City of Santa Rosa Council Meeting December 3, 2019

Welcome TO THE TODAY’S JOINT CITY COUNCIL STUDY SESSION, MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU DO A ROLL CALL FOR THE PLANNING, COMMISSION AND COMMISSION? Whatever IS EASIEST FOR YOU? All MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION ARE PRESENT AND LET THE RECORD ALSO SHOW THAT ALL CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF COUNCILMEMBER SAWYER. Thank YOU VERY MUCH, MR INDISCERNIBLE ITEM.   2 1 DOWNTOWN STATIONARY PLANNED UPDATE DAVID GUEN ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, STARTING US OFF.   Thank YOU HERE.   We GO GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR SCHWEDHELM AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL AND CHAIR CISCO MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.   Thank YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY.   I WANTED TO KICK THIS OFF QUICKLY TO REMIND THE BOARD AND THE COMMISSION AND THE COUNCIL, WHERE WE’VE COME FROM SO THIS PAST YEAR AND A HALF.   A LOT OF WORK HAS BEEN DONE BY THE COMMISSION AND THE COUNCIL TO PUT A NUMBER OF HOUSING POLICIES IN PLACE, VERY AGGRESSIVE HOUSING POLICIES TO TRY AND ADDRESS A SERIOUS CRISIS.   The COUNCIL HAVE MADE A TOP PRIORITY, AND THAT INCLUDES FEE REDUCTIONS AND INCLUDING EXPEDITED, PERMITTING PROCESS AND DENSITY BONUS, A LOT OF FOCUS AROUND AROUND TRIANSIT AND THAT’S, A YER AND A HALF F WORK THAT’S.   The KEYSTONE OF THIS EFFORT.   A LOT OF THE WORK THAT POLICIES IN PLACE WILL BE IMPLEMENTED AND ENHANCED BY THIS PLAN BEING PUT INTO PLACE THAT’S. What THIS PLAN IS IT’S REVISIONING OUR FUTURE AND HOW THE POLICIES ARE GOING TO BE LEVERAGED TO ACHIEVE THE HOUSING.   We HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR OVER THE PAST COUPLE YEARS AND I’M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO OUR SENIOR ADVISOR PATRICK FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSIONERS AND THE COUNCIL.   We GOT A REVISED VERSION AROUND SLIDE 16 TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS.   We’LL BREAK IT UP IN HALF, BUT HE’LL PAUSE AND ASK QUESTIONS FOR THE PLANNING, COMMISSION AND THE CITY COUNCIL AND DO THE REST OF THE PRESENTATION AND HE HAS FIVE QUESTIONS.   He IKE FEEDBACK FROM BOTH BODIES.   Thank YOU.   Thank YOU, MAYOR SCHWEDHELM AND CISCO AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION.   This IS THE AN UPDATE ON OUR DOWNTOWN STATIONARY SPECIFIC PLAN.   We’LL BE LOOKING AT THE DRAFT PREFERRED PLAN ALTERNATIVE THAT’S BEFORE YOU AND I’M SURE.   All OF THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION AND THE COUNCIL ARE FAMILIAR WITH THIS SLIDE, BUT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE OR WATCHING, WE HAVE A DOWNTOWN STATIONARY SPECIFIC PLAN THAT WAS DOPTED IN 2007, ANTICIPATING THE DOWNTOWN SMART STATION AND IT AS A PLAN THAT Created A VISION OF INCREASING THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE LIVING NEAR TRANSIT AND ALSO WORKING IN OUR DOWNTOWN. It WAS A 20 YEAR PLAN PERIOD.   It WAS IN 2007, SO WE’RE MORE THAN HALFWAY THROUGH THAT PLANNING PERIOD.   We’VE HAD SOME CONSTRUCTION ON THE NONRESIDENTIAL SIDE, THAT WAS AROUND HALF A MILLION SQUARE FOOTAGE OF NONRESIDENTIAL ENVISIONED AND WE’RE LESS THAN HALF THAT.   But THE GRAPH ON THIS SLIDE IS THE ONE ON THE LEFT, WHICH SHOWS OUR HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.   We ENVISIONED AROUND 3400 HOUSING UNITS IN THE TIME SINCE THAT PLAN WAS ADOPTED.   We’VE HAD 100.   This COMMISSION MENTION WE’RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A HOUSING CRISIS.   It HAS BEEN EXACERBATED BECAUSE OF THE FIRES AND THERE’S SOMETHING LACKING.   As FAR AS THIS, THIS PLAN, THE COUNCIL IN SETTING THEIR PRIORITY, HAD DOWNTOWN HOUSING AND THEY HAVE AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AND THEY REACHED OUT TO THE COMMISSION AND THEY RECEIVED A LANNING GRANT TO UNDERTAKE THIS UPDATE TO THE DOWNTOWN STATIONARY SPECIFIC PLAN.   So IT’S WORTH NOTING THAT, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF STAFF, THIS IS THROUGH A GRANT. This MAY NOT BE WHAT PEOPLE ENVISION WHEN THEY HEAR DOWNTOWN AS FAR AS PLANNING PURPOSES.   So IT INCLUDES COURTHOUSE SQUARE AND REDWOOD SQUARE, BUT IT ALSO INCLUDES SEVERAL AREAS THAT ARE ESTABLISHED: RESIDENTIAL, HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS, OTHER COMMERCIALS AND INDUSTRIAL CENTERS, ROUGHLY FROM COLLEGE AVENUE TO THE NORTH DOWN TO HIGHWAY 12 ON THE SOUTH AND DONE T DONE TON TO WE GOT STARTED IN Earnest EARLIER THIS YEAR, WITH PHASE 1, WHICH IS A DEEP DIVE INTO THE ISSUES AND OPPORTUNITIES SO DOING THE 3 BACKGROUND STUDY TO SEE WHAT WORK AND WHAT DIDN’T WORK AND WHAT DOES THE ECONOMIC CLIMATE LOOKS LIKE AND WHAT CAN THE CITY SUPPORT AND WHAT’S, THE VISION FOR OUR DOWNTOWN, WAS IT THE SAME FOR 2007 OR HAS IT CHANGED, BRINGING ON TECHNICAL EXPERTS AND PER FORMING OUTREACH TO KEY STAKEHOLDERS? We DID AN UNPRECEDENTED LEVEL OF PUBLIC OUTREACH, WHICH WAS PART OF THE SCOPING BEFORE BOTH OF THESE BODIES.   Previously, WE HEARD THAT WE WANTED THIS TO BE OUT OF THE BOX THINKING AND GET AS MANY VOICES TO THE TABLE AS POSSIBLE.   We DID RESPOND BY LAUNCHING A CAMPAIGN WITH TRADITIONAL MEETING AND NEIGHBORHOOD POPUPS AND MEETING UP AT EVENTS AND ROBUST ONLINE COMPONENT AND TAKING ADVANTAGE OF OUR PRINT AND RADIO MEDIA TO REALLY GET THE WORD OUT.   So, BASED ON ALL OF THAT FEEDBACK, WE DEVELOPED WHAT ARE CALLED PROJECT ALTERNATIVES THAT WAS PHASE TWO PHASE.   Two WAS THE ALTERNATIVES EXPLORATION PHASE.   Three ALTERNATIVES WERE CREATED BASED ON THE FEEDBACK WE RECEIVED AND I’LL TALK MORE ABOUT THE SPECIFICS OF THEM, BUT IT WAS THREE CONCEPTS FOR HOW THIS PLAN COULD LOOK AGAIN.   We WENT OUT TO THE COMMUNITY, WE WENT OUT TO THE EXPERTS AND GOT FEEDBACK ON WHAWHAT COMPONENTS WERE SUPPORTED.   What IS FEASIBLE MOVING FORWARD.   Those HAVE BEEN DISTILLED DOWN INTO THE DRAFT PREFERRED PLAN CONCEPT WHICH IS BEFORE THIS BODY TONIGHT THIS AFTERNOON, AND SO WE’RE. Looking FOR IN RESPONSE WOULD BE WHETHER OR NOT WE’VE GOTTEN IT RIGHT.   Whether THIS LOOKS LIKE THE PLAN, WE SHOULD MOVE FORWARD, BECAUSE THE NEXT TWO PHASES WILL BE THE DETAIL: STEPS THAT’S WHEN WE DRILL OWN ON WHAT YOU KNOW PARCEL BY PARCEL.   What MAKES SENSE HOW THESE SHOULD LOK, BUT ALSO THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW THAT’S ASSOCIATED WITH IT PART OF THIS IS THE GOAL FOR THIS PLAN IS TO PRELOAD ENVIRONMENTAL.   We VIEW WE WANT TO ANTICIPATE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES THAT COULD COME UP BY ADDRESSING HEM DURING THIS PROCESS, AND SO THE REAL PURPOSE OF THIS PREFERRED PLAN CONCEPT THAT’S BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS THE IT’S A SUMMARY OF THE CONSENSUS FROM WHAT WE HAVE HEARD.   It CLEARLY AND BROADLY LAYS OUT THE POLICY THAT FORWARD AND KIND OF SETS UP THAT FRAMEWORK FOR HOW WE WILL FILL IN THE DETAILS.   So WHILE WE’RE NOT GOING DOWN ON PARCEL BY PARCEL DETAILED LEVEL, WE WANT TO GET A CONCEPT ON HOW THESE WORK, AND THESE ARE THE AVENUES WE WANT TO PURSUE, AND SO I MENTIONED DURING PHASE ONE.   We DID THAT BACKGROUND.   Um CONTEXT, ANALYSIS FROM THE DOWNTOWN PLAN.   One THING THAT WE DID NOTICE WAS THE ORIGINAL DOWNTOWN SMART STATION.   It ENVISIONED TRANSIT, ORIENTED AND FOCUSED ON THE SPINE OF THE RAIL. What WE’RE DOING WITH THIS PLAN IS LOOKING AT WALKABLE DISTANCE, WHICH IS A QUARTER MILE THAT’S CONSIDERED WALKABLE OR BIKABLE UP TO A HALF MILE.   We HAVE DRAWN THESE TWO CIRCLES AROUND OUR DOWNTOWN SMART STATION AND THE DOWNTOWN TRANSIT MALL.   These ARE TWO TRANSIT DEFINED AS AN AREA THAT’S OUGHL, WALKABLE OR BIKABLE TO THOSE TRANSIT HUBS, AND THIS REFLECTED WITH THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION.   Commission’S PRIORITY DEFINITION AREA FOR OUR DOWNTOWN AND THAT PREEFSH BELIEVE PREVIOUS VIEW.   In 2007, HAD 10 000 UNITS BASED ON THE UNDER UTILIZED FIGHT SITES AND THE VALUE OF THE LAND IS HIGHER THAN THE VALUE BUILT ON TOP OF IT.   There’S CAPACITY FOR 10 000 UNITS IN DOWNTOWN.   We’RE PROPOSING 7 000 NEW UNITS, WHICH WOULD BE DOUBLE WITH WHAT WAS ENVISIONED IN 2007.   Ur ANALYSIS AND OUTREACH SAYS THAT THAT’S IT’S, NOT N OUT LANDISH PROJECTION ON HOW MUCH HOUSING WE CAN HAVE THERE’S THE DEMAND AND CAPACITY FOR REACHING THAT LEVEL OF HOUSING.   Additionally, TO SOMETHING THAT’S CHANGED TODAY IS WE HAVE THE DESIGNATED OPPORTUNITY ZONES IN ROSELAND WHICH IS ADJACENT TO OUR DOWNTOWN AND THE DOWNTOWN CORE ITSELF, SO THOSE CAN BE LEVERAGED AND FINANCE.   Some OF THESE CATALYST PROJECTS WE’RE. Looking FOR THERE’S A MEMO INCLUDED IN THIS AFTERNOON,’S PACKET THAT TALKS ABOUT THE BARRIERS WE HAVE ENCOUNTERED TO REALIZE ROM, THAT ORIGINAL PLAN UM AND ONE IS MORPHING THE PROJECT FORWARD AND WE HAVE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND THE COUNCIL, AND THEY’RE, Considered DISCRETIONARY REVIEW, MEANING THE CITY DOES NOT HAVE TO SAY YES TO SOMETHING, SO IT CAN BE SEVEN DIFFERENT OPINIONS OR 14 OPINIONS THAT ARE DECIDING HOW A PROJECT MOVES FORWARD.   We’RE ENABLING THIS TO OCCUR IN THE CITY.   We HAVE STREAMLINED REVIEW AS A CONCEPT ITEM.   We HAVE GUIDANCE AND THE DECISION TO LEFT TO THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR FOR INFIELD RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS OR PROJECTS THAT MEET THE NEEDS OF THE CITY.   We’VE BEEN WORKING ON AN EXPEDITED REVIEW PROCESS TO CUT DOWN THE ENTITLEMENT AND BUILDING PERMIT FEES, TO STREAMLINE THAT PROCESS AND TAKE AN UNCERTAINTY OUT OF DEVELOPMENT AND THERE’S ECONOMIC BARRIERS TO DEVELOPMENT.   We’RE NOT ALONE IN TRYING TO MOVE ESPECIALLY RESIDENTIAL INFIELD PROJECTS, FORWARD, O IN RESPONSE TO MUCH OF THE LEGISLATION THAT’S COMING OUT OF SACRAMENTO.   I MENTIONED DISCRETIONARY REVIEW PREVIOUSLY ABOUT HAVING A DECISION TO MAKE A LOT OF PROJECTS WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF MINUTE STEER YA’LL REVIEW OF THE.   If THEY NEED QUALIFICATIONS FROM STATE LAW, THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD BASED ON YES OR NO ANSWERS.   So THAT’S, SOMETHING THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE COUNCIL HAVE BEEN PRESENTED WITH FROM UR DEPARTMENT BEFORE.   But IT’S SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND. A LOT OF THESE BARRIERS ARE BEING ADDRESSED FROM OTHER LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT.   The PLAN I MENTIONED WAS ADOPTED IN 2007.   Obviously, THAT WAS ON THE CUSP OF OUR GREAT RECESSION, SO THAT DID HAVE AN IMPACT ON DEVELOPMENT, BUT WE ARE SEEING DEVELOPMENT BOUNCE BACK THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA AND BAY AREA.   Not SO MUCH UP HERE.   One OF THE REASONS IS IT’S AN IMPROVEN MARKET.   We ACQUIRED TRANSIT AND IT’S NOT GOING TO BE UNTIL THE END OF THIS YEAR THAT IT CONNECTS TO THE FERRY GOING INTO SAN FRANCISCO AND WE HAVEN’T HAD ANY OF THOSE LARGE MULTI FAMILY PROJECTS TO COMPARE DEVELOPMENT TO ALSO THE COST OF CONSTRUCTION Is VERY HIGH RIGHT NOW AND IT’S THE SAME THROUGHOUT THE BAY AREA.   But THE RETURN ON YOUR INVESTMENT AS IN RENTS ARE MUCH LOWER HERE IN SANTA ROSA AND THEN THERE’S ALSO INFRASTRUCTURE COST.   Those ARE ROUGHLY THE SAME ANYWHERE YOU BUILD, BUT IT’S ANOTHER THING THAT’S ADDED ON TO THE COST OF DOING BUSINESS HERE.   So IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THAT, AS I MENTIONED THAT PREVIOUSLY, WE STREAMLINED THE PROCESS TO REDUCE THE TIME AND OST IN DEVELOPMENT.   We’RE, LOOKING FOR PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP AND LEVERAGE CITY, PROPERTY OR PUBLIC OWNED PROPERTY TO TRY TO CUT SHORT THAT DELTA BETWEEN THE PROJECT COSTS AND THE PROJECT RETURN, AND THE URPOSE IS TO ESTABLISH SOME OF THESE CATALYST PROJECTS THAT WOULD PROVE THE MARKET FOR FUTURE Development KIND OF GET THE BALL ROLLING AND THEN FINDING OUT WHO OUR EMPLOYERS ARE AND WHO THEY CAN BE AND WHAT IT WILL TAKE TO DRAW THOSE TO OUR DOWNTOWN REA AND THE VISIONING I MENTIONED EARLIER. What VISION DO WE HAVE FOR DOWNTOWN? What KIND OF DOWNTOWN DO PEOPLE WANT TO LIVE AND WORK IN, AND HOW CAN WE WORK TOWARD THAT VISION I MENTIONED EARLIER.   The PROCESS IS A THE PROCESS IS A BARRIER TO DEVELOPMENT AND THERE’S BARRIERS ASSOCIATED WITH THE AY.   The PREVIOUS PLAN WAS WRITTEN.   It DID HAVE A BROAD VISION FOR THE DOWNTOWN AND IT HAD MANY GREAT IDEAS.   Unfortunately, IN IMPLEMENTING THEM, MANY WERE IN.   We HAD 13 DIFFERENT LAND USE O DESIGNATIONS WITHIN OUR DOWNTOWN AREA.   We HAD, I THINK, SIX OR SEVEN SUB AREAS AS WELL AS DIFFERENT STREET TYPES.   So IT’S VERY DIFFICULT WHEN YOU WERE TO LOOK AT A SINGLE PARCEL TO IDENTIFY WHAT COULD BE BUILT ON THAT PARCEL AND MANY TIMES AFTER CHECKING SEVERAL REFERENCES YOU NEEDED TO YOU WOULD FIND THEY BE IN CONFLICT.   So IT WOULD RAISE A D ADDITIONAL QUESTION.   So WE’RE TRYING TO SIMPLIFY HOW THAT LOOKS. We’RE TRYING TO GO WITH A MORE GRAPHIC BASED FORMAT, SO YOU CAN EASILY LOOK AT A MAP AND POINT TO A PARCEL AND UNDERSTAND WHAT THE VISION IS FOR THAT PARCEL AND WHAT IT WILL TAKE TO GET THERE.   We WANT TO PROVIDE FLEXIBILITY.   The PREVIOUS PLAN WAS WRITTEN IN 2007 AND POLICIES, CHANGE AND DEMAND CHANGES.   We WANT THIS TO BE FUTURE PROOF.   As A CHANGE HAPPENS, WE WANT TO BE FLEXIBLE AND ADAPT AS DEVELOPMENT NEEDS ADAPT, AND WE ALSO HEARD THAT SANTA ROSA HAS A DIFFICULTY IN IDENTIFYING A SENSE OF PLACE.   What’S THE IDENTITY OF SANTA ROSA THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND THE OTHER INITIATIVES WE’RE.   Looking TO ESTABLISH THAT AND REALLY MAKE IT HOUSEHOLD NAME DOWNTOWN SANTA ROSA, SO THAT WILL BRING US INTO THE PREFERRED PLAN CONCEPT.   As THE MAYOR NOTED, WE’LL, TAKE A PAUSE FOR QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL AND THE COMMISSION CHAIR.   Do YOU WANT TO START WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION COMMISSION ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT WE’VE EARD SO FAR? Thank YOU, PATRICK! Is THERE A CERTAIN RATIO FOR THE NUMBER OF UNITS VERSES THE SQUARE FOOTAGE FOR COMMERCIAL FOR BOTTOM SPACE, COMMERCIAL? So LIKE A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT? How MANY COMMERCIAL VERSES? How MANY UNITS WILL BE INCLUDED? Our VICE VERSA? How MANY RESIDENTIAL UNITS DO YOU NEED TO SUPPORT A NUMBER OF SQUARE FEET OF COMMERCIAL? Yes, SO THERE’S NO INDUSTRY STANDARD FOR THAT, BUT THE COMMON PRACTICE IN THE PAST IS REQUIRE GROUND FLOOR RETAIL WITH RESIDENTIAL ABOVE WE HAVE SOME ZONING DISTRICTS, UR COMMUNITY OR NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER ZONING DI DISTRICT HAS A RATIO OF SQUARE FOOTAGE TO UNITS, SO THAT DOES Exist IN OUR CODE, I’M NOT AWARE OF A STANDARD.   Any OTHER QUESTIONS DOWN HERE HAVE TWO WITH THE FEDERAL OPPORTUNITY MONEY FOR 3 ROSELAND IN THE DOWNTOWN CORE. Is THAT GOING TO BE STRICTLY FOR HOUSING? Is THAT FOR INFRASTRUCTURE OR HOW? How IS THAT GOING TO WORK THAT’S PRIVATELY MANAGED, BUT IT’S FOR HOUSING AND COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY SO FOR NEW BUSINESS, OUR EXPANSION OF BUSINESS OR NEW HOUSING ONSITE, SO IT WORKS FOR BOTH.   I THINK.   Typically, WE HEAR ABOUT IT.   On THE HOUSING FRONT, WE HAVEN’T HEARD MUCH ALK ABOUT THE COMMERCIAL SIDE, BUT IT’S DEFINITELY AN ASSET ND.   As E START.   Looking AT INCREASING OFFICE SPACE AND BRINGING AN INDUSTRY TO THE DOWNTOWN THAT COULD BE USED AS A FUNDING SOURCE, THERE COULD BE SOME APPLICATION OF THAT FUNDS TO THE ROBERT’S ROAD AREA, CORRECT, OAY AND THEN JUST FOR CLARIFICATION.   When I READ THE BACKGROUND MATERIAL, THE MIDDLE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE DIFFICULTY WITH THE UH.   They SAID, CONSTRUCTION COSTS VERSES THE MARKET.   What THE MARKET WILL BEAR IN RENTAL PRICES THAT’S, NOT SOMETHING WE CAN SOLVE.   With THIS PLAN, I REALIZE WE’RE WORKING ON THE DEVELOPMENT COSTS, PART OF IT, BUT WE DON’T HAVE CONTROL OVER THAT CONSTRUCTION COSTS RATIO TO WHAT WE CAN GET FOR RENTS. Is THAT CORRECT THAT’S ACCURATE? Although UM, AS I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, WE’RE LOOKING FOR THIS PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP AND WE CAN REDUCE THE CONSTRUCTION COST.   So, EVEN IF THE RENTS ARE IN THE LUXURY RENTS THAT WOULD PAY FOR A NEW CONSTRUCTION, THE LOWER RENTS WOULD BE OFFSET BY THE LOWER COST OF CONSTRUCTION.   Okay, GREAT THANK YOU AND I THINK WE’RE GOOD.   Okay.   Thank YOU.   I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENT AND FUTURE PROOF PLAN THAT’S A NICE ASPIRATIONAL GOAL FOR THE THINGS WE DO WITH THE CITY KOUBS ANY QUESTIONS OF COUNCIL OOKS, LIKE WE’RE GOOD THANKS, LET’S GET ROLLING AGAIN THE PREFERRED PLAN CONCEPT THAT I MENTIONED.   This IS UM.   This IS THE RESULT OF THE UNPRECEDENTED LEVEL OF OUTREACH I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY.   We’VE HAD A NUMBER OF WORKSHOPS AND WE’VE HAD OVER 800 SANTA ROSANS COMMUNITY MEMBERS PARTICIPATE IN THESE WORKSHOPS.   The MOST RECENT ONE, WHICH WAS THE ANALYSIS OF THE ALTERNATIVES WE HAD 120 PEOPLE, SHOW UP FOR THAT. We’VE HAD ROBUST RESPONSE TO OUR ONLINE OUTREACH THAT’S INCLUDED SURVEYS BUT ACTIVITIES, MAPPING, ACTIVITIES OR PREFER SELECTION, AND WE DID GET FEEDBACK ON THE ALL DIFFERENT ALTERNATIVES AND WE DISTILLED THAT FEEDBACK INTO THE PLAN THAT’S BEFORE YOU.   As FAR AS THE OUTREACH HAS GONE, LEADING UP TO THE PREFERRED PLANNED CONCEPT, AND THEN IN THE TIME SINCE WE RELEASED THAT IN THE BEGINNING IN NOVEMBER, FOR PUBLIC REVIEW, WE REACHED OUT TO AC TIFBTS WITH YOUTH ACTIVITIES WITH YOUTH GROUPS.   And WE HAVE GONE IN FRONT OF SMALL NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS TO FORMAL TOWN HALL STYLE MEETING AND MY FAVORITE PICTURE ON THE SLIDE S.   We HAD A MEETING WITH THE WE MET IN ONE OF THEIR GARAGES AND THE REST OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD CAME OUT, AND WE HAD SNACKS AND A PRETTY UH, PRETTY ENERGETIC DISCUSSION ABOUT THE FUTURE OF MAXWELL COURT, WHICH I HOPE YOU’LL SEE REFLECTED IN THE MAPS That ARE BEFORE YOU, IT’S WORTH NOTING.   Now I’LL BE GOING THROUGH SOME OF THE MAPS THAT ARE IN THIS PREFERRED PLAN CONCEPT.   The MAPS THAT ARE HERE ARE WHAT WERE PRESENTED TO THE PUBLIC.   A MEMO WAS SENT OUT TO THE COUNCIL AND THE COMMISSION WITH REVISED MAPS, AS WELL AS A LIST OF THE CHANGES AND THE CHANGES ARE DETAILED CHANGES.   So MOVING ALIGN HERE CHANGING A PARCEL HERE, BUT THE CONCEPTS REMAIN THE SAME, BOTH IN WHAT’S.   In THIS PRESENTATION AND WHAT WAS RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC AND WHAT’S BEFORE YOU TO BE ACTING ON TONIGHT SO BASED ON ALL OF THIS OUTREACH, WE DID REACH SEVERAL POINTS OF CONSENSUS.   We FOUND THERE WAS BROAD SUPPORT FOR FOR BUILDING UP AROUND COURTHOUSE SQUARE. Having AN INTENSE, DENSE, DOWNTOWN SKY IS LIMIT KIND F, FEELING THERE WEREN’T TOO MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT HAVING OUR TALL BUILDINGS BE LOCATED IN THE DOWNTOWN CORE, BUT THERE WAS A LOT OF COMFORT WITH THE IDEA OF THE VILLAGE CENTERS THAT WAS PRESENTED AS ONE OF The ALTERNATIVES CREATING A SENSE OF IDENTITY FOR THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT SUPPORT OUR DOWNTOWN AND CREATING CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN THEM, SO IT’S EASIER TO GET FROM ONE PART OF DOWNTOWN TO THE OTHER AND TO GET TO DOWNTOWN ITSELF.   We ALSO HEARD A LOT OF FEEDBACK REGARDING SANTA ROSA CREEK.   It’S A GREAT AMENITY FOR ANY DOWNTOWN TO HAVE A WATERWAY, ESPECIALLY ONE THAT HAS BEEN IMPROVED WITH WALKING PATHS AND BIKE PATHS.   The CREEK IS NOT SEEING THE TYPE OF USE THAT I THINK WE AS A CITY WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT USED THERE’S, SAFETY CONCERNS SO GETTING THAT PERCEPTION OF THE USE OF THE CREEK, BUT ALSO CHANGING VERY MANIMENT O.   It ADDRESSES THE CREEK AND WE GET EYES ON THE CREEK AND IT STARTS TO BE USED AS AMENITY, BUT ALSO FOR RECREATION AND FOR A WAY OF GETTING AROUND WITHOUT HAVING TO RESORT TO A VEHICLE.   We ALSO HEARD A LOT OF FEEDBACK ABOUT DOWNTOWN CONNECTIVITY RELATED TO A TROLLEY OR CITY BUS TO MOVE AROUND THE DOWNTOWN.   We HAD THE PARK SMART SHUTTLE, WHICH DIDN’T WORK IN THE PAST BECAUSE IT HAD LOW RIDERSHIP AS PART OF A LONG TERM VISIONING PLAN.   This PLAN INVASIONS THE FUTURE HAVING THE VISITORS AND RESIDENTS DOWNTOWN THAT WOULD SUPPORT A DOWNTOWN LOOP AND AND R AND OUR PARKING LOTS UTILIZED IN DOWNTOWN.   As I MENTIONED, WE HAVE THESE WO VISIONS AND ONE IS THE THE BIG CITY URBAN CORE.   We REALLY LOOK TO ENHANCE THE THE FEEL ON THE STREET FOR THAT AREA, BOTH FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE DRIVING THROUGH UT, ALSO PEOPLE WHO ARE WALKING AROUND OR HAVING LUNCH OR HAVING DINNER OR GOING OUT, AND YOU’LL NOTICE, AS WE MOVE FORWARD. For SOME OF THESE MAPS, WE DIDN’T ANTICIPATE A WHOLESALE CHANGE TO OUR DOWNTOWN, AS I MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PRESENTATION.   Our DOWNTOWN INCLUDES A LOT OF WELL ESTABLISHED, NEIGHBORHOODS HISTORIC DISTRICTS.   So WHAT WE DID WAS WE FOCUSED IN ON AREAS WHERE THERE WAS POTENTIAL FOR CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT.   These ARE AREAS WHERE IT’S UNDER UTILIZED LAND, WHETHER IT’S, CITY, PROPERTY OR VACANT PROPERTY, ALSO PROXIMITY TO EXISTING TRANSIT, AND SO WE FOUND THESE KIND OF CLUSTER AREAS THAT ARE DEMONSTRATED ON THIS MAP.   And AS WE MOVE FORWARD TO TALK ABOUT THE DIFFERENT CHANGES THAT ARE PROPOSED AS PART OF THIS PLANNEDAPLANNED ALTERNATIVE AND THEY COINCIDE WHERE THE CHANGES WERE ANTICIPATED IN THE DOWNTOWN, WE HAVE THIS VISION FOR TALLER BUILDINGS, PEOPLE REALLY EMBRACING THE URBAN STREETSCAPE, BUT THEN WE ALSO HAVE, As I MENTIONED, HOSE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS, SO A FOCAL POINTS IS A PARK R, CIVIC SPACE AND PROBABLY LSO AN INCREASE IN DENSITY AND INTENSITY IN THESE AREAS AS WELL, NOT AS HIGH AS IN THE CORE, BUT ALSO, AS I MENTIONED THERE,’S XAS CAPACITY FOR RESIDENTIAL Units AND THERE’S A NEED, IT CAN’T BE CONCENTRATED IN ONE AREA, SO WE ENVISION ADDING HOUSING THROUGHOUT THE DOWNTOWN, MAINLY IN THESE AREAS WHERE WE EXPECT DEVELOPMENT TO OCCUR.   Our LAND USES REFLECT THIS VISION.   As I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, THE OTHER PLAN HAD 13 DIFFERENT LAND USES IN THE INTEREST OF SIMPLIFYING THINGS AND CREATING FLEXIBILITY.   We FILLED IT DOWN TO FOUR LAND USES.   We’RE PROPOSING FOR THE DOWNTOWN EACH LAND USES ALSO INCLUDES THE MIXED USE TERM.   That’S. That IDEA OF FLEXIBILITY, SO WHILE WE HAVE A TARGET AUDIENCE FOR EACH OF THESE DIFFERENT LAND USES, WE DO WANT TO BUILD IN THE FLEXIBILITY THAT AS DEVELOPMENT OCCURS, IT CAN HAPPEN THE WAY IT WOULD NATURALLY HAPPEN, RATHER THAN A PRESCRIBED DOCUMENT THAT’S A SNAP Shot IN TIME, SO I’LL BRIEFLY GO THROUGH THE ICERS THROUGH THE USERS WE’RE LOOKING TO ACCOMMODATE THESE LAND USES AND THE CORE MIXED USE IS OUR DOWNTOWN CORE, THAT’S OUR BUSINESS CENTER AND THAT’S WHERE PEOPLE ARE OUR EMPLOYMENT CENTERS Are THAT’S WHERE OUR CULTURAL AND CIVIC SPACES ARE LOCATED AND IT’S WHERE WE HAVE HIGH DENSITY URBAN LIVING OCCURRING, THEN THE NEXT ONE THAT I’LL TALK ABOUT? Is OUR STATION MIXED USE THAT’S MORE VISITOR ORIENTED SO THAT’S TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE FACT WE DO HAVE THE SMART STATION COMING INTO UM INTO OUR DOWNTOWN, SO THAT WILL ACCOMMODATE PEOPLE COMING TO SANTA ROSA TO GO SHOPPING, TO HAVE A MEAL, BUT Also FOR ENTERTAINMENT, SOMETHING THAT HAS CHANGE NORTH DAKOTA CHANGED IN THIS PLAN SINCE BEING RELEASED IN NOVEMBER, IS THE AREA OF ROBERT’S AVENUE, WHICH IS THE SOUTHWEST PORTION OF THIS MAP.   That AREA TRADITIONALLY HAS BEEN SEPARATED FROM THE DOWNTOWN, BOTH IN PERCEPTION, BUT ALSO IN THE FACT IT HAS RAILROAD TRACKS AND A HIGH RAILROAD PATH SEPARATING IT AND IT’S A GATEWAY TO OSELAND, WHICH IS 3 ADJACENT TO THE DOWNTOWN AREA.   There’S A LOT OF POTENTIAL FOR THAT AREA IN THE PREBELIEVE 3 PREVIOUS PLAN.   We HAVEN’T 3 MOVEMENT ON THAT FRONT IN THE TIME SINCE THIS PLAN HAS BEEN ORIGINAL ORIGINATED, IT COULD ENCOURAGE SOMETHING LIKE A STADIUM OR AN ENTERTAINMENT COMFLEX, SOMETHING LIKE THE BARLOW, WHERE IT’S A CLUSTER OF RESIDENTS OR RESTAURANTS AND OTHER TYPES OF USES That WILL BE A DRAW FOR VISITORS AND WE WANT TO REALLY IMPROVE THAT CONNECTION BETWEEN THIS AREA AND THE STATION AS THE BIRD FLIES THEY’RE CLOSE, BUT JUST IN PHYSICALLY MOVING BETWEEN THOSE TWO SPACES.   It’S, DIFFICULT OF THE REALLY DRAGGING THE STATION USE DOWN TO INCLUDE THIS AREA IS SOMETHING WE ENVISION WITH THIS PLAN.   The NEXT UH LAND USE DESIGNATION IS MAKE OR MIX.   This RESULTED FROM OUR OUTREACH EFFORTS AND, IN PARTICULAR IN RESPONSE TO OUR MEETINGS WITH THE MAXWELL COURT NEIGHBORHOOD THAT’S AN ESTABLISHED INDUSTRIAL AREA THAT’S A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS.   They WERE LEGAL NON CONFORMING AND IT WAS ENVISIONED FOR 100 HOUSING IN THE FUTURE.   In OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM, THEY DID EXPRESS INTEREST IN ALLOWING HOUSING IN THAT AREA.   Many OF THEM SAID THEY HAVE TO RETRO FIT THEIR BUILDINGS AND THEY WOULD LIKE TO ADD A COUPLE OF BUILDINGS, SO THEIR EMPLOYEES HAVE A PLACE TO LIVE AND WORK IN THE SAME AREA WITH THE ANNOUNCEMENT FROM BODENE. They PLAN ON, INVEST INDICATING THEIR SPACE.   They PLAN ON INVEST INDICATING THEIR SPACES, SO THE MAKER MIXED USE LAND USE, ALLOWS FOR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL BUSINESSES TO OPERATE AND EXISTS COMPATIBLY WITH RESIDENTIAL, A NEARBY WAREHOUSE DISTRICT IN PETALUMA, WHERE YOU HAVE DISTILLERIES LIGHT INDUSTRIAL LIGHT SHOPS AND LOW MEDIUM DENSITY, OUSING NEXT DOOR TO EACH Other AND IT’S A SUCCESSFUL NEIGHBORHOOD.   Lastly, I MENTIONED WE HAVE AN AREA THAT’S OUR JOB CENTER AND WE HAVE OUR BUSINESS INDUSTRIAL ORIENTED AREA AND THE LAST ONE IS NEIGHBORHOOD MIXED USE AND THAT’S, WHERE WE’RE ADDRESSING RESIDENTIAL NEEDS.   So YOU’LL HAVE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, BUT IT’S MIXED USE, SO WE’LL BE SUPPORTIVE OF COMMERCIAL USES, BUT THEY WOULD BE NEIGHBORHOOD SUPPORTING SO UH COFFEE SHOPS, SMALL BOW DAY GOES OR GROCERY STORES THAT WILL BE SUPPORTING THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.   So NOW I’D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT ANOTHER BIG CHANGE.   We’RE PROPOSING WITH THIS PLAN, WHICH IS THE HANGE FROM UH THE RADITIONAL DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AND UNIT PER ACRE TO THE CONCEPT OF FLOOR TO I’M, GOING TO ASK MY ASSISTANT, MISS HARTMAN TO PLEASE PRESENT A LITTLE ACTIVITY THAT WE LAUGHTER I USED TO Payout, THE LEGOS JUST TO HELP DEMONSTRATE THIS CONCEPT A LITTLE IN ANOTHER WAY.   The IDEA OF FLORIDA AREA RATIO IS UH.   You SET A RATIO, SO DEVELOPMENT CAN OCCUR WITHIN AN ENVELOPE THAT’S DEVELOPED BY THE RATIO OF THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF YOUR PARCEL TO THE AMOUNT OF BUILDING THAT YOU’RE ALLOWED TO CREATE.   So A VERY SIMPLE EXAMPLE WOULD BE F.   You AVE AN FRA OF ONE ON A 1 000 SQUARE FOOT PARCEL. You CAN BUILD 1 000 SQUARE FEET OF BUILDING.   That COULD BE A ONE STORY.   Building ASK THAT COVERS THE ENTIRE PARCEL AND HAS 1 000 SQUARE FEET ON THE FIRST FLOOR OR A TWO STORY.   Building THAT COVERS HALF THE PARCEL AND HAS TWO STORIES WITH 500 SQUARE FEET.   Each THE LEGOS BEING PASSED AROUND RIGHT NOW IS AN FRA OF SIX AND THE ACTIVITY THAT WE DID.   This MORNING WE TOOK THE SAME SQUARE LEGO PIECE THAT’S YOUR PARCEL 3, AND WE GAVE YOU ENOUGH FLOOR AREAS SO THAT’S SIX TIMES THE AREA OF THAT PARCEL ND THREE DIFFERENT PLANNERS HAD FUN PUTTING THEM TOGETHER IN DIFFERENT WAYS.   So IT’S AN EXAMPLE THAT YOU CAN HAVE THIS VARIATION IN BUILDING FORM AGAIN BUILDING IN THAT FLEXIBILITY, BUT IT DOES ALLOW US TO SET SOME SORT OF FRAMEWORK FOR HOW DEVELOPMENT WILL OCCUR AND WHAT THAT GENERAL VISION IS FOR AN AREA A LOT OF FEEDBACK.   We RECEIVED FROM THE DEVELOPMENT DON’T WANT US TO SAY THERE:’S, NO HEIGHT LIMITS.   There’S NO LIMIT TO DEVELOPMENT, BECAUSE IT GETS VERY DIFFICULT TO VALUE LAND TO CREATE A CONCEPT FOR WHAT KIND OF PROJECT WOULD INDISCERNIBLE.   So THEY NEED A STRUCTURE OR FRAMEWORK, SO FRA SEEMS LIKE A GOOD WAY TO DO THAT, WHILE STILL BUILDING IN THAT FLEXIBILITY. Another KEY CONCEPT WITH THE FLORIDA AREA RATIO CHANGE WOULD BE THAT UM WE DON’T WANT TO PENALIZE PARTS OF A BUILDING THAT ARE NOT PROVIDING HOUSING OR COMMERCIAL USES SO INCLUDING STRUCTURED PARKING OR MECHANICAL SYSTEMS.   Those DON’T COUNT WITHIN THE FRA.   That WAS THE FEEDBACK WE RECEIVED WAS NOT O INCLUDE THOSE HIGH COSTS, CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS THAT AREN’T SERVING THE NEED, SO THAT’S PART OF THAT CHANGE.   We ALSO HEARD THAT THEY THEY LIKE TO SEE A GENERAL BOOST IN FRA THROUGHOUT THE DOWNTOWN, SO THAT IS ALSO REFLECTED IN THE MAPS THAT WE UM, THAT WE PUT TOGETHER FOR THIS CONCEPT AND AS I MENTIONED, THERE ARE EXAMPLES OF UM OF HOW THIS FLEXIBILITY CAN Occur THE BUILDING ON THIS SLIDE RIGHT NOW IS IN SAN FRANCISCO.   It’S, 5, 4 FRA.   We HAVE LOCAL EXAMPLES.   The BARNES AND NOBLES DOWNTOWN THAT’S AN FRA OF POINT 84.   It’S UNDER ONE FAR AND CONSTRUCTION COULD OCCUR IN THE PEDERSON’S FURNITURE LOT AND IT WOULD NOT BE CALCULATED INTO THAT CALCULATION.   It COULD BE A SIX STORY BUILDING AND HAVE AN FAR OF 2 4.   They’RE NOT VERY HIGH. Far’S.   The LEGOS IN FRONT OF YOU ARE SIX, THE? U S, BANK, WHICH IS OUR DENSEST OR MOST INTENSE BUILDING IN THE DOWNTOWN THAT HAS AN FAR OF 2 25, THAT’S VERTICAL COLUMN, AND SO WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING IS UM IN THE CORE.   We REFLECT THAT VISION WOULD BE A MAXIMUM FAR OF 8 FLAGGING DOWN AS WE MOVE AWAY FROM THAT DOWNTOWN CORE TO SIX AND SOME OF THE AREA WHERE WE ENVISION HIGHER DENSITY DEVELOPMENT AND THEN LOWER FAR’S IS AN AREA WE WANT TO SEE DEVELOPMENT OCCUR.   We THINK IT’S GOING TO OCCUR, BUT WE ALSO SEE THE NEED TO SCALE DOWN AS WE MOVE AWAY FROM THE CORE, SO THAT’S WHERE THESE RATIOS ARE REFLECTED, AS I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, BASED ON THE RESPONSE FROM THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY, WE DID GIVE AN Overall, JUST BOOST TO THESE FAR’S, SO IT’S A HIGH CEILING FOR WHAT THESE FAR’S COULD SUPPORT.   We DON’T ENVISION IN THE NEAR FUTURE HAVING PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING TO REACH THAT MAXIMUM BUILD OUT.   They’LL PROBABLY BE MUCH LOWER THAN WHAT’S ALLOWED, BUT WE HOPE IN THE FUTURE.   We START TO GET ENOUGH DEVELOPMENT THAT IT CAN MAKE PROJECTS THAT START TO PUSH THE LIMITS ON THIS PENCIL OUT AND BE A PART OF THE DOWNTOWN.   And AT SUCH POINT, WE DON’T WANT THIS PLAN TO THEN BECOME A BARRIER O.   We’LL BE BUILDING FLEXIBILITY INTO FAR SO IF AT SOME POINT, DEVELOPMENT STARTS TO CAP OUT ON THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF FAR, WE DO HAVE A BONUS.   Far, THAT’S AVAILABLE FOR COMMUNITY BENEFITS SO SIMILAR TO OUR BONUS DENSITY, AND IT INCLUDES AFFORDAL, HOUSING OR DAYCARE OR PAYING INTO A FUND THAT CAN CREATE ROAD ENHANCEMENTS OR ROAD IMPROVEMENTS. Public ART PUBLIC PARKING THINGS LIKE THAT THAT OUR COMMUNITY BENEFITS A PROJECT CAN FEED INTO THAT AND HAVE A BOOST INTO THE FAR THE DETAILS OF HOW THAT WOULD WORK IS SOMETHING WE MOVE FORWARD, DRILLING DOWN TO THE DETAILS DURING THE NEXT TWO PHASES OF THIS PROJECT.   We WOULD LIKE FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMISSION AND THE COUNCIL AS TO IF THIS IS THE RIGHT APPROACH, JUST AS A REFERENCE.   The MAP UP ON THE SCREEN.   Right NOW IS THE EXISTING FAR IT’S A ROUGH GIS EXERCISE, BUT IT SHOWS THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE DOWNTOWN IS LESS THAN ONE FAR AND EVEN IN THE CORE, WHICH IS OUR DENSEST AREA.   The HIGHEST IS THE? U S BANK BUILDING UNDER FOUR AND A HALF FAR SO ANOTHER ASPECT, AS WE KIND OF CREATE THIS FLEXIBILITY IN HOW BUILDING DESIGN CAN TAKE PLACE.   We WANTED TO CREATE THESE DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS.   This IS REALLY LOOKING AT A SENSE OF PLACE AS WELL AS TRANSITION AREAS.   So YOU’LL SEE THESE TRANSITION AREAS THAT ARE THE TOOTH MARK THROUGHOUT THE MAP, AND THESE ARE AREAS WHERE PERHAPS IT’S IN THE DOWNTOWN LOT OF THE FEEDBACK WE HAD.   We DON’T WANT TALL BUILDINGS BLOCKING OUT ALL LIGHT AND A FEELING OF OPENNESS IN THE DOWNTOWN.   Those ARE DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS THAT WOULD GO INTO CONSTRUCTION, ALSO ADJACENT TO OUR PRESERVATION DISTRICTS. That EDGE NEEDS SPECIAL TREATMENT ON HOW THE BUILDING IS DESIGNED, AND WE ENVISION THIS.   Not AS A SET OF STANDARDS OR RULES BUT MORE A TOOL BOX OF DIFFERENT APPROACHES THAT BUILDING DESIGN CAN TAKE TO ADDRESS THIS STATED NEED.   Another THING YOU’LL NOTICE ON THIS MAP IS THE ARROWS POINTING TOWARD THE CREEK.   I MENTIONED EARLIER A LOT OF FEEDBACK.   We HAD IS, WE NEED TO CELEBRATE THIS CREEK AS AN AMENITY.   This WOULD ENCOURAGE DEVELOPMENT TO ORIENT TOWARD THE CREEK.   A NEW DEVELOPMENT WOULD FRONT ON THE CREEK, BUT ANY KIND OF CHANGES OR MODIFICATIONS OR REMODELS TO EXISTING DEVELOPMENT, WHICH HERE IS A LOT OF ALONG THE CREEK, SHOULD TALK TO THE CREEK.   So THIS CAN COME IN THE FORM OF CHANGING YOUR MAIN BUILDING ENTRANCE OR REORIENTING.   Your PARKING LOT OR TAKING A COUPLE OF PARKING SPACES ASK CREATING AN OUTDOOR EMPLOYEE LUNCH AREA.   We’RE OPEN TO CREATIVE IDEAS ON HOW THIS IS ACHIEVED, BUT IT’S SOMETHING WE WANT TO SEE IN THE FUTURE. As A PART OF THIS PLAN, I’LL POINT OUT THERE’S A HASHMARK ON THIS MAP THAT SAYS ACTIVE GROUND FLOOR REQUIREMENT, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER IN RESPONSE TO A PLANNING COMMISSIONER,’S QUESTION THE TRADITIONAL MIXED USE.   Development MODEL WAS RETAIL ON THE GROUND FLOOR, RESIDENTIAL BOVE.   That MODEL HAS NOT ORKED IN THE PAST AND IT’S NOT WORKING NOW, ESPECIALLY WITH THE RETAIL ENVIRONMENT.   The WAY IT IS SO WHAT WE LIKE TO DO IS IN KEY AREAS WHERE WE NEED ACTIVITY ON THE STREET LEVEL.   Something LIKE A RETAIL STORE OR COFFEE SHOP IS GREAT.   If YOU CAN MAKE IT WORK, IT’S WELCOME, BUT WE’RE OPEN TO OTHER IDEAS ON ACTIVATING THE STREET, SO THAT CAN BE UM.   It COULD BE A RESIDENTIAL ORIENTED PROJECT THAT HAS AN AMENITY SPACE OR WORKOUT SPACE AND INTERACTS WITH THE STREET, AND IT CAN BE A MODEL OF HOUSING WHERE YOU HAVE STOOP OF FRONT DOORS AND ACTIVITY OCCURRING, AND IT CAN BE ANOTHER IDEA WE HEAR ABOUT IN THE Future BECAUSE IT HASN’T BEEN THOUGHT UP.   Yet WE WANT TO CREATE THAT OPEN, ACTIVATING THE STREET UM AND CREATING A SENSE OF PLACE, ESPECIALLY IN THESE KEY INTERSECTIONS AND CORRIDORS.   And THEN THE LAST MAP AND CONCEPT THAT I LIKE TO TALK ABOUT IS THE CONNECTIVITY THAT WAS MAJORITY OF FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED TALKED ABOUT ACTUALLY CONNECTING THESE AREAS OF OUR DOWNTOWN AND WHAT THE FEEL IS N THE STREET AND HOW THE EXPERIENCE IS FOR PEDESTRIAN AND Bicyclist AS WELL AS MEMBERS OF OUR DISABILITY, COMMUNITY AND SO A FEW KEY CONCEPTS THAT WE’RE INCLUDED IN THE PREFERRED PLAN CONCEPT WOULD BE UM ROAD DIETS.   So THESE ARE PART OF OUR BIKE AND PED MASTER PLAN, BUT ON SANTA ROSA AVENUE AND E STREET, THE IDEA OF A ROAD DIET IS YOU, TAKE AWAY TRAVEL LANE AND YOU REPURPOSE THAT REAL ESTATE FOR OTHER USES, SO IT COULD BE. I WILL PROVED AND WIDENED.   Sidewalks OR TRAFFIC COMMON MEASURES, IT CAN BE BICYCLE FACILITIES, BUT BASICALLY YOU’RE TAKING SOME OF THROUGH TRAFFIC AND DEVOTING IT TO THAT.   Streetscape FEEL AND MANY TUDIES SHOW THAT IT DOESN’T SLOWDOWN TRAFFIC AT ALL.   It ACTUALLY IMPROVES SAFETY AND TRAFFIC FLOW TO THOSE ARE COMPONENTS OF THIS PLAN.   New UH NEW ROADWAY CONNECTIONS ARE BEING PROPOSED, INCLUDING EXTENSION OF DONAHUE, TO CONNECT UP TO THAT MAXWELL, COURT, NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEN BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS, EGGS SPECIAL, ESPECIALLY ON THE EAST WEST CORRIDOR.   We’VE HAD FEEDBACK ABOUT OUR UNDERPASSS AND MOVING FROM 101 O THE EAST SIDE.   The FOCUS OF ATTENTION IS THE SANTA ROSA, PLAZA MALL, AND THE EXISTING 2007 PLAN DOES CALL FOR A FULL VEHICLE ACCESS ROAD TO BE BULLDOZED THROUGH FOURTH STREET, TO CONNECT FOURTH STREET.   On BOTH SIDES OF HIGHWAY 101 AND THE MALL, WE HAVE NOT HEARD FROM SIMON THE CURRENT OPERATOR OF THE MALL.   If THAT’S SOMETHING THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.   In HAVING THIS PLAN, WE HAVEN’T SEEN THAT BEING PROPOSED. It’S PRIVATE PROPERTY.   So, AS A CITY, WE CAN’T MAKE THAT HAPPEN UNLESS THERE’S A WHOLESALE REDEVELOPMENT.   That WOULD THEN JUSTIFY THAT ASK, BUT WE HAVE BEEN, I MENTIONED, HAVING ALL THE DIFFERENT PLAYERS AT THE TABLE.   Obviously THE MALL IS A MAJOR MAJOR STAKEHOLDER IN OUR DOWNTOWN, SO THEY HAVE BEEN A PART OF THIS CONVERSATION AND WE’VE TALKED ABOUT HOW DO YOU ESTABLISH THIS CONNECTION WITHOUT NECESSARILY NEEDING TO PUNCH A ROAD THROUGH AND SO THAT’S REALLY IMPROVING THE WAY? Finding ND THE ACCESSIBILITY FOR PEDESTRIANS AND FOR BICYCLIST TO GET FROM EAST TO WEST THAT’S, SOMETHING WE’RE ACTIVELY IN CONVERSATION, BUT IT’S SOMETHING WE’LL BE LOOKING FOR GUIDANCE FROM THE COMMISSION AND THE COUNCIL ON HOW THAT SHOULD BE APPROACHED The CURRENT PLAN IS PROPOSING TO ABANDON THE IDEA OF A FULL VEHICLE ROAD IN REFERENCE OF PURSUING A VEHICLE OR PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE CONNECTIVITY.   Another KEY AREA ON THIS CONNECTIVITY MAP WOULD BE THE CONNECTION THE ROBERTS AVENUE THE AREA TO THE SOUTHWEST WITH OUR WEST THIRD STREET AND THE RAILROAD SQUARE AREA OF OUR DOWNTOWN, AND THE 2007 PLAN ALSO CALLS FOR A FULL VEHICULAR ROAD N THAT PLAN THE ROAD.   Would THE EXISTING ROBERTS ROAD FROM THE SOUTH ROBERTS AVENUE FROM THE SOUTH WOULD TAKE A JOG TO THE EST GO UNDER THE EXISTING OVERPASS, WHERE THE SMART TRACKS AND INDISCERNIBLE TRAIL GO UNDER HIGHWAY 12 AND RECONNECT WITH ROBERTS AVENUE ON NORTH BACK TO THIRD STREET? We HAVE REVIEWED THAT IN THE PAST, OUR CITY ENGINEER HAS GONE OUT AND TAKEN MEASUREMENTS AND IT SEEMS NOT FEES AN IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TO HAVE THAT TYPE OF ROAD ALIGNMENT.   Another OPTION IS TO PUNCH THE ROAD THROUGH SO EXTEND ROBERTS AVENUE TO THE NORTH AND CREATE A NEW UNDER PASS UNDER HIGHWAY 12 AND CONNECT TO ROBERTS AVENUE UNDER HIGHWAY 12.   That WOULD INVOLVE WORKING WITH CALTRANS AND THE ENGINEERING COST, WITH CONSCON CONSTRUCTING A NEW TNNEL.   There.’S NOT A CLEAR CONNECTION BETWEEN THOSE ROADS AND ANOTHER THIRD OPTION WOULD BE TO ABANDON THAT REQUIREMENT FOR A NEW ROAD CONNECTION AND INSTEAD FOCUS THOSE RESOURCES ON BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN ENHANCEMENT.   In THIS CASE, TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE EXISTING PRINCIPLE GREENWAY AND JAR OUGH. What TRAIL AND SMART USE PATH THAT CONVERGE ON THE EXISTING HIGHWAY 12 UNDERPASS AND REALLY IMPROVING THE WAY FINDING AND THE EXPERIENCE OF CONNECTING BETWEEN THESE TWO AREAS.   As I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE ENVISIONED A CATALYTIC PROJECT TAKING PLACE IN THE ROBERTS AVENUE AREA.   This WOULD BE AN NEXUS ASSOCIATED WITH ANY OF THOSE PROJECTS AND IT’S TO IMPROVE THE KOKT, TIFBITY AND KREE CONNECTION BETWEEN THIS AREA, AND THIS WOULD BE THERE’S A THERE.’S STREETSCAPE ENHANCEMENTS SO THAT’S DIFFERENT FROM IMPROVEMENTS WHERE YOU’RE WIDENING A ROAD OR BUILDING TRAFFIC LIGHTS.   This IS STRIPING OR WAY FINDING THE IDEA OF PARK LETS WHERE YOU TAKE PARKING SPACES AND CONVERT THEM TO IMPROVING THE EXPERIENCE ALONG THESE CORRIDORS FOR PEDESTRIAN BICYCLISTS.   It’S STREET CAPE ENHANCEMENT TO DUNTON AVENUE AND OLIVE STREET.   The DOWNTOWN, INCLUDING ALONG O FOURTH STREET, INTO THE UNDEVELOPED, PREVIOUSLY OWNED BY SMART PARCEL TO THE WEST OF THE DOWNTOWN SMART STATION, AS WELL AS THE CAN REN THE CANNERY S SO ON.   Sixth STREET AND SEVEN STREET AND THIRD STREET AND IMPROVING THE EXPERIENCE OF USING THOSE AREAS.   This MAP DOES ALSO INCLUDE THAT DOWNTOWN CONNECTIVE LOOP I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, AND WE HAVE A GRAPHIC OF A CUTE LITTLE TROLLEY ON THIS MP THAT’S, NOT NECESSARILY HOW IT WILL OCCUR.   It COULD BE RE BRANDING OF CITY BUS USING OUR EXISTING TRANSIT INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT REALLY INCLUDING THAT EASE OF MOVING AROUND THE DOWNTOWN, BY WHATEVER MEANS YOU WANT TO WHICH COULD INCLUDE VEHICLES BY BICYCLE, PEDESTRIAN OR USING OUR TRANSIT OPTIONS.   So, TO SUMMARIZE, THE KEY MOVES. Hat ARE A PART OF THIS PLAN CONCEPT, ONE SWITCHING AWAY FROM TRADITIONAL DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AND UNITS PER ACRE TO THIS FAR FORM OF REGULATING DEVELOPMENT.   We ALSO WANT TO WAVE PARKING REQUIREMENTS FOR PROJECTS THAT ARE WITHIN WALKING WAIVE PARKING REQUIREMENTS FOR PROJECTS THAT ARE WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE.   This MEANS WE NO LONGER WANT THE CITY TO BE A SNAP SHOP IN TIME TELLING THE CITY HOW MUCH PARKING IS INCLUDED.   They HAVE TO INCLUDE THEIR OWN PARKING.   You HAVE TO INCLUDE SOME FORM OF PARKING, BUT WE WON’T ALLOW THE PARKING ALSO AS TECHNOLOGY CHANGES AND VEHICLE DEMAND CANGES.   We LIKE THAT PARKING RATIO THAT’S IN A DEVELOPMENT TO CHANGE WITH IT, AND WE ALSO WANT TO ALLOW THE FLEXIBILITY OF LEVERAGING THE EXISTING PARKING INFRASTRUCTURE.   We HAVE SEVERAL UNDERUTILIZED PARKING STRUCTURES IN DOWNTOWN THOSE COULD BE USED FOR COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES.   Hat’S, THE THINKING BEHIND THE WAIVING OF THE PARKING STANDARD, THE ACTIVE GROUND FLOOR REQUIREMENTS BEING FLEXIBLE, BUT REQUIRING WE ACTIVATE THE STREETSCAPE PURSUING THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS TO GET THESE PROJECTS GOING AND UTILIZING THESE SPACES AND ANOTHER COMPONENT I DIDN’T MENTION ON The MAP IS UM.   Previously WE’VE HAD A REQUIREMENT FOR COMMUNITY AND NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS.   It’S THE TRADITIONAL DEFINITION F A PARK, SO MANY ACRES DEVOTED TO OUTDOOR OPEN SPACE THAT’S PROGRAMMED FOR PARK USES WHAT HAPPENS WITH THAT TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT. Is THAT WE SAY A GENERAL AREA WHERE THIS PARK NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE, DEVELOPMENT OCCURS ON EVERY PARCEL, EXCEPT FOR THE LAST PERSON HOLDING THE BILL THIS.   He HAVE TO BUILD THAT PARK AND THEY CAN’T BUILD A PROJECT TO GO WITH IT.   The PARK NEVER GETS BUILT AND THE PARCEL REMAINS VACANT.   We’RE LOOKING TO ENABLE PUBLIC SPACES BOTH THROUGH CIVIC SPACES, 3 TRADITIONAL PUBLIC PARKS AND ALSO UM PRIVATE SPACES THAT CAN BE PROGRAMMED OR ENABLED TO HAVE POPUP MARKETS OR RECREATION OR SOME SORT OF PUBLIC USE.   That’S ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE AMENITIES THAT CAN GO INTO THAT BONUS.   Far THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER AND LASTLY, MPROVING THE WAY FINDING THAT CONNECTIVITY AND THE EXPERIENCE AND THE CLARITY OF HOW YOU GET FROM POINT A TO POINT B IN THE DOWNTOWN THERE’S A LOT OF POTENTIAL FOR HOW WE CAN ADDRESS THAT.   Those ARE THE KEY CONCEPTS WE’RE LOOKING TO MOVE FORWARD IN THIS PLAN, SPECIFICALLY THE AREAS THAT WE WANT DIRECTION FROM THE COUNCIL AND FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION UH ARE THESE FIVE ITEMS THEY WERE SENT OUT IN THE MEMO THAT WAS SENT OUT TO THIS BODY.   Yesterday, ONE IS, WE WOULD LIKE GUIDANCE ON THE FLOOR.   Mixed USE, WE’RE PROPOSING.   Is THIS THE RIGHT IDEA, AND SHOULD WE CONTINUE WITH THAT? I MENTIONED THE CHANGE FROM TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD FROM COMMUNITY PARK TO URBAN PARK AND CIVIC SPACES, AND THE ROBERTS AVENUE CONNECTION I GAVE THREW WAYS TO GO WITH THAT AND KEEPING IT THE WAY. It IS IN THE PLAN UTILIZING THE UNDERPASS AND CREATING A NEW UNDERPASS OR STAFF’S RECOMMENDATION, WHICH IS ELIMINATE THAT VEHICULAR AREA AND FOCUS ON BIKE AND PATH.   I SHOULD ADD THE CAVEAT WE HAVE TO DO.   I MENTIONED THE NEXT PHASE AS THE DETAILED MODELING ON HOW THIS LOOKS DEPENDING ON WHAT KIND OF FEEDBACK WE GET FROM THIS GROUP.  

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1 Minute Weight Loss – Forget the exercise regimes   For years, you were taught that “dieting” and busting your butt at the gym several times per week were the only REAL ways to get fit. Well, there is scientific evidence that suggests continuous strenuous exercise can cause inflammation in your muscles, which can slow down the process of shedding those difficult-to-lose pounds. If you have a few minutes, watch this controversial video that reveals how you only truly need a few minutes per day to lose weight. 

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Is it Possible to Lose Weight With Just 1 Minute Per Day?   There is no doubt that High-Intensity Interval Training H.I.I.T. is a trend worth watching in the exercise world. So many people talk about it these days and there is a buzz in all types of media. It is also sometimes called the one-minute weight loss routine because you alternate those periods of all-out activity with work that is at about 50 percent. Here we will explore what people are saying about H.I.I.T. in terms of effectiveness and the results that they have obtained. ᶜˡⁱᶜᵏ ᵗʰᵉ ˢⁿᵒʷᵐᵃⁿ ☃

In “Reader’s Digest”, they have some before and after pictures with people doing these workouts https://hop.clickbank.net/?affiliate=flywait&vendor=1minweight&pid=text&pop=1. If you look at the pictures, the results seem to speak for themselves. Some of the participants toned down, and some of them look like they lost a person. Most of these people seem to have done H.I.I.T. the right way. They talk about boot camp, which is notorious for getting in shape. Others regale their group fitness sessions. With exercises such as walking lunges and medicine ball slams, there’s no wonder that these people were about to shed pounds. Another popular exercise cited was the suicide run. This is where you run as fast as you can for certain amounts of time. This may bring back memories of racing in the gym in school to certain lines, touching them, then racing back. That early invention of intervals has fully caught on in the adult world now. Even a personal trainer in the story used it to lose a dress size.

People 😁 who tout success with this regime seem to get help to ensure that they are doing it right. However, if you are doing it on your own, then studies show that too much of a good thing can be bad. Aside from the build-up of too much lactic acid, which can lead to muscle fatigue, you might also be putting your body into fight or flight mode. You might also be releasing too much cortisol, which can be detrimental to your body. For this reason, researchers suggest that thirty to forty minutes a week of high intensity is the maximum. And their definition of high intensity is that where you work at 90% above your heart rate. If you bump it down to 85%, then forty to fifty minutes is your new allowance. For this reason, you should be careful about how much high intensity you are doing. If you tend to be the type of person who has no holds barred, you could be going too hard.

Another critical component to the success of H.I.I.T., according to the experts, is your actual recovery time. This is another important part of this workout. The recovery time is when all the good stuff happens, and circumventing this can impede your results. Some people want to do the 1-minute weight loss routine thirty times in one session. This is fine, as long as you don’t reach H.I.I.T. the rest of the week. Usually, experts recommend a day off of a certain muscle group to allow it to recover. If you’re doing intervals, you could follow the same maxim. There’s no hard and fast rule except that you shouldn’t overdose on the one-minute weight loss routine in the same week. And after you’ve tried a H.I.I.T. workout, ᶜˡⁱᶜᵏ ᵖˡᵉᵃˢᵉ ㋡ you might not even want to. The suicide run might have you feeling a little sore next door. Make sure for this reason that you warm up and cool down before each workout.

You’ve probably seen your favorite YouTuber or celebrity slamming that medicine ball on their Instagram or in their videos. Your view of the kettlebell has probably forever changed- that is if you even had one before. But delving into this workout will require a trainer, a class, or boot camp if you want to get an introduction for yourself. You also might want to invest in a Polar A370 watch with an H10 chest strap or something of that nature if you want to measure your heart rate. And then, get ready to immerse yourself in this workout revolution. Just don’t forget to take yours before and after photos.  

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It WOULD BE THE PRIMARILY PROJECT OR AN ALTERNATIVE.   We STUDY, BUT E HAVE TO LOOK AT THE feasibility TO THE ALTERNATIVE TO CIRCULATION.   Despite OF WHATEVER GUIDANCE, WE GET, IT MAY BE OR NOT BE A REQUIREMENT.   We HAVE TO ADDRESS THAT ONCE WE HAVE THAT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.   The FOURTH ITEM WOULD BE THE BOUNDARIES FOR OUR NEW LAND USE AND FAR DISTRICT.   One OF THE COMMENT LETTERS THAT WE RECEIVED RECENTLY WAS TALKING ABOUT IN THE AREA OF THE SOUTHWEST PORTION OF THE ST ROSE NEIGHBORHOOD.   There WAS AN AREA, AS I MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS PRESENTATION. We APPLIED LAND USES AND FAR TO AREAS WHERE WE ANTICIPATE LAND USE OCCURRING AND THAT’S ONE OF THOSE AREAS WHERE DEVELOPMENT COULD OCCUR, THAT’S.   Why WE INCLUDED IT BUT E GOT GUIDANCE FROM THE BOARD AND COMMISSION ON OR FROM THE COUNCIL AND COMMISSION.   On WHETHER THOSE BOUNDARIES ARE CORRECT JUST TO DRESS THAT ONE AREA WE HAVE REVISITED IT AND IT’S CURRENTLY AT 8 FAR IN THE PROPOSED PLAN, WE WOULD BE COMFORTABLE CHANGING THAT TO BE SIX FAR OR NO FOUR FAR TO REFLECT THE THER PROPERTIES THAT ARE In THE AREA SO UM IT’S KIND OF HARD TO FOCUS IN ON THIS MAP, BUT IT’S THE.   If YOU LOOK AT THE DOWNTOWN CORE AREA, WHERE WE HAVE OUR 8 FAR, IT’S THE NORTHWEST MOST CORNER OF IT.   That BLOCK IS SURROUNDED BY PARKING FACILITIES FOR THE MLL.   We DO HAVE A PROJECT CURRENTLY BEING PROPOSED TO REDEVELOP THAT AREA.   So WE DO WANT TO INCLUDE IT IN THE FRAMEWORK FOR HOW THIS PLAN MOVES FORWARD, BUT IT WOULD MAKE SENSE TO CHANGE THAT FAR FROM THE HIGHEST INTENSITY 8 DOWN TO 4 FAR, WHICH WOULD REFLECT THE PARCELS ALONG 7TH STREET, WHERE THE MUSEUM IS THEN ALSO DIRECTLY Leading INTO THE SANTA OSA NEIGHBORHOOD THAT’S TO TALK ABOUT THAT PARCEL THAT’S, SOMETHING THAT WE ARE LOOKING TO CHANGE.   That IS PART OF THAT DETAILED WORK THAT WE WILL BE DOING AS THE NEXT PHASE AND THE OUTREACH AND THE FEEDBACK WILL BE WELCOME.   Through THE NEXT PHASES – AND WE’RE LOOKING FOR THE GENERAL GUIDANCE TO MOVE FORWARD ON THESE BROAD CONCEPTS AND THEN LASTLY, IS THE ISSUE WITH THE SANTA ROSA, PLAZA MALL, THE SAME QUESTION WE HAVE FOR ROBERTS.   AN AVENUE IS THE SAME: VEHICULAR ROADWAY STAFF IS RECOMMENDING PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE IMPROVEMENTS, AS OPPOSED TO A FULL ROAD BUILD-OUT. So WITH THAT, WE ARE OPEN TO ANOTHER ROUND OF QUESTIONS AND I’M SURE THERE WILL BE MANY AND I’M HAPPY TO GO BACK TO THESE PREVIOUS MAPS AND WE DO HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM MOST OF OUR DEPARTMENTS WITH CITY STAFF HERE TO ADDRESS ANY Specifics THAT MAYBE WEREN’T ADDRESSED IN THIS BROAD OVERVIEW.   Thank YOU PATRICK FOR THAT PRESENTATION.   So AGAIN FOR THE COUNCIL AND THE COMMISSION, WE’LL ASK QUESTIONS.   I IMAGINE WE HAVE CARDS FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND AFTER WE HEAR THAT WE’LL, ASK EVERYONE TO ANSWER THOSE FIVE QUESTIONS SO SHARE CISCO.   Do YOU WANT CHAIR CISCO? Do YOU WANT TO GO THROUGH THE PLANNING COMMISSION? This IS A TIME FOR QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT WE’VE HEARD AND WE’LL HAVE PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE OUR COMMENTS S TO THE THINGS THAT MR STREETER IS ASKING US TO DO AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING.   So ANY QUESTIONS YES, COMMISSIONER DUGGAN, YOU JUST TOUCHED ON THIS TALKING ABOUT THE SAINT ROSE DISTRICT AND CHANGING THAT ONE PARCEL KNOWN AS FAR 8, SO IN THE DISTRICTS THAT HAVE THE COMBINING DIZ EGG NATION FOR HIS DESIGNATION BECAUSE THEY BORDER THE DOWNTOWN AND DOWN TORE CORE.   What ADDITIONAL PLANNING PROCESS OR HOOPS DO PROJECTS HAVE TO GO THROUGH IF THEY’RE ON ONE OF THESE PARCELS THAT HAS THE COMBINING DISTRICT, SO WE DO HAVE UM.   I MENTIONED OUR PRESERVATION DISTRICTS.   Several OF THEM ARE WITHIN OUR DOWNTOWN AND UM THAT’S IMPLEMENTED THROUGH ZONING WITH THE 8 COMBINING districts.   As PART OF THIS PLAN, WE ARE IN MOST AREAS. We ARE NOT EVEN PROPOSING ANY CHANGE TO THESE AREAS, BUT THERE ARE TRANSITION EDGES WHERE WE HAVE DEVELOPMENT.   Can TAKE PLACE AND WE HAVE THESE PROVISIONS IN PLACE.   We ARE NOT PROPOSING TO CHANGE ANY OF THE ZONING PREVISIONS.   We HAVE IN PLACE FOR THE AGE COMBINING DISTRICT, SO IT REQUIRES LANDMARK ALTERATIONS FOR MOST PROJECTS AND REQUIRES MEETING THE STANDARDS FOR A PRESERVATION DISTRICT AND THERE’S HEIGHT CONSIDERATIONS.   So, WITHIN A PRESERVATION DISTRICT, THERE’S A HEIGHT LIMIT OF, I BELIEVE, 35 FEET OR TWO STORIES UNLESS THE REVIEW AUTHORITY CAN MAKE CERTAIN FINDINGS THAT WHATEVER IS PROPOSED ABOVE THAT WOULD BE COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD.   As OF AS OF THIS DRAFT, WE ARE KEEPING ALL OF THOSE PROVISIONS IN PLACE, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE AMENDED IF WE RECEIVE FEEDBACK THAT THAT’S, SOMETHING THAT HE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO SEE.   So IF I’M UNDERSTANDING THIS CORRECTLY, LIKE ON THAT ONE BLOCK THAT WE’RE TALKING ABOUT NEXT TO THE MALL, SO EVEN WE PUT AN FAR OF SIX, IT HAS TO BE THREE HEIGHT REQUIREMENTS YOU CAN MAKE HE FINDINGS IF, FOR SOME OTHER Reason IT’S COMPATIBLE.   It WOULD BE SUBJECT TO THE CALIFORNIA AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT.   So THERE’S SECRETARY OF INTERIOR STANDARDS FOR the DEVELOPMENT OF HISTORIC PROPERTIES, SO MOST OF THE PROPERTIES WITHIN OUR PRESERVATION, DISTRICTS AND DISTRICT ITSELF IS CONSIDERED HISTORIC AND SUBJECT TO ALL OF THOSE STATE LAWS.   S WELL. Okay, THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.   Peterson RELATED TO THE HISTORIC DISTRICT QUESTION.   Um, SO MY UNDERSTANDING FROM THE MEMO FROM DIET AND WE’RE LOOKING AT 50 YEARS, SXOLD AND GREATER AND W HAVEN’T HAD SURVEY SINCE 1989.   Do YOU HAVE A SENSE OF WHAT TYPES OF, OR I GUESS, THE SCOPE OF THE BUILDINGS THAT POTENTIALLY COULD BE UH HISTORIC IF THERE WAS A NEW SURVEY? Yes, SO I MENTIONED THE SECRETARY OF INTERIOR STANDARDS IS ONE OF THOSE QUALIFICATIONS FOR A PROJECT THAT COULD BE HISTORIC OR A PROPERTY THAT COULD BE HISTORIC IF IT’S GREATER THAN 150 YEARS OLD.   A MAJORITY OF OUR PROPERTIES IN THE DOWNTOWN ARE OLDER THAN 50 YEARS OLD.   That’s ANYTHING BUILT BEFORE 1969, SO I WOULDN’T SAY A MAJORITY, BUT WE HAVE MANY HISTORIC PROPERTIES SO THAT’S SOMETHING WE LIKE TO ADDRESS.   I MENTIONED ONE OF THE GOALS, FOR THIS IS TO STREAMLINE DEVELOPMENT AND UH, AND TRY TO ANTICIPATE IN ADVANCE ANY OF THE ISSUES THAT MAY ARISE SO HISTORIC RESOURCES ARE ONE OF THOSE ISSUES, SO WE ARE LOOKING IN THIS PLAN TO ADDRESS UM, AT LEAST FOR CATALYST SITES.   The HISTORIC RESOURCE INVENTORIES THAT TO DETERMINE WHETHER A SITE IS CONSIDERED HISTORIC AND ALSO ANY MITIGATIONS THAT WOULD BE NECESSARY FOR ADAPTIVE, REUSE OF THAT SITE TO REOCCUR.   We’re SEEKING FUNDING SOURCES TO EXPAND THAT EXERCISE THROUGHOUT OUR DOWNTOWN AND AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN THE GENERAL PLAN TO LOOK AT HOW THAT CAN BE APPLIED THROUGHOUT THE CITY, WE’RE AWARE THAT OUR EXISTING INVENTORIES ARE DATED AND THE METHODOLOGIES ARE DIFFERENT THAN Back THEN, IN ADDITION TO MANY MORE PROJECTS BECOMING ELIGIBLE IN THE TIME SENSE, COMMISSIONER COLLIER GOOD THING YOU MOVED FORWARD.   I COULDN’T SEE WHAT DETERMINES A CATALYST THAT CAN YOU TALK US THROUGH. It GOES BACK DOWN TO THOSE CLUSTERS OF AREA WHERE WE SEE DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL AND THEN THE CATALYST SITES IN THE UPDATED DRAFT PLAN, CONCEPTS THAT WAS SENT OUT. We HAD TWO TYPES, AND PREVIOUSLY IT WAS JUST PUBLIC AREAS.   It HAD PUBLIC PROPERTY THAT COULD BE ENTERED INTO THIS PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP TO HAVE A NEW DEVELOPMENT THAT WOULD KIND OF ININVE IN INVIGORATE DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA OR SET A MARKET COMPARABLE IN THE PLAN WE HAVE THE PRIVATE SITES AND PUBLIC SITES, AND SO IT COULD Be AN AREA WHERE THE CITY HAS THE ABILITY TO LEVERAGE SOME OF THE OFF THE GROUND, BUT IT COULD BE AN AREA WHERE WE’RE, LOOKING FOR A KEYSTONE PROJECT TO SET THE PRECEDENT TO GET OTHER DEVELOPMENT TO TAKE PLACE AND THEY ALIGN WITH THESE DIFFERENT3 Clusters OF AREAS OF WHERE WE SEE THERE’S A LOT OF VACANT lands OR UNDERUTILIZED LAND THAT’S, WHERE WE WANT TO SEE THESE PROJECTS MOVE FORWARD, AS WE DO THE FINAL PLAN AND THAT’S ADOPTED, WE LIKELY WON’T.   Have THESE CATALYST SITES BE A PART OF THIS PLAN THAT’S A PART OF THIS CONCEPT IN CREATING THE VISION, SO IN THE FUTURE, IF THERE WAS The PRIVATELY OWNED SITE WANTED TO POTENTIALLY BE A PART OF A PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP, THEY COULD GO THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP TO DO THAT THAT’S A SEPARATE TRACK THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY TAKING RIGHT NOW, SO IT WILL BE BEFORE THE COUNCIL.   I THINK LATER THIS YEAR IT’S TALKING ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS, BUT THE 3 SITES IN HERE ARE GUIDE POST FOR S.   To I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY DOING THE ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES.   We HAVE LIMITED RESOURCES, SO WE’RE LOOKING AT THOSE CATALYST SITES TO DO THE STUDIES, BUT IT DOESN’T PRECLUDE ANY OTHER SITE FROM BECOMING A CATALYST SITE.   Okay, COMMISSIONER CARTER, THANK YOU EARLY ON YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU SAW CAPACITY AND LOCAL DEMAND FOR UP TO 10 000 HOUSING UNITS IN THE PLANNING AREA UM.   Yet WE HAVE UM A PROBLEM.   We HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE 2007 PLAN, GETTING THE HOUSING OFF THE GROUND AND IT WAS ONE OF THE ISSUES ALLUDED TO WAS.   Nothing IS MARKET PROVEN. So DOES THE PLAN LOOK TO EMBED HOUSING TYPES THAT HAVE SOME PROVEN MARKET ABILITY OR HOW to DO it? What DO WE DO WITH THE PLAN TO OVERCOME THAT YOU KNOW THERE?’S DEMAND THERE’S CAPACITY, NOBODY WANTS THAT TYPE OR NOBODY WANTS TO BUILD THAT TYPE OF HOUSING.   Yes, SO THE HOUSING TYPE IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE’VE DRILLED DOWN O ON THIS LEVEL.   It IS MA.   Housing TYPE MAY BE DIFFERENT TODAY THAN in THE FUTURE.   So WE AGAIN WOULD LIKE THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY AND THE MARKET TO BE ABLE TO DETERMINE WHAT IS APPROPRIATE, BUT THOSE ARE POLICIES THAT, AS WE SEE CERTAIN TYPES OF HOUSING, ONE OF THE OUTREACH MEETING WAS WITH THE DISABILITY AND RESOURCE CENTER.   And WE HEARD THE FLAGSHIP IS TOWNHOUSES, BUT FOR THE DISABILITY COMMUNITY AND FOR THE AGING COMMUNITY THAT’S A DIFFICULT HOUSING TYPE TO UTILIZE, BECAUSE EVEN IF THEY’RE BUILT TO BUILDING CODE, WHICH REQUIRES VISIBILITY.   So YOU CAN VISIT THE FIRST FLOOR.   That’s A WHOLE SECTOR OF THE COMMUNITY THAT CAN’T TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THESE HOUSING TYPES.   So WE DO WANT TO BE AWARE OF TRYING TO EITHER RECOMMEND A CERTAIN HOUSING TYPE OR HAVE a POLICY THAT REQUIRES A VARIETY IN HOUSING TYPES.   We’RE. Looking AT IT ON THE HOUSING TYPE, BUT NOT ON THIS CONCEPT, JUMPING BACK TO YOUR SKED SCHEDULED DIAGRAM, WE’LL BE GOING THROUGH an ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW, AS WE’RE PREPARING A FINAL PLAN AREA PLAN FOR ADOPTION IN THE SPRING.   Yes, SO YOU MENTIONED SOME UP FRONT.   Sequa WORK: CAN YOU SAY ABOUT HOW THE SEQUA PROCESS IS GOING TO GO AND WILL THERE BE ALTERNATIVES TO STUDY WHERE THESE CAN BE LOOKED AT THROUGH THE SEQUA PROCESS? The MAJORITY OF THE STUDY WILL BE ON THE PREFERRED PLAN THAT WE’RE HOPING TO GET GUIDANCE FOR FROM THIS MEETING.   But WE WILL HAVE ALTERNATIVES THAT RE VISITED, ESPECIALLY IN AREAS WHERE WE’RE DEVIATING FROM THE PREVIOUS PLAN, AND THE GOAL IS TO HAVE THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW BE CONCURRENT WITH OUR DRAFT PLAN, WHICH WOULD BE CONCURRENT WITH OUR UPDATES TO OUR ZONING CODE.   So IN THE PAST, WE’VE HAD THESE DIFFERENT STAGES FOR THESE DIFFERENT DOCUMENTS AND THAT CREATES JUST INHERENT CONFLICT BETWEEN THEM BECAUSE THEY’RE ACTING ON DIFFERENT TIMES.   So WE DO PLAN ON BUNDLING THIS TOGETHER IN THE SPRING IS WHEN WE WOULD RELEASE THE DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT.   It WILL BE A SUPPLEMENT TO THE EXISTING ONE THAT WAS IN 2007, SO ONLY IN AREAS WHERE WE HAVE CHANGES OR NEW IMPACTS THAT WE WOULD BE ENVISIONING AND THAT COULD BE THROUGH ADDING NEW UNITS OR CHANGES IN CIRCULATIONS.   So THOSE AREAS WE’LL BE FOCUSING ON THE ANALYSIS.   We’LL DRAFT THAT ER AND THE DRAFT PLAN, WHICH WILL ALSO BE AN ADDITION TO THE3, UPDATES THAT WE’RE RECOMMENDING TO OUR GENERAL PLAN AND OUR ZONING CODE, AND THEN, ULTIMATELY, IT WILL BE UP TO THE COUNCIL AFTER WE DO THE PUBLIC REVIEW Period FOR THOSE DOCUMENTS TO CERTIFY THE 3 ENVIRONMENTAL AND ADOPT THE PLAN, SO THAT WILL BE THE FINAL DECISION-MAKING STEP VICE CHAIR WEEKS.   Patrick, CAN YOU EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT NEIGHBORHOOD TRANSITION OULD LOOKS LIKE OR COULD BE? You SAID YOU WOULD HAVE A TOOL BOX THAT PEOPLE COULD UTILIZE, BUT CAN YOU GIVE US SOME EXAMPLES? Yes, SOME EXAMPLES IS THE TYPE OF GLAZING THAT OCCURS STEP BACKS IN BUILDINGS. You SAW FROM OUR THREE LITTLE LEGO PIECES RIGHT THERE.   The FEELING OF FORM AND MASS DIFFERS BETWEEN JUST THE THREE EXAMPLES, AND THAT WAS PLANNERS PLANNING WITH TOYS.   So WHEN YOU HAVE ARCHITECTS, WE WOULD BE LOOKING TOWARDS WHAT’S SUCCESSFUL IN OTHER AREAS AS WE BUILD THIS TOOLBOX AND THAT’S ANOTHER AREA WE’LL, BE LOOKING TO CONDUCT ROBUST OUTREACH TO GET THAT FEEDBACK ON OW E ASSEMBLE IT.   Those ARE EXAMPLES ON HOW DESIGN CAN ADDRESS THE FEELING OF BULK AND MASS OF A BUILDING.   Okay, PATRICK, IF YOU WOULDN’T MIND YOU COULD GO BACK TO YOUR PREFERRED, PLANNED CONCEPT, FAR SLIDE AND JUST EXPLAIN THE LITTLE ASTERISKS SYSTEM SENTENCE ABOUT MINIMUM FAR.   I WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT IS.   Yes, SO ORIGINALLY WE HAD PROPOSED THE MAXIMUM, FAR’S AND IT WAS ARRANGED SO WE HAVE THE MAXIMUM AND A MINIMUM, AND THAT RAISED RED FLAGS FOR US, BECAUSE WE DIDN’T WANT TO BE SETTING ANOTHER REQUIREMENT.   That MAY NOT BE ABLE TO BE MET.   An EXAMPLE IS ON WEST THIRD, SOUTH OF RED REDWOOD.   There’s A SQUARE NEXT TO THE HYATT. It’s REQUIRED AS A TWO-STORY BUILDING AND WE’VE NEVER HAD MOVEMENT ON THAT SITE.   It HAS REMAINED A GRAVEL LIGHT BECAUSE NO ONE COULD MAKE THAT A TWO STORY.   Building THAT WAS A PITFALL.   We WANTED TO AVOID.   We DIDN’T WANT, ESPECIALLY IN OUR CATALYST AREAS LIKE ADJACENT TO THE SMART STATION.   We DIDN’T WANT AN OVERWHELMING PROJECT TO COME FORWARD AND BE ALLOWED SO THAT’S.   Why WE HAVE THIS ASTERISK FOR CATALYST AND PROJECT – AND I MENTIONED THE CATALYST ICON – WILL FALL OFF IN THIS FINAL PLAN.   But WE WILL HAVE POLICY FOR SPECIFIC AREAS WHERE WE WANT TO SEE AT LEAST THE MIDPOINT OF FAR DEVELOPMENT.   So WE DON’T HAVE PROJECTS THAT’S UNDERUTILIZING THAT SPACE.   That HAS A PRECEDENT IN OUR EXISTING GENERAL PLAN IN OUR MEDIUM AND HIGH-DENSITY AREAS. We REQUIRE DENSITY UP TO THE MIDPOINT OF THE ALLOWED DENSITY RANGES.   Okay AND THEN I WANT TO UNDERSTAND THE NEIGHBORHOOD MIXED USE.   Designation ARE WE MANDATING THAT THERE WILL BE RETAIL OR GROUND FLOOR ACTIVITY IN THOSE AREAS OR THE MARKET IS GOING TO DRIVE, IT’S HOUSING AND HOW MUCH MIXED USE RETAIL IS THERE? Is THAT WHAT WE’RE DOING THERE, FOR THE MOST PART, IT’S MARKET DRIVEN, BUT I WILL CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO THE DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS WHERE WE DO HAVE THE GRAPHIC FOR GROUND FLOOR ACTIVITY REQUIREMENT IN THOSE AREAS WE WOULD REQUIRE NOT NECESSARILY RETAIL, BUT SOME Sort OF GROUND, ACTIVATING USE OR DESIGN THAT’S RIGHT, BUT IN DOWNTOWN IT’S NOT IN THE WALLY AREA.   Am I MISUNDERSTANDING THAT T’S IT’S IN CERTAIN AREAS LIKE DOWNTOWN SANTA ROSA AVENUE?   I THINK IN ONE OF THE ITERATIONS WE HAD IT IN THE MAXWELL COURT NEIGHBORHOOD AS WE DRILL DOWN THE DETAILS, IT WILL BE DETERMINING WHERE THOSE AREAS WILL BE, AND WE’LL LOOK FOR FEEDBACK GREAT.   Finally, ROBERTS AVENUE HE PUNCH THROUGH THE RECONNECTION THAT WAS EXAMINED AND FOUND TO BE FEASIBLE ENOUGH IN THE 2007 PLAN, WITH HOUSING SPECIFIC PLAN.   So IT HAS BEEN EXAMINED AND THERE WAS AN ER DONE, BUT DUE TO THE LAND USE BEING HOUSED AT THAT TIME.   Um AND NOW WE’RE GOING TO ELEVATING THE LAND USES.   Has IT SPECIFICALLY BEEN LOOKED AT THAT RECOMMENDATION SPECIFICALLY BEEN LOOKED AT TO TAKE THAT PUNCH WE’RE ELEVATING LAND USES IN TWO PRIOR PLANS THAT WERE FOUND TO BE VISIBLE RIGHT? So THE TWO PRIOR PLANS DID HAVE THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW THAT FOUND THAT TRAFFIC AND CIRCULATION WOULD FUNCTION.   Assuming THAT PUNCH THROUGH OCCURRED OR NOT A PUNCH THROUGH, IT WOULD BE A REORIENTING AT THE STREET. We HAVEN’T DONE THAT LEVEL OF ANALYSIS FOR THIS PLAN, BUT, AS I MENTIONED, THAT WOULD BE ONE OF THE TWO ALTERNATIVES MOVING FORWARD.   That WOULD BE.   Does THE CIRCULATION WORK WITH THAT VEHICULAR CORRECTION AND DOES IT WORK WITHOUT THE VEHICULAR CONNECTION? There’S THE POSSIBILITY IF WE WERE TO FIND FROM A CIRCULATION FUNCTIONALITY LEVEL THAT THAT CONNECTION IS NOT NECESSARY.   It IS STILL UM THE CITY’S DISCRETION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT WE WANT THAT TO BE THERE.   So WHETHER OR NOT THE MODELING SHOWS IT, IT’S, SOMETHING WE’RE LOOKING FOR FEEDBACK AS TO WHETHER THAT’S, THE APPROPRIATE USE THAT WE LIKE TO SEE IN THE FUTURE FOR THIS PLAN.   Okay, GREAT! Thank YOU ALL RIGHT.   Council QUESTIONS, MR ROGERS.   Thank YOU, MR MAYOR, YOU TALKED PATRICK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE EYES ON CREEK AND YOU MENTIONED THE REMODELING.   Are YOU SAYING THAT AS PEOPLE GO TO MAKE CHANGES TO THE EXISTING BUSINESSES THAT ARE ALONG THERE, THERE’S GOING TO BE AN EFFORT TO REORIENT THEM AS WELL? So THEY’RE FOCUSED ON THE CREEK THAT’S CORRECT SO UM, I’D ENVISION AND WE DON’T HAVE THE DETAILS ON HOW IT WOULD WORK, BUT THERE WILL BE A THRESHOLD IF YOU’RE CHANGING DESK IT’S NOT GOING TO Trigger THE THRESHOLD, BUT IF YOU’RE DOING A FULL FACADE, WE SAY HOW ARE YOU ADDRESSING THE CREEK BECAUSE IT SAYS IN THE PLAN YOU NEED TO DO THAT AND NEW DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE SUBJECT TO THAT.   We HAVE THE WAY WAY COMMITTEE AS WE HAVE THE WATERWAY COMMITTEE, SO THEY HAVE TO LOOK AT CREEKS AND THIS IS ANOTHER RESOURCE. They CAN POINT TO SAY HOW THIS PROJECT ADDRESSING THE CREEK EXCELLENT.   You TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE MAXWELL.   Do WE CALL IT THE MAKER SPACE OR THE MAKERS DESIGNATION? How DOES THAT IMPACT THE BOW DEEN SITE ACTUALLY FOR THE BOW DEEN SITE WE’RE, PROPOSING THE MIXED USE?   We’RE, LOOKING FOR IT TO BE PREDOMINANTLY RESIDENTIAL.   That WAS THE FEEDBACK WE GOT FROM THE MAXWELL COURT NEIGHBORS WHEN WE MET WITH THEM.   We UNDERSTAND THE NEED FOR HOUSING AND PUT IT HERE WHERE THIS ASPHALT LAND IS VACATING, SO THAT AREA WOULD NO LONGER BE ELIGIBLE TO BECOME INDUSTRIAL SITE.   It WOULD BE DESIGNATED HOUSING.   The DIFFERENCE IN THIS PLAN FOR THE MAKER MIXED USE PORTION OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD BE THAT UM, THE EXISTING LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USES WOULD BE LEGAL CONFORMING.   They WOULD BE ALLOWED TO BE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW, THEY’RE PROTECTED.   With THE LIMITED LIGHT INDUSTRIAL OVERLAY, BUT THAT’S SET TO BE CONSIDERED BY THE COUNCIL IN 2020, AT WHICH CASE, IF THAT WERE TO GO AWAY, THEY’RE LEGAL, NON, CONFORMING PROPERTY IN THIS PLAN WITH THE MAKER MIXED USE, THEY WOULD BE LEGAL AND ABLE To MAINTAIN THEIR OPERATIONS THERE IN THE MAINTAIN THE BOW DEEN SITE AND THE ASPHALT PLAN WOULD BE A NON CONFORMING USE UNDER THIS PLAN. Correct GREAT: DOES THIS CONCEPT PLAN ACCOUNT FOR THE PROPOSED SQUARE AND RAILROAD SQUARE IDEA YEAH? That WAS WE’VE GOTTEN A LOT OF SUPPORT FOR THAT THAT’S INCORPORATED INTO THIS PLAN.   It’s IN THE NARRATIVE AND IT WOULD MAKE ITS WAY INTO OUR POLICIES GREAT AND THEN, WITH THE PROPOSED CIRCULATION PATTERNS, PARTICULARLY AROUND THE BICYCLE UH CONNECTIVITY, WHETHER IT’S THE ROBERTS AVENUE AREA OR WHETHER IT IS the FOURTH STREET CONCEPT.   Does THIS PLAN TALK ABOUT WHAT CLASSIFICATION OF BICYCLE PATH? It WOULD BE AGAIN WITH THE IDEA THAT CONNECTIVITY MATTERS IF PEOPLE CAN USE IT UH, HUH YEAH.   So AGAIN, THIS IS ON THE HIGH-LEVEL CONCEPT POINT OF REFERENCE, BUT AS WE DO GET INTO POLICY, SOMETHING THAT COULD BE INCORPORATED INTO THE PLAN COULD BE THE CROSS SECTIONS THAT SHOWS WHAT LEVEL OF IMPROVEMENTS WE HAVE FOR FACILITIES.   I DO BELIEVE THAT THE BICYCLE MASTER PLAN HAS A LOT OF THAT IN IT.   I WASN’T SURE IF IT GETS PULLED UP INTO THIS HIGHER LEVEL, WE WOULD LOOK FOR CONSISTENCY ACROSS ALL PLANS, SO INCORPORATING WHAT’S EXISTING IN THE BICYCLE PLAN OR AMENDING THAT IF IT’S IN CONFLICT WITH WHATEVER IS IN THIS PAN, OTHERS HAVE Included WITH IT VALUES THAT THEY WANT TO BE PLACED, AND FOR ME ONE OF THEM WOULD BE THAT CONNECTIVITY FOR BICYCLES AND PEDESTRIANS.   Okay, THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT OTHER QUESTIONS, MR TIBBETTS.   Thank YOU, MAYOR.   Rest OF ALL AMAZING WORK.   I CAN’T IMAGINE HOW MUCH TIME ND EFFORT THIS MUST HAVE TAKEN. You GUYS, MY HATS OFF TO YOU ONE QUESTION.   I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.   You KNOW YOU MENTIONED THE BARRIERS TO DEVELOPMENT.   This IS AN ONGOING CONVERSATION.   I’M, HAVING WITH PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT HOW WE’RE GOING TO GET THOSE CATALYTIC PROJECTS GOING, AND YOU MENTIONED ONE BARRIER THAT WE DO HAVE CONTROL OVER AND THAT’S, THE UNDERGROUNDING OF UTILITIES AND HELPING WITH UTILITY PLACEMENT.   Are WE TAKING STEPS SUCH AS ALIGNING OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT BUDGET, OR IS THE WATER DEPARTMENT DOING THE SAME TO TRY TO? I GUESS, ADDRESSES THAT PARTICULAR BARRIER.   I DON’T HAVE AN ANSWER, BUT I CAN DEFER IT OVER TO MR GILL THANKS.   So, AS PART OF THIS PROCESS, ALL THE DEPARTMENTS ARE AT THE TABLE, AS WE’RE TALKING THROUGH THESE PROJECTS AND PART OF THE PLAN THAT’S GOING TO COME FORWARD KNOWN.   Improvements ARE GOING TO BE MADE ON THE WATER, CIP, TRANSPORTATION ELEMENT.   That IS A PROJECT LIST. Those PROJECTS THEN GET FOLDED INTO A CIP AND PRY PRIORITIZED.   It TAKES PLACE IN FRONT OF THE COUNCIL, SO YOU’LL HAVE A CHANCE TO LOOK AT HAT CIP PROGRAM AND HOW THAT’S BEING PRIORITIZED THE OTHER.   So THE OTHER THING IS THERE:’S, SOME THINGS LIKE UNDERGROUND AND POWER LINES WHICH WE FIND IN THE DOWNTOWN SPECIFICALLY ON NARROW ROADS HAS BECOME AN ISSUE.   So WE’RE REACHING OUT TO PG E TO SEE IF THERE’S A WAY TO WORK WITH THEM TO GET HEAD OF THIS, BUT IT’S COSTLY EXPENSIVE, AND WE HAVE TO WORK THROUGH APPROACHES ON THAT E’RE.   Looking AT 3 DIFFERENT APPROACHES FOR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE IN WITHOUT GOING TOO FAR INTO THE DETAIL OF THE CIP BUDGET, I CAN SHARE WITH COUNCIL THAT JUST THE FORTON ROAD EXHAUSTED THE UTILITY, the RESOURCES ARE INDISCERNIBLE, THEY ARE OUT THERE.   This IS ONE OF THOSE CONTINUING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHERE AND HOW MUCH THIS COMMUNITY HAS, AND THIS CITY HAS INVESTED IN THESE TYPES OF ENTERPRISES, SO THAT REMAINS A STRUGGLE AND THAT’S, WHY WE’RE LOOKING AT OTHER POTENTIAL FUNDING SOURCES TO ADDRESS SOME OF THESE Infrastructure CONVERSATIONS THAT’S, WHY WE’RE EXPLORING THINGS LIKEN CHANCED, INFRA, STUCK TOUR DISTRICT.   There ARE WAYS TO MAYBE ADDRESS SOME OF THESE HURDLES.   I GIVE YOU ONE QUICK EXAMPLE: WHEN THE 2007 PLAN WAS ADOPTED, THERE WAS AN ISSUE DOWN THIRD STREET AND OTHERS, SO THE CIP WAS TO REPLACE THE SEWER LINE AND THIRD STREET.   That CAPACITY HAS BEEN UPSIZED TO ACHIEVE WHAT THE ENVISION WAS.   Fortunately, OVER TIME, WATER USE HAS GONE DOWN, SO THE CAPACITY HAS INCREASED. Those ARE the THINGS WE’LL BE LOOKING AT TO MAKE SURE WE GET AHEAD OF SOME OF THESE DEVELOPMENTS.   I APPRECIATE THIS AS WE WORK ON THE CIP BUDGET.   I’LL BE LOOKING FOR THAT NOW THAT WE’RE TALKING ABOUT THESE PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS GOING.   I SEE THIS IN THE MIX OF THINGS WE NEED TO DO TO MAKE DOWNTOWN VIABLE.   Another QUESTION WAS UNCLEAR TO ME IN THIS PLAN: DO WE HAVE? I THINK IT’S CALLED THE CONCEPT OF A WALKABLE DISTRICT.   I’M GOING TO LOOK TO CHRISTIAN IN THE AUDIENCE TO TALK TO ME ABOUT PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT SHE ONCE BROUGHT IT UP WITH ME.   The IDEA OF HAVING TABLE AND CHAIRS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SIDEWALK ENCROACHING INTO THE STREET IS A WAY TO CREATE ENERGY.   In THE URBAN SPACE IS THAT ADDRESSED IN THIS PLAN, IS THIS AN APPROPRIATE PLAN TO ADDRESS A CONCEPT, OR IS THAT A SEPARATE ORDINANCE? This PLAN, IN ADDITION TO 3 BEING A LAND USE AND ENVISIONING DOCUMENTS ESTABLISHING THAT STREETSCAPE AND HOW TO ACHIEVE IT, IS SOMETHING THAT IS WITHIN THE PURVIEW OF THIS PLAN AND ITS NARRATIVE AND POLICIES.   It’s WITHIN THE PURCHASE VIEW, BUT NOT IN THIS.   It’s WITHIN THE PURVIEW, BUT NOT IN THIS PLACE. The STREET ENHANCEMENT WHERE WE TALK ABOUT PARK, LETS AS ENHANCING A STREET SO THAT’S IN LINE WITH THAT LINE OF THINKING AS WE DO BUILD ON THE DETAILS THAT’S, THE AREA THAT WE’LL BE LOOKING FOR FEEDBACK IN THAT REGARD, I’ll SAVE THAT FOR MY COMMENTS, BUT I’M SUPPORTIVE OF THAT CONCEPT.   Being IN THIS PLAN, LET’S SEE.   My FINAL QUESTION IS UH.   We TOUCHED ABOUT HOW THE PROBLEMATIC EIR IS GOING TO HELP DECREASE THE PERMITTING PROCESS TIME.   Could YOU GIVE US A WALK THROUGH OKAY, IF SOMEBODY WALKED THROUGH TODAY AND THEY MET THE FALL REQUIREMENTS AND THEY MET THE LAND USE REQUIREMENTS? What STEPS ARE THEY GOING TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH UNTIL THEY GOT A BUILDING PERMIT, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP?   As I MENTIONED, WE’RE TRYING TO SIMPLIFY THE PROCESS AND IT’S ADDRESSING THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW AND FOR MANY PROJECTS IT’S THE LARGEST DEGREE OF UNCERTAINTY MOVING FORWARD SO FOR A PROJECT THAT’S CONSISTENT WITH THE VISION IN THIS PLAN, THERE WILL Be SOME LEVEL OF DESIGN REVIEW, AS WE MENTIONED, WE HAVE WORKED TO STREAMLINE THAT PROCESS.   Design REVIEW WOULD BE THE DISCRETIONARY STAGE OF THE REVIEW THAT’S WHEN THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW WOULD TAKE PLACE UM BECAUSE THE PROJECT IS CONSISTENT.   With THIS PLAN, WHICH HAS AN ADOPTED ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT, IT WOULD LIKELY BE ELIGIBLE FOR AN EXEMPTION FROM FURTHER SEQUA REVIEW.   The IMPACTS TO RESOURCE IT WOULD BE ADDRESSED IN THIS REPORT.   The RULE IS ANYTHING NOT PARTICULAR TO THIS SITE, SO IT’S IF AN INFIELD SITE WITHIN DOWNTOWN AND A PART OF THIS ANALYSIS, IT WOULD BE EXEMPT FROM ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW. So THE ONLY DEC ONCE APPROVE YO MOVE ON TO THE BUILDING PERMIT, WHICH IS MINUTE STEER: YA.’LL.   So THERE’S UNCERTAINTY THERE, IT’S.   Do YOU MEET THE STANDARD? There’S, NO PLANNING COMMISSION.   In THAT PROCESS INTERESTING, I WAS GOING TO RAISE THE QUESTION.   I KNOW WE HAVE A POLICY IN PLACE.   Although THE DETAILS ARE FUZZY FOR ME, IT DOESN’T HAVE DESIGN REVIEW.   If YOU HAVE AN AFFORDABILITY COMPONENT IN THIS AREA.   How DOES THAT I GUESS COMPLIMENT IF SOMEBODY HAS AFFORDABILITY AS A COMPONENT? Is THERE NO DISCRETIONARY REVIEW, OR AM I MISSING? The MARK E HAS DISCRETIONARY REVIEW.   There IS LEGISLATION COMING OUT OF SACRAMENTO THAT EXEMPTS A PROJECT FROM DISCRETIONARY REVIEW AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED A YEAR OR TWO AGO AT THE ACCESSIBILITY DWELLING UNITS WE CAN TEST IT AGAINST OUR ADOPTED STANDARDS, BUT IT HAS TO BE THE YES OR NO ANSWERS THAT ELIMINATED THAT DISCRETIONARY REVIEW, SO YES, THE STATE LAW IS SAYING SINCE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS SOMETHING WE NEED, THEY’RE GOING TO TAKE THAT DISCRETION AWAY FROM CITIES.   So IN THOSE CASES, THERE’S, NOT ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW CITY DISCRETIONARY REVIEW. Vice MAYOR, FANTASTIC WORK AND MOST OF MY QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN COVERED BY MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS.   I’M WONDERING IF THERE’S ROOM IN THIS PROJECT OR THIS VISIONING EXERCISE TO ADD ENTICEMENT OR ENCOURAGEMENT FOR UNIVERSAL DESIGN YEAH.   So, AS I MENTIONED, WE ARE LOOKING TO REMOVE REQUIREMENTS, BUT INCLUDE INCENTIVES, SO IF UNIVERSAL DESIGN AND WE’LL BE LOOKING FOR THE FEEDBACK COMMENTS FROM THIS GROUP, IF THAT’S SOMETHING WE WANT TO INCORPORATE INTO OUR POLICY TO INNOCEINCENTIVIZE TH BE INCLUDED.   I’M CURIOUS TO KNOW HOW WE ARRIVED AT THE 8 0 FOR FAR THAT’S BASED ON UM, NOT JUST BUILDING OR PROJECTS HAT, HAVE BEEN PROPOSED IN THIS AREA, BUT ALSO OTHER JURISDICTIONS.   We LOOKED TO include SAN DIEGO RECENTLY ADOPTED FAR FOR THEIR SPECIFIC PLAN SACRAMENTO AS WELL AND LOOKING AT THE TYPES OF DEVELOPMENT IN LINE WITH A VISION THAT’S SIMILAR TO WHAT WE WOULD HAVE FOR OUR DOWNTOWN SIMILAR FORM BULK MASS AND DENSITIES, AND THAT’S WHERE WE ESTABLISH SIX AS PROBABLY AN APPROPRIATE FAR BUT HEARING CONCERNS FROM THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY THAT’S, WHY WE RAISED IT TO EIGHT TO NOT BE PUTTING CAPS ON THE DEVELOPMENT AND NOT TRYING TO CREATE ANY ADDITIONAL HINDER ANSWER.   Given THAT THE COUNCIL SEEMS AROUND THE IMPORTANCE OF DEVELOPMENT AND THE NEED FOR HOUSING, IF THERE’S AND THIS PLAN SEEMS COMPREHENSIVE – AND I’M GOING O AVOID GETTING INTO DETAILS, I’M CURIOUS TO KNOW: DO YOU THINK THERE’S ANYTHING WE Left ON THE TABLE IN MATERIALS OF ENTICEMENT TO HELP DEVELOPERS DECIDE HAT SANTA ROSA IS A GREAT PLACE TO BUILD HOUSING AND SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY.   That’s A HEAVY QUESTION ON ME: IT’S.   Okay, IF YOU DON’T GET IT PERFECTLY, THERE WAS – AND I WOULD HAVE BROUGHT IT UP DURING THE PRESENTATION, BUT THERE’S A LOT OUT THERE.   I’M NOT ABLE TO THINK OF SO THAT’S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO MENTION.   We DO HAVE A WEBSITE FOR THIS PLAN. It’s, PLANNEDDOWNTOWNSR COM THAT’S, SOMEONE WITH AN IDEA TO GET IN TOUCH WITH US, BUT MY EMAIL AND PHONE NUMBER ARE UP THERE.   We’re OPEN TO SUGGESTIONS CREATIVE IDEAS AND CRITIQUES.   We WANT TO HEAR IT ALL.   I’M SURE AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT, YOU’LL HAVE 13 GREAT IDEAS.   I’M READY FOR THAT.   We CAN’T THINK OF EVERYTHING.   So WE ARE, WE’RE, DEPENDING ON THE COMMUNITY, REACH OUT AND GIVE FEEDBACK AND EXPERTISE THAT’S PLANNED THAT’S PLANDOWNTOWNSR COM, HOW MANY VEHICLES EXCUSE ME NOT VEHICLES, HOUSING UNITS ARE NOT INCLUDED OR NEAR THE ONE QUARTER MILE PARK.   Is THERE GOING TO BE A LOT OF HOUSING UNITS THAT WILL REQUIRE PARKING YEAH? That IS SOMETHING THAT ON OUR NEXT PHASE, WE DO WANT TO DRILL DOWN TO THAT’S, A QUESTION THAT WE’VE to RAISE OURSELVES.   So WE ARE LOOKING INTO UM WHAT AREAS WOULD BE AFFECTED BY THIS? Waiving OF THE PARKING REQUIREMENT WE’RE, ASSUMING BECAUSE IT APPLIES TO TRANSIT HUB, WHICH IS THE SMART STATION AND THE TRANSIT MALL, BUT ALSO TO HIGH FREQUENT TRANSIT STOPS, WHICH ARE MAJOR ARTERIAL AND IT WILL APPLY TO AREAS WE ENVISION DEVELOPMENT OCCURRING.   But GETTING THAT ACTUAL NUMBER WOULD BE VALUABLE, SO WE ARE LOOKING INTO THAT. I APPRECIATE THAT AND IF THIS COMES BACK, YOU’LL, PROBABLY JUST LET US KNOW THEN, OR YOU COULD E-MAIL ME WHEN YOU FIGURE THAT OUT TO LET ME KNOW THE REASON I’M ASKING.   I DON’T PERSONALLY, I RECOGNIZE FROM THE LENDING AND FINANCING PERSPECTIVE THAT IT’S PROBABLY NECESSARY TO HAVE SOME PARKING SPACES, AND, AT THE END OF THE DAY THAT’S PROBABLY GOING TO DETERMINE HOW MUCH PARKING THERE IS.   But IF THERE’S FLEXIBILITY ON THE LENDING AND FINANCE SIDE THAT A DEVELOPER COULD BE WORKING WITH.   I’M NOT THAT INTERESTED IN A LOT OF PARKING.   I THINK THERE ARE TWO ALTERNATIVES WE SHOULD EXPLORE.   One IS, I WAS MADE AWARE OF AN ORGANIZATION CALLED GREEN TRIP THEY HELP DEVELOPERS WITH RENTALS, ACTUALLY BASICALLY BUY BUS VOUCHERS TO HELP US INCREASE buses, RIDERSHIP AND ET PEOPLE OFF THE ROAD, AND HELP WITH TRAFFIC.   Looking FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT instead of A PARK CENTS SPACE AND ONE IS – I JUST WANTED TO GIVE THOSE TO YOU GUYS, SFL.   I WANT TO RESPOND TO THAT QUESTION.   You BRING UP A GOOD POINT.   One OF THE THINGS WE FOUND IN THE OLD PLAN WERE INHERENT BARRIERS TO UTILIZING PARKING. Garages ARE PARKING SPOTS that are EMPTY AT NIGHT AND FULLER IN THE DAY.   Part OF WHAT THIS PLAN IS TRYING TO DO IS CREATE ATE THAT FLEXIBILITY TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH DEVELOPERS TO ENCOURAGE THAT.   I THINK WE’VE HAD A FEW RECENT CONVERSATIONS WITH PEOPLE LOOKING AT HOW TO UTILIZE THE GARAGES AT NIGHT WHEN THEY’RE EMPTY AND FLIP IT, THE ON THE OTHER SIDE DURING THE DAY.   What THIS PLAN AGAIN IS TRYING TO DO IS REMOVE SOME OF THOSE BARRIERS THAT WE FOUND AND WE HAVE HEARD FROM THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY, AND WE HAVE RUN INTO OURSELVES TO TRY TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE.   You JUST RAISED THE WHOLE CONCEPT OF UNBUNDLING THE PARKING WITH THE HOUSING, BECAUSE I KNOW MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS HAD A PRESENTATION ABOUT THAT AND WON’T THE MARKET DICTATE HOW MUCH THAT UNBUNDLING WILL OCCUR IF THERE’S DEMAND FOR THAT.   That’s CORRECT SXWR.   The PREVIOUS PLAN HAD GREAT IDEAS ON HOW THAT COULD TAKE PLACE, BUT I MENTIONED CONFLICTS WITHIN OUR DOCUMENT.   Another PREVISION SAID YOU MUST PROVIDE YOUR PARKING ON THIS SITE OR ELSE GO THROUGH A COME BER, SO MANY PROCESS TO CHANGE THAT WE’RE TRYING TO SIMPLIFY IT AND LET THE MARKET TELL US HOW MUCH PARKING WE NEED.   Can YOU PULL UP SLIDE 6?   Just THE TIME IN I WANT TO realize YES, WE’RE IN DECEMBER OF 2019, SO I KNOW WE’VE HAD COMMUNITY WIDE ISSUES WHERE WE HAVE CANCELLED MEETINGS AND THINGS ARE GETTING JAMMED. Can YOU GIVE US A REALISTIC TIMELINE EXPECTATION? I’M ASKING THIS BEFORE YOU HEARD FROM THE PLANNING, COMMISSION, AND THE COUNCIL.   But WHAT IMPACTS HAVE OUR OTHER COMMUNITY-WIDE ISSUES HAVE OR WILL HAVE ON THIS TIMELINE? So IT’S HARD TO PARSE OUT WHERE THE LOSS OF STAFF TIME BASED ON RESPONDING TO COMMUNITY ISSUES AS AFFECTED THE TIMELINE.   In ADDITION TO THE TIMELINE, WE REVISED, WHAT OUR SCOPE IS TO MAXIMIZE OUTREACH AND REFLECT THE FEEDBACK WE HAVE BEEN HEARING, SO IT HAS RESULTED IN THE PREVIOUS PLAN WAS A 9 MONTH TIMELINE.   So FROM WHEN WE STARTED IN JANUARY, WE WOULD HAVE ASSUMED THE FINAL ADOPTION TO OCCUR IN SEPTEMBER, SO WE are LOOKING AT FINAL ADOPTION, PROBABLY OCCURRING IN APRIL OR MAY POSSIBLY JUNE.   So WE ARE EXTENDING THE period.   Ut, IT’S HARD TO SAY WHAT THE CAUSES ARE OF THAT.   In ADDITION TO MAKING SURE THIS IS A DOCUMENT THAT ONCE ADOPTED, WE DON’T HAVE TO AMEND IN THE FUTURE.   T HAS RESULTED IN AN EXTENSION OF THAT TIMELINE, SO THE CITY MANAGER IS GOING TO STEP IN HERE IT IS YOU HEAR THE TEAM IS TRYING TO WORK HARD FOR TO PRODUCE THIS DOCUMENT.   I WOULD BE LEANING TOWARD THE SUMMER BEFORE WE’RE TALKING ABOUT THE RESOLUTION HERE.   There ARE JUST TOO MANY PLACES THAT THIS ORGANIZATION IS PLANNING to CATCH UP AND IT’S NOT JUST THIS TEAM. It’s OUR LEGAL TEAM, IT’S another PUBLIC WRKS.   So I WOULD JUST ASK YOU ALL WE’RE TRYING TO DELIVER IT VERY SOON, BUT TO BE PATIENT BECAUSE OF THOSE COMMUNITY WIDE LET’S CALL IT ABOUT WHAT IT IS.   Public SAFETY SHUT OFF IN A FIRE THAT TOOK US OFFLINE FOR SIX WEEKS.   This PAST FALL.   I APPRECIATE THAT CITY MANAGER, I APPRECIATE OF PATRICK, YOUR A SINCE, AND YOUR ASSISTANCE AND THE OUTREACH BEING DNE IT’S INCREDIBLE.   This IS A DOCUMENT THAT’S GOING TO GO ON, WHETHER IT’S FUTURE PROOF.   I HOPE YOU’RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK.   Patrick, I WANTED TO ADD.   We DO HAVE THE EXISTING STATIONARY PLAN, SO IT’S NOT LIKE DEVELOPMENT CAN OCCUR RIGHT NOW.   There ARE BARRIERS TO I IT’S A VERY VALUABLE AND USEFUL PLAN ADDRESSING THE SEQUA ISSUE THAT HAS ADOPTED AN ERI AND THERE’S, INITIATIVES TAKING PLACE WITH THIS PLAN UPDATE AS DEVELOPMENT IS COMING FORWARD. We ARE WORKING CLOSELY TO START TO GET THOSE CATALYST PROJECTS HAPPENING BEFORE WE ADOPT THE FINAL PLAN.   Mr. MAYOR, CAN I GO AHEAD, PATRICK? What INPUT OR FEEDBACK DID YOU RECEIVE FROM THE ROSA COMMUNITY RELATED TO THE ROBERTS ROAD CONNECTION, SO WE DIDN’T RECEIVE WE HELD A MEETING WITH THE ROSA COMMUNITY AT ROSALIND COMMUNITY.   We DID HEAR THE CONNECTIVE BETWEEN ROSELAND AND THE REST OF DOWNTOWN NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.   So EVEN IN THIS PRESENTATION, WE’RE SHOWING DOWNTOWN, BUT ROSELAND IS NOT ON THIS MAP, SO WE’RE MAKING SURE IT’S IN THE DOWNTOWN BARRIER.   But THEY’RE A PART OF THIS CONVERSATION, SO THAT WAS THE FEEDBACK WE RECEIVED THAT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO.   We NEED TO DO MORE TO CREATE THAT SENSE OF IDENTITY AND CONNECTIVITY.   Thank YOU, MR SAWYER.   Thank YOU, MAYOR.   Thank YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS.   It’s VERY EXCITING AND I’M SPEAKING TO THE TIMELINE RIGHT NOW. You JUST ADDRESSED IT IN PART, AND I APPRECIATE THAT MY CONVERSATION.   This IS A VERY VALUABLE UM SITUATION THAT WE HAVE THE PLANNING, COMMISSION AND THE COUNCIL TOGETHER SPEAKING ABOUT THIS.   Yet ON THIS, FOR THE SECOND TIME YOU HAVE BEEN EATING AND BREATHING THIS PLAN FOR A YEAR AND A HALF.   My QUESTION HAS TO DO WITH AS WE MOVE FORWARD.   Are THERE RESTRICTIONS ON THE GRANT AND DO WE HAVE THE LUXURY OF TIME I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THE LUXURY OF TIME. Is THIS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT DECISIONS THAT THESE TWO BODIES WILL BE MAKING IN THEIR CAREERS ON THIS COUNCIL? We’ve BEEN DEALING WITH THIS FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, AND THIS IS ONE OF THEM.   Do WE HAVE THE LUXURY OF TIME? Will THIS BODY BE ABLE TO COME TOGETHER BEFORE THE DRAFT IS APPROVED, TO BE ABLE TO COME TO UH AGREEMENT? If THERE ARE SOME STICKY ISSUES THAT WE MIGHT STILL BE STRUGGLING WITH, THAT ARE BROUGHT UP BY OURSELVES? For the PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY HAT WE 3 SPEAK TO OR THE COMMUNITY T LARGE I DON’T THINK LUXURY IS AN OPERATIVE WORD.   I WOULD USE EVER WITH THIS PROJECT.   There’s A 36 MONTH GRANT TO USE THESE FUNDS EVEN WITH THE DELAY.   With THIS PROJECT, WE’LL BE BELOW THAT THERE’S SPACE FOR THE SCOPE OF SCHEDULE TO EXTEND IF NECESSARY, BUT WE WOULD LIKE THE SOME CERTAINTY COMING OUT OF THIS MEETING BECAUSE, AS YOU MENTIONED, IT’S VALUABLE TO HAVE THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE Council GIVING FEEDBACK WE LIKE TO BE ABLE TO DRILL DOWN IN THE NEXT STAGE TO FOCUS ON DETAILS.   So THERE WILL BE OPPORTUNITIES before THE FINAL ADOPTION TO BRING IT IN FRONT OF THESE GROUPS AND WE HAVE BEEN CHECKING IN REGULARLY WITH OUR OTHER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, INCLUDING THE HERITAGE BOARD. So THEY’LL BE OPPORTUNITIES BEFORE THE FINAL, YES, OR NO VOTE.   But WE WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE WITH THE SENSE OF URGENCY AND TRY TO HAVE SOLID ANSWERS AND DIRECTION MOVING FORWARD AT THE CLOSE OF THIS MEETING, MAINLY ON THOSE FIVE ISSUES.   Those FIVE ISSUES ARE KEY WITH THE REST OF THE PLAN and WILL BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD.   If OTHER ISSUES NEED TO BE BROUGHT TO LIGHT, WE LIKE TO DO IT TODAY.   Excellent.   Thank YOU GREAT.   Do any OTHER QUESTIONS?   Seeing NONE WE’LL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT.   First UP MICHAEL MARTIN, FOLLOWED BY TERRY SHORE GOOD AFTERNOON, I’M MARK MARTINI AND I LIVE OUTSIDE OF THIS CORE AREA, AND I FIND MYSELF WALKING DOWNTOWN QUITE FREQUENTLY AND I RIDE MY BIKE THROUGH THE DOWNTOWN AREA THREE TO FOUR TIMES A WEEK.   I’M HERE TO COMMEND THE COUNCIL AND STAFF FOR TAKING A LOOK AT THE PLAN. It WOULD BE EASY TO BE A CYNIC, ESPECIALLY THE PLAN.   Is IT’S ALSO EASY TO BEY SEN? I CAN BECAUSE WE KNOW THERE’S A ROOM IN PLANNING THAT SHELVES ARE FULL OF PLANS THAT HAVE BEEN 3 DEVELOPED AND GATHERED DUST.   But THE REASON FOR MY OPTIMISM FOR THIS COUNCIL IS THIS COUNCIL.   This PLANNING, COMMISSION, AND THE COMMUNITY RECOGNIZE THE NEED FOR HOUSING.   ONE OF THOSE PLANS THAT SITS ON THE SHELF AND GATHERS DUST OFFERS US A CAUTIONARY CAUTIONARY TALE AND THAT’S A PLAN DEVELOPED FOR THE SMART SITE.   And IF YOU FORGIVE MY SEASONAL METAPHOR, WE PUT SO MANY ORNAMENTS ON THAT TREE.   It CAN’T STAND.   I CAUTION YOU AS A BODY, YOU DO NOT DESIGN YOUR PLAN, YOU GIVE THEM A FRAMEWORK THAT THE DESIGNERS CAN FULFILL.   The FIRST THING THAT GOVERNMENT CAN DO IS IN THE AREA OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND CONNECTIVITY ND.   I APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS MADE THAT PEOPLE CAN GET IN AND OUT AND AROUND IN A PARTICULAR AREA. We SAW THIS BECAUSE OF THE FIRES.   I’M HERE TO SPEAK VERY STRONGLY IN FAVOR OF THE FULL CONNECTION OF ROBERTS AVENUE, BECAUSE IF YOU WANT THAT AREA TO SUCCEED, YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO GET PEOPLE IN, AND OUT OF.   The SECOND ISSUE IS THE AREA, THE ISSUE OF PROCESS, AND I APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS ABOUT STREAMLINING AND CLEARLY IN CALIFORNIA.   Moving FROM 18 MONTHS TO 6 MONTHS IS STREAMLINING.   I’M ERE TO REMIND THE COUNCIL AND EVERYONE ELSE.   There ARE PLACES IN THE COUNTRY THAT PEOPLE CAN BREAK GROUND IN SIX MONTHS, SO STREAMLINING IS SOMEWHAT 3 RELATIVE AND I WOULD ASK YOU TO CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THAT, BUT THE MORE IMPORTANT ONE IS THE ISSUE OF SEQUA AND THE ABILITY YOU CAN NOT WAIVE SEQUA.   But YOU CAN GET THOSE OUT OF THE WAY AND I’M ENCOURAGED BY THAT BEING A PART OF PLAN.   I AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER SAWYER WHAT YOU’RE DECIDING TODAY IS GOING TO HAVE A LASTING IMPACT.   Terry SHORE, FOLLOWED BY RAY HOLLY RAY HOLLY, FOLLOWED BY NINA RISO.   Thank YOU, MR MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, RAY MOLLY WITH THE SIMONE WITH THE LIBRARY SONOMA. We HAVE BEEN A CAST LIFT FOR OVER 150 YEARS.   I WANTED TO TELL YOU MORE ABOUT IT.   The BUSIEST BRANCH OF OUR 16-LOCATION SYSTEM IS THE CENTRAL LIBRARY HERE IN DOWNTOWN SANTA ROSA.   The LIBRARY IS OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK WITH MORE HOURS THAN ANY OTHER BRANCH, 58 HOURS A WEEK OF FULL TIME.   Comprehend SICHB SERVICE, ALMOST 20 000 PEOPLE PER MONTH WALK THROUGH OUR DOORS AT 2 LEBANESE STREET AND THEY CHECK OUT 35 000 ITEMS A MONTH.   Santa ROSA RESIDENTS COME DOWNTOWN TO LEARN ABOUT THEIR FAMILIES AND HEIR HISTORY IN OUR GENEALOGY LIBRARY, AND THEY COME TO IMPROVE THEIR LIFE.   The UNITED VETERANS COME TO OUR VETERAN CENTER AND THE NEXT GENERATION OF VIDEO AND AUDIO ENTREPRENEURS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR DIGITAL LIBRARY.   Some COME DOWN, THEY PUT ON SPECIAL HEADPHONES AND THEY PLAY OUR ELECTRIC PIANO USING OUR LARGE COLLECTION OF sheaths, MUSIC EVENTS, AND PROGRAMS.   Some ARE SMALL LIKE STORY TIME AND HOMEWORK HELP.   Santa ROSA MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS CAME TO THE LIBRARY TO CONNECT VIA RADIO TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, AND WE WANT TO THANK VICE MAYOR FLEMING FOR ATTENDING THAT DAY AND INSPIRING THOSE DAYS AND CENTRAL THE LARGEST LIBRARY IN UR SYSTEM AT MORE THAN 6 000 SQUARE Feet AND THE HISTORY STRETCHES BACK TO THE MID 1800S AND THE SANTA ROSA WAS THE 15TH LIBRARY ESTABLISHED IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. It HAS ALWAYS BEEN DOWNTOWN.   Our CUSTOMERS ARE YOUR CUSTOMERS.   They LIVE DOWNTOWN WHERE THEY COME DOWNTOWN.   They PARK STROLL AND EAT ND SHOP.   We ARE A PART OF A SHARED HISTORY OF SERVICE WITH THE CITY AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO BEING PART OF A SHARED FUTURE.   We APPRECIATE THE CITY’S, WILLINGNESS TO INCLUDE US IN THESE IMPORTANT CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE FUTURE OF DOWNTOWN SANTA ROSA, A FUTURE WHERE YOU WILL NEED LIBRARY SERVICES MORE THAN EVER, AS YOU INTENSIFY ZONING AND CREATE MORE HOUSING.   Libraries WELCOME EVERYONE.   Through OUR DOORS, WE MAKE COMMUNITIES SMARTER, SAFER HAPPIER, AND MORE PROSPEROUS AND E LOOK FORWARD TO A LONG PARTNERSHIP WITH YOU IN DOWNTOWN SANTA ROSA, AS WE IMAGINE A NEW DOWNTOWN RESTAURANTS.   Thank YOU.   Thank YOU. Nina RISO, FOLLOWED BY DUANE DECADE.   You’re FAR AWAY.   Good AFTERNOON, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND COMMISSIONERS, MY NAME IS NINA RISO AND I’M THE GREEN TRIP MANAGER AT TRANSFORM.   So THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER TIBBETTS, FOR MENTIONING THE ALTERNATIVES TO PARKING THAT OUR PROGRAM OFFERS FOR THOSE WHO REN’T FAMILIAR WITH US.   We ARE A NONPROFIT AND WE PROMOTE WALKABLE COMMUNITIES WITH EXCELLENT TRANSPORTATION CHOICES SO THAT ALL PEOPLE IN PEOPLE OF ALL INCOMES IN CALIFORNIA ITH BE CONNECTED TO opportunities.   We CAN KEEP CALIFORNIA AFFORDABLE AND HELP SOLVE OUR CLIMATE CRISIS.   We ENGAGE COMMUNITIES IN PLAN AND RUN INNOVATIVE programs AND WE WANT POLICY CHANGE AT THE REGIONAL, LOCAL AND STATE LEVEL IN 2008, TRANSFORM RELATED GREEN TRIP PROGRAM TO SUPPORT AND RECOGNIZE MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING THAT REDUCES PARKING TRAFFIC AND GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS.   And YOU SHOULD HAVE TWO LETTERS I SUBMITTED TO MR STREETER: TRANSFORM PARTICIPATED IN THE DRAFTING OF THE DOWNTOWN STATION AREA PLAN AND WE SUPPORTED THE CITIES REDOUBLED EFFORTS FOR REDEVELOPMENT, ESPECIALLY IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE 2017 TUBS FIRE.   Infield HOUSING IS NEEDED.   More IS NEEDED MORE NOW THAN EVER AS WAS MENTIONED SINCE 2007. The PLAN HAS ONLY BUILT 100 UNITS, AND WE’RE HERE TODAY BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW THAT SANTA ROSA MUST DO BETTER.   We COMMEND THE CITY’S PROPOSAL TO FACILITATE SHARED PARKING RESOURCES AND WE ALSO WANT TO PUSH YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE TO TRULY PRIORITIZE HOUSING, PRODUCTION, AND HOUSING.   Affordability, TRANSFORM RECOMMENDS THE CITY ELIMINATES PARKING MINIMUM, NOT JUST THE QUARTER MILE IN THE ZONE.   Currently, PROPOSED PARKING REQUIREMENTS CONTRIBUTE TO THE HIGH COST OF DEVELOPMENT AND ENCOURAGE THE USE OF VEHICLES TO GET AROUND WHICH RESULTS IF MORE TRAFFIC AND MORE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, AND WAS NOTED BEFORE WE WANT TO SEE A WALKABLE COMMUNITY IN DOWNTOWN TO SUPPORT THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE There AND ADDED ONES YOU WANT TO COME SO WHEN PARKING COST ARE TRANSFERRED TO RENTERS RENT BECOMES EVEN LESS AFFORDABLE BY 16, AND YOU KNOW THAT’S NO CHUMP CHANGE FOR SOMEONE WHO IS A RENTER, IT’S 140 ADDITIONAL PER MONTH.   We RECOMMEND THE CITY LIMBNATE PARKING, THE CITY, THE CITY, ELIMINATE PARKING MINIMUMS, AND HAVE MAXIMUM OF 1 0 RATIO.   I’M GOING TO WRAP IT UP AND I JUST WANT TO UM AGAIN ENCOURAGE YOU TO BE MUCH MORE AMBITIOUS WITH THE PARKING MINIMUMS AND UM CONSIDER THE INNER-RELATED CRISIS OF HOUSING AND CLIMATE AND TAKE BOTH ACTIONS.   Thank YOU.   Thank YOU.   Duane, FOLLOWED BY CINDY YOUNG HELLO, MY NAME IS DUANE DEWITT FROM ROSELAND.   I THANK YOU FOR THIS EFFORT, BUT IT HAS BEEN EXCLUSIONARY. It’s, IMPORTANT THAT WE KEEP IN MIND.   The NEW STATE RECOMMENDATION FOR GENERAL PLANS WILL INCLUDE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND SOCIAL EQUITY AND ROSE LINED IS THE MOST DISADVANTAGED PLACES IN THE CITY, IF NOT THE COUNTY THE OTHER DAY.   Actually, ON NOVEMBER 6TH CASEY EDMONDSON, THE CHAIR OF YOUR CULTURAL HERITAGE BOARD, POINTED OUT THAT ISOLATION OF ROSELAND WAS FROM SANTA ROSA’S URBAN PLANNING.   So IT HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT’S OCCURRED BECAUSE OF THE WAY PLANNERS ACT AND NOT JUST BECAUSE OF THE FREE MARKET.   I SALUTE THE FREE MARKET AND THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT COULD BE HAD TO GO OR 10 000 MORE HOUSING UNITS.   I’M A MEMBER OF THE SONOMA HOUSING ADVOCACY GROUP AND I’M GOING FOR IT.   Sre BUILD AS MUCH AS YOU CAN GIVE ALL THESE DEVELOPERS VERY OPPORTUNITY THEY CAN GET MORE HOUSING IN AS CLOSE TO THE DOWNTOWN CENTRAL AREA.   My POINT OF CONTENTION TODAY IS, I WAS A MEMBER OF THE ROSELAND SPECIFIC PLAN AND IN THE PAST, AS FAR BACK AS THE DOWNTOWN TASK FORCE OF 1994 HAVE BEEN ATTENDING MEETINGS.   Talking ABOUT HOW WE’RE GOING TO MAKE THINGS BETTER FOR THE CITY AND ROSELAND.   With THAT IN MIND, THE ROBERTS AVENUE CONNECTION IS A VITAL THING, NOT JUST FOR THE CITY BUT FOR ROSELAND, AND IT COULD BE THAT THING THAT BROUGHT ENVIRONMENTALly, JUSTICE, AND SOCIAL EQUITY TO US HERE SOME 3 CON STER NATION AT THE END OF THE ROSELAND SPECIFIC Planned PROCESS WE WERE TOLD WHAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT WAS BEING THROWN ASIDE, BECAUSE THE CITY PLANNERS NOW WANTED A TUNNEL UNDER HIGHWAY 12. Now IT APPEARS THAT IT’S BACK IN THE MIX AND SOMETHING DIFFERENT MAY COME FORWARD, AND YOU WANT TO HANG YOUR HOPES UPON A BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN CONNECTION.   Well, WHEN I LOOKED AROUND WHEN THERE were 100 PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM EARLIER, THERE WAS ONLY ONE BICYCLE DOWNSTAIRS: PEOPLE DON’T USE BICYCLES TO GET AROUND SANTA ROSA, AND YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON’T DO THIS PLAN, HOPING FOR SOMETHING That’S NOT GOING TO OCCUR, THAT CONNECTION IS GOING O HAPPEN FOR YOU TO PUT IN A ONE WAY ROAD UNDER THAT OVERPASS THAT EXISTS.   You’re NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO A BIG TUNNEL.   You DON’T HAVE THE MONEY.   You’re NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO A TWO-LANE ROAD BECAUSE IT’S TOO WIDE FOR THERE.   What YOU WITHED, DO A ONE-LANE PAVED CONNECTER AND HAVE A WALKING AND BICYCLING PATH.   Next TO IT.   It WOULD BE MUCH BETTER THAN THAT SMART PATH THEY PUT IN THEY’VE SPENT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, PAVING LAND NEXT TO THE SMART RAIL, FOR PEOPLE TO USE AND VERY FEW BICYCLIST USE IT.   So LET’S GET REAL ABOUT THIS AND PUT IN A ROADWAY AND CONNECT ROSELAND TO DOWNTOWN BECAUSE I DON’T WANT TO RIDE MY BIKE IN THE RAIN.   Thank YOU. Duane CINDY YOUNG, FOLLOWED BY KEITH WOODS, VOLUNTEER AT THE CALIFORNIA WELCOME CENTER AT THE RAILROAD DEPOT IN MELROSE SQUARE.   I CAME HERE BECAUSE WE SEE MANY MANY TRAVELERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD AS WELL AS MANY LOCALS AND MANY COMMUTERS THAT USE THE SMART TRAIN.   The NUMBER ONE COMPLAINT IS ABOUT THE PARKING, NEVER MIND ABOUT THE FEES, BUT THE LIMITED PARKING THAT’S AVAILABLE WITH ONLY TWO OR THREE HOUR TIME LIMIT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE TO MOST PEOPLE THAT COME.   I, AND SO I HOPE YOU’RE, PUTTING SOMETHING INTO YOUR PLAN THAT ADDRESSES THE PARKING SITUATION AROUND THE SMART TRAIN.   Hopefully, THERE WILL BE A PARKING LOT THERE.   Another COMPLAINT THAT I’M EMBARRASSED TO HAVE TO ADDRESS IS CONNECTING TO THE REST OF DOWNTOWN, WHICH YOU ARE ADDRESSING.   Thankfully, IT’S EMBARRASSING TO TELL PEOPLE THEY HAVE O WALK THROUGH THE MALL OR THEY HAVE TO GO UNDER THE UNDERPASS, WHERE THERE ARE A LOT OF SHELTER PEOPLE LIVING.   We’re GRATEFUL FOR THE REDWOOD GOSPEL MISSION AND THE SAINT VINCENT’S WHO HOUSE AND FEED THE SHELTERLESS, AND THERE’S MANY THAT LOITER AROUND ND THIS UM.   This CREATES QUITE A SCENE AROUND THE RAILROAD SQUARE AREA, SO SOMETHING SOME SORT OF RESOURCES AND PLANNING NEEDS TO BE DONE FOR THE HOMELESS IN THE AREA TO BE ADDRESSED.   U ANOTHER ISSUE IS UM PUBLIC RESTROOMS. There ARE NO PUBLIC RESTROOMS IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA, WHICH I HOPE IS BEING ADDRESSED AND THEN THE OTHER ONE OTHER COMPLAINT WE HAVE IS.   There ARE NO marks, NO GROCERY STORES, and NO MARKETS TO PICK UP A SALAD A DRINK, OR AN APPLE.   So THAT IS ALSO SOMETHING THAT’S LACKING IN OUR DOWNTOWN AREA AND RAILROAD SQUARE.   I DO SUPPORT THE UNIFICATION OF THE RAILROAD SQUARE, MAKING IT INTO A SQUARE.   I THINK THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL TO HAVE ANOTHER LITTLE PARK THERE.   However, WE HAVE THE HOMELESS ISSUE TO DEAL WITH FIRST, BECAUSE THAT’S NOT GOING TO MAKE FOR A PLEASANT ENVIRONMENT THERE FOR THE SQUARE.   You’RE ADDRESSING A LOT OF THESE ISSUES AND I HOPE YOU’LL CONTINUE TO HOLD THESE INTO YOUR PLANS.   These are IDEAS, THANK YOU.   Thank YOU.   Keith WOODS FOLLOWED BY PETER RUMBLE. My AME IS KEITH WOODS WORK AT THE NORTH COAST, BUSINESS EXCHANGE, BUT I’M HERE AS A 32-YEAR RESIDENT, NOT REPRESENTING THE ORGANIZATION AND I’VE GOT ONE RESPONSE TO WHAT I’VE SEEN IN THIS PRESENTATION, AND THAT IS SIMPLY WOW.   The WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE ON THIS IS EXTRAORDINARY.   I HAVE BEEN IN THIS TOWN SINCE 1987 AND SEEN A LOT OF PLANS BROUGHT FORWARD, BUT NOTHING AS CREATIVE AND VISIONARY AND APPROPRIATE FOR SANTA ROSA, AS WE’RE IN THE 1ST CENTURY AS WHAT I HAVE SEEN HERE.   It’s GOING TO CREATE A NEW SANTA ROSA, AND I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT IT THAT WAY.   At A MEETING THE OTHER DAY, I REFERRED TO SANTA ROSA AS A CITY TEENAGER AT THAT AWKWARD STAGE BETWEEN BEING A SUBURB OF SAN FRANCISCO, WHICH WE’RE NOT, AND WHILE MAINTAINING OUR AGRICULTURAL ROOTS AND BECOMING A MAJOR CITY WITH THAT AWKWARD STAGE.   This WILL CHANGE ALL OF THAT.   I DON’T THINK PEOPLE REALIZE HOW BIG SANTA ROSA IS AND IS WORTHY OF A PROGRAM OR A PLAN JUST LIKE THIS.   At AROUND 175 000 PEOPLE PETER, I THINK WE’RE THE FIFTH LARGEST CITY IN THE BAY AREA.   Out OF NEARLY 100 COMMUNITIES, WE’RE THE LARGEST, I BELIEVE, BETWEEN SAN FRANCISCO AND PORTLAND OREGON, AND WE DESERVE THIS AND I’M, HOPING IT GETTING THE BROAD SUPPORT IT DOES OUT OF THE 480 OR SO CITIES GIVE OR TAKE IN CALIFORNIA.   This WILL MOVE UP US UP to THE LIST OF GREAT CITIES. I THINK OTHER COMMUNITIES WILL LOOK TO US WITH ENVY IF WE CAN PULL THIS OFF IN THE YEARS AHEAD.   Think THE CITIZENS AND THE BUSINESSES IN SANTA ROSA ARE READY FOR THIS.   Now EVERYONE WILL UNDERSTAND IT.’S GOING TO BE COSTLY, IT’S A COSTLY VENTURE BOTH FOR THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR, BUT I’M, HOPING WE CARRY THE MESSAGE OF US OUT TO THE CITIZENS THAT THIS ISN’T JUST A COST.   This IS AN INVESTMENT AND WE’VE OT TO LOOK AT IT AS AN INVESTMENT AND WHAT IT CAN GENERATE IN TAX DOLLARS AND IDENTITY BUILDING FOR TOURISM IT’S MAKING A FURTHER DESTINATION WE’LL HAVE PAYOFFS TO THAT INVESTMENT.   And I HOPE YOU TAKE A BUSINESS-LIKE APPROACH IN HOW YOU’LL GO ABOUT ALL OF THIS.   I’M IN THE UNCOMFORTABLE POSITION OF AGREEING WITH MY FRIEND MARK MARTINI, WHICH FEELS UNCOMFORTABLE, BUT HE’S RIGHT.   We CAN’T LET THIS GO ON A SHELF AND NOT CARRIED OUT.   This SHOULDN’T BE A STRATEGIC VISIONARY PLAN, BUT IT HAS TO BE A PURE, UNADULTERATED PLAN.   I COMMEND THE STAFF FROM TOP TO BOTTOM FOR EVERYTHING THEY’VE DONE TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN, AND ONCE AGAIN, I JUST SAY WOW TO ALL OF THIS, AND I HOPE YOU FAST TRACK THIS TO MAKE THIS DREAM A REALITY, BECAUSE I’M GETTING OLD AND Well, I being OLD, BUT I WANT TO SEE THIS HAPPEN, SO CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL MOVE AHEAD ON THIS.   Thank YOU. Peter RUMBLE FOLLOWED BY JOHN STUART, MR MAYOR PLANNING, COMMISSION CITY COUNCIL, PETER RUMBLE, NOT JUST THE FIFTH LARGEST CITY IN THE BAY AREA, BUT THE 26TH LARGE EVIDENT CITY IN CALIFORNIA, LARGEST CITY IN CALIFORNIA, THAT’S FUN.   I WANTED TO RAISE A COUPLE OF POINTS AFTER I JOIN MANY OTHERS IN COMMENDING STAFF AND THE CITY I CAN’T.   I CAN’T REMEMBER A TIME WHERE STAFF WAS WILLING O DROP EVERYTHING AND GO OUT TO A COMMUNITY MEETING.   Mick’s PRESENTATION COLLECT INPUT LIKE THEY WERE IN THIS PROCESS.   It’s TO BE COMMENDED WITH, LIKE, I THINK, A DAY,’S NOTICE A DAY, PATRICK SHOWED UP, AND IT’S APPRECIATED UM.   I THINK THAT WE WANT TO MAKE CLEAR THAT THIS PLAN SORT OF HOLDS SWAY WITH EVERY OTHER PLAN THAT IS OUT THERE.   We WANT TO MAKE SURE THIS IS THE OVERRIDING PLAN AND I THINK THAT NEEDS AN AFFIRMATIVE STATEMENT.   These ARE THINGS I’M HEARING THROUGH THE PRESENTATION.   I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE EXPLICIT ABOUT THEM.   I THINK WE ALSO WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE MEET THE INTENT TO CONTINUE TO BUILD UP AND NOT ACCIDENTALLY DOWN ZONE, AND THIS IS A POINT THAT IS A LITTLE BIT MORE TECHNICAL. It’s JUST SORT OF AN UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE WHERE WE MIGHT FIND ONE PARCEL DOWN THE ROAD PROVIDING DIRECTION TO STAFF, TO KIND OF FOLLOW THE INTENT AND THE VISION TO BUILD UP, AND SORT OF DEACON FL FLIKTS ANYTHING THAT MIGHT DOWN ZONE TO MOVE UP.   I WANT TO JOIN WITH TRANSFORM AND COMMEND THIS NOTION OF ELIMINATING PARKING REQUIREMENTS AND ALLOWING THE MARKET AND THE DEVELOPER TO FIND WHAT WORKS BEST FOR THAT DEVELOPMENT.   So REALLY WANT TO COMMEND THAT AS WELL AS I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE NOTE THAT PARKING IS NOT PART OF THE FAR CALCULATION.   We HEARD THAT IN THE PRESENTATION I WANT TO BE SURE YOUR COUNCIL PROVIDES AFFIRMATIVE DIRECTION IN THAT YOUR COUNSEL PROVIDES AFFIRMATIVE DIRECTION.   In THAT TO TAKE CARE OF THE ISSUES BROUGHT UP THROUGH QUESTIONS, I DO WANT TO BE SURE THAT YOUR COUNCIL KNOWS, AND THE PLANNING COUNCIL KNOWS, THE CHAMBER IS READY TO WORK ON FREID TO HELP THE FINANCING DISTRICTS TO MAKE SURE THIS CITY HAS THE FUNDING NECESSARY To DO THE INFRA STRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS WE NEED TO SUPPORT THIS KIND OF A DEVELOPMENT, OF COURSE, DISTRICTS, THE DOWNTOWN DISTRICTS, AND CHAMBERS READY TO WORK ON WAKE FINDING AND BEAUTIFICATION, AND THE ISSUES DOWNTOWN.   Thank YOU.   Much STAFF DID A GOOD JOB, JOHN STUART, FOLLOWED BY HEATH 3 OR ME.   This IS A YOGIE BEAR MOMENT.   I HAVE BEEN COMING UP HERE FOR 30 YEARS.   John STUART, I’M THE PRINCIPAL AT AN LLC CALLED THE SANTA ROSA CANNERS THAT’S ALSO BEEN RENAMED THE FOOLS ERRAND AND WE’RE STILL AT IT. I’M A GRANDFATHER NOW MANY TIMES OVER.   I WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE STAFF ON THIS WORK.   They’RE DOING.   We’re VERY ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT WHAT YOU’RE.   You ARE DOING.   We’VE TRACKED THIS THING.   I REMEMBER WHEN WE WERE COMING UP HERE IN’07.   There WAS NO PLAN.   Now THERE IS, AND YOU’RE AMENDING IT.   I CONGRATULATE YOU, I REMEMBER MEETING STAFF PEOPLE HERE WHEN THEY WERE SINGLE, THEN THEY WERE ENGAGED, AND THEN THEY GOT MARRIED. They HAD BABIES AND NOW THE BABIES ARE IN GRADUATE SCHOOL.   So I AM UM VERY HAPPY TO BE BACK HERE.   I SAID A SUMMARY OF OUR INTERESTING TRAGIC COMIC SCENARIO ON THIS PROJECT, WHICH STARTED IN IN’99.   We’VE SPENT THREE OR FOUR YEARS FROM INDISCERNIBLE WITH THE CUT TRIAL HERITAGE BOARD AND GETTING PERMISSION TO DECONSTRUCT THE VARIOUS WALLS AND KEEP CERTAIN WALLS.   We CUT A DEAL.   There WAS ANOTHER CHAIR.   There WERE THREE CHAIRS IN THAT FOUR: THE CITY, THE REGIONAL WATER, QUALITY CONTROL BOARD AND SMART.   We CUT A DEAL WHERE WE PRESERVED MOST, BUT NOT ALL THE WALLS THAT PEOPLE SAW IN’08.   We ALSO, THEN, WERE ABLE TO ACCESS THE SOIL TO GO DOWN AND DO FOUR YEARS WORTH OF WORK WITH THE REGIONAL WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARD, WHICH IS IT WAS A POSITIVE EXPERIENCE BECAUSE THEY TOLD US HOW HIGH THE BAR WAS SET.   We HAVE NO FURTHER ACTION LETTERS, WE DID SOIL MEDIATION AND GROUND WATER, BOTH AT 18 FEET. We THEN GOTTEN TIGHT.   We GOT ENTITLED INTO’08 AND WE GOT THE SMART PROPERTY, WHICH IS NOT ONE3 OF MY MOST BRILLIANT MOVES, BUT WE WANTED TO DO THE SITE IN TOTAL AND AT THE TIME IT SEEMED LIKE A GREAT IDEA.   In THEORY, WE SHOULD DO RAILROAD SQUARE IN ONE SWOOP.   The ECONOMY, DOESN’T ALWAYS LISTEN TO THE PLANNERS.   This is THAT REGARD AND YOU HAVE TO DO WHAT YOU CAN DO.   We WERE ENTITLED IN 39, 09 FOR AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT AND THE CITY DECIDED IT WASN’T.’T WHAT THEY WANTED.   They WANTED TO PROCEED WITH SOMETHING THAT WAS ENCUMBRANCING INVOLVING THE SMART PROPERTY AND OURS.   They DIDN’T LIKE IT.   It’s A SENIOR SITE, SO THEY REJECTED IT AND WE HAVE BEEN UM ON THE SIDELINES SINCE UH 2013.   John. If YOU WRAP UP YOUR COMMENTS, YEAH UM, I WANT TO COMPLIMENT YOU ON LOOKING AT THE ACCESS TO THE CREEK.   We DESIGNED OUR WHOLE SITE SO THAT IT HAD A 47-FOOT SWATH LEADING TO THE CREEK.   We DID THAT FROM THE BEGINNING, WORKING WITH THE CULTURAL HERITAGE BOARD.   I LIKE YOUR CONCEPT ABOUT THE FAR JOHN.   I HAVE TO ASK YOU TO STOP.   Our BUZZER IS NOT WORKING.   Everyone IS ENTITLED TO THREE MINUTES.   Thank YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS OF THE HEATH FOLLOWED BY EFFRAN EFFRAN LEFT.   Oh, YOU, ‘RE HERE YOU MOVED 204 STREET HEATH, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION S MOST OF YOU KNOW.   My FIRM HAS DEVELOPED AND BUILT MOST OF THE NEW BUILDINGS AND VARIOUS KINDS OVER THE LAST 25 YEARS, SO I HAVE A PERSPECTIVE AND LOOKED AT THE PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE WITH SOME ARE BEFORE COMING FORWARD. To MAKE A FEW COMMENTS, I ALSO DO WANT TO COMMEND THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, PATRICK STREETER, AND HIS TEAM, FOR LISTENING CAREFULLY TO THE COMMENTS THAT PRACTITIONERS BROUGHT FORTH IN THIS PROCESS.   That WILLINGNESS TO LISTEN IS PRUDENT TO SOME DEGREE.   It WAS LACKING 13 YEARS AGO WITH THE PRIOR PLAN.   I HAVE VERY QUICKLY A JUST A NATURE OF A TECHNICAL QUESTION AND THREE MAIN OBSERVATIONS.   The TECHNICAL QUESTION CONCERNS THE ROAD DIETING IN THE PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE ALONG THIRD STREET.   There’s A LOT OF LANGUAGE ABOUT THAT.   I’M OPERATING ON THE ASSUMPTION AND I GUESS I’M – DIRECTING IT TO PATRICK THAT’S, THE KIND OF TECHNICAL THING DRILLED DOWN ON IN THE COURSE OF THE NEXT PHASES OF THE PROJECT, BECAUSE THERE’S A SECTION OF THIRD STREET THAT MAY Benefit FROM THAT THAT’S NOT CALLED OUT FOR ROAD DIETING, ALTHOUGH IT’S CALLED OUT FOR LANDSCAPE ENHANCEMENT, THAT’S ONE QUESTION VERY QUICKLY.   Three OBSERVATIONS, ONE IS THE FAR CONCEPT.   The NUMBERS, THE MAXIMUMS AND THE BORDERS ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, WITHOUT ANY EXCEPTION.   The JOB ON THAT IS OUTSTANDING. Second, PLEASE STAY AWAY FROM BEING TOO PRESCRIPTIVE IN THE PLAN WITH HOUSING TYPES AND THOSE OF US IN THE MARKET, AS PRACTITIONERS UNDERSTAND THE MARKET BETTER THAN THE CITY OR CITY CO CONSULTANTS.   Could OUR PROBLEM3 IS NOT A HOUSING PROBLEM? It’S A DIFFERENT PROBLEM, THE SUGGESTION WE HEARD FROM ONE COMMENTARY THEY SHOULD BE A MAXIMUM OF 1 0.   Don’T DO THAT.   There’S OCCASIONS FOR FAMILY UNITS, FOR EXAMPLE, AND PARKING CREATING A 2 0 FOR THAT UNIT IS REALLY NECESSARY.   The THIRD ISSUE IN THE ONE I WOULD REALLY STRESS HERE IS THAT THE MAIN CONTRIBUTION THE CITY CAN MAKE3 TO TRANSFORMING OUR DOWNTOWN IN THE M IN THE MANNER THAT KEIT WOODS MENTIONED.   Is INFRASTRUCTURE INTEREST A PLAN LIKE THIS WHEN IT’S CAREFULLY THOUGHT THROUGH THAT LACKS AMBIGUOUS AND CONTRADICTORY LANGUAGE IS ESSENTIAL, AND CITY STAFF HAS GREAT CREDIT FOR BEING THIS FORWARD.   Infrastructure IS CRITICAL AND THAT’S ONE THING YOU CAN DO – ENHANCE INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCIAL DISTRICTS AND THAT’S THE TOOL.   So I ENCOURAGE YOU TO FOCUS IN ON THAT AND REFERENCE IT IN THE PLAN AND MAKE THIS A TOP PRIORITY.   Thank YOU.   Thank YOU. Rank FOLLOWED BY STEVE BURDABA HONORABLE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION, EFFRAN LIFELONG RESIDENT OF SANTA ROSA STAFF PUT INTO RACTICE THE COUNCIL’S DESIRE FOR A COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND ENGAGEMENT.   Contrary TO THE COMMENTS HERE FROM PUBLIC FROM THE CITY – AND I WANT TO COMMEND PATRICK CLAIRE AND DAVID FOR FOLLOWING THROUGH ON THEIR STATEMENTS FROM THE LAST JOINT SESSION, WE HAD IN JANUARY EARLIER THIS YEAR, A PLAN THAT SUPPORTS A DENSE AND LIVABLE PANEL OF DEVELOPMENT IS3.   Where WE’RE AFFORDED THE GREATEST OPPORTUNITY TO SUPPORT A VIBRANT ENVIRONMENT DAY AND NIGHT HERE TO SUPPORT THE ALTERNATIVE, PREFERRED PLANNED CONCEPT WHICH REALLY BRINGS IN VARIOUS COMPONENTS OF WHAT WAS DISCUSSED HERE AT PRIOR JOINT STUDY SESSIONS, BUT ALSO ONE THAT INTERCONNECTS OUR STREETS.   Our PARKS AND PUBLIC SPACES AND OUR VILLAGE CENTERS, AS WE LOOK AT THE DEVELOPMENT AND PUTTING THE PLAN INTO ACTION, I THINK IT’S IMPORTANT FOR US TO CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON A MULTI MOBILE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, AS IT HAS BEEN DESCRIBED BY SOME OF THE PUBLIC Comments EARLIER TODAY, BUT ONE THAT DOES SO IN A WAY THAT PROVIDES A VIABLEAL TURN TI A VIABLE ALTERNATIVE CASE.   There’S AN ALTERNATIVE FOR FOLKS WHO DON’T HAVE A FULL RELIANCE ON THE AUTOMOBILE.   It’S GOOD, FOR THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND FOR THE ENVIRONMENT.   Reducing REQUIREMENTS ON PARK AND PROVIDING FLEXIBILITY IS KEY AS WELL AS FOCUSING ON THE HEIGHT RESTRICTIONS, AND I THINK, WHILE THERE IS A NECESSAITY TO E SENSITIVE, SOME OF THE HEIGHT RESTRICTIONS IN THESE AREAS MAY VERY WELL PROVE TO BE OVERLY RESTRICTIVE AND IN DIRECT OPPOSITION TO The FUNDAMENTAL GOALS OF THE PLAN, AS YOU MOVE FORWARD IN ACKNOWLEDGING THAT CONSTRICT, I THINK WE HAVE TO LOOK AT A BALANCING ACT MOVING FORWARD.   I PERSONALLY BELIEVE LESS RESTRICTION IS BETTER AS WE LOOK TOWARDS HOUSING AND THE HOUSING MAKES AND THE CORE AND THE VILLAGE CENTERS.   I THINK IT’S IMPORTANT O, ENSURE THERE’S A WIDE RANGE OF HOUSING CHOICES FOR INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES, WITH A DIVERSE SET OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC BACKGROUND THAT WILL BE CRITICAL.   The PLAN BEFORE YOU IS NOT ONLY A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, BUT RATHER A LEAP TOWARDS HE CITY REACHING ITS FULL POTENTIAL. Thank YOU, MR MAYOR.   Thank YOU, STEVE, FOLLOWED BY LOIS FISHER, STEVE WITH THE TRANSPORTATION AND LAND USE COALITION.   I WANT TO BE THE THIRD PERSON TO CONFIRM THE IDEA THAT PARKING SHOULD NOT BE REGULATED, LET THE BUILDER AND THE FINANCING AGENCIES.   The BANKS DECIDE HOW MANY PARKING PLACES A PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT NEEDS TO HAVE.   They KNOW MUCH MORE ABOUT WHAT’S NEEDED THAN ANY OF US DO AND THEY TEND TO LEAN IN THE DIRECTION OF TOO MUCH PARKING, BUT LET THEM MAKE THE DECISION DON’T JUST ESTABLISH PARKING MINIMUMS, SO THAT SHOULD BE FOR THE ENTIRE DISTRICT.   What WE ARE FINDING IS THAT WITH E BIKES, ELECTRIC BIKES AND ELECTRIC SCOOTERS, THE CATCH AREA FOR THE STATION HAS EXPANDED IT’S NO LONGER THE HALF MILE THAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN CONSIDERING IS THE DISTANCE THAT PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO WALK TO THE TRAIN.   The TRAIN IS CARRYING LOTS OF BICYCLES, THE IDEA OF RENTING BIKES AND BEING ABLE TO DRIVE TO THE STATION AND LEAVE THEM AT THE STATION IS PICKING UP STEAM, AND SO THE ENTIRE AREA SHOULD BE LOOKED AT AS A CATCHMENT AREA FOR THE TRAVEL ON SMART.   So THAT BRINGS US TO THE IDEA THAT WE NEED TO TO WALK AND FOR PEOPLE TO BIKE LET’S INCLUDE IN THIS PLAN THE IDEA THAT WE HAVE LIMITED SPEEDS, DOWNTOWN AND GOOD PLACES FOR PEOPLE TO USE THEIR BIKES AND THEIR ELECTRIC SCOOTERS.   Thank YOU.   Thank YOU, STEVE LOIS, FIBBER FISHER FISHER, FOLLOWED BY CLIFF. My NAME IS LOIS FISHER AND I ACTUALLY NEED TO HAVE A PREFERRED PLAN CONCEPT FAR BROUGHT UP IF POSSIBLE.   I WANTED TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER ROGERS FOR ASKING ABOUT THE SQUARE IN RAILROAD SQUARE, WHICH I’M HERE TO PROMOTE.   One THING I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE PLAN DO AS COUNCILMEMBER ROGERS MENTIONED, IS IN ISN’T IN THE PLAN AND PART OF THE REASON IT’S.   Hard TO SEE IS CORE HOUSE SQUARE IS RIGHT HERE AND IT’S GREEN, AND I GUESS THE VISION IS THAT THIS IS THE POTENTIAL SQUARE RIGHT HERE, AND IT SHOULD PROBABLY BE GREEN IN THIS FAR PLAN NOW.   I THINK IT HAS AR FIVE, WHICH IS REALLY NOT REALLY PRACTICAL, CONSIDERING IT’S A PARK AND THERE’S A HISTORIC DEPOT WITHIN THAT SITE.   I WOULD LIKE IT TO MATCH THE CORE HOUSE SQUARE GARDEN ON THAT ONE.   The NEXT ITEM IS THE PREFERRED PLAN CONCEPT, DESIGN CONSIDERATION.   I GUESS THE NEXT SLIDE.   I DIDN’T CATCH THAT HICH SLIDE.   The NEXT SLIDE HAS DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS YEAH YOU JUST PASSED IT OKAY, YOU CAN SEE AGAIN HERE. The COURTHOUSE SQUARE IS GREEN AND RAILROAD SQUARE IS ACTUALLY IT SHOWS IT HAS A PRESERVATION DISTRICT ON IT, AND I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT FOR THE DEPOT BUILDING ITSELF, BUT I DON’T WANT TO PRESERVE THAT PARKING LOT INTO PERPETUITY.   I LIKE TO HAVE THE PRESERVATION DISTRICT.   Maybe EVEN A LITTLE ASTERISK IN DENOTING THE DEPOT ITSELF, BUT NOT SPILLING OVER ON TO THE REST OF THE PLAN.   And THEN I THINK SOMEONE MENTIONED THAT THE IDEA OF A GREEN SCRAPE WOULD ENCOURAGE THE HOMELESS POPULATION IN THAT AREA, AND WE HAVE TWO ALTERNATIVES FOR THE COURTHOUSE NEAR RAILROAD SQUARE AND ONE IS A GREEN SPACE AND EVERYBODY HAS BEEN SAYING THEY PREFER THE HARDSCAPE AND WE’RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN DO ADDRESS THAT IN OUR DESIGN.   Thank YOU.   Thank YOU.   Cliff, FOLLOWED BY RICK TICE HELLO REGARDING THE CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH ROBERTS, AVENUE THE UNDERPASS OR THE THEY’LL MAKES TOTAL SENSE.   It NEEDS TO BE UPGRADED WITH LIGHTS AND WIDENED, BUT WE NEVER GET CARS DOWN THERE.   Dunten AVENUE IS CROWDED, WE NEED A WAY TO GET ACROSS.   The OBERTS AVENUE UNDER PASS MAKES SENSE, BUT THERE’S NO MONEY TO DO IT, BUT WE CAN DO A TAX FINANCING AS A POSSIBILITY IF WE STRAIGHTEN OUT ROBERTS AVENUE. So IT GOES STRAIGHT TO SABSACO, ROAD AND CORRECTED TO TIMOTHY.   Tim KNEE CAN GO TO BARHAM AND YOU CAN GO TO 101, SO WE YOU CAN CONTINUE TO BARHAM.   If WE ENCOURAGE A DEVELOPER TO STRAIGHTEN, WE CAN PLAN FOR THE ONE PASS IN THE FUTURE IN THE UNDERPASS WHEN WE CAN AFFORD IT AND WHEN THE TRAFFIC DICTATES THAT IT WOULD WORK.   I’VE TALKED TO DEVELOPERS AND THEY’RE IN FAVOR OF DOING SUCH.   But WE NEED A LOT OF SUPPORT FROM GOVERNMENT AND FROM CALTRANS WILL HAVE TO GET on ONBOARD TO DO AN UNDERPASS, THE CITY’S, ENGINEERING AND TRAFFIC STUDIES HAVE SAID THE ONLY PLACE YOU CAN PUT AN OVER OR UNDERPASS BETWEEN 101 AND STONEY POINT’S, ROBERTS AVENUE.   So I’M ENCOURAGING THAT WE DON’T SELF, THE UNDERPASS, BUT WE CAN CARE FOR THAT IN THE FUTURE.   Thank YOU.   Thank YOU.   Rick TICE, FOLLOWED BY RICHARD CAL LYLE.   What A GREAT PLEASURE TO BE HERE. I WAS A FORMER SANTA ROSA PLANNING COMMISSION AND I WANT TO SAY AN ADVOCATE FOR SMART GROVE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FOR 35 YEARS IN SONOMA COUNTY.   It WAS.   The OTHER THING I WANT TO DO IS THANK LL.   The THREE STAFF PEOPLE SITTING IN FRONT OF YOU FROM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND MR ROSE UP HERE, WHO HELPED SONOMA ACADEMY, BUILD THE MOST SUSTAINABLE BUILDINGS IN AMERICA AND IN 2018, ONE VIRTUALLY EVERY AWARD FOR SUSTAINABLE DESIGN AND PERFORMANCE, AND I OVERSAW THE DEVELOPMENT OF THAT PROJECT.   And THEY WERE A GREAT PLEASURE TO WORK WITH.   I DO WANT TO SAY IT WAS A DISAPPOINTMENT TO HEAR PATRICK STREETER SAY THAT WE STILL HAVE NO SENSE OF PLACE HERE IN SANTA ROSA AND 20 YEARS AGO.   The AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECT STUDY CAME HERE AND TOLD US THE SAME THING: THERE’S NO SENSE OF PLACE IN SANTA ROSA.   This COULD BE A CITY IN IOWA HOW DISAPPOINTING THIS PLAN COULD BE TRANSFORMATIONAL, AND I CAN’T BELIEVE THAT KEITH WOODS AND I ARE STANDING SIDE BY SIDE IN TOTAL AGREEMENT, LAUGHTER, UNBELIEVABLE ANYWAY, AND WHEN I TOOK THE FIRST WALK TOWARD PATRICK STREETER.   People SAID: WHERE ARE PEOPLE GOING TO BE PARKED? You’RE GOING TO BE FACED WITH THAT PROBLEM.   I SAW AN AN INTERESTING ARTICLE ABOUT WHEN THEY BUILD GIANT STADIUM. The BUSINESS COMMUNITY WAS ADAMANT.   We NEEDED 100 000 NEW PARKING PLACES, OR IT WOULD CREATE GHOST TOWN IN SAN FRANCISCO ECONOMIC, INDISCERNIBLE AND ALAN JACOBS, WHO WAS THE PROFESSIONER AND CHAIR OF UC BERKELEY OF REGIONAL GURU ON PARKING AS PARKING WITH THE REST OF LIFE.   The BEST PATH IS SOPHISTICATED, AND YET SIMPLE SAN FRANCISCO SHOULD DO NOTHING IN FACT, SO THAT’S WHAT HAPPENED AND WITHOUT 10 000 NEW PARKING PLACES.   Well, IT’S, NOT A GHOST TOWN AND IN FACT IT HAS BECOME THE CONTRARY, AND INVESTMENT HAS BROUGHT DISPLACEMENT.   It’S EXTREMELY A HUGE SUCCESS.   The OTHER THING I WANTED TO POINT OUT IS AFFORDABILITY OF HOUSING.   If WE WANT SMART TO BE SUCCESSFUL, WE NEED TO HAVE AN ABUNDANCE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND A MINIMUM OF A MINIMUM OF MARKET RATE HOUSING AROUND RAILROAD SQUARE, AND I’LL SEND – IS COPIES FOR TRANSIT NEIGHBORHOODS, WHICH EXPLAINS DWR HAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN.   Thank YOU VERY MUCH AND GOOD LUCK.   Richard CARLISLE, FOLLOWED BY PETER STANLEY THANK YU, MR MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL AND PLANNING COMMISSION.   I’M RICHARD CARLISLE, ALSO A FORMER PLANNING COMMISSIONER, WHO WAS INVOLVED WITH THE ORIGINAL STATIONARY PLAN, AND I WANT TO COMMEND STAFF FOR REALLY TAKING THE ORIGINAL PLAN AND PUTTING SOME UMPED TO IT. I THINK IT’S A GREAT ADDITION AND CHANGES TO THE PLAN TO GIVE MEAT TO IT ANYWAY.   Job WELL DONE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS I WANT TO MAKE IN GOING THROUGH SOME F THE PUBLIC HEARINGS WITH STAFF AND IN THE PAST.   Here I NOTICED THAT THE EAST SIDE, WHICH IS BETWEEN E STREET AND BROOKWOOD, IT SEEMS TO ME, LIKE THAT,’S, A GOOD OPPORTUNITY AREA.   You HAVE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ON THE EAST, DOING A VAST EXPANSION, SO YOU HAVE AN EMPLOYMENT BASE.   There.   You HAVE A SMALL SHOPPING CENTER RIGHT THERE.   You HAVE A POLICE STATION, YOU HAVE A FIRE STATION, YOU HAVE SANTA ROSA CREEK THAT CONNECTS IT BACK INTO DOWNTOWN.   That COULD BE A PEDESTRIAN WAY, SO IT HAS A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME IMMEDIATE HOUSING RIGHT ADJACENT TO THE DOWNTOWN, SO I THINK THAT SHOULD BE LOOKED INTO.   Secondly, I WANT TO SUPPORT WHAT LOIS FISHER SAID AS A LONG TIME OWNER PROPERTY OWNER IN RAILROAD SQUARE.   I THINK HAVING THE SQUARE REDONE IN RAILROAD SQUARE IS FANTASTIC. You HAVE THE HISTORIC STONE BUILDINGS THERE WHERE WE COULD CREATE A PIAZA, AND I CAN’T TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES I STOOD THERE AND OBSERVED PEOPLE COMING OFF THE TRAIN NEWCOMERS TO SANTA ROSA.   They GET OFF AND DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO.   They WALK DOWN THE MIDDLE OF FOURTH STREET BECAUSE THERE’S NO INDISCERNIBLE THERE.   So WE REALLY WOULD APPRECIATE EMPHASIZING THAT SQUARE REDONE THERE FOR AN ENTRANCE IN THE SANTA ROSA AS COMING OFF THE TRAIN AND, AS YOU KNOW, THE MERCHANTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS BACK THAT WE APPROVED THE NEW FINANCIAL PACKAGE JUST RECENTLY TO HELP SUPPORT THAT I WANT TO EMPHASIZE.   Hopefully WE CAN GET THAT SQUARE.   It TOOK A LONG TIME TO GET COURTHOUSE SQUARE.   Maybe WE CAN GET THIS ONE FASTER.   Thank YOU, PETER STANLEY AM I ON CHAIR, CISCO AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION AND COUNCIL.   My NAME IS PETER STANNER WITH ARCHAEOLOGICALS AND A DOWNTOWN BUSINESS OWNER.   I WANT TO ADD MY ONGRATULATIONS TO STAFF FOR THIS WORK. They HAVE DONE.   It HAS BEEN A VAST IMPROVEMENT OVER WHERE WE STARTED IN 2007.   We’RE HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.   I’VE SUBMITTED A LETTER TO COUNCIL AND TO THE COMMISSION WITH A COUPLE OF DOZEN DORESMENTS FROM DOWNTOWN A DOZEN ENDORSEMENTS IN SUPPORT OF THIS PLAN, BUT COMMENTS AS WE KNOW, THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAILS AND PATRICK MADE IT CLEAR THAT’S, WHERE WE’RE HEADED IS TO WORK THROUGH THESE DETAILS.   First AND FOREMOST, I WANT TO SUPPORT THIS UM SIGNIFICANT CHANGE FROM CD DISTRICTS AND HEIGHT CAPS INTO FAR.   I THINK THIS IS A CREATIVE APPROACH.   This IS A WAY FOR US TO GET THE DENSITY WE WANT.   It LEAVES IT IN THE HANDS OF THE DEVELOPER AND THE MARKET TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE IT WORK.   It’S, TIME TO START LETTING HE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY WORK THROUGH ALL OF THESE PROBLEMS.   As WE KNOW IT’S NOT JUST ONE THING: IT’S AN AVALANCHE OF ISSUES WE HAVE TO ADDRESS IN NOTE I WANT TO MAKE. Is WE HAVE THIS EDGE CONDITIONS IN THIS COMMUNITY IN THE DOWNTOWN PLANNING AREA? We HAVE AREAS RIGHT OR DEVELOPMENT BY THEIR VACANT LOTS OR UNDER UTILIZED LOTS THAT DO NOT HISTORIC LOTS, BUT THEY MAY FALL ON THE END OF HISTORIC DISTRICTS.   I THINK IT’S ON EVERYBODY’S, MIND, BUT THIS OTION OF COMPATIBILITY BECOMES A DIFFICULT THING TO OVERCOME AT TIMES, BECAUSE THAT’S A SUBJECTIVE APPROACH.   If IT’S A PIECE, IF PIECE OF DIRT HAS BEEN SITTING FOR 30 YEARS, WHAT IS ITS COMPATIBILITY AND WHAT DEVELOPMENT CAN WE PUT ON THE SITE AND I’M, SPEAKING OF THE SMART SITE AT THIS POINT.   There’S OTHER EDGE CONDITION SITES, AND WE HAVE AN FAR ON THAT SITE, WHICH IS ENCOURAGING FOR DENSE DEVELOPMENT, BUT IT’S SURROUNDED BY ONE AND TWO STORY.   Buildings IS COMPATIBILITY, AN ISSUE AS WE MOVE DOWN THE ROAD.   I THINK SUBJECTIVE LANGUAGE HAS A WAY OF CAUSING PROBLEMS DOWN THE ROAD, NOT BY ANYBODY.’S, IT’S NOT BY PLAN, BUT IT COMES OUT AS WE TRY TO MOVE THROUGH WITH PROJECTS ON THE GROUND.   So, FLEXIBILITY IN THE APPROACH, GIVEN THAT FLEXIBILITY OF PLANNING STAFF COMMUNITY BENEFITS THAT ALLOWS US TO ENHANCE AND MOVE AND BRING IN ANY IDEAS AND PATRICK, HAS MADE IT CLEAR STAFF MADE IT CLEAR.   We DO NOT HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS NOW AND WE DON’T KNOW WHERE THE ANSWERS ARE GOING TO BE, BUT WE’RE WORKING TOWARDS THAT.   A LOT OF US HAVE BEEN HERE FOR A LONG TIME.   40 YEARS, I’VE BEEN HERE TRYING TO EXPAND ON THIS. I JUST WANT TO QUICKLY SAY ALSO THAT I SAT ON THE COMMISSION WITH COMMISSIONER, CISCO AND ROBERTS.   Road CONNECTION IS A CRITICAL PIECE OF THE CIRCULATION BETWEEN ROSELAND AND INTO THAT DOWNTOWN PLAN.   I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING WE TALKED ABOUT A LOT AND IT WAS PUT IN THERE FOR A REASON.   I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO KEEP LOOKING AT THAT.   Thank YOU GREAT.   Thank YOU.   Those ARE ALL THE CA ALL THE CARDS.   We HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANY OF THE COMMENTS THAT YOU LIKE TO ASK STAFF BEFORE WE GO TO THE FIVE QUESTIONS.   Mr TIBBETTS, THANK YOU MAYOR.   One QUESTION I DID HAVE FOR YOU GUYS IS RELATING TO HOW HISTORICAL BUILDINGS AND DISTRICTS COME TO BE FORMED AND TO MR STANLEY’S POINT: HOW DO WE TAKE THE SUBJECTIVITY OUT OF IT AND TURN IT TO AN OBJECTIVE PROCESS YEAH? So WE DO HAVE THE CULTURAL HERITAGE BOARD IS CREATED BY THE COUNCIL AND APPOINTED BY THE COUNCIL, AND ONE OF THEIR TASK, IN ADDITION TO DESIGN OR DEVELOPMENT REVIEW, IS ALSO TO UM TO ESTABLISH OUR PRESERVATION DISTRICTS AND WE DO HAVE A COUNSEL ADOPTED A DOCUMENT. It DOES COME FROM THE COUNSEL, GIVING DIRECTION AND WHAT THE STRUCTURE IS FOR THAT, AND, AS I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, WE DO HAVE A SECTION IN THE ZONING CODE THAT’S APPLICABLE TO AREAS IN OUR HISTORIC PRESERVATION DISTRICTS.   As PART OF THIS PLAN, WE WOULD NOT BE TOUCHING THAT SECTION, BUT SINCE IT IS IT’S COUNCIL CREATED IF WE HAD SUPPORT FROM THE COUNCIL TO CREATE FLEXIBILITY.   That WOULD BE SOMETHING WE WOULD PURSUE WITH AS WE WORKOUT THE IMPLEMENTING THE ZONING AMENDING OTHER SECTIONS.   As NECESSARY, THANK YOU AND WHAT WOULD IT COST TO DO? A FULL IR ACROSS THE CITY, PROBLEMATIC, EIR, TO ADDRESS HISTORIC RESOURCES TO ADDRESS THE SEQUA TYPE AREAS? What WE’RE DOING WITH THE AREAS I DON’T HAVE THE ABILITY TO ANSWER THAT.   That’S, NOT SOMETHING WE CAN ESTIMATE FOR YOU TONIGHT.   Obviously, WE’RE GOING THROUGH A GENERAL PLAN UPDATE PROCESS IT’S, A COMPREHENSIVE UPDATE AND THE ENTIRETY OF THE CONTRACT IS 2, 5 MILLION AND PART F.   That A BIG PART IS ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW PROCESS.   But THAT’S A PROBLEM, SPECIFIC ERI AND IT’S HIGHER.   It GETS DOWN TO DEVELOPMENT PROCESSYS AND IS WHEN WE DO THE GENERAL PLAN.   It’S NOT AT A SPECIFIC PLAN LEVEL. It’S HIGHER THANKS THAT’S, ALL MY QUESTIONS, ANY QUESTIONS AS A RESULT OF PUBLIC COMMENT.   Could YOU PUT UP SLIDE 35 WITH YOUR FIVE QUESTIONS AND SHARE CISCO START WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION.   3.   Commissioners.   Now IS THE TIME TO MAKE YOUR COMMENTS AND ALSO KEEP IN MIND ANSWERING THESE PARTICULAR QUESTIONS FOR STAFF, AS WELL AS ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU WANT TO ADD.   So, COMMISSIONER, DUGGAN, OKAY, THANK YOU.   This IS A VERY UNUSUAL HEARING WHERE MOST OF THE COMMENTERS FROM WHO HAVE BEEN WATCHING US AND LISTENING TO YOU HAVE SAID POSITIVE THINGS ABOUT THIS PLAN.   So THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND IT’S.   Obviously, UM GOT A LOT OF SUPPORT IN THE COMMUNITY, SO I ONLY HAVE A COUPLE OF I HAVE A COUPLE OF INDISCERNIBLE AND JUST MY ANSWERS TO YOUR QUESTIONS.   So I GUESS I’M MOST CONCERNED ABOUT SOME OF THE AREAS ABOUT THE HISTORIC DISTRICTS LIKE ON THE OPPORTUNITY AREA SLIDE, SHOWING THE THE OLD POST OFFICE BUILDING AND NOW THE NEW MUSEUM AS PART OF THE NEW OPPORTUNITY AREA. Why WOULD WE INCLUDE A HISTORIC BUILDING THAT’S IN GREAT USE RIGHT NOW AS PART OF AN OPPORTUNITY AREA, JUST THE BOUNDARIES THAT HAVE SLIDE ARE CONCERNING TO ME, BUT THE HISTORIC DISTRICTS AND THE CONCEPT OF FAR IS AN INTRIGUING ONE, BUT THE SAME THING AS Far AS ON THE MAP OF THE PREFERRED PLAN, THE CONCEPT FAR MAP AND SHOWING THE CORE DISTRICT, I THINK MAYBE SOME OF THOSE SHOULD BE REEVALUATED AND MAKE THOSE LOWER.   As YOU INDICATED, THE PARCEL AS PART OF SAINT ROSE, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO LOWER TWO TO THREE FOR THAT PARCEL BECAUSE IT’S ON THE EDGE OF THE HISTORIC DISTRICT.   As FAR AS THE QUESTIONS, THE FOUR LAND USE TYPES ARE GOOD, I’M IN IS POIRT, I’M IN SUPPORT OF THOSE AND NUMBER TWO YOU KNOW I MEAN I THINK THAT’S, FINE F, WE HAVE IF WE’RE, LOOKING TOWARD A MORE Urban MODEL, JUST CHANGING THAT FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO COMMUNITY PARKS TO URBAN TYPE PARK, IS FINE.   I’M IN SUPPORT OF THAT AND ROBERTS AVENUE.   I HAVE BEEN HERE FOR A LONG TIME AND WE’VE HAD MANY MANY DISCUSSIONS ABOUT ROBERTS AND I PERSONALLY DON’T THINK THERE’S ENOUGH SPACE TO DO THE ROADWAY THAT GOES AROUND THERE’S MORE SPACE, BUT LESS MONEY TO DO THE TUNNEL Underneath THE HIGHWAY – BUT I THINK IT’S IMPORTANT – TO HAVE ROBERTS CONNECTED SOMEHOW SO THERE’S ACTIVITY ON THAT ROADWAY AND IT PROVIDES ANOTHER WAY FOR PEOPLE TO GET TOWARDS THE STATION.   I THINK BIKE IMPROVEMENTS WOULD BE NICE, BUT I THINK EVEN IF IT’S A ONE WAY STREET HAVE SOME CAR TRAVEL WOULD BE MORE ACTIVATING FOR THAT PORTION OF ROADWAY THAN JUST BIKE AND PED.   I THINK I MADE MY COMMENT ON NUMBER FOUR: THE BOUNDARIES FOR THE LAND USE IN THE FAR DISTRICTS.   If WE SAY ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU GET CLOSE TO THE HISTORIC DISTRICTS JUST GIVE THAT ANOTHER LOOK AND THEN THE PLAZA MALL.   I WOULD LOVE ANYTHING THAT WOULD IMPROVE THE CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN RAILROAD TOWN AND DOWNTOWN.   They DON’T. Stop YOU.   If YOU WALK A BICYCLE THROUGH THE PLAZA IF THERE WAS A MORE OBVIOUS WAY FOR PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT WOULD BE GREAT, LET’S SEE.   I, LIKE THE ACTIVE GROUND FLOOR CONCEPT AND ALSO PARKLETS DOWNTOWN.   I THINK THAT’S IMPORTANT AND ROOFTOP PUBLIC SPACES.   I’M IN SUPPORT OF THOSE.   Otherwise I THINK THAT’S, ALL MY COMMENTS, GOOD JOB.   Thank YOU, COMMISSIONER.   Peterson UH.   Let ME JOIN IN THE CHORUS OF UM APPRECIATION FOR STAFF’S HARD WORK ON THIS.   I THINK IT WAS A TREMENDOUS EFFORT AND A LOT OF GREAT PUBLIC OUTREACH AND IN PARTICULAR I THINK THE WEBSITE ITSELF IS VERY USER FRIENDLY AND IT’S NICE TO SEE THAT WITH UH A PLAN LIKE THIS. I THINK THE TWO GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR ME ARE IS TO THINK BOLD AND BIG AND NOT MAKE THE SAME MISTAKES THAT THE CITY HAS MADE IN THE PAST, SO THOSE ARE KIND OF WHAT’S INFORMING ME AS I GO THROUGH THIS LIST OF SPECIFIC QUESTIONS FOR Number ONE, I THINK THE CREATION OF THE FOREIGN LAND USE IS APPROPRIATE.   A LOT OF THOUGHT HAS BEEN PUT INTO THIS AND A LOT OF PUBLIC OUTREACH OCCURRED.   I THINK IT’S APPROPRIATE FOR THIS PLAN ALONG THE SAME LINES WITH NUMBER TWO.   I THINK IT WOULD BE PERFECTLY FINE TO CHANGE TO URBAN PARK CIVIC SPACE INSTEAD OF THE TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD PARK, ESPECIALLY IF THAT’S NOT WORKING.   If IT’S A MISTAKE THAT DOESN’T GET ANYTHING DONE ALONG THE SAME LINES AS A LOT OF THE PUBLIC AND CHAIR CISCO, THE ROBERTS ROAD EXTENSION, IS IT’S IMPORTANT TO KEEP THAT UM IN PLACE? I THINK IF WE’RE TRYING TO PULL PEOPLE DOWN THROUGH THAT AREA, TRYING TO REDUCE THE ISOLATION OF ROSELAND.   I THINK THAT’S, ONE OF THE KEY COMPONENTS AND MY POSITION WOULD BE TO KEEP THAT AS IT WAS AND NOT RELY ON BICYCLE OR PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS TO TRY AND HANDLE THAT ISSUE THAT WE’RE TRYING TO ADDRESS.   I’M NOT SURE THEY WOULD BE EFFECTIVE AND I THINK WE END UP WHERE WE ARE CURRENTLY.   I THINK THE BOUNDARIES FOR THE NEW LAND USE AND FAR DISTRICTS ARE APPROPRIATE.   Again.   A LOT OF WORK HAS GONE INTO THIS. I THINK THEY’RE WELL THOUGHT OUT FOR NUMBER FIVE AGAIN.   I DON’T THINK WE SHOULD MAKE THE SAME MISTAKES AND I THINK WE SHOULD THINK BIG.   I THINK IT WOULD BE A MISTAKE TO LET THE MALL OFF THE HOOK WHEN IT COMES TO CONNECTIVITY FOR VEHICLES, OR AT LEAST A REALLY RADICALLY RETHOUGHT KIND OF CONNECTION.   I’M NOT SURE THAT THE TYPES OF 3 THAT I IMAGINE WOULD BE ENTS COMING FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS WOULD ADDRESS THE ISSUE AND I THINK THAT THAT’S DEALING WITH THAT IS GOING TO BE ONE OF THE REALLY KEY UM ISSUES TO CHANGE THE Feel OF DOWNTOWN CHANGE THE CONNECTIVITY OF DOWNTOWN AND MAKE IT YOU KNOW A DESIRABLE PLACE TO BE, ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT INSTEAD OF A DEAD ZONE THAT IS HOSTILE OR UNFORGIVING TO PEDESTRIANS.   So WITH THAT, I’LL TURN IT OVER.   Commissioner COLLIER.   It’S PRETTY INCREDIBLE TO HEAR ALL OF THE PUBLIC SUPPORT THAT HAS BEEN GIVEN FOR YOU GUYS, AND IT HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE – THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT HAS GONE INTO THIS.   I AGREE WITH PETERSON ON THE ISSUES MAINLY ON THE ROBERTS AVENUE AND IT’S SIMILAR TO WHAT MR STANLEY WAS SAYING.   It’S DUTY TO GIVE ROSELAND ACCESS TO OUR DOWNTOWN, AND I THINK IT’S IMPORTANT TO THAT.   We DO THAT, ALONG WITH. I THINK BEING BOLD ABOUT THE MALL.   I THINK IT WOULD BE IT’S BENEFICIAL TO GO BOLD RIGHT NOW AND IT’S INTERESTING.   To NOTE, AND NOW IS NOT THE RIGHT TIME, BUT TALK ABOUT EXPANDING THE PARKING WAIVER MORE THAN JUST A QUARTER MILE.   I THINK THAT’S SOMETHING WE SHOULD LOOK INTO EXPANDING IT, MAYBE AT LEAST HALF A MILE, IF NOT THE WHOLE STATION AREA.   Thank YOU, COMMISSIONER.   Okrepkie YEAH.   I WANT TO ECHO EVERYBODY ELSE AND SAY THIS HAS BEEN AN OUTSTANDING JOB BY STAFF.   Great PRESENTATION, GREAT WORK: IT HAS MY FIRST PRESENTATION WITH PROPS, SO THAT LOT OF THINGS IN HERE I’M A FAN OF THE FAR THE EYES ON THE CREEK.   I LOVE THAT.   I FIRST SAW THAT WHEN I TRAVELED TO ASHLAND OREGON AND THEY HAVE A GREAT PLACE UP THERE – THAT’S SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU HAVE IN MIND, THE UNDERPASO. I LOVE TO MAKE IT MORE HOSPITABLE TO WALK THROUGH THE UNDERPASSES ON THIRD, FOURTH AND SIGNIFICANCE AND SIXTH, UNLESS I DON’T KNOW WHAT THE WORD IS, BUT LESS UNFRIENDLY MAKE IT MORE APPEALING.   I’M GOING TO AGREE WITH EVERYBODY ELSE SO FAR AND SAY CONNECTIVITY THROUGH ROSELAND THROUGH ROBERTS IS IMPORTANT.   Think BIG THINK BOLD, AWE THE SAME ALL THE SAME THINGS AND WE NEED TO ADDRESS THE ELEPHANT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CITY IN THE SANTA ROSA PLAZA.   I DON’T KNOW WHAT OUR FRIENDS IN INDIANA OR WHAT SIMON THINK OR IF THEY’RE, THINKING BOUT IT AT ALL, BUT I THINK THERE’S A OOM FULL OF PEOPLE OR CITIZENS THAT WANT SOMETHING DONE WITH THAT.   I WOULD LIKE TO SEE CONNECTIVITY BE A ROADWAY IF POSSIBLE, IF NOT SOMETHING UH GRAND SOMETHING BOLD UM TO TAKE PLACE, BECAUSE THAT UH IT REMINDS ME IF YOU SEE A LINE OF ANTS AND PUT A ROCK IN THE MIDDLE.   The FLOW OF ANTS DISBURSE EVERYWHERE.   Ask THAT’S HOW IT FEELS TO ME WITH THE MIDDLE OF OUR DOWNTOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR CITY.   I LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING HAPPEN, ONE THROUGH FIVE.   I ADDRESSED THAT, BUT ONE TWO AND FOUR, I’M FOR COMMISSIONER CARTER UM.   First OF ALL, I LIKE TO ADD MY VOICE TO THOSE SAYING WHAT A WONDERFUL JOB YOU’VE DONE WITH THIS PLAN. My FIRST REACTION WAS THAT AS A PROFESSIONAL, OUR FORMER PROFESSIONAL PLANNER – I GET IT.   I IKE IT IS THERE ANYTHING THERE FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC.   I’M HEARING FROM THOSE ATTENDING TODAY THAT THEY GET IT TOO AND IT’S ALSO A GOOD PLAN.   So I HAVE TO COMMEND THE STAFF ON THEIR OUTREACH EFFORTS.   The FOUR LAND USE TYPES SEEN RIGHT.   My IMPRESSION IS, I TOURED THE MAXWELL DISTRICT.   There.’S A LOT OF AUTOMOTIVE STUFF HERE I HOPE WE HAVE THE LAND USE DESIGNATIONS TO ACCOMMODATE THAT WE LOVE TO BIKE AND WALK.   But I WOULDN’T UNDERESTIMATE THE CAR CULTURE IN THIS PART OF THE CITY.   Certainly, ADDING CIVIC SPACE TO NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY PARKS SEEMS LIKE A GOOD IDEA.   I’VE CERTAINLY HEARD THE ROBERTS CONNECTION IS AN IMPORTANT ONE FOR LINKING ROSELAND TO THE MAIN COMMUNITY IN DOWNTOWN. I’VE LEARNED TO USE ALL OF SABASTEBOL AND I THINK THE ENHANCEMENTS ARE ATTORNEY AND IF IT PROVES INFEASIBLE TO DO ROBERTS, WE NEED TO FOCUS ON THAT SABASTEBOL AND MAKE SURE THAT WORKS IN THE PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIONS.   The CONNECTIONS THROUGH THE PLAZA ARE IMPORTANT.   I WALK.   I WALK A LOT DURING DOWNTOWN SQUARE.   It WOULDN’T BE APPARENT TO THOSE UNFAMILIAR, IN MY VIEW, AS A PLANNER.   I THINK THE MOST OBVIOUS AND LEGIBLE CORRECTION BETWEEN THE TWO AREAS IS THIRD STREET AND I THINK IF WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THE SHOPPING CENTER ON TAKING THIRD STREET OUT OF A DITCH FROM UNDERNEATH THE MALL THAT MIGHT PROVE TO BE AN IMPORTANT CONNECTER.   Again, DOWNTOWN AND RAILROAD SQUARE, MOTHER, VEHICULAR AND PEDESTRIAN.   We HAVE PROVEN PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENT.   I HAVE NEVER WALKED UNDER THERE, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HOW THAT WILL WORK, JUST REITERATE WHAT A GREAT JOB YOU HAVE DONE AND HOW I LOOK FORWARD TO MOVING THE PLAN AHEAD.   Thank YOU VICE CHAIR WEEKS. Well, I’M GOING TO BE THE THICK VOICE OF SAYING GOOD JOB.   I’M GOING TO BE THE SIXTH VOICE OF SAYING GOOD JOB.   I APPRECIATE THE FLEXIBLE APPROACH THAT YOU TOOK.   You HEARD US WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT FLEXIBILITY LAST WHENEVER IT WAS LAST YEAR.   Maybe IT WAS EARLIER THIS YEAR.   As FAR AS THE PREFERRED 3 PLAN CONCEPTS, I, LIKE THE FOUR NEW LAND USE TYPES.   I THINK THAT WAS CREATIVE.   One AGAIN, YOU HEARD US WHEN WE ASKED FOR OPTIONS AND FEXIBILITY.   I AGREE WITH CHANGING THE NEIGHBORHOOD PARK TO URBAN PARK SERVICE AND I, LIKE THE, I THINK THAT COULD REALLY HELP TRANSFORM THAT AREA ROBERTS AVENUE CONNECTION.   I THINK I WOULD GO TO THE MEMO THAT UH. We GOT YESTERDAY WHERE YOU TALK ABOUT INCLUDING ROBERTS AVENUE UNDERPASS FOR CONSIDERATION AND ALLOW THE FLEXIBILITY IN THE EIR TO ANALYZE BOTH OPTIONS AND THAT’S.   What I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, I DON’T WANT TO DELETE THAT OPTION, BECAUSE WHO KNOWS WHAT’S? In 20 YEARS 30 YEARS, WHAT CONSTRUCTION IS GOING TO BE LIKE AND WHAT THINGS ARE GOING TO COST ET CETERA, AND I THINK THAT’S IMPORTANT TO CONNECT ROSELAND WITH THE REST OF THE CITY THAT YES ON NUMBER FOUR, I LIKE THE TRANSITION YOU TALKED ABOUT Before FOR SOME OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND YES FOCUSING ON PED IMPROVEMENTS, AND AS I TEND TO DO, I’M GOING TO O OFF SCRIPT FOR A MOMENT AND ADD A COUPLE OF MORE THINGS.   Going BACK TO THE MEMO THAT YOU SENT NUMBER 15, WHICH TALKS ABOUT SUPPLEMENTAL AND FAR AVAILABLE FOR UNDERSIZED PARCELS AND BONUS FAR AVAILABLE THROUGH PREVISIONAL COMMUNITY BENEFITS, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT EXPLORED.   I LIKE TO SEE WAY FINDING UH YOU HAD IT DESIGNATED ON SOME OF THE MAPS, BUT YOU LIKE TO SEE IT IN A BROADER AREA FOR A VARIETY OF THINGS AND ALSO THE CULTURAL HISTORIC SURVEY.   I KNOW THAT TAKES MANY AND TIME, BUT I LIKE3 TO SEE IF THERE’S A WAY THAT CAN BE DONE.   I THINK THAT CAN HELP GO A LONG WAY FOR SOME PEOPLE.   Thank YOU AGAIN.   It WAS A GREAT JOB, PATRICK CLAIRE AND DAVID AND BILL WHEREVER HE WENT, AND I WOULD ADD MY VOICE TO THAT.   Also, IT’S AN NCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF WORK DONE QUICKLY UNDER EXTREMELY STRESSFUL CIRCUMSTANCES, JUST FOR A LOT OF PUBLIC INPUT.   I REALLY APPRECIATED THE YOUTH TRIPS THAT YOU KNOW I WAS ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN. I KNOW SOME COMMISSIONERS WERE IN TO GET THEIR FEEDBACK AND THE OUTREACH HAS BEEN TREMENDOUS AND YOU HAVE COME UP WITH A REALLY UM DOCUMENT THAT KEITH WAS SAYING WOW.   I’M HAPPY WITH THE FOUR NEW LAND USE TYPES, PARTICULARLY HOW WELL, I THINK THEY’RE, GOING TO ELEVATE AND MAKE ROBERTS ROAD AN OPPORTUNITY SITE TO MAKE THOSE VISITORS SPACE AND MAKE IT CLEAR ONE OF THE COMPLAINTS I HAD ABOUT THE LAST PLAN.   Was IT WAS HOUSING? It REALLY DIDN’T MAKE IT THERE FOR SANTA ROSA.   I THINK WITH THESE LAND USE CHANGES AND THIS SMART SITE AND ROBERTS, WE CREATE A REASON FOR PEOPLE TO COME TO SANTA ROSA AND ENJOY THE DOWNTOWN IN AVA RIGHT OF WAYS.   So, IN A VARIETY OF WAYS, SO I’M HAPPY WITH THAT.   Changing FROM A TRADITIONAL PARK TO AN URBAN PARK IS A VALID ONE.   I APPRECIATE THE BOUNDARIES FOR THE FAR DISTRICTS AND CERTAINLY WITH MISS HILLS, COMMENTS IN MIND.   If THERE’S MORE SENSITIVITY TO THE HISTORIC DISTRICTS, I WOULD DEFINITELY SUPPORT THAT.   I KNEW I WAS GOING TO DO THIS.   I’M GOING TO TALK ABOUT ROBERTS ROAD LAUGHTER UM, SINCE I’VE BEEN ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION, THE VARIETY OF EDUCATION THAT I’VE GOT. I REALLY SEE CONNECTIVITY AS THE FOUNDATION OF GOOD PLANNING, AND YOU KNOW WE’VE BEEN REMINDED OF MISTAKES THAT SANTA ROSA MADE IN THE PAST, AND3, THE MALL BEING ONE OF THEM AND HOW WE HAVE INTERRUPTED OUR CONNECTIVITY, AND I THINK THE CITY HAS BEEN GOING.   A LONG WAY TO CORRECT THAT WITH THE SIXTH STREET UNDERPASS AND REUNITED COURTHOUSE PASS AND MEMORIAL GREENWAY, THE ROBERTS AVENUE CONNECTION IS REALLY REALLY CRITICAL.   If WE WANT ROSELAND TO BE PART OF DOWNTOWN – AND I DO – AND I REALLY SEE IT AS VISIONARY – TO DRAW THEM DOWN FROM THE SMART SITE INTO AN INTERESTING AND VITAL AREA ON ROBERTS, ROAD AND TURN THE CORNER AND GO DOWN TO THE ROSCLIND VILLAGE, IT WAS Important THE THREE TIMES THE PLANNING COMMISSION LOOKED AT THIS AND STAFF VETTED WHEN IT WAS GOING TO BE HOUSING.   I THINK, WITH THE ELEVATION OF THE LAND USES, IT’S EVEN MORE CRITICAL, THAT IT BE UM THAT YOU’RE ABLE TO GET THERE IN A IN A VARIETY OF WAYS AND THE PROBLEM I WITH ABANDONING THE VEHICULAR WAY AND WE DON’T HAVE To DESIGN IT NOW AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO PAY FOR IT NOW IT NEEDS TO BE IN THE PLAN, BECAUSE WE HAVE A VERY ABLE COUNCIL AND I’M, HOPING WE’LL HAVE MORE ABLE COUNCILS, AS WE’RE FUTURE PROOF THEY’RE, GOING To BE ABLE TO COME UP WITH PLANS AS WE HAVE FOR THINGS THAT ARE DIFFICULT TO WORK WITH AND PAY FOR, BUT WE HAVE ACHIEVED, AND SO I THINK IT’S COMPLETELY POSITIVE UM, BUT ROBERTS AVENUE WHEN THE FREEWAY WENT THROUGH THE NORTH SIDE FARED MUCH Better THAN THE ROSELAND SIDE, IT’S LIGHT YOU CAN SHOP IN THAT INDUSTRIAL AREA WITHOUT FEELING, LIKE YOUR LIFE, IS N DANGER ON THE ROBERTS SIDE, IT’S BETTER NOW, BUT THE CITY’S PUT RESOURCES.   We HAD TO CONDEMN THE LAST REMAINING HOUSE.   That WAS TERE THE WHOLE BROOK HOUSE THAT YEARS AGO, THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION PROGRAM BECAUSE OF OW NEGATIVE AND HOW MUCH POLICE RESOURCES WERE BEING USED THERE.   There’S STILL A LOT OF CALLS FOR SERVICE IN THAT AREA, AND SO I THINK IT’S JUST REALLY CRITICAL.   We ARE JOINED THAT ROSELAND, SEE OR THAT WE SEE OURSELVES AS JOINED TO DOWNTOWN AND THAT WE NOT GO INTO IT’S GOING TO BE HARD AND EXPENSIVE, AND I THINK WE OWE IT TO THE ROSELAND COMMUNITY TO KEEP IT IN THE PLAN AND KEEP WORKING With WHAT THE FUTURE MAY BRING IN TERMS OF THAT, BUT I IT’S CRITICAL FOR US TO FEEL JOINED TO DOWNTOWN THINK THOSE LAND USES COULD BE A HUGE OPPORTUNITY SITE.   I’M GLAD TO HEAR THE MEDICAL MONEY COULD BE USED FOR COMMERCIAL USES AND IT COULD BE A GENERATOR QUICKLY FOR THE CITY, SO I CAN’T STRESS ENOUGH HOW IMPORTANT THAT VEHICULAR CONNECTION IS.   If YOU LOOK AT THE ENHANCEMENTS THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED, IF YOU’VE BEEN DOWN OLIVE OLIVE IS FRAMED BY THE FREEWAY THERE’S. No, YOU WANT TO EXPAND THE STREETSCAPE AND YOU’RE COMING INTO A NARROW, WIDE INTERSECTION.   So THERE WOULD BE, IN MY OPINION, MAYBE SOME PRIVATE LAND USE CQUISITION OR SOMETHING TO MAKE THAT TURNING THAT CORNER.   But YOU’RE LEAVING THAT AREA ROBERTS AS AN ISLAND THAT YOU HAVE TO GO ALL THE WAY AROUND EITHER DONE TON OR ALL THE WAY TO OLIVE TO GET TO AND IF THERE’S VITAL USES THERE.   I DON’T THINK THAT’S APPROPRIATE AND I THINK TRAFFIC ANALYSIS MIGHT SHOW THAT MIGHT BE REALLY DIFFICULT.   So OBVIOUSLY I’M PASSIONATE ABOUT ROBERTS AVENUE AND I’LL END WITH THAT ALL RIGHT COUNCIL, MR TIBBETTS, DO YOU WANT TO START SURE? Thank YOU MAYOR.   I THINK S, COMMISSIONER PETERSON SAID QUITE WELL.   This IS LEARLY A BOLD PLAN, WHAT I THINK, OR AT LEAST THE ONE TAKE AWAY.   I’M, GOING TO RUN THROUGH BULLET BY BULLET.   Answering YOUR QUESTIONS.   If THERE’S ONE TAKE AWAY, I HOPE YOU SEE THAT WHAT I’M GOING TO BE STRESSING AND LOOKING FOR IS THE FREEDOM AND FLEXIBILITY IN THIS PLAN GOING FORWARD, BECAUSE I THINK TO ACHIEVE THIS VISION, THE PEOPLE WHO COME FORWARD AND WANT TO MAKE Investments IN THIS CITY AND BE CREATIVE IN THE WAYS THAT THEY BUILD, WE’RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE A FLEXIBILITY STRUCTURE TO ALLOW THEM TO EXPRESS THAT CREATIVITY AND FINANCE IT. So ON ROBERTS I’LL START WITH THAT.   Where CHAIR CISCO LEFT OFF, I WOULD JUST SAY, FOLLOW THE MEMO AND KEEP THOSE OPTIONS AND THOSE FLEXIBILITY AVAILABLE.   Yes TO THE FOUR MIXED USE, CHANGES AND YES TO URBAN PARKS AND PARK LETS.   I WOULD LIKE TO ADD REALLY TAKE A LOOK AT AND SPELL OUT.   Walkable DISTRICTS AND WHAT ARE ROLE ARE IN THIS PLACE PLAN AND YES TO EXISTING BOUNDARIES AND FAR’S.   I’M SUPPORTIVE OF FOURTH STREET AND PUNCHING THROUGH THAT PLAZA AND CREATING A WAY FOR US TO ACCESS OLD, RAILROAD SQUARE AND OLD COURTHOUSE SQUARE.   I WOULD ASK THAT YOU LOOK INTO IN THIS PROCESS AS SOME OF THE FLEXIBILITY OR THE OPTIONS YOU CAN BRING FORWARD TO BE FLEXIBILITY ON PARKING UM.   I WOULD SECOND WITH WHAT COMMISSIONER KALIA SAID AND LOOK TO THE DEVELOPERS AND THE BANKS, AS WELL AS FROM OUR OWN PERSPECTIVE, TRYING TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF PARKING UNITS THERE ARE.   But AGAIN, I THINK IT HAS TO COME DOWN TO FLEXIBILITY IF WE WANT THINGS TO MATERIALIZE IN OUR DOWNTOWN, BUT LOOK AT ALLOWING THOSE DEVELOPERS WHO WOFR BECOMES THE PROPERTY MANAGERS OR OPERATORS USING BUS VOUCHERS FOR THOSE WHO LIVE THERE AND ACTIVATE OUR DEAD SPACES.   We HAVE IN OUR EXISTING PARKING SPACES WITH MASSIVE LEASES. One THING I’LL ASK ON BEHALF OF PETER RUMBLE AND HE ASKED IF THIS PLAN WAS OVERRIDING AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS.   It IS MAYBE IT’S MORE OF A QUESTION.   The ANSWER IS YES, IT DOESN’T SUPERSEDED ANYTHING THAT HAS BEEN ADOPTED.   I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS THE CASE, AND PLEASE, OH AND I THINK, AFTER WHAT THE CITY MANAGER MCGLYNN BROUGHT UP ABOUT, OUR UNDERGROUNDING RESOURCES BE DEPLETED.   Knowing OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT BUDGET IS STRETCHED AND WE SEEM YEARS BEHIND, LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT A SERIOUS LOOK AT THE ENHANCED INFRASTRUCTURE AND INANCE DISTRICT.   I DON’T KNOW IF THAT’S TO START HAVING THAT CONVERSATION.   The OTHER THING I WOULD ASK IS FOR US TO DO WHAT YOU SAID, MR STREETER, WHICH IS TO AMEND THE AREAS OF THE PRESERVATION DISTRICT TO ALLOW FOR THAT 3 FLEXIBILITY OF NEW DEVELOPMENT TO COME IN, AND I’M SUPPORTIVE OF THAT AND THAT’S.   My COMMENTS, THANK YOU GUYS, MR ROGERS.   Thank YOU, MR MAYOR.   When I LOOK AT THE PLAN, I THINK MAN THAT’S THE CITY I WANT TO LIVE IN AND I WAS BORN IN SANTA ROSA AND I HAVE BEEN RAISED HERE, AND THIS IS THE DIRECTION THAT I THINK WE NEED TO GO AND I THINK STAFF HAS Done AN INCREDIBLE JOB ON TAKING INPUT POINTS FROM WELL OVER 800 PEOPLE – AND I KNOW THOSE ARE THE VOCAL MINORITY IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT REALLY DISTILLING IT DOWN INTO A USEABLE GUIDE PATH ON WHAT THE VISION OF SANTA ROSA IS GOING TO BE 20 30 YEARS INTO The FUTURE, THE THINGS I’M LOOKING AT IS NOT BASED ON EXISTING CONDITIONS. Now, YES, WE HAVE ISSUES WITH HOMELESSNESS AND THAT’S IMPACTING RAILROAD SQUARE, BUT 20 30 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD.   I HOPE THE COUNCIL TAKES STEPS TO ADDRESS THEM TO PUT IN PLACE A PLAN AND THE IDEA WHERE WE WANT TO GET TO AND NOT GET BOGGED DOWN ON SPECIFIC ISSUES HAPPENING AT THE MOMENT THAT WE CAN ALSO ADDRESS OUTSIDE OF THE LAND USE PLANNING.   I THINK THAT NUMBER ONE AND IT HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP NUMBER ONE – IS THAT CONNECTIVITY TO ROSELAND.   When I TALK TO PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT FROM HERE THE WORD THAT’S USED TO DESCRIBE SANTA ROSA – AND IT SURPRISES ME EVERY TIME IS OPEN UN UNWELCOMING.   The WAY OUR INFRASTRUCTURE IS, I THINK THAT CONNECTION AT THE ROBERTS AVENUE AREA IS A WAY OF US BEING MORE OPENING TO ROSELAND AND PULL IT INTO OUR DOWNTOWN AND BEING A PART OF THE ECONOMIC PART OF OUR CITY.   That’S VITAL.   I’M LOOKING INTO THE UTURE AND DECOUPLING PARKING IS GOING TO BE ESSENTIAL, DOING IT AS A PROJECT BY PROJECT TO SEE WHAT WORKS IS FINE, BUT I WOULD HOPE, 20 AND 30 YEARS INTO THE FUTURE.   We’RE SEEING FEWER CAR TRIPS THAT E’RE, SEEING A PUBLIC TRANSIT YSTEM THAT’S ABLE TO SUSTAIN A COMMUNITY WITHOUT HAVING TO ADD ADDITIONAL PARKING SPOTS.   So I THINK IT’S A CHICKEN IN THE EGG AND I THINK WE’RE GETTING THERE.   I AM EXCITED BY THE OUR NEW LAND, SE TYPES BECAUSE IT’S SIMPLE AND FLEXIBLE, AND I THINK THAT WILL BE HELPFUL AND I LIKE THE IDEA OF THE URBAN PARKS AND CIVIC SPACE CONCEPT. One THING I WOULD LIKE TO SEE FROM THE COUNCIL HEN WE DO OUR GOAL.   Setting AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR IS A DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT TYPES OF ENHANCEMENTS WE HAVE CALLED THEM DENSITY BONUSES TO THIS POINT AND WITH THIS FAR 3 SYSTEM GOING INTO PLACE, WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE FOR PRIORITIES WE LIKE TO PUSH FORWARD IN OUR LAND USE Whether IT’S HOW WE PLACE OUR CHILDCARE FACILITIES, HOW WE DO GREEN ROOFING A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PRIORITIES ON THINGS WE LIKE TO GIVE DEVELOPERS? Yes, THE FLEXIBILITY BY NOT HAVING TO ALWAYS HAVE IT AS A REQUIREMENT.   But HOW CAN WE ADD VALUE TO THE PROJECTS AS THEY COME UP? I LIKE TO SEE THAT IN OUR PLANNING PROJECT FOR GOALS, I THINK IT WOULD BE A GOOD EXERCISE AS IT PERTAINS TO THE BOUNDARIES.   I WANT TO MAKE A STRONG CASE FOR OUR PRESERVATION DISTRICTS.   In UNDERSTANDING WHAT WE’RE TRYING TO DO IS CREATE HOUSING, BUT I DON’T THINK CREATING HOUSING IS IN CONFLICT WITH KEEPING THE CULTURAL VALUE WE HAVE IN OUR AREAS AND IN FACT, WHEN I TALK ABOUT MAKING THE CITY MORE WELCOMING AND WHEN YOU TALK About UH A SENSE OF PLACE FOR SANTA RSA, I THINK THOSE ARE STILL VALUES WE HAVE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL THAT HAVING STRONG CULTURAL DISTRICTS EXCUSE ME, HISTORIC DISTRICTS CREATE THAT ENSE OF PLACE IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND IT CREATES AN ATMOSPHERE THAT’S MORE WELCOMING And I THINK IF THERE’S A WAY FOR US TO MAKE SURE WE’RE CONTINUING TO TWEAK THAT THERE’S GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENCE, BUT PARTICULARLY WHERE IT INFRINGES ON THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION DISTRICTS.   I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE’RE BEING CAREFUL.   I WAS GLAD BEFORE WE GOT THERE THE CONVERSATION ABOUT MORGAN STREET, HOW THAT IS IN THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION DISTRICT, AND IT IS ON THE FRINGE OF WHAT WE’RE, TRYING TO DO SO WORKING BETTER WITH THOSE NEIGHBORS WHO INVESTED A LOT TO MAKE SURE THE HISTORIC Istrict IS SOMETHING THAT’S COMPATIBLE, AND I HEAR THE CONVERSATION ABOUT A PLOT OF LAND OR PLOT OF DIRT.   There’S NO HISTORIC VALUE TO IT, BUT THETORIC DISTRICT IC DEVELOPMENT – I DON’T WANT O LOSE SIGHT OF THAT TO PUSH HOUSING.   I TALKED LAST TIME WE DID THIS ABOUT HAVING OUR WELCOMING SITES PULL PEOPLE INTO OUR DOWNTOWN AND PULL PEOPLE INTO OUR VILLAGE STATIONS.   I DON’T WANT US TO LOSE THAT AS WE PUSH FORWARD ON THIS, I’VE ALSO BEEN VERY CLEAR WITH YOU ALL ABOUT MY FEELINGS ON THE MALL, SO I WILL SAY YES, LET’S GET THAT PUNCH THROUGH AS A WALKABLE BIKABLE AREA. I’M NOT IN FAVOR OF VEHICULAR CROSSING THROUGH THERE, ALTHOUGH, AS IT PERTAINS TO ROBERTS AVENUE, I WANT TO LEAVE THAT FLEXIBILITY TO STAFF, TO WHAT WORKS US AND SHOWS US.   Mr OLIVARES.   Thank YOU MAYOR.   I THINK THIS IS A HUGE STEP TOWARD SANTA ROSA.   I THINK YOU AND YOUR TEAM SHOULD BE PROUD OF THE WORK YOU HAVE DONE SO FAR.   Thank YOU FROM THE TOP ERY QUICKLY, YES TO THE FOUR NEW LAND.   Use TYPES NUMBER, TWO, YES NUMBER! Three! I THINK YOU’VE GOT THE MESSAGE.   I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT YOU COME BACK WITH ON ROBERTS ROAD AND KEEPING THAT IN THERE THE BOUNDARIES – YES AND YES, LET’S FIND A WAY OF PUNCHING THROUGH THE PLAZA AS IT RELATES TO PEDESTRIAN BICYCLE BICYCLE ACCESS.   Mr SAWYER THANK YOU MAYOR AND I’M GOING TO JUMP AROUND A LITTLE BIT.   I’LL START WITH THE PREFERRED PLANNED CONCEPT DIRECTION. I DO WANT TO ALSO THANK DAVID, YOU AND HIS AND HIS CAPABLE STAFF.   I KNOW IT.   Wasn’T JUST CLAIRE AND PATRICK.   I KNOW THIS PROBABLY TOUCHED ON EVERY SINGLE DEPARTMENT IN OUR CITY, AND SO THANKS TO EVERY ONE OF THEM THAT WEIGHED IN ON THE OPPORTUNITIES AND THE CHALLENGES YOU’RE COMING FORWARD, AND YOU COMING FORWARD WITH A PLAN LIKE THIS.   Yes, ON ONE AND TWO AND FOUR, AND ACTUALLY I’M, GOING TO SKIP FOUR AND DISCUSS THAT FOR A SECOND AND FIVE.   I LOVE THE IDEA OF PUNCHING THROUGH A VEHICULAR CORE, BUT I LIKE UNICORNS TOO, AND I KNOW I CAN’T – HAVE THOSE BOUNCING AROUND IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD BUT LAUGHTER, SO THE PLAZA WILL NOT STAND FOREVER.   There WILL BE OPPORTUNITIES IN THE FUTURE TO CREATE WAYS TO CONNECT OUR EAST AND OUR WEST AND OUR EAST DOWNTOWN.   I PROBABLY WON’T BE AROUND FOR THAT IT WOULD BE FUN TO SEE IT.   I WANT TO LIVE DOWNTOWN.   I HAVE 13 STAIRS INTO MY HOUSE AND EVERY YEAR THAT GOES BY THAT NUMBER STARTS TO BECOME A LITTLE BIT MORE CHALLENGING THAN IT WAS THE YEAR BEFORE. So I’M LOOKING FORWARD TO LIVING IN OUR DOWNTOWN AND YOU’RE CREATING IN THIS PLAN THE KIND OF DOWNTOWN I WOULD LIKE TO LIVE IN NUMBER THREE.  

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The ROBERTS AVENUE CONNECTION.   I THINK IT’S IMPORTANT TO LIVE IN THE PLAN.   It HAS BEEN ARTICULATED WELL BY MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.   We HAVE BEEN CHALLENGED AND WE’VE HAD OBSTACLES IN THE PAST SOME PEOPLE WOULD THINK SOME OF THOSE OBSTACLES WOULD HAVE BEEN IMPOSSIBLE TO OVERCOME, BUT WE HAVE.   I WOULD LIKE TO LEAVE THOSE IN THE PLAN ON NUMBER UH FOUR.   IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THIS EVENING, UM BY MR STANLEY, ABOUT THE SUBJECTIVE LANGUAGE AND IT DOES CONCERN ME.   We HAD A PROJECT ON BROOK WOOD AVENUE ON NORTH STREET AND THEY USED WORDS LIKE ADJACENT SEE AND THAT CAME BACK AND BIT US STRONGLY IN THE APPEAL, SO COMPATIBILITY AND ADJACENT SEE.   I WOULD LOVE TO SEE A REVIEW OF WHAT ANY PEOPLE MIGHT CONSIDER TO BE SUBJECTIVE LANGUAGE AND REMOVE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE WHILE MAINTAINING OUR FLEXIBILITY.   It WILL BE IMPORTANT WHEN DEALING WITH HISTORIC DISTRICTS AND ADJACENT SEE WHATEVER THAT MIGHT MEAN TO PEOPLE, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL ALSO UM, TO ACQUIRE CULTURAL RESOURCES SURVEY. I KNOW THEY’RE EXPENSIVE, BUT IT WILL HELP IN THE CONVERSATION WITH OUR HISTORIC DISTRICTS.   As WE MOVE FORWARD AND POTENTIALLY CHANGE UM OUR CITYSCAPE, AND THEY MAY BE IMPACTED BY MORE THAN ANYONE ELSE – IT IS TRUE.   Yes, THESE DISTRICTS ARE VERY, VERY CLOSE TO THE DOWNTOWN, AND I KNOW THEY WOULD EXPECT THE DOWNTOWN TO CHANGE AND EVOLVE THEIR ABILITY TO WALK DOWNTOWN is A MAJOR ASSET TO THEM, AND I THINK THAT UM WITH A LITTLE BIT OF COMPROMISE ND A GREAT DEAL Of COMMUNITY INPUT, WHICH YOU HAVE DONE A STELLAR JOB ON THIS DOING THIS ENTIRE PLAN AND TO KEEP UP THAT WORK OF THE NEIGHBORS AND HOPEFULLY COME UP TO SOME.   It WILL BE TOUGH AND AN EMOTIONAL RESOLUTION AND TOUGH ON THE PLANNING, COMMISSION, AND THE COUNCIL.   But WHEREVER WE CAN REMOVE THAT SUBJECTIVE LANGUAGE, I THINK WILL SERVE US WELL IN THE FUTURE AND SERVE COUNCILS WELL IN THE FUTURE THAT MAY HAVE TO DEAL WITH TRYING TO ANALYZE WHAT THIS COUNCIL AND THIS PLANNING COMMISSION WAS TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH.   So I THANK YOU.   Miss FLEMING THANK YOU, AND I WANT TO THANK THE ORACLE AT BENNETT VALLEY FOR PREDICTING ONE DAY HE’LL LIVE DOWNTOWN ALONG WITH UNICORNS AND BE ABLE TO CROSS THROUGH A NON-EXISTING MALL ANYWAY, CHEERS TO YOU, BUT MOST OF ALL, MR STREETER AND O YOUR Team I WANT TO COMMEND YOU FOR NOTHING ELSE, BRINGING TOGETHER PEOPLE WHO I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD SEE AGREE.   I’M GOING TO HIRE YOU FOR MY NEXT CAMPAIGN, BUT EVERYBODY’S SAID THE NICE THINGS, SO I’M GOING TO GET DOWN TO A FEW OF MY INITIAL IMPRESSIONS AND THEN ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS.   I LOVE THE DEA OF FLEXIBILITY FOR DEVELOPMENT AND ALLOWING THE MARKET TO TELL US HOW MANY PARKING SPACES THEY NEED, AND I THINK THE FAR IS A FANTASTIC IDEA OF ALLOWING DEVELOPERS TO KEEP A CONSISTENT AMOUNT OF, OR AT LEAST A RELATIVE, CONSISTENT AMOUNT OF DENSITY.   Without BEING PRESCRIPTIVE ABOUT IT – AND I THINK IT’S GOING TO DRAW IN THE CREATIVITY WE WOULD LIKE. I HAVE A COUPLE OF THOUGHTS ABOUT THE TYPE OF PEOPLE THAT I’D LIKE TO SEE DOWNTOWN.   That HAVEN,’ T HEARD TOUCHED ON A LOT.   I WANT TO MAKE SURE DOWNTOWN IS NOT JUST WELCOMING TO THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE OWNERSHIP STAKES IN DOWNTOWN, ALTHOUGH THAT’S IMPORTANT.   But I WANT TO MAKE SURE DOWNTOWN IS WELCOMING, AND IT GOES INTO THE ROBERTS ROAD THING.   But DOWNTOWN IS WELCOMING TO ALL THE PARTS OF SANTA ROSA AND IT’S WELCOMING TO PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.   It’s WELCOMING TO ELDERLY PEOPLE AND ONE OF THE THINGS I HAVEN’T HEARD, EXCEPT FOR CHILD CARE MENTIONED S.   T’S WELCOMING TO FAMILIES DOWNTOWN IS A PLACE THAT’S DIFFICULT TO COME DOWN TO AND ENJOY WITH SMALL CHILDREN.   And SO AS THIS AS THIS EXECUTED – AND I DON’T MEAN TO SAY THIS AS PAY FORM OF A STICK TO OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY, PLEASE INCORPORATE ELEMENTS THAT ARE HOSPITABLE TO CHILDREN AND FAMILY AND POPULATIONS THAT DON’T COME TO WHAT WE THINK.   As OUR DOWNTOWN FOLKS WILL COME DOWN HERE AND SPEND MONEY AND IT WILL BECOME MORE VIBRANT AND A VIRTUAL CYCLE, IT’S CONNECTIVITY AND TO MAKE SURE THE CONNECTIVITY IS NOT JUST VEHICULAR AND WHERE WE DON’T DO VEHICULAR TRANSIT THAT WE DON’T NOT VEHICLE ACCESS, SO WE CAN SOMEWHAT FAIR AND EQUITABLE IN THE PLACES THAT WE PUT BIKES AND PEDESTRIAN PATHS, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT FOR ANY PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY WITH SMALL CHILDREN OR THE ELDERLY PEOPLE, THE VEHICLE instead of PUBLIC TRANSIT IS NOT GOING O Cut IT FOR THEM.   I’M GOING TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS AND LEAVE YOU WITH A FEW THOUGHTS AND FOR SURE ON THE LAND USE TYPES AND YES TO NUMBER TWO NUMBER THREE. I THINK YOU’VE, HEARD EVERYTHING YOU’RE GOING TO HEAR ON THAT.   So NUMBER FOUR IS A YES AND NUMBER FIVE.   I LIKE TO SEE THE LIKE TO SEE THE BIKE BIKE AND RAIN KING ON THAT, BECAUSE THERE’S GREAT PARKING ON THAT IT’S, NOT ONE OF THOSE SPACES LIKE ROBERTS, WHERE IT’S DIFFICULT TO PARK AND WALK THIS PLACE.   You CAN PARK AND WALK AND BIKE IF THERE WAS A TRANSIT THAT ENT THROUGH A VEHICLE-BASED TRANSIT, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT BE PUBLIC TRANSIT OR SAFETY TRANSIT.   I COMMEND YOU FOR DOING THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND MOVING FORWARD WITH A PLAN THAT ACCOUNTS FOR THE HOUSING IN CLIMATE, DESPITE SPECIFIC PLANS AND DOING THE WORK OF COLLECTING DUST.   I’M ENTHUSIASTICALLY, HOPEFULLY, THAT SANTA ROSA WILL NOT JUST ANSWER THE CALL OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND HOUSING, BUT PAVE THE WAY TO THE FUTURE.   I BELIEVE WE’RE A CITY LAB, BUT SOON WE WILL BE A TEST CASE FOR BEST PRACTICES I CAN NOT WAIT TO SEE IT AND I’M HOPEFUL.   I WILL SEE IT.   Thank YOU LAST ONE OVERALL, THE FLEXIBILITY, I THINK, AND THE WHOLE TEAM HEARD WHAT WE SAID.   The LAST TIME YOU WERE BEFORE THE COUNCIL. Let’s HAVE A PLAN WITH FLEXIBILITY, AND I THINK YOU HAVE MODELED THAT I’M INTERESTED IN WHETHER IT HAS TO SHOW UP ON THE DESIGN of THE A SQUARE THERE.   I THINK THAT U CAN BE A JEWEL ON BOTH SIDES OF THE FREEWAY.   I KNOW THE DESIGNATION MAY NEED ADJUSTMENTS, BUT I LIKE TO I PLAN TO BRING IT UP NEXT YEAR TO SEE IF WE CAN FIND PRIORITIZATION TIME TO MAKE THAT A REALITY TIME, YES TO THE LAND, USE, AND SAME WITH NUMBER TWO ROBERTS.   My FEELING ARE CONSISTENT WITH CHAIR CISCO.   The ROAD WAS THERE.   We MAY NOT HAVE A SOLUTION RIGHT NOW BUT LET’S KEEP IT IN THE PLAN.   Number FOUR, THE BOUNDARIES, AND I APPRECIATE LOWERING THAT BECAUSE IT RIGHT WHEN IT A BURTS TO SIGNIFICANT PARTS OF OUR COMMUNITY, YOU MENTIONED HAVING A FOUR.   I THINK IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR SANTA ROSA MALL, LET’S OPEN UP BICYCLE PEDESTRIANS.   I DON’T THINK WE NEED CARS GOING THROUGH THERE, BUT THINK PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLES ARE THE WAY OF THE FUTURE.   So I DO WANT TO JUST REEMPHASIZE. I AM APPLAUDING YOU JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE HAS, BUT PLEASE DON’T REST ON YOUR LAURELS AND STAY INSPIRED TO THE FINISH LINE, BECAUSE WE HAVE A LITTLE WAYS TO GO AND I CAN’T WAIT FOR THAT FINAL CONVERSATION WITH WE MAKE THIS A REALITY, Because I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE A COMMUNITY, WE WANT TO LIVE THAT YOU WORK FOR THE CITY OF SANTA ROSA WITH THAT ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR CLARIFICATIONS FROM EITHER PLANNING COMMISSION OR CITY COUNCIL.   It HAS BEEN PRETTY CLEAR TO ME.   I REMEMBER DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT, A QUESTION CAME UP THAT WE DIDN’T ADDRESS, WHICH WAS THE ISSUE OF ROAD DAIS WE HAVE THEM ON MENDOCINO AND THIRD STREET AND THEY’RE NOT IN THIS CONCEPT, BUT WE HAVE OTHER PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE PLANS.   Moving FORWARD, THEY CAN BE INCORPORATED.   This PLAN WILL PRECLUDE SOMETHING LIKE THAT.   Also, I THINK IT WAS PRETTY CLEAR, UNIVERSALLY ACROSS THE BOARD.   The ANSWER TO THE KEY FIVE NEWS, JUST TO CLARIFY FOR NUMBER FIVE ABOUT THE CONNECTION THROUGH THE MALL AND PEOPLE SAYING PUNCH THROUGH AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THE TAKE AWAY IS BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN SHOULD BE THE FOCUS AND WE WANT SOMETHING BOLD ADDRESSING IT, BUT IT DOESN.’T NECESSARILY NEEDS TO BE A NEW ROADWAY CONNECTION.   That WAS THE FEELING THAT I WAS HEARING AND THEN I ALSO HEARD ANOTHER ONE THAT WASN’T ONE OF THESE FIVE, BUT IT’S SUPPORTIVE OF EXPANDING THE PARKING WAIVER TO BE THE PLANNED AREA, OPPOSED TO DOING THAT EXERCISE.   There SEEMS to HIKE A LOT OF SUPPORT SO THAT’S SOMETHING WE MAY ADD.   Okay, WE’LL ADJOURN THE SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL. We ARE GOING TO TAKE A BRIEF RECESS BEFORE WE START OUR 2 30 STUDY SESSION.   So LET’S TAKE ABOUT 5 MINUTES TO RECONFIGURE AND THEN RECONVENE RECESS.   Could YOU DO A ROLL CALL, PLEASE LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT ALL COUNCILMEMBER WAS PRESENT, except COUNCILMEMBER SAWYER AND VICE MAYOR FLEMING, ALTHOUGH SOON TO RETURN GREAT?   Thank YOU.   Mr. CITY MANAGER ITEM 5 1 STUDY SESSION, PRESENTED BY THE COUNTY SUPERVISORS TO DISCUSS A PROPOSED ONE: HALF PERCENT 0 5 SALES TAX MEASURE ENTITLED THE SONOMA COUNTY, WILDFIRE PREVENTION, EMERGENCY ALERT, AND RESPONSE TRANSACTIONS AND USE TAX ORDINANCE, WHICH WILL BE INTRODUCED BY CHIEF GOSNER AND RECOGNIZE Chief RABBIT AND HOPKINS TO THE PRESENTATION AS WELL.   Thank YOU, MAYOR, SCHWEDHELM ADVICE, MAYOR FLEMING, AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.   Thank YOU FOR HAVING US, IT’S OUR OPPORTUNITY TO O PREVENT THE WILDFIRE, ALERT AND RESPONSE MAJOR TO YOU THIS AFTERNOON OR THIS EARLY EVENING, AND I’M JOINED BY SUPERVISOR HOPKINS AND DAVID RABBI.   We’re JOIN BY COUNTY STAFF, WHO IS IN THE SEATS BEHIND US, AND RICK BERNSTEIN, WHO IS GOING TO JOIN US IN THIS SEAT. EMC RESEARCH INC FOR THE PRESENTATION I’M, GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO OE RABBIT.   Thank YOU CHIEF AND HANK.   You FOR HAVING US MAYOR VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, GOOD TO SEE YOU. We HAVE MORE MILES OF ROADS THAN OUR NEIGHBORS OR TRIPLE.   We HAVE MORE PARCELS THAN MOST COUNTIES OUR SIZE IN A PARCELIZED COUNTY AND WE HAVE SOLID URBAN GROWTH LIMITS BUT ENSURES ALL CITIES WITHIN THE COUNTY HAVE A WILDLAND INTERFACE.   Excuse ME, AND NOT, UNLIKE THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THIS COUNTY, I THINK WE HAD 42 SEPARATE FIRE PROTECTION AGENCIES.   We’re DOWN INTO THE MID-30S TODAY, SO WE’RE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.   Ut WE HAVE A LOT OF ENTITIES THROUGHOUT THROUGH CONSOLIDATION.   We’LL CONTINUE TO MOVE IN THAT DIRECTION AND THAT’S OUR GOAL.   We UTILIZE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND, WHILE THE AGENCY ARE BELOVED FOR SURE, VOLUNTEERS ARE HARDER TO COME BY AS DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE AS YOU CAN IMAGINE NO LONGER, DOES THE FARMER JUMP OFF THE TRACKER TO RESPOND TO THE LOCAL FIRE VOLUNTEER? Firefighters ARE REQUIRED TO RECEIVE THE SAME TRAINING, SAME CERTIFICATION, AND EQUIPMENT AS FULL-TIME CAREER firefighters.   This MADE IT DIFFICULT, O RECRUIT AND RETAIN VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, AND THERE’S NOT EMERGENCY COUNTY.   You MAY NOT THINK THAT’S ADEQUATE WHEN YOU HAVE COVERAGE IN YOUR CITY, BUT WHEN YOU’RE RELYING ON an ENTITY, IT’S URGENT TO HAVE ENGINES AND PEOPLE TO SHOW YOU ON SCENE.   This PICTURE IS UP HERE OF THE CONCHATE IRE DEPICTS THE EVACUATION AREA. Pretty WELL SO I’M HERE TO ALK ABOUT MUTUAL AID.   Mutual AID IS A WONDERFUL THING.   It’s, SOMETHING WE’RE GRATEFUL FOR, AND GOD KNOWS, THIS COUNTY HAS UTILIZED MUTUAL AID WAY TOO MUCH OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS.   All AGENCIES WITHIN SONOMA COUNTY MAKE UP MUTUAL AID AND SANTA ROSA RESPONDS AND SANTA ROSA BENEFITS FROM MUTUAL AID, AND I THINK ONE IS THAT WE TRULY ONLY ARE AS TE STRONG AS OUR WEAKEST LINK IF, FOR INSTANCE, ANTA ROSA IS NEXT TO A WEAKER JURISDICTION.   You’re GOING TO BE HEMORRHAGING YOUR RESOURCES INTO THE INCORPORATED AREAS ON RESPOND TO CALLS IN UNDER RESOURCED AREAS FIRST RESPONDERS.   Luckily, FOR US DO NOT BASE RESPONSE DECISIONS ON JURISDICTION, BOUNDARIES JUST LIKE FIRE, DOESN’T WITH INCREASED RESOURCES AND SENDING MUTUAL AID OUTSIDE OF YOU, JURISDICTION WILL DECLINE AND YOU CAN KEEP YOUR RESOURCES WITHIN SANTA ROSA.   I’M GOING, TO BE HONEST.   I’M THE WEAKEST LINK WHEN TALKING ABOUT WHAT IS THE MOST FRAGILE LINK.   We’re UNDERRESOURCED, SO WE BENEFIT FROM MUTUAL AID AND WE’RE GRATEFUL FOR IT, BUT I THINK IT WILL BE BETTER IF WE KEEP SOME OF THOSE RESOURCES MORE LOCAL.   I WANTED TO TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO AND OUT I DON’T KNOW IF I SHOULD GIVE IT TO THE CLERK. Is THAT THE BEST WAY TO GO? I HAVE PERMITS TO WORK UP MAGIC.   It DIDN’T MAKE IT THAT THE PRESENTATION, BUT IT ANALYZES.   What IS THE WILDLAND URBAN INTERFACE WITHIN THE CITY OF SANTA ROSA? So THE INTER MIX AREA TOTALS 2500 ACRE AND THE INTERFACE AREA IS 2300 ACRES AND THE INFLUENCE ZONE IS 5800 ACRES AND THERE are ROUGHLY TEN MILES OF CITY LIMITS THAT ARE SORT OF INTERFACING DIRECTLY WITH THE WILDLAND URBAN INTERFACE BOUNDARY.   That SHOWS, ALTHOUGH WE’RE SEPARATE JURISDICTIONS, WE HAVE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT IN COMMON WHEN IT COMES TO FIRE THREATS.   I’LL JUST ADD THE CITY OF SANTA ROSA.   We HAVE 25 TO 35 OF THE CITY THAT RESIDES WITHIN THE WILDLAND INTERFACE CITY.   That’S, NOT COUNTING EVERYTHING THAT COMES IN AS ONE OF OUR CWPP PEOPLE, THE WILD PROTECTION PLAN.   Santa ROSA IS A GREAT CATCHER OF FIRES, MEANING FIRES RUN TO US FROM OTHER PLACES, SO NAPA COUNTY IN 2017, WITH THE TUBS FIRE START, WAS IN NAPA COUNTY AND THIS YEAR’S CASE.   It STARTED IN GEYSER AND ALSO MADE IT TO THE CITY, BUT DID NOT SO THE PRIMARILY GOAL.   The PRIMARILY GOAL FOR OUR FIRE ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS A MORE EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE FIRE RESPONSE, MERCY, ALERT, AND WILDFIRE CAPABILITY THAT’S PROTECT THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE PUBLIC OF SONOMA COUNTY. The KING FAIRE ILLUSTRATED OUR FIRE EMERGENCY SERVICES, SO OUR EMERGENCY ALERT WAS STRONG BASED ON LESSONS WE LEARNED IN 2017.   However, IT’S IMPORTANT TO NOTE.   We HAD TIME ON OUR SIDE WITH THIS FIRE.   I WANT TO RECEIVE MUTUAL AID QUICKLY ACROSS THE COUNTY AND FROM ACROSS THE STATE.   The HELP WAS AVAILABLE TO US BECAUSE WE WERE NOT COMPETING FOR RESOURCES FROM OTHER FRES.   In 2017, WE HAD NUMEROUS FIRES AROUND US, NOT TO MENTION WE HAD MULTIPLE FIRES ALREADY IN THE CITY, BOTH SO E’RE ATTACKED IN 2017, THIS CYCLE IN 2019.   It WAS VERY DIFFERENT FOR SONOMA COUNTY AND THE CITY OF SANTA ROSE SO BASED ON HOW IT UNFOLDED.   We HAVE HAD CHALLENGES TO RECEIVE THE HELP THAT WE NEEDED IF WE NEEDED TO COMPETE FOR RESOURCES.   So WE WERE THE ONLY SHOW IN TOWN THIS YEAR BEFORE WE WEREN’T, WE’RE UNDERSTAFFED WITH FIREFIGHTERS IN THE COUNTY TO MEET THE DAILY NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE SERVE.   We SHOULD NOT HAVE TO HELP TO RECEIVE THE MUTUAL AID THAT WE ASK for DURING THIS TIME OF CRISIS. We SHOULD HAVE AMPLE FIREFIGHTERS ON DUTY ACROSS THE COUNTY TO MEET the DEMANDS OF OUR SERVICE OF EVERYDAY IN 2017 WHEN WE ORDERED 78 STRIKE TEAMS EARLIER ON BEFORE MIDNIGHT, AND THERE WERE STRIKE DEALS THAT HAD TWO MAJOR FIRES TO GET TO THE CITY OF SANTA ROSA AND They WERE ASSIGNED TO US.   That WAS THE CHALLENGES IN 2017.   We DIDN’T HAVE THAT LUCKY THIS TIME WE HAD EVERYONE, WE WERE ABLE TO HELP WITH THE KING CADE FIRE, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS SLIDE.   This IS NOT A NEW ISSUE.   THIS DOESN’T PREDATE THE WILDFIRES OF 2017, SO WE WERE MEETING ON THIS ISSUE.   I CAN TELL YOU FROM MY TEN YEARS THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE IF THE DISTRICTS WERE LOOKING FOR FUNDING AND THESE WERE INDEPENDENT DISTRICTS.   So THESE WERE FINANCIALLY INDEPENDENT AND SOLELY GOVERNED DISTRICTS.   They WERE HAVING A HARD TIME MAKING ENDS MEET THAT AFFECTS ALL OF US.   If YOU TRAVEL ANYWHERE THROUGH THE COUNTY, YOU WANT TO HAVE COVERAGE EMERGENCY COVERAGE, GOD FORBIDS ANYTHING SHOULD HAPPEN.   The COUNTY OF SONOMA IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ONLY DEPENDENT DISTRICT WHICH is S CSA40. Csa40 IS THE VOLUNTEER FIRE company.   Today THERE ARE TEN VOLUNTEER COMPANIES DOWN FROM 15.   In 2011 THERE WERE 18 – MAYBE NOT THAT LONG AGO, TEN CSC ARE UNDER THE UM OF NORTH BAY FIRE, WITH AN AGREEMENT WITH GOLD RIDGE, FIRE DISTRICT AS WELL.   It’s A MORE EVENINGIVE AND EFFICIENT WAY TO PROVIDE FIRE SERVICE in ND.   The COUNTY HAS BEEN PAYING FOR THE VFC AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO.   We HAVE DOUBLED REVENUE INVESTED OVER A FEW SHORT YEARS, PLUGGING THE HOLES AS THEY EMERGE COUNTY FUNDING SOURCES INCLUDE 1 5 MILLION AND PROP 172 REVENUES TO DATE AND THAT’S GROWING AN ABOUT 3 MILLION IN TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX AND GENERAL FUND SOURCES.   So, IN SHORT, WE’RE NOT TRYING TO PAWN OFF A COUNTY OBLIGATION, AND THE EASY COURSE WOULD BE FOR THE COUNTY TO GO BACK AND ONLY SPEND MONEY ON WHAT WE’RE OBLIGATED TO SPEND MONEY ON, WHICH IS THE VFC’S, WHICH IS WHAT We HAVE TAKEN CARE OF, THE ENTIRE SYSTEM NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT UP AND WE’RE AFFECTED BY THE SYSTEM.   As I MENTIONED BEFORE, THE EXPENDITURE PLAN ANOTHER IMPORTANT NOTE, THE EXPENDITURE PLAN WAS A PRODUCT OF THE FIRE PROFESSIONALS AND THE CHIEF COULD PROBABLY GO INTO THAT.   They TOOK OFF THEIR PATCHES AT THE DOOR AND LOOKED AT WHAT WAS NEEDED TO MAKE SURE ALL COUNTY RESIDENTS HAVE THE SERVICES THEY NEED, O MATTER WHERE, IN THE COUNTY THAT DOESN’T MEAN THE RESPONSE.   Time TO AN ACCIDENT IN TIMBER COVE, FOR INSTANCE, IS GOING TO BE THE SAIL AS A RESPONSE TIME HERE. If THE CITY IT’S GOING ON BE DIFFERENT, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THE APPARATUS IS THE RIGHT ONE.   They, RESPONDING TO AND THE PERSONNEL has THE TRAINING THEY NEED TO RESPOND TO THAT INCIDENT ACROSS THE BOARD.   The SALES TAX ALLOWS EVERYONE TO CONTRIBUTE FINDS TO THE FIRE SERVICES AND THIS EXPANDS BEYOND THE PROPERTY OWNERS AND ENSURES SPENDING DOLLARS IN SONOMA COUNTY, WHETHER THEY’RE TOURIST RESIDENTS OR BUSINESSES.   It’s ABOUT MAKING SURE WE HAVE ADEQUATE FIRE SERVICES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY AND THAT’S IMPORTANT N EVERY CITY, BECAUSE MUTUAL AID IS, AS WAS MENTIONED EARLY A WONDERFUL THING.   Sure PLEASE ONE THING THAT I ALSO WANT TO PROMISE.   I THINK I’VE GAINED A REPUTATION FROM MY COLLEAGUES ON THE BOARD FOR ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT WEST COUNTY AND ALWAYS FIGHTING FOR RESOURCES FOR WEST COUNTY, THE FIRE CHIEFS LEAVING THEIR PATCHES AT THE DOOR.   We TRULY DID AND WE STEPPED BACK AND DID NOT ARGUE R FIGHT FOR ANY MODIFICATIONS OF FUNDING FOR OUR DISTRICTS.   So WE LET THE EXPERTS DECIDE LET THE EXPERTS SORT OF BRING FORWARD A PROPOSAL AND SORT OF LEFT OUR YOU KNOW ELECTIONS OUT OF IT.   So I WANTED YOU TO HAVE THAT STRAIGHT FROM ME.   I’LL, JUST I’LL CONTINUE, BUT I WANTED O TALK ABOUT THIS SLIDE A LITTLE BIT SO THE LAST THREE BULLET POINTS. This HAS BEEN A LONG PROCESS AND I WILL TELL YOU THE FIRE SERVICE ADVISORY COUNCIL.   While IT STARTED IN 2016.   It STARTED WITH THE 70 MEMBER COMMITTEE AND IT’S VERY HARD TO WRANGLE 70 DIFFERENT MINDS ON WHAT’S RIGHT AND WHAT’S, HOW WE SHOULD FUNCTION AS A FIRE SERVICE THAT QUICKLY EVOLVED TO THAT FIRE SERVICE ADVISORY COUNCIL.   Turning INTO TEN VOTING MEMBERS, WE PARTICULARLY HAVE 30 PLUS PEOPLE THAT WOULD PROVIDE NPUT AND IT BECAME A GRANTING OPPORTUNITY.   So THE FASTER YOU GOT YOUR REQUEST IN THE SOONER YOU GOT THE MONEY, BUT YOU SOON VERY SOON WE REALIZED.   This IS NOT THE RIGHT WAY TO DO BUSINESS BECAUSE WE’RE NOT TAKING CARE OF THE CUNTY BUT TAKING RUNOFFS AT A TIME IT DIDN’T SIT WHERE WE led INTO THE STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP GROUP IN 2018, WHICH WAS A SMALLER GROUP.   There are SIX OR EIGHT OF US THAT WORKED ON THE PROBLEM WHERE WE TOOK OUR PATCHES OFF.   I WORKED FOR THE CITY OF SANTA ROSA, BUT I WAS LOOKING AT THE CITY AS A WHOLE AND JUST LIKE MY COLLEAGUES WERE MOVING FORWARD.   It URNED INTO THE FIRE SERVICE WORKING GROUP SO ON THE LIST.   This SLIDE, YOU SEE, IS EVERYONE THAT’S ON THAT LIST. We GOT JASON BOAZ CHIEF OF HELDS BURLINGTONING, WE HAVE CAL LABOR AND WE HAVE VOLUNTEERS AND DISTRICT REPRESENTATIONS, AND THIS GROUP MEETS EVERYDAY H.   Excuse ME, IT FEELS EVERYDAY LAUGHTER, EVERY MONDAY, STARTING AT NOON, AND IT WOULD GO SOMETIMES TO 4 00 AND THAT’S LONG DAY FOR ALL OF US THAT HAVE NORMAL JOBS.   As YOU CAN TELL SO.   The MEMBER OF THE FIRE SERVICE WORKING GROUP, FIRE SERVICE LEADERS REPRESENT CITIES, SPECIAL DISTRICTS, COUNTY FIRE CHIEFS, ASSOCIATION, STATE FIRE, CHIEF ASSOCIATION, CAL FIRE, AND THE FIREFIGHTERS UNION LEADERSHIP.   We WERE APPOINTED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO PROVIDE STRATEGIC GOAL, SETTING AND LEADERSHIP TO DEVELOP THE FIRE SYSTEM TO MEET THE FUTURE NEEDS OF OUR COUNTY AND ALL OF OUR JURISDICTIONS.   We SERVE.   We COME TOGETHER EVERY WEEK, AS I STATED, AND OUR GOAL AT EVERY MEETING IS TO DESIGN A FIRE AND EMS DELIVERY SYSTEM THAT MEETS THE NEEDS OF EVERYONE.   Everyone IN THIS CITY AND EVERYONE IN THE COUNTY THAT’S, EVERYONE, TOURISTS, CITIZENS, VISITORS.   It IS WE’RE.   Looking AT A HOLISTIC SYSTEM, WE WORK HARDER TO DEVELOP THIS PLAN, A PLAN THAT ENHANCES THE FIRE AND EMS SERVICES FOR ALL OF SONOMA, COUNTY RESIDENTS, AND THE PLAN. The PLAN BEFORE YOU TONIGHT WAS VETTED BY EACH ONE OF THE FIRE CHIEFS DURING THE MEETING OF THE FIRE SERVICE WORKING GROUP, EACH REGION -‘S CHIEF AND THE PLAN.   Excuse ME: THE PLAN REPRESENTS THE INCLUSION OF EDITS THAT EACH CHIEF DESIRED, MEANING WE HAD MULTIPLE MEETINGS, AND WHEN WE BROUGHT REGION SANTA ROSA IS IN REGION SEVEN.   So THERE are TWO CHIEFS CHIEF HAN AND MYSELF.   It WAS EASY FOR US.   There are MULTIPLE CHIEFS.   This IS WHAT WE’RE THINKING.   What ARE YOUR DESIRES? What are WE MISSING WE WOULD BRING THEM IN AND THEY WOULD GIVE US THAT INPUT.   I FEEL IT WAS A FAIR PROCESS, A VERY LENGTHY PROCESS.   It DID HELP THE PROCESS.   This WAS ALL TO REDUCE RELIANCE OF DEPENDENCE OF MUTUAL PLANS. Hat WE DEVELOPED HAVING MORE FIRE FIGHTING FORCE EVERYDAY TO MEET THE CURRENT AND FUTURE NEEDS, AND I’LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT IN THE NEXT SLIDES COMING UP.   These ARE THE FIRE CHIEF’S RECOMMENDATIONS, AND SO WE BASED IT ON POPULATION DENSITY AND NFPA1710 AND 1720, AND THE GOAL WAS TO MAKE SURE WE HAD A SAFETY NET THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.   Santa ROSA ENJOYS THREE PERSON ENGINE COMPANIES AND WE HAVE TEN OF THOSE, WE HAVE TWO TRUCK COMPANIES WITH FOUR PEOPLE ON REACH TO EACH TRUCK AND WE GET A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK DONE.   Not EVERYONE IN THE COMPANY HAD THAT SAME EMPLOYEE BASE.   So SOME WERE VOLUNTEERS, SO YOU GET ONE PERSON.   Some PEOPLE HAD TWO PERSON COMPANIES.   We TOOK A LOOK AT POPULATION DENSITY AND RESPONSE TIMES AND SEE WHAT WE COULD DO TO MAKE IT BETTER THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.   Our KEY GOALS IS GETTING THREE PEOPLE ON EACH ENGINE.   You CAN GET A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK DONE WITH THREE PEOPLE.   It’S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT NFPA 1710 RECOMMENDS FOUR FIREFIGHTERS ON AN ENGINE. We DO VERY WELL WITH THREE.   We CAN DO BETTER WITH FOUR, BUT WE RECOGNIZE THAT IS DIFFICULT AS IT COSTS OUR GOAL WAS O GET THREE FIREFIGHTERS ON EVERY ENGINE AROUND THE CITY OF SANTA ROSA THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, AND PART OF THAT WAZEE LIMBNATING, A RESPONSE BOUNDARY WAS SPPS.   That WAS ELIMINATING A RESPONSE that NEEDS ALL OF THESE COMMINGLE, BUT WE WANT THE QUICKEST ENGINE TO PROVIDE FOR THE SERVICE THAT NEEDS IT.   Even IF IT’S OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF SANTA ROSA IT DOESN’T MEAN IT’S NOT A RESIDENT.   It COULD BE INSIDE THE CITY AND A COUNTY RESIDENT.   We WANT TO MAKE SURE WE’RE ABLE TO INCREASE THE OVERALL STRENGTH OF THE FIREFIGHTERS IN ASSISTING AND REDUCE THIS PLAN.   I FEEL IT REDUCES THE DEPENDENCE ON THE DEPARTMENT OF SANTA ROSA BECAUSE WE’RE BALUSTERING THE CITIES AROUND US.   Do YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE SOUTH COUNTIES DAVID? This TELLS A STORY ABOUT HOW MANY DIFFERENT FIRE COVERAGE AREAS WE HAVE.   If YOU LOOK AT THE BOTTOM, THE BORDER OF MARIN THAT’S, BASICALLY THE VFC THAT’S CALLED THE SIX PACK, THERE’S ABOUT SIX VFC’S ALIGNED AND THAT’S.   As I MENTIONED EARLIER, IT’S CALLED NORTH BAY FIRE AND IT’S RUN UNDER THE ADMINISTRATION OF GOLD RIDGE. That WAS A MOVE FORWARD.   Rather THAN HAVING SIX SEPARATE FIRE CHIEFS AND SIX SEPARATE TRAINING protocols.   It WAS TO COMBINE THOSE TWO AND IT MADE ENSE GOING FORWARD.   You CAN SEE PETALUMA AND SINK AND RANCHO ADOBE IN BLUE AS WE MOVE FURTHER NORTH CHIEF.   There WE GO THERE’S SANTA ROSA, AND YOU CAN SEE DIFFERENT AGENCIES OUT TO THE WEST, AND AS WE CREEP UP NORTH, YOU’LL SEE THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY AGAIN WITH A CHECKERBOARD OF ENTITIES THAT PROVIDE DIFFERENT COVERAGE.   There HAS BEEN A LOT OF MOVEMENT LIKE I SAID EARLIER WITH CONSOLIDATION.   This MEASURE INCENTIVIZE AND WE’LL TALK ABOUT THAT LATER BUT INCENTIVIZE FURTHER CONSOLIDATION BECAUSE WE THINK THE NUMBER WE HAVE NOW IS LESS THAN A YEAR OR TWO AGO and CAN BE MUCH SMALLER AND WE WILL GAIN EFFICIENCIES FROM THAT YEAH.   So THE NEED FOR MORE FIREFIGHTERS, MORE LOCAL FIREFIGHTERS ARE NEEDED TO ENHANCE OR PREPAREDNESS AND OUR RESPONSIBILITY CAPABILITIES, STAFFING, INCREASES, UH AND AUGMENTATION PLANS, AND THE FIRE AGENCIES IN SONOMA, AND THAT INCLUDES 200 FULL-TIME POSITIONS.   This IS EVACUATIONS AND AERT IN THE CONCHATE IN THE TUBS FIRE WE DIDN’T HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE TO DO THAT AND THAT FIRE MOVED SO QUICKLY THAT IT WAS DIFFICULT.   The KINKAID FIRE WAS DIFFERENT IN THAT IT DEMONSTRATED THE STRENGTH OF THE MUTUAL AID SYSTEM AND OUR OVER RELIANCE OF THAT VERY SYSTEM. We DO NOT HAVE THE NUMBER OF FIREFIGHTERS ON DUTY TO MEET THE INITIAL CHALLENGES OF THE KINKAID FIRE THAT IT BROUGHT TO US, BUT WE HAD QUITE A FEW RESOURCES.   We STILL NEEDED MORE.   We NEED MORE FIREFIGHTERS ON DUTY TO MANAGE ALL EMERGENCIES.   I HAVE NOT BEEN FOCUSED.   Well, WE HAVE BEEN FOCUSED ON THE KINKAID FIRE.   The CHALLENGES TO THE FIRE SERVICE ARE WIDE AND VARIED FROM DEVASTATING WILDFIRE POTENTIAL TO LIFE THREATENED FLOODING IN PETALUMA AND ALONG THE RUSSIAN RIVER.   The THREAT OF AN EARTHQUAKE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS INCIDENT JUST BECAUSE WE’RE OUT OF FIRE SEASON IT DOESN’T MEAN WE’RE OUT OF DANGER.   We KNOW THE EARTHQUAKE ARE COMING AND RAIN IS COMING.   We HAD FLOODING THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY AND IT MAY HAPPEN AGAIN THIS YEAR WITH WILDFIRES OCCURRING FREQUENTLY AND SPREADING RAPIDLY.   We MUST INCREASE our ON-DUTY STAFF WITH A QUICKER, A QUICKER LEVEL OF RESPONSE: IT’S – 200, FIREFIGHTERS, BUT THAT’S, PERSONNEL FOR FIRE PREVENTION AND VEGETATION THAT INCLUDES SEVEN DIFFERENT INSPECTORS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY AND SANTA ROSA RECEIVED ONE THAT TALKS ABOUT REGIONAL COMMAND AND Control OF INCIDENT, SANTA ROSA HAS ONE STAFF BATTALION CHIEF. We NEED TWO.   This PLAN GIVES US THAT IT GIVES US COMMAND OF CONTROL THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE COUNTY WITH BATTALION CHIEF, IT’S A LARGE PLAN THAT OVERSEES THE ENTIRE AREA MIC IS OFF THERE.   We GO NOW, YOU CAN HEAR ME POLLING, SHOWED THE PUBLIC HAS AN INTEREST IN CONTINUING TO INVEST IN VEGETATION MANAGEMENT, WILDFIRE PREVENTION AND PREPAREDNESS AND EMERGENCY ALERT AND ARNING SYSTEMS, AS WELL AS FIREFIGHTER STATION AND APRIL APPARATUS.   We HAVE INTERFACE AND WITH CLIMATE CHANGE, WE HAVE TWO SEASONS IN SONOMA COUNTY, WE’RE IN FIRE SEASON OR FLOOD SEASON, AND THOSE TWO SEASONS EXACERBATE ONE ANOTHER.   When WE HAVE YEARS OF HEAVY RAINFALL, WE HAVE HEAVY VEGETATION GROWTH, AND, HONESTLY, OUR FAILURE IN UNINCORPORATED AREAS TO MANAGE OUR VEGETATION THREATENS SANTA ROSA.   So IT’S CRITICAL.   We MOVE FORWARD WITH VEGETATION MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS IN THESE URBAN INTERFACES INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF CITY LIMITS.   To KEEP OUR COMMUNITIES AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE, THE GOOD NEWS IS THIS: MEASURE BRINGS FUNDS BOTH FOR PROGRAMS AS WELL AS PERSONNEL TO CARRY OUT THAT APPROPRIATE VEGETATION MANAGEMENT, AND WE ARE HAVE INVESTED IN THE COUNTY.   Ask WE HAVE MADE SOME PROGRESS, BUT WHEN YOU HAVE A MILLION ACRES AND QUITE A BIT OF WILDLAND INTERFACE, WE NEED MORE SUPPORT TO PURSUE THIS AND ALSO EMERGENCY ALERT AND WARNING SYSTEMS, AND THEY HAVE GARNERED A LOT OF ATTENTION.   The KINKAID FIRE WAS HANDLED DIFFERENTLY, BUT THAT WAS BECAUSE OF SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENTS MADE WITHIN THE SYSTEM, SOMETHING WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO INVEST IN GOING FORWARD DURING THE KINKAID FIRE. For INSTANCE, THE WIRELESS EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM OR WA WAS USED 15 SEPARATE TIMES, SO CO ALERT WAS USED 26 TIMES AND NIXLE TOO MANY TO EVER REMEMBER, BUT THE NOAH WEATHER WAS USED TWICE THAT WAS USED WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI.   So, IN ADDITION, THE SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT, I BELIEVE, HOPEFULLY, THE SANTA ROSA PD AS WELL – WILL UTILIZE THE HI-LO SIRENS, WHEN USING EVACUATIONS AND FEWER FOLKS HAVE LOWER LANDLINES AND TECHNOLOGY CONTINUES TO ADVANCE AND AGAIN IT DRIVES HOME.   The POINT is THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO INVEST IN ALERT AND WARNING SYSTEMS NOT ONLY FOR FIRES BUT FOR FLOODS AND GOD FORBID THE EARTHQUAKE THAT’S AROUND THE CORNER.   Nothing REPLACES THE VALUE OF PERSONNEL PERSONNE AND FIREFIGHTERS, ON THE GROUND AND EVACUATING RESIDENTS AND GOING DOOR TO DOOR AND SEARCHING FOR TRAPPED RESIDENTS AS WELL.   There’s A LACK OF STAFFING THAT EXIST TODAY.   I WILL SAY THAT WE CAN NEVER STAFF ENOUGH TO MEET THE ENTIRE NEEDS OF ANY OCTOBER OF 17 OR 19, BUT UH.   This WILL BRING US MUCH FURTHER AHEAD THAN WHERE WE WERE.   We’LL HAVE ADDITIONAL 200 ODD FIREFIGHTERS, SO 26, AT A TIME BEING.   On DUTY WE’LL BE MORE PREPARED, WE’LL HAVE ADEQUATE RESOURCES AND WE’LL BE ABLE TO RESPOND MUCH QUICKER.   I’LL JUST ADD. After THE 2017 FIRE I ASKED MY DEPARTMENT, WE CAN’T BUILD A FIRE DEPARTMENT BASED ON ONE EVENT.   That WAS HARD FOR THEM TO HEAR BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT WE were GOING TO GET MORE PEOPLE AND MORE EQUIPMENT 3 AND WE’RE GOING TO GET STATIONS BUILT AND IT DOESN’T WORK THAT WAY HERE WE ARE, KNOW IN 2019 ND WE JUST About WENT THROUGH THE SAME THING THAT WE DID IN 2017 AND WE NEED TO BE DIFFERENT.   We NEED TO BE BETTER AND THIS PLAN HELPS US GET THERE.   So THESE ARE THE 3 REASONS.   7 PLAN HIGHLIGHTS.   The CITY OF SANTA ROSA IS PART OF REGION 7 AND THERE are 44 ADDITIONS OF STAFFING.   There are THREE BATTALION CHIEFS AND THOSE ROSA THERE,’S, TWO PREVENTION, T OFFICERS, SANTA ROSA WILL GET ONE OF THOSE PREVENTION OFFICERS TO HELP WITH THE VEGETATION MANAGEMENT PROGRAM AND THERE’S’FIREFIGHTERS FOR ZONE 7 18 WILL COME TO THE CITY OF SANTA Rosa ONE IS FOR STATION NINE, WHICH IS ONE WE NEED TO BUILD ON THE AVENUE AND STATION 12, WHICH IS A STATION WE NEED TO PUT IN BETWEEN CALISTOGA AND FOUNTAIN GROVE.   There are FIVE NEW STATIONS, JUST IN REGION 7, THE CITY OF SANTA ROSA, IS SLATED TO GET TWO OF THOSE NEW STATIONS AND THERE TWO STATION MOVES A CITY WE NEED TO MOVE OUT TO LO LOS ALAMOS AREA THAT WILL CLOSE A GAP.   We HAVE FOUR PEOPLE ON ENGINE SIX BECAUSE IT’S A LARGE SECOND, DUE WITH TWO IN TWO OUT, WE CAN’T GO ON A FIRE FIGHT UNLESS WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE OUT WITH A THREE PERSON ENGINE PERSON OUT, WE CAN’T DO THAT.   We PUT FOUR PEOPLE ON THERE AND THAT’S STATION FIVE HAS BEEN BURNED DOWN WHEN IT GETS REBUILT, THEN WE’LL DROP BACK DOWN TO A THREE-PERSON ENGINE COMPANY. We NEED THESE PEOPLE IN THESE PLACES TO EFFECTIVELY GET DONE.   What WE NEED TO GET DONE – AND THIS IS A MORE ON THE NEW STATIONS AND EXPENDITURE PROGRAM FOR THE CITY OF SANTA ROSA – WE’RE, LOOKING AT TWO NEW STATIONS AND MOVING ONE STATION FOR A TOTAL OF 30 MILLION.   It’s ABOUT 1 1 MILLION ANNUALLY.   It’s NOT DESIGNED TO PAYOUT RIGHT IT’S DESIGNED TO GET THE MONEY AS AN INSTALLMENT.   There’S THE ABILITY OF BONDING AND GRANTS AND ET CETERA, ALONG WITH THAT OTHER STATIONS SITES INCLUDES THE CITY OF HILLSBORO AND CITY OF PETALUMA, GEYSERVILLE, FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICTS AND THE SONOMA COUNTY FIRE DISTRICT, WHICH IS FORMERLY LINCOLN VALLEY, BENNETT, VALLEY, AND WINDSOR.   So, AS MENTIONED EARLIER, E DO HAVE FEWER FIRE PROTECTION AGENCIES IN SONOMA COUNTY TODAY THAN LAST YEAR AND THE YEAR BEFORE, WHICH IS GOOD NEWS.   Consolidation BROUGHT EFFECTIVE EFFICIENCY AND SUSTAINABILITY, AS WE STILL NEED TO ENHANCE 3 SERVICES IN SOME OF THESE AREAS AND THE GOOD THING ABOUT THIS MEASURE.   It OFFERS THE CARROT AND THE STICK TO INCENTIVIZE FURTHER CONSOLIDATION efforts.   There’s A CLAWBACK CLAUSE FOR EVERYONE, EXCEPT FOR THE MUNICIPALITIES TO PURSUE CONSOLIDATION WHERE IT MAKES SENSE, AND THAT WILL BE REVIEWED NOT ONLY BY LAFCO BUT BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.   I’VE BEEN CLEAR AND I THINK I BOAST MORE SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAN ANY ELSE. I HAVE BEEN CLEAR THAT I DON’T THERE’S, VOTER TOLERANCE FOR REDONE DANCE OF ADMINISTRATION AND WE NEED TO FOCUS ON REGIONAL THAT’S.   What I CARRIED TO FIRE CHIEFS IN WEST COUNTY, BECAUSE I THINK IT’S IMPORTANT, THAT OUR PAYER DOLLARS ARE INVESTED WISELY AND EACH DOLLAR GOES AS FAR AS IT CAN.   I THINK WHEN YOU COME TOGETHER TO EGIONALIZE AND CON CONSOLIDATE THESE AGENCIES, YOU GET A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE ON WHERE IT’S BEST TO INVEST THESE RESOURCES.   So I’M SUPPORTIVE OF THE CONSOLIDATION OF BEING A PREREQUISITE OF RECEIVING A PREREQUISITE OF RECEIVING THIS FUNDING.   Do YOU WANT TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT ON THIS SO REALLOCATION? There ARE SOME INSTANCES WHERE WE ALLOCATE MONEY.   There’s A PLAN THAT GOES ALONG WITH THIS.   There are TIMES.   When YOU HAVE O REALLOCATE MONEY, IT COULD BE THAT THERE’S A CRITICAL NEED FOR FACILITIES THAT POPS UP.   It COULD BE A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT, A FIRE ENGINE OR A TRUCK TYPICAL FIRE ENGINE IS 640 000.   The LADDER TRUCK IS 1 4 MILLION. Those ARE THINGS THAT SHOULD SOMETHING CATASTROPHIC happen.   We CAN TAKE A LOOK AT ALSO DEPARTMENTS THAT CONSOLIDATE.   We NEED TO LOOK AT THAT.   Do YOU NEED THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY? ARE THERE OTHER FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES? So WHAT THIS DOES IS GIVES US THE ABILITY TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE CURRENT ENVIRONMENT TODAY and ND ENVIRONMENT IN THE FUTURE, BECAUSE WE NEVER KNOW WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS AND WE CAN REALLOCATE FUNDS AS NEEDED WITH THE YOU KNOW, WITH PROPERLY VETTING IT OUT YEAH, AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT YOU KNOW.   I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THE TOPICS OF GREAT CONVERSATION SORT OF WITHIN THE CITIES RIGHT NOW, AND WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS WE CAN DISCUSS THIS FURTHER AFTER THE PRESENTATION, BUT I WANT TO BE CLEAR.   This IS NOT ABOUT THE COUNTY BEING a BIG BAD BROTHER AND WE’RE GOING TO STEAL YOUR MONEY AND PUT IT SOMEWHERE ELSE.   But THIS IS CREATING FLEXIBILITY TO ADAPT TO CHANGING NEEDS AND WHEN I FIRST HEARD BOUT THIS BY THE SSWAG – AND I SAID WHAT IS AN INTEREST – AND THEY SAID IMAGINE THE TOWN TRULY IF WE HAD SORT OF MASSIVE SOME KIND OF MASSIVE, CATASTROPHIC EVENT WHERE WE SAW An ENTIRE GO AWAY: THERE MIGHT BE A NEED TO REALLOCATE FUNDS TEMPORARILY OR PERMANENTLY SO AND ALSO HEN.   We’RE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT ANNEXATIONS.   Some AREAS HAVE DIFFERENT FEE STRUCTURES, SO YOU MAY GET MONEY FROM AN AREA THAT DIDN’T HAVE PARCEL TAX SAY they NEED ANOTHER FIRE STATION.   The IDEA WAS TO BUILD IN SOME LEVEL OF FLEXIBILITY SINCE he DOES NOT HAVE A SENSE THAT YOU KNOW AND is LAST DETERMINED BY VOTERS. So WE WANTED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE FUTURE, WHILE SETTING A BASELINE THAT PEOPLE CAN TRUST TODAY, YEAH, AND TO THE COUNTY.   Hired THE COUNTY HIRED A CONSULTANT AND SHE’S SITTING TO THE LEFT OF ME, RUTH BERNSTEIN OF EMS RESEARCH.   They CONDUCTED TWO POLLS AND TWO SESSIONS OF FOCUS GROUPS IN BETWEEN TO SEE IF THERE’S, SUPPORT IN THE COUNTY AND TO HONE THE MESSAGE AND THE DELIVERABLES.   So WHAT OU SEE IN FRONT OF US TODAY IS A RESULT OF NOT ONLY THE GOOD WORK OF ALL THE FIRE CHIEFS, BUT ALSO TAKING THE TASK TO THE PEOPLE AND YOU WILLING TO SUPPORT AND WHAT IT NEEDS TO LOOK LIKE.   Quite FRANKLY, WE WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND BY DOING THE WHOLE POLLS AND THE TWO FOCUS GROUPS, AND RUTH CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AS WE GO FORWARD HERE AS WELL.   I CAN TELL YOU NOT SURPRISING THE 2017 WILDFIRES SHOULD BE NOTED.   This WAS THE POLLING WAS DONE BEFORE THE KINKAID FRE, BUT THE 2017 WILD FAIRS WERE FRESH ON PEOPLE’S MIND WHEN THE POLL WAS CONDUCT, AND THE POLL, AS I SAID, WAS before THE KIRKS NCADE FIRE AND THE NUMBERS MIGHT BE A FEW NUMBERS HIGHER And RUTH CAN SPEAK TO THAT.   Had WE GONE OUT FOR A THIRD TEST TODAY?   I APOLOGIZE HERE BECAUSE I THINK WHAT WE’RE GOING TO SEE IS WE GOT ALL THE CITIES HERE SO GOOD.   There ARE CONCERNS IN THE country. THE TOP CONCERNS, AS YOU ALREADY KNOW, HOUSE AND HOMELESSNESS.   It’s CONSISTENTLY BEEN THERE FOR THE LAST YEAR OR SO OR PERHAPS A LITTLE MORE.   It’s FOLLOWED QUICKLY BY INFRASTRUCTURE AND FIRE PRO SELECTION AND DISASTER PREPAREDNESS.   What WOULD KINCADE DO WITH FIRE PREPAREDNESS GOING FORWARD? We’RE, NOT SURE THIS IS WHAT THE BOARD TOOK ACTION ON, IN 2019, THE BOARD OF SUPPOSE ADVISERS VOTED.   The BOARD OF SUPERVISORS VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO PLACE THE WILDFIRE PREVENTION, EMERGENCY ALERT, AND RESPONSE MEASURE AND ASSOCIATED IMPLEMENTATION PLAN IN MARCH AND APPEALED BY VOTERS.   We ARE AT THE POINT OF QUESTIONS GREAT.   Thank YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION, MR ROGERS, YOU HAD A QUESTION.   Thank YOU, MR MAYOR.   Mr. CHAIR, IS THERE A MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT REQUIREMENT BUILT INTO THIS? Not SPECIFICALLY, I MEAN WHAT YOU HAVE is BASICALLY UH.   I THINK THE UNIQUE THING WITH THE TERM OF THE MEASURE BEING QUITE FRANKLY, LONG TERM, THERE’S A PERCENTAGE THAT’S THAT WAS FIGURED OUT OF WHERE EACH INDIVIDUAL DISTRICT AND THE CHIEF COULD PROBABLY SPEAK TO THIS BETTER, BUT EACH INDIVIDUAL DISTRICT AND WHAT THEY Need TO ACHIEVE HAT EFP STANDARD AND BRING THEIR STANDARD P, SO THEY CAN FIT IN THE BIGGER PICTURE IT’S BUILT INTO THE NFPA STANDARD AND THE PERCENTAGE OF FUNDS THEY’LL NEED TO GET THAT AND, AS THE MEASURE GOES, YOU KNOW OUT IN YEARS That DOLLAR AMOUNT WILL STAY THE SAME. I WAS CURIOUS BECAUSE SANTA ROSA PASSED MEASURE O, WHICH SUPPLEMENTS OUR SERVICES AND SEVERAL FIRE DISTRICTS HAVE PASSED PARCEL TAXES AND THEY SUPPLEMENT THEIRS.   If HE PUBLIC, DOESN’T 3 MAINTAIN THOSE, EVEN IF THE LOCAL UH GOVERNMENT BODY IS STILL MAKING AN EFFORT TO MAINTAIN THE FUNDING LEVEL, WHAT HAPPENS TO THE ALLOCATION SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IN SANTA ROSA, IF MEASURE O IS NOT REAUTHORIZED BY THE VOTERS AND THE STANDARD Is THE COVERAGE STANDARD WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT? How DOES THAT IMPACT THE REALLOCATION of UM, SO THE PERCENTAGE WOULD NOT SORT EVER AUTOMATIC ADJUST IN TERMS OF THE FUNDING THAT WAS BEING RETURNED, BUT THAT’S something YOU DO IS GO TO THE FIRE?   Chief’S ASSOCIATION AND EXPLAIN THE NEED, AND THEY’LL BE AN ANALYSIS MADE AT THAT POINT AND A RECOMMENDATION TO EITHER PROCEED, ITH THE RECOMMENDATION OR NOT BASED ON THE NEEDS AND THE OTHER AVAILABLE FUNDING SOURCES then, DOES THAT SEEM ACCURATE? It’s A GOOD QUESTION.   At THE END OF THE DAY, THERE’S GOING TO BE PARCEL TAXES THAT’S GOING TO HAVE EXPIRATION DATES AND SALES TAX THAT HAS EX HAS EXPIRATION dates.   We’re GOING TO PUT NEARLY 51 MILLION ANNUALLY INTO FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES, BUT ADDING TO IT AND UPPING THE STANDARD.   We HOPE THAT GETS US TO A PLACE WHERE THE ENTIRE COUNTY IS GOING TO BE COVERED AND TO THOSE ENTITIES, AND I’VE HAD THIS DOWN MY WAY AND WE PASSED PARCELS IN DIFFERENT DISTRICTS AND THAT’S GREAT THE FIRE DISTRICT IN YOUR CITY, NEEDS To HAVE A STRONG AND YOU HAVE A STRONG FIRE DEPARTMENT, BUT BECAUSE PROBABLY NO OTHER, MAYBE LAW ENFORCEMENT TO SOME DEGREE.   But FIRE DEPARTMENTS RELY ON ONE ANOTHER, EVEN AS LARGE AS THE CITY OF SANTA ROSA IS TRULY RELIES ON WHO SURROUNDS YOU, AND WHO CAN COME IN AND HELP, AND WHO COVERS WHAT STATIONS, AND I KNOW YOU CAN OVER MORE THAN A SINGLE STRUCTURE FIRE AT A Time THAT’S NOT THE CASE EVERYWHERE, it’s MAKING SURE YOU HAVE THAT BACKUP AND DEEP BENCH AND THE DEEP BENCH IS REQUIRED.   And IF YOU DON’T HAVE THAT YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE LOWER LEVELS OF SERVICE AND TO IT COMES to PLAYING FIELD, WHICH IS GOOD FOR ALL.   Even THOUGH PERHAPS THE MONEY IS GOING TO GO IN DIFFERENT AREAS BECAUSE EVERYONE IS GOING TO BE ON THE SAME PAGE AND AGAIN NOT ALWAYS PLANNING FOR THAT ONE OCTOBER, IT HAPPENS MORE OFTEN, MUTUAL AID HAPPENS DAILY WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE Have UH NO MATTER WHERE WE ARE IN THE COUNTY AND CERTAINLY WE ALL KNOW PEOPLE MIGRATE AROUND THE COUNTY TO A GREAT EXTENT AND THAT’S A GREAT THING.   We GO TO THE COAST AND IF SOMETHING HAPPENS ALONG THE WAY, WHOEVER RESPONSE IS ADEQUATELY TRAINED, AND HAS THE RIGHT EQUIPMENT AND THERE WITHIN A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT’S. The GOAL HERE IS TO MAKE SURE WE’RE COVERED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.   At THAT SAME LEVEL AND TO BALUSTER EVERY DISTRICT, WHICH IS TRUE, I APPRECIATE THAT WE SEE HOW IMPORTANT MUTUAL AID AND UNDERSTANDING THE FIRE THAT THREATENED US AND THE ONE THAT GOT US IN 2017, EITHER OF THEM STARTED N OUR CITY LIMITS COUNCIL.   Any OTHER QUESTIONS, MR TIBBETTS ONE QUESTION I HAD AND I THINK THE FIRE CHIEF ASSOCIATION MAKING THE RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD MIGHT BE THE ANSWER.   One THING THAT EXCITES HE ABOUT THIS MEASURE IS THE IDEA THERE’S, GOING TO BE COLLABORATION BETWEEN DISTRICTS AND HOPEFULLY, MORE COORDINATION WHEN IT COMES TO FIRE RESPONSE OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT THE CHIEFS ARE GETTING TOGETHER regularly.   Are THERE MECHANISMS IN THIS ORDINANCE GOING ON THE BALLOT THAT KIND OF REQUIRES IT ARE? There STICKS THAT BASICALLY, THERE’S THE FUNDING AND WE’RE G GOING O CONSOLIDATE THE DIST DISTRICT.   We’re GOING TO LET TERRY TAKE THAT QUESTION.   There are several YEARS.   A REVIEW TAKES PLACE.   I WAS CHECKING ON THE NUMBER OF YEARS WITH YOU, BUT WE HAVE THAT THIS GIVES US THE STICK AND YOU’LL CONSOLIDATE OR LOSE YOUR FUNDING ND THAT’S A CRITICAL WIDTH, SWITCHING CAPTIONERS.   So IF WE HAVE A SITUATION WHERE WE HAVE A DISTRICT AND THEY DON’T WANT TO CONSOLIDATE FOR A BETTERMENT OF FIRE DELIVERY AND SERVICE DELIVERY IN TERMS OF FLOOD FIRE EARTHQUAKE THAT WE DO HAVE PROVISION TO SEE, LOOK AT IT, WE DON’T TAKE It LIGHTLY SO BACK INTO THE SYSTEM SO THAT THE SERVICE DELIVERY CAN BE PROVIDED, BUT IT COULD STILL PRO DETECTIVE THE ACCESS WE WOULD STILL PROTECT THE CITIZENS OF THAT AREA. We DID TRY TO DO OUR BEST IN TERMS OF BEING THOUGHTFUL OF MOVING TOWARDS POPULATION.   I ALSO WANT TO ADDRESS THE MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT.   It’s, NOT A MAINTENANCE.   We’re NOT LOOK TO GO SUPPLANT FUNDING.   I DON’T KNOW IF THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED SOMEWHAT OF A MAINTENANCE EFFORT, THAT THERE WOULD NOT BE A SUPPLEMENTATION OF FUNDS AND THAT FUNDING WOULD NO LONGER BE AVAILABLE, SO THAT WOULD EIST TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THE SITUATION AGAIN AS SUPERVISOR HOPKINS DESCRIBED.   THE CITY WOULD COME TO THE FIRE SERVICES WORKING GROUP AND WE WOULD LOOK AT THE CIRCUMSTANCES AGAIN.   The WHOLE VIEW IS TO TRY TO GET A HOLISTIC SYSTEM OF CARE.   Another WAY TO LOOK AT IT FROM THE FIRE.’S PERSPECTIVE.   Any OTHER QUESTIONS or ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.   I HAVE A COUPLE. Let’s SAY THIS PASSES.   How WOULD THIS AFFECT THE PUBLIC MEASURE O? Would THAT HAVE ANY EFFECT on MEASURE O ALLOCATION TO PLEASE FIRE OR GAIN PREVENTION? I DON’T THINK SO MEASURE O IS BASED ON WHAT THIS BUDGET IS NOW.   This TAX MEASURE IS NT, DESIGNED TO SUPPLANT ANYTHING, SO THOSE TWO DON’T COMBINE IN MY VIEW.   How WOULD THIS TAX MIRA DRESS SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE IN MEASURE O IN HEALTHCARE COSTS AND THAT THEY ESCALATE QUICKER? I DIDN’T SEE WHERE THERE IS A BUILT-IN PROVISION FOR THAT.   You KNOW IT GOES UP WHEN TAXES GOES UP WHEN TAXES GO UP AND COMES DOWN WHEN THE TAXES GO DOWN, SOME IS GOING TO HAVE to RELY on WITH CITIES AND ENTITIES deal WE MOVE FORWARD.   What THIS MEASURE DOES IS GIVES US THE ABILITY, AS A CITY, TO HIRE ADDITIONAL PEOPLE THAT WE NEED RIGHT NOW AND IT GIVES THE DISTRICTS AND THE VOLUNTEERS A CAPABILITY OF DOING THE SAME TO CREATE THAT NETWORK ACROSS THE COUNTRY.   So PART OF THE EFFORT THAT WAS DISCUSSED WAS SMFT ISSUES THAT YOU BRING UP NOW.   This TAX MEASURE WILL NOT FIX EVERY PROBLEM, BUT IT’S A GREAT START TO MAKING US BETTER.   You KNOW I GET THE INTENT.   My CONCERN IS, WE HAD 250 FIREFIGHTERS AND WE HAVE THE GREAT RECESSION THAT PEOPLE SAY: HEY IT’S COMING AND NOW WE DON’T HAVE THE MONEY. I’M NOT ASKING TO.   You PREDICT THE FUTURE, BUT IS THERE A RESERVE WHERE THAT MONEY WOULD BE SET ASIDE? There IS A LITTLE POT OF MONEY FOR THE INCENTIVIZATION, SO THERE GOING TO BE MONEY THAT IF IT PASSES THEY WILL STOCK AWAY.   So THERE WILL BE SOME AVAILABILITY OF THAT, BUT I DON’T HAVE AN EXACT ANSWER OR SOMETHING AS CONCRETE FOR YOU: OKAY, AND WE’VE TALKED ABOUT FIREFIGHTER AND IN SNTA ROSA.   Is IT EMT OR PARAMEDIC REQUIREMENT PARAMEDIC? Will THAT BE a COUNTY WIDE PART OF THAT? We LOOKED AT PARAMEDICINE AND WE WANT TO LOOK AT OTHER AGENCIES THAT WANT TO PARTICIPATE AS PARAMEDICS TO HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY.   For EXAMPLE, IT WOULD SURROUND SANTA ROSA, A IN LARK FIELD AND BENNETT VALLEY RIGHT NOW.   Engine 5 OR 11 IS GOING BECAUSE WE’RE THE CLOSEST. After all, WE’RE CLOSER THAN THE AMBULANCE.   If WE’RE ABLE TO PUT PARAMEDICS IN THE ENGINE, WE’RE ABLE TO RESPOND.   So WE STAY IN THE CITY AND RESPOND TO OUR PHONE.   Calls THAT DOES NOT MEAN IF THEY DON’T NEED OUR HELP.   If THEY NEED OUR HELP, WE WILL ASK WE NEED THEIR HELP. What THIS SAYS IS IT allows THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS TO HAVE PARAMEDICS AND PROVIDE TAT HIGHER LEVEL OF CARE.   Let’s SAY: WE HIRE 240 FIREFIGHTERS.   How MANY ARE GOING TO BE PARAMEDICS TO PROVIDE THE SERVICE THAT YOU JUST PROVIDED FOR THE CITY OF SANTA ROSA? It’s GOING TO BE 217 FOR THE OTHER ONES UNDERSTOOD.   I DON’T HAVE THE ANSWER: MOST DEPARTMENTS WILL WANT TO GO TO PARAMEDICINE.   SOME DON’T WANT TO DO IT RIGHT NOW, BUT PART OF IT IS TRAINING, AND PART OF IS TIME IN THE SEAT.   But PARAMEDICINE IS WHERE WE WANT THE CITY TO GO AND PART OF IT IS COST.   It WILL BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY TO HAVE THAT ABILITY.   I WOULD ENCOURAGE JUST FOR THE VOTERS TO SHARE WITH US.   The PERCENTAGE OF CALLS THAT ARE MEDICALly RELATED VERSUS FIRE RELATED YEAH, GENERALLY 60.   To 0 ARE EMS RELATED. I ENCOURAGE THAT TO BE EMPHASIZED, AND MY QUESTIONS SURROUND PREVIOUSLY BEING ASKED ABOUT THAT MEASURE O PUBLIC SAFETY, SO THAT’S DUE UP FOR LIKE 2024, WHETHER WE ADJUST IT OR IF IT DOES NOT GET CONDITIONED.   How WOULD THAT REALLOCATION DECISION BE MADE? So LET’S SAY IT DOES NOT PASS WORSE CASE SCENARIO, SO I WOULD BRING IT TO THE SONOMA FIRE CHIEF AND EXPLAIN THE SITUATION AND EXPLAIN WHY WE NEED A DIFFERENT ALLOCATION SET TO OUR CITY AND THAT WOULD GO TO THE ADD VOK FOR APPROVAL OR Not SO I SAW AT THE BOARD LEVEL HAS TO BE UNANIMOUS VOTE.   What WOULD BE REQUIRED TO BE AT THE FIRE CHIEF LEVEL YEAH THAT’S? You KNOW FOR MY PER SPIFKT THE WAY WE DO BUSINESS RIGHT NOW WE HOLD A VOTE AND THE MAJORITY VOTE RULES SO THAT’S WHY WE MOVE FORWARD.   I VOTE WOULD BE TAKEN THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY CHIEFS AND WE WOULD MOVE FORWARD ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.   Okay, IF I CAN ADD TO THAT, ONE IS THE PERCENTAGE.   I THINK THE FRONT PERCENTAGE IS A BIT DECEIVING.   While CALLS ARE GOING TO GO UP.   We KNOW THAT CALLS ARE GOING TO GO UP the YEAR AFTER YEAR.   They HAVE BEEN ANYWAY, YOU’RE, OBVIOUSLY THE BENEFICIARY TO NOT RESPOND TO THAT THAT YOU CAN CALL OR GO TO A CALL THAT IS WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS.   So THERE IS A MONETARY BENEFIT THERE OR SOME PERCENTAGE OF BENEFIT. For THAT PART, I THINK YOUR QUESTION REGARDING THE PARAMEDICS IS A GREAT ONE AND YOU’RE GOING THROUGH THE ORDINANCE, AND I THINK THAT IS EXCITED TIMES, BECAUSE THERE ARE NEW WAYS TO GO FORWARD, AND I THOUGHT PARAMEDICS IS A BIG PART WHERE WE CAN SIGN That CONTRACT, BUT IT GOES TO THE QUESTION OF THE ABILITY THAT THIS MEASURE GVES US, IS TO LOOK AT THE PLACEMENT OF RESOURCES THROUGHOUT TE COUNTY, WHERE THEY’RE NEEDED AND NOT TO OVER RESOURCE ONE AREA AND UNDER RESOURCE.   Another IS TO MAKE SURE THAT PARAMEDICS ESPECIALLY OUT WEST, ARE GOING TO BE MORE EQUALLY SPACED, SO THAT, GOD FORBID THERE IS A BAD ACCIDENT THEY CAN GET TO THAT.   The SAME THING IS TRUE OF APPARATUS AND OTHER THINGS OUT, TL SXUK IMAGINE WITH 40 SOME.   It CAN IMPLEMENT THE COORDINATION THAT WE WANTED TO DO, FAUXER SOMETIMES, AND BECAUSE THEY’RE, DPENTD DISTRICTS OR INDEPENDENT DISTRICTS.   Pardon ME THERE HAS NOT BEEN ANY STICK OTHER THAN OBVIOUSLY DOLLARS WHEN THINGS GO SOUTH AND THEY COME TO THE country.   I THINK WE HAVE SOME THINGS BUILT IN THAT ARE GOING TO MAKE IT MORE COORDINATED AND A A MORE EFFECTIVE SYSTEM OVERALL, BECAUSE OF THAT, MR VICE MAYOR.   Yes, THANK YOU AND I’M WONDERING CHIEF.     If YOU 39, VE WORKED WITH THE CITY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT PORTION OF THESE NEW FIREFIGHTERS, IF IT COSTS SO MUCH TO HIRE A NEW FIREFIGHTER, WHAT am I GOING TO BE PENSION AND WHAT PORTION IS GOING TO BE THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE CITY? That WILL NOT BE FUNDED BY THIS MEASURE.   I’M ASKING HOW EXPENSIVE THIS IS GOING TO BE OUTSIDE OF THIS CITY OUTSIDE OF WHAT WE’RE ASKING OUR RESIDENTS TO PAY FOR IN THE TAX.   You KNOW THE CITY OF SANTA ROSA WHEN WE TOOK FOR THE 18 POSITIONS OR THE 21 POSITIONS. Now THAT THE INSPECTION POSITION WE USED the TOP STEP OF EVERY RANK, TO FIGURE OUT REAL COST FOR THE CITY THAT’S THE STARTING POINT, SO THAT’S SALARIES, AND BENEFITS ARE INCLUDED IN THAT SOL.   In THE BEGINNING, THE TAX MEASURE WILL COVER MOST OF IT DOWN THE ROAD IT PROBABLY WILL NOT AND WILL HAVE TO ADJUST AS WE MOVE WITH PURSE COSTS AND BENEFITS AND EVERYTHING ELSE AGAIN.   This IS A TAX MEASURE THAT IS DESIGNED TO PUT BOOTS ON THE GROUND, BUT IF YOU’RE ASKING ME FR THE CRYSTAL BALL AND WHAT IT’S GOING TO COST IN 30 YEARS, I’M NOT ASKING FOR A CRYSTAL BALL, BUT WHAT I AM Asking THE TAXPAYERS FOR MONEY I DO WANT TO LET THEM KNOW HOW MUCH I’M ASKING FOR IT.’S, NOT THAT THE ENDEAVOUR IS NOT WORTHY.   We KNOW THAT THIS IS IMPORTANT.   I WANT TO BE ABLE TO TELL PEOPLE AND THE CRYSTAL BALL IS NOT WHAT I NEED, BUT WHAT PERCENTAGE ARE WE REALISTIC? Looking AT SXL, IF YOU CAN NOT ANSWER S, I UNDERSTAND, BUT I DO SEE OUR C F O UP THERE.   Maybe HE HAS AN ANSWER.   Nope, OKAY, NO ANSWER THERE ALL RIGHT, SO I WILL MOVE ON TO MY NEXT QUESTION, WHICH IS ABOUT THE STRUCTURE OF THE FIRE CHIEFS.   You SAID THERE are TEN MEMBERS AND I’M WONDERING IF THERE IS A PLAN FOR HAVING AN ODD NUMBER OR SOME OTHER WAY TO MAKE DECISIONS.   Or IF YOU HAVE A TIE, BREAKING MEMBER, OR SOME OTHER THING SO THAT WHEN THERE ARE VOTES THAT THEY CAN COME TORRES, LOSING THE TEN MEMBERS THAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT WAS FOR THE FIRE SERVICE LEADERSHIP GROUP.   It IS MANY MORE FIRE CHIEFS IN THE COUNTY CHIEFS MEMBERSHIP AND IT’S RIGHT AROUND 35. So NOT EVERYONE SHOWS UP.   We HOLD MONTHLY MEETINGS, WE HAVE AGENDAS JUST LIKE ANY OTHER ENTITY.   Would SO THERE IT’S IT’S.   I WILL TELL YOU THAT WE VERY RARELY GET ALL FIRE CHIEFS TO COME TO THE MEETINGS, SO THE ONES THAT DO SHOW UP ARE THE ONES THAT VOTE AND WE TRACK OF THAT.   So THERE IS BECAUSE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS CAN’T MAKE A DECISION UNLESS THEY GET A RECOMMENDATION FROM YOUR BODY.   I’M WONDERING ABOUT THE GOVERNMENTAL STRUCTURE I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW.   Also: WILL THE VOTES BE WEIGHTED BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF CONTRIBUTION FROM FOLKS? It’s NOT ABOUT THE COMMENTARY ON THE MEASURE, BUT THE GOVERNORANCE AND TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE CAN TAKE BACK TO PEOPLE AND SAY HOW WE’RE GOING TO DO IT.   Some JURISDICTION RIGHT SIDE GOING TO BE SPENDING MORE THAN OTHERS.   So WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE’S DOLLARS ARE REPRESENTED and DEMOCRATICALLY UNDERSTOOD under ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.   Mr. ROGERS CHIEF, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE DISCUSSED MULTIPLE TIMES AT THE COUNCIL LEVEL, IS THE STANDARDS OF COVERAGE MAP THAT YOU PROVIDED FOR US FOR THE PUBLIC. It SHOWS WHAT EACH OF THE STATIONS AND WHAT THEIR RESPONSE TIMES ARE ACROSS THE CITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE FOUR THREE OR FOUR MINUTE COVERAGE.   Do WE HAVE ANYTHING LIKE THAT FOR THE COUNTY AS A WHOLE? What THE ACCEPTABLE LEVEL OF COVERAGE IS, YOU KNOW, SO THE NAPD STANDARDS SPEAKS TO THREE DIFFERENT LEVELS.   There IS URBAN AND SUE.   Burr RAN RURAL.   You.   If YOU LIVE IN THE RURAL, YOU NEED TWO FIREFIGHTERS WITHIN 15 MINUTES WITHIN THE CITY.   We NEED TWOS FIREFIGHTERS WITHIN FOUR MINUTES.   While WE HAVE THE MAPS WE CREATED THOSE EARLY ON IN THE PROCESS OVER A YEAR AND A HALF AGO AS A PARTING POINT FOR WHERE WE NEEDED TO GO AND THAT’S, HOW WE DECIDED AS A GROUP, WHAT IS FUNDED AND WHAT DOES NOT GET FUND Asked WHY IT GETS FUNDED, SO THOSE MAPS ARE AROUND.   I DON’T HAVE THEM.   I WOULD JUST THINK THAT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR THE PUBLIC TO SEE WHAT THE CURRENT COVERAGE MAP LOOK LIKE AND, AS YOU DID ON OUR SANTA ROSA SPECIFIC MONEY, WHEN YOU MOVE A STATION TO SHOW WHAT THE UPDATED COVERAGE WOULD LOOK LIKE TO GET A Better FEEL FOR IT T WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HAVE THE BEFORE MAP, ASSUMING THAT THE MEASURE PASSES. No, I UNDERSTAND THAT A LOT WAS CREATED, BYE, BYE, THE VOLUNTEERS.   When WE PUT PART OF TE 200 PEOPLE, WE’RE GOING TO STAFF THE STATION PAWS, WE NEED FULL TIME, FIREFIGHTERS, SO THAT CHANGES THE MAP DRAMATICALLY.   But I DON’T KNOW IF WE’VE GONE TO THE LEVEL OF THIS IS WHAT IT IS NOW, AND THIS IS WHAT IT’S GOING TO LOOK LIKE WITH THE 200 FIREFIGHTERS.   I WAS JUST GOING TO ADD IF YOU NOTICE THAT THERE IS NEW STATION, THAT THERE IS MOVE STATION MOVE STATIONS ARE THE AREAS WHERE THE RESPONSE ARE GOING TO BE BETTER OR A VOLUNTEER, NOT DRIVING PAST THE ACCIDENT TO GET THE GEAR TO GET BACK TO THE Accident – AND I THINK IT WAS THROUGH THE STANDARDS OF COVERAGE APPROACH AND IT WAS INITIALLY CALLED THE SILVER PLAN BECAUSE WE OBVIOUSLY COULD NOT AFFORD THE GOLD PLAN OR THE PLATINUM PLAN.   So IT WAS FINDING THAT.   What IS THE LEVEL THAT WE CAN REACH WITH? What YOU SEE BEFORE UZ IS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT AND WHILE IT’S NOT AS EASILY GRAPHABLE OR AS FLEXIBLE AS A MAP, WE DO HAVE I SAMPLE ON A SPREADSHEET.   But THAT’S GREAT FEEDBACK IN TERMS OF STAFF TIME, AND WE CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH ADDITIONAL DATA WITH EMS EXPANSION TOO.   There IS A BROAD COMMITMENT RIGHT NOW ACROSS THE FIRE SERVICES TO REALLY LOOK AT ALS AND EMS AND CROSS TRAIN FIREFIGHTERS.   We ARE RETIRING, WERE OUR RESPONSE IS SO WHEN THE AMBULANCE IS GONE, WE’RE UNSURE OF FIREFIGHTERS.   I THINK IT WAS NO MISTAKE WHEN WE SORT OF AGREED TO BE ON BOTH THE FIRE SERVICES AND EMS AD HOC. So WE CAN TALK ABOUT THOSE THINGS.   Sort OF ACROSS JURISDICTION AND THINK ABOUT THEM IN A HOLISTIC APPROACH.   You’re RIGHT.   The MAJORITY IS MEDICAL.   These DAYS, OKAY, SEEING NO OTHER QUESTIONS, WE HAVE ONE CARD SO FAR, MR DUANE DEWITT, AS YOU SEE, SIR, I’M DUE INDIE WITNESS I’M FROM ROSELAND.   I’M WEARY OF FOREVER TAXES AND I’M QUITE CERTAIN THAT A LOT OF GOOD WORK HAS GONE INTO THIS.   We HAVE FOUR SEASONS IN OUR AREA.   We HAVE DROUGHT, EARTHQUAKE, FIRE, AND FLOOD.   I UNDERSTAND THE SEVERITY, BUT WE’RE ALREADY TUSHING ALMOST 10 ON THE DOLLAR, AND THIS IS GOING TO PUT US AT THE LEVEL.   I HAVE BEEN CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT SOME MIGHT CALL OVERSIGHT. They ALWAYS GIVE YOU THE TERM WE’RE GOING TO HAVE A CITIZEN,’S OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, BUT IT’S, USUALLY FOLKS THAT ARE GOING TO GET ALONG WITH THE FOLKS.   It’s NOT AD HOC BUDGET TAX, TO MAKE SURE THAT THINGS ARE WELL WATCHED.   After, IF YOU WILL, WE HAD A FIRE DISTRICT RECENTLY HAVE BEEN ANNEXED INTO THE CITY.   It’s ABOUT TWO AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS THAT HAS GONE FROM THAT PRIOR DISTRICT INTO THE CITY, HOW IT WILL BE SOCKED AWAY, AND PEOPLE IN ROSELAND WILL BE LIKE WHAT IS IT SOCKED, AWAYS FORESEE, HOW is GOING TO BE USED? So WHAT I’M HOPING IS THAT WE DO A BETTER JOB OF EXPLAINING TO THE PUBLIC BEFORE THIS GOES OUT, BECAUSE IT MIGHT BE DEFEATED IF PEOPLE DON’T THOROUGHLY UNDERSTAND HOW THE MONEY IS GOING TO BE ALLOCATED, AND THERE WILL BE NO SLUSH FUNDS Off TO THE SIDE WAITING – AND I SEE HERE – A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE WHEN I WAS YOUNG – THE TAX WAS ONLY 4 FOUR CENTS ON THE DOLLAR.   We’RE GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE IT’S.   Almost AN OVERLOAD ON THE PUBLIC AND the MEASURE O MIGHT NOT PASS AGAIN, BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE FELT THAT MAYBE they’ve BEEN ABUSED A BIT IF UZ WILL SO ABUSED.   If YOU WILL, YOU FOLKS NEED TO D A GOOD MARKETING CAMPAIGN IF YOU’RE GOING TO GET MY VOTE.   Thank YOU.   Duane.   Do WE HAVE ANY OTHER CARDS ON THIS ITEM? Mr. CITY MANAGER, THE CITY MANAGER, HAS A REQUEST. I BELIEVE THE STAFF WANTS TO KNOW.   If YOU WNT TO BRING THIS BACK IN TWO WEEKS TO TAKE A FORMAL POSITION IF THE COUNCIL DESIRES TO DO SO, I JUST NEED TO HEAR THAT, THE GENERAL WILL WE RESERVED TIME ON THE 15th, AND WE CAN DO THAT EASILY BEFORE I POSE That QUESTION, CAN I ASK THE SUPERVISOR: HOW ARE YOU EDUCATING THE OTHER CITIES ON THIS? Is THIS A TRAVELING CITY SHOW AND ARE YOU MAKING A REQUEST LIKE A FORMAL SUPPORT? This IS INFORMATIONAL.   We’re NOT HERE TO CAMPAIGN.   We’RE HERE JUST TO PRESENT WHAT WE PASSED AND WHAT WE’RE, PLACING IN THE BALLOT IN 2020 LAST NIGHT WAS THE FIRST STOP ON THE ROAD SHOW.   As YOU SAID, IN PETALUMA CHIEF HYME, AND I MADE THAT PRESENTATION AS WE DID TONIGHT.   We’LL BE GOING THROUGH THE CITIES.   We HAVE NOT REQUESTED ACTION.   We WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOUR SUPPORT.   We THINK IT’S IMPORTANT, BUT RIGHT NOW WE’RE DOING THE INFORMATIONAL ROAD SHOW THAT WE’RE ALLOWED TO DO THROUGH ALL OUR GREAT STATE STATUTES.   I WANT TO SAY THAT I WANT TO INVITE FEEDBACK. I THINK YOU ALL HAVE MY CELL PHONE FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT.   I HEARD SOME QUESTIONS FROM THE SMALLER CITIES REGARDING IMPLEMENTATION.   How DO WE GET A VOICE AT THE TABLE? I’M VERY MUCH.   The OPEN TO THE ORDINANCE CAN NOT CHANGE, BUT THERE ARE WAYS THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT IMPLEMENTATION.   If YOU HAVE SOME CONCERNS OUTSIDE OF THAT, WHERE WE CAN TALK ABOUT POLICIES AND PROCEDURES AND WAYS OF MAKING SURE THAT YOU HAVE A DIRECT LINE, WHETHER IT TO THE FIRE CHIEF ASSOCIATION, WE CAN ALWAYS PASS POLICIES SEPARATE FROM WHAT WOULD REFER AND POINT BACK To THAT BALLOT INITIATIVE, THANK YOU.   What I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS POLL THE COUNCIL to IF YOU CAN PROVIDE ANY FEEDBACK AND FOR THE CITY MANAGER, LET US KNOW IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COME BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR A FORMAL MOTION SUPPORT.   Yes, YES, SO MR ROGERS, WE’LL START WITH YOU AND WORK OUR WAY AROUND.   Do YOU HAVE ANY FEEDBACK? No, I APPRECIATE THE SUPERVISORS.   Taking THE TIME I DON’T KNOW IF YOU HAD A FULL MEETING TODAY AS WELL, BUT I KNOW IT’S BEEN BUSY FOR YOU AS WELL.   Thank YOU FOR EXPLAINING IT LOOK FORWARD TO THE COMMENTS ON THE 17th GREAT MR TIBBETTS. Yes, THANK YOU.   I JUST SAY THANK YOU FOR COMING TO OR HOUSE AND SHARING THIS INFORMATION WITH US.   I’M EXCITED.   I THINK IT’S GOING TO INCREASE COLLABORATION.   I KNOW AFTER THE TUBS FIRE HE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT HOW TO INTERACT WITH ‘BET’, BUT HE IS  BETTER, AND I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.   So, YES, I WOULD LIKE TO COME BACK AND TAKE A FORMAL POSITION.   Ms. VICE PRESIDENT, THANK YOU FOR COMING IN AND IS WOULD LIKE TO HEAR ABOUT IT WHEN IT COMES BACK AND SOME OF THE POLICIES THAT WE CAN POSSIBLY IMPLEMENT.   I LOOK FORWARD AND CHIEF TO SHARING THE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS.   I DON’T WANT TO APOLOGIZE FOR THE PUBLIC PROCESS.   Feedback IMPORTANT IN THE LAST ITEM WILL BE THIS IDEA. I’M ALSO IN SUPPORT OF MONEY BACK FROM THE CITY COUNCIL FOR FORMAL SUPPORT OR NOT YES, AND DO YOU? Are WE CERTAIN ON THAT? Do WE NEED TO KNOW NO, WE’RE CERTAIN THAT WE’LL BE BRINGING IT BACK TO THE STAFF?   Thank YOU VERY MUCH.   We’LL WAIT FOR A LITTLE BIT OF A TRANSITION BEFORE WE START OUR REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING.   So, UNDER 9 1 FIRE COVER’UPDATE.   I’M EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE CITY HAS BEEN AWARDED.   Two HAZARD GRANTS FROM FAOEM A FIRST OFF A 3 36 MILLION DOLLARS GRANT HAS BEEN AWARDED TO HELP FUND NEARLY FOUR AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS PROJECT AND GAS GENERATORS AT 19, CRITICAL WATER AND WASTE WATER FACILITIES ACROSS THE CITY.   This PROJECT WILL HELP ENSURE WATER CONTINUITY.   During EMERGENCIES AND LOSS OF POWER INCIDENTS, ADDITIONAL THE CITY RECEIVED a 1.6 MILLION DOLLARS AWARD TO FUND A 1 4 MILLION DOLLARS PROJECT TO INSTALL BACK UP BATTERY SYSTEMS FOR TRAFFIC SIGNAL CONTROLLERS AT 175 LOCATIONS.   This PROJECT WILL ALLOW FOR TRAFFIC SIGNALS TO OPERATE FOR ADDITIONAL FOUR HOURS AFTER the LOSS OF POWER.   The FUND ISING FROM FEMA 404 MITIGATION PROGRAM, WHICH IS MADE AVAILABLE TO PROJECTS for DISASTER DECLARATION. Both PROJECTS WERE SUBMITTED DURING THE 2017 DISASTER DECLARATION STAFF WORKED VERY HARD THROUGHOUT THE EXTENSIVE GRANT.   Application PROCESS FOR BOTH PROJECTS IS WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE TEAM, MEMBERS, AND TRANSPORTATION IN PUBLIC WORKS AND IN THEIR WATER DEPARTMENT TO HELP SECURE THIS PROJECT FUNDING FOR OUR CITY.   I WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR CONGRESSMAN AND THEIR DEDICATED STAFF TO ADVOCATE FOR OUR RECOVERY AND OUR NEEDS IN OUR COMMUNITY AS WE PURSUE THESE PROJECTS AND OTHERS.   I BELIEVE THAT THE 12 17, THE COUNTY, WILL PROVIDE A BRIEFING AND PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED TODAY, FEMA TO DATE.   I HAVE ONE QUESTION I’M AFRAID TO ASK: WHEN WILL WE ANTICIPATE THAT FUNDING TO COME TO SANTA ROSA? We’LL TELL YOU ON THE 17th.   What IS OUR BEST GUESS? Thank YOU.   Any QUESTIONS ON THE FOR THE CITY MANAGER ON HIS REPORT, CITY MANAGER, ROLL INTO YOUR REPORT.   So THIS IS, I JUST WANT TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION THAT THE WALL OF MAYORS, WHICH WAS INSTALLED APPROXIMATELY 15 YEARS AGO ON THE WST SIDE OF THE CHAMBER, FEATURING CHAMBERS OF MOST OF THE PAST CITY, PAST MAYORS, THAT INSTALLATION WAS START TO GO FAIL.   So WHAT WE’VE DONE, I INSTALL A NEW DIGITAL KIOSK, WHICH IS NOW UP AND RUNNING SO INVITE THE AUDIENCE AND HOW MANY TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE NEW DISPLAY OF PAST MAYORS ADDITIONAL YOU’RE, SEEING SOME WORK GO AROUND THE CHAMBER, SOME CHANGES And WE WILL BE PROBABLY INSTITUTING SOME NEW PROCEDURE COME THE 17th INVOLVING PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT IS JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SOME ONGOING IMPROVEMENT IN ADDITION FOR TRANSPORTATION OF PUBLIC WORKS, THE LEAGUE OF AMERICAN BICYCLIST HONORED, THE CITY OF SANTA ROSA WITH A Certificate OF BICYCLIST TO SILVER LEVEL, DESIGNATION, SANTA ROSA IS LEADING THE WAYS TO RECEIVE SILVER LEVEL DESIGNATION.   Currently, ONLY 488 COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE RECOGNIZED by BIT LEAGUE AS BRONZE SILVER, GOLD, OR PLATINUM. This AWARD RECOGNIZES SANTA ROSA FOR ITS commitment to RESOURCE THAT BENEFIT RESIDENT OF ALL AGES AND ABILITIES, WHILE ENCOURAGING HEALTHIER AND MORE SUSTAINABLE CHOICES.   The IMPROVEMENT WITHIN THE COMMUNITY CAN BE VIEWED AT SR CITY, ORG, B, M P B AND THAT’S THE END OF THE REPORT, MADAM CITY ATTORNEY, DO YOU HAVE A REPORT FOR US TONIGHT IS.   Does MR MAYOR PROVIDE YOU with THE QUARTERLY REPORT OF ACTIVE LITIGATION? This IS FOR THE THIRD QUARTER OF 2019.   The REPORT SHOWS TWO SETTLEMENTS.   Both OF THE SETTLEMENTS WERE REPORTED PREVIOUSLY IN OUR LAST REPORT, SO I WILL NOT GO OVER THOSE.   Then IT OUTLINES OUR CURRENT ONGOING LITIGATION.   As OF NOVEMBER 25th 19.   There ARE 23 CASES TOTAL IN THE STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS.   If YOU ADD IT UP, THOSE THAT ARE ON THE LIST ARE ONLY 22.   The ONE OMITTED INADVERTENTLY WAS A PGE LITIGATION WHICH CONTINUES TO TAKE A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF OUR OFFICE RESOURCES OF OUR OTHER 22. FOUR CODE ENFORCEMENT CASES ARE IN STATE COURT.   THERE ARE QUITE A FEW CODE ENFORCEMENT MATTERS THAT ARE CURRENTLY PENDING IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS INVOLVED IN THOSE AS WELL, BUT IN TERMS O ACTUAL LITIGATION IN COURT.   There ARE FOUR: WE HAVE 7 PERSONAL INJURY,’ AND DANGEROUS PROPERTY CASES.   We HAVE FOUR MATTERS THAT INVOLVE POLICE CONDUCT AND POLICE ACTIONS.   We HAVE SEVEN OTHERS.   Those INCLUDE OUR HOMELESS, and ENCAMPMENT LITIGATION.   That IS ONGOING AS WELL AS TWO KEY PROCEEDINGS.   Those ARE PROCEEDINGS IN WHICH, WHERE WE’RE PLAINTIFFS AND WE’RE TRYING TO RECOVER EXCESS PAYMENT, ONE CONCERNS OUR WATER PIPE MANUFACTURING AND THE OTHER CONCERNS TELECOMMUNICATION PROVIDERS.   And THEN WE HAVE A COUPLE OF CONTRACT CLAIMS AND OTHER MISCELLANEOUS.   In ADDITION TO THOSE CASES CURRENTLY PENDING, WE RECEIVED SEVEN ADDITIONAL CLAIMS WERE REFERRED TO OUR OFFICE IN THE THIRD QUARTER AND THOSE COVER VARIOUS ISSUES AND VARIOUS MATTERS. Soil NOTE THAT WE’VE HAD SEVERAL MORE CLAIMS REFERRED TO OUR OFFICE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE FOURTH QUARTER, BUT THOSE WILL BE REPORTED IN OUR NEXT QUARTERLY REPORT THAT’S IT.   I’LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS.   Thank YOU, COUNCIL.   Any QUESTIONS ON THAT REPORT: OKAY, STATEMENTS OF ABSTENTION BY COUNCILMEMBER – ARE THERE ANY SEEING NONE? Ms. VICE MAYOR, I’M GOING TO ABSTAIN FROM ITEM 14 6 AND MR SAWYER SAID HE WOULD MOVE IT FOR ME SINCE IT’S ON THE CONSENT.   Calendar.   Okay.   14.   6 BEFORE WE GO TO THE COUNCILMEMBERS REPORT, I WANT TO STATE AGAIN THE ORDER OF THIS AGENDA, SO WE WILL CONTINUE IN ORDER THE AGENDA THROUGH OUR CONSENT ITEMS WE’LL THEN TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEN JUMP TO OUR PUBLIC HEARING 17, 1, AND 17 2.   Most LIKELY AT THAT POINT, SINCE COUNCIL HAS BEEN HERE SINCE 1: 00 O’CLOCK.   We’LL PROBABLY TAKE A DINNER BREAK AND COME BACK FOR THE TWO REPORT ITEMS. So WITH THAT COUNCILMEMBERS REPORT.   Would ANYONE LIKE TO REPORT MR ROGERS JUST A QUICK ANNOUNCEMENT THAT I WILL BE POINTING LESLIE GRAVES TO THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD AND A HUGE THANK YOU FOR HER WILLINGNESS TO SERVE GREAT? Thank YOU for ANY OTHER REPORTS.   I JUST WANT TO QUICKLY REPORT.   Last FRIDAY, DOWNTOWN SANTA ROSA WAS THE LOCATION OF THE WINTER LIGHT CELEBRATION.   I WANT TO THANK THE WINTER CHAMBER WHO PUT ON THE EVENT.   There WERE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE IN THE SQUARE AND, AS I MENTIONED THAT NIGHT, ONE OF THE HOPEFUL ACTIVITIES THAT WE’LL HAVE.   So IT WAS GREAT TO SEE THE TREE LIT AND I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO HEAD DOWNTOWN AND SEE IT YOURSELF AND ONCE YOU’RE THERE SPEND SOME MONEY AND THAT APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM NOVEMBER 12 WERE THERE ANY ADDITIONS.   Subtractions ADJUSTMENTS SEEING NONE WE’LL ACCEPT THOSE AS SUBMITTED.   Mr. McGWYNN CONSENT, CALENDAR ITEM 14, 1 RESIDENT LSING 5th AMENDMENT TO GENERAL SERVICES, AGREEMENT WITH DAY MAINTENANCE FOR EXISTING COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT.   Item 14 2 RESOLUTION RESOLUTION APPROVING AMENDMENT NUMBER 2 TO CITY ATTORNEY AGREEMENT AND ORDINANCE TO INCREASE THE COMPENSATION OF THE CITY ATTORNEY B, PROVIDING EFFECTIVE MAY 1 2019. A 7 5 MERIT INCREASE AND A 2 5 PERCENT DIFFERED COMPENSATION FOR A TOTAL CONTRIBUTION OF 5 BASE PAY AND 2 5 COST OF LIVING SALARY ADJUSTMENT AND A INCREASING IN CONTRIBUTION BY THE CITY FOR THE 2019 2020 FISCAL YEAR EQUAL TO POINT 225 O BASE WAY For TOTAL OF CONTRIBUTION OF POINT 75 PERCENT OF BASE WAGE ITEM, 14 3 ORDINANCE INTRODUCTION ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL CITY OF SANTA ROSA OMITTING TITLE 1, CORRECTING SECTION 21, 02 OF CHAPTER 2, 1 TO LIMIT THE HOUSING IMPACT FEE, SXIN.   Conclusion:’AND FILE NUMBER COUNCIL, THE CITY OF SANTA ROSA, AMENDING TIGHT 17 OF PROPERTY LOCATED AT 407, SOUTH A STREET TO THE CG ASSESSORS PARCEL NUMBER: 010221, 0116 LE ITEM 14, 5 RESOLUTION HOLIDAY SHOPPING, GRAGE USER, FEE REDUCTION; ITEM 14, 6 RESOLUTION APPROVAL AND ADOPTION O The CITY, SALARY AT PLAN AND SCHEDULE COUNCIL ANY QUESTIONS SEEING NONE.   We DO HAVE TWO CARDS: TWO MINUTES FOR 14, 2 AND TWO MINUTES FOR 14 6.   Good MORNING I’M DUANE DEWITT, I APPRECIATE THE CITY ATTORNEY.   I DON’T KNOW HER TOO WELL, BUT SHE SEEMS A NICE PERSON WHO HAS DONE GOOD THINGS FOR US WITH THAT.   I’M CONCERNED ABOUT THE MERIT.   Inxraes AND COST increase SOCIAL SECURITY ABOUT 1.   The CITY IS GIVING the COST OF LIVING INCREASE FOR EVERYONE.   2.   5, I’M LIKE OKAY, BUT HERE THE CITY ATTORNEY IS GETTING 7 A HALF INCREASE IN SALARY, AND IT DOES NOT SHOW WHY I LOOKED IN HERE. She IS GETTING PAID 211 000 AND SOME CHANGES PER YEAR AND JUMP UP TO 247 000.   With THIS TOTAL COST OF THE AGREEMENT BEING 36 000 FOR THIS YEAR THAT’S A LOT OF MONEY THAT’S A QUARTER OF A MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR TO JUST BASICALLY DOING A REGULAR JOB.   I HAVE BEEN CONCERNED THAT YOU FOLKS TAKE THIS IDEA OF UZ HAVING TO MATCH THE AVERAGE OF COMPARABLE CITIES AND NOT NECESSARILY GO WITH WHAT OUR LANDSCAPE IS.   So I’M REAL CONCERNED.   We GOT A HIGH END, ALMOST BLOATED BUDGET FOR TOP MANAGEMENT PEOPLE THE GROUNDS KEEPERS, AND THE FOLKS WHO KEEP THE CITY RUNNING.   They’RE NOT GETTING ENOUGH, AND I WOULD HOPE – AND THIS IS NO OFFENSE TO CITY ATTORNEY – THAT IN THE FUTURE YOU WOULD CAP THIS.   No, WE CAN NOT GIVE THIS MUCH MORE MONEY TO YOU AND WE HAVE TO GIVE THE MONEY TO OUR GROUNDS, KEEPERS AND PARKS, RECREATION, PEOPLE, AND THE FOLKS WHO MAKE THE CITY comfortable ANL FOR US RESIDENTS, AND THAT WILL BE THE SAME FOR THE SECOND ITEM.   Too, THANK YOU DUANE.   I MOVE CONSENT ITEMS, 14, 1 THROUGH 14, 5, AND WAIVE FURTHER TEXT.   Second, WE HAVE A MOTION, AND A SECOND YOUR VOTES WHEN THEY POP UP AND THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. Mr. SAWYER, YOU HAVE 14 6.   I’LL WAIVE 14 6 AND WAIVE FURTHER READING.   Second, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND YOUR VOTES, PLEASE AND THAT PASSES WITH 5 AYES AND ONE ABSTENTION VICE MAYOR FLEMING, ABSTAINING.   Thank YOU ALL RIGHT.   Item 15.   Do WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS? First UP DUANE DEWITT.   I WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO BUY LIVING CHRISTMAS TREES TO MAKE UP FOR TREES THAT HAVE BEEN BURNED AND IN MY CITY THEY’RE CUTTING TREES DOWN THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO KEEP WITH THAT IN MIND.   I ALSO HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT THE WY THAT PEOPLE ARE DISADVANTAGED AND LESS.   I GUESS YOU WOULD SAY THERE, IF NOT FOR THE GRACE OF GOD GO, I THERE IS A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE DURING THIS SEASON HAVING A TOUGH TIME, MANY OF THEM ARE LIVING IN TENTS ALONG THE TRAIL AND IDON’T BELIEVE THEY’RE SAYING This IS WHERE I WANT TO BE FOR CHRISTMAS.   I THINK IT WOULD BE NICE IF WE WOULD FIND A WAY TO GET SOME SHELTER FOR THE FOLKS WHO ARE DISADVANTAGED FOR CHRISTMAS AD, GIVE THEM SOME SPOTS WHERE THEY CAN BE WARM AND DRY, ESPECIALLY, AND THEN HAVE THE COMPASSION SO THAT, AFTER TE HOLIDAYS, WE ALSO Give THEM A PLACE TO LIVE, AND I KNOW YOU’LL SAY THAT’S NOT PART OF YOUR PER VIEW, BUT IN A WAY BECAUSE GOVERNMENT exists FOR THE HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE FOR THE CITIZENS WHO BAY TAXES. So WE’RE.   We ARE IN A CA NUMBDRUM.   We HAVE FOLKS WHO HAVE HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME AND IT GUESS WORSENED BY OUR PUBLIC SERVANTS, THE FOLKS WHO HAVE SUPPOSE TO BE HELPING THEM WITH HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE.   So I ASK THAT YOU DO YOUR BEST THIS YEAR TO BE AS COMPASSION AS POSSIBLE TO THOSE FOLKS THAT ARE STUCK OUT THERE IN THE HARSH WEATHER AND FOR ALL OF YOU, OTHERS THAT MAY NOT BELIEVE IN CHRIST.   Mixer, AT LEAST JUST HAVE SOME SYMPATHY FOR THOSE WHO ARE WORSE OFF THAN US.   Thank YOU.   Thank YOU.   Lisa, FOLLOWED BY LINDA, LINDA LANDERS.   I HAVE THREE QUICK THINGS WE WENT TO THE COUNCIL MEETING.   Most OF THE MEETING WAS A BUST BOARD OF SUPERVISORS who WERE SHUT DOWN. We FINALLY ASKED WHO THE PERSON THAT WAS BEING BELLIGERENT WAS TAKEN OUT.   My SECOND THING IS TO FOLLOW UP WITH THE WHERE WE’RE AT WITH THE DOG ATTACKS NOW HAVE SUPERVISOR GORIN MEETING WITH BRIAN WHIPPLE FROM THE DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS FROM THE ANIMAL CONTROL, WHERE WE SEE WHERE THE BREAK DOWN IS HAPPENING IS DID HAVE TO File A FORMAL COMPLAINT AGAINST A ANIMAL OFFICER.   Sc A P, HAVE BEEN NICE.   There IS GOING TO BE A HUMAN THAT responds AND NOT LET THAT HOMELESS PERSON WALK AWAY WITH THEIR OFF LEASH DOG.   To HAVE IT HAPPEN AGAIN.   My THIRD ITEM IS HOW LONG IT TOOK ME TO GET A COPY FOR CONDITIONAL PERMISSION.   I FIRST APPROACHED THE COUNCIL.   I SAID I’M HAPPY TO WALK N.   I’LL PAY FOR A COPY THAT DIDN’T HAPPEN.   They SAID THEY WOULD FOLLOW UP. I ENDED UP GOING THROUGH FIVE EMPLOYEES TO GET A CONDITION WHICH IS DATED 2015.   I HAVE A LANDSLIDE, I’M NOW DRIVING THAT AREA AND EVERYTHING IS TRUE.   Both SIDES COMPLETE MRAOE, BLOCKED NUMEROUS SHOPPING CARTS WITHIN THE STREET PEOPLE WHO HAVE NO BUSINESS TRYING TO CROSS THE STREET, MAKING THEIR WAYS HIGH, DRUNK MENTALLY AFFLICTED PEOPLE CIRCLES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET, WITH GIANT CHILDREN PACKS WHERE THEY DON’T EVEN YIELD TO Traffic THEY JUST KEEPING GOING IN CIRCLE.   No BUSINESS OWNER CAN OWN A BUSINESS LIKE THIS, AND THE FACT THAT WE ALLOW CATHOLIC CHARITIES TO BE STEWARDS FOR BUSINESSES LIKE THIS AND NOT HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE.   One OF THE ITEMS IS THAT THEY ONLY NEED TO HAVE ONE PERSON IN THE SITE.   How IS ONE PERSON ADEQUATE, SO I’M GOING TO ASK YOU TO DO THAT, THAT’S NOT WELL SERVED AND IT’S NOT SERVING ITS CLIENT AND NOT SERVING THE COMMUNITY THANKS.   Thank YOU.   Linda, FOLLOWED BUSINESS JENNIFER LA PORTA.   I APPRECIATE THE SITUATION THAT YOU GUYS ARE IN RIGHT NOW TRYING TO SOLVE A PROBLEM THAT YOU’RE NOT GIVING THE MONEY OR THE WEATHER.   I WANT TO COME UP WITH AN IDEA, MAYBE A SOLUTION THAT IS OUT OF THE BOX, THAT YOU CAN USE. Terms PO RARE 39, UNTIL WE CAN HAVE MORE DEFINITE KNIT SOLUTIONS IN THE WORKS, WE CAN NOT ASK ONE PART OF OUR COMMUNITY TO SUFFER ALL THE THE PROBLEMS OF THE HOMELESSNESS.   We NEED TO SPREAD THE PAIN THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY AND ONE OF THE WAYS TO DO THAT IS TO SAY, OKAY, THIS PARK OR THIS PLACE IS A HOMELESS SHELTER FOR TWO MONTHS AND THEN MOVE IT EVERY TWO MONTHS OR WHATEVER period.   You HAVE IN MIND WITH HELP GETTING THEM TO THAT LOCATION AND ALSO TOILETS AND SO FORTH THAT THEY CAN USE.   I KNOW THAT SEEMS CRAZY, BUT WE DON’T HAVE HOMES FOR ALL OF THESE PEOPLE AND THEY’RE TOGETHER BECAUSE THEY NEED TO BE TOGETHER TO PROTECT THEMSELVES IF THEY HAVE NEVER LIVED OUT IN THE STREETS.   Thank GOD.   I HAVE NOT DONE IT IN MANY.   Many YEARS, BUT I WAS THERE AT ONE TIME, SO I KNOW HOW DIFFICULT IT CAN BE.   You DON’T KNOW THERE FOR THE GRACE OF GOD GOES.   I PHYSICIAN.   I Didn’T HAVE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I LUCKED OUT IN WITH LIFE. I WOULD BE HOMELESS MYSELF BECAUSE I COULD NOT AFFORD THE RENT THAT IS AVAILABLE TODAY.   I COULD NOT AFFORD THEM.   So IF WE COULD LIKE MAYBE TWO MONTHS IN THIS LOCATION AND THEN BRING UP ANOTHER, I KNOW THAT CHURCHES HAVE VOLUNTEERED THEIR SPACES.   The landlord HAVE VOLUNTEERED THEIR LAND AND EVERYBODY HAS SAID YOU CAN NOT DO IT THERE, BECAUSE THE NEIGHBORS ARE COMPLAINING IF THEY KNOW IT’S ONLY FOR TWO MONTHS, TWO MONTHS THEY HAVE TO GIVE UP THE SANITY OR THE SANCTUARY OF TE AREA TO HELP THOSE LESS Fortunate, THEY MAZE EVEN CONTRIBUTE AND MIGHT EVEN GIVE SOMETHING TO THAT AREA TO HELP THOSE THAT ARE THERE.   It’s AN IDEA.   It’s, THINKING OUTSIDE OF THE BOX.   I HOPE THAT YOU CAN USE IT.   Thank YOU.   Thank YOU.   Jennifer LA PORT, A FOLLOWED BUSINESS. Robert JAYS MU RE SANTA ROSA HOMEOWNER, I HAVE A AGREE: NEN VIERMENT, AL HEALTH, I’M ALSO ALREADY EXPERIENCING EFFECTS OF ELECTRIC SENSITIVITY.   Izzo POSE TO CELL PHONE TOWERS.   All OVER SANTA ROSA OVER 100 OF THESE TOWERS ARE PLANNED OVER 25 are ALREADY INSTALLED.   Verizon PLANS TO FLOOD THE CITY WITH POLLS AS PART OF TELECOM TO INSTALL 800 000 WIRE LTS TRANSMISSION FACILITIES.   In U S, THERE HAS BEEN NO TESTING SHOWING THAT 5 G IS HARMFUL.   However, IT SHOWS BUYS LOGICAL HARM TO HUMANS, ANIMALS, POLLEN INSECTS, AND PLANTS.   You ARE PLAYING WITH FIRE.   This IDEA IS A MESSY SCIENCE.   Experiment IS, DO NOT GIVE MY CONSENT TO experiment WITH 5 G TO BE PART OF THE TOTAL SURVEILLANCE SOCIETY TO HAVE MIZ PRIVACY TAKEN AWAY, ESPECIALLY BANKING INFO, OR TO BE HARMED BY 24 7.   Uncontrollable WIRELESS RADIATION, THE LAWYERS WILL SAYS THEY HAVE TO FOLLOW LEGAL PRECEDENCE. Well, WE FOLLOWED FOR VAPING FENTANYL AND TAB COXER.   It TOOK DECADES FOR THE NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES TO BE KNOWN.   This IS A VERY BAD IDEA FOR 5 G.   We MUST USE THE PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPAL THAT STATES PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES SHOULD BE TAKEN EVEN IF SOME CAUSE AND AN EFFECT RELATIONSHIP ARE NOT FULLY ESTABLISHED SCIENTIFICALLY NOW.   The IDEA THAT YOUR HANDS ARE TIED BY THE FCC IS A MYTH, IF NOT AN EXCUSE.   The FOLLOWING CITIES HAVE PASSED PROTECTIVE ORDINANCES, SA BASSTICKLE SAN RAFAEL, SAN SOMO, LOS GA TOS, AND THE COUNTY OF MARIN, VERIZON, ADVERTISES 5 G, SMALL CELLS AS BEING LOW POWERED.   But IN reality, THEY ARE USING THE SAME EQUIPMENT AS LARGE MACRO TOWERS, THE SAME RADIO AND ANTENNA PLEASE PRO TUKT OUR RESIDENT SXZ THEIR HEALTH.   I HAVE SPECIFICALLY ASKED FOR THIS ORDINANCE AT THE DECEMBER 10 STUDY.   Next.   Thank YOU. I FIGURED.   I WOULD SPEAK FROM THE HEART AND LET YOU KNOW MY STORY.   I WAS BORN IN SANTA ROSA, BUT WHEN I WAS SIX, MY FAMILY MOVED TO ALAMEDA IT’S NEXT TO OAKLAND NECK DEEP IN THE BAY AREA.   I SPENT TIME IN COLLEGE IN THE LOS ANGELES AREA, LOOKING FOR A JOB AFTER COLLEGE, WHAT IS CAL POLY, AND GOT A NICE LITTLE DEGREE AND DECIDED TO MOVE. I STILL LIKED SANTA ROSA.   I HAD FAMILY STILL.   I THOUGHT IT WAS A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE AND RAISE A FAMILY.   Well, I’VE DONE JUST THAT.   The LAST TIME I WAS IN THIS COUNCIL ROOM, I WAS WITH MY CHILDREN AND MY CUB SCOUT HAD THE BOYS SHOWING THEM WHAT CITY COUNCIL WAS AND HOW CITY COUNCIL WORKED AND HOW WE CAN ADDRESS THE GOVERNMENT AND SHARE THE STORIES I’VE BEEN IN This TOWN FOR OVER 20 YEARS – AND THIS IS MY FIRST MEETING WHERE I’VE – ATTENDED A MEETING AND NOT JUST A TOUR FOR KIDS.   So WHY WOULD I BE HERE FOR 20 YEARS AND NEVER ATTEND A MEETING? What BROUGHT ME TO THIS MEETING TONIGHT? My WIFE IS PART OF A RUN CLUB THAT RUN CLUB USE TODAY RUN ON THE JOE RODOTA TRAIL THAT RUN CLUB USE TODAY RUN ON THE CREEKSIDE TRAIL.   My WIFE IS NOT SAFE RUNNING ON EITHER OF THOSE TRAILS, WHETHER SHE’S ALONE OR WITH A LARGE GROUP OF WOMEN. They ARE NOT SAFE.   This IS NOT SOMETHING THAT’S POPPED UP AND slowly grown over the YEARS.   It DIDN’T HAPPEN.   After THE CITY BURNED DOWN, THIS HOMELESS CRISIS POPPED UP VERY RECENTLY.   This IS A VERY ACUTE PROBLEM, SO WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHY THEY’RE HERE, AND WHO THEY ARE, AND WHAT THEY’RE DOING AND WE NEED TO CLEAN IT UP.   We NEED TO MAKE IT SAFE AGAIN, SAFE FOR OUR WIVES AND MOTHERS, SO THEY CAN GO ON A MORNING RUN WITH THEIR GROUPS, SO I CAN RIDE MY KIDS ON THAT TRAIL THAT SAME TRAIL WE WOULD GO WITH THE KIDS.   There IS NO WAY IN HELL.   I WOULD DO THAT NOW.   It’s INCONCEIVABLE TO DO THAT TODAY.   My KIDS ARE NOT THAT OLD AND IT WAS NOT THAT LONG AGO THAT WE COULD MAKE THAT BIKE RIDE, BUT TODAY IT’S INCONCEIVABLE. There IS NO WAY THAT WE’RE GOING TO GET A FIVE STAR RATING FROM MY GROUP, GIVEN THE CONDITIONS OF OUR TRAILS.   Thank YOU FOR YOUR TIME.   Thank YOU, ANITA, FOLLOWED BY BRENDA GOOD EVENING.   Thank YOU FOR HEARING ME.   I JUST WANTED TO REMIND YOU THAT THEY JUST DID A STUDY IN THE OTHER DEMONSTRATION ABOUT THE FIRES AND THEY ASKED PEOPLE WHAT WAS THEIR BIGGEST CONCERN AND THEY SAID HOMELESSNESS, AND I WANT TO REMIND YOU BECAUSE I’M BACK AGAIN – I’VE BEEN HERE.   I HAVE BEEN COMING HERE FOR YEARS.   I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET THESE PEOPLE SHELTER.   The STUDY SOWED THAT MOST PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED WITH HOMELESSNESS, HELLO.   You HAVE AN EMERGENCY PROCLAMATION STILL IN EFFECT, PEOPLE ARE OUT IN TE RAIN, AND THESE PEOPLE ARE SOME OF THOSE THAT NEED MORE HELP THAN OTHERS.   We HAVE EMPTY BUILDINGS. I DON’T WANT TO REMIND YOU, BUT THERE IS A LOT.   I, LIKE MR DEWITT.’S IDEA LET’S OPEN UP THE BUILDING AND SHELTER THEM.   I LIKE THE IDEA OF MOVING THEM OFF THE TRAIL, BUT WHILE THEY’RE THERE, THERE ARE SOME SERVICES LIKE SO THEY DON’T.   They HAVE A WAY OF PICKING UP THEIR GARBAGE.   A MEASURE OF OUR COMMUNITY IS HOW THEY CARE FOR THE LEAST OF THEM, AND I WANT TO ALSO REMIND YOU.   There WAS AN ARTICLE IN THE BOHEMIAN ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO ABOUT REBUILDING FOUNDING WITH A LOT O MONEY THAT WAS ALLOCATED TO SANTA ROSA, TO REBUILD SXL.   That MONEY IS JUST SITTING THERE.   Maybe WE CAN USE IT TO SUPPORT THOSE ON THE TRAIL HAT AND WE HAVE THE TACK COMMITTEE.   We HAVE THE LEADERSHIP COMMITTEE.   We HAVE THE COMMITTEES THAT ARE DESIGNED TO KNOW HOW TO DO IT. Hi, EVERYONE BRENDA FROM CITIZENS FROM ACTION.   How MANY PEOPLE ARE HERE FROM CITIZENS OF ACTION NOW RAISE YOUR HANDS OOH!   Thank YOU FOR REPRESENTING.   More OF US ARE STARTING TO SHOW UP BECAUSE WE USED TO JUST WORK HARD AND WOULD ENJOY THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY, BUT A LOT ARE START TO GO.   Come OUT AS CONCERNED CITIZENS, SO I APPRECIATE YOU GIVING US A CHANCE TO ADD LEAST ADVOCATE.   You REPLIED TO SOMEBODY TO A LETTER, AND YOU MADE SOME GOOD POINTS ABOUT THE PROBLEMS AND ISSUES THAT ARE PREVENTING US FROM MANAGING THE TRANSIENT AND VAGRANT POPULATION.   One OF THEM IS PROP 47.   We UNDERSTAND IS TIED TO THE LAWMAKERS AND POLICE OFFICERS IN SHERIFF’S HANDS, WE’RE IN A STATE THAT WE FEEL OF THE COUNTY AND OF THE CITY.   We FEEL LIKE WE’RE IN A STATE OF EMERGENCY.   We LIKE TO PROPOSE to THE CITY COUNCIL THAT, AS MUCH AS YOU CAN ADVOCATE FOR REPEALING OR CHANGING THE IMPACT THAT props 47 HAS HAD to ASK FOR SOME FEDERAL ASSISTANCE TO DEAL WITH THE LAWLESSNESS. There WAS A LADY TODAY, AS I WAS DRIVING, PUSHING HER CART THROUGH A GREEN LIGHT.   Traffic ALMOST HIT HER, SO THERE IS BEEN VARIOUS ISSUES daily THAT ALL OF US ARE SEEING.   What WE’RE ALSO FEELING IS THAT THE CITY IS POINTING AT THE COUNTY.   The COUNTY IS POINTING AT THE CITY, THEY’RE SAYING THAT THE COUNTY NEEDS TO DEAL WITH THE TRAIL.   Somebody NEEDS TO DEAL WITH IT.   If YOU CAN COLAB RATE EFFORTS – AND I KNOW THERE ARE SOME PUBLIC CHALLENGES THAT WE’RE NOT AWARE of – WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE YOU COLAB RATE AND DEAL WITH THIS AS A EMERGENCY CRIES BECAUSE WE’RE ALL CONCERNED ABOUT OUR EMERGENCY CRISIS.   We’RE.   All CONCERNED ABOUT OUR SAFETY, AS THEY SAID, I WILL NOT GO RUN ON THE TRAILS.   I WILL NOT GO OUT WITHOUT SOMEBODY RUNNING OR BIKING WITH ME AND IT’S.   A SAD STATE OF AFFAIRS THAT A LOST US WHO ENJOYED OUR PARKS AND STREETS WILL NOT GO OUT AND RUN IN THE PARKS AND FEEL SAFE. So WE’RE NEEDING THAT.   You LOOK AT EMERGENCY FEDERAL ASSISTANCE, MAYBE STATE ASSISTANCE TO EITHER REVERSE OR OVERTURN THINGS THAT ARE HUFFING OUR POLICE OFFICERS OR OUR SHERIFFS FROM MANAGING OUR SITUATION.   Thank YOU FOR YOUR TIME.   Thank YOU, CRAIG MURPHY, FOLLOWED BY SHELLEY RATKE.   Thank YOU FOR HEARING ME OUT FIRST THING.   I WANT TO ASK THAT THE TRIAL AND THE HOMELESS ISSUE, IN GENERAL, MAKE IT ONTO THE AGENDA IN THE FUTURE.   I WANT TO ADDRESS A RECENT STRING OF INCIDENTS THAT ARE RELATED TO THE HOMELESS ISSUE, AND THAT IS THE DOG ATTACKS THAT HAVE BEEN OCCURRING FROM OFF-LEASH, DANGEROUS AGGRESSIVE DOGS OWNED BY HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS, SPECIFICALLY, THE MOST RECENT ONE WAS CAROLYN TEAL.   I’M SURE YOU’RE AWARE OF HER SPEECH AT ONE OF THE OFF-LEASH.   A DOG ATTACKED THOSE INDIVIDUALS, AND THE PIT BULL WAS DOWN, BUT THE SMALLER DOG WAS TAKEN INTO QUARANTINE AND NOW THEY’RE PETITIONING TO GET THE DOG BACK.   My WIFE WAS NEARLY ATTACKED BY THE SAME DOG, CHRISTINA HALL DOG’S CHARGED HER. This WAS A DIFFERENT INCIDENT BY HOMELESS OWNERS.   Harry’s DOG CHARGED HER IN SANTA ROSA JIM DRAGER WAS CHARGED BY DOGS IN SANTA ROSA ALL OWNED BY HOMELESS.   Individuals, CATHERINE, WAS ATTACKED BUSINESS PITBULL HANDS.   His DOG WAS ATTACKED IN DOYLE PARK, JORDAN SIMMONS, HER DOG WAS KILLED IN GREAT.   Most OF YOU HAVE SEEN THAT, AND ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THAT IS THAT OWNER WAS A HOMELESS INDIVIDUAL AND SHE IS TRYING TO GET THE DOG BACK, WHICH IS NOW IN QUANT, PHENE QUARANTINE.   They WANT TO GET THEIR ANIMALS BACK, THAT ARE AGGRESSIVE ANIMALS CHARLOTTE.   She ATTACKED HERSELF AND SUSAN, A GRIFS OFF LEASH DOGS CHARGED AT HER IN CAROL.   Her DOGS WERE ATTACKED THREE TIMES AND ALL OF THESE ATTACKS HAVE HAPPENED WITHIN THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF, SO THESE ARE RESENT IT’S RESENT ESCALATION AND SERIOUS problems.   My ARGUMENT IS INDIVIDUALS WHO LACK THE ABILITY OR PHYSICAL OR MENTAL WELLNESS TO TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES, CAN NOT TAKE CARE OF AN ANIMAL INDIVIDUALS, ARE NO ASSETS, OR have NO MEANS OF BEING FINANCIAL LIABLE.   Has NO BUSINESS owned AN ANIMAL? If MY ANIMAL LEAVES THE HOUSE AND ATTACKS, SOMEBODY, MY HOMEOWNER’s INSURANCE WILL CANCEL ME. They SHOULD NOT HAVE THE SAME RIGHTS AS WE DO WITH AB MALLS.   Thank YOU.   I’M SHELLEY AND I LIVE IN THE CONDO COMPLEX, THAT IS OVER THE WALL FROM JOE TRAIL IT’S 150 FEET FROM THE HOMELESS PEOPLE, AND IM SORRY.   But THOSE PEOPLE ARE NOT LAW ABIDING CITIZENS.   There ARE FIRES, DRUG USE, and LAWLESSNESS.   I DON’T RIDE MY BICYCLE OVER THERE ANYMORE.   I’VE BEEN A WORKING CITIZEN FOR 40 YEARS AND PAID TAXES, AND I SUPPORT THE PARKS I LIKE TO KNOW WHY THIS IS ALLOWED AND TOLERATED RIGHT AFTER WORK AT THE HOSPITAL.   There WAS SMOKE WHEN IT WAS WARM, AND I CALLED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CALLED THE POLICE, AND THEY REFERRED ME TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CAME OUT AND THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING THEY CAN DO.   And FOR ME TO COME TO A COUNCIL MEETING – AND HERE I AM THANK YOU – THE FINAL SPEAKER FOR ITEM 15 IS BECAUSE YOU CHANGED THE ORDER OF THINGS.   I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON 16 2, BUT I HAVE TO BE AT ANOTHER MEETING. Can I HAVE AN EXCEPTION GO AHEAD NORMALLY, I WOULD ACCEPT A SPECIAL REPLACEMENT FOR JULIE COMBS, BUT I HAVE SEEN ANYTHING FROM THIS COUNCIL THAT WOULD GIVE ME ANY ASSURANCE THAT YOU WOULD REPLACE JULIE COMBS WITH SOMEBODY LIKE HER.   Mr. SCHEWEDHELM SAYS THAT THAT’S, THE LAST THING HE THAT’S, THE LAST THING HE WOULD DO.   Lots OF US VOTED FOR JULIE, COMBS.   Lots OF US WAITED FOR SEVEN YEARS FOR YOU TO APPOINT HER FOR VICE MAYOR.   Instead, YOU APPOINT PEOPLE WITH ALMOST NO EXPERIENCE AT ALL HEAR THAT MR SCHEWEDHELM HAS SAID THERE WILL NOT BE A JULIE POINT 2 THAT’S, BECAUSE YOU WANT DIVERSITY.   Julie WAS YOUR DIVERSITY.   She WAS THE INDIVIDUAL, UNIQUE THINKING ON THIS COUNCIL WHO KNEW ABOUT THE PROBLEMS THAT THE AVERAGE RESIDENT EXPERIENCES AND WHETHER SHE IS GOING BACK ECUADOR OR NOT.   She IS THE BEST.   This COUNSEL SIM, HAS SEEN IN MANY MANY YEARS AND IF YOU’RE GOING TO SAY YOU’RE NOT GOING TO REPLACE HER WITH SOMEBODY LKE HER IT’S, NOT INDICATION THAT YOU DON’T BELIEVE IN DEMOCRACY.   Democracy WOULD REQUIRE THAT YOU SATISFY HER SUPPORTERS AND REPLACE HER WITH SOMEBODY LIKE HER NOW. I KNOW THAT’S A TALL ORDER BECAUSE SHE IS FABULOUS.   She AND IS, WOULD NOT AGREE ON EVERYTHING, BUT I TRUSTED AND HONEST AND INTELLIGENT AND HAD INTEGRITY AND THEREFORE IT’S SAD, BUT BUT I’M ASKING YOU TO HAVE AN ELECTION NOW.   If THIS HAPPENED TO MR SAWYER OR MR OLIVARES PRESS DEMOCRAT AND THE COUNCIL WOULD BE OFFERING SYMPATHY, THEY WOULD BE ASKING FOR UNDERSTANDING.   They WOULD BE ASKING FOR FLEXIBILITY, THEY WOULD NOT BE SYING.   Oh, SHE NEEDS TO GO.   There is NOTHING I’VE.   Seen FROM YOU TO INDICATE THAT THAT’S, THAT YOU WOULD DO THAT AND IT’S ONLY DEVELOPER, BACKED CANDIDATES THAT APPEAL TO YOU AND THAT APPEAL TO THE REST OF THE DEMOCRAT.   What HAS HAPPENED IS OFFENSIVE AND I ADVOCATE FOR AN ELECTION, MR GWYNN, 17.   1 ITEM 17: 1 PUBLIC HEARING ORDINANCE, ADOPTION ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ROSA MODIFYING CHAPTER 18, 44 IN IN ENTIRETY AND SUBSECTION B OF SECTION: 18, 04, 115 OF THE SANTA ROSA CITY CODE, KENNER, ADOPTION OF THE 2019 CALIFORNIA FIRE CODE AS AMENDED Ordinance OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ROSA MODIFYING CHAPTER 17 TO ADOPT BY REFERENCE WITH LOCAL AMENDMENTS, THE 209 CALIFORNIA BUILDING STANDARD CODES, NOT INCLUDING THE 2019 CALIFORNIA, ENERGY CODE TO 2018 INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE AND THE NATIONAL DISCHARGE.   Elimination PERMIT IN DISCHARGE REQUIREMENT. Jesse XHAOEF BUILDING AND AITA HARDING AND ASSISTANT FIRE MARSHAL PRESENTING JESSE.   This IS OUR SECOND TIME THIS IS TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE FOR OUR BUILDING AND FIRE CODES.   We’LL GO OVER THE SLIDES, THEY’RE VERY FAMILIAR TO YOU.   We’LL GO OVER THEM AGAIN FOR THOSE TO SEE THE INFORMATION AGAIN, BUT THEN WE’LL ALSO HAVE the ABILITY TO ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS SO SOME BACKGROUND, CALIFORNIA BUILDING STANDARDS ARE PUBLISHED IN THEIR ENTIRETY EVERY THREE YEARS.   I’LL MAKE A NOTE FOR THIS SESSION AND THIS VOTE DOES NOT INCLUDE THE CALIFORNIA ENERGY CODE THAT WAS ADOPTED WITH THE LAST PUBLIC HEARING THAT WE HAD ON CODES.   So THE CALIFORNIA CODE OF REGULATION, TITLE 24, IS PUBLISHED WHAT IS PUBLISHED IN JULY OF THE YEAR THAT THEY INTEND TO BE ADOPTED.   It WAS THIS PAST JULY AND THEY WILL GO INTO EFFECT JANUARY FIRST OF 2020, THE CALIFORNIA CODE OF REGULATION, TITLE 24.   That IS THE ENTIRETY OF SET OF CODES AND REGULATIONS, OUR STATEWIDE STANDARDS THAT APPLY TO ALL PRIVATE BUILDINGS BEING BUILT IN CALIFORNIA.   This INCLUDES THE BUILDING AND FIRE AND ELECTRICAL AND ENERGY, DISABLED ACCESS AND GREEN BUILDINGS AND OTHER STANDARDS AND HIGHLIGHT THE ENERGY CODE IS NOT PART OF THE DISCUSSION TONIGHT, UPDATED AND ADOPTED EVERY THREE YEARS FOR STATEWIDE APPLICATION BY THE STANDARDS.   Commission WTH, MANDATORY ENFORCEMENT, AND WHAT THAT IS SAYING IS IF WE DON’T DO PERFORM, EXECUTE LOCAL AMENDMENTS. We’re GOING TO GET THE STATE’S BASE CODES.   Anyway, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY AND WE TAKE IT AND LOCAL JURISDICTION TO AOPT AND AMEND ONLY MORE STRINGENT REQUIREMENT, BUT BASED ON this REGION THAT’S WE HAVE HERE AND WE HAVE TO JUSTIFY THOSE TO THE STATE SO AS OF JULY, PUBLISHED IN JULY AGAIN, AND Will GO INTO EFFECT.   This WAS ADOPTED LOCALLY BY THE STATE.   Excuse ME, IN JANUARY OF 2019, WE HAVE UNTIL THE FIRST OF THIS COMING JANUARY, TO GET THIS EXERCISE COMPLETED AND SUBMITTED TO THE STATE FOR ACCEPTANCE.   We’ve DONE SIGNIFICANT OUTREACH WITH TWO COUNCIL STUDY SESSION AND NUMEROUS STUDY SESSIONS TARGETED AT THE REACH CODE, BUT THESE CODES WERE ALSO IN PLAY WITH OTHER DISCUSSIONS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.   As JESSE MENTIONED, WE DID A FAIR AMOUNT OF COLLABORATION.   The BUILDING OFFICIAL SXZ FIRE PREVENTION IN THE COUNTY START TODAY MEET BACK IN FEBRUARY AND WORKING ON THE UPDATES OF THESE CODES, AND THIS IS THE FOURTH TIME WE’VE PRESENTED THIS INFORMATION TO YOU ONCE IN THE PUBLIC HEARING before, AND THIS IS ONE FOR The ADOPTIONS THTS LIST OF AGENCY THAT’S HAVE WARPED IN THE UP STATES AND WE’LL GO TO THE NEXT ONE, AND WE HAVE BASIC EXAMPLE OF SOME OF THE STUFF THAT WE’VE UPDATED AND WE’VE DISCUSSED THIS BEFORE.   But IT TALKS ABOUT OUR NUMBER OF ACCESS POINTS TO THE NEW COMMUNITIES, VEGETATION HOME, HARDENING STUFF ON NEW HOMES, AND SIGNIFICANT REMODELS.   We ALSO V, WE’RE, ALSO ADOPTING BY REFERENCE NFA, CHAPTER 38 MANUFACTURING AND CULTIVATION OF CANNABIS REGULATIONS.   But WE WORKED WITH SOME OF THE INDUSTRY TO BRING IN FIRE PROTECTION ENGINEERS TO EVALUATE the NEXT ONE, AND THEN HERE IS SOME OF THE OVER OUR HOME REQUIREMENTS THAT WE’RE BRINGING INTO THE BUILDING CODE THAT WE WORK WITH OFFICIALS TO IMPLEMENT AD. Also, TO IMPLEMENT A THREE TO FIVE FOOT IGNITION FREE ZONE AROUND NEWLY CONSTRUCTED HOMES AND BACK SOME ADDITIONAL THINGS WITH THE CODES, IT WAS PRETTY EXTREME INTEREST EXPRESSED IN THE ADOPTION OF THE EMERGENCY HOUSING REQUIREMENTS THAT HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT THE STATE AGENCY MADE AVAILABLE TO US Nearly TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO WE HAD NOT ADOPTED THOSE AND WE’RE PROPOSING TO ADOPT THEM WITHIN THIS JURISDICTION AND THEIR APPENDIX IN EACH OF THE BUILDING AND RESIDENTIAL CODES.   Bha THEY DO PROVIDE STANDARDS, SO IT GIVES US A BASELINE FOR US AS REGULATORS TO BE ABLE TO SAY THIS IS WHERE WE CAN GO WITH THIS.   It IS A HELPFUL TOOL IN THE ADOPTION WOULD BE IF WE’RE SPECIFICALLY HAVING TO ADOPT IT BECAUSE IT’S AN APPENDIX THAT IS NOT REQUIRED BY THE STATE.   So FOR THE NEXT STEPS HAS RUDDER WITH OUR FIRE AGENCIES THROUGHOUT THE GREATER NORTH BAYS AREA.   Sonoma COUNTY AGAIN DATES ARE INCORRECT.   The LAST HEARING WAS THE INTRODUCTION.   Today WILL BE THE FINAL OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS AND VOTE TO ADOPT THE ORDINANCES.   So THE RECOMMENDATION BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT THAT THE COUNCIL ADOPT AN ORDINANCE BY REFERENCE.   The 2019 ADDITION OF FIRE CODE AS ADOPT ASKED AMENDED BY THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND FURTHER AMENDED, BASED ON LOCAL CONDITIONS FOR USE IN CHAPTER 18, 44 OF THE SANTA ROSA CITY CODE.   We APPEAL the EXISTING SECTION does NOT MODIFY THE SANTA ROSA CITY CODE TO REFLECT THE NEW MODEL CODE AND ALSO TO ADOPT BY REFERENCE WITH LOCAL AMENDMENTS TO the 2019, CALIFORNIA, ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, CALIFORNIA, BUILDING CODE, CALIFORNIA, RESIDENTIAL CODE, CALIFORNIA, GREEN CALIFORNIA, ELECTRICAL CODE, CALIFORNIA, MECHANIC, CAL CODE, CALIFORNIA, PLUMBING Code, CALIFORNIA, HISTORIC CAL, BUILDING CODE, CALIFORNIA, EXISTING CODE AND THE 2018 INTERNATIONAL MAINTENANCE CODE, THE NATIONAL POLLUTANT PERMIT AND WASTE DISCHARGE REQUIREMENTS. Any QUESTIONS are WELL DONE.   It GETS BETTER EVERY TIME I HEAR IT ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF, ALL RIGHT?   This IS A PUBLIC HEARING.   I’LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.   Do WE HAVE ANY CARDS NO CARDS, YOU DON’T HAVE TO FILL OUT A CARD, BUT IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM FEEL FREE TO GO TO THE PODIUM.   Seeing NO MOVE, WE’LL CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING AND AS A FOLLOW-UP, WE’RE GOING.   Allow MR SAWYER TO TY TO REPEAT WHAT YOU SAID.   Mr. SAWYER.   I SPENT A LOT OF TIME TRYING TO MEMORIZE THIS AND I GAVE UP A LONG TIME AGO.   I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE AN ORDINANCE OF THE EXISTING SANTA ROSA CITY CODE AND ADD A NEW CHAPTER 18 WITH LOCAL AMENDMENTS, THE 2019 ADDITION, AND WAIVE FURTHER READING. Second, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND COMMENT.   Seeing NONE of YOUR VOTES PLEASE AND THAT PASSES WITH FOUR AYES.   Secondly, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE OR ORDINANCE WITH LOCAL AMENDMENTS, THE 2019 CALIFORNIA, ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, 2019 BUILDING CODE, 2019, CALIFORNIA, RESIDENTIAL CODE, 2019, CALIFORNIA, ELECTRICAL CODE, 2019, CALIFORNIA, MECHANICAL CODE, PLUMBING CODE, CALIFORNIA, HISTORICAL BUILDING, CODE, CALIFORNIA, EXISTING CODE, CALIFORNIA, GREEN BUILDING, STANDARD CODE, 2019, CALIFORNIA, REFERENCE STANDARD Code 2018, PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE AND NATIONAL POLLUTION AND WASTE DISCHARGE REQUIREMENT AND WAIVE FOR THE READING.   Second, ACTUALLY, CAN YOU REPEAT THAT LAUGHTER? Thank YOU for ANY ADDITIONAL comments.   We HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND YOUR VOTES, PLEASE AND THAT PASSES WITH FOUR AYES.   I WANT TO THANK THE STAFF FOR THE PRESENTATION.   I KNOW WE HEARD IT TWICE, BUT I KNOW ALL THE WORK THAT WENT INTO THIS.   Thank YOU VERY MUCH.   If I MAY, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE COUNCIL.   This IS A MILD STONE FOR MY CAREER, BEING YOUR BUILDING OFFICIAL FOR A LITTLE OVER A YEAR. So THANK YOU.   Thank YOU.   I CAN HARDLY WAIT TO SEE YOU IN THREE YEARS.   Mr. McGWYNN 17 2 ITEM 17 2 PUBLIC HEARING CONTINUED HEARING ON APPEAL OF PLANNING COMMISSION DECISION TO APPROVE A PERMIT FOR FOX DENY INCORPORATED CANNABIS, RETAIL AND DELIVERY BUSINESS IN AN EXISTING BUILDING LOCATED AT 4036, MONTGOMERY AVENUE, UNIT B, SANTA ROSA CALIFORNIA, ASSESSORS PARCEL 013, 384 012.   Fm FILE NUMBER CUP18 076 BILL ROSE, SUPERVISING PLANNER AMONG OTHERS, PRESENTING, I SHOULD SAY, CLAIRE, INTRODUCE YOUR ASSISTANCE.   Thank YOU.   I’M EMANUAL.   I’M THE PROJECT PLANNER.   The ITEM BEFORE YOU IS AN APPEAL OF APPROVAL BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF A DISPENSARY LOCATED AT A MONTGOMERY ROAD UNIT B N.   My PRESENTATION, I’LL GIVE AN OVERVIEW AND DESCRIBE THE PROJECT AND COMMENTS BY THED PUBLIC AND FOLLOWED BY A BRIEF REVIEW OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW OF THE PROJECT AND RECOMMENDATION. As THE COUNCIL IS AWARE, CANNABIS BUSINESS.   What IS PROPOSED IS A RETAIL DISPENSARY WITH DELIVERY.   The ORDINANCE WENT INTO effect ALMOST TWO YEARS AGO, SINCE THIS ORDINANCE HAS BEEN IN EFFECT, THE ORDINANCE ALLOWS CANNABIS BUSINESSES AND RETAIL BUSINESSES IN CERTAIN DISTRICTS, INCLUDING THE NEIGHBORHOOD DISTRICT IN WHICH THE PROPOSED BUSINESS IS LOCATED.   There ARE SET BACKS REQUIRED 600 FEET TO SCHOOLS AND THOSE ARE K THROUGH 12 SCHOOLS.   There COULD NOT BE AN OVER CONCENTRATION OF RETAIL DISPENSARY, ONLY ONE IN THEIR SUBJECT TO A CONTINUAL USE.   Permit DECISION BIT PLANNING, COMMISSION AND THEN THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE APPEAL BODY IN CASE OF AN APPEAL SUCH AS THIS PROJECT.   The ORDINANCE ALLOWS DELIVERY OF CANNABIS PRODUCTS, BUT ONLY FROM RETAIL STORE FRONTS, DRIVE THRUS ARE NOT PERMITTED.   Hours OF OPERATION ARE SPECIFIED IN THE MUNICIPAL CARE, ONSITE CONSUMPTION IS ALLOWED, BUT NOT PROPOSED IN THIS PARTICULAR APPLICATION.   State LAW, AMONG OTHER THINGS, REQUIRES A 600 FOOT SEPARATION BETWEEN DISPENSARY CANNABIS BUSINESSES AND SCHOOLS UNLESS THE LOCAL JURISDICTION SPECIFIES A DIFFERENT RADIUS.   The OTHER CITY OF SANTA RSA MUNICIPAL CODE REQUIRES A 600 FOOT SETBACK FROM K THROUGH 12 SCHOOLS AND IT DOES NOT REQUIRE SETBACK FROM PRESCHOOLS UNDER THE CITY.’S MUNICIPAL CODE. In ADDITION, DISPENSARIES ARE SUBJECT TO A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.   Some FINDINGS ARE REQUIRED TO BE MADE AND WE’LL GET TO THOSE NEXT.   There ARE SIX FINDINGS, AS I SAID.   The first THREE ARE LISTED HERE GENERALLY.   They REQUIRE THE IDEAS THAT THE PROJECT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE APPLICANT LAND USE.   Policies OF THE COMMUNITY COMPATIBLE WITH ITS SURROUNDING WOULD NOT BE DID DETRIMENTAL FOR THE SURROUNDINGS.   The PLANNING COMMISSION FINDINGS AS IT PERTAINS TO ALL SIX OF THESE REQUIRE CRITERIA.   Findings ARE CONTAINED IN THE RESOLUTION THAT IS BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING.   This PROJECT BEGAN WITH AN APPLICATION THAT WAS SUBMITTED ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, A LITTLE MORE THAN A YEAR AND A HALF AGO IN 2018, A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING WAS HELD AFTER THE APPLICATION WAS DEEMED COMPLETE.   The PLANNING COMMISSION HELD A PUBLIC MEETING AT THAT PUBLIC HEARING HELD AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR. The APPLICATION WAS APPROVED AND an APPEAL WAS FILED BY THE KIWI PRESCHOOL THAT IS LOCATED BEHIND THE PROJECT, AND THE CITY COUNCIL HEARD THE APPEAL ON APRIL 9th CONTINUED THE APPEAL HEARING WITH DIRECTION TO THE APPLICANT TO PROVIDE RESPONSES ON FEW SPECIFIC ISSUES.   Submittal WAS PROVIDED IN AUGUST OF THIS YEAR AND AFTER MUCH BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE STAFF AND APPLICANT AND TEAM, WE’RE FINALLY ABLE TO LAND ON TONIGHT,’S HEARING DATE, EVERYONE WAS AVAILABLE.   The PROJECT, AS I MENTIONED, IS LOCATED ON MONTGOMERY ROAD IN THE NORTHEAST QUADRANT OF THE CITY JUST BEFORE SUMMER FIELD ROAD, IT IS DESIGNATED FOR RESIDENTIAL BUSINESS SERVICES IN THE GENERAL POINT PARCEL SURROUNDING IT.   It’s IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT.   It IS BEEN 600 FEET TO THE NEAREST SCHOOL AND HERE’S AN AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH THAT SHOWS THE SITES THE TRAIL BUILDING IS IN FRONT OF THE DISPENSARY THAT THEY BUILD BEHIND.   It IS APPROXIMATELY THE RIGHT HALF OF THAT BUILDING IS PROPOSED FOR THE DISPENSARY.   Let ME GO BACK, THE KIWI PRESCHOOL IS IN THE BUILDING THAT IS ABOVE BEHIND OF THE PROPOSED DISPENSARY.   This IS A VIEW FROM THE STREET.   The DISPENSARY WOULD BE AT THE BACK OF THE PROPERTY THAT’S THE TRAIL HOUSE BUILDING IN THE FRONT.   The PRESCHOOL IS BEYOND THE TREES. At THE BACK OF THE PROPERTY COUNCIL CONSIDERED THE APPLICATION IN APRIL, IT HAD JUST OVER 1700 SQUARE FEET.   The REVISED PROPOSAL REDUCED THE RETAIL COME POENT BY IN CREATION, BASICALLY TAKING AWAY FROM THE RETAIL TO MAKE MORE SPACE IN THE GARAGE.   So THE RETAIL AREA IS NOW 789 SQUARE FEET COMPARED TO THE 9 19 SQUARE FEET OF RETAIL FLOOR AREA, BUT THE OVERALL SPACE IS COMPARED TO 1773.   This IS THE SITE PLAN THAT WAS CONSIDERED BACK IN APRIL.   There IS NO CLAY TO THE BUILDING FOOTPRINT.   The PRIMARY CHANGES – AND THIS IS WHAT IT’S PROPOSED NOW THE CIRCULATION IS FOR VEHICULAR CIRCULATION.   Onsite GOES FROM A COUNTER, CLOCKWISE ONE WAY DIRECTION INTO A CLOCK, WISE ONE WAY DIRECTION.   So THE ENTRANCE IS NOW TO THE EAST, WHICH IS ON THE UPPER PORTION OF THE SLIDE, AND THE EXIT IS ON THE BOTTOM PORTION OF THE WEST.   In CONTRAST, THE EXISTING CIRCULATION IS COUNTER CLOCKWISE.   OTHER CHANGES WERE MADE, SO THIS IS THE FLOOR PLAN THAT WAS CONSIDERED BACK IN APRIL. If YOU LOOK AT THE BOTTOM OF THAT PLAN WITH THE OFFICE PREP IN THE HALLWAY, THAT IS WHERE THE PRIMARY CHANGES IN THE PROPOSED TO THAT HALLWAY ALL THE SPACES AT THE BACK OF TE GARAGE ARE NOW GARAGE SPACE RATHER THAN FLOOR AREA AND THE DISPENSARY SPACES.   Slightly SMALLER, THE HOURS OF OPERATION REMAIN THE SAME CONSISTENT WITH THE MAXIMUM OF HOURS ALLOWED BIT MUNICIPAL CODE, SO PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING AT THE FIRST COUNCIL APPEAL HEARING FOCUSED ON, I WOULD SAY THREE AREAS SHOWN ON The SLIDE – AND THOSE, I BELIEVE, ARE STILL CONCERNS THAT WE WILL PROBABLY HEAR THIS EVENING FROM THE NEIGHBORS AND THE APPELLANTS.   The BSIS OF APPEAL IS INCLUDED IN THE STAFF REPORT AND THE APPELLANT IS HERE THIS EVENING, SO I’LL.   Let THEM GET INTO THE DETAILS based on THEIR APPEAL AT THE APRIL 9th MEETING THE COUNCIL AFTER HEARING PUBLIC INPUT FROM 40, SPEAKERS HELD EXTENSIVE DISCUSSION ON THE MERITS OF PROJECT AND DIRECTED APPLICANT TO GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD.   To TAKE A LOOK AT A FEW VERY DISCREET ISSUES, AS SHOWN ON THIS SLIDE, REALLY SEEM TO THE ONSITE CIRCULATION AND PARKING WERE TOP OF THE LIST OF CONCERNS.   There WERE CONCERNS THAT THE DELIVERY VEHICLE WOULD USE UP PARK.   That WOULD OTHERWISE BE AVAILABLE FOR CLIENTS OF THE DISPENSARY, AND THERE WAS CONCERN RAISED BY NEIGHBORS REGARDING ACCESS FROM THE STREET TO THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING.   So, IN RESPONSE TO THE DIRECTION THAT THE COUNCIL PROVIDE THE APPLICANT, THE SIDING AND REEVALUATED AND TRAFFIC CONSULTANT HAD A PURE EVALUATION OF THE REVIEW DONE AND THEY CAME UP WITH SEVERAL RECOMMENDATIONS.   Several CHANGES.   The FIRST WAS TO CANGE THE CIRCULATION FROM THE COUNTER CLOCKWISE TO CLOCK. Wise DIRECTION, THE EFFECT OF DOING THAT IS WHEN EXITING THE SITE.   The LINE OF SIGHT FOR VEHICLES INCREASE, FORMED 70 FEET TO 250 FEET AND THAT’S, LOOKING AT THE LEFT AS YOU EXIT THE PROPERTY, THE RED IN THIS DIAGRAM SHOWS THE LINE OF SIGHT IN THE EXISTING CONDITION.   The BLACK SHOWS IT IN THE PROPOSED CONDITION.   The OTHER CHANGE THAT THEY MADE WAS TO INSTALL RECOMMEND INSTALLATION OF MIRRORS AT THE BACK TO IMPROVE CIRCULATION AROUND THE BACK OF THE BUILDING.   Since THIS WAS PREPARED, THE MIRRORS AT THE BACK WOULD NOT GO IN THAT LOCATION.   It WOULD GO IN THE OUTSIDE, BUT THE INSIDE OF THE BUILDING, SO THEY WOULD BE A CON CAVE VERSUS A MIRROR, SO THEY GO O UNIT B.   The BACK BUILDING AND A MIRROR WAS PROPOSED IN THE BACK ENTRANCE.   Any RESPONSE TO THE CONCERN WITH THE PARKING THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO HAVE OFF SITE SPACES.   They REDUCED THE SIZE OF THE DISPENSARY THEY’VE ALREADY WIDEN THE PARKING IN THE BOTH IN THE GARAGE AND THE OPEN PARKING IN THE EXISTING PARKING LOT.   Traffic ENGINEER RECOMMENDS THAT THERE BE ASSIGNED PARKING WITH SIGNS FOR CLIENTS OF THE DISPENSARY AND CLIENTS, FLT TRAIL HOUSE, AND THEN ALSO THE TRAFFIC CONSULTANT NOTICED THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL CLIENTS THAT WOULD COME TO THE TRAIL HOUSE AND UNLOAD THEIR BICYCLES AND LEAVE THE SITE AND NOT Return FOR A LONG TIME, AT LEAST FOR THE period WHICH is ON THE SITE, SO THEY RECOMMENDED THAT PARKING BE RESTRICTED SO USE BY PATRON, WHILE THEY’RE ON THE PROPERTY TO THE WAYS TEY WIDEN. Some SPACES IS ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE PARK LOT.   There WAS ASPACE TO THE FR RIGHT WHERE IT SAYS NO PARKING THAT SPACE WAS NOT DOES NOT MEET THE REQUIRED DIMENSIONS.   There IS A DOORWAY THAT OPENS INTO IT, SO THEY STRIPED THAT NO PARKING AND WIDENED THE REMAINING SPACE SOZ.   They’RE NOW IN COMPLIANT WITH THE MINIMUM PARK, ING ON TE WEST SIDE, THE ENTIRE OVERALL WIDTH OF THE AREA, SIN CREASED BY SHIFTING THE CURB AT THE FAR LEFT PARKING STALL ABOUT A FOOT OR SO AND THEN MAKING THE REMAINING SPACES A LITTLE WIDER.   To BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THE REQUIRED PARKING WIDTH IN TERMS OF THE ASSERTION THAT THE DELIVERY VEHICLE WOULD TAKE UP REQUIRED PARKING, THE RESPONSE FROM THE TRAFFIC CONSULTANT IS THAT WOULD REDUCE PARK.   In DEMAND AND ONE DELIVERY VEHICLE WOULD PROVIDE SERVICE TO MULTIPLE CUSTOMERS.   That WOULD OTHERWISE COME VISIT, THE PROPERTY AND, IN TERMS WITH COMPLIANCE WITH ADA, THE CITY’S, BUILDING OFFICIAL REVIEWED THE PROPOSAL AND FOUND TO BE IN COMPLIANCE.   Ada PATH FROM THE STREET TO THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING IS REQUIRED.   Only A PEDESTRIAN PATHWAY HAS BEEN PROVIDED THAT’S, A CONDITION THAT has BEEN APPROVED IN NEW FACILITIES THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED IN THE CITY AND THERE IS A ADA PATHWAY FROM THE HANDICAP PARKING STALL TO THE ENTRANCE TO THE BUSINESS.   So IS THE BUILDING OFFICIAL FOUND THAT AND IT’S IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE BUILDING CODES AND HANDICAP ACCESS CODES. The PROJECTS ALSO FOUND TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH CEQA AND QUALIFIES FOR SEVERAL EX ACCEPTIONS, AS INDICATED IN THIS SLIDE, AND SO WE RECOMMEND THAT THE COUNCIL APPROVE THE RESOLUTION TO ALLOW FOX END TO OPERATE A DISPENSARY WITH DELIVERY WITH THE PROJECT ADDRESS.   And THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.   Thank YOU THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION.   Let’s START WITH ANY EX PARTE COMMUNICATION BY COUNCILMEMBERS START OVER HERE.   Mr. OLE VA RES.   I HAVE NO VICE MAYOR, I RECEIVED A EMAIL AND SPOKE WITH NICK AND MR ROGERS YEAH OVER THE LAST SIX MONTHS.   I THINK WE’VE ALL HAD EXTENSIVE CONVERSATIONS.   I TALKED TO THE APPLICANT AND APPELLANTS.   No INFORMATION WAS LEARNED THAT WAS AVAILABLE IN THE AVAILABLE DOCUMENTS.   Mr. TIBBETTS, I SPOKE WITH THE APPELLANT SHORTLY AFTER THE LAST HEARING, AND THEN I RECEIVED A VOICE MESSAGE AND I MET WITH BOTH THE OPERATORS OF TRAIL HOUSE AND OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY LEARNED NOTHING. That IS NOT CONTAINED IN THE PUBLIC COMMENT DOCUMENTS.   So WITH THAT COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE PRESENTATIONS DO WE WANT TO AFFORD?   I DIDN’T GET A SCRIPT FROM THIS ONE, BECAUSE THIS IS A CONTINUATION.   Do YOU HAVE A QUESTION? First, MR TIBBETTS GO AHEAD.   I PROBABLY HAVE MORE QUESTIONS AS THE APPLICANT AND APPELLANTS MAKE THEIR PRESENTATIONS, BUT ONE THING RIGHT OFF THE BAT.   My BIGGEST CONCERN IS THAT SOMEBODY FREAKS THE TRAIL HOUSE FREQUENTS THE TRAIL HOUSE.   There IS A PROBLEM THERE ALREADY AND I NOTICED THAT THE APPLICANT HAS GOTTEN A LEASE WITH.   I THINK IT’S A SMOG SHOP DOWN THE ROAD, BUT WITH SOME INFORMATION THAT WAS GIVEN TO ME BY MATT OF THE APPELLANTS.   What MADE ME WANT TO ASK SOME QUE Z, I GUESS I’LL JUST LEAVE IT THERE FOR NOW.   So NICK, WHEN YOU MAKE YOUR PRESENTATION, HOPEFULLY, YOU CAN ADDRESS THAT THANKS NOW THAT I HAVE MY SCRIPT HERE, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? I HAVE A QUESTION, BUT I WANT TO LISTEN TO THE APPELLANT AND THE APPLICANT FIRST. Okay, SO FIRST WE’LL GIVE YOU TEN MINUTES FOR THE APPLICANT’s PRESENTATION.   So IF YOU PLEASE IDENTIFY YOURSELF AND WE’LL GO FROM THERE.   Don’t WORRY.   Your TIME IS NOT STARTING YET NICK IT’S ADDING ON TO THE EXPARTE DISCLOSURES.   Somebody MADE A REFERENCE TO ME ABOUT A FACEBOOK POST FROM AN EMPLOYEE.   It is NO WAY I HAVE NOT SEEN THE POST AND I DON’T KNOW WHAT IT SAYS AND IN NO WAY of BASING A DECISION IN IT.   But IF THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED IN THE CONVERSATION, PLEASE DO SO.   Thank YOU.   Are WE READY ALRIGHTY? Thank YOU, MR MAYOR.   We GREATLY APPRECIATE EVERYONE’S TIME IN THE PROJECT. It’s BEEN A LITTLE OVER 18 MONTHS, AND I WANT TO THANK STAFF AND COUNCIL AND PLANNING COMMISSION AND EVERYONE INVOLVED IN THE PROJECT FOR A VERY THOROUGH REVIEW.   Since THE LAST MEETING, WE TOOK THE COMMENTS FROM THE COUNCIL SERIOUSLY AND MADE SOME CHANGES AND HOPE THAT WE HAVE to PROVIDE YOU WITH THE CONFIDENCE THAT THIS IS A PROJECT THAT WILL IMPROVE THE SAFETY CONDITIONS AND ECONOMIC DIVERSITY OF THE AREA.   One OF THE FIRST STEPS THAT WE TOOK AFTER THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING WAS TO EXPAND AND CHANGE the PROFESSIONAL TEAM.   Many OF THE QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS FROM the COUNCIL REVOLVED that BUILDING PERMITS RELATED ITEMS AND WE HAD NOT ENGAGED A CIVIL ENGINEER.   To ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS, WE CONSULTED A ENGINEER TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL MODIFICATIONS WOULD BE FEASIBLE.   We ALSO ENGAGED WITH MOUSSA ABASI, WHICH IS A ENGINEERING CONSULTING FIRM LOCATED HERE IN SANTA ROSA, AND reviewed OF ALL THE WORK TAT.   We HAD AND ENGAGE A NEWARK TECH WITH DGA WHO HAS DONE EXTENSIVE WORK IN THE CITY.   As A PART OF THIS NEW TEAM, WE TOOK YOUR KESHZ AND MOD FIGHT.   The PROJECT STEVE SENIOR PRINCIPAL WILL GO THROUGH THE SPECIFIC MODIFICATIONS AND EMANUAL HAS REVIEWED MANY OF THEM FOR YOU.   This IS REDUCING THE FLOOR SPACE to ACCOMMODATE AND ABOVE CODE STANDARDS, PARKING, AND TASK CIRCULATION FOR THE PROPERTY AND TO FIX EXISTING ISSUES ON THE PROPERTY. In ADDITION TO THAT, WE ENGAGED JULIANA CEDAR TO BE THE COMMUNITY LIASON FOR THE PROJECT, SO WE CAN PROVIDE A FACE TO COMMUNICATE THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND WHAT WILL HOPEFULLY BE THE DEVELOPMENT AND OPENING OF THE PROJECT AS A PART OF HER ROLE.   She CANVASSED EVERY BUSINESS WITH TE APPLICANT THROUGH THEIR LEGAL COUNCIL AND INTRODUCED HERSELF.   This WAS NOT A PURSUE PURSUE ACE SIF, INCLUDING Several LETTERS OF SUPPORT TODAY FROM FOLKS THAT ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO NOT HAVING TO DRIVE TO THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN to ACCESS CANNABIS WITHIN THE SANTA ROSA.   There WERE Several ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENTS AND ON THIS SIDE I WANT TO COMMUNICATE TO YOU PART OF THIS PROCESS WITH THIS NEW TEAM OF LICENSE PROFESSIONALS, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN TEST THIS PROJECT CONCEPT WITH THE CITY STAFF PROFESSIONALS, AND SO THE CIVIL Engineer ARE TWO TRAFFIC ENGINEERS MET WITH THE CHIEF BUILDING OFFICIAL, AS WELL AS ENGINEER AND MULTIPLE OTHER STAFF WITH THE CITY TO GO AND DETAIL THE PROJ EBLGT AND MAKE SRE THAT IT WAS FULLY VIABLE, NOT JUST FOR ENTITLEMENT REVIEW.   But WHEN WE REACH THE BUILDING PERMIT PROCESS AND SUBMIT OUR PLANS, AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE WERE Several CHANGES MADE TO THE PROJECT.   I’M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH THEM IN DETAIL, BECAUSE EMANUAL DID AN EXCELLENT JOB.   In HIS REPORT I WILL SAY THAT THE FREED UP ONE SPOT – THEY WILL HAVE ONE SPOT MORE THAN THAT IS REQUIRED IN THE CODE AND we intend TO MAKE THAT SPACE AVAILABLE FOR TRAIL HOUSE VISITORS.   A new TRAIL HOUSE WAS APPROVED WITH THE PARKING SPOT REDUCTION.   We HOPE THAT THIS CAN HELP ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE ISSUES ADDITIONAL ONE SMALL CORRECTION.   The MIRROR LOCATIONS WILL BE BOTH WHERE THEY’RE, CURRENTLY SHOWN ON THE FOX END, BUILDING ITSELF THAT’S TO ACCOMMODATE PEOPLE COMING IN AND OUT OF THE TWO PARK. Trail HOUSES, the CURRENT INTERIOR PARKING GARAGE, AND THEN THE FUTURE FOX END PARKING SPACE THAT SHOULD NOT HELP IMPROVE THE LINE OF SIGHT FOR VEHICLES TRAVERSING IN ALL DIRECTIONS.   With THAT, I’M GOING TO ASK STEVE TO COME UP AND REVIEW THE SPECIFIC IMPROVEMENTS AND HOW THE IMPACT TRAFFIC SAFETY OF THE PROJECT GOOD EVENING, STEVE WINE BIGERER WITH TRANSIT, W TRANS OF SANTA ROSA JUST TO HIGHLIGHT – AND IT WAS ALREADY COVERED IN THE STAFF Report, THE CIRCULATION THAT THE CHANGE IN THE ACCESS, THE REVERSE OF THE DIRECTIONS, JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT, O THE THE IMAGE O THE LOWER RIGHT CURRENTLY WITH THE RED IMAGES.   Existing EXIT IS LIMITED BY WHEN THERE IS A PARKED VEHICLE.   The MINIMUM REQUIRED SITE DISTANCE FOR A STREET OF 35 MILES PER HOUR, LIKE MONTGOMERY DRIVE, IS A MINIMUM OF 250 FEET, SO THAT IS NOT CURRENTLY.   The DRIVEWAY WITH A PARKED VEHICLE DOES NOT MEET CURRENT DESIGN STANDARDS BECAUSE IT DOES NOT ALLOW ADEQUATE DISTANCE.   So A CHANGE ON EXISTING ON THE WEST SIDE WILL ALLOW, EVEN WITH a PARKED VEHICLE CLEAR 250 FEET TO A VEHICLE APPROACHING FROM THE EAST AND THEN MUCH more than THAT TO THE WEST AND THE WEST.   You HAVE a RED CURVE AND A DRIVEWAY AND WITH THE CURB TOUR AND THE DRIVEWAY, THERE IS A MORE AREA FOR THE VEHICLES EXITING THE SITE.   The PROPOSAL WOULD MEET AND EXCEED STANDARDS NICK MENTIONED ABOUT THE INSTA LAYING OF THE MIRROR TO DEAL FOR BOTH PEDESTRIANS AND VEHICLES.   So I WANT TO MENTION WE DID DO A TRIP GENERATION ANALYSIS, ALTHOUGH THERE WAS NO OPERATIONAL ANALYSIS NEEDED BECAUSE IT’S BELOW CITY STANDARDS.   We USE BOTH IT RATES AND WE DID DO SURVEY OF TWO ADVERTISE PENCE RE, ONE THAT HAS DISPENSARIES BOTH SANTA ROSA THE RACE WE DEVELOPED FOR THOSE TWO SANTA ROSA WERE LOWER THAN ITE, BUT WE USE AN AVERAGE OF ALL THREE TO ESTIMATE THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC. So WE DID NOT MAKE ANY DEDUCTIONS FOR DELIVERIES, SO IT’S OUR OPINION THAT, WITH THE DELIVERY OPTIONS AT THE SITE, THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC WILL BE LESS THAN STATED IN THE REPORT IN TERMS OF PARKING SIMPLY THE AS NICK MENTIONED THE CITY STANDARDS ARE METAPHOR, Parking AGAIN, IT’S OUR OPINION THAT THE DELIVERY OPTION, AS WE LOOK AT RATES FOR WITH AND WITHOUT DELIVERY, WILL SLIGHTLY DECREASE.   The PARKING NEEDED ONSITE AND NICK ALSO MENTIONED THAT THE ADDITIONAL SPACE THAT WAS DEVELOPED WILL BE ASSIGNED TO TRAIL HOUSE.   That’s.   All.   I HAVE I’M GOING TO PASS IT TO TRANS PEDIA, WHO DID A ANALYSIS OF OUR WORK.   This IS WITH LICENSE ENGINEERING AND LICENSED CIVIL ENGINEER IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.   I WORKED IN THE PAST SIX MONTHS IN A CLOSED TEAM WITH P TEAM, AND I HAVE REVIEWED 11 VARIANCE OF TRAFFIC STUDY AND THE PROJECT PLANS AND I FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THE PROPOSED YOU KNOW, PLAN AND IT ENHANCES THE SAFETY AND THE OPERATIONS OF THE Existing PROJECT – JUST SHORT NOTE, THANK YOU.   Thank YOU, MR SAN.   Since I HAVE 50 SECONDS LEFT COUNCILMEMBER TIBBETTS BECAUSE WE’RE NOT ASKING FOR A PARKING REDUCTION.   We’re COMMITTED TO HAVE OUR EMPLOYEES NOT PARK ON THE SITE. We’LL HAVE THE LEASE PARKING THAT YOU REFERENCED.   We HAVE SIX SPOTS FOR CONFIRMED SPOTS IN THE LEASE THAT YOU’RE REFERENCING, THAT HAVE IDENTIFIED OFF SITE TO ENSURE THAT OUR EMPLOYEES HAVE PARK AVAILABLE, SO THEY’LL BE AVAILABLE AND OUR EMPLOYEES WILL NOT BE PARKING ONSITE.   Should THOSE LEASES NOT BE AVAILABLE, WE’LL FIND OTHER AVENUES TO ENSURE THAT THE EMPLOYEES WILL NOT PARK ONSITE.   We URGE YOU TO DENY THE APPEAL.   Thank YOU, QUESTIONS ON THAT PRESENTATION.   Thank YOU.   So MUCH FR ALL THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DNE ON THIS ALREADY.   Can YOU TALK ABOUT THE DISTANCE THAT THE PARK SPOTS THAT YOU OBTAINED FOR EMPLOYEES? How FAR AWAY IS THAT FROM THE ACTUAL SITE, SO THEY’RE ALL ON MONTGOMERY IT’S ALL LOCATED WITHIN THE COMMERCIAL, SO it LESS THAN A HALF MILE WITHIN WALKING A RATED WALKING DISTANCE.   Is THERE A LEVEL OF ENFORCEABILITY THAT THE PROJECT COMMITS TO THAT THE SPOTS ARE UTILIZED BY PROI HE’S AND THAT EMPLOYEES ARE NOT TAKEN UP ADDITIONAL PARKING? We’re COMMITTED TO NOT HAVING EMPLOYEES WHILE WE UTILIZE DIFFERENT METHODS SUCH AS LET’S SAY.   We IMPROVE SOME BUS SERVICE AND ENCOURAGING BIKING TO WORK OR MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE OFF SITE PARK. All OF THOSE OPTIONS WILL BE USED TO FULFILL THE COMMITMENT, BUT THE COMMITMENT IS FIRM AND SOLID THAT THERE WILL NOT BE ONSITE PARKING OTHER THAN THE VEHICLE BEING USED FOR OPERATION, WHICH IS ADDRESSED AS BEING A PATH TO REDUCING THE PARK DEMAND FOR OUR OPERATION.   How LONG DO YOU EXPECT THE AVERAGE PERSON WHO COMES TO THE FACILITY TO STAY SO TE TIME DIFFER BETWEEN DIFFERENT STORE MODELS? Initial VISIT BY SOMEBODY SIGNING FOR A DELIVERY SERVICE COULD TAKE LONGER, BUT A TYPICAL VISIT IS BETWEEN 12 AND 15 MINUTES.   There IS NO ONSITE CONSUMPTION AND NO AREA FOR LOUNGING.   It IS FOR RETAIL FACILITY OF THIS SIZE.   You’re NOT GOING TO FIND ANYONE HANGING OUT IT’S A COME, GET WHAT YOU WANT LEAVE.   Somebody ON THE FIRST VISIT MAY TAKE a LOANINGER AND FOLKS GOING THROUGH THEIR SECOND OR THIRD MAY UTILIZE it.   The DELIVERY SERVICE AND TAKE NO TIME AT ALL ONE THING TO CONTEMPLATE WHETHER OR NOT THE PARK SPOTS ARE APPROPRIATE FOR A 30-MINUTE TIME LIMIT.   But TO HAVE THAT FLOW ACCESSIBLE, SO HOPEFULLY YOU’LL THINK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT.   I KNOW ONE OF THE COURTS OF ORDINANCE FROM WHEN IT WAS ADOPTED TO WHERE WE SEE THE CANNABIS INDUSTRY WAS NOT ALLOWING DELIVERY ONLY SPACE, AND THAT’S PART OF WHY WE’RE IN THIS JAM THAT WE’VE BEEN IN.   If THE COUNCIL WERE TO MAKE A FUTURE POLICY CHANGE, DOUK YOU may, BE COMING BACK FOR A CHANGE OF THIS PROJECT, OR IS THE INTENTION TO KEEP IT AS A RETAIL DISPENSARY WITH THAT ACCESSIBILITY, THE CURRENT INTENTION IS TO KEEP IT As RETAIL IT’S A ESPECIALLY GENERAL PLAN DESTINATION OF COMMERCIAL ZONE AREA AND HAVING A SPACE WHERE FOLKS can COME AND INTERACT WITH THE PRODUCT IS IMPORTANT. With THAT SAID, THE INTENT IS TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO SIGN UP FOR THE DELIVERY OPTION.   The MANY OF THE COMMUNITIES AND FOLKS THAT HAVE BEEN REACHED OUT ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT OPTION, BUT THE PRODUCT, ESPECIALLY FOR THE FIRST VISIT, IS SEEN AS ON IMPORTANT MOLD WITH THAT SAID, THERE ARE NO DISPENSARIES ON THE EAST SIDE OF TOWN AND WE MAY LEARN Things THAT WARRANT A CHANGE SHOULD SHOULD IT ARISE, BUT THINK POINT WE SEE IT AS A BENEFIT AND THEN PROVIDE ACCESS TO UNSEFSHDS PART OF THE CITY.   One OF THE CONCERNS THAT the COUNCIL HAD LAST TIME WAS ABOUT CARS BACKING OUT FROM THE INSIDE PARKING.   I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS BEEN A CHANGE IN SORT OF THAT FLOW SO THAT NOW INDIVIDUALS WILL COME OUT FACE FIRST, CORRECT, CORRECT.   Thank YOU, MR TIBBETTS.   Thank YOU, MAYOR.   These ARE SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU NICK.   So WHEN YOU SAY THAT YOU DO HAVE THE PARKING SPAISZ, YOU GUYS HAVE A LEASE IN HAND FOR THOSE PARKING SPACES CORRECT?   How LONG IS THAT LEASE FOR IS IT MONTH TO MONTH, FOUR SPAISZ? The INITIAL TERM IS ONE YEAR AND THEN IT CONVERTS TO MONTH TO MONTH, OKAY, SO WE HAVE TWO OTHER SPAISZ THAT ARE FOR LEASE FOR THE LIFE THAT WE HAVE THE LEASE FO ERT LIFE OF THE TRAIL HOUSE.   The SIX SPACES CAME LONG AFTER WE SUBMITTED OUR SUBMISSION AND THE TWO ADDITIONAL THAT’S NEWS TO ME: WHERE ARE THOSE LOCATED IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE OTHER ONES? Okay, ONE OF THE CONCERNS – AND I FAILED TO MENTION DURING MY EXPARTE COMMUNICATION – I DID HAVE A COMBINATION WITH THE REPRESENTATIVE OF APPLICANTS AND ONE THING HE BROUGHT UP. I THOUGHT WAS GOING A GOOD POINT.   I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO HAVE EMPLOYEES WALKING TO THE NEW PARKING SPACE WHO HAS A KEY TO A FACILITY THAT IS A CASH-HEAVY BUSINESS OR KEYS.   What SAFETY MEASURES DO YOU HAVE IN PLACE TO PROTECT THAT PERSON’S SAFETY WHEN THEY’RE IN TRANSIT? Well, THE FIRST THING I’LL SAY ABOUT THE SAFETY MEASURE AND THE BEST ONE is RIGHT SIDE, THE ONES THAT ARE NOT KNOWN IN PUBLIC WITH SAID, THE PROCEDURES INCLUDE LIVE SECURITY GUARDS AND ARMED SYSTEMS.   We WORKED CLOSELY WITH CHIEF NAVARRO AND PREVIOUSLY CAPTAIN NOVA RO, AND WE CONTINUE OUR CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE SANTA ROSA POLICE DEPARTMENT.   Okay, THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS FOR NOW.   Thank YOU, MS VICE MAYOR IS HAD NOT AWARE THAT HE WAS REPRESENTING THE TRAIL.   How BIGSINGER? I THOUGHT HE WAS AN AVID FAN.   I’M CURIOUS TO KNOW FROM YOUR TRAFFIC ENGINEER WHAT THE DELTA WAS BETWEEN THE TWO DISPENSARIES IN TOWN, THE ONE THAT HAD DELIVERY AND THE ONE THAT DID NOT IN TERMS OF VEHICLE VISITS.   Just GETTING THAT INFORMATION.   I WAS WONDERING THAT MYSELF, SO THE IN TERMS OF A A PEEK HOUR TRIP RATE. The TWO SIDES, ONE WITHOUT THE DELIVERY SERVICE – WAS O AVERAGE, SIMILAR TO THE IT RATE OF 21 TRIPS PER THOUSAND SQUARE FEET.   The ONE WITH DELIVERY SERVICE WAS ABOUT 14.   So, ROUGHLY A THIRD LESS THAN THE ONE WITHOUT DELIVERY SERVICE.   Thank YOU for ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.   Mr. SAWYER, I JUST HAD A QUESTION.   I HAD SOME QUESTIONS TOO ABOUT THE PARKING.   So WE HEARD THERE IS A LEASE FROM CONTINUAL USE PERMIT.   What IF THE LEASE EXPIRES, DOES THE CITY HAVE THE ABILITY TO SHUT IT DOWN? Is THE LEASE CONTINGENT ON OPERATION ON THE BUSINESS JUST TO B CLEAR YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT THE OFF SITE SPACE, THE OFF SITE SPACE, SINCE THOSE ARE NOT REQUIRED, NOT ATTACHED TO THE PERMIT?   Does COUNCIL HAVE THE ABILITY TO PUT THAT AS A CONDITION ON THE USE PERMIT? I THINK THE COUNCIL COULD CONSIDER ADDING A CONDITION, BUT WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WITH THE LANGUAGE OF THE CONDITION WE CAN WORK ON A PROPOSED LANGUAGE THAT REFRNSZ ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND ACCEPTANCE OF THE APPLICANTS OFFER TO PROVIDE THAT PROGRAMATICALLY.   They’RE OFFERING THIS AS ADDITIONAL PARKING. That IS NOT REQUIRED THROUGH A LEASE AND is PROBLEMATIC AND ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE COMMENT.   That IS ONE OPPORTUNITY, BUT THESE ARE NOT NECESSARILY SITE SPECIFIC.   It COULD BE THROUGH PROGRAM ATTIC AS WELL.   So WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT FLEXIBILITY.   I GUESS FOR ME TO PUT IT INTO CONTEXT, I THINK THE INTEREST OF THE COUNCIL LAST TIME YOU WORK THIS OUT, AND SO WE’RE HERE TODAY, SO THAT WAS NOT ABLE TO BE WORKED OUT.   Having SOMETHING JUST SAID THAT WE HAVE THIS OFFERING I DON’T KNOW HOW TO CONSIDER THAT I RESPECT AND THAT’S WHAT THEIR INTENT IS.   Unless THERE IS SOME EXPERIENCE FOR THE FOLKS AT TRAIL HOUSE THAT PARKING JUST GOES AWAY AND THAT’S SOMETHING THAT WE CONSIDER GOING ONE WAY OR THE OTHER WITH THE APPLICANTS CONSENT THAT CAN BE MADE A CONDITION OF THE APPROVAL AND, AS AS MENTIONED, AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT That THE APPLICANT HAS OFFERED THAT AND THEN THAT BECOMES INCORPORATED INTO THE PROJECT DESCRIPTION AND INTO THE CONDITIONS OF THE APPROVAL.   Thank YOU THAT’S HELPFUL, AND I DID HAVE ONE QUESTION ABOUT CHANGING THE ROUTE.   Having TALKED TO SOME FOLKS, I KNOW SO MANY PLACES WHERE YOU, IF YOU’RE GOING EASTBOUND ON MONTGOMERY, YOU’RE, GOING TO PASS THE PASS TO ENTER THE ENTRANCE TO LEAVE.   You WOULD NOT PASS THE EXIT FROM THE TRAFFIC PERSPECTIVE. Have OTHER LOCATIONS DONE THAT YEAH? I THINK ANYTIME, YOU HAVE A MATERIAL WITH LOTS OF COMMERCIAL DRIVEWAYS.   You GET A GAMUT OF DIFFERENT ORIENTATIONS FROM ONE BUSINESS TO THE NEXT.   The SITE DISTANCE ISSUE DICTATES THE ADVANTAGE OF LIVING ON THE WEST SIDE.   Secondly, IF YOU THINK ABOUT LEFT TURNS INTO THIS SITE ARE NOT IMPACTING OR OVERLAPPING, ARE LEFT TURNS THAT MAKING THE LEFT TO GO WESTBOUND AND TURNING LEFT IN THE SITE.   Don’t INTERFERE WITH ANOTHER WHERE, AS NOW, THEY DO AGAIN WITH MATERIALS LIKE THIS, YOU GET ALL VARIATIONS, SO I GET THE INTENT IS FOR THE SITE, BUT ARE THERE OTHER SITES IN SANTA ROSA THAT HAVE COME TO THE SAME SOLUTION? Is? Would LOOK TO CITY STAFF IF THEY WANT TO POINT OUT A SPECIFIC I CAN NOT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD IN YOUR STUDIES.   Has THIS SOLUTION BEEN POSED ELSEWHERE? I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT.   Are THERE GOING TO BE UNATTENDED CONSEQUENCES, SO YOU PASS THE EXIT TO GO IN THE ENTRANCE I THAT GOING TO CREATE SOME OTHER UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES?   This IS A MITIGATION REVIEW WHERE YOU GET BERT ON ONE DRIVEWAY AGAINST THE OTHER, SO WE HAVE USED it BEFORE SPECIFICALLY.   Can I MENTION ONE IN SANTA ROSA? I CAN NOT OKAY, FAIR ENOUGH.   Do any OTHER QUESTIONS? Go AHEAD.   My APOLOGIES ONE POINT OF THE CLARIFICATION: IT’S FIVE YEARS NOT ONE YEAR AND ALSO TO RAISE THE QUESTION ON YOUR LAST QUESTION THAT WE WOULD HOPE THAT STAFF WOULD RESPOND TO THAT.   To THAT, OUR UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE CURRENT CONDITIONS, DON’T MEET SAFETY STANDARDS AND THE OTHER WOULD BE TO RED STRIPE PARKING ON MONTGOMERY.   Does STAFF CARE TO RESPOND TO THAT M INTEREST IS JUST UNDERSTANDING.   Are THERE GOING TO BE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES TO COME UP WITH THIS SOLUTION GOOD EVENING, ROB CITY SANTA ROSA PUBLIC WORKS. What WE WOULD HAVE TO DO AT THIS LOCATION IS REMOVE SOME OF THE ON STREET PARKING TO PROVIDE FOR THE ADEQUATE STRIPE LINES TO WE AND WE WERE HOLDING OFF UNTIL THIS ISSUE WAS RESOLVED.   We KOW PARKING.   There IS A BIG ISSUE AS FAR AS CIRCULATION BEING PAST.   The TRAIL HOUSE VERSUS IN FRONT OF IT DEPENDS on WHAT DIRECTION YOU’RE GOING.   If YOU’RE TURNING LEFT, YOU’RE GOING TO BE GOING PAST, TRAIL HOUSE.   So TO ME, I DON’T KNOW THAT THERE IS A SPECIFIC REASON WHY YOU WOULD NEED TO HAVE AN ENTRANCE ON ONE SIDE AND COUNTERCLOCKWISE OTHER THAN ADDRESSING THE LOCATION, WHICH IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE. My QUESTIONS: DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE SANTA ROSA LOCATION WHO HAVE COME UP WITH THE SOLUTION FOR THIS SAME ISSUE OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, I DON’T MOST LOCATION HAVES, BUY DIRECTIONAL DRIVEWAYS, SO IT NOT AN ISSUE.   This IS a UNIQUE LOCATION.   Okay, THANK YOU, MR TIBBETTS, ONE MORE QUESTION: THIS IS A QUESTION FOR THE TRAFFIC PLANESER AND I WOULD NOT EXPECT YOU TO RECORD HIGH FRASK INVOLVES OF THE TRAIL HOUSE, BUT I WAS WONDERING IF YOU MADE DETERMINATIONS O OBSERVATIONS ABOUT WHEN TRAIL HOUSES, PEEK HOURS ARE OR Were AND I’LL ASK THE SAME OF TRAIL HOUSE WHEN THEY SPEAK, I been TRYING TO GET AN IDEA IF POSSIBLE FROM OUR TRAFFIC STUDY.   We DID NOT DO A 24-HOUR SURVEY TO DETERMINE THE PEEK.   Thank YOU for ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.   Seeing NONE.   Thank YOU FOR THAT.   We NOW HAVE TEN MINUTES FOR THE APPELLANT PRESENTATION HELLO GOOD EVENING.   My NAME IS PAMELA STEVENS AND I’M THE ATTORNEY FOR the APPELLANT, KIWI, PRESCHOOL AND DAYCARE, AND OTHER INTERESTED TRAIL HOUSE BOTH KIWI.   I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL FOR THE TIME THAT YOU HAVE SPENT UNDERSTANDING THE MANY ISSUES THAT HAVE GONE INTO KIWI 39. S APPEAL.   The BASIS FOR THE APPEAL IS THAT THE PROJECT PROPOSED BY THE APPLICANT FAILS TO MEET THE REQUIRED FINDINGS.   Cd AND E.   Under THE ZONING CODE, THESE FINDINGS ARE C DESIGN, LOCATION, SIZE AND OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PROPOSED ACTIVITY MUST BE COMPATIBLE WITH EXISTING AND LAND USES.   In THE VICINITY D, THIS SITE IS SUITABLE FOR THE TYPE AND DENSITY AND INTENSITY OF THE USE BEING PROPOSED AND E.   The GRANTING PERMIT WOULD NOT CAUSE A NUISANCE OR BE INJURIOUS TO EXISTING BUSINESS.   Today, YOU’LL HEAR FROM THE OWNERS OF KIWI AND TRAIL HOUSE AS WELL AS the TRAFFIC CONSULTANT, WHO HAVE EVALUATED THE APPLICANT RESUBMISSION BY THE CONCERNS RAISED BY YOU.   When YOU INDICATED THE APPLICANT NEED TODAY HAVE ACTUAL SOLUTIONS, YOU WILL HEAR FIRST FROM GLEN GRANT OF THE TRAIL HOUSE.   I’M THE OWNER OF TRAIL HOUSE, THE BUSINESS THAT WE WOULD SHARE THE PARCEL WITH THIS PROPOSED DISPENSARY.   Here WE ARE 8 MONTHS AFTER THE LAST MEETING AND WE HAVE THE SAME ISSUES BAYEDS ON THE NEW SUBMISSIONS. My CONCERNS HAVE NOT BEEN ADDRESSED.   I WANT TO ADDRESS THE LAST-MINUTE SUBMISSION OF A BIT APPLICANT BEFORE THE COUNCIL MEETING ANDING AGAIN BEFORE TODAY.   The APPLICANT HELD THEIR TRAFFIC STUDY AND ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS AND OTHER CHANGES TO THE PROJECT UNTIL 4.   30.   Yesterday, HOW AM I CONCERNED BUSINESS OWNER FAMILIAR WITH THE PROJECT YET ALONE, THE GENERAL PUBLIC READ THIS AND SUBMIT AN OPINION IN LESS THAN 24 HOURS.   This IS TO KEEP THE PUBLIC TO COMPREHEND.   I BELIEVE THIS COUNCIL DOES NOT THINK THAT THIS IS THE APPROPRIATE MANNER TO TRAFFIC PARK.   Anding TRAFFIC SAFETY CONTINUE TO BE OUR MAIN CONCERNS.   Nothing PROVIDES REAL SLAOUTIONZ THAT COUNCIL IDENTIFIED IN APRIL.   The OFF-SITE PARKING PLAN IS ABSURD. Regarding THE PARKING INTERRUPTS MY BUSINESS AND THEY WILL DOUBLE THE TRIPS ONSITE.   These ISSUES WITH UNADDRESSED, ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS ON TE WEST SIDE OF THE PARKING LOT ARE CAUSE FOR GREAT CONCERN.   I’M A SANTA ROSA RESIDENT WITH THREE BUSINESSES THAT ARE PROVIDED: AOEFR 50 JOBS FOR THE COMMUNITY.   I WORKED FOR 24 YEARS AT THIS BIKE, JOBS INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED BUSINESS – THAT IS HAVING A POSITIVE IMPACT ON OUR COMMUNITY.   Why AM I STANDING IN THIS ROOM FOR THE THIRD FIEM, DEFENDING WHAT I COMPLETED TO BE CLEAR? This IS NOT ABOUT CANNABIS.   This IS ABOUT SAFETY AND INCOMPATIBILITY.   This IS NOT A SITUATION THAT I WOULD EVER CHOOSE TO BE IN, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO TODAY.’S RESOLUTION: IN ADDITION, REALLY QUICK GARY IN NO WAY REPRESENTS US.   His AFAN BY DOES NOT REPRESENT US SOMETHING ELSE.   We HAVE HAD NO ISSUES WITH SITE LINES.   Everybody IS TALKING ABOUT SITE LINES, BUT WE’VE HAD NO ACCIDENTS AND NO INCIDENTS AT THE TRAIL HOUSE. That’s NOT A PROBLEM FOR USZ AND THE REASON WE DID THE FLOW UNTIL THE DIRECTION THAT WE D IS BECAUSE of THE LEFT HAND TRN.   If REVERSE, IT SENDS CARS DIRECTLY AT OUR OUTDOOR SEATING, AND THAT WAS THE REASON WE ALL CAME UP WITH THE FLOW THAT IT HAS NOW.   Thank YOU HI.   I’M COLIN WITH G M TRANSPORTATION.   We’RE A TRANSPORTATION FIRM.   I WAS HERE AT THE APRIL HEARING AND THE KEY TOPIC THAT WAS RELEVANT TO THE APPEAL CRITERIA WAS THAT THE SITE IS NOT PHYSICALLY SUITED TO ACCOMMODATE TYPICAL, DAILY PARKING DEMAND AND THAT THE LEVEL OF PARK DEMAND WOULD BE INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE ADJACENT LAND USE.   The APPLICANT TRAFFIC STUDY IN DISCUSSING PARK FOCUSES ON CONFORMANCE WITH THE CITY REQUIREMENT.   There IS NO FINDING THAT THE APPLY OF PARKING WILL BE ADEQUATE TO ACCOMMODATE TIP XAL PEEK DEMAND GENERATED BY THE DISPENSARY BASED ON DATA COLLECTED BY ITE.   The PARKING DEMAND TIP XAL PARK, SITE SOMER SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 11 AS HIGH AS 20 YEARS, PARKED BASED ON IT DATA FOR SIMILAR dispensaries, AND DATA FOUND THAT THE DISPENSARY HAD A TYPICAL DEMAND OF 20 YEARS.   All OF THESE NUMBERS ARE MUCH HIGHER THAN THE SUPPLY OF 6 THAT WE’RE TALKING ABOUT HERE ALL RIGHT GOOD EVENING, I’M MIKE SCHWARTZ AND CEMENT ARCHITECT THAT DESIGNED THE TRAIL HOUSE WITH SPECIALIZED BICYCLES. The REVISED APPLICATION DOES NOT ADDRESS FINDING CD AND E.   I HAVE SEVERAL POINTS AND I’LL GO OVER NOW ACCESSIBLE PATH OF TRAVEL FOR THE PROJECT FOR THIS APPLICATION.   This WAS A MAJOR CONCERN OF THE HEARING.   It’s STILL NOT ADDRESSED AND A IDENTIFIED BY FINDING C AND D.   They PROPOSE THAT THEIR PROJECT DOES NOT NEED PEDESTRIAN ACCESS.   I THINK THIS IS A MISUNDERSTANDING.   The EXCEPTION ONLY APPLIES WHEN THERE IS NO PEDESTRIAN ACCESS SXL THROUGH A REVIEW OF APPLICATION AND PREVIOUS APPLICATIONS.   We KNOW THAT PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC IS A KEY, COME POINT OF THEIR BUSINESS.   Mod PEL, IT’S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT CUP APPLICATION IS A PRELIMINARY PROCESS AND OFTEN NOT FEASIBLE TO OBTAIN A FINAL CODE.   At THIS CODE, ENVIRONMENTAL MITIGATION, WE IDENTIFIED AN ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE THAT HAS NOT BEEN ADDRESSED. There ARE AT LEAST TWO ABANDONED 2000 GALLON STORAGE TANK THAT MAY BE AFFECTED BY PROPOSED SITE WORK, ADDITIONAL THREE MONITORING WELLS, DHA MEASURE, MIGRATION FROM AN ADJACENT DRY CLEANING BUSINESS AND PROPOSED REGRADING WORK.   I SPOKE WITH THE CONTRACTOR AND EXCAVATOR WHO SPECIALIZED IN TANK REMOVAL AND A CITY FIRE OFFICIAL TO CLARIFY THE REQUIREMENTS THEY’RE.   Unanimous RESPONSE WAS THAT PROPOSE.   Work WOULD NECESSITATE the REMOVAL OF THE TANK WITH STATE REGULATIONS.   Mitigation OF CON TAM NATURED SOIL REQUIRES AN EXTENDED period AND REGULATORY REVIEW TO ACHIEVE COMPLIANCE WITH STATE AND LOCAL requirements for PARKING.   There ARE UNMITT-GATED TRAFFIC CONCERNS THAT BY C AND D THE SITE HAS 16 SPACES.   14 BELONG TO TRAIL HOUSE AND FAX.   End PROPOSED 21 PARKING SPACE, TRAIL HOUSE WOULD 15 AND FOX END WOULD HAVE 6.   That WOULD SERVE 280 DAY THREE TRIPS AND A SPACE IN TE GARAGE, WHICH IS FREQUENTLY UNDER PARKED, WHICH LEAVES THREE STANDARD PARKING SPACES.   They ARE NOW APPARENTLY HAVE SIX OFF SITE SPACES FOR STAFF, WHICH DOES HELP SXL INCONSISTENT SEE WITH THE APPLICATION IT WAS MADE IN APRIL OF 2018 AND HAS INVOLVED MANY OPERATORS. These CHANGES HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO A SET OF DOCUMENTS AND HAS BECOME DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE APPLICANT’s INTENT IS.   In SHORT, I CAN NO LONGER DISCERN WHAT INFORMATION IS RELEVANT, WHICH MAKES IT DIFFICULT FOR THE DESIGN INTENT AND HOW TO SATISFY REGULATORY REQUIREMENT.   If IT WAS APPROVED, IT WOULD BE CHALLENGING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS APPROVED.   I STILL DON’T THINK THAT A CLEAR ROAD MAP HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO MOVE THIS PROJECT FORWARD AND I’M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.   Thank YOU WAS THAT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION, I KNOW THE TIME JUST CAME UP ALL RIGHT.   Council AY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPELLANT, SEEING NONE WE’LL THEN GO TO PUBLIC HEARING.   I’LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.   Do WE HAVE SOME CARDS FOR THIS? You DON’T HAVE TO FILL OUT FOR THIS.   I APPRECIATE, IT IF YOU WOULD MAKE IT EASIER TO GO THROUGH THIS FIRST UP, PRESI LA FOLLOWED BY DON WINKLE COUNCILMEMBERS, I’M PRESI LA BAIL.   I LIVE IN SANTA ANITA AND I’M A NEIGHBOR OF THE PROPOSED FACILITIES FOR MANY YEARS. I SHOPPED AT THE LITTLE SHOPPING STRIP MALL AND THE CLEANERS MARY’S YOGURT TIME.   This IS A VERY COMPLEX INTERSECTION.   You HAVE MISSION COMING DOWN HERE INTO MONTGOMERY AND THEN THE SHADOW BOOK APARTMENT ROADS.   Meanwhile, YOU HAVE THE GAS STATION WITH PEOPLE GOING IN AND OUT.   Kids AND PARENTS GOING TO YOGURT TIME AND THEN PEOPLE GOING INTO THOMPSON CLEANERS AND THE TRAIL HOUSE.   So DURING RUSH HOUR, WHICH STARTS USUALLY AT 2 00 O’CLOCK WHEN SCHOOL.   Let’s OUT TO ABOUT 7 00, O’CLOCK AT NIGHT.   That INTERSECTION IS VERY CLOGGED AND TRAFFIC BACKS UP IN THE TURNING LANES.   If YOU HAVE EVER DRIVEN THERE ALMOST TO THE STOPLIGHT WHERE McDonald’s IS – AND THE SAME IS TRUE WITH PEOPLE COMING ON SUMMER FIELD, ROAD SO INCREASE TRAFFIC WITH ANOTHER XHERNL ENTERPRISE.   In THAT TINY LITTLE LOT, WHERE TRAIL HOUSE IS, I THINK, IS CREATING QUITE A HAZARD. Trail HOUSE ITSELF HAS ENOUGH SPACES BARELY TO ACCOMMODATE PEOPLE WHO EAT THERE AND WHO TAKE THEIR BIKES THERE, AND SEEING PEOPLE PARKING OVER NEAR MARY’S AND COMING AROUND SO EVEN ADDING THE SIX SPACES OR THE FOUR SPACES DOES NOT SOLVE THAT Problem AND IT VERY DIFFICULT TO COME OUT OF THAT PARKING LOT AT THOMPSON CLEANERS, FOR EXAMPLE, WHICH IS NEXT DOOR AND TRY TO TURN LEFT ON MONTGOMERY.   So YOU END UP GOING RIGHT AND IN THE INTERSECTION AND COMING AROUND TO MAKE A LEFT TURN.   So I THINK ADDING THE EXTRA TRIPS AND THE EXTRA CUSTOMERS COMING TO THE CAVEN BIS FACILITY WOULD CREATE A TRAFFIC SITUATION THAT COULD CAUSE ACCIDENTS, CAUSE PEOPLE ON BIKES TO B HIT, AND CAN CAUSE PEDESTRIANS TO BE INJURED.   Thank YOU.   Thank YOU, DON, FOLLOWED BY MICHAEL.   I’M DON.   First, I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS A COUPLE OF WHAT I CONSIDER TROUBLING ASPECTS WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE A STAFF’S PRESENTATION AND APPLICANT THE APPLICANT IS GIVEN MORE TIME TO PRESENT ITS MATTER.   It BECAME APPARENT THAT THE COUNCIL IS DENIED TO USE SUGGESTED TO STAFF, TAKE THIS DECISION AND TABLE IT FOR A WHILE ZOO TE APPLICANT DOES NOT HAVE THIS APPELLANT AND, AS NOTED HERE, THEY REPLACED THE APPELLANT AND STAFF AND NOT RELEASING A REPORT UNTIL YESTERDAY, AT ROUGHLY 4, 30, WHEN, IF YOU LOOK A THE DATES, IT APPEARS HE HAD IT SINCE MID-NOVEMBER.   All OF THAT SAID PARKING PROBLEMS were CREATED BY ADDING a CART EVERY THREE MINUTES TO an ALREADY IMPACTED PARKING LOT.   Other PROBLEMS CREATED BUSINESS SUCH CARS BY SPOTS, LOCATED IN THE WAREHOUSE WITH A SINGLE POINT OF EXIT, WE’LL BE BACK AND ACTUAL SOLUTIONS ARE TO ADD FOUR EMPLOYEE PARKING SPOTS, A QUARTER MILE AWAY AND IN REVERSE OF TRAFFIC FLOW. So WE HEARD NRS SOME DISPUTE OVER THE LEASES LIKE WHERE ARE THEY? Where ARE THE TERMS? The APPLICANT DOES NOT SEEM TO KNOW WHAT THE TERMS R, BY THE WAY, THE LEASE IS, A TEMPORARY FIX.   They’re GOING TO BE SUBJECT.   So, IN OTHER WORDS, IF THE PROPERTY IS SOLD, WILL THE LEASE SURVIVE WE DON’T KNOW REGARDLESS.   The FOUR SPOTS OF THE EMPLOYEE ARE NOT REALLY IN EFFECTING THE NUMBER OF CARS PER DAY, SO IT DOES NOT CHANGE THAT MUCH.   We ALSO HEARD FROM ANOTHER ENGINEER THAT THE FLOW WILL CREATE MORE PROBLEMS.   Traffic WILL XROS PATHS AND CONFLICTING MOVEMENT AND TRAFFIC, WHICH TENDS TO BE FASTER, WILL BE ADJACENT TO TRAIL HOUSES, SEATING THAT’S A POTENTIAL SAFETY ISSUE.   Finally, THE REVERSAL WILL OBSTRUCT OF MOTORIST IDOOR PARK OF FURTHER EXASPERATING ALREADY PROBLEM SITUATION, SO PETITION SXZ LETTERS IN SUPPORT ARE PART OF THIS PROCESS AND I HAVE RESPECT.   However, THE FACT OF THE MAT PER THE APPLICANT HAS FAILED TO PRODUCE AN SOLUTION THAT reduces TRAFFIC IN THE PARKING LOT.   Thank YOU MIKE SCHWARTZ, FOLLOWED BY HU CLIP TON HOPE HI MIKE SPORTS.   I HAVE ONE COMMENT THAT I WANTED TO MAKE ABOUT THE PARKING GARAGE AND HOW THAT COMES INTO PLAY. The TRAFFIC STUDY INDICATES THAT THERE IS BUY DIRECTIONAL TRAFFIC IN AND OUT OF THE PARK GARAGE.   When YOU LOOK AT THE DIAGRAM, IT DOES NOT WORK THAT WAY.   Only ONE VEHICLE CAN PASS WHEN YOU’RE IN A PARKING LOT.   That HAS A TWO WAY.   I, YOU’RE, GOING TO SIT THERE OR GO AROUND IN THIS CASE.   You CAN NOT GO AROUND WHATEVER IT IS, BUT THE ENTIRE PARKING LOT IS NOT SHUT DOWN, WHILE YOU’RE WAITING FOR CARS TO PARK IN THE GARAGE THAT’S.   One THING, THANK YOU.   Thank YOU CLIFF TON HOPE FOLLOWED BY JACOB HANSEN GOOD EVENING.   I’M JULIA HOPE.   I’VE BEEN THE OERN OF KIWI PRESCHOOL FOR THE LAST 30 YEARS. We’VE EDUCATED MANY THOUSANDS OF YOUNGSTERS IN OUR COMMUNITY AT THE LAST HEARING IN APRIL.   I LISTENED TO THE COMMENTS FROM THE FIVE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL ABOUT WHY THEY CON APPROVE THE APPLICANT’S APPLICATION.   I REMEMBER YOUR RESERVATION AS TO WHY THE DISPENSARY WAS A GOOD FIT AFTER REVIEWING IT.   I REMAINED VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE LOCATION OF THIS DISPENSE.   The presence SAFETY OF KIWI’S, CHILDREN IS of THE UTMOST CONCERN TO ME.   I LOOKED FOR A SAFETY OR SECURITY PLAN RELATED TO THIS PROPOSED PROJECT.   There IS NO TANGIBLE PLAN AND THE APPLICANT ONLY STATES IN THE PAPERWORK THAT FOX END WILL TAKE ALL REASONABLE STEPS TO DISCOURAGE OBJECTIONABLE NUISANCE.   The LACK OF SPECIFICS IS ESPECIALLY CONCERNING TO ME, SINCE I RECALL, COUNCILMEMBER TIBBETTS, REQUESTING MORE INFORMATION ABOUT SECURITY AND THE SAFETY ISSUES RELATE TODAY, ROBBERIES AT DISPENSARIES.   I DID NOT SEE WHERE ANY O THESE SPECIFIC CONCERNS WERE ADDRESSED AND THE RESUBMISSION AS A DISPENSARY IS A CASH.   Only BUSINESS WE HAVE PARENTS RIGHTFULLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE UNDERSTANDABLE SAFETY AND SECURITY PLAN. The APPLICANT HAS FAILED TO DMONSZ TRAIT THE PROPOSED PROJECT AS COMPATIBLE WITH THE EXISTING LAND USE PHYSICALLY SUITABLE FOR THE USE BEING PROPOSED AND WOULD NOT BE DETRIMENTAL TO KIWI’S OPERATION.   I WOULD ASK ON BEHALF OF KIWI THAT YOU GRANT OUR APPEAL, AND I DID COUNCILMEMBER TIBBETTS – DO RESEARCH WITH THE SANTA ROSA POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE LAST TWO YEARS.   2017 2018.   I WAS OS TON ISSUED TO FIND THERE HAVE BEEN OVER SEVERAL HUNDRED CALLS TO SERVICE AT SIX OF THE DISPENSARIES IN SANTA ROSA.   How MANY CALLS TO SERVICE CAN KIWI PARENTS TOLERATE BEFORE LEAVING OUR SCHOOL? These CALLS TO SERVICE ARE TYPICAL DISTURBANCE AND UNWANTED GUEST MAN.   Down TRAFFIC STOPS.   Stoenl CREDIT CARDS FOLLOW UP VEXER DRUNK DRIVER AT THE LOCATION TRAFFIC, STOP DOMESTIC DISTURB AS OUT WITH SUBJECT BATTERY JUST OCCUR, BURGLARY PARTY THEFT.   These ARE SOME OF THE CALLS TO SERVICE AT ONE OF THE DISPENSARIES IN LESS THAN ONE MONTH.   Thank YOU, JACOB, FOLLOWED BY CRAIG LAWSON.   Thank YOU. My NAME IS JACOB HANSEN, IMAGE INSURANCE AGENCY TO AT AN ADJACENT BUILDING.   It’s ALREADY A CONGESTED AREA WITH LOTS OF parking ISSUES ALREADY, BUT ALSO ONE THING THAT I BELIEVE WAS A STAFF PLANNING MENTIONED AS FAR AS THE STATE LAW IS THAT ACCESS TO THE BUILDING OF THE DISPENSARY MUST BE VISIBLE FROM THE STREET.   In THE SKEM ATTIC I LOOKED AT IT LOOKS, THE DOORWAY IS BEHIND TRAIL HOUSE AND THEREFORE NOT VISIBLE FROM THE STREET, SO YOU WOULD HAVE TO WALK AROUND TRAIL HOUSE AND THEN WALK IN THE DOOR OF FOX DEN.   So JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT.   Thank YOU.   Thank YOU, CRAIG LAWSON, FOLLOWED BY PATTY LAWSON, I’M A RESIDENT ON THE EAST SIDE OF SANTD ROSE WHEN I LEARNED OF THIS PERMIT APPLICATION.   I LOOKED AT THE CODE REQUIREMENT APPROVED BY FIVE OF THE SIX COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE TONIGHT, KNOWING THAT THE VIABILITY OF THIS PROJECT WLL ULTIMATELY COMES DOWN TO WHETHER OR NOT YOU MEET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS, I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THE LOCATION REQUIREMENT TO AN OPEN DISPENSARY OVER CONCENTRATION.   No CANNABIS RETAIL WITHIN 600 FEET OF ANY OTHER RETAIL FACILITY SETBACKS TO A K.   12 SCHOOL CHECK, MEASUREMENT OF DISTANCE CHECK, VISIBILITY OF INSURANCE, PUBLIC RIGHT AWAY CHECK CANNABIS IS NOT FAIRLY LEGAL, SO THE PROPERTY MUST NOT HAVE A FEDERALLY INSURED BANK LOAN CHECK.   These ARE CODES THAT AWE PROVED AND THE PROPERTY MEETS EVERY ONE OF THOSE CODE REQUIREMENTS. Your APPOINTEES.   The PLANNING COMMISSION DID A FANTASTIC JOB ON VOTING AND I URGE YOU TO DO THE SAME.   Thank YOU, PEGGY LAWSON, FOLLOWED BY TIFFANY MAYOR.   This IS PD LAWSON AND COUNCILMEMBERS.   My NAME IS PD LAWSON AND I’M A LOCAL SMALL BUSINESS OWNER THAT HAS A NO PARKING AT ALL AND MY BUSINESS IS DOING VERY WELL AND I’M ALSO A RESIDENT OF OAK MONT.   My BUSINESS IS ON MONTGOMERY DRIVE.   I DRIVE PAST THE TRAIL HOUSE ON A MINIMUM OF TWO TIMES A DAY AND I DON’T SEE AN ISSUE WITH THE PARKING.   There IS ALWAYS SOME PLACE FOR SOMEBODY TO PARK OUT THERE.   I HAVE CARPAL TUNNEL FOR THE BUSINESS I DO AND I DO USE CBD FOR MY HANDS.   IT WOULD BE NICE TO STOP THERE RATHER THAN ON THE OTHER SIDE OF TOWN TO GET MY MEDICINE OR LIKE DO WITH MY CUSTOMERS. You CAN JUST HAVE IT DELIVERED.   For ME, IT’S A WIN WIN.   Thank YOU.   Tiffany, FOLLOWED BY STEPHANIE MAYOR, I’M TIFFANY BAGLA MY FAMILY AND I ARE THE PROPERTY OERN OF 4036 MONTGOMERY DRIVE.   I’M A THIRD GENERATION SANTA ROSA RESIDENT, BORN AND RAISED HERE WE COME FROM A LONG LINE OF BUSINESS OWNERS AND PROUD TO CALL SANTA ROSA OUR HOME AND HELP SUPPORT THE LOCAL ECONOMY AND BUSINESS IN 2017, WHEN THE CITY OF SANTA ROSA BECAME PROCANNABIS AND Outlined ALL THE REGULATIONS WE REALIZED THE BUILDING MET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS.   Opening A BUSINESS IN SANTA ROSA IS EXTREMELY CHALLENGING, YET WE SUPPORT THE BUSINESS THRIVE HERE WE HAVE FOLLOWED ALL THE REGULAR LAYSSING.   We LISTENED TO ALL THE FEEDBACK AND ALL THE REQUEST MADE BY STAFF AND COUNCIL AFTER THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING, WE HIRED CIVIL ENGINEER ARCHITECT.   We HAD A THIRD PARTY CONSULTANT REVIEW, THE TRAFFIC STUDY THAT WE HAD DONE.   We REDUCED THE SQUARE FOOTAGE, SO IT WOULD REDUCE THE NUMBER OF PARKING SPACE.   We HAVE BEEN OPEN AND HONEST AND KPT OUR INTEGRITY THROUGHOUT THIS ENTIRE PROCESS. Santa ROSA MISSION TO TREAT CANNABIS LIKE ANY OTHER BUSINESS, SEEMS TO BE FALLING SHORT IF THIS WAS ANOTHER PERMIT.   Looking FOR A PERMIT IN THIS SPACE, IT COULD HAVE BEEN APPROVED ALREADY.   There WAS AN ARTICLE THAT, ON NOVEMBER 24th, HIGH LIGHTING, THE 16 25 LAYOFF TO GET PRODUCTS IN FRONT OF CONSUMERS.   We HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PROPOEDS DISPENSARY MEETS EVERY CODE REQUIREMENT HAVE BEEN MADE BY COUNCIL STAFF AND the PUBLIC, AND THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ALLOW A BUSINESS TO OPERATE WHERE SO MANY OTHERS HAVE BEEN FORCED TO, CLOSE THEIR DOORS AND MOVE OUT OF THE ENVIRONMENT.   I HOPE YOU’RE NOT LOOKING AT THIS AS A TENANT DISPUTE.   My OFFICE IS CURRENTLY IN THE PROPOSED SPACE.   I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF SEEING THE TRAIL HOUSE TEAM AND THEIR CUSTOMERS EVERY DAY WE SMILE AND WAIVE AND WHEN I SEE THEM OUT IN PUBLIC, WE HUG ONE ANOTHER.   I’M CONFIDENT THAT WE CAN WORK TOGETHER TO PROVIDE A SAFE AND SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS FOR OUR COMMUNITY ONCE THE CONDITIONAL PERMIT IS.   I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS MR ROGERS QUESTION ABOUT WHAT WAS POSTED ON FACE PAOK.   The TRAIL HOUSE POSTED ABOUT THE DAY THAT, were TODAY, FROM 4 TO 6 00 AND THE BIKE TIRES 4 TO 6, AM A SECOND POST BY SOMEBODY THAT WAS ON STAFF DISPENSARY TRAFFIC STUDY TODAY. Can I FINISH? Thank YOU.   Thank YOU, STEPHANIE, FOLLOWED BY GALE HELLO.   Thank YOU COUNCILMEMBERS FOR LETTING US SPEAK HERE TODAY.   My NAME IS STEPHANIE BAGLA AND I’M PART OF THE FAMILY THAT OWNS THE PROPERTY OF TRAIL HOUSE AD, THE PROPOSED DISPENSARY AS A SANTA ROSA NATIVE.   I MOVED BACK HERE AFTER COLLEGE, NOT ONLY BECAUSE OUR FAMILY WAS HERE, BUT BECAUSE IT WAS A SPACE WHERE WE WANTED TO GROW AND START OUR CAREERS.   The LAST SEVERAL MONTHS HAVE BEEN CHALLENGING WITH RESTAURANTS CLOSING EACH WEEK.   Power OUTAGE DISRUPTING WORKFLOW, BUSINESS OWNERS, AND ENTREPRENEURS ARE RETHINKING SANTA ROSA AS A HIGHLY PLACE.   To DO COMMERCE.   Our FAMILY, WHO IS ROOTED IN THE COMMUNITY, ARE BUSINESS OWNERS COACHES SIT ON NONPROFIT BOARDS AND WE FOLLOW ALL THE PROPER STEPS TO GO THROUGH ALL THE EXTRA HURDLES, AND YET WE STILL BELIEVE IN SANTA ROSA.   We KNOW THIS CAN WORK AND HOPE THAT YOU WILL FOLLOW THE CODE THAT WAS WRITTEN AND DENY THE APPEAL SO THAT SANTA ROSA SMALL BUSINESS CAN AGAIN THRIVE AND JUST ONE MORE NOTE TO ADDRESS THE CROSS FLOW OF TRAFFIC. And IF OTHER BUSINESSES HAVE THAT RIGHT ACROSS THE PARKING WE KNOW MARY’S, PIZZA SHACK IS BUSY.   There IS ONE WAY TO DRIVE IN AND ONE WAY TO DRIVE OUT, SO PEOPLE HAVE TO DRIVE ON THE DEPEND AND RIGHT NEXT TO the DOOR TO THAT IS THE MOVIE THAT’S RIGHT.   There IS EAST WEST AND CAFE AND YOGURT TIME, A BUSY STRIP OF BUSINESS RIGHT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PARKING LOT.   That IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE FOR YOU GUYS.   Thank YOU.   Thank YOU.   Gale, FOLLOWED BY CARLOS HI.   I’M GALE, I’M, A RETIRED PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER AND I LIVED IN THE VALLEY FR 34 YAEFRMENTZ THREE TIMES A WEEK.   I WALK WITH NEIGHBORS IT’S A TIME THAT WE CHOOSE TO BE ON.   The ROAD. Kids ARE IN SCHOOL AND PEOPLE ARE AT WORK AND LESS TRAFFIC.   I WAS BY THERE TODAY AND I WOULD HAVE EASILY PULLED INTO THE PARKING.   There WERE PLENTY OF SPACES, BUT NO DISPENSARY.   Yet THIS IS THE THE TIME THAT WILL, I WOULD CHOOSE TO GO THERE, AND I KNOW THAT OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE OLDER, LIKE ME AND RETIRED, WOULD CHOOSE THIS TIME NON-PEEK HOURS.   I HOPE THAT WHEN YOU’RE DECIDING YOU’LL, KEEP IN MIND YOUR OLDER VOTERS AND HOW WE APPRECIATE THE XAOENS OF THIS LOCATION.   Thank YOU, CARLOS, FOLLOWED BY JOHN McDonald HI.   I’M CARLOS PEREZ.   I’MING A BUSINESS OWNER HERE IN SANTA ROSA.   I HAVE A COMPANY CALLED BIKE MONKEY.   Our EVENTS HAVE GENERATED MORE THAN 75 000 TRANSIENT VISITS IN 15 YEARS. We HAVE HELPED CREATE A NON-PROFIT CALLED KNG RIDGE FOUNDATION WHERE WE RAISED OVER 3 MILLION DOLLARS FOR AT RISK RISK.   Youth GLEN IS ON OUR BOARD OF DIRECT SXERZ HAS DISTRIBUTED SIGNIFICANTLY TO FAMILIES WHO HAVE LOST EVERYTHING.   The SUCCESS OF HIS BUSINESS SERVES A LOT MORE PEOPLE THAN JUST HIS CUSTOMERS.   It’S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THE COLLABORATIVE THAT TRAIL HOUSE WOULD HAVE.   I SHARE THE OPINIONSINGER.   The VEHICLE TRAFFIC WILL HURT THIS IMPORTANT BUSINESS AND WE’VE.   We’ve BEEN WARNING THE COMMITTEE THAT pretends THAT IT WILL STILL BE SAFE.   Enough IS IRRESPONSIBLE, AND YOU KNOW HERE WE ARE AGAIN.   I GO THERE WITH MY KIDS, AGES, 6 AND 10, AS DO HUNDREDS OF OTHER FAMILIES, AND I CAN ASSURE THAT YOU, MY ANXIETY ABOUT GETTING THEM INTO AND OUT OF THAT BUILDING IS WARRANTED AND AS HIGH AS I CAN ALREADY TOLERATE.   While THIS MAY SOUND EXTREME, IT HAPPENS EVERY DAY AN DRIVER TAKES THE LIFE OF A CHILD THAT CAN NOT BE SEEN, AND THAT CAN NOT BE SAFE. If YOU HAVE MORE TRAFFIC, I DON’T SEE HOW IT’S WORTH IT TO INCREASE ANY ADDITIONAL RISK OF SOME KIND OF TRAGIC ACCIDENT ON THE HUNCH THAT AWKWARD TRAFFIC PLANS CAN WORK.   Somehow GLEN IS A GOOD FRIEND, BUT I CHOOSE NOT TO TAKE MY FAMILY TO HIS ESTABLISHMENT IF IFEEL HARM IS IN THE WAY.   These ARE DECISIONS THAT I HAVE TO MAKE.   I WANT THIS COMMITTEE TO VALUE WHEN WE COME TO YOU NOT TO PLAY ENGINEERING GAMES AT OUR EXPENSE, O EXPERIMENT ON US AT THE EXPENSE OF WHAT WE HAVE WORKED HARD TO XRAET IN THE LONG TERM.   Santa ROSA WILL NOT ESTABLISH COMMUNITY ACT ON THEM AND BUILD THEIR COMMUNITIES.   Examine THEN GET BLINDSIDED BY CHANGES THAT MAKE NO SENSE WHATSOEVER.   We HAVE INVESTED HEAVILY IN THIS COMMUNITY AND WE’RE BEING SHOWN THE DOOR.   Thank YOU FOR HEARING ME AND MY CONCERNED COMMUNITY MEMBERS.   I DON’T THINK THAT IT’S FAIR FOR US TO BE AT THIS POINT WHEN A TRAFFIC STUDY IS BEING CITED WITH DATA TAT DOES NOT CORRESPOND TO NATIONAL STANDARDS.   Thank YOU, MEMBERS, OF THE COUNCIL. My NAME IS JOHN McDonald, I’M A 52-YEAR RESIDENT OF SANTA ROSA, AND I DO REMEMBER WHEN WAS THE CITY DESIGNED FOR LIVING, AND I IMPLORE UPON YOU TO DENY THIS CONTINUAL USE PERMIT THE PARCEL THE BUILDING IS INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE USE.   The PARKING IS OUT, OF CONTROL, I’VE BEEN TO TRAIL HOUSE A FEW TIMES.   I LIVE NEAR THERE IN MONTGOMERY VILLAGE, AND THIS IS RARELY PARKED NOW AND THERE IS VERY LITTLE PARKING ON THE STREET.   The LAST THING TAT I WOULD LIKE TO STRESS IS THAT ONE OF the CONDITIONS OF YOUR ORDINANCE, I THAT THERE BE A CLEAR SITE OF LINE TO ENTRANCE.   That DOES NOT HAPPEN NOW.   Maybe IF YOU’RE A POLICEMAN DRIVING BY YOU’VE GOT A HALF A SECOND TO LOOK, BUT THIS IS ANOTHER REASON WHY THIS IS NOT COMPATIBLE AND ESPECIALLY WITH THE PRESCHOOL RIGHT NEAR THERE.   The LAST THING IS THAT YOU FOLKS DESIGNED AN ORDINANCE.   It WAS YOUR FIRST TRY, BUT YOU NEED TO GO BACK.   If A SCHOOL IS WITHIN 600 FEET OR 601 FEET, THEN IT’S.   Okay, THAT’S NOT RIGHT THAT’S, NOT COMMON SENSE, AND I WOULD IMPLORE you TO PLEASE DENY THE PERMIT AND FAR FROM BEING CONVENIENT AND FAR FROM BEING ECO FRIENDLY. I’M WONDERING WHY ONE OF THE REGIONS IN SANTA ROSA WHERE THE HIGHEST ELDERLY IS NO DISPENSARY.   There are A FEW PEOPLE THAT SIGNED THE PETITION.   The CITIZENS OF CALIFORNIA VOTED TO HAVE SAFE ACCESS TO CANNABIS.   Why ARE THERE LIQUOR STORES, BIKE, and REESE ICE CREAM SHOPS, BUT NOT CANNABIS DISPENSARIES, I THINK THIS COMES DOWN TO AN EQUALITY ISSUE AND FOX RUN DESERVES THE SAME OPPORTUNITY?   Thank YOU, DEBRA, FOLLOWED BY KATIE.   I’M DEBRA.   I’M A BUSINESS OWNER ON 433 MONTGOMERY, SO I GO BY THE TRAIL HOUSE IN THIS LOT FOUR TIMES A DAY EVERY DAY, BECAUSE I GO HOME FOR LUNCH AND I OFTEN SEE THERE IS PLENTY OF PARKING.   I ALSO MY BUSINESS IS IN THE LAKESIDE VILLAGE.   Lakeside STRIP MALL THERE, WHERE PARKING IS AN ISSUE, PEOPLE FIGURE IT OUT OVERTIME, AND YOU KNOW IT’S JUST A MATTER OF EVERYONE.   Working TOGETHER, I READ IN THE PAPER THE OTHER DAY THAT TWO-THIRDS ARE STILL IN THE BLACK MARKET. We HAVE A FEW DISPENSARIES IN THE COUNTRY COMPARED TO OUR POPULATION.   It SEEMS THAT THIS IS PERFECT PLACE AND A PERFECT TIME FOR DISPENSARY ON THE EAST SIDE OF TOWN.   I THINK IF THIS WERE ANOTHER BUSINESS, THIS COULD NOT BE THIS CONVERSATION GOING ON AT ALL.   A LOT IS AROUND THE CANNABIS ISSUE AND WE PASSED THE LAWS THE CITY ADOPTED ORDINANCES.   I THINK IT’S TIME TO STEP FORWARD AND GET OUR DISPENSARIES WHERE THEY DELONG.   Thank YOU.   Katie CLARK FOLLOWED BY MATT, WILLFINGER HELLO.   I’M KATIE CLARK AND I LIVE LESS THAN A HALF A MILE FROM THIS LOCATION.   I AM NOT.   I DON’T SMOKE CANNABIS. I ALSO DON’T DRINK BEER, SO EVERYBODY IS ENTITLED, IN MY OPINION, TO HAVE A BUSINESS TO HAVE A SMALL BUSINESS THAT’S.   What THE HEART OF SANTA ROSA IS.   We’RE, NOT STRIP MALLS.   We HAVE TERRIBLE TRAFFIC problems, BUT WE HAVE THEM EVERYWHERE.   NO LOCATION IN SANTA ROSA HAS BUSINESS THAT DOES NOT HAVE SOME TRAFFIC ISSUES.   There SEEMS TO BE NO REASON WHY THIS BUSINESS CAN NOT COEXIST WITH ALL OF THE BUSINESS AROUND IT.   Small BUSINESSES HAVE A VERY DIFFICULT TIME.   They NEED TO THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROOF THEIR MODEL.   Will IT WORK? Hopefully, in TWO OR THREE YEARS THEY’LL WANT TO BUY A NICE BIG BUILDING IN ANOTHER LOCATION WHERE THERE IS TONS OF PARKING, BUT WE HAVE TO allow THEM TO SUCCEED OR TO PAIL.   Just LIKE ALL THE BUSINESS AROUND IT, WE’RE, A TOWN THAT NEEDS REVENUE. We NEED THE TAX REVENUE CANNABIS IS A TAXED.   The industry has HAD THE JOY OF HAVING MY PORT REPAVED BECAUSE THE CITY DOES NOT HAVE THE MONEY TO DO IT.   I JUST PAID FOR IT MYSELF ALLOWING THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CITY TO PAY THEIR TAXES, SO EVERYBODY HERE CAN BENEFIT.   Thank YOU.   Thank YOU.   Matt, FOLLOWED BY KIMBERLY HELLO, COUNCILMEMBERS.   I’M MATT IN HEAR TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THE A PAE.   I WANT TO REMIND THE COUNCIL OF THE FACTS SURROUNDING THE PARKING THE APPELLANT SHOWS.   The TOTAL SUPPLY OF 22 PARKING SPACES CITY COUNCIL DEEMED THIS INSUFFICIENT AND ASKED THE APPLICANT TO FIND OUTSIDE THE APPLICANT PLAN SHOWS 21 SPACES.   This REDUCTION OF ONE PARKING SPACE IS IN LINE OF RETAIL SQUARE FOOTAGE, BUT IT LEAVES THE SITE IN THE SITUATION AS BEFORE. This IS AN IMPROVEMENT.   This ARE THE SAME one THAT WAS REJECTED.   I THINK IT WAS ASKED OF WHERE THE PARKING IS GOING TO BE, AND THE APPLICANT DODGED THAT QUESTION.   I WANT TO ADDRESS THAT, BUT I WANT TO HEAR THE ACTUAL ADDRESS TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE.   They PROPOSE OFF SITE ON PAGE SIX OF THEIR TRAFFIC STUDY INDICATES 4325 MONTGOMERY STOP.   I PROVIDE AWE AN COPY OF THAT.   This DOES NOT SEEM LIKE A LOCATION THAT HAS FOUR PARKING.   Perhaps THEY HAVE THE WRONG ADDRESS.   The SAME AERIAL IMAGE SHOWS THAT THIS LOCATION ONLY HAS SIX PARKING SPOTS AND I’M FAIRLY CERTAIN THAT NE NEED MORE THAN TWO.   Perhaps THE APPLICANT EVEN MEANS THE STRIP MALL THAT IS NEXT TO THE TWO LOCATIONS. I HAVE GONE THROUGH THE PARCEL AND THAT HAS 20 000 PLUS SQUARE FOOTAGE, WHICH WOULD REQUIRE 80 TO 90 SPACES.   And IF SOMEBODY TRIED TO COUNT, I TRIED, BUT IT’S NOT VISIBLE.   You’re NOT ALLOWED TO REMOVE PARKING WITHOUT REPLACEMENT WITH EXISTING SUPPLY OR B, ASKING THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO ALLOW AN EXEMPTION.   So I WOULD BE CURIOUS TO FIND IN THAT CONVERSATION WOULD HAPPEN.   Outside PARKING WAS ONE OF THE MAJOR ASKED BY CITY APPLICANT.   This IS REASONABLE, AS USING THEIR W TRANS STUDY FOR NOVEMBER 11.   The TAIL HOUSE DEMANDS MORE PARK, SPACES 2 FROM THE TOTAL THAT THE PARCEL WILL PROVIDE UNDER THE CURRENT PLAN AS TO WHETHER ONE EXIST AND TWO IT EXIST IN A PLACE THAT IT CAN BE.   This NEW CHANGE IS NOTHING FROM THE APRIL PRESENTATION.   I HOPE THE COUNCIL SEES THIS RESUBMISSION FOR WHAT IT IS.   This PROJECT DOES NOT MEET findings C AND D, AND I ASK THIS COUNCIL TO UPHOLD THE APPEAL. Thank YOU KIMBERLY.   Thank YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND SERVICE.   I’M KIMBERLY MULLIN.   I REMEMBER WHEN SANTA ROSA MOTTO WAS A CITY DESIGNED FOR LIVING.   I OPPOSE THIS HIGH-TRAFFIC BUSINESS OPERATING AT THE COMPLICATED LOCATION BEHIND TRAIL HOUSE.   I BELIEVE HIGH TRAFFIC WOULD BE DETRIMENTAL TO THE ENVIRONMENT.   It PUTS CYCLIST AND PEDESTRIANS IN DANGER AND COMPROMISES A THREATENING BUSINESS AND A TOURIST DESTINATION.   I’M CONCERNED ABOUT THE TRAFFIC FLOW AND HOW TRAIL HOUSE BUSINESS WOULD BE IMPACTED BY A HIGH-VOLUME, HIGH-TRAFFIC BUSINESS.   The LAYOUT IN THIS LOCATION IS STILL LIKE PLACING A SQUARE PEG IN A ROUND WHOLE.   Reversing THE TRAFFIC FLOW WILL BE CONFUSING AND DANGEROUS FOR ESTABLISHED TRAIL HOUSE PATRON SXZ, MONTGOMERY DRIVERS, UNIQUE TRAFFIC SITUATION, COUSIN CAESD RISKS PARK LOT IS BARELY FUNCTIONAL TO THE DRIVING BUSINESS AS IT IS. Removing ON STREET PARKING TO ACCOMMODATE REVERSE TRAFFIC FLOW REDUCES THE TOTAL NUMBER OF OVERALL PARK SPAISZ, SO THAT WILL STILL BE A CONCERN.   Trail HOUSES IS ONE OF THE FEW PLACES WHERE I ENJOY SPENDING MY TIME AND MUFNLT.   I’M WORRIED THAT THE INCREASED PARKING.   Mr. L MAKE TRAIL HOUSE ANOTHER PLACE IN SANTA ROSA THAT IS TOO DIFFICULT TO PATRONIZE.   Please PUT DESIGN IN OUR CITY, MAKE IT A CITY FOR LIVING AGAIN.   Please PUT SAFETY FIRST AND DO NOT APPROVE THIS BUSINESS AT THIS LOCATION.   Please DON’T MOVE FORWARD WITH THE SQUARE PEG THAT IS DETRIMENTAL TO THE ENVIRONMENT.   Shane FOLLOWED BUSINESS JOANNA CEDAR, HELLO, CITY COUNCIL.   Thank YOU FOR HAVING US AGAIN for the THIRD TIME I’M the MANAGER OF the TRAIL HOUSE AND RUN DAY TO DAY OP is RAISING THERE.   We CAN LISTEN TO THE EXPERTS ALL NIGHT LONG AND LOOK AT THEIR MAPS WITH NICE rulers, and DRAWN LINES TO SHOW YOU a LINE OF SIGHT BUZZ. It DOES NOT MATTER WHAT WORKS IS IN PLACE RIGHT NOW, AND THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT HAS ALREADY APPROVED IT.   If YOU HAVE PEOPLE COMING IN THAT SIDE, THEY’RE GOING TO HIT OUR PATIO EVENTUALLY AND THAT’S GOING TO BE A DISASTER.   Reversing THE FLOW DOES NOT MAKE THAT ANY SAFER OR any ANYMORE HELPFUL.   The OTHER THING I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS IS WHY MR CASTON GETS TO TALK TO THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT SO MUCH AND REVISE WHAT IS GOING ON.   He HAS HAD 8 MONTHS TO FIGURE THIS OUT AND HE’S STILL SCRAMBLING TO DO THIS.   Right IS THIS: WHAT IS GING TO TAKE PLACE AS WE CONTINUE HERE AND IF IT GETS APPROVED? Is THIS WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN a THRIVING BUSINESS? We WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE AT TRAIL HOUSE AND B AS SUCCESSFUL AS WE HAVE BEEN AND PILLAR IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT IT’S GETTING HARDER AND HARDER.   So I ASK FOR YOUR VOTE TONIGHT.   Thank YOU.   Thank YOU, JOANNA FOLLOWED BY NICHOLAS GOOD EVENING.   My NAME IS JOANNA. I’M THE COMMUNITY LIAISON FOR THIS PROJECT.   I DID HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CANVASS THE NEIGHBORHOOD.   There WAS ONE POINT THAT THE BUSINESSES I SPOKE TO TALKED ABOUT WHEN SPEAKING ABOUT THIS PROPOSED DISPENSARY PROJECT AND IT WAS NOT PARKING.   It WAS THE INCREASE IN BUSINESS THAT THEY WOULD SEE BECAUSE PEOPLE WOULD BE DRAWN TO THE DISPENSARY.   Although I DO UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS, IT WOULD LIKELY OCCUPY THE SITE AND COULD NOT AND WOULD NOT HAVE THE CONDITIONS AND ACCOMMODATIONS REMEDIATION ACCOMMODATION PLACED UPON IT.   This PROJECT DOES MEET THE CRITERIA SET FORTH, AND I DO URGE YOU TO DENY THE APPEAL, BUT TERE IS SOMETHING ELSE I WANT TO SAY ABOUT SAFETY, AD SECURITY, AND COMMUNITY.   There is a MULTITUDE OF STUDIES THAT SHOW THAT A CANNABIS DISPENSARY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE OF THE ENHANCED SECURITY THAT REQUIRED BIT BUREAU OF CANNABIS CONTROL, CAUSES A DECREASE DECLINE.   One CAN LOOK AT STUDIES THAT WERE PUT FORTH BIT REGIONAL SCIENCE AND URBAN ECONOMICS BY POLICE QUARTERLY.   It’s LOCATED DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE MONTESSORI SCHOOL AND THEY HAVE OPERATED TOGETHER FOR A DECADE WITHOUT INCIDENT.   Thank YOU NICHOLAS GOOD EVENING. My NAME IS NICK, AS I’M THIRD GENERATION SANTA ROSA AND A SECOND ADVOCATE AND ACTIVIST.   While I AGREE WITH SEVERAL COMMENTS THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE A CANNABIS, I CAN NOT THINK OF A WORSE LOCATION.   I KNOW THIS COMMUNITY WANTS MORE BIKE CITIES.   That WILL NOT HAPPEN.   I’M CONCERNED THAT THE TRAFFIC STUDY DOES NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE HIGH AMOUNT OF CYCLING TRAFFIC THAT IS UNIQUE TO THIS PARKING LOT.   There IS A CONSTANT FLOW OF OTHER NON VEHICULAR TRAFFIC TAKING PLACE ALL DAY LONG.   There ARE UNPROTECTED BIKE LINES ON EITHER SIDE OF MONTGOMERY DRIVE THAT ARE USED, CYCLIST.   Many OF THE WHO PARK THERE ARE CYCLIST THEMSELVES.   As YOU KNOW, A CYCLIST DRIVES A CAR MUCH DIFFERENT THAN A CYCLIST.   It CREATES A SAFE AND SUCCESSFUL FOR CYCLIST RUNNERS FAMILIES AND VISITORS FROM ALL OVER SONOMA COUNTY AND THE WORLD. I ASK THE CITY COUNCIL TO SHOW THEIR SUPPORT BY REJECTING THE PROPOSAL ONCE AND FOR ALL.   Thank YOU.   Thank YOU.   Those ARE ALL THE CARDS THAT WE HAVE YOU DON’T HAVE TO FILL them OUT.   If YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE ITEM, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.   My NAME IS MARIO AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR ZESTSER AND TRYING TO WRAP YOUR HEAD.   I WANT TO CALL ATTENTION TO IN THE FACE OF THIS MUCH PUBLIC OPPOSITION YOU WOULD HAVE EXPECTED OR WANTED THE APPLICANT TO DO A MORE THOROUGH JOB OF A DRESSING.   Some OF THE SPECIFICS PROBLEMS AND THE FUTURE ISSUES WITH ADA COMPLIANCE AND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ITE STUDIES AND HOW MANY CARS ARE GOING TO SHOW UP AND HOW MANY PARK ING SPAISZ WOULD RECOMMEND YOU HAVE VERSUS THE number OF SPACES THAT THE ZONING REQUIRES.   More SPECIFICS ABOUT HOW THEY PLAN TO DEAL WITH THE TANKS IF THEY HAVE TO DIG TRENCHES FOR WATER LINE FOR FIRE SPRINKLERS AND MORE SPECIFICATIONS ACROSS THE BOARD.   But THEY AVOID GOING INTO DETAILS ON THE TOPICS THAT W BROUGHT OVER THE LAST YEAR. And I THINK THAT’S PARTICULARLY DISAPPOINTING – IT’S VERY IMPORTANT THAT THIS TYPE OF PROCESS AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION DID A GREAT JOB OF MAKING THIS A MAJOR CONTINUAL USE PERMIT.   So THE PUBLIC HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS THEIR CONCERNS AND BRING THEM FORWARD, AND THE APPLICANT SHOULD HAVE ADDRESSED THEM AND SHOULD HAVE ADDRESSED THEM IN GREATER DETAIL.   I UNDERSTAND THAT IT’S NOT TYPICAL TO GO INTO GREAT DETAIL ABOUT HOW THEY’RE GOING TO MEET ALL THE BUILDING REQUIREMENTS, A D A AND FIRE, AND SO ON.   But THOSE SPEAK SPECIFICALLY TO OUR ISSUES AS A BUSINESS AND HOW THEY’RE GOING TO IMPACT OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR CUSTOMERS AND HOUT SITES CAN BE DESIGNED.   It WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE TO HAVE HAD ALL THE THOSE ISSUES ADDRESSED BEFORE THIS MEETING AND THE LAST MINUTE SUBMISSION AND THE PIECE MEAL SUGGESTIONS MAKE IT HARD FOR US TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE’RE GOING TO BE IMPACTED, AND I DON’T THINK THAT’S FAIR TO US.   Thank YOU.   Thank YOU.   Anyone ESE TAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL.   Please HI.   I’M JOHN. I’M.   A LOCAL BUSINESS OWNER IN SANTA ROSA MOVED HERE IN 1999 TO OPEN UP MY BUSINESS.   I NOW LIVE ON THE EAST SIDE, MY HOUSE BURNED DOWN FROM THE WEST SIDE, SO THIS DISPENSARY WILL BE CLOSER AND THAT’S IMPORTANT TO ME BECAUSE I’M A MEDICAL CANNABIS PATIENT.   I HAD.   I HAD AN ACCIDENT AND I HAVE TWO RODS – IS LOVE TO RIDE A BICYCLE.   I UNDERSTAND THE BIKE ISSUE PARTIALLY BEING A BUSINESS OWNER.   I CAN SHOE WEN TO GO IN AROUND 9.   00.   O 39.   Clock. 9.   30.   So I MISS A LOT OF TRAFFIC.   I STAY LATE AT WORK.   I HAVE DRIVEN BY THE SITE AT 7, 00 O’CLOCK.   There IS A LOT OF PARKING SPACES for A BUSINESS OWNER AND TAXPAYER.   I UNDERSTAND OTHER BUSINESS OWNERS TOO, GIVE OTHER BUSINESSES A CHANCE TO APPROVE THE PERMIT.   Would ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL? Please SORRY I HAD TO GET MY NAME DOWN TL.   My NAME IS PETER.   I’M AN ARCHITECT. I’M AN ALSO AN ADDJUNK PROFESSOR, I’M HERE IN SUPPORT OF FOX.   I FEEL THAT THE MORE SO THERE ARE A COUPLE OF ISSUES THAT KIND OF ALARM ME B, THE DRAWINGS THAT CAME UP.   First OF ALL, THE ACCESS FROM THE LANDSCAPE SPOT PROPOSED B, THE CANNABIS GOES IN FRONT OF THE GARAGE DOOR.   Also, IT’S PROPOSED THAT IT’S IN AND OUT TRAVEL THROUGH THAT GARAGE DOOR, BUT THAT GARAGE DOOR IS NOT WIDE ENOUGH.   There ARE A COUPLE OF STANDARDS AND SIDING BUILDING WHICH THAT WOULD CLASSIFY AS A TYPE THREE.   I NOTICED THE PLANS ARE NOT STAMPED O SIGNED, THEY SEEM A LITTLE HASTY IN MY OPINION.   It ME WONDER WHAT ELSE YOU’RE GOING TO UNCOVER IN the FINAL CONSTRUCTION.   Thank YOU.   Thank YOU.   Anyone ELSE SEEING NO OTHER MOVEMENT, I’LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. According TO THE AGENDA, THE APPLICANT HAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A THREE-MINUTE REBUTTAL.   Would THEY LIKE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT? Thank YOU, MR MAYOR PERSONAL STORY.   In 2012, WHEN I WAS RIDING MY BIKE IN THE BRUSH CARE, I WAS HIT BY A CAR, AND THE DRIVER HAD RAN A RED LIGHT.   It WAS A MOTHER WHO RAN A RED LIGHT BECAUSE HER DAUGHTER WAS SUFFERING FROM A SEIZURE AND SHE WAS DISTRACTED AND THAT RESULTED TO ME HAVING TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL.   This PROJECT DOES NOT INCREASE SAFETY ISSUES.   It REMOVES AN EXISTING ONE.   It RDUESES THE EXISTING ISSUES BY IN CREATION SITE LINES AND FIXING AN INITIATIVE AS HAVING BEEN FIXED.   That MEANS THERE WILL BE PARKING REDUCED FROM THE PUBLIC STREET AND THE PUBLIC RIGHT AWAY IS WOULD NOT BE HERE REPRESENTING THIS PROJECT.   If I DIDN’T BELIEVE THAT THE SAFETY AND CYCLIST FOR PEDESTRIANS AND CHILDREN WERE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION AND THOROUGHLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO RESPECT THE PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS, THE LOCAL TEAM OF CIVIL ENGINEER, and MULTIPLE TRAFFIC ENGINEER WHO LIVE AND WORK AND OPERATE IN THIS TOWN WHO HAVE REVIEWED This PROJ SXEKT PUT THEIR STAMPS OF APPROVAL, AND I WANT TO 100 REJECT THE ACCUSATION THAT WE SUBMITTED ANYTHING IN A PECE MEAL OR LATE FASHION.   As PER STANDARD PROCEDURES. We SUBMITTED A W TRANS REPORT IN AUGUST AND DRAFT FORMAT THAT GIVES STAFF TIME TO ISSUE ANY COMMENT OR CHANGES.   We RECEIVED NOT ON THE 11, A RESPONSE THAT THEY BELIEVE IT WAS ADEQUATE AND THE FINAL STAMPED AND VERSION WAS SUBMITTED WITH NO SUB STANDING CHANGES.   After THAT, THIS IS AN ACCUSATION THAT HAS BEEN DESIGNED TO CAUSE MORE CLUTTER, AS MANY OF THE THINGS MENTIONED.   Fundamentally, THIS IS A RETAIL THAT IS GOING TO SERVE PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HAVE NO ACCESS TO THIS USE ON THIS SIDE OF TOWN.   That HAS A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WANT IT AND YOUR OWN GOAL TO TIER 2 GOAL OF SUPPORTING THIS INDUSTRY AND THE DESPERATE NEED HAVE FOR MORE RETAIL OUTLETS IF THERE ARE ANY TECHNICAL QUESTIONS ABOUT THE COMPETENCY OF OUR PROFESSIONALS.   Request THAT YOU REJECT THIS APPEAL BACK TO COUNCIL, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF APPLICANT OR APPELLANT? Ms. VICE MAYOR? Yes, DURING THE PUBLIC TESTIMONY SOMEBODY MENTIONED A NOVEMBER STUDY, WAS THAT DONE BY KIWI OR FOX RUN, OR THE APPLICANT? The FINAL TRAFFIC STUDY WAS DATED NOVEMBER 11, SO WE RECEIVED A DRAFT OF the PRELIMINARY STUDY THAT WAS PREPARED BY W TRANS AND THAT WAS SUBMITTED IN AUGUST OR IN THE SECOND OF AUGUST.   We THEN PROVIDED COPIES OF ALL THE MATERIALS SUBMITTED, SO THEY HAD THE MATERIALS AT LEAST THROUGH MID-AUGUST, OR SO I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT THE STUDY ITSELF WAS NOT CONDUCTED ON NOVEMBER 11.   No, NO, NO, IT WAS THE FINAL DOCUMENT THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE ATTACHMENT TO REPORT OUR NOVEMBER 11.   Mr. TIBBETTS, THANK YOU, MAYOR.   This QUESTION IS FOR STAFF, PARTICULARLY THE STAFF THAT REVIEWED THE TRAFFIC PLAN. There ARE 338 NEW DAILY VISITS TO THIS PARCEL THAT A COMMON RATIO OF HAVING, FOR MY ACCOUNT 7 PARKING SPACES TO ACCOMMODATE THAT LOAD.   The PARKING LOAD IS DETERMINED THROUGH THE ZONING CODE, SO THE TRAFFIC ENGINEERING PART.   We WERE LOOKING AT THE STUDY TO MAKE SURE THAT IT FOLLOWS THE SEE CODE FOR THE PARK REQUIREMENTS.   We HAVE A LOT OF BUSINESSES IN GENERAL.   We HAVE A LOT OF BUSINESSES THAT HAVE THAT OR a HIGHER RATE FOR A PEEK HOUR OR FOR A DAILY OCCURRENCE THAT has A THE SAME ZONING CODE REQUIREMENT FOR PARKING AND AS A FOLLOW-UP.   One OF MY CONCERN IS HOW, AND I KNOW THAT THE COUNCIL ACTIVELY ASKED US TO REVERSE ENGINEER THE TRAFFIC FLOW THERE, BUT SOMETHING THAT CAME UP.   That WAS CONCERN TO ME.   In DOING SO, WE LIKELY HAVE TO REDUCE ON STREET PARKING CURRENTLY AS IT EXIST AND MADE AVAILABLE TO BUSINESSES.   Is THAT DID I UNDERSTAND THAT CORRECTLY? I THINK IF IT REMAINS HOW IT IS COUNTEDERLY, WE WOULD LIKELY REMOVE ONE OR TWO SPOTS ALONG THE FRONTAGE TO MAKE SURE THE SITE DISTANCE IS ADEQUATE.   If THE CIRCULATION IS REVERSES, THEN THAT WOULD NOT BE NECESSARY ALL RIGHT. Thank YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT, MR ROGERS.   Thank YOU, MR MAYOR.   One OF MY FIRST QUESTIONS WAS ON THAT EXACT POINT ABOUT THOSE PARKING SPOTS THAT ARE ON THE FRONTAGE.   When the TAIL HOUSE WENT THROUGH THE APPROVAL PROCESS ENDED UP, GETTING THE PARKING REDUCTION WAS THE ADD, QUAD, SEE DETERMINED BY COUNTING THOSE SPOTS AS WELL.   I CAN ANSWER THAT SINCE I ISSUED THE TRAIL HOUSE ZONING CLEARANCE, IT WAS BY RIGHT USE AND THE PARKING REDUCTION WAS ALSO BY RIGHT, SO THAT WAS OVER THE COUNTER AND THE FINDINGS WERE LOOKING AT ONSITE PARK SPACES, SO THOSE WERE ELIMINATED WERE NOT CONSIDERED AT THE Time TO COUNT TRAIL HOUSE TOTAL REQUIRED PARKING SPACES THAT’S CORRECT.   Did YOU ALSO WORK WITH the TRAIL HOUSE ON THE FLOW OF THE TRAFFIC COMING IN AND OUT, AND SPECIFICALLY, WE HEARD FROM FOLKS THAT THEY HAD DESIGNED THE OUTDOOR PATIO BASED ON THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC COMING IN THE OPPOSITE SIDE FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE LAND USE CLEARANCE? If YOU WILL, WE DID NOT DISCUSS AND THAT’S NOT APPROPRIATE FOR LAND USE DETERMINATION, BUT FOLLOWING LAND USE DETERMINATION THAT THERE WAS SUFFICIENT PARK.   The APPLICANT MOVES ON TO BUILDING PERMIT PLANNED CHECK AND THERE IS IMPROVEMENT TO THE SITE, WHICH THERE were QUITE A BIFT IMPROVEMENTS TO THE LANDSCAPING AND PARKING THEY WORKED THROUGH THE BUILDING PERMIT PROCESS.   Okay IN THE ORDINANCE THERE IS BEEN SOME DISPUTE AND SOME OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT ABOUT THE VISIBILITY ABOUT THE FRONTAGE OF THE DISPENSARY FROM THE PUBLIC RIGHT AWAY.   Can YOU ADDRESS THAT ISSUE? Yes, SO THE FRONT DOOR WOULD BE VISIBLE TO THE RIGHT OF THE TRAIL HOUSE.   WHEN YOU’RE DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE TRAIL HOUSE, YOU’RE NOT GOING TO SEE THE FRONT DOOR, BUT IT WILL BE VISIBLE FROM ADVANTAGE POINTS TO THE WEST OR TO THE RIGHT AS YOU’RE FACING, AND WE HAVE A STREET VIEW THAT We CAN SHOW IF WE CAN FIND THE RIGHT SLIDE HERE HERE WE GO SO THIS VIEW SHOWS SO THE GARAGE IS TO THE LEFT OF THE GARAGE DOOR IS WHERE THE ENTRANCE WOULD BE. So, BASICALLY, FROM THIS ADVANTAGE POINT TO THE WEST ON MONTGOMERY, YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO SEE THE ENTRANCE GREAT.   Thank YOU CLAIRE.   If THIS WAS NOT A CANNABIS FACILITY, WOULD ANOTHER RETAIL OPERATION BE ABLE TO GO IN THERE BY RIGHT OR GO THROUGH THE SAME, CONTINUAL PERMIT PROCESS? Most RETAIL USES WOULD BE ABLE TO GO IN BY RIGHT AND THEY WOULD HAVE THE SAME PARKING REQUIREMENT OF ONE SPACE FOR EVERY 250 SPACE FLOOR AREA.   Will THERE BE ANY LEVEL OF RECOURSE ON A DIFFERENT TYPE OF RETAIL USE THERE? Would THERE STILL BE AN APPEAL PROCESS THAT THE BUSINESS CAN GO THROUGH? Not IF THAT’S, A RETAIL THAT IS ALLOWED BY RIGHT, MOST, ALLOWED BY RIGHT IN THIS ZONING DISTRICT, THE ONLY DISCRETIONARY REVIEW, IF THERE WERE EXTERIOR MODIFICATION DESIGN REVIEW WOULD BE REQUIRED, BUT THAT WOULD ADDRESS THE ESTHETICS OF THE DESIGN OF THE BUILDING.   Okay.   There WAS ALSO A COMMENT ABOUT THE FUEL STORAGE TANK UNDER THE GROUND.   To BE CANDID, I WON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH THAT.   Can STAFF TRY TO WALK WITH THE COUNCIL IF WE HAVE ANY INFORMATION, TWO, WHAT are THE IMPLICATIONS OF THAT, AND THREE HOW WE MIGHT PROCEED with GOOD events? Gabe, UNDERGROUND STORAGE, UNFORTUNATELY, ARE PASTER CONSTRUCTION.   It’s TYPICAL TO RUN INTO THEM AS PART OF MODIFICATION TO SEE OLDER SITES IF THOSE ARE UNCOVERED IF THEY’RE KNOWN.   The BEST IS TO AVOID IF THERE are INSTALLATIONS TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL WATER BUILDING, WHICH LIKELY IS THE CASE THAT MAY BE POSSIBLE. But IF THEY’RE UNCOVERED THROUGH EXCAVATION, SO THERE IS A PROCESS WITH OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT TO ACCOUNT FOR TAT.   If IT’S FOUND IN THE FIELD, DO WE HAVE ANY KNOWLEDGE OF WHETHER OR NOT TANKS EXIST? I DO NOT.   We WOULD HAVE TO PERFORM ADDITIONAL RESEARCH IF THERE ARE MONITORING WELLS ONSITE.   Those WOULD BE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING UNDER THE GROUND AND INPHA STRUCK TOUR.   That WOULD BE AVOID ONCE AGAIN, THAT IS NOT UNCOMMON, WITH OLDER PROPERTIES, WHERE THEY HAVE A HISTORY OF UNDERGROUND EXCAVATIONS, OKAY, AND THEN I THINK THIS IS.   I THINK THIS IS A QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT.   What WAS BRAUPT SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE PARKING SPACES WAS THE ADDRESS THAT WAS SPECIFIED IN THE W TRANS REPORT.   Can YOU VERIFY WHAT ADDRESS YOU?’TALKING ABOUT FOR THOSE PARKING SPACES, WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THAT, SO THE FOUR PARKING SPOTS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED IN TRANSIT AT 4325, MONTGOMERY DRIVE, WHICH IS A FOUR-MINUTE, WALK EAST OF THE PROPERTY.   The TWO ADDITIONAL SITES ARE PARK SPOTS ARE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SECURE, ACTUALLY CLOSER THE OUR GOAL IN AN OFF SITE.   Parking CONDITION WOULD BE GIVE THE FLEXIBILITY TO ADJUST OVERTIME. SANTA ROSA IS MOVING TOWARDS BEING MORE TRANSIT AND BIKE ORIENTED AND WE DON’T WANT TO ALWAYS HAVE TO PROVIDE EXTRA SPOTS.   If WE DON’T HAVE EXTRA EMPLOYEES, THE LEASE IS FOR FIVE YEARS, SO WE SEE THE MEDIUM TERM LENGTH RELATED TO THAT NEEDS SO STAFF.   I’M GOING TO COME BACK TO YOU.   There WAS AN INSIN OOHATION IN PUBLIC COMMENT THAT AT THAT SITE THE ACCOMMODATION OF THE FOUR PARK SPOTS WOULD NOT BE CALL ALLOWED BECAUSE THEN IT WOULD DROP THAT EXIST, ING BUSINESS BELOW THEIR PARK REQUIREMENT.   Can YOU HELP US TO WALK THROUGH THAT A LITTLE BIT? So, AS WE INDICATED TONIGHT, THE PROJECT MEETS THE requirements.   This IS SURPLUS, IT’S, SOMETHING THAT THE APPLICANT IS OFFERING IN AGREEMENT WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER.   We HAVE NOT DONE AN ANALYSIS OF THAT SITE, T DETERMINE AND ANSWER THAT QUESTION SPECIFICALLY OKAY.   I’M GOING TO LISTEN TO A LITTLE BIT TO MY XLAOEGZ COLLEAGUES THAT’S A CONCERN THAT I HAVE, AND I WOULD LIKE TO.  

⇝ Alan “Blind Owl” Christie Wilson (July 4, 1943 – September 3, 1970), you might want to look at how a group CHRISTIE does a tune “Yellow River” better done or original the Tremeloes, but it is him on the far right that looks identical to the guy Salvador Ramos ironic except, Dec 18, 2015 · On Sept. 3, 1970, at this, the home of fellow Canned Heat bandmate Bob “The Bear” Hite, Alan “Blind Owl” Wilson overdosed on a hill behind the home. Some called it suicide, others an accident, regardless it was terrible… you need to look at it via peer pressure he is said to of found the band not by himself but with help of another also, yet to push one over the limit accidentally but on purpose would seem likely he got a better pill than anticipated. Ok, Nuff said. Because the 2 lives don’t overlap one another the guy could be him, it isn’t hard to think we live life afterlife as in the Caste System, carnate always on the same mission never making good, not just tossed in a box awaiting judgment day, if you analyze these 3 tunes you will see, plus check out the Uvalde jingle. 

the picture doesn’t tell much but by looking at him as the video progresses. Then there is another video he is famous for but the 3rd “Let’s Work Together” is about the school itself. Here is the 2nd➫ 

I figured out what Uvalde means in Latin ‘you show the valor’ but how the word goes is more interesting for instance UVA is a new phrase for rain in Spanish it originated close to the University of Virginia campus stuff with the Korean but before some so that is as far as that goes. but the D as a circle 360˚ pushes it over into the E leaving a blank to be filled by. The S… L.S.D., amazing no. Rain allowance.

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 I NEED MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE ADEQUATE SEE ABOUT THAT RESPONSE ON THAT FRONT COUNCIL IN ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS YOU HIT ALL THE ONES THAT I WAS GOING TO SPEAK ON AT THIS POINT SINCE I WOULD LIKE FOR STAFF TO EXPLAIN THE OPTIONS THAT COUNCIL HAS BEFORE I VOTE, But I DID HEAR REGARDING THIS PARKING ISSUE IS THAT THE APPLICANT CAN OFFER THAT IF I HEARD YOU CORRECTLY, MADAM CITY ATTORNEY YES, THAT’S CORRECT THE APPLICANT CAN OFFER THAT AS A CONDITION OF APPROVAL, AND THAT WOULD BE WITHIN THE COUNCIL.’S.   Discretion TO ACCEPT THAT ARE YOU WILLING TO MAKE THAT OFFER AT THIS POINT YEAH AND IF I CAN DIFFER TO THE BILL, ROSE TO READ IT BECAUSE HE RAN SOME DRAFT THAT IS ACCEPTABLE FOR US R. Yes, SO THE DRAFT TEXT IS AS FOLLOWS.   This WOULD BE A DRAFT CONDITION OF A AL APPROVE APPROVAL TO SECURE AND MAINTAIN SIX OFF-SITE PARK SPACES FOR EMPLOYEES SUBJECT TO APPROVAL BY THE DIRECTOR.   Okay, OKAY, GO AHEAD, SAY WITH A LIVE MIC.   We AGREED TO THAT CONDITION.   Okay, MR TIBBETTS, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION SO ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT THE TRAIL HOUSE IS THAT YOU CAN PUT THAT AS A REQUIREMENT FOR APPROVAL, BUT ONCE APPROVED THERE IS NO ENFORCEMENT MECHANISM.   Is CORRECT THAT’S CORRECT? So WHEN IT’S A REQUIRED PARK SPACE, THERE IS A DIFFERENT SCENARIO.   You HEARD IT’S A THROUGH CONDITIONAL, A CABINET WILL BE REQUIRED AND THAT AS A DIFFERENT BEARING THESE ARE NOT REQUIRED SPACES.   So THAT’S NOT WHAT WE WILL FOLLOW.   What I WOULD ASK YOU WOULD BE to TALK TO YOUR TEAM.   Would YOU BE AMENABLE TO BEING A REQUIREMENT ON THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, SO TO CLARIFY OUR UNDERSTANDING? Is THAT IF A COMPLAINT WERE FILED AGAINST US SO SIMILAR TO ANY OTHER BUSINESS THAT MAY HAVE GOTTEN APPROVED PARKING AS PART OF THEIR THAT THEY’RE, NOT UTILIZING? A COMPLAINT CAN BE FILED AGAINST US AND WITH THIS CONDITION, THE CITY CAN CONFIRM WHETHER OR NOT WE’RE MEETING ITING AND REVOKE OR CONTINUAL PERMIT. If WE WERE NOT MEETING IT, I THINK IT HAS A LITTLE BIT MORE FORCE AND I’M HESITANT TO CONTRADICT MR ROSE, BUT I SEEK STAFF TO CONCUR WITH ME THAT IT WILL BE ABLE TO BE USED STAFF REQUEST IF WE HAVE HAVE A FIVE MINUTE Break WE’LL GIVE YOU FIVE MINUTES.   Thank YOU.   Thank YOU.   It’s THROUGH A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, WHICH IS BEFORE THE COUNCIL.   So THIS IS THE RIGHT ENTITLEMENT TO ATTACH THE A CONDITION, BUT THE COVENANT RUNS WITH THAT SITE.   It SAYS YES, THESE SPACES WILL BE AVAILABLE PERMANENTLY FOR THAT INTENDED USE, AND I’M GOING TO READ THE SECTION OUT OF THE ZONING CODE FOR THE COUNCIL’S.   Reference REQUIRED OF STREET SHOULD BE LOCATED ON THE SAME PARCEL AS THE USES SERVED, EXCEPT WITH CONTINUAL USE APPROVAL PARKING MAY BE LOCATED IN THE VICINITY OF PARCEL, SERVED THE OFF SITE SITE FOR DIRECTION OF THE USE ACTIVITY, SO IT LCKS THE SPACES JUST FOR THAT USE.   In THIS CASE, FOX DEN, SO IS THERE APPLICANT, SO WE SUPPORT THE CONDITION AS READ BY MR ROSE DURING AN OFF-SITE.   Covenant IS NOT PART OF THE CODE.   This PROJECT IS ALREADY PROVIDING MORE PARKING THAN THE CODE REQUIRES. We’ve GONE THROUGH GREAT LENGTH to WIDEN THE A SPACE WE ADDRESSED IN HOPE TO ALLEVIATE THE PARKING RESTRICTIONS, ISSUES THAT WERE CREATED BY TRAIL HOUSE REDUCTION, BUT THERE IS ONLY SO MUCH THAT A 1500 SQUARE FOOT BUSINESS CAN BARE IT’S.   Covenant IS A SIGNIFICANT AND EXPENSIVE PROJECT THAT WE’RE NOT ABLE to PURSUE, BUT WE DO APPROVE BY THE CONDITION THAT WE’LL, MAINTAIN SIX OFF SITE to MAKE SURE THAT WE DON’T HAVE TO HAVE OUR EMPLOYEES PARK ON THE SITE.   All RIGHT, MR TIBBETTS, I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY AND THANK YOU FOR LOOKING THAT UP.   I’M IMPRESSED THAT YOU JUST MADE THAT MATERIALIZE.   So IF I’M UNDERSTANDING THIS CORRECTLY, THE COVENANT ORED DEED RESTRICTION COULD CARRY IN THIS CASE WITH THE PARCEL MAINTAINING THIS SMOG, FOSS ILT FACILITY OR ANY PARCEL.   So YOU CAN WRITE IT THAT WHATEVER PARCEL HAS TO HAVE THAT COVENANT AND IT’S FOR EXCLUSIVE USE THAT’S CORRECT HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE, AND WILL THEY SAY, WILL YOU THROW THIS ON YOUR DEED? It GOES ON.   Title IS WHAT IT IS SO, FOLLOWING UP ON THAT FURTHER, YOU DID SAY IT WOULD BE A POSSIBILITY, AS PART OF THE CONDITIONAL PERMIT, MAINTAIN A LEASE I’M THINKING.   They HAVE TO MAINTAIN A LEASE THAT IS EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES SERVING THE FACILITY, AND IF THAT WAS NOT IN COMPLIANCE, TRAIL HOUSE, FOR EXAMPLE, CAN SEE IT GETTING ABUSED, AND CLL CODE ENFORCEMENT AND CODE ENFORCEMENT CAN COME OUT AND VERIFY AND Determine IF IT WAS IN VIOLATION OR NOT THAT’S CORRECT SXL, THAT WAS THE FIRST CONDITION THAT I READ AND THAT CONDITION ALSO INCLUDED LANGUAGES EQUIVALENT MEASURES.   So IT COULD BE THE LEASE FOR THE OFF-SITE, PARKING SPACES ON THE SMOG, SHOP OR OTHER SITE OR ANOTHER SITE IN THE VICINITY OR SOME OTHER EQUIVALENT MEASURE, BUT THAT’S CORRECT.   Thank YOU ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? Can SOMEBODY READ WHAT THE OPTIONS ARE? I SEE FOUR SEPARATE OPTIONS BEFORE MR TIBBETTS WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.   The OPTION RIGHT SIDE DENY THE APPEAL THAT MAZ, THE EFFECT OF APPROVING OF PROJECT AND COUNCIL WOULD ADOPT THE DRAFT RESOLUTION THAT IS INCLUDED WITH THE AGENDA PACKET COUNCIL CULD, AMEND THAT BY ADDING FINDINGS TO THE RESOLUTION OR CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL TO THE RESOLUTION.   The SECOND OPTION IS TO UPHOLD THE APPEAL THAT WOULD HVE THE effect OF DENYING THE PROJECT ASK COUNCIL WOULD STATE THE FIND THAT’SING IS RELYING ON TO DENY THE APPLICATION AND DIRECT STAFF TO COME BACK WITH A RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING THE DENIAL FINDINGS.   The THIRD OPTION IS TO CONTINUE THE ITEM WITH DIRECTION TO THE APPLICANT, TO RETURN TO THE COUNCIL, OR TO COMMISSION WITH NEW INFORMATION OR ADDITIONAL CHANGES.   And JUST AS A NOTE, IF THERE IS A THREE TO THREE VOTE, EITHER DIRECTION THAT’S A LACK OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION, THAT WOULD MAN THAT THE ACTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION STANDS.   Okay, THANK YOU FOR THAT WITH THAT.   Mr. TIBBETTS.   Have YOU THIS ITEM FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES? I’LL MOVE A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ROSA DENYING AN APPEAL AND APPROVING CONDITIONAL USE TO OPERATE A MEDICINAL AND DELIVERY BUSINESS WITHIN THE EXISTING BUSINESS LOCATED AT 4036.   Montgomery DRIVE, PARCEL 013 314 FILE NUMBER CUP AND WAIVE FURTHER READING OF THE TEXT.   Second, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND COMMENTS. Let’s START ON THIS SITE.   Mr. SAWYER, YOU’RE UP.   Thank YOU, MAYOR.   Well, these decisions ARE DIFFICULT APPEALS AND SOME ARE DIFFICULT SITUATION THAT COUNCILMEMBERS FIND THEMSELVES IN WHAT I DO IN THE SITUATIONS.   When QUESTIONS HAVE DUELING CONSULTANT AND DUELING EXPERTS, I TEND TO DIFFER TO MY CITY EXPERTS AND I ALSO HAVE SOME PHILOSOPHY THAT IS IMPORTANT TO THAT.   I HAVE TO RESPECT THAT AS WELL.   I’LL BE VOTING TO DENY THE APPEAL AND THE REASON IS.   We HAVE BEEN SPENDING A LOT OF TIME CHANGING OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT TO BE, WHENEVER POSSIBLE, TO BE INCREDIBLY CONSISTENT AND TO OFFER FAIRNESS.   You JUMP THROUGH THE HOOPS AND YOU RECEIVE YOUR GET YOUR APPROVAL AND RECEIVE YOUR ENTITLEMENT.   This APPLICANT HAS GONE THROUGH REDESIGN THROUGH THE PLANNING COMMISSION TRAFFIC ENGINEER, BUILDING CHIEF BUILDING OFFICIAL POLICE DEPARTMENT MEETINGS, O INDIVIDUALS, AND THEY HAVE MET THE REQUIREMENTS OF OUR ZONING CODES. I FEEL COMPELLED TO HONOR AND RESPECT THE PROCESS THAT IS IN FRONT OF US THIS EVENING.   I DO HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT IT BECAUSE IT’S BEEN MENTIONED SO MANY TIMES AND SOMETHING THAT I HOPE IS ULTIMATELY RESOLVED ONE WAY OR THE OTHER EITHER BY USE OR THE CONCERNS ABOUT THE PARKING ISSUE THAT THEY DO NOT COME TO FRUITION.   It COULD BE A CHALLENGING PLACE WITH TWO WITH ONE VERY SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS AND ANOTHER BUSINESS THAT HOPES TO BE BUT OR TRAFFIC ENGINEER HAS STUDIED IT, AND I KNOW THAT HE WOULD not SUGGEST SOMETHING THAT IS NOT POSSIBLE.   I HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF RESPECT FOR OUR EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE TOUCHED THIS PROJECT AND THERE HAVE BEEN MANY.   I WILL BE VOTING TO DENY THE APPEAL, BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATION FROM OUR PLANNING COMMISSION AND THAT OF THE STAFF.   Mr OL 39, VERY RAS OLIVARES.   Thank YOU.   I WANT TO SAY THE ORDINANCE RELATES TO TODAY.   Cannabis WAS A DIFFICULT LONG PROCESS, MYSELF AND COUNCILMEMBER SAWYER AND ROGERS BEING A PART OF THAT, AND IT WAS NOT EASY HEARING FROM ALL SIDES COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT WOULD WORK FOR EVERYONE.   I REMEMBER HAVING THE DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW WHATEVER WE DID HAD TO AS BEST POSSIBLE, BE IGNORED THAT TREATED BY THE INDUSTRY THE SAME AS MY OTHER BUSINESS. There ARE SOME ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION TO, BUT THAT WAS A MAJOR GOAL IN THIS CASE.   I SEE THE APPLICANT HAS GONE FROM MY PERSPECTIVE ABOVE AND BEYOND TRYING TO MAKE ACCOMMODATIONS HERE.   The ISSUE RELATED TO THE FIRST ISSUE RELATED TO THE USE IS CLEAR FOR MY EXPERIENCE NA IT MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS.   The TRAFFIC ISSUE HAS BEEN MET AND THE SAME THING WITH THE ISSUES RELATE TODAY: SAFETY.   Those HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED AS WELL, VERY CLEARLY, AND ESPECIALLY WITH THE INPUT FROM OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.   I WILL BE DENYING THE APPEAL, MR ROGERS TUZ, MR MAYOR, SO FOR ME THE DIFFICULTY THAT I’M FINDING IN DECIDING HOW TO VOTE ON.   This IS LOOKING AT THE FINDINGS THAT ARE REQUIRED, SPECIFICALLY FINDINGS C, I’M HAVING AHARD TIME, NOT SAYING THAT THE DESIGN, THE LOCATION, THE SIZE AND OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS OF THIS NEW ACTIVITY WOULD NOT BE COMPATIBLE WITH THE EXISTING LAND USE.   I THINK THAT I TALKED ABOUT THIS LAST TIME.   It’s, NOT THE FAULT OF THE APPLICANT, THAT THERE IS AN IMPACT TO PARKING THAT ON THE SITE.   It IS FROM THE EXISTING USE FROM THE SUCCESS OF TRAIL HOUSE THAT HAS MADE THE PARKING SITUATION THERE. An ISSUE FOR US TO LOOK AT – AND MY GUT TELLS ME THAT EVEN WITH THE TRAFFIC REPORTS AND THE DUELING TRAFFIC REPORTS DOES NOT HELP THAT WE WILL BE ADDING ADDITIONAL CUMULATIVE IMPACTS TO THAT SITE THAT ARE GOING TO BE HARMFUL TO THE EXISTING LAND.   Use.   The FLIP SIDE OF THAT THAT IS HARD FOR ME AS WELL IS UNDERSTANDING THAT ANY OTHER RETAIL SPACE THAT WENT IN THERE WOULD HAVE AN EXISTING IMPACT ON THE TRAFFIC, ALSO WITH NO RECOURSE FROM THE TRAIL HOUSE FACILITY AND FROM THE SURROUNDING BUSINESSES AS WELL.   So THAT’S WHY I’VE BEEN STRUGGLING TO FIGURE OUT WHICH WAY TO GO ON THIS ONE.   I KNOW IT’S, CUSTOMARY HOW YOU’RE GOING TO VOTE.   I’M LEANING TOWARDS DENYING THE APPEAL FOR THAT PURPOSE FOR EXISTING ADDITIONAL TYPES OF RETAIL COULD COME IN AND HAVE THAT SAME TRAFFIC IMPACT, WHETHER THIS COUNCIL APPROVED IT OR NOT.   But I WILL SAY THAT I AM STRUGGLING TO STRULG TO MEET THE FINDING ON C.   So I’LL LISTEN TO THE OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS AS WELL.   Mr. TIBBETTS THANK YOU, MR MAYOR YEAH.   This HAS BEEN AN INTERESTING APPEAL, FOR US TO FOLLOW OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS. Now I STRUGGLE WITH IT TOO, BECAUSE, AS A MEMBER OF THIS COUNCIL, I ALWAYS WANT TO CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT THAT, IF SOMEBODY IS GOING TO TAKE THE TIME AND ENERGY AND MONEY TO INVEST IN THE CITY AND INVEST IN THIS PROCESS, THAT WE VET CREATE.   No MATTER HOW FLAWED IT MAY BE THAT THERE IS A MON COME OF RELATIVE, CERTAINLY THAT THEY HAVE A GOOD SHOT AT MAKING IT.   What I REVIEWED, WHAT MATT? Thank YOU FROM THE TRAIL HOUSE YOU GAVE TO ME TO REVIEW.   I THINK YOU GAVE IT TO A FEW OF US UP HERE ON A LOST CRY: TIER YA, A B AND C THE PROJECT MEETS THAT CRY.   Tier YA.   I DIFFER WITH MY FRIEND AND COLLEAGUE, MR ROGERS, WHEN I READ THAT LAND USE TO ME THAT’S NOT A SUBJECTIVE THAT’S, A SPECIFIC DESIGNATION OF ZONING, THAT’S, HOW I INTERPRETED IT WHERE I TRIP UP IS ON D, WHEN I READ DENSITY And INTENSITY OF THE USE BEING PROPOSED, INCLUDING ACCESS UTILITIES AND ABSENCE OF PHYSICAL CONSTRAINTS.   This IS WHERE MY SUPPORT FOR DENYING THE APPEAL STARTS TO GET TRIPPED UP, AND IT’S FOR THE REASONS THAT MR ROGERS STATED.   I THINK THE SUCCESS OF THE TRAIL HOUSE IS CREATED ITS PROBLEM OVER THERE AND TO ME I’M, TRYING TO VISUALIZE WHAT 338 NEW CARS COMING THROUGH IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE, BUT ULTIMATELY WHEN I THINK ABOUT IT AS WELL, IT’S.   My UNDERSTANDING OF THE PRESENTATION AND MY RESEARCH IS CORRECT: IT’S ONLY ONE PARKING SITE OUTSIDE THAT WOULD BE ESSENTIALLY USED.   The REST WOULD BE INSIDE, SO I’M NOT SEEING A CHANGE FROM THE CURRENT USE. That IS SIGNIFICANT, SO ONE THING THAT I WILL PROBABLY IF I SHOULD HAVE DONE WHEN I WAS READING THE MOTION, IS, WOULD LIKE THE TRAIL HOUSE TO HAVE SOME FORM OF RECOURSE if THE PARKING DOES BECOME AN ISSUE.   The APPLICANT HAVE SAID – AND I APPRECIATE THAT OF THE APPLICANT – A LOT THAT THEY ARE LOOKING AT OFF-SITE PARK, ING IT’S UNCONVENTIONAL FOR US TO TAG ON THE REQUIREMENTS TO A BUSINESS, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE WE’RE DOING T.   I WOULD FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE IF WE DID IT SO THAT WAY, THERE IS, IN MY MIND, A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A GUARANTEE THAT THERE IS GOING TO BE PARKING WARS AT THE TRAIL HOUSE.   So IS IT FOR ME TO WITHDRAWAL THE MOTION OR AMEND THAT WE REQUIRE A LEASE TO BE IN effect, FOR THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT TO BE VALID? Yes, YOU MAY WITHDRAWAL YOUR MOTION CALL WHO SECONDED IT IN OLIVARES.   So I WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT IF MY SECOND IS OKAY WITH THAT THAT’S, THE MOTION, I’M PUTTING FORWARD TO DENY THE APPEAL, BUT TO REQUIRE THAT THIS EMPLOYEE LEASE PARKING BE ON THE CONDITIONAL USE.   Permit THANK YOU, AND THAT WAS THE AGREEMENT THAT MR KAS HAD AGREED TO EARLIER.   I BELIEVE TO YES, I LEARNED THE RED LIGHT.   Yes, THANK YOU YES, AND THAT’S IT SO WE’RE CLEAR.   We HAVE A MOTION YS.   If YOU CAN STATE THE MOTION, WE’VE GOT ALL THE RES LOOSENING OF THE COUNCIL PART, BUT I GUESS WHAT I WOULD BE ADDING. I WILL ALSO LOOK TO BILL IF YOU WOULD LIKE.   I CAN READ IT INTO THE RECORD AS PRESENTED AND VOLUNTEERED BIT THE APPLICANT.   The APPLICANT AGREES AS A CONDITION OF APPROVAL TO SECURE AND MAINTAIN SIX OFF-SITE PARKING SPACES FOR EMPLOYEES OF ALLOWANCE OF EQUIVALENT MEASURES.   I THINK THAT’S SATISFACTORY.   Thank YOU AS AMENDED.   I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU STATE THE RESOLUTION TITLE AD INDICATE WITH THE SUGGESTED AMENDMENT I MOVE ON APPROVING FOR FOX DEN INCORPORATED TO OPERATE A MEDICINAL AND ADULT-USE CANNABIS WITHIN AN EXISTING BUILDING.   Located SUCCESSOR, PARCEL NUMBER FILE NUMBER, AS AMENDED WITH THE LANGUAGE OF MR ROSE.   If YOU WOULD READ IT FOR THE RECORD SURE I WOULD BE HAPPY.   We HAVE ONE ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDED CONDITION: IT’S A CLARIFICATION, SO THE CONDITION REMITTED TO THE PARKING I’LL REREAD AS PRESENTED AND VOLUNTEERED BY THE APPLICANT.   The APPLICANT AGREES TO SECURE AND MAINTAIN SIX OFF-SITE PARK SPACES FOR EMPLOYEES. The SUGGESTED CLARIFICATION ALSO HAS TO DO WITH CONTINUE APPROVAL OF NUMBER 2 IN DWRUR DRAFT RESOLUTION THAT’S REFERENCING COMPLIANCE WITH ALL CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL IN IDENTIFYING IN RESOLUTION 11935 ADOPTED ON JANUARY 24, 2019 APPROVING A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR DELIVERY FOR MEDICINAL AND ADULT USE, Except CONDITION OF APPROVAL NUMBER 2SHALL REFERENCE AUGUST 2, 2019 AS THE DATE OF THE MRABD REFERENCED.   So IT’S A NEW SET OF PLANS.   We WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE DATE IS CORRECT.   I APPRECIATE AND I WAIVE FURTHER READING OF THE TEXT.   Second, OKAY.   We ALL HAVE NODDING HEADS HERE, MS VICE CHAIR TANK.   You are APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT HAS GONE INTO THIS AND I THINK I DIFFER FROM MY COUNCILMEMBERS IN THAT I DON’T SEE A MAJOR PRIORITY ISSUE ON THE PARKING.   The SAFETY IS VERY IMPORTANT AND I’M GLAD THAT THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL SAFETY MEASURES I CAN THINK OF MULTIPLE PLACES WHERE YOU ENTER YOU DIVE PAST ENTER ANYWAY.   I THINK THAT IT’S GOING TO BE FINE.   I THINK THAT MANY BIG CITIES DEAL WITH ISSUES LIKE THIS, AND THIS IS PART OF US GROWING UP. We HAVE A GREAT NEED FOR REVENUE, BOTH FROM THE TRAIL HOUSE.   We HAVE A GREAT NEED FOR PRESCHOOL SPACES AND I HAVE SENT MY CHILD TO YOUR PRESCHOOL.   If THAT’S GOING TO BE A PROBLEM, WE NEED TO GROW UP AS A CITY AND PART OF THAT MEANS THAT PARK WARS NEED TO BECOME PASSE WE SPENT A FEW HOURS ON SOMETHING THAT IS PART OF OUR GROWING PAINS, AND I’M SORRY For ALL THE HEARTBURN THAT IT GIVES EVERYBODY – AND I’M – NOT UNSYMPATHETIC, BUT WE NEED TO MOVE FAFRMENTD.   Cannabis IS TIER 2 PRIORITY AND CHILDCARE IS A TIER 2 PRIORITY.   The OTHER THING THAT I WEIGH IT’S EXTREMELY UFAIR TO ASK A BUSINESS TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THESE STEPS AND WAIT OVER A YEAR AND THEN TO DENY IT.   I’M GOING TO DIFFER FROM THE STAFF’S RECOMMENDATION AND DENY THIS APPEAL.   Thank YOU IF, FOR ME, GOING BACK TO APRIL, YOU KNOW WHEN YOU SAID JANUARY OF 2019 IS WHEN PLANNING COMMISSION VOTED 5.   0.   My HOPE WAS AFTER PRISHLTION.   You WORK IT OUT BECAUSE MY HOPE COULD HAVE BEEN. It COULD HAVE BEEN A WIN WIN THAT’S.   What I ASKED THEM, I THINK THESE TWO COULD BE COMPATIBLE.   I KNOW M ROGERS, ONE OF THE KOMENTZ YOU MADE WHEN STAFF TALKS ABOUT BUY RIGHT.   Another USE COULD GO IN THERE.   That WOULD HAVE MORE TRAFFIC BECAUSE I DON’T HAVE THE CONCERNS OF THE CANNABIS.   It’s A LEGITIMATE ESTABLISHMENT IN THE CITY OF SANT ROE S.   I THINK the STAFF WE’VE DONE ENOUGH.   I’LL BE SUPPORTING WITH THE MOTION.   So WITH THAT, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, YOUR VOTES.   Please AND THE MOTION PASSES WITH 5 AYES. Mr. ROGERS VOTING.   No, SO THE APPEAL IS DENIED WITH THAT.   Thank YOU FOR ALL YOUR PARTICIPATION.   We’LL TAKE A 20 MINUTE RECESS FOR A MEAL BREAK.   Okay, LET’S RESUME OUR MEETING 16 1 RECEIPT OF A REPORT MADE BIT FIRE CHIEF REGARDING COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 5, 3 AND 53146 3 WITH THE CALIFORNIA IAN ASSISTANT FIRE MARSHAL PRESENTING.   Thank YOU COUNCILMEMBERS.   This REPORT COMES ON THE GHOST SHIP FIRE, THE DEADLIEST FIRE IN CALIFORNIA, SINCE 1906 BASES O THE LOSSES OF THIS.   These HIGH DEATH RATES THEY HAVE REGULAR LAYSSING AND, BASED ON THIS REQUIREMENT, THE SENATE, WITH SB1204, DECIDED THAT WE NEED A MANDATORY REPORTING ON OUR GOVERNING BODIES.   On THE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE, THIS IS THAT REPORT.   This IS THE FIRST YEAR THAT THE STATE HAS REQUIRED AGENCIES TO PROVIDE THIS REPORT. We’re PROVIDING ON THE 2018 CALENDAR YEAR AND WE’LL BE BACK SHORTLY AFTER THE NEW YEAR WITH 2019.   The REPORTING REQUIREMENT ARE FOR ALL GROUP E AND GROUP R, AS REQUIRED IN LEGISLATION.   A GROUP B OCCUPANCY IS FOR SIX OR MORE THROUGH THE 12 GRADE.   Our OCCUPANT SEES THAT ARE STATE REDING ARE MOTELS AND HOTELS, AND APARTMENTS ALSO MENTIONED IN THE STATE.   Legislation ARE CARE FACILITIES, SO ALL OF THOSE OCCUPANT SEES ARE PROVIDED IN THE STAFF REPORT AND THE COMPLETION RATE THAT WE HAVE PROVIDED SO IN THE CITY OF SANTA ROSA WE HAVE 16 KNOWN OCCUPANT SEES AND WE HAVE 862 KNOWN GROUP OCCUPANT SEES IN 2018 FIRE DEPARTMENT Staff COMPLETED 88 O OUR GROUP E WITHIN THE CALENDAR YEAR, THE 12 MONTHS AND 95 OF OUR GROUP Rs JANUARY OF THE VERY NEXT YEAR WE’RE AT 97 AND 99 COMPLETION AND A CUP OF STAGGERING COMPLETION, WRZ COMPLETED BY MAY 31 TO COMPLETE OUT THE 900 PERCENT, BASED ON OUR LEARNINGS OF PROVIDING THIS REPORT, WE’RE MAKING CHANGES TO TE SCHEDULING OF THOSE INSPECTIONS TO WE’RE FRONT LOADING THEM SO THAT WE DON’T HAVE THE STRAGGLERS YOU KNOW TAKEN OVER those 12 months, SO WE’LL Be ABLE TO REPORT 100 WITHIN THE CALENDAR YEAR, BUT IF NOT CERTAINLY FOR 2020, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS SEEING NONE DO WE HAVE ANY CARDS? Mr. OLIVARES, YOU HAVE THIS MOVE RESOLUTION CITY COUNCIL REPORT MADE BY THE FIRE CHIEF OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT REGARDING COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 134146, 2 AND 3AND WAIVE FURTHER READING OF THE TEXT.   Second, WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND ANY OTHER COMMENTS, ALL RIGHT, YOUR VOTES, PLEASE AND THAT RESULTS IN SIX YESES.   Thank YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.   Thank YOU VERY MUCH, MR McGWYNN ITEM 16 2, 16 2 REPORT PROCEDURE AND SCHEDULE, SUE, GALLAGER AND DEAN ACTING CITY CLERK, PRESENTING WELCOME GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBERS.   I KNOW IT.’S GOING TO GET LATE.   We’re GOING TO OUTLINE THE STEPS FORWARD IN LIGHT OF OUR COUNCIL VACANCY. As YOU KNOW, COUNCILMEMBERS COMBS RESIGNED FROM THE COUNCIL.   She ANNOUNCED THAT A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO HER RESIGNATION WAS EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 25th.   They PROVIDE THAT THE VACANCY CAN BE FILLED EITHER BY APPOINTMENT WITHIN 60 DAYS OF THE VACANCY OF BY THE CALLING OF A SPECIAL ELECTION.   I’M GOING TO WALK THROUGH THE VARIOUS OPTIONS AND VARIOUS STEPS FOR EACH OF THESE OPTIONS FOR THE SPECIAL ELECTION.   Under SECTION 30 OF OUR CHARTER, THE SPECIAL ELECTION IS GOVERNED BY THE STATE ELECTIONS CODE CITY ELECTIONS CODE REQUIRES THAT A SPECIAL ELECTION BE HELD ON A DESIGNATED DATE.   Those DATES ARE THE SECOND TUESDAY IN MARCH, THE SECOND TUESDAY IN APRIL, OR THE SECOND TUESDAY IN NOVEMBER.   So THESE ARE THE THREE CHOICES: IT’S, THE SECOND TUESDAY AFTER THE FIRST MONDAY OF EACH OF THOSE MONTHS.   So WITH THAT AND THE ELECTION HAS TO BE CALLED AT LEAST 114 DAYS IN ADVANCE OF THE ELECTION, GIVEN THAT THE EARLIEST ELECTION DATE THAT YOU CAN CALL WOULD BE APRIL 14th 2020 ELECTION, THE CITY CLERK ACTING CITY CLERK HAS SPOKEN WITH THE SONOMA REGISTRAR VOTERS And HAS RECEIVED AN ESTIMATED COST OF THAT ELECTION.   The ESTIMATED COST RANGE IS BETWEEN ALMOST 185 000 TO A LITTLE OVER 323 000.   The DIFFERENCE DEPENDS ON WHETHER ANY OTHER IEMS GO ON THE BA. Lo.   At THIS POINT, THERE ARE NO OTHER ITEMS ON THE 2020 BALLOT, SO THE CITY WOULD BE BEARING THE ENTIRE COST.   The ELECTION TO MEET THE DEADLINE ON APRIL ELECTION.   This COUNCIL WOULD HAVE TO CALL THE SPECIAL ELECTION BY DECEMBER 22.   So IF YOU’RE GOING TO BE INCLINED TO GO THAT DIRECTION, WE ASK THAT YOU COME BACK PROBABLY DECEMBER 17, TO ALLOW YOU TO CALL THAT ELECTION.   Your OTHER OPTION IS TO HAVE THE COUNCIL APPOINT SOMEBODY TO FILL THE VACANCY, AND THAT PROCESS IS GOVERNED BY A COUNCIL POLICY NUMBER 00023.   That COUNCIL POLICY WAS ORIGINALLY ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL IN 1988 AND HAD SOME CLARIFYING AMENDMENTS.   I THINK IT WAS 2007 AND 2013, BUT I DID WANT TO CLARIFY THAT THAT POLICY HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE FOR SOME TIME AND IT SETS FORTH A 7-STEP PROCESS.   You RELEASE THE NAMES OF THE APPLICANTS, YOU PREPARE INTERVIEW, QUESTIONS, YOU HOLD THE INTERVIEWS, YOU VOTE AND THEN YOU FORMALLY APPOINT SO STEP ONE.   Unless THERE IS AN OBJECT JEBSING, I WILL WALK THROUGH ALL THE STEPS AND THEN I’LL COME BACK AND WE’LL GO THROUGH THE DECISION POINTS THAT WHERE WE NEED COUNCIL ACTION SO STEP, OE IS THE ADOPTION OF SCHEDULE AND THE COUNCIL POLICY 00023 And I’LL REFER TO IT AS THE POLICY AND THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE SCHEDULED DATE, AND THE SCHEDULE HAS TO INCLUDE I’m. Sorry, A SCHEDULE MUST SET FORTH THE TIME AND DATE FOR APPLICATIONS THE APPLICATION PERIOD WHEN IT OPENS AND CLOSES THE TIME AND DATE FOR SUBMISSION OF INTERVIEW, QUESTIONS FOR THE PUBLIC.   The PUBLIC IS GOING TO HAVE A OPPORTUNITY TO SUBMIT QUESTIONS AND THEN FINALLY, A DATE FOR PUBLIC IBT VIEWS TO TAKE PLACE AT A PUBLIC MEETING, AND I WOULD NOTE LET ME MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE AND THEN I’LL TALK ABOUT THAT.   Staff HAS SUGGESTED A SCHEDULE FOR THE PROCESS AND the PROPOSAL IS THAT THE APPLICATION PERIOD WILL OPEN AT NOON TOMORROW.   That allows US TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE APPLICATION.   If YOU DECIDE TO PROPOSE ANY READVICESING AND THEN IT WOULD COSE TWO WEEKS LATER DECEMBER 18.   At 5 PM, WE WOULD LOOK TO HAVE THE PUBLIC COMMISSION OF PROPOSED QUESTIONS BEGIN ALSO TOMORROW, BUT AT 8 00 AM AND RUN FOR 12 DAYS, CLOSING AT 5 PM, AND THEN WE PROPOSE THAT INTERVIEWS TAKE PLACE IN JANUARY JANUARY, 7th BEGINNING AT 4.   00 P M AND THEN CONTINUING INTO JANUARY 8, IF NECESSARY, WE’LL BE FREE TO ADJUST THOSE DATES.   As YOU CHOOSE, I PUT UP THE CALENDAR JUST TO MAKE IT A LITTLE MORE VISUAL IN TERMS OF WHAT THAT MEANS.   So, CONCURRENTLY, THE SUBMISSION OF PUBLIC QUESTIONS AND SUBMISSION OF APPLICATIONS WITH THE APPLICATION PERIOD GOING A LITTLE BIT LONGER.   The REASON FOR THAT IS THAT WE’RE LOOKING TO HAVE QUESTIONS AND THE APPLICATIONS ALTOGETHER THAT WEEK BECAUSE IN THE FOLLOWING WEEK WE GO INTO THE HOLIDAYS. So IT’S GOING TO BE GIFT STAFF MORE TIME TO WORK ON THAT TOGETHER AND JUST TO COUPLE ON THAT THERE WOULD STIBL WORK CAPPING AROUND THE HOLIDAYS TO GET A JANUARY 7.   Additional PUSHING OF THAT DATE PUSHES US QUICK.   We WILL NOT BE ABLE TO MEET AT JANUARY 7 8 DEADLINE, SO I WANT T EMPHASIZE THAT PUSHING THE DATES.   Gets YOU CLOSER TO THE DATE WHERE YOU HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION AND JUST CAUSE CHALLENGES WITH YOUR JANUARY CALENDAR? Yes – AND I WANT TO MAKE TWO ADDITIONAL NOTES – ONE IS THAT WHAT IS THE ACTUAL FULL TIME THAT YOU HAVE THE 60 DAYS BEGINNER THE 60 DAYS? That WOULD BE THE FINAL APPOINTMENT OF SOMETHING WOULD BE ON JANUARY 24, SO THAT’S KIND THE LAST DAY THAT YOU CAN ACT AFTER THAT, YOU WOULD NEED TO CALL FOR A SPECIAL ELECTION.   I ALSO WANT TO NOTE THAT UNDER THIS SCHEDULE, BECAUSE TE INTERVIEWS ARE GOING TO HAPPEN IN EARLY JANUARISINGER JANUARY, YOU WOULD HAVE MISSED THE DEADLINE FOR A SPECIAL APRIL ELECTION.   So IF YOU WANT TO TRY TO LEAVE, THERE IS NO WAY FOR US TO DO IT TO GIVE YOU TIME TO GO THROUGH AN APPOINTMENT PROCESS AND STILL GIVE YOU TIME FOR THE APRIL ELECTION.   If YOU’VE INTERVIEWS, YOU WOULD BE LOOKING AT A NOVEMBER 2020 ELECTION WHICH NE GATES THE NEED FOR A SPECIAL ELECTION, BECAUSE WE WOULD BE HAVING THE NEW DISTRICT ELECTION AT THE TIME STEP.   Two IS THE APPLICATION FORM AND THE STAFF HAS PREPARED THE APPLICATION FORM CITY CLERK HAS PREPARED THAT, AND THAT IS AMONG THE MATERIALS WITH THE STAFF REPORT AND THE POLICY REQUIRES THAT THE APPLICATION INCLUDE THREE QUESTIONS: A STATEMENT OF YOUR BACK GROUNDSINGER STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS AND A Statement OF WHY YOU WISH SPOB APPOINTED TO BE APPOINTED, THE APPLICATION HAS TO INCLUDE A NOMINATION FORM THAT HAS VALID SIGNATURES OF AT LEAST 20 REGISTERED VOTERS FROM SANTA ROSA.   I WILL NOTE THAT THE POLICY ALLOWS VOTE INVENTORIES SGN MORE THAN ONE NOMINATION FORM, AND THEN THE COUNCIL CAN PROVIDE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS IF THEY WOULD LIKE AGAIN, THE SUGGESTED APPLICATION FORM IS ATTACHED TO THE STAFF REPORT AND INCLUDES ALL OF THE ELEMENTS OF THE POLICY, AND IT Also INCLUDES 8 ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.   It WAS THOUGHT THAT THOSE QUESTIONS PROVIDE YOU SOME HELPFUL INFORMATION WHEN YOU EVALUATE THE CANDIDATES AND THOSE ACTUALLY, THOSE 8 QUESTIONS MIRROR THOSE THAT WERE USED IN THE APPLICATION IN 2013, THE MOST RECENT VACANCY THAT’S CORRECT, AND WE ASKED ABOUT DISTRICTS. We INCLUDED THE DISTRICT QUESTIONS SIMPLY UP AT THE TOP THAT YOU IDENTIFY THE ADDRESS AND ALSO THE DISTRICT IN WHICH YOU LIVE.   That’s JUST FOR YOUR INFORMATION, COUNCILMEMBER COMBS WAS AN AT LARGE COUNCILMEMBER, SO AN APPLICANT CAN COME FROM ANYWHERE IN THE CITY STEP.   Three IS WHEN THE APPLICATION PERIOD ENDS.   No INFORMATION CAN BE RELEASED BEFORE THE APPLICATION PERIOD CLOSES ONCE THE APPLICATION PERIOD CLOSES, THEN THE APPLICATION BECOME PUBLIC AND THE IDENTITY OF THE APPLICANTS WILL BE RELEASED AND THE APPLICATION THEMSELVES WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW AT THE CLERK’S OFFICE.   Step FOUR IS DEVELOPING THE INTERVIEW QUESTIONS PURSUANT AND THERE are TWO PIECES TO THIS FIRST QUESTIONS SUBMITTED BY THE PUBLIC AD.   Then WE’LL GET TO PART B AS THE ADVANCE QUESTIONS THAT COUNCIL CAN DRAFT.   The POLICY REQUIRES THAT YOU SUBMIT PROPOSED INTERVIEW QUESTIONS.   AGAIN WE’RE HAVING THOSE SUBMISSIONS DONE CONCURRENTLY WITH THE APPLICATION PERIOD, THEN THOSE PROPOSED QUESTIONS ARE FORWARDED TO ALL THE COUNCILMEMBERS, AND ANY COUNCILMEMBER MAY AT THEIR DISCRETION, USE ANY OF THOSE QUESTIONS DURING THE INTERVIEW ITSELF.   The OTHER PIECE FOR QUESTIONS FOR APPLICANTS IS THAT THE COUNCIL BY MOTION MAY CHOOSE TO GET ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS IN ADVANCE OF THE INTERVIEWS.   Again. There ARE ALREADY THE THREE QUESTIONS AND THEN THE EIGHT ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ITSELF APPLICATION FORM ITSELF, BUT YOU MAY CHOOSE TO PRESENT ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS TO APPLICANTS IN ADVANCE AND YOU MAY CHOOSE TO HAVE THE APPLICANTS EITHER ANSWER THE QUESTIONS IN WRITING before THE INTERVIEW OR TO SIMPLY Provide A VERBAL RESPONSE DURING THE INTERVIEWS, THOSE QUESTIONS THE MAYOR MAY APPOINT AN AD HOC OR CAN ALLOW ALL THE COUNCILMEMBERS TO SUGGESTS QUESTIONS.   We THEN MOVE TO STEP 5, WHICH I, THE COUNCIL INTERVIEWED.   Those INTERVIEW TAKE PLACE IN A PUBLIC MEETING.   Each APPLICANT IS allowed TO MAKE A BRIEF OPENING STATEMENT, EXCUSE ME, AND TO RESPOND TO ANY ADVANCE QUESTIONS IF ADVANCE QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN GIVEN AND IF THEY HAVE NOT ALREADY BEEN ANSWERED IN WRITING AFTER THAT OPENING PIECE EACH COUNCIL MEMBER TEN, HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO Question THE APPLICANT AND THE POLICY THE WAY THE POLICY IS WRITTEN IS ON ANY SUBJECT.   He OR SHE FEELS IS RELEVANT TO THE APPLICANT’S QUALIFICATION.   So IT’S QUITE BROAD THAT ALL BEING GIVEN, THOUGH, AND I WILL CAUTION LEGAL QUESTIONS, THERE ARE RESTRICTIONS THAT I WILL AT THE TIME WHEN WE GET CLOSE T THE INTERVIEW.   I KNOW YOU KNOW THOSE, BUT I’LL SEND REMINDERS AS TO AREAS WHERE YOU SHOULD NT DELVE INTO THE POLICY DOES PROVIDE THAT COUNCIL MAY PLACE A EITHER OR BOTH A TIME LIMIT ON EACH INTERVIEW OR LIMIT THE NUMBER OF QUESTIONS THAT EACH COUNCILMEMBER ASKS IN The FIRST ROUND, EACH councilmember WILL VOTE FOR THREE APPLICANTS.   The COUNCIL MAY ALLOW FOR FOUR VOTES PER COUNCIL MEMBER.   If THERE ARE MORE THAN TEN APPLICANTS IN EACH ROUND, THOSE RECEIVING ONE VOTE OR LESS ARE ELIMINATED, AND IN EACH SUBSEQUENT ROUND THE COUNCILMEMBERS VOTE FOR ONE FEWER APPLICANT THAN IN THE PRIOR ROUND UNTIL EACH COUNCILMEMBER IS ONLY VOTING ONCE IN NA FINAL ROUND.   The APPLICANT THAT RECEIVES FOUR VTES SHALL BE APPOINTED TO THE VACANCY AND BY RESOLUTION THE APPLICANT THAT RECEIVES FOUR OR MORE VOTES. Then THE COUNCIL MAY ADOPT SUCH OTHER PROCEDURES AS IT DEEMS APPROPRIATE FOR THE APPOINTMENT.   So THE POLICY IS WIDE OPEN.   At THAT POINT OF HOW YOU MAY GO ABOUT SELECTING SOMEBODY AND AGAIN IF NO APPOINTMENT IS MADE WITHIN THE 60 DAYS, THAT IS BY JANUARY 24, THEN A SPECIAL ELECTION MUST BE CALLED.   But AGAIN, AT THAT POINT A SPECIAL ELECTION WOULD BE IN NOVEMBER AND OF NO PARTICULAR USE.   The FINAL TWO NOTES THAT I WOULD MAKE IS THAT THE SUCCESSOR WILL SERVE FOR THE DURATION OF COUNCILMEMBERS COMBS TERM, AND THAT TERM ENDS IN DECEMBER 2020, AND I MENTIONED THAT HER IS IN an AT LARGE POSITION, SO ANYWHERE FROM ANYWHERE IN THE CITY CAN SUBMIT AN Application AND CAN BE SELECTED SO BEFORE I GO TO THE RECOMMENDATION.   What I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS TO RECOMMENDATION SIMPLY TO APPROVE FOR THE COUNCIL BY MOTION TO APPROVE THE PROCEDURE AND SCHEDULE FOR FILLING THE CITY COUNCIL VACANCY CREATED BY THE RESIGNATION OF COUNCILMEMBER COMBS.   I WILL NOW GO THROUGH EACH OF THE DECISION POINTS.   I’M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE I DO THAT.   Mr. ROGERS.   Yes, A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, hypothesis if WE DID AN APPOINTMENT AND WE’RE NOT ABLE TO THEN COME UP WITH SOMEBODY BY THE 60 DAYS. Is IT REQUIRED THAT THAT NAME STILL GO ON THE BALLOT FOR NOVEMBER, BECAUSE THE DATE IS THE DATE THAT THAT SEAT IS DISAPPEARING ANYWAY? Yes, IT WOULD BE MY OPINION THAT WE WOULD NOT NEED TO PLACE NAMES ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT TO FILL THE VACANCY.   Given THAT THE NOVEMBER BALLOT THAT SEAT WILL NO LONGER EXIST AT THE TIME OF THE ONCE, THE ELECTION IS CERTIFIED.   Okay AND JUST FROM A PROCEDURE, AL STAND POINT FOR THE PROCESS OF VOTING FOR A REPLACEMENT.   Does THE ORDINANCE SAY THAT THE COUNCIL SALL VOTE FOR THREE OR MAY VOTE FOR THREE? The POLICY? Let ME WHEN WE DO APPOINTMENTS AND WE DO THIS THROUGH the PROCESS OF ELIMINATION.   There ARE TIMES WHEN THEY CHOOSE FOR ONE OR TWO, AND I’M WONDERING WHAT THE ORDINANCE SAYS.   The AND AGAIN IT’S A COUNCIL POLICY RATHER THAN ORDINANCE.   I’M SORRY POLICY.   It SAYS EACH COUNCILMEMBER SHALL VOTE FOR THREE APPLICANTS.   Okay, THANK YOU SURE.   Any OTHER REQUESTS or QUESTIONS? Ms. VICE MAYOR, CORRECT ME.   If I’M WRORNTION, HAS THERE BEEN AN INSTANCE WHERE A VACANCY WAS NOT FILLED, NT THAT I’M AWARE OF THERE MAY HAVE BEEN ONE IN THE PAST, BUT NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE.   Okay, CAN WE ONE OF THE options IN TERMS OF LIMITING? The QUESTIONS WAS NOT THIS ONE, BUT I’M WONDERING: CAN WE LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF TIME EACH COUNCIL INSTEAD OF THE number OF QUESTIONS? Yes, I DON’T SEE ANY REASON THAT YOU CAN NOT DO THAT.   In MY MIND, THAT MAY BE A LITTLE MORE REALISTIC IN MOVING THROUGH THE PROCESS RIGHT.   One OF TE DIFFICULTIES IN THAT IS, I GUESS THE COUNCILMEMBER WOULD HAVE – WOULD ASK AS MANY QUESTIONS AS THEY COULD GET ANSWERS FROM THE APPLICANT AND THE APPLICANT MAY GO LONGER THAN THE PERIOD GRANTED.   Would IT BE ADVISED TO ADVISE THE APPLICANT THAT THEY HAVE THAT MUCH TIME, CERTAINLY, AND WOULD THE COUNCILMEMBER BE ABLE TO EXCEED THE TIME? Those ARE ALL DECISIONS THAT THE COUNCIL CAN DECIDE.   Also, SHOULD THE IF THE MAYOR DETERMINES TO APPOINT AN AD HOC FOR the DEVELOPMENT OF THE ADVANCE QUESTIONS THAT AD HOC COULD ALSO BE?   The COUNCIL COULD DELEGATE THE QUESTIONS ALSO TO THE AD HOC, SO TWO DIFFERENT PATHS.   Thank YOU ANY OTHER, MR TIBBETTS.   Thank YOU. I WANTED TO FOLLOW UP ON THE VICE MAYOR FLEMING’S QUESTION: DOES THE CHARTER REQUIRE US TO GOVERN WITH SEVEN OR IS GOVERNING WITH SIX AN OPTION THE CHARTERED?   If THEY FAIL TO FILET VACANCY, THE COUNCIL COULD CALL A SPECIAL ELECTION, BUT AGAIN IT WOULD BE.   It WOULD BE AN EXERCISE IN FERTILITY IF IT WAS NOT DONE BEFORE DECEMBER 22.   But IT SOUNDS LIKE YOUR INTERPRETATION WOULD BE THE SPIRIT OF THE CHARTERS THAT WE NEED TO FILL.   I THINK THE SPIRIT OF THE CHARTER IS THAT VACANCY SHOULD BE FILLED, BUT THERE IS NOT A REQUIREMENT, AND IF YOU ARE UNSUCCESSFUL, THEN YOU WOULD BE OPERATING AS A SIX-MEMBER COUNCIL FOR THE ALMOST A FULL YEAR.   Okay AND I THINK THE ESSENTIAL QUESTION THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY IS GOING TO GO BACK TO IS WHAT PATH YOU’RE CHOOSING.   So THE INTENT IS TO FILET PARTICULAR PATH.   Do you STILL HAVE TIME TO CALL A SPECIAL ELECTION FOR APRIL, OR ARE YOU GOING TO PROCEED DOWN THE PATH OF SOLICITING FOR A REPLACEMENT? That APPOINTMENT PROCESS WOULD EFFECTIVELY CANCEL OUT A SPECIAL ELECTION IN APRIL, BUT I THINK THE INTENT IS TO TRY TO FILL THE SEAT.   You’re GOING TO HAVE THAT CRITICAL QUESTION IN A SECOND ABOUT THAT INITIAL PATHWAY THAT’S, WHAT I WAS, CAN WE LET’S? Ask THE FIRST QUESTION: ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT IT? This IS WHERE WE HAVE TO DECIDE.   Do WE HAVE AN SPECIAL ELECTION OR INTERVIEW PROCESS? Are THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY ON WHAT THE SPECIAL ELECTION IS? I WOULD ASK THE COUNCIL TO MAKE THIS DECISION. You CAN DO THAT BY A MOTION AND A VOTE WHETHER YOU WISH TO PROCEED BY WAY OF CALLING A SPECIAL ELECTION ON WHICH WE’LL COME BACK on DECEMBER 17 WITH THAT ITEM OR IF YOU WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE APPOINTMENT PROCESS.   Mr. ROGERS, I HAVE YOU HAVING THIS ITEM READY TO MAKE A MOTION YEAH.   I WILL MAKE A MOTION THAT THE COUNCIL FOLLOW THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION AND PURSUE AN APPOINTMENT OF REFLATION OUR COUNCILMEMBER.   Second, WE HAVE A MOTION, AND A SECOND ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS.   Your VOTES THEN PLEASE AND THAT PASSES WITH 6 AYES.   Do WE HAVE ANY CARDS ON THAT ITEM, OKAY, DUANE, DEWITT, AND SUSAN? She SPOKE EARLIER WITH THAT.   Do YOU WANT TO GO THROUGH THE OTHER STEPS, OR DO YOU WANT ME TO SHARE MY THOUGHTS EITHER WAY? Let ME GET SOME THOUGHTS: IT’S, MY INTENT TO NAME AN AD HOC COMMITTEE TO SELECT THE QUESTIONS THAT WE’LL BE POSING TO ANY OF THE APPLICANTS OR CANDIDATES.   So ACTUALLY, I CAN NAME IT NOW AND APPOINT IT SINCE WE’RE GOING IN THIS DIRECTION.   Yes, YOU MAY be MY ODD HOC WOULD BE MYSELF VICE MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBER SAWYER AND we WILL intend TO SELECT THE QUESTIONS, AND I WOULD ALSO OFFER THE TIME LIMIT.   Not KNOWING THE APPLICANT GIVEN THE TIMELINE AFTER THE DATE OF ALL THE APPLICATIONS WE’LL KNOW HOW MANY APPLICANTS THERE ARE, AND OUR AD HOC COMMITTEE WILL MAKE SOME SUGGESTIONS FOR A MOTION VOTE FOR THE COUNCIL. Is THAT THE WAY? Yes, THAT SOUNDS APPROPRIATE. Let ME GO BACK, THOUGH, BECAUSE WE HAVE A TO DO A COUPLE OF MOTIONS.   One IS FOR THE SUGGESTED SCHEDULE AGAIN.   What WE ARE PROPOSING – I’LL PUT IT TO THE CALENDAR – IS TO OPEN THE APPLICATION PERIOD AND THE PERIOD TO SUBMIT FOR THE PUBLIC TO SUBMIT QUESTIONS OPEN THAT TOMORROW AND DECEMBER 4.   8, 00 AM FOR SUBMISSION OF QUESTIONS AND NOON FOR SUBMISSION FOR TO OPEN THE APPLICATION PERIOD AT NOON TOMORROW AND THEN TO CLOSE THE PERIOD FOR SUBMISSION OF PUBLIC QUESTIONS ON TE 16th MONDAY AND THEN TO CLOSE THE APPLICATION PERIOD ON THE 18th.   And THEN WE WOULD BE IN A POSITION.   We WOULD BE IN A POSITION TO PULL THE MATERIALS TOGETHER FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO HAVE AN AD HOC COMMITTEE MEETING BEFORE CHRISTMAS.   So I DO WANT TO ASK A CLARIFYING POINT.   Mr. MAYOR, ARE YOU SAYING THAT YOU WOULD HAVE A MEETING WITH THE COUNCIL TO RATIFY THE DECISIONS, OR ARE YOU ASKING THE AD HOC TO MAKE THE DETERMINATIONS? There IS NOT CURRENTLY A MEETING SCHEDULED BEFORE THE 7th AND 8th.   I WOULD LIKE TO DO WHATEVER IS CONSISTENT WITH OUR COUNCIL POLICY, SO IF THE AD HOC, THAT WOULD BE THE INTENT THAT THE THREE OF US MAKE YES THE AD HOC, THEY CAN DRAFT QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED IN ADVANCE OR IN WRITING OR AT THE INTERVIEW And I WOULD ASK THAT THE COUNCIL THIS EVENING AFFIRM THAT THE AD HOC MAY ALSO ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF THE TIME LIMITS FOR THE INTERVIEWS THEMSELVES, TIME LIMITS OR LIMITS ON THE NUMBER OF QUESTIONS.   But I THINK THE FRST STEP WILL BE. Is THIS SCHEDULE AND THEN TO HAVE THE INTERVIEWS ON JANUARY 7th? Is THIS SCHEDULE ACCEPTABLE TO the COUNCIL OR ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? Can I MAKE A BRIEF SUGGESTION REGARDING THE QUESTION OPENING PERIOD? Can WE ALIGN THAT FOR NOON TOMORROW UNTIL OF 8? 00 AM IN THE EFFORT TO PUT AN ONLINE PORTABLE AVAILABLE FOR the SUBMITTAL OF THE QUESTIONS?   Yes, THANK YOU, MR ROGERS, AND JUST AS A QUESTION FOR THE CTY MANAGER RIGHT ALONG THE LINES IS STAFF PREPARED.   If THE COUNCIL DOES APPROVE OF THE APPLICATION TONIGHT, THE STAFF PREPARED TO HAVE THAT UP ON THE WEBSITE AND AVAILABLE BY NOON.   I BELIEVE THAT IS THE CASE.   Yes GREAT.   Thank YOU.   Would YOU LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION I WILL?   I WILL ALSO MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE PROPOSED SCHEDULE, OPENING THE APPLICATION PROCESS, AS WELL AS THE QUESTION PROCESS TOMORROW DECEMBER 4, AT NOON AND CLOSING THE PUBLIC COMMENT, THE PUBLIC QUESTIONS PORTION ON MONDAY, THE 16th AND CLOSING THE APPLICATION PERIOD ON WEDNESDAY THE 18th OF December SECOND, AND HAVING THE INTERVIEWS ON JANUARY, 7th, BEGINNING JANUARY, 7th AND BEGINNING THE INTERVIEWS ON JANUARY 7 AND COMPLETING THEM WHEN WE’RE DONE, THAT WAS A 5 00 P M CLOSING FOR THOSE DATES CLOSE OF BUSINESS FOR THE CITY HALL.   Do YOU SECOND, THAT, YES, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS, YOUR VOTES, PLEASE AND THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY, VERY GOD.   The NEXT STEP IS THE APPLICATION FORM. So IT ASK IF YOU’RE COMFORTABLE OR ANY QUESTIONS THAT WAS ATTACHED TO THE STAFF REPORT.   Mr. ROGERS SEEING NO ADDITIONAL CHANGES TO MAKE, SO I MOVE TO ADOPT THE PROPOSED APPLICATION FORM IF EVERYTHING IS CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE’VE DONE.   Second MOTION AND A SECOND NIZ ADDITIONAL COMMENTS.   Your VOTES, PLEASE THEN WHOA FRONT ROW.   Maybe ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS SHOULD BE THAT YOU CAN USE THIS SYSTEM AND THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY AND IN TERMS OF THE ADVANCED QUESTIONS.   The MAYOR HAS INDICATED THAT HE WILL APPOINT AND HAS APPOINTED THE AD HOC COMMITTEE TO DRAFT THE ADVANCED QUESTIONS.   I’M NOT SURE IF WE’VE HAD THE COUNCIL AS A WHOLE DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT ADVANCE QUESTIONS WILL BE POSED AND WHETHER THOSE QUESTIONS SHOULD BE RESPONDED TO IN WRITING OR VERBALLY.   If YOU WOULD LIKE TO REFER, I THINK I’LL MAKE A MOTION THAT THE AD HOC CREATE QUESTIONS THAT THE APPLICANT HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND TO VERBALLY IN THE INTERVIEWS.   Any OTHER QUESTIONS, YOUR VOTES, PLEASE EXAMINE THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.   So NOW THE DELEGATION TO THE AD HOC OF THE DECISION TO PLACE A TIME LIMIT OR THE LIMIT ON THE number OF QUESTIONS ASKED MR ROGERS, I have been THINKING ABOUT WHAT THE MOTION WILL BE. I MOVE THAT THE COUNCIL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY T WEIGH IN AT THE START OF THE ON WHETHER OR NOT WE NEED A TIME LIMIT.   Second DISCUSSION: WHAT PROCESS THE START OF THE INTERVIEW PROCESS AS ABODY OF SIX HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT WE NEED TO HAVE A TIME LIMIT, RATHER THAN IT JUST COMING OUT WITHOUT INPUT FROM OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS.   Mr. TIBBETTS, THANK YOU, MAYOR.   The REASON I LIKE THE CONCEPT IT ALLOWS US TO TAKE STOCK ON HOW MANY APPLICANT AND MAKE A TIME ASSESSMENT WHERE, IF I’M SITTING AT THE COUNCIL SXN THE ODD HACK, I WOULD HAVE CONCERNS.   If WE ONLY HAVE FOUR APPLICANTS, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE APPLICANT HAS ENOUGH TIME TO RESPOND.   Mr. SAWYER, THANK YOU THAT WAS mine.   I FIGURED THAT’S WHERE YOU WERE GOING.   It WOULD BE DEPENDENT ON THE REALITY OF HOW MANY APPLICANTS WE HAVE CORRECT.   Be ABLE TO MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION, NOT THAT I DON’T TRUST THE AD HOC MS VICE MAYOR.   What DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE COUNCIL WEIGHING IN AND MAKING A RECOMMENDATION PACED ON A COUPLE OF SCENARIOS? Yes, THE ONE COMMENT THAT I WOULD MAKE FROM A STAFF PERSPECTIVE IS IF WE’RE GOING TO, AS YOU HAVE AFFIRMED, HAVE THE INTERVIEWS ON JANUARY 7th. I RECOGNIZE THAT THE LENGTH OF THE INTERVIEWS WILL DEPEND IN SIGNIFICANT PART ON THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS THAT ARE RECEIVED.   So, IF YOU RECEIVED, I THINK, LAST TIME, MAYBE THERE WERE 14 APPLICANTS.   17 17 APPLICANTS.   You’re GOING TO HAVE A SHORTER PERIOD THAN IF YOU ONLY HAVE FOUR, AND PERHAPS THE COUNCIL COULD SIMPLY GIVE SOME GUIDANCE TO THE AD HOC TONIGHT.   We WILL NOT HAVE ANOTHER APPLICATION BEFORE THE CLOSE PERIOD.   I GUESS SMFT OTHER OPTIONS WE COULD BE.   We CAN TELL EVERYBODY TO ARRIVE AT 4, 00, O’CLOCK AND WE’LL GO THROUGH THEM AS WE GO THROUGH THEM AND LET THEM KNOW WHAT THE ORDER IS GOING TO BE.   We COULD HOLD A SPERN MEETING TO HAVE YOU DECIDE.   Let ME AMEND MY MOTION.   I WILL MOVE TO ALLOW THE AD HOC TO MAKE THE DETERMINATION ABOUT THE TIMING. My SUGGESTION WOULD BE IF A TIME LIMIT IS IMPOSED, IT’S A TIME LIMIT PER MEMBER TO ASK QUESTIONS, NOT AN A TIME LIMIT ON THE INDIVIDUAL INTERVIEW.   I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN I’M DONE GRILLING SOMEBODY THAT THE COUNCILMEMBERS SAME TIME, I’M CONCERNED ABOUT THE OVERALL TIME LIMIT.   I THINK TO YOUR POINT IS.   Having EQUITY IS THAT YOU’RE STRIVING AT EQUITY IN THE RESPONSE TIMES AND QUESTIONS RIGHT.   Since I HAVE NOT HEARD A SECOND, I SEE A VARIETY OF CANDIDATES.   I SAY AGAIN: THIS IS WITHOUT TALKING WITH MY COLLEAGUES BUT A SERIES OF QUESTIONS AND EACH COUNCIL MEMBER WILL GET YOU GET FIVE MINUTES AND ASK WHATEVER YOU WANT FROM THAT FRAME OF MIND AND WRAP AROUND CLOSING COMMENTS AND TIME FRAME.   For ME, I WANT US TO HAVE AS MUCH INFORMATION TO MAKE THE BEST DECISION IF WE HAVE 17, YOU START TO HAVE THAT WORK THAT’S 17 HOURS INTERVIEWS IF IT’S LIKE THE LAST TIME I KNOW FOR ME MY INTEREST IS TO MEET ALL Of OUR EXPECTATIONS, I THINK AT SOME POINT YOU WE HAVE TO SAY THAT YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES AND I’M FINE WITH THAT ED CKER, MS VICE MAYOR, I’M WITH YOU IN PROVIDING SOME FAIR AMOUNT OF FAIRNESS.   My CONCERN IS: IF WE DON’T PUT A LIMIT ON IT, THAT’S FIRM, WE CAN NOT SCHEDULE AND THEN the STAFF CAN’T PREPARE.   And THEN, IF WE HAVE 30 APPLICANTS, IT’S GOING TO BE A TRAIN WRECK, AND MY PERSPECTIVE IS TO GET IT RIGHT AND NOT FAST.   To HAVE THE PUBLIC BE INFORMED. All OF US WENT THROUGH LENGTHY CAMPAIGNS WHERE THE PUBLIC WAS ABLE TO ASK QUESTIONS WAS ABLE TO GET RESPONSES THAT THEY WANTED, AND WE’LL BE FILLING THIS POSITION WITH SOMEBODY THAT HAS THE SAME AUTHORITY AND voted THAT THE REST OF US WITHOUT ANY TYPE OF Voting, WHAT I DON’T WANT TO DO IS LIMIT IT IN THE WAY THAT HINDERS OUR ABILITY TO DO THE JOB, AND I THINK THAT’S UNDERSTOOD AND APPRECIATED MR TIBBETTS, THAT’S.   The POINT I WANTED TO MAKE.   I APPRECIATE THAT YOU’RE BEING SENSITIVE TO THE TIME, BUT FOR ME TO SIT UP HERE YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH A PROCESS, AND IF THAT MEANS THAT YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH TEN OTHER PEOPLE, WHAT THEIR ANSWERS R YOU’VE GOT TO DO THAT.   I DON’T WANT US TO ARTIFICIALLY LIMIT TO PROCURE THE ANSWERS ON BEHALF OF THE PUBLIC, THE PUBLIC I GOING TO ASK AND DETERMINE LET’S ALLOW OUR SERVICES TO DO.   I TRUST THAT THE AD HC WILL MAKE GOOD TIME, BUT I WILL FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE THAT THE AD HOC BRINGS BACK A RECOMMENDATION BASED ON THE NUMBER OF APPLICANTS, BUT ULTIMATELY THE COUNCIL SETS THE AMOUNT OF TIME.   I DON’T SEE THIS THE CASE WHERE THE AD HOC WOULD COME BACK AND SAY WE HAVE 17 APPLICANTS, THEY HAVE TEN MINUTES AND I WOULD SAY I WANT TO ASK AT LEAST TEN MINUTES OF THIS PERSON.   The PUBLIC IS EXPECTING THAT OF US AND ME.   I WANT TO MAKE THAT FINAL DETERMINATION AS A COUNCIL TIME IS GOING TO BE IMPORTANT BECAUSE OF THE INFORMATION ALSO.   I APPRECIATE THE PROCESS THAT WE GO THROUGH INTERVIEWING THE PEOPLE UP IN THE MAYOR’S CONFERENCE ROOM, BUT IF TIS IS GOING TO RESEMBLE ANYTHING LIKE THAT, I’LL BE COMPLETELY DISSATISFIED WITH TE PROCESS OF PUTTING SOMEBODY UP HERE.   Yes, THE PROCESS DOES HAVE TO TAKE PLACE IN an OPEN SESSION CERTAINLY. The COUNCIL WANTS TO HAVE SUFFICIENT TIME TO ASK QUESTIONS OF EACH APPLICANT, SO CERTAINLY SO ANY OTHER COMMENTS, YOU’RE NEXT, MR SAWYER.   No! Not ON THIS ITEM S, MR ROGERS states.   Your MOTION,

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