anything anything else? Okay So with that I will go ahead and open the public hearing If there are any people in attendance who would like to make public comment please step to one of the podiums at the top and State your name for the record you will be given a total of three minutes you will be unmuted and A countdown timer will be shown on the screen And then if you wish to make comments via zoom Please raise your hand if you're dialing in via telephone Please dial star nine to raise your hand and star six to unmute once called upon sir, can you please state your name for the record as well and Also, there should be a button to Unmute yourself on your mic If you don't see it I can come up there I don't see a timer up here up there Would I go by that one? And if you could please speak directly into the mic so we can hear you sure my name is John Paulson I'm the property owner to the east of the CDC property that I Have a written easement over when that property was built Hugh Cotting and my father entered into a written agreement It was an easement that's recorded that gives me the right to park on 272 parking spaces on the CDC property That the season was recorded It also states in that easement that the property is going to remain a shopping center The CDC when they bought it knew that they even put notes on it Paulson's parking although the project went ahead The I believe it's parcel four in the back completely box blocks Historic truck and traffic easement around the block of the round the property for deliveries to my tenets This project is going to it sure it's going to affect me But it's going to wipe out about 15 Hispanic businesses because in the traffic study of the CDC It states that there is not even enough parking for their project and their project also Puts public streets on a my recorded easement. It also Reserves parking for their tenets It has market rate housing. So the whole project is not an affordable housing project So I'm asking the planning Commission to deny this tentative map as it stands because it violates the easement That's all I have to say. Thank you Thank You mr. Paulson Is there anybody else would like to speak on this and Do we have any hands on zoom chair weeks there are no hands raised in zoom Thank you. So I will go ahead and close the public hearing on this and Bring it back to the Commission Is there any response from staff to mr. Paulson's comments or I believe miss Crocker already Gave the comments Yes, I I gave you the status of the litigation as I understand it and there have been no No injunctions filed that would prohibit any moving forward as far as I know Thank you So with that this item has one resolution. So somebody would like to move the first resolution and Commissioner Cisco I Move a resolution of the planning Commission of the city of Santa Rosa granting a one-year extension of time for the tentative map for the Tierra de Rosas Formerly known as Rosen Village Neighborhood Center subdivision located at 665 and 883 Sebastopol Road Assessors parcel numbers 125-111-037 and 125-101-031 File number EXT 22-0019 and wait for the reading of the text Thank you. And is there a second second? Thank you. So that was moved by Commissioner Cisco and Seconded by Commissioner Duggan, and we'll go ahead and start with Commissioner Duggan Well, this is more or less an housekeeping item for just granting an extension And so I am in favor of granting the extension and I know mr. Paulson can wait for what happens in the court and see what Which way things go there? So I am in favor of the tentative map extension Thank you and Commissioner Carter I can also support the extension nothing's changed substantially and Legal matters will play out as they play out Thank you Commissioner Holton I'll also be in support of the approval of the tentative map extension And we will also continue to await the verdict of the court proceedings Thank You Commissioner Cisco I also Can make the findings to approve the extension of time for this tentative map and we'll be voting yes Thank you, and I also can make all the findings and am in support of the project So with that if we could have a vote, please Commissioner Carter I Commissioner Cisco I Commissioner Duggan I Commissioner Holton I Chair weeks I so that passes with five eyes and two absence Commissioner Sanders and vice chair Peterson being absent and Please note this action is final unless an appeal is filed within ten calendar days of today's action The time limit will extend to the following business day if the last day falls on a day that the city is closed For information on how to submit an appeal form, please contact the project planner So with that we'll have a changing of the guard If I could if I could real quick just a quick reminder to try to get as close to your mics as possible Sometimes it's kind of hard to hear you kind of got to be right on them Thank you for the reminder Okay So with that we'll move on to item 8.2. It's a study session on the general plan annual report. I believe Planner Walski is doing The presentation is that correct? Thank you. Thank you. Go ahead Good evening chair weeks members of the commission. My name is Amy Lyle supervising planner for our advanced planning team and Just gonna briefly introduce this item for you Sheila Walski will be presenting her work tonight and I also just wanted to acknowledge that Janden briscoe who's also with us tonight started this project and then Sheila took it over so it's quite a bit of work As you've probably read and we'll hear about tonight But this is the annual report on our general plan and it does focus on the implementation of our existing general plan for the calendar year of 2022 and also just to address a piece of process Traditionally based on a council policy this item is a joint item with the city council and your commission and Last year we requested a change to that process while we were in the midst of the general plan update so What we are doing tonight is presenting the full item to your commission and it will move forward to the city council on consent for the council This is required to be submitted to the state by April 1st and so I'm sure Sheila will get into a little bit of that and As you may be aware we are in the midst of an update to our general plan and We are right now drafting policy, which is a very exciting time In the update process and so we hope to bring this forward for Final adoption sometime this winter so with that I'll turn it over to Sheila May I just add one thing? I'm sorry. I just wanted to also clarify that council did take action Last year and I forget the date to actually wait formally waive that policy that typically requires the joint meeting And that is waived up until we adopt the new general plan So just want to clarify that was done by official council action Thank you both Good afternoon chair weeks and members of the planning Commission My name is Sheila Walski. I'm a city planner here with Planning and Economic Development Department as Amy mentioned I'll be presenting the city's 2022 general plan inclusionary housing and growth management Report the purpose of this report is to provide a status on the city's progress toward implementation of the general plans policies and goals We're looking for feedback from the commission that you may have on this report If you'd like additional information on the updates presented, we do have staff members in attendance I think mostly on zoom Unless they had a scheduling conflict So if we are unable to get you an answer tonight, we're happy to get back to you after this meeting with a written response After you receive and accept this report as Amy mentioned this will go before the city council as a consent calendar item And after that the report is mandated by government codes to go to the governor's office of planning and research and housing and community development So the first element we'll review is the housing element which focuses on housing production and during 2022 1,171 residential building permits were issued Some of these projects may be familiar from last year's report such as Mahonia Glen and the cannery at railroad square However, now the project applicants have progressed to the point of building permit issuance and some projects You may see under construction very soon Include continue work at three five seven five Mendocino Avenue. That's the location of the former journeys and mobile home park Permits were issued for the second phase there Which includes 37 units of low and very low income senior housing There's also the Fountain Grove apartments. That's the former location of the Equus Restri and Fountain Grove Inn That project entails 239 units of market rate multifamily units There's also the Ridley Avenue family apartments a 50 unit 100% affordable project in the Northwest Quadrant In addition to residential project highlights listed on pages five through eight of the report I'd also like to mention that the planning division publishes a report on the city's website If you just search for city of Santa Rosa penning development report This includes a list of residential commercial and industrial projects in various stages of the entitlement process There will be a map of where the project is located in the city a brief thumbnail of what the project is and the planner's name to contact for more information This slide shows residential building permit activity during 2022 as well as permit activity going back for 10 years as mentioned in the previous slide residential permit activity for 2022 was 971 permits which is an impressive total it should be noted that this number excludes replacement of housing within the fire rebuild area and of these 1,171 residential permits issued 152 permits were issued for single family dwellings 906 permits were issued for multifamily units and 113 permits were issued for accessory dwelling units and junior accessory dwelling units I'd also like to mention that these numbers also include permits issued for affordable units in 2022 413 units were issued for building permits targeted to lower income households specifically 78 units for extremely low income households 197 units for very low income households 136 units for low income households and 2 for moderate income households California mandates each Jurisdiction create its fair share of housing called the regional housing needs allocation or rena as part of rena The California Department of Housing and Community Development Determines the total number of new homes the Bay Area needs to build and how affordable those homes need to be to meet the housing needs of People at all income levels this table compares the Association of Bay Area government or a bag Their rena numbers for Santa Rosa with building permit issuance by income category to illustrate the remaining need At the end of the housing element reporting period So for reference the top row is the number of rena units and income categories required for this cycle The second row indicates the number of actual permits issued and the income categories that were met The third row shows the remaining need to meet the regional housing need allocations The number in the parentheses indicates an excess of required above moderate units that have been provided and The 1047 total is the sum of the very low low and moderate units that still need to be provided Another element in the general plan is the economic vitality element and these two charts or graphics are what is typically Provided to the Commission the economic vitality element includes goals and policies to attract Expand and retain business in the city of Santa Rosa There were increases in the job sector seen in 2022 in construction professional and business services education and health services and Leisure and hospitality to name a few in 2022 fewer jobs were available in manufacturing This past year the top occupation for unique job posting volume was for registered nurses That was followed by other health care professions and rounded out by retail sales staff Also in 2022 industrial vacancy rates returned to pre-pandemic levels However, office vacancies have not recovered and continue to climb throughout Sonoma County To continue with the economic vitality element in terms of commercial development the city approved plans for warehouse and industrial facilities in 2022 such as this self-storage facility located on Piner Road The city of Santa Rosa planning and economic development department implemented a parklet program to provide for long-term permitting of Some outdoor seating that was allowed during the pandemic which is complemented by grants for facade improvements for these parklets These other three images are of other agencies and programs that help support economic vitality And I'll touch more on them when we get to the family and youth services slide On to the transportation element which deals with goals and policies to address safe access for all connectivity and complete streets This report section covers pages 14 through 18 As you can see from the slide lots of planning and study work was undertaken during the last year to address bicycle Pedestrian and road safety and existing areas of the city and the slide lists all the locations And it's not all but a good deal of locations where this work took place I'd also like to mention that in addition Mendocino Avenue is also being reviewed for installation of bicycle lanes and community outreach on this project was undertaken This past year to help inform modifications along Mendocino Avenue Corridor Transit is another important aspect of the transportation element the city's transit division manages fixed route service Paratransit services and other transit related programs as you can see from the slide fixed route ridership totals were 1,028,440 in fiscal year 2021 through 2022 That's up from 760,000 in fiscal year 2020 through 2021 You had an update last year on the you are free program Which started in July? 2021 and we know that that has exceeded Any goals that they had for that program during the first year of the program youth took a total of 250,000 trips Over the past six months youth ridership has averaged over 150% of pre-pandemic youth ridership levels Ridership has continued to increase in the second year of the you are free program with August 2022 youth ridership hitting a new monthly high of 28,400 rides Now to the public services and facilities element which really covers a broad range of public infrastructure recreation and services This first slide highlights some of the 2022 recreation and parks department efforts towards the goals of the general plan to continue acquisition and development of parks There were improvements or planning efforts made to this list of parks throughout the city along with a couple of pictures of playground improvements at Colgan Park and facilities upgrades at Bayer Park For more information on parks achievements, please refer to pages 18 to 21 of the report Public safety is also included in the public services and facilities element in 2022 police department personnel responded to 203,547 calls for service and they continue in their community oriented policing efforts by assigning officers and Sargents to specific beats throughout the city of which there are nine beats in 2022 police officers seized 236 firearms related to criminal investigations 74 of these seized firearms were personally manufactured firearms or ghost guns Which are un-serialized firearms? The police department led the creation of the in response mental health support team and continues to manage this team and program This is a multidisciplinary mental health response team comprised of a licensed mental health Clinician fire department paramedic and a homeless engagement specialist Now on to fire In 2022 fire department personnel responded to 29,927 calls for service The department maintains an automatic aid agreement with both the Sonoma County fire district and Kenwood fire district And the department participates in the Santa Rosa Mutual Threat Zone operating plan Which is a joint response plan with the Sonoma County fire district and Cal fire for specific areas of the wild land urban interface The water and wastewater sections of the public services and facilities element deal with the policies to ensure sufficient Capacity to meet future service needs to the city The city's Laguna treatment plant treats and disinfects wastewater for use as reclaimed water in In 2022 5.7 Billion gallons of sewage receive treatment at the Laguna treatment plant If members of the public are interested staff provides scheduled tours of the treatment plant and that information is available on our website In 2022 the city began construction on the disinfection improvement project at the plant This will replace the existing ultraviolet disinfection system and add a diversion wet well and pump station Once completed the upgraded system will be able to disinfect 25 million gallons per day and treat a peak flow of 70 million gallons per day The city also promotes innovative water use efficiency programs some of which are listed at the bottom of this slide Due to the city's outreach efforts and programs and residents participation in those programs The city's cumulative water use has resulted in savings of over 7100 acre feet per year and per capita water use has declined by 44 percent since 1990 the general plans open space and conservation element includes goals and policies related to open space and natural resource conservation in 2022 Creek stewardship community volunteers contributed nearly 3700 service hours towards trail maintenance Creek restoration projects and removal of trash from creeks 126 volunteer creek cleanups occurred on 20 different creeks in the city of Santa Rosa During these events over 1100 cubic yards of trash and debris were removed from waterways with the help of volunteers in 2022 phase 2 of the Colgan Creek restoration project was completed This restored a 2000 linear foot reach of the creek between boron avenue and victoria drive The project significantly enlarged the channel to increase flood production As well as constructed a paved pathway to provide recreation and educational opportunities for residents and students The general plan art and culture element calls for public art throughout the city of santa rosa The public art program is grown to include include not only public art projects, but also collection management public art and private development cultural events rotating art exhibits and street performer permits Listed on this slide are some of the accomplishments the division has made in 2022 Pictures on the slide are of the new help each other grow mural You can see at the fifth straight parking garage And the restoration and preservation work that was completed on an existing sculpture of penis characters luci intruder The general plans noise and safety element deals with environmental and man-made hazards that affect the city This element works in concert with documents such as the multi jurisdictional hazard mitigation plan The climate action plan and many of the regulations in the city's zoning code Some highlights that address this element are the fire department's purchase of two wildland fire engines and a tactical water tender for wildland fires The planning work that has begun for the replacement of fire station number five an hcd grant for education outreach and assessment in the city's wildland urban interface And the water department which launched a water supply alternatives project to identify the best path forward for increasing the city's water supplies by 2045 particularly in times of drought or catastrophic events And the city is happy to report there were no incidents that required the activation of the emergency operations center in 2022 The historic preservation element establishes goals and policies for identifying and preserving significant historic resources To that end in 2021 a professional services agreement was entered into with architectural resources group ink They were to prepare a historic resource evaluation of the downtown station area this grant funded Historic resource evaluation to locate identify and document Structures in the downtown station area that may qualify for nomination to state or federal historic registers As work commenced it was noted that more than 700 structures Were required or should be identified and evaluated in the downtown station area boundary But we're outside of existing preservation districts That review and work is now complete and the results will be presented to the cultural heritage board in the next few months The city has eight historic preservation districts A landmark alteration permit is required for exterior alterations to designated landmarks and for all buildings within historic preservation districts In 2022 there were 12 landmark alteration permit applications submitted An example of such a permit is 912 mcdonald avenue The image on the left depicts a long vacant property in the mcdonald preservation district For which a landmark alteration permit was submitted to construct a single family dwelling The rendering on the right is the approved design Excuse me of the home which was designed to be compatible with the historic homes in that district Excuse me just a moment The general plans youth and family element Promotes the health safety and welfare of children teens the elderly and their families in santa rosa Child care services youth and senior programs are supported Three of these efforts toward these goals are included in this slide One is the child care facility development. This provides money for child care facility development rehabilitation and expansion of child care facilities The city received a total of 39 letters of interest from child care facilities 69 were from licensed family child care homes 28 from licensed child care centers and 2 from licensed exempt child care facilities The next is the children's savings account, which is administered by first five of sonoma county This uses grant funds from the city of santa rosa and the california student aid commission provides seed money to start an educational savings account Significant outreach was done in both english and spanish and schools libraries community events and other locations Between october 1st and december 31st 2022 A total of 209 of these accounts were open in santa rosa city limits There's measure h also known as the choice grant funded programs to city schools and non-profit organizations for school readiness street outreach Mediation and student engagement 1.875 million in grant funds Was dispersed to eight local local agencies over a two and a half year cycle It should be noted that measure h replaced measure o if some people are more familiar with that measure name The climate action section is actually under the open space and conservation element And the city has two separate climate action plans that work in concert with the city's climate change policies As noted on the slide the community climate action plan will be updated as part of the city's general plan update Members of the public should also consult the city's community wildfire protection plan located on the city's website Which serves as a roadmap to identify and address local hazards and risks from wildfire and the wildland urban interface Some other efforts toward climate resilience are highlighted on this slide and include efforts toward alternate modes of transportation and all electric code updates Impressively, um recology zero waste team went into both the residential and business community And conducted 654 site audits 111 trainings or presentations initiated recycling at 24 establishments And started composting programs at 167 accounts Growth management was um added to the city uh santa rosa's general plan as a separate optional element in 1991 In response to record growth in the mid 1980s um The city's growth management ordinance regulates residential growth by allowing 800 new residential allotments per year And anticipates this development pace would result in a population of 237 000 by the year 2035 Growth management allotments are available for from two reserves Known as reserve a and reserve b each reserve having 400 new allotments per year reserve a allotments Are for units such as accessory dwelling units mixed use units and attached multifamily units reserve b allotments are for single family detached units over 1250 square feet In 2022 1171 residential building permits were issued Of these 1110 were issued for the reserve a allotments More of the accessory dwelling units mixed use units those kinds of units And 91 were issued for the reserve b allotments The inclusionary housing ordinance requires that housing projects include on-site affordable units For the payment of in lieu funds which are used for affordable housing development Allocated units are for newly construction for rent or for sale dwelling units Which are made available and occupied By a household of lower or moderate income And subject to occupancy An affordable rent or sales price controls for a period of not less than 55 years When the city receives housing impact funds many collected from the inclusionary housing ordinance Is directed to the city's Housing authority which administers these funds During 2022 402 allocated units were issued building permits 1.79 million in housing impact funds Were collected yes and housing impact funds I Duplicated that of my apologies Here are pictures of approved projects on the slide that have benefited from this ordinance The cannery at railroad square and stony point flats and many more have benefited as well It should also be noted that these funds can also be used for the rehabilitation of affordable projects In 2022 the park wood apartments a 55 unit affordable multifamily project And the vigil light affordable apartments for seniors were all beneficiaries of these funds for rehabilitation So much of this information you've heard tonight Is shared in the city of santa rosa's city connections newsletter in real time So you don't need to wait for the annual report even though we will provide it every year In order to stay connected I've provided the webpage up here and on the webpage. You can find recent additions of this newsletter You can also sign up to have that newsletter delivered directly to your inbox And I'd like to thank you for your time. This does conclude my report The planning and economic development department recommends that the planning commission receive an approved by motion The 2022 general plan inclusionary housing growth management annual review report And here is my contact information again We do have staff available on mostly remotely And again, if we don't have an answer for you tonight, we can get one for you in writing After the meeting. Thanks. Thank you I think what I'll go ahead and do is How do the public hearing now and then bring it back to the commission for questions after we hear from the public if They're any public who would like to make comments So with that I'd like to go ahead and open the public hearing on this Are there any I see somebody already up at the podium. Thank you If you Could give your name for the record and you'll be given a total of three minutes You'll be unmuted and a countdown timer will be shown on the screen Go ahead Oh, it's on My name is chris gunther. I'm a resident of montgomery village I'm also a co-leader and volunteer with a campaign known as bikeable santa rosa We're an all-volunteer group of families and individuals residents all in santa rosa Who are really focused on trying to work with the city to accelerate the build out of the bike and pedestrian network in town um Just want to say thanks for the chance to hear about the progress on the general plan and I'm really excited about a lot of the Projects that have been underway. We've been interacting with city staff and with other community partners throughout the year On this issue at the same time I want to of course draw attention to the fact that we think that we're not making enough progress Quickly enough on the plan and even the things that were highlighted tonight You know our largely studies of the corridors that need to be improved rather than projects that actually are needed to Change the the material conditions on the ground and and complete our bike and pedestrian network Um, I also didn't hear a lot of discussion of sort of where we stand against the goals that were set in the existing bike And ped master plan and that are affirmed by the general plan And you know in contrast to the housing element where we saw what was the identified need Where are we out on that need? What's the remaining need? It'd be nice to hear You know some accounting of are we making progress toward the goals we've set? How far do we have to go? What are we doing to accelerate that progress? I want to take this chance the reason why i'm here is because I I know we're talking about the existing general plan but as the staff mentioned there's a general plan update underway and um, there's also a pending update to the bike and ped master plan shortly after that And I want to take the chance to plan a seed with the commission To say that we really want to work with you and with staff to figure out how to increase the ambition around bike and ped facilities Around the city and in the general plan and in the bike and ped plan In particular it would be a real shame if because the bike and ped plan update is coming after the current general plan update If the general plan that we're about to to approve Just says check out our bike and ped plan from five years ago Because that plan is out of date. Unfortunately. Um, so we really want to work with you guys to think about how can we you know root the right ambition in the The general plan overall and then carry that through into the bike and ped master plan that's coming after that Thanks Thank you very much So are there any, uh Hands on zoom Chair weeks there are no hands raised in zoom Okay, so with that I will go ahead and close the public hearing and bring it back to the commission for comments and questions, but uh, first if we could go With the the question about How the goals of the bicycle master plan mesh with the Yes, thank you so much for that question. Um The commenter is right that this general plan annual report does not look specifically at the goals of our existing general plan and uh, our existing general plan is really a set of goals and policies and so Um, it does make it a little more complex without very specific implementation programs To be able to tie a lot of our activities for the city to the exact implementation need So that is one pivot. We're hoping to make as we draft the new general plan. So we have very Well first a very concise document. We have 741 policies in our current one So we really want to make something concise For the community and also for staff, but also we will be having goals policies and actions And so those actions are what will allow us to track the implementation and we will have specific metrics associated with those So it will make sheila's job very seamless for the next year But it will also allow us to really closely track the implementation on A more fine grained level and I will say when it comes to The other plans that we have the general plan is really the driver So this is the 30 000 foot view of what the city Of what the community would like the city to look and feel like in 2050 And once that is adopted that will really trigger a new look at all of our specific plans And bike and pedestrian plan What you know creakside master plan all of those different planning documents Will be driven by what happens with this general plan update So those plans will kind of cyclically be updated over the next 10 years based on what happens in the general plan So it is a really actually a good time To talk about the bike and pedestrian master plan after the general plan is completed And I will also note that in because we are in the midst of writing policy We we have responded to requests to go to the bike and pedestrian board on april 14th to discuss bike and pedestrian policy in more detail and to make sure that we're encompassing All the comments that we're hearing into the draft which will be released in may For the community to review Thank you so Let's start with commissioner dug in and we'll go down the row Thanks for letting me start because that my one of my first comments is related to the bike ped plan So page 15 talks about the measure m techs measure extension that that was approved i think in 2022 And it's now called gocinoma And I know that now since our freeway widening project has ended there's going to be a lot more money for bike and ped improvements Which I think is a very good thing and long overdue, and I don't know the gentleman who spoke but I'm glad he made these comments So I also know that our two staffers in the public Transportation department. I can't remember the department name But nancy adams has recently left as has uh bjorn greepenberg And I'm wondering what the status is of their replacement because ideally they're on board before any bike ped master plan update happens um So that's one question and then my other comment has to do with a totally unrelated Program on page 51 Give me a sec. I'll find which one it was And also related to the um bicycle and pedestrian master plan update Um Since we've seen this large advent of electrified electric motor bicycles That have different capacities and different speed levels. I would hope we could have some kind of verbiage in the updated plan about How um all those different vehicles going moving at different speeds can coexist in a bike lane Okay, my other comment is um hb9 Talking about the mobile home repair loan and mobile home rent deferral programs and how the um Funding dried up in early 2022 And i'm just wondering if there's been an identified source of new more funding for that program And what's the status of that so those are my two comments How I should have checked with you before do you want to do individual commissioners and then answer their questions Or do everybody and then answer all the questions But do you prefer probably be easier to answer them as they come in Um, then we don't lose track of them if that's okay. Um, so I know I heard some questions about the the bike and ped Staff and and what's happening with that. So I believe we have rob sprinkle on Um, and if I could ask him to look like he's unmuted answer that question Sure. Thanks. Jessica. Uh commission. This is ralph sprinkle the city traffic engineer, and I'm happy to give an update on our current Staffing status. Um, we have hired our active transportation planner. He is probably looks like you're unmuted. Um, we're not being able to hear you yet Oh Can you hear me? Hello That's that's tech. I need to figure out on my end. Give me a minute. Okay. Thank you Can you hear me now? I can't hear anyone now Rob we can hear you But they can't hear us in the chamber okay, I will give a quick update and then maybe Um, I think they're waiting to fix the text. So it sounds like everybody else except for those in the chamber can hear What's happening in zoom? Is that correct? I think so. Yeah, I can see, um Their mics moving up and down like they're speaking in there, but obviously we can't hear them Um apologies. I'm gonna have to reach out to um Yeah, I'm gonna have to reach out to our tech Can you give us like two minutes to try to get this sorted out? Maybe recess Sure. Do you want to take a like a five minute break? Sure Okay, yes, that works So let's take a five minute break Okay, thank you Okay, we'll um call the Planning commission back to order. Is there a need to take roll again? No, okay. Thank you. Um, we're having some technical issues So we're relaying the questions via telephone to the appropriate staff who are then going to relay the answers to Ms. Jones to provide to the commission. So Go ahead Okay, thank you. Yes apologies for the technical issues And we are not able to hear zoom here in the chambers But it sounds like the folks at home can hear it. So we will get that fixed for our next meeting But in the meantime Commissioner dug in to answer your questions. So Rob sprinkle with our transportation and public works department has confirmed that The active transportation planner position For the city has been filled In that position the new person started in january The position that nancy adams previously held is out for recruitment right now. So hopefully we'll Find somebody great to fill that position here soon Um, and then he wanted to clarify that the bike and pedestrian advisory board meeting is on april 20th And that several projects have been studied that were listed Which resulted in projects being implemented this summer And then the question on the mobile home program repair loan program Uh Nicole and i'm going to butcher her last name del fiorantino. I believe it is with our housing and community services department Mentioned that there is no new funding source for this program But but that as rehabilitation loans are repaid the housing authority will be able to redeploy the funds collected from repayments Thank you. Yeah, okay any other questions Commissioner carter I'll stay on the transportation for a minute On page 14 there were a lot of The bulk of the reporting on the in the transportation element dealt with Bike pedestrian and transit improvements are Of the comment notwithstanding We need more, but i'm was wondering why there's not any mention of roadway network Um improvements are Uh new fundings available to implement The roadway networks that we've noted as lacking in some of our approvals. For instance, we we heard from rob that We heard from mr. Sprinkle that the uh Funding for the heron avenue Interchange had been approved and that project will be moving for it That's an important project that has bicycle pedestrian and roadway improvements. Uh, so i'd like to see Something in the report that talks about the roadway network and and those improvements that might be forthcoming with the Within the general plan context Um Let's see I'll leave it with that for now I'm sorry there there actually was a question in there. So is there will there be any Effort to elaborate on roadway network improvements in future reports so um rob is uh Is is replying right now, but um, so I could say that yes in future plans. We can definitely you know identify More programs or programs that are potentially in process and provide more detail In in future program in future reports I'm waiting to see if he has anything more to say He did say that um, we are looking um a lot at bike infrastructure Moving forward And excuse me. Um commissioner carter. I'm curious if you're also interested when you say roadway networks is something like A slurry ceiling of neighborhood streets and things like that something that you're looking for an update on in a forthcoming report I think it's more on the order of network of roadway network expansions that actually add new routes and capacity Rather than specific Capital improvement and and I know the commission is aware of this, you know, a lot of the new roadway networks that we get, you know, we've got um the plan the general plan identifies Future circulation and new roadways and such and a lot of that is provided as we get new developments They come through. In fact, we had somebody come and talk to us Just the other day about a potential project in southwest santa rosa that could Help to move forward with the extension of North point parkway You know, so that is one way that we get our new roadways and then also through Cip projects as funding becomes available and he did Rob is mentioning also that the fulton road widening is happening now, which i'm sure you guys are all aware of Any other questions? No, commissioner card. No commissioner holton. Do you have any questions? or comments Um, I just actually like to uh to thank all the the staff for all their hard work on this and that's it Mr. Cisco Yeah, I don't have any questions, but but like commissioner holton. It's just it's an impressive body of work and it's very readable um, I always enjoy when we get this and And I enjoy the the updates through the city connections as well But it's it's just really impressive to to sit and read this and see the accomplishments of the city And I know it's a lot of work to put it together and you did a really fine job. So thank you for that Thank you, and I have a few questions or comments, um And I will start off by echoing my fellow commissioners. Um, this is a really meaty report And but very readable and if anybody wants to know anything about the city To me you read this report and it's going to tell you so One of the things has to do with, um The it's page 28 around greenhouse gas emissions And I know the city has a plan to be carbon neutral by 2030 and I wondered if that's reflected anywhere in here And I just didn't see it So that's one question um Oh and Thank you for that question. Um related to the climate Resolution the emergency resolution that was adopted in 2020 So we did report out on that general plan annual report Of that adoption And that is actually informing the update of our general plan which will include an update to our climate action plan policies and Also are the environmental impact report that will be Aligned with those policies So that is now an adopted goal of the city and that Our policies will be following that that lead Does that help? Thank you And I just I don't know who wrote this but I praise whoever wrote this sentence sentence for their humor Bird flew in the first 100 electric scooters So I just thought that was It made me chuckle when I read it. So whoever wrote that kudos do a good sense of humor And then if you uh page 32 There's a couple things regarding the children's savings the child's savings account and the guaranteed income and I wondered what the status Was um you talked about I believe the number of Accounts that have been I think you mentioned it in your presentation. Sorry the number of accounts that have been set up and then with the um Guaranteed income I wondered the status of that And yeah, I do have a little more information on that It looks like this was The eligible there were this was county wide to there were over 6,500 applications received Eligible applications county wide from that 60 for over 6,500 were only 2,383 And then eligible applications for city of santa rosa or 1,319 And my understanding is that they were going to randomly select um, which of those would get this guaranteed basic income and um My understanding is there was a delay in getting those funds because they um, they may have counted against uh people's tanif Income, but I think race and oh Oh, great. I see ma'a la rosa here who could help with this probably Can you? Oops. Yeah, raise it. It's been a long time since I've been in council chambers Um, he said illarosa economic development. Um, so what she was talking about is the guaranteed basic income Program, uh, ARPA funded, uh, and we're actually calling it. Um, the pathway for income income equality Uh, and um for that particular one, uh We the city itself provided nine hundred sixty thousand dollars To to pay for a minimum of 80 families to receive five hundred dollars a month for the over the course of two years Um, and as shila mentioned we had Almost seven thousand applicants County wide Do you have the sheets in front of you? No, okay. I have it somewhere That's okay. I've got it here. Um, and um of of the eligible applicants then there was a random drawing But the way the drawing happened was You had to do it within jurisdiction to meet the requirements of those who are paying in and then I think we have I want to say 120. Maybe I have to double check of Families that are participating within uh center as a city limits. I can get you that number later But at least 80 of those families were paid for from the city's ARPA funds the rest from the county's contribution So that's the guaranteed basic income slash pathway to income equality You had a question also. I think about The college savings account did the um child support program facility fund and I wondered With this data how many, um Right so the facility fund Okay, so um for the um, it's part of the broader child care support program And we have about 2.8 million dollars in grant funding to provide of the ARPA dollars It will be done in two phases. So we just we released the first phase uh, and Um We received of the um of the applicants we received we received the full amount of requests For that fund um And all of the requests were eligible. So it is going to be a hard uh task to call down the um the applicants into just the one point the one million dollars Again, we do have another round of applications that are going out So how will you decide who gets the money? So, um, everyone will get some portion of the money at some At some level First and foremost we look at the qualified census tract information who they're serving And uh, secondly, um, you know number of spaces so we're looking to increase the number of spaces third We have a criteria around Child care deserts. So the thing that's interesting about that program is that of the applications we received The bulk of them were for minor repairs In which are eligible and the bulk of those are family centered child care. So they're in home generally They're requesting. They're the most requests with the least amount of money In contrast to Nine respondents or applicants who submitted for major renovation and just those I think there are three that would take the entire amount So we're looking First and foremost at those groupings to see How far along they are what are their funding sources and how they fit in amongst those sort of like where do we have the most need So for example, we have an applicant who has Is looking to build ground up a facility in downtown san rosa. We have no child care facilities In downtown san rosa. That is a ground up, you know, a blank facility We would probably rank that higher and potentially Give a little bit more as opposed to another one that is in the process of being built the facility itself is fully funded but they're looking to to You know that help with with the funding of the of the Assistance in the facility the child care facility piece would help with the overall project We might look that at that slightly differently than we do Given that it's in an area that has a number of units of Spaces child care slots. So it's going to be a panel or it is I should say a panel of Developers and child care facility experts That's probably too much information, but you got it Thank you Okay, I think that might be all for you And just let me check before you before you walk away Okay, I think the other ones you was already answered Okay, that's it for you risa. Thank you um I think the last question I have Also on page 32 where it talks about san rosa violence prevention partnership um You mentioned major h which is the new major o. I mean, I know major h Is transitioned from major o but I wondered if somewhere in there should You reference major o because it talks about since 2006 you've provided there's provided 11 million dollars But then major h was passed in 2022 So some kind of clarification um, I think would be great and then um Think about the drought but that's happened in 2022. I mean 2023. So I think that was it for me um, and uh, you know, perhaps, um, expand on some of the things around the, um Guaranteed income I'm not that's not the right term But the term that's being used for counsel because my guess is there they might have some questions about that. So um, so Any other comments from the commission? Uh, do you all have what you need from us? Do we don't need to Take a vote or anything? So I do need a motion to accept the report. Okay. Thank you. Is there a motion to accept This meaty report I'll make a motion that we accept this meaty report. Thank you And I'll second that motion. Thank you. So that was moved by uh, commissioner sisco seconded by commissioner holton If we could have a vote, please Commissioner carter. Hi Commissioner sisco. Hi Commissioner dougan. Hi Commissioner holton. Hi Chair weeks I so that passes with five eyes with commissioner sanders And vice chair peterson being absent and with that, uh, I will go ahead and adjourn The meeting to the next scheduled meeting of the planning commission. Thank you all