So good afternoon folks just so you know what's going on. We have a little bit of a technical difficulties We'll probably be starting the council meeting around 415 So you'll be here for a couple minutes with us just smiling at you without any work actually happening Welcome to my teleconferencing Please enter a participant code then press pound. You are the only person on this conference Please stay on the line. All right folks. Welcome to the November 12th city council meetings Sorry for the delay. We have one council member who is absent and one who is trying to call in For the tonight's meeting as well right now that is not going so well But we'll see if we're able to get her on board over the next couple of minutes here Madam city clerk, do you want to call the roll? Let the record show that all council members are present with the exception of Mayor Schwedhelm and council member combs Here, but it's not through the It's not through this phone system that doesn't charge me All right council member. We're just getting started here. We'll try to keep you on the line the whole way through for For the public just so you know, we will be moving item 14.4 from tonight's agenda to next week's agenda That is the building code updates as prescribed by state law as a simple explanation We have to have four council members as a quorum who are present in the jurisdiction to be able to hear the item Two of the current council members who are sitting at the dais have to recuse themselves from that item So we will be hearing item 14.3, which is the reach codes which is a part of it But we will not be hearing the overall base codes at this time. We'll hear that next Tuesday No closed session items. No study sessions No proclamations Mr. McGlynn So staff briefing. Yes Fire recovery and rebuild update Dave Gwine introducing our sole item this evening Yes, hi council members if you recall from last week, we had invited a Representative from state housing and community development. This is Sue Naramore. She's a senior specialist in disaster recovery she's going to go through a very brief presentation on the community development block grant dash disaster recovery for owner occupants and Then there also has a frequently asked questions that were circulated to you today. So with that. Thank you, Sue Thank you. Good evening everyone So I won't go through all of the points. You'll see on the slides. I'll leave the slides for Publishing on the website later, but the we'll go through some of the important update points So the general update for the CDBG disaster recovery programs running through HCD to the 2017 disaster Jurisdictions that had 2017 disasters the important pieces for update right now are that we Received our fully executed grant agreement from HUD in August We have stood up a disaster recovery section in Sacramento Who will be administering the programs and the grants? We've got full seven full-time employees on and we actually will be adding more people with the 2018 money that are coming the we have executed a standard agreement with our consultants GCR in partnership with a couple other different consultants as well in order to assist us with program stand-up program administration staff augmentation in order to make sure that the programs run as seamlessly effortlessly and Compliantly as possible Additionally We've got a new grant system a grant management system eSivis I would encourage anybody in housing to Take some of the trainings that are happening that week on that new grant management system It will put everything online so that we can reduce the amount of paper going back and forth It should make application processes much easier We've stood up the owner ocular are standing up the owner occupied program software part of the requirement for HUD with this program Is that when an applicant? Submits a survey and or an application They've got to be able to see where they are in the process at any time So this is a portal-based system called eGrants that is Online and an easily accessible for most folks for people who cannot access it We actually can take their information over the phone and log them into the system and help them fill out surveys and applications By hand if necessary lastly for the survey we did launch it we could go Friday and Have 56 Tier will go into tiers in a minute, but it's 56 tier 5 applicants, and we've got I believe 5 tier 1 applicants. We'll talk about tiers in a second like I said The owner occupied program which we're here to discuss tonight is a gap financing program of up to $150,000 to assist in final reconstruction of or repair if needed of Disaster impacted homes to qualify for the the program the property must be owner occupied at the time of the disaster And it must have been the primary residence of that of that owner The applicants must be current on property taxes And it and obviously the property must have sustained damages as a result of the disaster the name disaster We'll switch to we'll go to in the FAQs. We'll talk about prioritization. That's what the tiering is for We'll explain that in a minute. However within that prioritization any family that That identifies as having a member that is disabled will rise to the top of whatever tier they qualify for The mandate of this funding is to assist first and foremost vulnerable populations, which generally means the low moderate income households We're talking people populations with disabilities populations that are elderly it is really a relief program at its base for For the vulnerable populations So we released the survey as I said we could go Friday We it is open to 2017 and 2018 disasters We are doing a data collection exercise on the 2018 disasters as we get out in front of doing their action plan here shortly the 2017 disaster survey enables us to really finalize program guidelines and program design Based on real-time data on the ground as of today And making sure that if there are things that that rise to the forefront such as a lot of Landlords with small rentals that need assistance and would ultimately be willing to have an affordability Covenant put on the property for a while if that is if that's a viable program then that is something that we definitely want to look for Additionally if it turns out we'll talk about again in a minute We'll talk about the overall benefit But if it turns out that the surveys and show that we just don't have enough LMI to be able to meet the 70% requirement we have to spend 70% of all the funding on the low mod vulnerable population beneficiaries Then there's a discussion about a waiver do do we for this grant for the state need a waiver in order to lower that amount? Just but we have to obviously prove that we have assisted all of the possibilities for the for low and moderate income beneficiaries as possible And again who we've talked about this who should complete the survey It's it is anybody who sustained in impact does that just destruction or impacts from the 2017 or 2018 fires Those fires would be the October fires In 2017 as we know the December wildfires and mud flows in Southern, California And then in for 2018 it would be the July and September wildfires and high winds in Lake and Shasta That was that was the devastating car fire As well as then of course the the campfire and two fires in Los Angeles and Ventura again You will it's probably not lost on anyone that everyone who has sustained a damage in 2018 Also sustained damage in 2017 same counties seems to be a pattern So this is the overall benefit piece that I was talking about earlier You'll see on the multi-family It's the third the second line down the multi-family amount allocation is is almost 67 million dollars That's 53 almost 54 percent of the grant and that's a hundred percent of the low mod benefit. So that's a hundred percent To of that funding so be 53 percent of the funding toward the total 70 percent We have to spend for low and moderate income benefit The second bullet up there shows you that in addition to that we've got to spend at least 20.1 million dollars or another 16.21 percent of the funding on low mod benefit in order to hit the 70 percent Lastly the overall benefit of the survey is again so that we can have real-time data From ground-truthing what we believe to be happening Understanding and being responsive to what's really going on on the ground And then ultimately as I said should the data show that 70 percent is not achievable Then we go back to the drawing table with HUD We have the data to drive the conversation with HUD in terms of asking for waivers if needed and And and we get to work on that request as soon as possible once the survey is completed Currently the survey the first round of survey this survey will be open until early January We are finalizing program design We don't have the owner occupied program completely designed yet because we need to see what the needs are what the income levels are Whether there's mostly people who need to fully rebuild or there's people who just need the gap to get completed those are those are two different scenarios and and And the survey will give us that information So this is just a contact slide for us if anyone needs to reach us This is how how you can reach us that is my direct phone number and my direct email up there Also full disclosure the disaster recovery email comes directly to me too. So I have been conversing with many of the disaster survivors Since the disaster and now going live with the survey we're helping people fill out surveys we've been on Like I said on the phone and on email with everybody helping people to to fulfill their Their survey needs and answer any questions that they might have All right, and with that then I would switch to the handout that council members all have This is the frequently asked questions. This incorporates questions We've been getting and are those available to the public up above There are some available to the public up above and I'm sure that we posted online We're going to post them on our on our website. They are hot off the press today Are there any specific questions or would you like to go through them? I'm happy to do whatever works best So council and I'll actually council member comms. Do you have any questions? Thank you for the report All right council member tippets. Yeah, thank you, mr. Vice mayor. I thank you for the presentation It's one question that I had is Actually, I have a few so it sounds like you you will be setting the income limits based on this survey We don't or is there currently an established limit for somebody could you share up on that? There's no established limit their HUD has defined Lomad Income definitions by census track with those are the definitions. We have to use they publish those and the survey asks General we don't get down to what people actually make it's really just a range and And so ultimately we can assist above 80% of area median income adjusted for family size. That's the definition of Lomad 80 percent and below, okay HUD understands that we are not sure how many people can really afford to own a home at 80 percent of AMI in California since it's such a high-cost state We know that there are some thankfully so we will be able to assist some but the question is whether or not we can really hit that Overall benefit number or or whether we need to really bring a special circumstance to HUD And what what are the types of assistance or benefits that people should expect? So ultimately we what we are assisting with is construction costs You'll see in the frequently asked questions it the what we can pay for really are Our standard building construction standard materials Other than on the interior than on the exterior it would be anything that is up to Wooey compliance so the wild land urban interface which is ignition resistant construction materials for the exteriors We can assist with that Anything that is required by code Angry building standards we then they can the the program can pay for okay If you don't hit the 70% threshold that you're looking for although I suspect in this community you will although 80% you're right is That's that's considered. I mean From all intents and purposes that's lower income around here. It is Adley But if you don't hit the 70% we look to increase do you have any ability to increase that threshold so With the 70% of LMI what we'd want to do is lower it so we'd want to be we'd want to be able to help more people of With more income as opposed to increasing the the low mod number We certainly have to ensure HUD's not going to entertain it unless we know and we've done the due diligence that That the vulnerable populations have been served and we're going to have to document how they've been served For the disaster survivors So that will be that will be a big piece of that but ultimately right now We can serve higher incomes as well There isn't a requirement that we only serve 80% we just have to make sure that they do get served first and then And that and that we are hit we are mindful of that overall benefit requirement and whether or not we can hit it It's sort of a juggling act to be completely honest with you right now Sure, and one question I have has Hcd or had had a discussion about I mean when you look at the cost for building right now being what it is per square foot Providing that money in the form of financial support to buy a home within the community somewhere else so I think the Cal home program has first time what is waving the first time requirement But there the Cal home program will help with purchases that is a program that we will we if the survey comes back and people are Saying that some of the things they want they don't want to rebuild Then that then that is something that we can look at there's nothing prohibiting prohibiting us from this from from purchases the What we heard in the original public meetings is that people did want to rebuild so that's why we've gone down this road and and you know the To be completely honest. We all we all know this but the hundred and twenty four million that we were given is not enough It is not enough for Santa Rosa is not enough for the entire state with which it's got to be delivered So I think all those options can be on the table as we go forward with them find out what the survey is What the survey says great? Yeah, my hope would be is that people who want to be rebuild to be able to but looking at those cost efficiencies to for people Who may not want to you know continue the timeline of new construction that option be available understood Yes, and I don't I completely agree. Thank you Councilmember. I just want to assure you that we have raised these issues repeatedly with the state and with the federal government I Staff is a little frustrated on the timing here We feel that this should have been out there way ahead of the timetable that we're currently on but I want to assure you as members of the ad hoc can attest that these have been questions that have been we've been Repeatingly asked of our state agency partners and our federal partners. Thanks, Sean. And thank you vice mayor That's my fliming Thank you, mr. Vice mayor So what I'm trying to understand here. I understand this is a different pot of money than What what our residents might have applied for before at the 80% AMI? When you say census tract does that mean national AMI or an AMI that's more localized to our area here It's it's your individual census tracts there. So last time I'm not sure if it was used if we used our census tract. That's a question for the city manager Did we use our census tract when we went through the or for you mr. Gwine went through the Sba program Yes, we did so by way of background and very briefly a Program we applied for called Calhoun through state HCD would allow property owners to rebuild after the disaster That was why we put submitted the grant With the data we received we showed that we only had one qualified applicant at 80% So we were successful in getting HCD to agree to go to 120% of area meeting income But we still are waiting for our contract to be executed so we can push that news out We were talking about if we have an owner occupant survey going out to households who are impacted by the 2017 disaster we certainly want to promote at the same time our Calhoun program going up to 120% So but what I'm trying to understand here is is the 80% That we use before with the Calhoun program also based on census tract is the same 80% AMI Yeah, area meeting income is is provided through census tract by HUD So it's representative of the North Bay here. So what I'm trying to get out here is the how? How long a survey would take because our residents have been two years out now? We had our city did extensive Reap, you know Outreach and we found one family that might could have qualified but in the end didn't really and so I'm Reluctant I want people to apply, but I don't want to ask people to Engage in yet another you know Sisyphean uphill battle that feels like just one more thing that we thought might help and it doesn't and then do anything So what can you say to help me convince my constituents to apply for this? That ultimately The survey is the first step that we won't know exactly what the data shows us until it comes in we understand that there is a That 80% of AMI is really low to own a home in Most counties never mind Sonoma and and we're well aware of that. We've had these conversations internally We're having this conversation with HUD. It is truly something on our radar. We can help people above 80% of AMI We simply have to make sure that we hit that That we hit that that 70% the one thing I do want to I do want to talk about however is in in the FAQs where it talks about what we can pay for we just want to make sure everybody understands that that Standard grade finishes is may not be exactly what most Higher-income homeowners are looking for and that is all that this can pay for is can't pay for anything That's luxury it may not even be able to pay for granted. We will be looking into that but it is it is definitely geared toward moderate housing and and The regulations and the requirements say that where we really can come in and make a difference obviously is in the Exterior and the semen tissues ignition resistant assistance Okay, and just as a general sense about how long would it take for an applicant to fill out the survey The applicants are generally taking I want to say about 10 to 15 minutes, okay, that's not too long. That's pretty good to hear. I guess go ahead It basically it is it is the questions an application would ask it just doesn't require any documentation at this point Okay, thank you I want to thank you for your presentation and hope that your conversations with HUD are more fruitful than than might have been Thank you. Thank you, and I want to drill down a little bit on one of the questions that was asked that I didn't hear Good answer to okay at what point can our constituents start to be able to rely on this assistance So we expect to be able to take Full applications into the system in hopefully early January That's the anticipated time. You'll see on here. It says early 2020, but I'm Pushing people very hard in order to try to get this out in January We understand that it's all taken too long We understand that in even HUD agrees like I said, we didn't get our grant agreement until August So we couldn't go out for procurement on everything we had to do So we are jamming people to get done what needs to get done We will we will push as hard as we can Once someone fills out an application Then then the process truly begins of property inspection. They have to stop work There is some things that get it that get involved But we're hoping to have a turnkey situation where a turnkey surface where If someone hasn't started to rebuild or they want to use they're done with their contractor And they want to use our contractor then it's probable that they could come in and use ours And we will stand that up as quickly as possible. We will have estimators on staff We will actually have contractors that are on that are Procured already and they're ready to come in and take on these projects and do them. There's no waiting for contractors There's no there's no have the homeowner having to go and then figure out who can do this for them It will it will move far far more smoothly through our system We have case managers that when the owner-occupied program manager comes on board They will bring case managers with them so that the minute someone Submits an application is invited to submit an application. They submit the application. There is a case manager There's a single point of contact that that homeowner will have through the entire process to help walk them through Everything that needs done whether it's title issues whether it is simply, you know Ensuring that the two-party check to the contractor and the homeowner got delivered on time And is being processed correctly those sorts of things But there will be there will be ample help for each of the homeowners that want to walk through this process with us So if the applications are taken in in January, when can our residents expect the assistance to actually reach them? To be able to move forward That would depend on how long the the construction takes but the but within a week someone's going to be out there doing the assessment Someone's going to be out there doing the putting the scope of work together But they will from the time that they see the app that we receive the application and the application is processed They within within a week of understanding that the application is Eligible and ready to go. I would say with I think the key variable I'm trying to get at is once the application comes in how long is it going to take them to be verified To be able to receive that assistance because from what I'm hearing they're going to put things on hold While they wait until they have all their ducks in a row make sure that they get that assistance So I don't want people waiting the on the expectation. They're going to get the assistance if it doesn't come in The assistance will be will be available as soon as the application is complete There's quite a bit of documentation that we're going to have to assist them through uploading and and putting into the system But I can't imagine that it's if we are going to have enough case managers based on the number of Surveys and the number of respondents that we get I can't imagine that it's going to be more than a week or two before somebody's out They're making sure that they are doing the inspections Making sure that they're making contact with the homeowners making sure that the estimates are being done Estimates will be put into an electronic system so that they are all Equal it we don't have the system yet, but it'd be something similar probably to an exact to mate Not sure if you're familiar with that system or not But it will talk directly to the owner occupied program that we have and upload everything electronically The more paper you have the slower it goes one of the reasons we wanted to put this into an electronic format Is so that it could go faster But it's an electronic format that we can assist people with because not everybody has access to computers and not everybody has access to The internet and so we also can do this over the phone There will be case managers like I said that can do it over the phone for for homeowners I can't guarantee a time however But that but the turn time in my mind is no more than a week or two before we really get rolling And it would only be two weeks in the event that we got a rush of of applicants all at the same time Okay, and I appreciate that I think you're just hearing a sense of urgency from the council Understanding that we're trying to help the most vulnerable folks Who are also now seeing their a le having expired? Yes, and having a hard time already staying in our community Why was the plan designed around income and not based on what we're seeing as a gap in the cost to rebuild a home Versus what the insurance will pay those are the federal requirements because it is federal money and it is and it again the The basis for this program and the money is to assist for low and moderate income people with disaster It's disaster relief as opposed to recovery And so and as HUD has always said it's a down payment on recovery essentially so in their minds It is really about disaster relief to the most vulnerable populations to try to restabilize Restabilize them after a disaster and then the next logical question is then why does it take two years to get the money out? And I do not disagree. Yeah, I think I think the unfortunate Fear that I have and I know other council members have is that at this point It's too late in our community to get these dollars out to actually help the people that they're intended for But I appreciate the efforts of getting that out. Mr. McGlynn So I think the city staff understands the community's frustration with the process I want to assure you we've been advocating for a faster delivery of These this survey and the corresponding data, but I have to urge the community to complete the survey There have been in and off frequently are Although this state is somewhat resistant to it action plan revisions This is does not have to be the end of the conversation, but without the data It's going to be hard-pressed for the city to make an argument to revise the intended investments So we would urge as staff and we would ask you as council to urge folks to who have been impacted by this Disaster to complete the survey it is only as as Miss Naramore said it is only 10 to 15 minutes long and We can't we we will be expecting the state to share the aggregated dated with us Understand where that is and how the program is developing so that we can as a community argue for Potentially adjusting How the action plan is delivering resources to communities across the state All right. Thank you. Mr. McGlynn last question. I had I noticed you said in there that you've hired seven staff members and executed a number of contracts Was there a line item in the CDBG DR for that type of staffing or does that come from the state? specifically some of the contracting is state funding the other the other Staff is going to be a mix of activity delivery and some admin for those working on monitoring across all the programs That's going to be administration pretty much everybody else Working directly on like our homeowner manager or our housing manager or housing staff person That's pretty much project delivery because they're delivering the project. Okay, great. Thank you so much Council any other questions? All right City manager and city attorney reports who wants to go first. I have nothing to report. I have nothing to report as well okay Statements of abstentia from council members got some member tidbits Thank You guys mayor, so I will be abstaining from item 14.1 Due to the inclusion of AB 2152 and its ratification and how that impacts a project I'm working on on Mendocino Avenue specifically the gold coin And that's it for me from now Okay, any others I Will be recusing from the motion on the minute Okay Council member Fleming I will be refusing from the motion on the minutes Okay, all right. We will move on now to council members Reports who wants to begin council member tidbits All right, thank you vice mayor. I wanted to recent or actually bring to this council and staff's attention that The subcommittee within the Oakmont Village Association out in Oakmont is currently working on the development of a pilot program microgrid in that community And it's something that they see could become a model for other Areas throughout the community as well as throughout the state of California They're currently in conversations and beginning to develop a partnership with Sonoma clean power The reason why I bring it to our attention is number one We have a climate action subcommittee that may want to be tracking this and working with the Oakmont Village Association on it But number two just to bring it to their attention They're going to need partners at the state level the local level and certainly with our our energy authority Sonoma clean power So when it comes time for permitting I'm hoping that we can be a good partner to Oakmont and help them get what they need to get that microgrid off the ground and Hopefully get some good results for the rest of the state. Thank you. Thank you council member Fleming. I Just wanted to note that typically after a holiday we take Council day off and I wanted to let our veterans know that we as a council and I in particular appreciate their service and I'm really grateful for everything they did and that we had a really stacked calendar and That please not let this meeting Active anyway to subvert how much we appreciate your service and You're grateful as a community. Thank you council member Oliver's Thank you, mr. Vice mayor a quick report on last week's downtown subcommittee meeting a well-attended meeting A lot of the attendees expressed their concerns and their continued efforts and recovery as well with all the incidents that we've been going through the last couple of weeks We do hope to bring a recommendation related to the restroom I believe I think I think that December will be big not back for recommendation I can also be getting a study session soon related to parking and Then on a second item and I guess it's directed to city manager city attorney just for some clarification or some help I don't know where to go with this but there have been if this relates to the council quorum So we've been dealing with lately Been hearing a lot of information the community concerns that we do not have a full council I know that there have been stories about council member combs moving What I'm hearing is that she has actually vacated her home and moved out of the country So I don't know how that's being communicated to you whether you're working with her or not But it seems to be out there and I don't have answers So could you two please work with her and find out what her intent is whether she intends to continue serving on this council or not So that we can prepare for this because as you saw tonight We had a postponement item and we have a lot of critical issues that we're gonna be facing and making decisions on here Never in your future that's gonna require some full attention. Thank you Thank You council member So I had a chance to go out this weekend for the winter blast festival put on by out there Santa Rosa and the sofa parade so just want to say a huge thank you to everybody who was involved in that one I think next year I'm gonna try to build a Sofa float and we'll see how that one goes I also had a chance yesterday to go to the Rotary salute to veterans that was done up in Healdsburg 50 years ago the Vietnam War was at its height with almost 450,000 Americans committed to the effort and 59 folks from Snowman County did not make it home from that So it was a very heartwarming Discussion about POWs and MIA Moving forward. So just wanted to disclose that as well We'll move on to item number 10 approval of the minutes. You have the November 1st 2019 special meeting minutes available to the public I heard the council member combs and council members Fleming have to abstain from this item for the other council members who were present Were there any changes to the minutes? Seeing none, we'll show those as adopted 4 to 0 we'll move on to the consent calendar. Mr. McGlynn item 11.1 Ordnance adoption second reading South Park rezone for general plan consistency ordinance of this council of the city of Santa Rosa Amending title 20 of the Santa Rosa City Code Reclassification of 34 properties located at 900 and 910 Santa Rosa Avenue 920 930 940 950<PHONE_NUMBER> 1026 1038 1110 1212 1240 1310 1316 1320 1400 1426 1452 1540 1576 1580 Petaluma Hill Road 625 Ware Avenue assesses parcel number 038-155-016 No Street address assigned 612 Frazier Avenue 611 612 and 628 Milton Street 636 and 1341 Rutledge Avenue and 1614 1618 and 1630 Aston Avenue to the CG general commercial zoning district file number PRJ 18-055 And I got to read that recommendation last week that was a lot of fun. Yes, it was council are there Any cards? Okay, go ahead councilmember sorry mr. Vice mayor Due to my absence I made should I should I be recused abstaining from this second reading? Madam City Attorney Unless you listened to The earlier hearing public hearing I would recommend that you recuse all right. I will I'll be abstaining then from From this item. All right seeing no questions. I believe that I will need to abstain from the item as well Okay, councilmember tippets. I'm going to come to you for a motion. I Move items on the consent calendar and wait for the reading of the text second and Because we have the voice in the sky tonight all votes will be bought by voice vote So the public can hear as well. So madam clerk. Will you please call the roll? Thank you Councilman or vice mayor rogers. I Julie combs you will be abstaining Remember Fleming I Councilmember oliveris. I Councilmember Sawyer abstaining correct Councilmember tippets I All right now we'll pass with four eyes and two Abstentions as well as one absence. I will move on to The public comment for non agenda items just as a as a reminder while folks get situated in this We will be moving item 14.4 from tonight's agenda to next Tuesday's agenda We have two council members who need to recuse and we are required to have a quorum In the jurisdiction to be able to hear it. So we will be moving item 14.4 if you were here, I apologize first for non agenda items Peter turnoff followed by Dwayne do it great news This third public meeting for this topic being introduced I'm sure you'll be all very excited for the homeless literary Overnight Refuge program knowing that the snowman county library has a surplus at this moment of 12 million dollars I'm sure they can work something out with any number of locations like perhaps st. Vincent's for an overnight Book study and coffee because that'd be a nice place to be as opposed to the cold or the rain for the homeless The California power comes to flower The authority be mine to say as I do as all true pure spirit warriors possess the authority to make this come true commanding all veterans law enforcement firefighters all labor all students all farmers all growers seat sowers flamethrowers and charmers Commanded you be for all the world to see abide no mortgages. No rents. No labor. No schools No longer be we the usurus bankers fools the bankers that maintain all the wars and oil tankers I am Peter. I am the brother from the east You will join this 40-day teacher strike and all corruptions forever ceased This almighty action through me commanded till every need of the earth mother earth be remanded For behind every war foreign and domestic than the slaughterhouse and the oil blood flow now ceased as we become an arise majestic Patriarchal religious deceivers have always undermined the faith of true believers Yahushua the one they called Jesus in this country was always a vegan and as seen and murdered always included From the commandments from the time of Moses And we've all been lied to and That's undermined us all Overcome the greatest boycott with the mother of all that be the call Freeze frame now the entire west coast till DC and Wall Street corruption is toast all unions Unite under the US Constitution with the CSPO a the constitutional sheriff's peace officers association The sheriff is the top law enforcement of the land thereby extricating usurus bankers and their bar lawyerly minions for lawyers have always caused problems for the unions as they serve their masters the shareholders and owners and so To embark then with 10 million gardens with artists and musicians These things come now to pass as they be commanded here and now under this beautiful moon It truly be our Serious tune our highest tune Shaday Shaday Adonai Shaday a beautiful action a beautiful day Avra Kadabra create as I speak say I say it you hear it. So be it. It's already done Under this full moon our beautiful tune Overcome as one. Thank you so much. Mr. Trump. We missed you. Glad to have you back Dwayne do it and we'll be followed by Lisa Landrous My name is Dwayne DeWitt. I'm from Roseland and I wanted to thank you the two of you that mentioned Veterans Day, which was yesterday and I always think of November as a Thanksgiving month a month in which to try to give thanks for positive things Yesterday there was a Veterans Day celebration held in Santa Rosa It wasn't the one that was held here traditionally for a number of years. It was over at the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors It was probably about 40 veterans there and a sizable number of them asked what was going on with our Approach to try to get the veterans trail the veterans healing garden the veterans Grove in Roseland a Letter was written to you over a year ago from our congressman Mike Thompson a veteran Stating that they wanted us veterans I should say Specifically the Vietnam veterans of America post 223 Was hoping to get the support from the city to move forward on this Never got any response And so at yesterday's Celebration if you will of our patriotism and the people who've given their lives to keep this forum alive If you will It was mentioned by a few that it seems at times that various elected officials will wave a flag and speak fondly of veterans But then when it comes time to have the rubber meet the road, it's going nowhere. I Appreciate Ms. Fleming's reference to the Sisyphean tasks that go on in life and for us veterans in Sonoma County It seems like a Sisyphean task to just get you to do something for veterans. That's an actual Activity, it's an undertaking that we can see rather than wave a flag and say thanks. We're there for you Specifically in the past we came forward and pointed out that the taxpayers were the proud owners of some houses over in Roseland where three Roseland members died in the Vietnam War that was mentioned earlier and We thought well We're going to work together with people at the city and get a way to commemorate things and we could get those houses and we could Perhaps work together move them away instead of destroy them and instead Taxpayers money down the drain. They were demolished So now that there's nothing there there shouldn't be any Holdup, I don't see that there should be a difficulty and letting veterans go forward Volunteering our time and our efforts to get that veterans trail in it was first proposed decades You know this clock up here doesn't do the countdown anymore We'll see if we can fix that if you're gonna have that what's that buzzer sound? Thank you, Mr. Dwight, we'll try to give us the clock for the timing and I pledge allegiance to America Lisa Landrous followed by Gregory fear on Put on next door trying to get some folks to come downtown and support our local merchants restaurants retailers It's kind of become a ghost town many times There's a couple of exciting places that have a little action, but as I drive through downtown, it's gotten pretty sad downtown So I posted a little Item on there that said please support our downtown. Please go down there. They are us, you know, we need your dollars downtown I got a hundred and sixty comments and reactions 95% of the comments were very fiercely in opposition to the parking meter system and the complaints ranged from the variety of parking meters that time on the Parking meters poor lighting so they couldn't see the parking meters There was every kind of problem associated with it some Restaurant tours even cited that they didn't know that every five-star review would come with a Ticket and that they had heard from so many of their patrons in their restaurant because they couldn't even see that the parking Things said until eight o'clock at night So people unfamiliar with the eight o'clock rule were given their thirty five dollar tickets along with the ride for dinner So some of the following other items that were important to people Homelessness was the second precursor of why they don't want to come that was an obstacle for people they said More homeless people than there were patrons for the downtown dealt uncomfortable with the presence of people with so many large items all of that They were really unhappy with our town square That was the third item that people I didn't know that they detested it so much to me I've always thought it looks like a helicopter Metaflight pad but people say that they actually go to Windsor Petaluma and Hildsburg to have a downtown experience. That's how much they hate our downtown and how it looks So I'll read you just until I run out of time. I promise people I would read a couple of their comments Let's see I don't find any friendly atmosphere there at all the merchants are all friendly and need our business But I don't enjoy the experience at all I've heard merchants say that the new restored eyesore of a square is hurting their business such ugliness does nothing for our city It seems like it was only built as a way to generate profits for somebody else well, it's Just an observation. I'm originally from San Francisco So parking meters garages aren't new to me The difference is that the need and desire to be there outweighs The cost in San Francisco. That isn't the case with Santa Rosa I enjoy many places downtown, but I don't need to go there Next person reports that they park on side streets to totally avoid coming here even though they do participate in the downtown Used to be a great place to stroll in window shop stop for sidewalk meal then the city got involved. It is An attractive place to go. Thank you, Lisa Gregory fear on followed by Tony Geraldi Son thank you vice-mayor Rogers and members of the council Tonight I'm here to advocate on behalf of the people at a Joe Rodota trail We had a meeting on Saturday homeless action with them and are assisting them in developing self-governance and addressing the issues that they identify one of the issues that they identified was the dumping of What people think are something people could use on the trail And I have a hard time believing, you know Some of the things that are dumped there wouldn't anyone's mind be good for the people on the trail I think it's becoming just a place everybody in the city who wants to dump trash starts dumping And this certainly the people on the trail have seen that and they said that to us They also said it used to be in the early days And I don't know what early days of the trail are but the early days of when they were there that the police Actually cracked down on those people who came by and dumped shit They went and looked at stuff They figured out who it was and they put pressure on them and it stopped for a little while and then it went away Nobody from their point of view is trying to prevent people from dumping right behind those stores right next to the trail Stuff they have no ability to get rid of don't want and feel that people are really just dumping on them So i'm here to recommend and to ask the city to do something like it used to do When they were all under the underpass. We had a partnership with the city the city staff In utilities and others came out on a every two-week basis We worked with them and we cleaned up some of the stuff that was there It's not happening at Joe Radota and you know why Everybody seems to have this attitude that i've talked to you in the city that says if we do anything at all We're going to send a big signal that says it's okay to be there That is so inhumane There are people out there who really need your help There are people in the community trying to help them and we need your help to Try to find something you can do I've almost given up asking you guys to think about porta potties and washing stations and things that really are humane And from a public health point of view you should have been doing a long time ago But please garbage you can do that you can send your staff out on a two-week basis like they used to With uh, you know one of those trash bins that will help fill up and they can take away It can't be that difficult You've done an awful lot for people who've been at you know damaged by the fire Do a little more for these folks Thank you, Gregory. Tony Jeraldi followed by debora Tony Jeraldi proud centers a resident Residing at 680 elsa drive and general operations manager some county airport express Good evening vice mayor rogers and distinguished members of the city council It's my understanding the city of san rosa employees over 1 000 people organized in the 13 departments With nearly 180 000 residents living within the city limits With us in mind the responsibilities and the time commitments of our city council members are no are no doubt monumental We certainly need all seven our council members to be fully engaged constantly interacting with residents and city staff Without in mind, I have major concerns when one of our council members Is now living outside of our city outside of our state outside of our country in ecuador How can council member combs be considered a true representative of our beloved community? When she no longer lives here How can council member combs attend important community functions? How can she visit areas of concern within our city? How can she fully engage with our business community? Our homeless community an area is recently affected by our fires We have serious issues needing to be addressed here in san rosa Issues whereby face-to-face dialogue needs to happen with our entire council engaged To council member combs Respectfully asked you to move back to san rosa If not, do what's right and please resign your seat on this council Make this decision now And do this under your term If you've already decided to remain in ecuador Then we do do what our community is owed and what is right resign your seat If you do not make a decision extremely soon Again under your terms I would suggest your colleagues here in san rosa Do what they can to force the recognition Resignation Or remove you as a council member of the city of san rosa A resident of ecuador is not a representative of the san rosa community. Thank you Thank you, mr. Giraldi debora followed by kim schroeder Thank you very much debora taveras was stopped the crime.net. I have several comments My husband Was a veteran in vietnam He was on the arriscony that went to go help those on the forestall when the forestall nearly sunk That year in 1967 He didn't know what he now knows about having served in the military because he hadn't read silent weapons for quiet wars So for any of you sitting here right now If you have not read Silent weapons for quiet wars page 42 43 and 44 I would ask for you to do so It is eye-opening and it is your reality And it is extremely important Secondly, I want to talk about the pace loans That I have found out are extremely predatory What I have learned about the pace loans, which are loans that this city council Has it has approved Here in san aroza for augmenting energy upgrades And pace is a rockefeller roth child loan program extremely predatory. There has been legislation in dc about the predatory nature of these loans Though your homes can be foreclosed upon in 60 days because these loans become a line item on your property taxes You have to hire a pace approved contractor to augment your Change out to electric if you're going to change out of gas Or if you're going to add insulation or if you're going to add dual pane windows You will also be unable to pay ahead of time because it's a prepayment penalty If you do not And if you're in a disaster area and your income is hit You can change the payments of your Property taxes with the county tax assessor, but you cannot with pace pace will foreclose on your home in 60 days I have a recording of this conversation with pace on stop the crime dot net on our youtube video channel That will be posted tomorrow This is hair-raising. This is horrific. And this is what this de facto corporate structure has approved for all of you Again, the pace loans are very very predatory as far as the homelessness We're watching concentration camps being accepted on our streets We're watching people human beings As they would be left as a pow overseas during a war On our streets. We're becoming desensitized to what we're observing on our streets And these people Have no jurisdiction. That's why it remains. Thank you Kim kim schroeder Peter come on Peter Peter All right, we're gonna take a five-minute recess and we'll come back And If you can file in quietly we'll get started here, sorry for the Little delay, but it did give councilmember oliveris the chance to grab a snack So traditionally we only take 10 public comment cards for the first public comment period We have 12 cards So with my discretion, I'm going to do all 12 before we move on to the next item Any new cards that come in after that fact we'll take at the end of the meeting in the second public comment period So I do believe that it was Okay, and councilmember combs is still with us on the phone So she will help us to establish our quorum here briefly Uh kim schroeder and she'll be followed by alan thomas. Go ahead kim Good evening council. My name is kim schroeder and i'm a senator as a native and a parent at Montgomery high school since 2012 In december 2014 verizon submitted an application with the city to place a cell tower in Montgomery's football stadium In january 2015 a public hearing was requested There was public concern and the application was pulled come to find out in early 2018 a 4g cell phone tower With 5g infrastructure was placed right in front of mcgummery high school No public's notice this time Verizon found a way to put it in the public right away with equipment and transformers on power lines all over the cell tower Went unnoticed for a long time Not even our principal staff or possibly even the district knew it was there How is this okay parents and staff have a right to know it's there This is extremely upsetting to me and other Montgomery parents Montgomery said no thank you to a tower on campus before there was absolutely no consideration for our concern for our children and school staff When verizon proceeded to place one there anyway It's actually closer to our classrooms in the heart of campus and the football stadium During my eight years being a Montgomery parent not once have I heard complaints about cell service I understand it had five bars before the tower went in This cell tower has powerful antennas and is way too close to where our kids are hanging out Since the FCC limits are from 1996 They're based on acute thermal effects and not 24 seven exposure with current technology Telecom can emit extremely high levels of radio frequency microwave radiation and still be compliant Why on earth does Verizon need a 4g tower there just to speed up video streaming and social media? At a high school campus for that matter. It's not about 911 calls or critical nixle alerts A few other parents and I were on campus with radiation meter the other day The elect electromagnetic frequency was highest near the tower, of course Which by the way is where so many kids hang out right there on the front lawn over snack break lunch after school Sprout out enjoying their conversations and it's a main walkway into campus a lot of foot traffic A very strong signal continued within a 1500 foot radius Independent scientific studies all over the world have linked several health issues to radio frequency microwave radiation And studies paid for by the telecom industry will tell you not so much This explains why so many cities in california and all over the world are prohibiting cell towers near schools parks Neighborhoods medical facilities, etc Our precious children and staff are peppered with this radiation every day all school day long Maria crio proctor terrace and Lincoln elementary have towers too close by These parents and staff have a right to know Side drum headaches anxiety depression brain fog what if worst case people start getting sick on these campuses like they did at Reapon elementary in modesto Eight cases of cancer so far. I know the city doesn't want this liability There are recent federal court rulings that help cities be in a better position with the telecom industry I welcome the opportunity to work with you and figure out a solution for effective technology Without compromising the health and environment of our community. Thank you for all you do Thank you kim And just because we do have a couple of new faces in the audience Due to the brown act We actually can't engage in a back-and-forth conversation on an issue brought up a non agenda items But I will say check the agenda that discussion is coming before the council. Yes. Thank you Alan thomas followed by Anita Lothalette I thank you vice mayor in council. This is an old face so I had spoken last week about You folks reaching out to the county to do something with the jovo dota trail and the illegal camping that's going on I'd also recommended that you send a letter of support To the city of boise, Idaho who um, as you know in 2009 There was martin versus Boise and it was in the court system for a long time in april the night circuit court came out And basically ruled in favor of saying it was the eighth amendment violation So that cities in the in the night circuit could not or counties for that matter enforce their pregnancy laws So, um, I guess I have a question for you because I've done some research on this. I've I've read The actual document I would encourage all of you folks There's 33 different municipalities in the state of california The city of los angeles the city of sacramento the city of san rafael the county of del nord The county of san diego Vista the city of vista. They've all said Supreme court, please overturn this please overturn this because this is hamstringing our ability To to deliver any kind of public service. What happened tonight? Just now when we were all disrupted Is a perfect example of what's going on in san aroza and the whole state of california have individuals That don't have to listen to one minute regulations. They don't have to Do whatever we all have to do they can just do whatever you want and for whatever reason california leadership including the people on the dice down there Feel more compelled to not just say no It's not acceptable. Sorry you do that for other things, but you don't seem to do it For the general public and I think people are starting to get a little frustrated So I would ask you I would urge you to read The friendly brief that was submitted to the supreme court back in september of this year Basically read it it explains everything why cities want You guys to enforce normal standard quality Limits so people aren't living outside. However, you do it. That's up to you But do something so I was asked by one of the members of can To ask Anybody in the room or anybody that supports can which is the Citizens action group that's been formed after the whole debacle Down at the joe radota trail to raise our hand in support just you know, whatever So i'm gonna raise my hand and whoever else wants to raise my hand and I Like a citizen will adhere to your three minute Limit, thank you Thank you, alan anita lafellette followed by steven mosher Good evening. I just wanted to remind you that there are a lot of people that are living out in this weather now And it's getting very cold You know about joe radota being out there and we at homeless action have been meeting with them And we're trying to organize them and get together so that we could get some porta potties garbage pickup And about the drop-off of garbage behind the People there so I want you to pay attention to that because we have met with um We have met with kelly and in fact and we are trying to put together the chat program so it makes sense so that it's Something we can use To be able to get the the the things we need to be able to make that Hospitable because it's going to start raining soon I just want to make you know like hello heads up. There's a lot of people that don't have a place to live And I think that is probably Truly a breakdown in our capitalistic system And I want you to pay attention to that and I want you to notice that there is a chat program that will help us if you would Please Do that instead of paying attention to those things like whether or not Certainly it's terrible when people have their homes burned down, but I see that your attention is all on that Those are the big homeowners with a lot of money It's not taking care of those that don't have any money and it shouldn't make us different We are identical to people who have money. We're still people. We're still residents You still have an obligation to us And I also want to ask you a question if you didn't take uh 14.2 off Is kawana springs going to be affordable all those new fancy homes over there? Because anybody know if any of those are affordable because they're going to just sit there like the ones that are up on your lupa And over on stony point and nobody can live in them because nobody can afford the rent Okay, so you can't answer my question You don't answer my question.  I'm sorry It's The council is not paying attention to me Okay Well, then I'm not going to talk to you anymore Good night Thank you, Anita and again public for the public who have not been here before on non agenda items Due to the brown act We actually cannot engage in the back and forth because it has not been agendized item And it deprives the public of a chance to be a part of the conversation Steven mosher followed by craig murphy Yes, uh, steven mosher from uh, sannero the I'm here to talk about the smart train and they Just passed a resolution to put the uh That onto the onto the ballot next march tax extension for uh 10 tax extension for 10 years early then stated In their very real term That goes along with time and we rejected the smart train At a half half a cent sales tax and then smart new and lied State thinking in a quarter cent would do it. Well, they did be far from uh the The goal there So what they're very facious with is uh refinancing their bond debt To six million dollars a year from about 20 million dollars a year Well, really what we need is to pay off the bond debt making Actually run a commuter train not at these all-day discouraging trains They're big hand marketed to lunch with about three or four people on the train It's supposed to be a commuter train. So why Are we having all this? All of the extra service It's the only thing smarts ever done that they did more of now It's tame the timing is really interesting because they're They're um budget supposed to go up to 60 million dollars in the year and a half Uh per year. It's about 40 million dollars per year I'm figuring that the That the extra is they are going couldn't have to that's the pensions of the smart board members and smart board members are Clue the slot really vice mayor and rogers They all totally accepted He's brand new on the board He asks him quit the intelligence questions In fact, he has asked a question about positive train control Which they ought to get back to them But no one on the board is Has a clue about what positive train control is they just work up their packets and hope well Yes, so yes, I see a And then some kind of feather in their capping instead of running other pretty real transit agencies so boat no next march make smart pay a bond and And start from there. Thank you. Thank you, mr. Moser craig murphy followed by elizabeth nailin Hello, it's craig murphy with i'm in santa rosa. Thanks for hearing me out today I'm going to start with an observation or a few observations followed by a few comments First of all, I've observed just yesterday driving by the georodota trail That now both sides of stony point road are fully engulfed with encampments It's gone all the way to the gates at the trail Whereas a few weeks ago or last month when I was out on the trail, uh, you know bike ride I I observed that it started 100 or so yards in but it's definitely expanded This is it seems that this is correlating to some effect to The the fires coming on I believe that people take advantage of the fire services that we've had we've have here in the county And and I think that people are coming from out of the area because there's far more people now than there were Just a month ago I've also noticed more rvs that have moved back into my neighborhood In the montgomery village area just just this morning. I called on two Delapidated rvs that have been in place for more than five days in my neighborhood Out of one of them. There was a dog that attacked a cyclist this morning. I believe it was So this is definitely an issue Going along with with the rvs They are dumping their sewage tanks into storm drains. There's a dump station in the rv Park at the fairgrounds They don't see these rvs these folks that are homeless that living in their rvs They don't see those rvs coming in to pay the ten dollars to dump their black water So we know where they're they're going they're going into the storm drains and that's a terrible environmental disaster for our creeks So we're not going to solve this homeless issue overnight So I would suggest on that issue that we issue 10 dollar vouchers to The folks living in these rvs at least temporarily so that they dispose of their wastewater properly They can go to the rv park by the fairgrounds and dump them Rather than dumping them in the creeks, which is where it's going right now or just in the gutter And then as far as another issue that we are hearing a lot is the affordable housing argument And of course everybody wants affordable housing, but affordable housing will not impact 80 of the folks on the joe rodota trail Or in the other parks toile park or other encampments those folks have mental health issues and they have They have issues with drugs and that needs to be treated at a much higher level probably a federal level I would ask you to reach out for federal assistance to deal with this problem It's not going to be solved locally But allowing it to continue and fester the way it is is definitely not a solution either Thank you very much. Thank you, sir. Elizabeth nail on Elizabeth kneeling nice to see all of you. Um I recently uh was holed up in the trauma unit for 24 days over at the hospital And I got to watch the gondi movie in which he proclaimed that he knew a way out of hell And i'm hoping this country will find that same Way to get out of what I consider a living hell Uh, I was born here. My mother was a socialist from canada But while I was after I saw the gondi movie, I think I wrote a whole bunch of stuff down And like I support the 40 day strike idea that peter has To stop the u.s military fascism Now the christian religion has been co-opted by depraved capitalists for many many years And they bought up our mass media I would say that the christian religion is a in a general state of decay due to its supremacist attitudes Now If you looked into the history of india You I think you would find that they have not gone to war in thousands of years And they've had many awakened masters I would say that um It is time for extreme activism. Let's stop funding endless war Um depraved capitalists threaten humanity's survival Let's not be depraved. Let's get real, you know I I'm really into that like cages and prisons are no place for kids Clothes detention camps today. Welcome refugees Unite all families including the homeless Now I have a homeless son in berkeley. His name is dartanian And he was attacked by the center as a police during a medical emergency on february the 7th 2015 He was suffering from a brain injury covered in blood being a black man covered in blood I'm sure it was easy to say. Hey, you're drunk because we want to arrest you They lost the records of his alcohol test when they went through the court system And why did they lose them because he wasn't drunk? They just wanted to arrest him because he was a black man covered in blood He was probably a bad guy Of course, he has a master's degree from stanford And the police at berkeley call him professor because he was an assistant professor for five years at stanford So let's just remember we're in a heck of a lot of deep You know what? Right here in america and we need more activists on the street And and the hell with capitalism.  Thank you elizabeth and glad you're feeling better. Ah, yes I'm gonna bring it back to council. The uh first public comment period is now closed We have no report items tonight, so we will go on to item 14.1. Mr. mcglenn Item 14.1 public hearing objective design standards standards for streamlined and ministerial residential developments Amy Nicholson senior planner presenting joined by claire hartman Thank you vice mayor rogers and members of the council The item before you is a zoning code text amendment establishing objective design standards For streamlined and ministerial residential developments pursuant to recent state legislation The city has an existing policy document Which covers residential and non-residential design known as the design guidelines These guidelines are subjective to allow for discretion and flexibility Therefore they cannot be enforced through the state mandated process The goal with these proposed objective design standards is to address neighborhood compatibility And ensure attractive residential development citywide while complying with new state legislation Jurisdictions across the state are experiencing housing shortages and High costs in an effort to address this issue. The state government has adopted a number of housing bills Which require a streamlined and ministerial process for specified residential developments Two bills, which were the impetus for this zoning code text amendment include senate bill 35 and assembly bill 2162 These two bills discuss a streamlined and ministerial process And streamlined in this context means that projects are processed within a specified time frame And ministerial means no use of discretion or personal judgment As additional legislation to expedite housing development within the state is anticipated This zoning code text amendment has been written in a broad manner to apply to future projects Which would require ministerial and streamlined review Senate bill 35 or sb 35 became law in january of 2018 It was part of a housing bill package signed by the governor and requires that streamlined ministerial process This bill is only Required for jurisdictions which are not meeting their regional housing need of which santa rosa is not And it requires that these residential projects Not go through a discretionary review process So that means there there's no requirement for a use permit or design review landmark alteration But instead these are processed in a ministerial Fashion, which means they are only measured against objective standards Because these projects are Uh, not subject to discretionary review. They are also not subject to the california environmental quality act projects need to meet a number of Requirements in order to be processed through sb 35 streamlined and ministerial process They include that a project is primarily residential and includes at least two units Projects over 10 units must include a specified level of affordability The project sites must be Considered infill by state definition and they cannot contain a number of environmental issues And further construction workers for the project must be paid prevailing wage In addition projects must comply with each and every objective design standard within A city and any other standard in the city code or general plan Assembly bill 2162 went into effect january of 2019 This bill addresses the need for supportive and emergency housing and requires the same streamlined and ministerial approval process As it does not require discretionary review. It is also exempt from the california environmental quality act In order for a project to qualify For streamlined and ministerial processing under assembly bill 2162 It must include a specified number of units For affordable renters and those units must be restricted for a period of 55 years In addition a number of these units must be designated as supportive housing and the non-residential Floor area needs to be used for on-site supportive services The Standards contained in the text amendment before you are sourced from the city's design guidelines They have been modified or eliminated based on the need to remain objective or feasible and As such there have been several iterations of these proposed standards that have gone through staff review Board and commission review in addition to public comment The topical areas in the text amendment before you include neighborhood compatibility Building design massing and architecture Outdoor and common space site design and accessory elements The neighborhood compatibility standards focus on a multifamily development being well integrated into a single family neighborhood The building design standards relate to materials and details Including that the exterior of affordable units shall be indistinguishable from market rate units The massing and architecture section emphasizes architectural features building recesses and entries The common and open space section addresses both private and common open space Minimums as a special note the downtown station area specific plan is not included in these requirements based on design review board and public comment However, this may be addressed separately throughout the downtown station area specific plan process The site design standards focus on the location of parking screening and safety and ease of site layout And finally the accessory elements focus on mechanical screening fencing and refuse containers As many of you know the city currently has a number of objective standards within the city code Some that many are very familiar with are the development standards by zoning district These include setbacks maximum height or lot coverage for structures There's also a section on landscaping which requires one tree per five parking spaces And that setbacks be maintained with landscaping The city code also includes the water efficient landscape ordinance which requires the use of drought tolerant plants Outdoor lighting is a section covered in the zoning code Which requires down shielded lighting And there is a section in the zoning code on parking Which dictates the number of parking spaces required by use and also the design and dimension of parking spaces I will note that both senate bill 35 and assembly bill 2162 Do modify parking requirements based on certain qualifying factors. So in some cases Pursuant to senate bill 35. No parking spaces are required based on proximity to public transit There is also a requirement for Streamline and ministerial projects to be consistent with our hillside development ordinance which requires More restrictive side yard and front yard setbacks in addition to our creek side development ordinance And finally the city Policies include standards for streets sidewalks and bike lanes all of which would still be implemented In june an online survey was released to the public with the proposed design standards The community advisory board the planning and economic development department email distribution list Which includes over 15 000 email addresses Including builders non-profits governmental organizations and other interested parties receive notice of this online survey In addition a website and survey Were posted to the city's various social media accounts and were distributed by way of flyers at two community events The online survey was created in english and spanish And a total of at last check i believe 146 people responded The survey was set up to ask participants to rank the proposed design standards in order of preference by topical area There was general consensus in favor of design standards in each area including Limiting the height of new buildings abutting preservation districts The location of parking and building orientation and the inclusion of single family design elements Commenters also favored requiring affordable units to contain the same material and level of detail as the market rate unit And requiring common open space areas for projects with more than 10 units The survey also included an opportunity to add suggestions Other than those design standards included in the survey Participants express the importance of water efficient landscaping and landscaping generally the need for compatible or earth-toned neighborhood colors high quality materials and additional parking And the entire results of the survey have been included as attachment five to the staff report So the text amendment before you has evolved based on public comment through the survey and also through the cultural heritage board design review board and planning commission meetings back in june a Presentation was given to the design review board and cultural heritage board The board members at that time provided their comments with the proposed standards A majority of the board members did express their concerns regarding a ministerial process for design review and they understood the difficulty associated with forming these standards Specific comments that staff members were able to incorporate into the ordinance included Limiting open space minimums to areas outside the downtown station area plan To avoid constraining development, especially in this area where the city's focusing on additional development in addition A board member suggested that requiring on-site amenities to be located to the rear or center of the site Could deactivate the street space and thus the standard was removed A number of other standards were amended based on on board comment and those have been Explained further within the staff report In september of this year the planning commission held a public hearing on the proposed zoning code text amendment and was supportive of the proposed design standards The proposed amendments are exempt from the requirements of the california environmental quality act per sequel guidelines section 15061 b3 In that the amendments themselves do not have the potential to cause an effect on the environment They are Written to preserve and enhance aesthetic resources and each of the proposed amendments has been written to conform The city's code to state law And finally that any conceivable impact of the proposed amendments would be speculative in the absence of a specific development proposal So with that the planning commission and the planning and economic development department recommend That the council introduce an ordinance adding city code chapter 20 39 Related to objective design standards for streamlined and ministerial residential developments And i'm happy to answer any questions. Thank you. Mrs. Nicholson Councilor, are there any questions? Councilmember Sawyer Thank you, vice mayor, and you may have just touched on this slightly on slide 18 You refer to enhancing aesthetic resources i'm Curious as to the Planning commission's response to this and how it applies to our historic districts And the preservation of those and how we are being sensitive for those districts While at the same time Trying to enhance our Building of affordable housing and other housing as well I do not recall the commission making any specific comments on Our preservation districts the cultural heritage board did express a lot of concerns about The inability to review a project like they normally would under a landmark alteration permit The zoning code currently has a requirement For building height within preservation districts, which would still be in effect even though it's not explicitly addressed in this text amendment because it currently is in the code However, there wasn't consensus on a specific item that could be added to these objective standards that would Really encompass every possible circumstance within the preservation districts and then we really found that to be a challenge Okay, thank you. And I think in in my reading of the staff report These We will be as much my assumption and my hope that we will be sensitive to our historic neighborhoods while At the same time being careful to make sure that we That we identify those buildings that are important and meaningful Because not every building in a historic district is would be considered important So i'm just wanting to make sure that to Relieve the the community or those that live in these historic districts and the community at large that we will be sensitive to those Thank you Councilmember combs. Do you have any questions? Thank you. Um, and I appreciate The report that's been brought forward and the outreach that That the staff has done I I do have a I understand that this is Basically coming to us as a state requirement Um, I have some concern about the ability of neighborhoods to establish a form-based code So that there would be an objective design standard For their neighborhood this for example might impact a historic district um Is it possible in the future for do we have a mechanism for neighborhoods to bring forth? some kind of objective design standards such as a form-based code to protect historic Or similar districts This is claire hartman deputy director for planning uh, yeah, I think uh this Set of standards could evolve over time with the city It's important to have standards at this point since the state law will prevail Whether we have these standards in place or not So this is absolutely a good first step for the city. Um, and it has been vetted broadly Uh, and there are very few projects. In fact, the city has not Uh Processed a project that met the criteria yet. So it's still early In this process, but this this kind of is a great first step for the city It sets a broad standard that Went through cultural heritage board and broad public review to get us to this point But yeah, I think certainly the standards could change Over time as we get to know how this is going to work out We should area plan or the new downtown plans To include some specific design standards as we move those projects forward Yes, on uh, december 3rd There'll be a joint study session with the city council and planning commission and you'll what you'll see is our The city's draft preferred alternative and as part of that Package, um, and this is out for public review this month. Uh, you'll see that there are design considerations at least Thematically that will need to work through um on the edges of our preservation districts I really again appreciate that you brought this forward to us so that while the state is uh sort of forcing our hand We have something to work with while we develop Perhaps more detailed design guidelines. Thank you All right, any other questions from council council member fleming First a hearty. Thank you to all the work that you did Especially the community outreach and working with our boards and commissions that we rely so heavily on for their input I do have a number of questions On slide seven. Um, we have a requirement for affordability based um for 55 years, which is excellent, I'm wondering if um You mentioned that there would be a threshold number of units in order to trigger the affordability requirement Do you know that number? Are we still working on that? Senate bill 35 has a threshold 10 or more units And then 10 of those units need to be affordable I don't know the number under assembly bill 2162 off the top of my head, but I have it here and Can likely find it Okay, not a big deal. It's just like curiosity. It's always important to kind of highlight the work that we do when we're Making units and making them easier to get built, which is the point of this And do it on our terms Will the affordable units that are triggered under either bill be um fully integrated as in I understand that the community feedback and I was able to watch the meetings online Will not be distinguishable in nature from From the uh, market rate units, but will they also not be all clustered together? The objective design standard just addresses the exterior appearance of the affordable Units and that they would have the same level of detail and materials It does not address anything relative to site planning I I might defer to claire to anything that may have been included in the inclusionary housing ordinance We'll have to look into that. I don't have the answer Yep, I don't recall that we said anything about clustering or siloing affordable units So it's something that I'd like to see come back if at all possible So that the units can be truly integrated and not Have a developer who intends to do You know a great job burn out of money and then we have you know a problem getting those last five units built that are intended to be affordable Um, and then on slide 12. I was pleased to see the public commons I'm a big fan of public commons and protecting and growing our public commons That for uh, developments of 22 or more units, there would be three There would be two open spaces one for adults and one for children and for Developments of a hundred or more that we would have three. I'm wondering What kinds of guidelines there are for these public spaces like for adults? Are we talking about a common room or a gymnasium like when you get above more than two units? Is there some flexibility in that? I just want to make sure i'm understanding your question correctly. So is there Is the question is there a specific criteria for what defines an adult open space area? Well, so i'm asking like is it prescriptive so if I come in and I build 22 units Am I told that for an adult situation? I need to have like a common room and for children I need to have a play structure or am I Informed that you know These are the types of things that would meet the needs of children in a common open space And these are the types of things that would meet for an adult so that perhaps we could get creativity and we can get Some new ideas and best practices evolving as the market You know iterates on things that are working or not Sure, that's a great question the only really specific standard mentioned in the Open space criteria is that adult open space area doesn't contain play equipment and that there's seating available and that a teenage outdoor area might include Sports fields age appropriate park equipment or other recreational equipment. So that one's written more broadly. I think if we The challenge with this is to to ensure that it can be Measured and we were not supposed to be using any personal judgment. So if you were to look up a child player or a child common space and the types of things that would come up play equipment Or just general Kind of landscaped area then then that would apply but again We have to avoid the use of personal judgment. It seems to me though I know we're trying to take personal judgment out of it that It would be one of those things where when you see it, you know it, right? Right, right, you know that there could be seating in a children's space for like an adult like myself Who's kind of wants to sit down while their child is playing? But it is interesting and then the last question around that one is that when you do get over The number that would have required three which three open public spaces Does it do we have any prescription around whether that third unit? Of public space goes to a child space or an adult space Like if you have an under 12 space in an adult space is that next one go to teenagers Or can you build a gym or like what are we talking about here? Yes, so if there are more than 100 units then there would be one space For adults one for teenagers and one for younger children and of course people could attend different areas But the equipment there would be more geared toward those specified age groups Okay, so it does go on to meet the needs of the community more specifically The greater the number of units that's excellent here And then i'm wondering is parking for bikes a requirement Yes parking for bikes is a requirement in our zoning code. It's under the parking section and nothing That i've seen in the state legislation Takes away any Of the city's ability to enforce their existing bicycle parking requirements. It's just for automobiles Excellent, and then i'm wondering how low can we go on parking you said that some parking requirements might be waived In regarding proximity to public transportation I'm wondering beyond that in areas that are you know, maybe not typically seen as that but are fairly close to workspaces Is there any way to lower our Existing parking requirements or would somebody have to come and ask for a reduction typically to Provide fewer parking spaces than what's required in the zoning code You would have to go through a discretionary process like a minor use permit And so that would take the project out of the streamline process there are more criteria than just proximity to public transit that Reduce the number of parking spaces or eliminate them in Senate bill 35. I can pull up what what those other criteria are But not necessarily what i'm getting at here is that because we're trying to do something that moves us more towards a By-right type of situation or a ministerial as you as you call it here That we can move toward our goals that i believe are both within the spirit of the law and the intention of The council at this point to not get us hung up on building parking spaces that we none of none of us want So okay, and then as long as it's a standard and it's objective and clear thing You and the council is willing to apply it 100 of the time. That's what that's what is going to be in this ordinance okay, and last question I have here is um, what is the um And you know, it's okay You just give me a couple examples. Um, what were the nature of the drb and the cultural heritage board? Concerns, I mean you touched on it a little bit, but i'm wondering if um, If you can elucidate a bit for us Sure, I can do that So the again the general sentiment was Concern about how to really get good design into objective standards Because they are used to working with our guidelines which allow for flexibility and and discretion Specific comments well a more specific comment was a concern that any of these objective standards might Make a project infeasible and so it was really a challenge thinking through What any standard could do to a Project on a certain site or a project with a certain number of units or a certain architectural style more specific comments related to Um Well one specific comment that I didn't address in my presentation was to eliminate a requirement for Uh, which would prohibit the use of a vinyl window type that came from our design guidelines But a design review board member mentioned that that's a common window type selected for more affordable multi-family projects And so he felt that that should be eliminated um to To get the units that that we're seeking at this time Okay, thank you and last thing which is I guess a question comment, which is is there anything that would trigger This seems to me like it should be a living document Is it a living document and what would trigger a review that would not be cumbersome to our Development community but would also allow for the community to have a say if something kind of goes sideways Well, I can answer that So what we intend to do is you know as we report out for Implementation of this policy Like I said, we we haven't had any even though this is in effect whether we have these standards adopted or not It's a buy right if they meet these qualifications. So what we intend to do is report out To our various boards and to the council as we get an application as as we learn how this is implemented and I wanted to follow up on Amy's comments Another balancing act that the boards had to do is that this buy right um and by having Application of these standards a hundred percent of the time One of the concerns is that the these projects will start to look identical or it's almost designs itself So they didn't take every design guideline and make it a standard And they did that deliberately so that there is some flexibility and and how these Um build out over time. So I think we need to have some more experience about They saw this as a good first step But get more experience in how this is applying and if this is giving enough flexibility and design for outcome I really appreciate the thoughtfulness and I encourage you to come back and have this be iterative or possible. Thank you All right, thank you. I've got a couple of cards on this duane duit followed by ann cealy And I do not see duane. So we'll do ann cealy Followed by excuse me. Oh, and I apologize. It is a public hearing. So we will open it Ann cealy followed by gregory furan Vice mayor rogers and council ann cealy speaking for concerned citizens for santa rosa As a long time housing advocate you'd think I'd be jumping for joy at the figure of this legislation However There is not a single mention in the legislation or in the staff report describing it Of public noticing or input That is wrong To make sure that politics Political forces from the state of california don't overwhelm your responsibility to your constituents To keep them informed and give them a say In their city In the past I've seen you be wonderfully creative In solving problems and making sure public policy serves the public And I think you can do that here. It would be really important to have As one of your guidelines public noticing of the facts of development If people don't know that a Building is is going to arrive until It's already done. They don't have any chance at all to influence Matters that may be of concern to them I know that you can find a way to do this to add something To involve public noticing. Thank you Thank you, ann we have gregory furan followed by thomas ells Thank you, vice mayor and members of the council. I'm in a real quandary because I'm on both sides of this issue Clearly this is going to benefit low income housing Shelters you haven't even addressed what I talked about two weeks ago, which is The budget bill for this year goes beyond those two little things And there's a whole lot of other interest at the legislature to start saying this needs to happen all over the state So we're going to make it by right You know I'm I'm helping try to put supportive housing together at a variety of income levels From 100 down to zero and virtually all of them are going to go through this process They're all containing the elements that this has they're going to have to jump through lots of hoops But they're going to be at an advantage over that market rate out there That isn't going to be giving any kind of affordability and wants to develop them and thinks that they ought to be given the same kind of streamlined You know by right process So I'm happy that this is saying to the low income development community We need you to build housing and we're going to tell the city that they have to do it by right now I am also on the other side because I really want neighborhoods to be in control of their neighborhoods I want the city to have vibrant Citizens involved and a long ago when you guys were saying you're going to build right after the fires And you had a little pie chart up there that had a little civic engagement I warned you that you lose some civic engagement by trying to get housing built So here I am saying don't go so fast to make it so there's no citizen engagement But please help us build supportive housing and low income housing in particular And I'm happy that the legislature has held a gun to your head On that issue and I'm really happy the staff has done the best job possible of trying to figure this out They are not going to have an easy time in the next year trying to figure out the minds of the legislature Over what things ought to go through this process But they've had a really good Start at trying to come up with some objective standards that you can chew on And we can all try to figure out if we can avoid that kind of You know standardization of every house in the city. Thank you Thank you. Gregory comma sales So thank you. Uh, I agree with those Comments that have just been made Uh, in addition, I mean, you know, we have to think about I believe it's gretta thurman Who says uh thurman who is saying we really have to think about the future and how we're addressing climate change itself This doesn't really address climate change. It's talking about housing and part of the things that we attempted to do in in uh, bringing smart here through the transportation land use committee was Organizing transportation and land use in terms of the housing In the downtown and and you know, so the downtown area Specific plans relative to the station area specific plans are doing that But here you have the most important comment That was made by the public which had to do with open space and green areas And you've exempted the downtown which was held to be 60 open space and green garden areas In the other areas I would say here you've thrown the baby out with the bath This is the most important thing And what it doesn't do is address Climate change which you can do Without exempting the downtown by using rooftop gardens and I've mentioned it before but sometimes it just looks fine Not only are the rooftop gardens. You can have vertical gardening along the spaces along the sides of the buildings And these are very innovative and they're very Amenable people really appreciated changes the climate of the downtown changes the And not just the visible climate, but the temperatures and And uh the oxygen all of these things that are incredibly important Um So I would encourage you, you know, uh two spaces or three spaces. They can all be incorporated in a rooftop garden You want to with this? encourage people to build housing in the downtown But again, I've said why would someone live there? If all they're going to do is look down on on the asphalt whether it's asphalt streets or asphalt roofs, it's it's not It's not convenient or it's not something that people want to do As they live there But if you have rooftop gardens, it would change everything and here's the opportunity to include that Please I would encourage you or at least exclude the exemption of the downtown From the open space requirement until you can review that And include that review of the of the rooftop gardens in In this as you as you modify your Your ordinance. Thank you. Thank you thomas And duane you were out of the room when we called you the first time if you want to go ahead We're in a public hearing so anybody can talk at this point Duane if you want to make your comments now's your time Hello, my name is duane de wid. I'm from the sonoma county housing advocacy group And i'm typically supportive of anything that gets us more affordable housing In this document today it points out that sp35 specifically requires A specified level of affordability and also that it should be in fill But the caveat without specific or specified environmental issues And you mentioned that it wouldn't affect what's called the california environmental quality act But in the area where i'm from of roseland, we have an endangered species Some people curse it other people think it helps roseland. It's called the california tiger salamander federal regulations override state regulations One of the things that happened recently was called the roseland specific plan And during that plan the city Essentially tried to do a bit of a bait and switch And say that okay, we're going to call this a priority development area to try to get the housing in Which supposedly should be near the downtown and the transportation corridors But they extended it all the way out to belview avenue Miles and miles from downtown here So specifically You have a housing authority which has been in existence for over 60 years You've been pumping millions upon millions and millions of dollars into what you call affordable housing Frequently it costs far more than what could be built by the private sector You have some home builders here tonight. You have the north bay builders exchange here tonight Perhaps they'll enlighten us on how we can make truly affordable housing occur to meet the regional housing needs assessments that you folks haven't been able to do During the 60 years you've had a housing authority And now it's now why you were under this new legislation So let's put the package all together And let's see How can we actually build the affordable housing in the downtown area? near The transportation that we also are Millions and millions of dollars for and actually make all this stuff work Now the thing i'm most concerned about is that you here at the local level will try to fudge that term infill And make it go all the way out to the city's limits Six miles away from down here So what we need to have is your political will and say yeah We've got a downtown specific plan that we're also financing and we want the housing down here Really not just far out on belview avenue where you've sunk millions upon millions of dollars Into a project that hasn't even broken ground and might not succeed at that Belview, thank you. Thank you, sir. Is there anybody else who'd like to speak? I'm going to close the public hearing. I'm going to bring it back to the council Councilmember soyer. Do you want to put a motion on the table? Sure, vice mayor. I will do that Introduce an ordinance of the council to the city senator rosa amending title 20 of the senator was a city code adding chapter 20 through 39 objective design standards for streamlined and ministerial residential developments to create objective design standards for streamlined and ministerial Residential developments file number re z 19-019 and wait for the reading second All right council. Are there any comments? councilmember combs Are you still with us? I think I heard her drop off Okay, council your votes Oh, and that's right. It's a voice vote. No vice mayor rogers. Hi Councilmember combs I will be marking her as absent Victoria councilmember fleming all right councilmember oliveris. Hi Councilmember soyer. Hi All right, that item will pass with four eyes and three council members absent Mr. City manager item 14.2 item 14.2 public hearing adoption of mitigated negative declaration for koana springs community park master plan an adoption of the koana springs community park master plan gin santos deputy director of parks presenting I'm having trouble hearing did Did we get disconnected? Sorry councilmember combs. We're about to start item 14.2 Just the vote on that item correct Okay, thank you. Sorry. I just four eyes with three abstentions Okay, thank you. I devoted for the item, but I had a question so I can make it can wait All right director item 14.2 Good evening vice mayor rogers council members gin santos deputy director for parks We're here tonight to talk about the adoption of the master plan for koana springs park as well as the associated environmental documents the mitigated negative declaration So just as a reminder where we're looking at the yellow item In the screen is the park Right in the middle there And we have a highway 101 In red and highway 12 up here at the north part of the town And so this park is located in the southeast quadrant of the city And taking a little closer look at koana springs park the outline yellow area is the park proper It's 19.2 acres approximately And just to give you some orientation. This is taylor mountain regional park right here where the highlighter is And the park is split between two pieces between mita avenue right here And we have koana springs road on the north As well as koana terrace that runs up to an entrance to taylor mountain road and all the way down to Mita that's kind of tricky to do with that pointer, but essentially this is koana terrace on the South southern side of the park This land was dedicated in phases to the city in 2008 and 2006-2008 We have um, it's very difficult to see in this particular slide But there are existing mitigation ponds here and here and here three of them There's also some retention ponds on the site on this side of the park And it is bisected by koana springs creek So this is the blue line that runs all the way down through the park That's koana springs creek We have um, although the park is 20 acres the Usable area of it is right here in the main part of the park as well as over here There's a little portion of it that's usable over here for active uses The active use area is about five to six acres even though there is a six acre park So that's important to know as you're looking at the amenities that we ended up with Um, we do have a wonderful dedicated group of volunteers that help us out here with this park They help maintain A rural trail. They also clean the creek every year Two to three times a year as in addition to all the things that our water departments creek stewardship staff do as well as our park maintenance staff as well, so they're a really great and engaged group of neighbors in this area So just a reminder about the acreage and the drainage areas that are on the northern part of the park The items we took into consideration as we move forward to start our discussions with the community included the city wide creek master plan As well as the bicycle and pedestrian plan of course our 2008 business and strategic plan and The general plan which designates this park as a community park For the area and it is the only community park In this entire area the next closest community park would be galvin And if you think about it in terms of geography the Taylor mountain and that mountain range do separate it. So it's not physics There's no physical community park in this area except this one And so as we started our conversation we started in 2015 in may having conversations with the community at two community workshops Um, we ultimately ended up with seven community workshops, which included three board of community services uh public meetings as well In between those community workshops in 2017. We also collected online input as well And then at each meeting this is kind of an overview But we did a lot of outreach at each meeting to make sure we could get as much community feedback as possible We of course mailed over 6 000 mailers out to the residents e-blasts and media facebook features our newsletter of course News flashes on santa rosa rec.com and our event page Posted on next door com to all santa rosa next door users We also had our calendar listings of upcoming meetings And of course we have notification on site at each park site And it looks like we ended up with two of the same slides in there. So i'm gonna move on through And so just to give you an idea of what type of Engagement we began with the community The first time we met with the community members We gave them a map that you see on the left side of the screen here Which shows the it highlights the park in Kind of a pink color there in the middle And then around it provides the community with what other parks are in the area and what sort of amenities are within those parks And of course we did our traditional dot exercises and we took also comment cards so that people could write out Really detailed information about their amenities they preferred in the park. So this is Very similar to what we did in the first three meetings and to Give you a sense of what the community this is after our first Meeting it's our second community meeting. So we first gathered some information about what type of amenities the Community would like and we put together a draft in june And so i'm going to start off to the east side of the park over here We had an optional parking restroom and dog park over here An area we identified existing parallel parking along kawana springs road We identified potential for picnic areas right here run a really big oak tree that is there. It's beautiful We identified this yellow feature here, which was a trail Our path And we also didn't physically identify it, but we identified it by label the drainage areas that were in this area We identified this dot dashed line here as a potential trail As well as a pedestrian Over overlook a bridge over there that will connect you from one side to the other there is right now People cut through the creek and it's eroding the creek bank right there. So there is A desire from the community to as well as the city to have a pedestrian access there The absolute number one and continues to be the number one requested item for this community was the dog park And it's located in this area Of course our shade shelters and shade pavilion. So that would be a shade shelter with picnicking underneath And Traditional playground. So we're talking about a very large playground what you'd see at finley here similar to our other Finley community center a restroom bocce courts and a parking area so that we can get folks here We do anticipate because this is a community park that folks would be driving to the park They would be staying longer than 45 minutes to enjoy an activity here.  It's not large enough to have any sports fields It's relatively small a little bit bigger than the turf area at bear park if you've been to bear park It's not very large So from there, we went to the board of community services and a public meeting And uh, so let's add more feedback to kind of get some more details from the community as well as the board of community services and What we had changed on here is we've Heard from the neighborhood that they would like Sand, you know potentially sand volleyball courts. So we added those in there We also changed the I think we changed the way the bocce courts were laid out, but otherwise they were In the same general area And let's see. I want to make sure I got everything here We also added another shade pavilion the community said they would like to have Picnicking and shade near the creek so that they could overlook because it is a really beautiful area to walk by there So they wanted that And then we um, also added the community garden here. This was a request There was existing community garden at a local school Next to a future neighborhood park and those that community garden group had to vacate that space and they identified this as a potential Garden area and so we added that in there We also added a little bit more Picnicking smaller picnic sites in here as well along the trail And those are the major changes since we first started to this this plan So then what we also did here on this in august We went back to the board of community services again to solicit both feedback from the board of community services as well as the community We identified the existing Water departments water pump station that was on site just so we could be clear that that was there. It was not available to use for an amenity We also let's see we changed the shape to be more in what we thought we Might end up with here on a community garden because because of the creek setback So we made a an estimate of what that might look like there we Also added Table tennis It's very hard to see and this is again a 20 acre site. It's really difficult to see it, but it is there One of the one of the groups that I also engage with and forgot to mention was the Sonoma academy They are just at the end of Kiwanis Springs road. We'll be to the right of your screen And I met with them at least once a year And the students did dioramas and they talked about what sort of things they would like to see in a park What would bring them to the park are things like this like table tennis and ziplines and some of them mentioned ponds and it was Really exciting to work with this group, but this is something that came out of that process there and then we We relocated the restroom just a little bit, but those are the major changes there so in um 2016 council approved a an agreement with gsm landscape architecture and we brought the professionals into Take it from there and get more into the details of what this community would like and to really get in there with Things to scale and understand what we could actually do and what we could actually fit in there council also hired david j powers and associates As an environmental consultant to help us start the process to look at What we had done previously with the community. Was it going to be any major impacts as we knew it as we started to work through this process? Um, I'm going to turn it over to um, elizabeth from gsm and associates they're going to take you through these design processes and Just so you know a little bit of background david j powers was doing some initial work behind this plan that The previous plan they had seen uh to start getting into the idea of what sort of impacts there would be at the end of the master planning processes when david j powers was Finally able to say okay, let's take a really hard look at what the impacts are now that we know what the master plan was So i'm going to turn it over to elizabeth Hello everyone As jan was saying we were brought on this project at the end of 2016 And we the first thing we did is we brought our survey crew out to actually survey the site So we could determine where the top of bank was located We want to make sure we stay away from the creek bed We located The heritage trees the large trees actually any trees over six inch caliper Are located on the plan and then we of course with the topographic survey Had the contours mapped out on the site so we could determine how the ups and downs of the paths will need to go So this information allowed us to take the program elements that jen spoke about and draft them up to scale And place them on the plan and i will start again also like jen did on the west side of the site with the community garden One of the changes we made to the community garden is we made the parking areas just a little bit smaller and allowed greater Plots garden plots that could be used because that was one of the the mentions at the beginning of this process Then we we were able to accurately lay out the pathway along the north side of that creek With the topographic survey that we had so that thank you jen that Followed around we we noted where it would be good to have a crosswalk there across mita avenue. We've talked to the department of traffic About looking into possibly turning that into a future crosswalk Then we brought the paths down and we were able to stay outside of the top of the creek bank And also avoid having the path run through those existing stormwater management locations The parallel parking that is on koana springs road We were able to put a pathway as you can see two gray pathways there There's one right here that comes down and connects to the path And then the parallel parking there's one that comes down and connects to the path there So as you walk along the path over here you come down to the west side where the bridge is And again the topographic survey helped inform us of how long that bridge needs to be To avoid the creek the top of creek bank that bridge will need to be about 50 feet long It comes in one structure and they bring it out and Being able to span the top of bank to top of bank will lessen any sort of environmental impact that might be caused The koana Terrace right along here there is concern about the parking along this area Is also eroding the top of the creek bank because that is a very narrow area and cars are heavy and Rain moves things and slopes go down So we are proposing to put some parking deterrents in there in the ways of large boulders I think city has several areas that they have incorporated large boulders So four foot by four foot by by four foot tall And spaced no more than six feet apart will help deter the parking along there and help preserve the creek bank So that brings us down to the main activity of the park where jen had mentioned It's about five acres of active area and we took the program from the 2015 plans and developed the The dog park which is the dark brown right here And this is the children's play area where we where it was located before and the parking lot right here There are two bachi ball courts right above here a shade structure There are additional shade structures for picnic areas along here the table tennis is right in here and the Volleyball court is moved over here one of the things we did do from the 2015 plan is we pulled the turf the multi-use turf area out of The location of the activities it's easier to maintain the turf that way The picnic area across the turf stayed in place around that big oak tree We did not put an additional area here because we felt like it would be too close to the creek bed after that survey was done and we Were able to locate that creek bed We also on this plan located some Proposed trees of where we thought those they would be good locations for that We took this plan to the community at the end of may for a meeting and we got feedback during that meeting and as jen mentioned we also got feedback through the city website and the Facebook page for social media so we gathered all that information up and then we developed The next plan which we have in june And I think To move this over. Thank you There we go. Okay. Thank you So this is the june plan and I'll start again for the community garden side They wanted even less parking than what we showed Previously because they wanted more garden space. They want lots of garden space So we were able to accommodate that we reduced that those parking areas down to just under six spaces including a van parking space for a da The pathway along the north pretty much stayed where it was Avoiding the top of creek bank and the storm water management areas the bridge there on The where did that go? On the east side of the site Stayed there and the parking deterrence stayed So most of the comments as you can imagine were in the active use area over here one of the the Most comments we got was were to separate the play area from the dog park Get it closer to the turf area and take it away from the traffic because it was on the previous plan It was right there along quanta terrace. So we were able to move the play area Away from there over to this corner right here it Then could expand and get larger and we have two sections through the play area We have two to five year old equipment for two to five year olds and then we have equipment for five to 12 year olds We also move the table tennis over to this area And because we like the relationship previously of the shade structures with the play equipment We move those also and if you as you look closer at this plan you can see there's kind of a nice Circular arc that goes through here and the the shade structures follow that arc and they follow the the play area There is an existing restroom or not an existing there's a proposed Built restroom pre-manufactured restroom. There's a little blue square on there and that Pretty much remained in the same location as where it was previously It's conveniently located to the parking and also it's fairly close to the children's play area Which sometimes is important to get there quickly The Some of the writing comments after the meeting Was that the community would like to see a pump track similar to what is that northwest park The with the bicycles So it actually fit quite nicely about the same size in where the previous play equipment was So now there's a pump track located in there and this is a good multi generational draw to this community park the volleyball area because it's sand volleyball we went ahead and moved it back into the multi turf area there was still Request to reduce the amount of lawn because of the amount of water that lawns take And also we created that that curvilinear shape of the lawn Which helps reduce people feeling like they can come out and play a full-scale football or soccer game on the turf The there's also a large pavilion Located in the center of the paved area, which will accommodate Larger groups of 20 to 25 people to come and have a group activity in the park Then we developed a second shade structure over here by the oak tree because we took it out next to the creek So we added an additional one over here Another thing to note is that the pathway that comes around The turf area is about a quarter mile. So you'll be able to track your fitness As you walk around there and then the pathway that goes from the community garden all the way through here Past the storm water management areas down along here to the bridge. That's about a half a mile So that's another great way that you can measure your your fitness levels on that So again, we took this plan at the end of june back to the community to listen to Their feedback see how they like to changes and again it got posted on the websites and we got the social media Yeah, one thing we did add in this in this park section was a basketball court Now most community parks have basketball courts full-size basketball courts. They'll have one two or three of them This one because we wanted the multi-generational activities for everyone we did create a Half-sized basketball court that is separated from me to avenue It's about 400 feet and from the curb of me to avenue and then you have the street and then the houses after that There's also several trees that will be placed around that court and kind of nestle it in And we also reduced the bot there were two bocce ball courts We reduced them down to one bocce ball court based on the comments from the community thank you And so this plan then was created the july plan based on the comments from june and the major comments from june Were was the noise from the basketball court? So again, we felt like because this is a community park and it's for a larger area of Santa Rosa to come This is one of the big draws to bring people to the park and the more people you have coming to the park Typically the less problems you have because people are interested and they're active and involved So we did keep the basketball the half court basketball in the site The other elements that we changed is we had the fitness equipment along the path Up here on the north of the creek and we ended up bringing it down into this active area And so the path along the north of the north side of the creek can really focus on the natural aspect of this park So this plan was taken to the board of community services in august And we presented it there and it was approved by unanimous vote and after that the plan went over to Will to review with the environmental study I just wanted to follow up with elizabeth's comment about the about the plan And let you know that we um similar to northwest community park We had engagement with a community bicycle pump track group who is interested in potentially maintaining this As well as developing it similar to northwest community park Which is a huge help to our our park there that they do a lot of volunteer work Like that as well And I I'm going to turn it over to will this was a Very similar to many communities A very we found some common ground not everybody agrees there were folks who wanted it nothing there That's always the case. There's always folks that want nothing there There's also folks who want it fully developed with sports and lights and things like that Bicycle velodrome I heard all kinds of bicycle racing tracks Were envisioned But the community really rolled up their sleeves and worked hard and came together with this With this plan that we think we hit some common ground So I'll turn it over to will who took who took this plan and they made an analysis of the environmental impacts Good evening. I'm will burns with david powers and associates as gen mentioned We assisted the city with preparation of the initial study and mitigate negative declaration for the master plan That process really began in earnest After approval or the recommendation of master plan approval by the board of community services The initial study analyzes all the potential environmental impacts that could result from implementation of the master plan And that included Sorry Will burns with david powers and associates sure So we looked at the all the environmental issues in the sequel checklist The primary focus for this location Was on biological resources cultural resources Transportation impacts and also construction impacts including air quality and noise So in terms of transportation impacts, we focused on The the closest major intersection, which would be petaluma hill road and quanta springs road And reviewed that the level of service for the evening peak hour and also the weekend midday peak hour Under both conditions that intersection would continue to operate Consistently with the city's level of service policies the The other primary areas of concern for the master plan were biological resources Specifically the central presence of california red legged frog and foothill yellow legged frog as well as potential for roosting bats and nesting birds And those impacts were mitigated Both through limitations on when construction can occur primarily the dry season and periods when it outside of 24 hours of any substantial rain and in terms of The roosting bats and nesting birds pre construction surveys are required Within trees that might be within the proximity of grading on the site And there are requirements to either evict bats And or avoid areas where there are active nests Otherwise construction period impacts for the primary focus For noise there are measures included to locate Grading equipment and other heavy noise generating Uses away from some sensitive uses as well as Including a disturbance coordinator that can be contacted in the event. There are noise complaints and then The project also Incorporated standard measures recommended by back med to address potential dust in terms of Cultural resources there are some cultural resources identified within the park and those were designed around As part of the master plan and mitigation also included Monitoring by native americans and an archaeologist So a notice of intent to adopt the mitigated negative declaration which included these measures Was posted with these county clerk on april 10th for a 30-day review period The m&b concluded that all the potential impacts of the project would be reduced with the incorporation of mitigation measures And other standard municipal code requirements and city standards So the initial study and mitigated negative declarations prepared In consultation with local state and trustee agencies in accordance with the california environmental quality act all Future actions related to implementation of the master plan Are covered And upon council approval a notice of determination Will be filed with the county clerk and state clearing house for a 30-day period Thank you will I just wanted to touch a little bit on i've received some comments about Trash and the creek recently before we came to council as well as Parking along quanta terrace, and I just want to make sure we're That we're clear. I mean we work with the water department very closely We the water department in turn works with land paths who takes many opportunities to Provide creek restoration as well as cleanup days Water department staff do say that they are out there at least four times a year Our staff are out there quite often I also wanted to remind you of the volunteer groups from the community Are at the park on a regular basis. They do a lot of hard work cleaning up the trail system in the park and Again, this community has done a really tremendous job to get us to this point We've been out working with them for at least four years over the last four years Why we looked on the master plan and then turned it over to will's team and did the environmental analysis So with that it's our recommendation from the transportation and public works department parks division that council by resolution adopt the mitigation mitigated negative declaration And master plan for kawanas breaks community park to include paved trails community garden the portable restroom enclosure parking picnic areas Shade pavilions children's play areas for ages two to five and five to 12 a restroom building bachi courts dog park a bicycle pump track half basketball court table tennis fitness stations volleyball multi-use turf area A pedestrian bridge crosswalks and a loop walking path Thank you. Thank you deputy director council any questions councilmember soyer Thank you, vice mayor. I'm curious any question about storage. I didn't where did the table tennis? Where do the tables go at either at night or when you know in the winter? I didn't see a storage area. I assume it's under one of the in the back of one of the The table tennis equipment that we found is sturdy and heavy and it's permanent So you bring your net and you bring your paddles and you just play ping-pong all day long So you don't have to move the move the tables back and forth And they're really cool-looking. That's great. And that kind of leads to the next question which was are the This is one of the most comprehensive As far as activities one of the most comprehensive parts that i've seen suggested in quite some time And so i'm curious about the maintenance of like the fitness equipment and you just answered the table tennis Are there volunteers in the community that have done such a great job in in coming together and design helping to design this Are they going to be maintained and kind of monitored by the by the by our wonderful volunteers? Or what's the responsibility of the city? We are always actively seeking volunteers and if this is your opportunity that would be wonderful Um, yeah, we we do have similar equipment at bear park and other parks around the community. They are They are designed to take A public environment so they take very little maintenance requirements We're really just at you know at bear just repairing things that do break from time to time They're holding up really well at bear park for instance And we we are one of the things I did i'm just going to tag on to this I forgot to mention too about our funding. We are looking at a plan There's about $900,000 available to develop this park the park is estimated to cost about 19 million dollars to develop So we will be looking at developing portions of it, but at this point we don't have The funding to develop the entire park, but when we do we will look for Well-built equipment that stands the test of time. Thank you and if I may just add to that Although we will very much enjoy the Benefit that may be brought by volun