Lipton G and Lipton Soups present Inner Sanctum Mysteries. Good evening friends of the Inner Sanctum. Or waiting to go through the squeaking door. What a long line. But everybody's here tonight. The line reaches right to the edge of the grave. Been waiting long. Seven days and seven nights. Dear dear, you should have not. I can always slip the latch string out and you could hang around properly. Why, Mr. Host, people don't need a latch string to do that. Didn't you know that all our listeners hang on your every word? Oh yes, Mary. There's no better place than Inner Sanctum for people to get the news. Or the news. As a matter of fact, we have some good news for our listeners right now. Folks, there's a new delight waiting for you when you try Lipton Tea. Many of you may have been drinking tea for years, but until you taste Lipton, you just don't know the full pleasure of tea at its delicious best. Lipton, you see, has brisk flavor. In fact, brisk is the very word that tea experts themselves use to describe Lipton's spirited, full-bodied flavor. Unlike ordinary dull-tasting teas, Lipton is never flat, but always hearty, satisfying. Lipton tea gives you more contentment in every cup. So do try it soon. It's tea at its tastiest. Lipton tea with that grand brisk flavor. And now for tonight's story. It's an original radio play written especially for the Inner Sanctum by Hank Warner. Calls stands of death and starring Santa Sortega in the role of Henry. Do you love your wife?  Do you wonder secretly what you would do if the finery you bought her was used by her to win another man so that she could leave you? Oh, you can't answer, can you? Well, this is the story of one man who can make mile and return it. I should have known at once that morning in the office when Judson was reading the newspaper aloud that something was wrong. The unidentified body of a young woman strangled with a brand-new pair of nylons was found last night. Unidentified? Yeah, in the hallway of a roomy house at 72 Beach Street. Unidentified. Near the body which was fully clothed, police found a handbag containing a sales slip from the Silver Tone Hosiery Company. Incredible. Police had lost it. I don't know what miscarried identification. Judge account? Keys? Nice to discover. And a second pair of nylons. What? If it wasn't, Ellen? No, no. Of course it was, Ellen. Well, that's a pretty piece of news, eh, turning? By the way, you bought some nylons for your wife the other day, didn't you? What's the matter? Are you sick? I was sick, Johnson wanted to know. I wonder what his face would have looked like. But I told him right there that the police were wrong, that the body could be identified. And it was Ellen, my wife. I went to the police. The body was at the morgue. This way, sir. Here it is. That's steady. No. It's not, my sister. It's not Ellen. I know how you feel. The shock of relief. But it wasn't relief. I walked from the morgue to our apartment. My brain was pounding with a question I hid it to face. But isn't your wife, who is it?  I didn't know. I didn't know. I got to the apartment. Very exhausted. Questions unanswered. My foot kicked a telegram that had been slipped under the door. I tore it open. It was from my wife. From Helen.  Could at last recall what had happened. What I had done.  Thinking it was Helen.  And I came home after a hard day. Hello, baby. Aw. Gosh, I'm tired. Anything special for dinner? You could stand a good meal right now. What do you expect me to do? Slave over a hot stove for you? Oh, Ellen, breathe. I'm sorry. I'll enjoy whatever you've got.  Oh, well. That's all you ever say, oh, well. Look, darling, I'm tired. Let's not argue. Please. After all, things could be worse. You get your permanence, new dresses all the time, shoes, hats. Why, you're the best dressed woman in the crowd. I suppose you'd like me to wear a ring. Aw, that's where you're wrong, baby. You're a good looker and you need pretty clothes. You can have all my money combined. Happy? Let's have a kiss, huh? Oh, I guess you're good to me, Henry. Let's eat. Well, I was really upset about, I suppose, is that I haven't got a single pair of nylons to wear with a new dress I got today. New dress? Lovely. You like it. Black. I plan on wearing it tonight. Would look lovely with real, sheer nylons. Tonight? Oh, I didn't tell you. Girls are having a bridge over at Margie. I won't stay long. Do you mind, Henry? I'm not very hungry. I'll slip into the dress if you don't mind. Right ahead. Hmm. Trader Sal's very good tonight. My compliments, Mr. Schmidt, darling. Hey. That is stunning. Like it? And how? Yeah, you certainly should be wearing nylons with that dress. Yes, siri. Oh, well. Oh, well, would you mind, darling, I bought a carton of cigarettes in my briefcase in the hall, please? Oh, yeah, I'd better take a pack with me. Doing nothing of it. Anytime you want nylons, just call on me. And where? Did you have much trouble? Ma'am, did you say trouble? Nothing at all. I just stood in line for three hours at the Silver Tone Shop. Of course, it rained for about two hours, but after all, nylons... Henry, you're wonderful. Oh, I'm crazy about them. I'll put them right on. Oh, Marge and the girls will eat the hearts out. Ah, if you permit my saying so, ma'am. You sure have a pretty pair of legs.  Darling, I'll be back as soon as I can. Bye. I sat around listening to the radio and reading the paper, waiting for Helen to come back. Oh, hello, Marge. Didn't she... She went out about two hours ago. Why? I'll tell her. How's your bridge party? I wear Marge. All right. Good night. Bridge party? Tomorrow night? Marges. Tried to sleep. I couldn't. I rolled around from side to side. Binking. Binking. Wondering. It was no use. I got out of bed. I paced the floor. I didn't dare call Goddies. Helen. Where are you? I didn't expect to get home. I managed to get dressed and shaved. I don't recall. I don't know how long I walked the streets. My briefcase was in my hand. Must have parted from one account to another because my sales book shows that I took orders for some of my firm's new carpeting that day. These things I don't recall at all. But the line. The Nylon line. Strange that I shouldn't remember getting on it. All I know is that suddenly I found myself part of it. How long I'd been on line, I don't recall. I told myself I had no business being on this line. I should have been out getting orders. But I felt chained to the line. Waiting for the store to open. Finally the line started moving. I asked for the same size and shade I bought for Helen. Then I saw her leaving the store. I walked after her. Helen. Yes. Oh, I thought you were... Helen. Yes. I hope you'll excuse me. Did you get some Nylon? Yes. Sometimes I wonder whether it's worth the trouble just for one pair. So exhausting. I could stand a cocktail. Why are you looking at me like that? Where shall we have it, Helen? If you go again, Helen. She should have Helen on your mind. Call me, Louie. We had the cocktails. And then dinner. And I walked home. And the hallway. This whole light seems to be out all the time. I am. With a lovely evening. You really need those Nylons? I reached over to kiss her.  Swung her back to me. I put my arms around her waist. Kissed her neck. What's Helen got that I haven't got? I got them for you, Helen. What's she? Rosie Dawn. How smooth and soft they are. They look glowy. Against your pretty white skin. A tickling one. What are you? Look, lovely. Around your pretty white. For you, Helen. For you. That's what happens in a dark hallway. Shall we say, sheer folly? Oh, Mr. Host. To think there probably were people who would have helped Louise just inside that doorway. But they couldn't hear her, Mary. Nylons' tickings aren't like chains. They don't rattle when they're wrapped around someone's throat. Well, at that hour of the night, folks aren't expecting murders on their doorsteps. The family was probably out in the kitchen having a last-minute snack before bedtime. Perhaps the radio was on and they were all listening to the latest news headline. Meanwhile, mother would be fixing up a plate of sandwiches and brewing up a pot of Lipton Tea. For Lipton Tea would surely be part of the picture. Served with a late evening snack, it gives a happy ending to the day. And because it's so relaxing and enjoyable, a piping hot cup of Lipton's adds extra delight to any meal. Why waste time just thinking about it? Why not get a package of Lipton Tea tomorrow and treat yourself to its mellow, full-bodied flavor? Remember, Lipton's gives you brisk flavor. Wonder whether Henry's realized his sheer recklessness. Pretty thin, isn't it? Poor fellow has just strangled the weave. A Nile and Carly baby, if ever there was one. Under the impression he was killing his wife, Helen. Let's see what else he has to say about the telegram he just got from his dear, dear wife. Telegram I held in my shaking hands convinced me of the horrible truth it wasn't Helen I had murdered. The telegram was dated the very night in which I had strangled the unidentified woman. Be too unhappy. Please don't be too unhappy. I wasn't. I was beyond that. I would never be unhappy again. Oh, happy. I felt only one desire. I passed the Nile online again. The next day, walked by it. I was drawn back to it. I joined the line. I didn't move fast enough. I felt a slight bump from behind. I turned. I'm sorry. Helen. You must be mistaken. I'm sorry. We got in just in time. The closing filled up. Wish my husband would stand in line. Oh dear, it's starting to rain. Can I drop you off my cars around the corner? We drove a bit into the country. She was nice. Just bored. We pulled into a side road. Is out of town so much? My arm was around her shoulder. She snuggled against me. The same heady perfume. Helen's perfume. My pre-hand reached for the bag with an island. Thanks dear. I found her like a necklace. I thought I knew sooner or later they'd get me. But I couldn't help it.   Until Helen herself was home. Yes, commissioner. We've got all the men out. Yes, I'm assigning Keating to it. I'll keep you informed. Goodbye. Keating. Yes, inspector. Come in please. Commissioner on you again? We've got to do something and do it fast. City's going crazy. It's only an idea but it may work. Now you know the details. Both women wore the same size stockings, same shade. Both used the same perfume, same size clothes. Both pretty, same color hair. Eyes, yours. Want me to dye my hair? Right. Now those nylons, both pairs and the extra pairs found on the women came from the Silverton shop on Madison Avenue. What about a fur coat? I'll take your pick of the two with the poverty clerk. He may lay low for a while. With a panic on. We'll have to take our chances on that. But if this is the work of a madman and it looks like it, he'll try it again. I've dropped everything. We'll arrange to have you hang around the counter. The shade is rosy dawn, size nine and a half, fifty-one gauge. There'll be more than one man asking for that. It's the vogue right now, you know. We'll have to take our chances. Yes, mister, what's yours? Like, if you're mine, mister, that's lots of people waiting. Oh, I beg your pardon. I was just looking over there. I thought I'd recognize them. Size and shade, please. Rosy dawn, nine and a half, fifty-one gauge. Sit down there. I'll get them. Rosy dawn, nine and a... Rosy dawn, nine and a half, fifty-one gauge. Lieutenant Keating. Thank you. Would you mind stepping up this way, ma'am? This is the last box. That gentleman wants a pair, too. No, not at all. Oh, I beg your pardon. Helen. Oh, you must be mistaken. Oh, I'm sorry. You look so much like... How much, please? $1.65. Thank you. I'm sorry to keep staring at you.  Could be. Well... Careful lift. I'm taking a cab to fifty-person third avenue. I don't mind. I'll live down to your second. Stop, driver. I heard you said... Never mind. What are you looking at? I have a house. Woman getting out. My wife, Helen. Must be coming for her clothes. With those bags. Hey, walk heavy. Keep the change. I'll just sit here until she goes in. So, hubby wanted to play while wifey was away. What's that? Oh, I'm sorry. I need these nylons now for my wife. Oh, driver, take the lady down to second avenue. Then come back to me in about fifteen minutes. What's your address, lady? I'll be getting out here, too, as soon as he goes into the building. It's me. I scared you. Mild, meek, adoring Henry. Your husband. Scared you. Don't talk like that, Henry. I explained everything in my wire. You got it, didn't you? Your wire? Yes, my darling. Made everything clear. Very clear. The cold and the wind and the rain. I'm standing in line for hours and dollars for nylons. My darling. Don't come near me. Stay away from me. I'll be all right, darling. I brought you some nylons. Look. Ready? I really don't need them. I've got plenty. You won't need any more after these. Need any more nylons. I could hear. Trying to revive Helen. It was no use. She'd come in too late. And she bent over me. If somebody wants strength, I had, I grabbed a leg. Oh, wait. As I had hit the wall, the gun dropped. I grabbed it. Better not.  Sit in that chair.  Yes.  Pretty smart. What are you going to do? Strange.  And I saw you in the store. Miss, uh... Lieutenant Keating. No. No, that Helen is gone. I... I feel at peace.  I know how you feel, Henry. I loved her. You believe that, don't you? Sure. She was no good.  What for? Get up, I said. I won't go over to that closet. Go on. Open the door. Don't turn around. Don't try anything or I'll have to shoot. Walk in. I'm sorry. Sorry. I'm so sorry. Miss Keating can come and get you. I love you. Keating, you all right? Nasty bump, Inspector. Did he get away? He was bleeding pretty badly. Now the blood leads into the bedroom. They're crazy fools. They hang themselves. With nylons. Crazy? I wonder. Cut him down, Brady. Too late, Inspector. There's a note on the floor. Miss Keating will understand. Do you, Lieutenant? Yes, Inspector. I do. Now wasn't that a wasteful cup? Imagine cutting poor Henry down. Ruined a perfectly good pair of nylons. He should have untied the knot. Well, one way or another it goes to prove that when you've got a case of nylons you've got your hands full. As for poor Henry, one way or another he faces a long stretch. Well, there's one good thing about it, Mr. Host. With Henry dead, ladies can stand in nylon lines once again without being afraid. Yes, Mary. Tomorrow is another and a happier day for the ladies. Oh, but it needn't be just for the ladies, Mr. Host. Tomorrow can be a red-letter day for their families, too. That is, if they remember to put Lipton Tea on tomorrow's grocery order tonight. How about that, friends? Jot it down right now so you'll surely remember. You'll be doing yourself and your family a good turn because you'll all love Grand Lipton Tea. Everybody does. Because Lipton's has such delightful brisk flavor. Because it's so satisfying and zestful. Don't let another day go by without trying it, will you? Tomorrow, be sure it's Lipton Tea you ask for and Lipton's you get. Because Lipton Tea has that wonderful brisk flavor. Friends, before I bid you a fond farewell, I must tell you about the wife of a friend of mine who smokes nylon cigarettes. Yes, it burns her up. She has to roll her own, but she sure gets a run for her money. Oh, by the way, this month's inner sanctum mystery novel is The Lying Lady by Robert Finnegan. And next week, the makers of Lipton Tea and Lipton Soups bring you another inner sanctum story directed by Hyman Brown, starring Victor Moore, the famous Hollywood and Broadway star. It's called Murders in the Moor, a scalp-raising toe-tingling story about a little man and a big knife and girl. Lots of girls. But most of them will be no good to anybody because they end up dead. Until next week, then, and our special star, Victor Moore, good night. Pleasant dreams. For tomorrow's lunch, let's see. Now, why not serve cream salmon with peas and lead off with a soup that's super, wonderful Lipton's noodle soup? You've never tasted better fresh cooked chickeny goodness in your life than you get in homemade tasting Lipton's noodle soup. Now, that I can promise you. 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tarbucks will be passed by traffic. In other words, people that are already driving down Highway 12 and pull in to get their coffee and then pull back out again. So the city's policy allows you to discount all those trips because what they're really looking for is the net new trips on the network as opposed to just at the driveway. So the trip generation will be higher in terms of the driveway trips, but not offsite. So that's why the traffic study wasn't required. They're full operational analysis wasn't required. Okay, thank you. Vice Mayor Fleming. Yeah, I'm just curious to know how it was determined that the ability of people to order online would significantly or adequately mitigate the increase in car traffic idling. Is there, do we have enough information on how those two things work together to change that dynamic? Yeah, I'll take a crack at this and then Jeff, if you'd like to follow up. So my understanding is that the mobile ordering app allows a customer to initiate the ordering process prior to arriving. So there would be less time in between the ordering and the receiving of the product if you were to use the mobile app. Okay, yeah, I understand that. What I'm trying to drive at here is do we have any data or information about how much it reduces? Because when I look at our climate priorities, what I'm trying to determine here is is this something that's going to generate more greenhouse gases or I mean, people have to go get their coffee, I get that. But are we encouraging more drive through action and I fully understand that the potential of an order head app has to reduce that but I don't have any data letting me know how much that mitigates it. I know that if I order my coffee ahead, it's a completely different reason than I would go through a drive through. Right, I just want to clarify, I don't believe that the mobile app ordering app is restricted to drive through operation. I believe that you can order it on the app and also walk inside. That's kind of my point. So I was wondering if there was a relationship or and I'm guessing that the answer is no, is that we don't have data about that, about how a mobile ordering app may or may not decrease idling time when there's a drive through option. That would be correct. Jeff, do you want to chime in? Yeah, sure, this is Jeff Halbert, the applicant helping Starbucks with the relocation. According to a study that was done in October last year, about 26% of the people ordering at the store were using the mobile ordering platform or the application on their phone to order ahead in order to stop, go in, pick up their products and leave or go through the drive through window. That number is increasing and it has increased, even though we don't have additional studies beyond that one, especially during the health crisis, as everybody knows, the stores were closed, a lot of the stores were closed. And so therefore the bulk of the business was going through the drive through window. Those people were continuing to use their mobile order apps to order ahead, which therefore decreases the amount of time that the car is waiting because there's no ordering at the order window.  Basically it cuts down your time almost in half, I would imagine, especially in the morning time when most people are waiting in line. So there hasn't been an empirical analysis, but 26% from the last study were using that application and that lends itself to an increased number over this last number of months that we've been in the health crisis. Okay, yeah, I would believe that it probably has increased significantly. But if that data does come forward in any way, I think it would be helpful for the council to know what impact as people get more comfortable with that that has on mobile ordering, not just for this applicant, but for applicants going forward because when I hear a decrease at 26%, the converse of that is that it increases, what wasn't already there, 74%. So that's the reverse of this and if it's down 50%, COVID it's still increased at 50%. So I'm not sure how we decided that that was negligible under CEQA, but I do appreciate that Starbucks is taking some efforts to mitigate against climate change and hopefully they'll be getting rid of those green straws soon too. Thank you very much. Yeah, and I have to agree that a lot of the restaurant companies are going to these type of applications, as you might imagine, Chipotle and the other companies are allowing you to order ahead and pick up without having to spend a lot of time in the store. It's just, it's easier for the customer and of course it's healthier for everybody. Mr. Alvarez. Thank you, Mayor. I assume these online ordering platform are common now with Starbucks and others as well. What comparison has been made related to traffic with this site and the site over at Farmers and Highway 12 down towards the south end? I frequent that parking lot and there are times, probably peak times when the traffic car queue is all the way back up to Farmers Lane. It's coming out, it's right up to the edge. How is this going to be any different? I mean, I think that both high traffic here is probably more so on Highway 12. I can't imagine that an average queue in peak hours is going to be down at a minimum of about 11 cars or so whatever was mentioned based on what I see at the other end of Farmers Lane. Well, I could make a quick comment about that. This location is actually a step down, if you will, from a convenience point of view from Starbucks. They typically will restrict their store openings to be on the going to work side of the street, which is in the morning. That's where their primary customer is coming from, a home in the morning to a place of business or to go shopping or some place. And so their morning commute line is basically on the other side of this street on Highway 12. It's on the north side of Highway 12 where we're relocating now to the south side is basically on the going home side. It's heading out to the east, so to speak, away from the downtown area. So they understand this site is gonna be kind of a lower volume site, if you will. That's why the store size, if you may have noticed that Connor put forth in the presentation, is we're only limiting the size of the store to 2,200 square feet. They don't really need a big store here. They don't expect a large volume here. It's really a relocation of their small store they have across the street to this location and then adding the drive-through as a functional feature to help them stay in business and serve this part of the community. So it's not really a high volume location like the one you see on Farmer's Lane. I will probably question that assumption. I know that the one across the street is hard to see. I know it had that kind of an issue for visibility. This is gonna be a high visibility location where it was gonna sit now. And I don't believe that the customer base is gonna be any different than what's gonna be over at the Farmer's Lane now at the south end. So it's just a concern of mine. Okay, council, any additional questions? Seeing none, we're not gonna open the public hearing and take public comment for item 15.2. If you'd like to participate via Zoom, please raise your hand. And if you're dialing in via telephone, please dial star nine. Madam host, would you facilitate public comment for item 15.2? The mayor will do. Our down timer is before you for the convenience of city council and the public participants. The first speaker will be acknowledged and invited to speak. Please make sure to unmute your microphone and invited to do so. Your microphone will be muted at the conclusion of your comment or at the end of the allotted time. And this is for public comment on item 15.2. There I'm not seeing any hands raised for public comment and we did not receive any voice message public comment. Great, thank you so much. Bring it back to council. I believe Mr. Tibbets, you have this item and I believe you're muted, Mr. Tibbets. Sorry about that. I move in ordinance of the council of the city of Santa Rosa amending plan development, PD 403 policy statement to include coffee shop, counterordering, the list of conditionally permitted uses at the parcel located at 4620 Highway 12 in order to support the operation of a coffee shop with accessory drive-through service and extended hours of operation, APN 032-190-029, file number PRJ 20-006 and wait for the reading of the text. Second. We have a motion by Mr. Tibbets. Second by Mr. Sawyer. Any additional comments by council? Vice Mayor Fleming. Thank you. I just wanted to generally comment that, you know, I understand the change and I understand the reasons for doing so, but I hope that we do start to move away from drive-through services. They do serve a purpose and I know when I had a baby, it was, you know, absolutely essential to not have to get out of the car, but I do want us to, and I hope that we do start doing that. Additionally, one of the upsides of this and is that it brings to the fore how difficult and what a pain plan developments are. And I'm certainly hopeful that that gets a good hard look when we update our general plan. That's all. Thank you. Mr. Sawyer, did you have a comment you'd like to make? Nope, you're muted. Thank you, Mayor. My apologies. I'm hesitant to support this project. I still have concerns about the interaction with the level of traffic coming through there. I have experienced in this parking lot for both the prior bank and Walgreens that is there. And sometimes it's a challenging dance to get in and out of those two places. I know that a lot of elderly folks frequent the Walgreens there as well. And for me, I still compare it to, I don't see that there's between this and what happens on a daily basis further south at Farmers and Highway 12. So I'm not going to be supporting this. Any additional comments? All right, we have a motion and a second. Madam City Clerk, would you do a real call vote, please? Yes. Council Member Dowd? Aye. Council Member Tibbetts? Aye. Council Member Sawyer? Aye. Council Member Rogers? No. Council Member Oliveris? No. Vice Mayor Fleming? No. Mayor Schwedhelm? Aye. That motion passes with four ayes and Vice Mayor Fleming, Council Member Oliveris and Council Member Rogers voting no. Thank you, Connor, for that presentation. Mr. City Manager, Item 15.3. Item 15.3, Public Hearing Downtown Station Area Specific Plan Implementation Package, Amy Nicholson, City Planner Presenting. Good evening, Mayor Schwedhelm and Vice Mayor Fleming and members of the council. The item before you is the Downtown Station Area Specific Plan Implementation Package and it includes limited general plan and specific plan amendments to reflect the council's direction to remove floor area ratio from 12 properties within the St. Rose Preservation District in addition to zoning code text and map amendments and design guideline amendments. Next slide, please. The Downtown Station Area Specific Plan was adopted by the council on October 13th and following that action, the Design Review Board Planning Commission and Cultural Heritage Board reviewed elements of the zoning code amendments before you this evening in addition to the design guideline amendments. Next slide, please. The Downtown Station Area Specific Plan is comprised of six chapters and the land use and urban design chapters are those that are implemented through the zoning code amendments and also the design guideline amendments. Next slide. The purpose of the city's zoning code is to implement the general plan and any specific plans and it does this by providing specific detail and regulations as it relates to permitted land uses by zoning districts and also establishing process and development standards. Next slide, please. This slide here shows a summary of the changes which are a part of the zoning code text amendments. Some of them are entirely new sections to the zoning code. Others include just minor modifications. Next slide, please. The Downtown Station Area Specific Plan established four new land uses and those are reflected on the map on this slide here in shades of brown and red and pink. There will be four new zoning districts established to implement these new land use designations and the names of those zoning districts are consistent with those in the plan and are reflected here on the slide. Generally speaking, the four new zoning districts are a bit more permissive in terms of allowing multifamily residential units by rights in addition to a wider range of commercial type uses, including retail and restaurants and business uses. The core and station mixed use districts which are focused primarily in the center part of the downtown and also along Roberts Avenue are a bit more permissive as it relates to visitor type serving uses. The maker mixed use district allows for light industrial uses that would be compatible with adjacent residential uses and the neighborhood mixed use zoning district allows for neighborhood supporting commercial uses. The ordinance before you which reflects zoning map amendments would rezone 888 properties within the boundary of the plan area. Next slide, please. There are a number of changes to the existing base and combining districts contained within the zoning code for consistency with this newly adopted plan. That includes the removal of the downtown commercial zoning district and the limited light industrial combining district. The transit village mixed zoning district and station area combining districts have been modified to reflect the removal of the downtown station area plan. And then the historic combining district has been modified to reflect additional character defining elements and I will speak more about that later on in the presentation. Next slide, please. Floor area ratio was introduced by way of the downtown plan. And so the language regarding floor area calculations is included in the zoning code because floor area ratio controls building mass and form it but does not directly set height and density standards. There is the need to actually establish height and density standards for those 12 properties within the St. Rose preservation districts. And Amy Lyle will be speaking more about that later on in this presentation. Next slide, please. The zoning code text amendments also include a number of design standards. These relate to site design and also building design and address each of the topics listed here on the slide. Next slide, please. The zoning code text amendments also include an added combining district which would be called the downtown station area combining district. This district would be added to the properties noted on the map here which either have a triangle or the orange overlay and those reflect the transition areas and also the active ground floor overlay. Next slide, please. The downtown transition would be applied to various segments along 4th and 5th street and it requires that buildings above five stories would step back a minimum of six feet unless approved by review authority. Next slide, please. The neighborhood transition standard is applied throughout the plan area the intent here is to reduce the visual impact of any new development on most of the preservation districts that are developed with low density residential development. The standards are street specific and there is a table in the zoning code which shows which standards apply to what streets but some of the standards include more restrictive front setbacks as shown on the graphic on the slide and then also front building stepbacks over three stories and a daylight plane over six stories. And this is consistent language from the plan itself. This transition would also require that surface parking areas be prohibited between the sidewalk and the building frontage and then in cases where existing development is to the rear of new development the rear stepbacks would be applied on those properties. Next slide, please. The creek activation transition is applied to various segments along the Santa Rosa Creek and the intent of this transition is to promote the use and visibility of these creek areas. New buildings would be required to be creek oriented and provide pedestrian pathways that connects the development to the creek trail network. And in addition, at least one activating use or two activating design features would be required for these projects. Next slide, please. The active ground floor overlay is applied throughout the plan area as well. And the intent here is to ensure that new development optimizes the pedestrian experience. These standards do not regulate the use of ground floor areas but rather create that pedestrian experience through specific design features. The zoning code text amendments include a menu of options that an applicant team can choose from to activate that space, but those include elements such as public art, street furniture in addition to publicly accessible open space. Access to any off street parking would be discouraged from streets within this ground floor overlay and like the neighborhood transition, surface parking would be prohibited between the sidewalk and building facade. Next slide, please. Throughout the plan update, a consistent comment that was received was the benefit of providing wayfinding signs within the downtown area. The zoning code currently has regulations as it relates to signs on private property. So this addition to the zoning code would allow for these wayfinding signs to be located in the public right of way. The intent here is to include information to direct people to specific locations or to transit or parking lots, but not to serve as any form of advertisement. And these signs could be approved along with the planning applications for new development. During the planning commission meeting on November 2nd, the commission had a recommendation to require that these wayfinding signs would be provided in both English and Spanish. And so that recommendation is included in the ordinance before the council this evening. Next slide, please. The historic combining district is applied to each of the properties within preservation districts and also to properties that are designated as landmarks outside of the city's preservation districts. This combining district includes quite a bit of information about each of these districts and it also includes a number of development standards, including the 35 foot height limit for all properties within preservation districts, not to be exceeded in less specific findings are made by the Cultural Heritage Board or the city council. There are no changes proposed to the existing language. This update just includes additional character defining elements for each of the districts. And that information is actually from a resolution which was adopted by the Cultural Heritage Board back in 2006. And we'll provide additional information for members of the public and also for project applicants when they are considering a design either within a preservation district or near one. Next slide, please. Many number of changes are proposed to the zoning code chapter on historic and cultural preservation. This includes an update to the Secretary of Interior standards that are referenced. They also include a few additional exemptions from the minor landmark alteration permit process. And those include the addition of skylights on properties in preservation districts which are not visible from the public right of way. Minor changes that are not visible from the street would also be allowed on non-contributing properties within preservation districts without the landmark alteration process. Additional changes to the Cultural Heritage Board and Design Review Board process are also outlined including a mandatory joint Design Review Board and Cultural Heritage Board concept review. This is essentially codifying a practice that city staff have been making for a number of years. And then in cases where a project requires approval by both the Design Review Board and the Cultural Heritage Board, the code has been amended to reflect that the Design Review Board would be the only review authority for design review approvals. And there would be no change to the approval process for landmark alteration permits. The intent here was really to focus the respective boards on their respective entitlements and to limit the number of joint meetings. The decision criteria for landmark alteration permits have also been modified to reflect new development and to more fully consider the zoning code and also the general plan and specific plan when reviewing projects. And then finally, the Cultural Heritage Board quorum section has been modified to be consistent with the city council and the city's other review authorities requiring only a majority of the quorum or an affirmative vote. Next slide, please. The design review process has also been amended. Any references to preliminary and final design review would be removed from the zoning code resulting in a kind of one-step process for the design review entitlement. This is similar to all other entitlements, such as a conditional use permit or a landmark alteration permit. And any concept design review that is either optional or mandatory would still take place in the same manner. This is really just condensing two actions into one action or design review. Next slide, please. And then there are a number of additional amendments throughout the zoning code. One is vehicle parking minimums have been removed based on direction from the council. Those bicycle parking minimums are retained. There's a clarification in the setback requirement section and then there are a number of modifications to our specifically in uses chapter to really implement the downtown plan to sections, including mixed use and live work in addition to sidewalk cafes and large grocery stores. In addition, there is a new land use that has been added to the commercial zoning district section and that includes electric vehicle sales. Electric vehicle sales would be permitted within each of the four downtown zoning districts upon approval of a minor use permit. And electric vehicle sales is defined as a electric vehicle sales place where the only vehicles on site are those that are display models or those that have been previously purchased by customers awaiting pickup. The land use would also allow for vehicle maintenance that is associated with the particular make of vehicle being sold on the site. And then there are a number of definitions that have been added to reflect language that from the downtown plan. Next slide, please. And I'm gonna turn it over to Amy Lyle to take over the next few slides. Thank you so much, Amy. Good evening, Mayor Spatham, members of the council. So this package does include some limited specific plan and general plan amendments. And this is really in followup to the adoption of the specific plan back on October 13th. And as you may remember, there was a last minute action related to properties along East Street and 10th Street. And these have been called the 12 contributing parcels because they are the contributing historic properties along this corridor within the St. Rose Historic District. And your council's action removed the floor area ratio from these properties. So in followup, as part of this action, we are proposing to establish a height restriction. State law does require that we do define the height and density for properties and the removal of the floor area ratio removed that, which was proposed for the plan. So this action tonight would define the height and the density for these properties, for these 12 contributing properties. So on the slide, you can see the amended floor area ratio map. And since that time, as Amy noted, we have discussed these changes with the planning commission, designer view board and the cultural heritage board. We did do additional noticing to these 12 properties specifically and additional outreach. So we have talked to the St. Rose neighborhood group and representatives of that neighborhood, as well as property owners of those 12 properties. And so it is our staff recommendation and planning recommendation tonight that the height limit be set at five stories, which is consistent with what happened. Through the mayor, am I alone in not being able to hear the presentation? Now, as she went on mute briefly, hoping she will be coming back. Okay, thank you. Mr. Mayor, Vice Mayor, I'm happy to continue the presentation if you'd like or until we get Amy back. Thank you, Mr. Rose. And Mr. Rosen, through the mayor, could make sure that we start where she left off because we lost quite a bit. But council member Sawyer, if you could just let me know where it was that you were the council stopped hearing the paper. I think it was right. Boy, what was she saying? It was at the beginning of her explanation about the height limit. Five stories. Yeah, exactly. So the staff recommendation is to essentially continue with what was previously codified, which is a five story height limit. It was CD five was the zoning, five stories was the height limit. And so what staff is proposing is to continue with that except remove the floor area requirement, which as Ms. Lyle mentioned, gave an unlimited height limit. So this will give back the five story height maximum, but it won't allow it to be unlimited. And as Ms. Lyle said, we certainly did have outreach with the neighbors and greatly appreciated their input and their collaboration in working on this topic. So next slide, please. I'm looking at this. I'm happy to jump in and just- Yep, I was just reading that. So thank you, Amy. I wanna turn it back to you. I think this is your slide. Okay. In terms of the necessary general plan and specific plan amendments, they are very minor, but they do reflect the five story or 55 foot height limit as Amy and Bill previously noted to the specific plan. And then the general plan amendment would include a footnote to the table that indicates that no maximum density would apply to specific core mixed use properties that are shown in the land use table. And the reason for that is because, again, floor area ratio previously would have impacted each of the properties in the core mixed use land designation and the general plan and specific plan reflected that because that floor area ratio has been removed, it is necessary to acknowledge density and building height in both of these planning documents. Next slide, please. I'm going to briefly go through the design guideline amendments. Next slide. As the council knows, the design guidelines are used for reviewing new development projects. They are intended as a living document. And the design guideline amendments before you compliment the standards that are included in the zoning code text amendments and they also compliment the existing standards that are currently in the code. Next slide, please. The slide shows a summary of the changes to the design guidelines. The only section being modified is section two, which addresses the downtown area. Much of the existing content has been preserved, but the design guidelines from the plan itself have been incorporated. And then there's just been some changes to organization to make it read more clearly and to make it more consistent with the additional sections of the design guidelines. Next slide, please. The introduction section has been updated to reflect the new downtown stationery specific plan boundary and that is for both maps and also language additional guidelines that were included in the introduction have been relocated to more appropriate sections. Next slide, please. The public street section has been renamed as public realm and streetscapes and includes a street furnishing pallet in addition to guidelines for trash receptacles, paving treatments and curb cuts. There are also a number of guidelines as it relates to underpasses that have been updated. Next slide, please. The building section has been renamed site and building design. The guidelines as it relates to articulation and setbacks have been removed because those are addressed by way of standards in the zoning code text amendments and then any duplicative guidelines have been consolidated. Next slide, please. The historic district section remains unchanged. Next slide, please. Next slide, please. The parks and open space section has been renamed to parks and public spaces. Many of the, well, all of the creek guidelines have been maintained and then there's a new table that is included and this is actually directly from the specific plan which identifies new public space types and recommended elements. Next slide, please. A new section has been added on wayfinding. Next slide, please. The new section has been added on parking so there are a number of guidelines that came from the plan and then there were also existing guidelines that have been consolidated into this one section. Next slide. And then finally, there is a new section titled environmental sustainability. So this includes previous design guidelines which were located in another section and also multiple guidelines that came out of the downtown plan itself as it relates to heating and cooling smart buildings and also sustainable materials. Next slide, please. The amendments before you both for the zoning code and the design guidelines have been found in compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act in that they are within the scope of the previously certified final subsequent EIR for the downtown stationary specific plan. And with that the planning, I'm sorry, the planning commission and the planning and economic development department recommend that the city council by resolution approve limited general plan and downtown specific plan amendments and by ordinance approve the zoning code and zoning map amendments to implement the downtown stationary specific plan. And further the design review board, cultural heritage board and planning and economic development department recommend that the council by resolution approve amendments to section two of the city's design guidelines to implement the downtown stationary specific plan. And that concludes my presentation. City staff are available to answer any questions that you have. All right, thank you for that presentation, Amy. Council, any questions? Mr. Rogers. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. And Amy, if we can go back and talk specifically about those 12 parcels, I know we did a little bit of sausage making that created a bit of a headache for staff. So I appreciate you all finding a path forward on that front. The intent from the council when we had this discussion was for those 12 properties to be consistent with the rest of the contributors to the historic district. And as I understand it in our own guidelines for the historic district, there's a 35 foot maximum height requirement that if they're gonna go above it that they need a variance and need to actually be approved through the cultural heritage board and through this entity for need. So I'm just asking why the 12 properties have a height limit of 55 as the suggestion. Why aren't we being consistent in having 35 as the suggested height limit? Again, as I understand it consistent with the rest of the historic district. Council Member Rogers, members of the council, I'm happy to address that. So I think the thing that is important to note is we talk about five stories, we talk about 55 feet. That's a maximum, it's not a given. The actual height limit in the historic district is 35 feet. And to go beyond that, an applicant would have to go through and attain a landmark alteration permit and make additional findings, design related findings to exceed that height limit up to a maximum of 55 feet. So based on the direction, and when we went back a number of times, we watched the video, listened to the tapes. We wanted to make sure we were consistent with the direction we got that night. And so the direction we heard was to remove the FAR. But as noted earlier, we had to put something back in there for a development standard. And so that was the approach we took was to go back to what it was. But I hope that's helpful, that distinction of knowing it's actually 35 feet up to 55 with additional findings. Yeah, and so I guess my question to Bill and it might just be semantics, but I know that it actually does matter to folks in the neighborhood. If going above 35 feet requires a variance anyway, why wouldn't we say that the limit is 35 and require a variance process to go up to that 55? Yeah, that's a great question. And I'm happy to describe it. So what I just mentioned, the additional findings that have to be made through the landmark alteration permit, those are different than a variance. A variance actually is reviewed and acted on by the planning commission. It's a land use variance. It's a different set of findings and they're quite rigorous actually. We don't see those granted very often. You have to have certain characteristics apparent. And so it's a much more rigorous process to get a variance. And like I said, it goes to the planning commission. Staff, as I said, based on the direction we received felt that it was more appropriate to keep it as it was 55 feet and let the cultural heritage board through the landmark alteration permit be the review authority. It certainly could be a direction that the council goes and go with a variance. That would be a maximum height of 35 feet. To exceed that would be a variance. The planning commission would be the review authority and it's a very rigorous process. We don't grant many variances to be honest. All right, I appreciate that Bill. And I will be asked by colleagues to consider that just to provide that level of certainty around the historic district and understanding that there is an ability to override for specific considerations which this neighborhood has seen even within the last year with the Caritas Village project. So while it is more restrictive, I think it meets the intent of the historic district and the historic preservation that our community values while also still providing a path forward though more rigorous as used. Mr. Sawyer, you have a question. I do thank you, Mayor. Bill or Amy, I'm curious as to the cultural heritage boards endorsement of the moving forward with this plan. What made them comfortable about the 55 story maximum knowing that or explained to me how it's difficult to get through their hoops because if they were, I'm just curious as if they were comfortable with it, how were they comfortable with it? And how is it better than the variance path? So the cultural heritage board review this I had a very similar discussion. I explained the different options, the variance versus going through a landmark alteration permit and what that means and who the review authorities would be two different review authorities. Not all members were completely aligned with what we presented, but there wasn't a consensus. There wasn't a quorum and essentially to say specifically their recommendation was to go with a 35 foot maximum where a variance would be the remedy to go beyond that. So I think some other considerations though that we've talked about through this process is that as was mentioned earlier, there are other things that are being implemented with this plan to try to regulate some of the development. So you have the additional stepbacks. You have the setbacks, stepbacks above certain floor levels, you have additional setbacks. So you have things that we think will also help to mitigate some of the concerns we've heard, which are essentially the large buildings in what is mostly single family development. The other thing to keep in mind, whether it goes to the planning commission as a variance and has to go through these more rigorous set of findings or it goes to the cultural heritage board where the findings are related just to the landmark alteration permit. Both of those are discretionary. Both of those are public hearings and both of those are appealable to the council. So that would be the pathway for either one. We just felt that the variance was a quite a significant threshold to surpass for development. And so we thought it was appropriate, the staff perspective. One other thing I think to consider is the idea of, you know, based on the initial direction of the council, why are we doing this? Why are we having a plan amendment? And it's to catalyze development. It's to catalyze development focused in our downtown where we have resources, we have infrastructure. And we think that by putting a height limit, by not allowing FAR on these properties, we are not incentivizing those properties to develop quite in the same manner as those that don't. And so that is a concern that's come up. We've heard that directly from the neighbors. So we think that we've struck a balance in that. But as I've said, the council absolutely has the ability to go forward with a more restrictive approach. And that would be a 35 foot hard and fast height limit. The variance would be the gravity to go beyond that. Thank you. Hey, council, any additional questions? Okay, I'll go ahead and open up the public hearing for item 15.3. We're not taking public comment on this item. If you wish to make a comment via Zoom, please raise your hand. If you're calling in via telephone, please dial star nine. Madam host, would you facilitate public comment on item 15.3, please? Thank you, mayor. A countdown timer is before you for the convenience of city council and public participating in the meeting tonight. The first speaker will be acknowledged and invited to speak. Please make sure to unmute your microphone when invited to do so. Your microphone will be muted at the conclusion of your public comment or at the end of the allotted time. The first public comment will be from Greg followed by Roy. Greg, I've enabled your speaking permissions. Can you please unmute your microphone and confirm you can see the timer on your screen? I do. Thank you. Please identify yourself for public record if you so choose and your time begins now. Greg Parker, St. Rose Historic District. And what I'd like to do is read something from the downtown station or a specific plan update, title 20 zoning specifically 20-28-040 historic combining district. And what they say in there is section E in the event of any conflict between the following standards and those of the primary zoning district, those applicable to the H combining district shall apply. In other words, the historic district guidelines should apply. Section three A of that height limits within the combining district are more restrictive than height limits of the primary zoning district. No structure within the H combining district shall exceed a maximum 35 feet in two stories, except it's provided in subsection E3C, E3C1 says that the increased height to get above the 35 feet, the increased height does not be tracked from the character of the preservation district or any adjacent contributing properties. And the other one is not as more innocuous. What concerns us is I've been here for 27 years. The more project came in and they had these guidelines on them, they had these historic district guidelines. They came into four stories right up to the sidewalk on V street. And it took us a year of fighting to get that lower down to two stories. When it came over, when that was done, we had the character's village, you know, what that was like. We lost a whole block of the historic district. We've got two other projects coming in, one at 320 college, it's coming in at four stories. And Tom Carson's building at 528 B street is coming into five stories. None of them are at 35 feet. That's why we think we need the variance. It's easy to blow through this 35 foot limit which is supposed to be the dominating guideline in a historic district. And it's frustrating with us that we have to come back and fight these things over and over and over again. And it's nothing but frustrating. It's driving us crazy. We spend money on lawyers. We take time out of what we should be doing out of work, out of working on our properties. It drives us nuts. What else can I say? When the downtown station or a specific plan first came in in 2006 or seven, we weren't notified. We had no idea there was a CD5 put on those properties. When I got here it was H combining districts on top of it. And we thought it was that time. That was, that's what it was. That's our first shot at it. Thank you. Thank you, Greg. The next public comment will be from Roy, followed by Denise. Roy, I've enabled your speaking permissions. Can you please unmute your microphone and confirm you can see the timer on the screen? Yes, I can. Thank you very much. Thank you city council for the opportunity to express my thoughts about this issue. My name is Roy Lucene and I live in the St. Rose historic preservation district. One is more of a footnote to this and Greg's already brought it up that I in discussion with other people in the neighborhood who have been in the past extremely involved in the question of development and the knowledge of the neighborhood, no one had known that the CD5 had been imposed. I think what we want to do simply is restore something it's been described as the original, but actually what we want to do is to restore an earlier original of 35 feet limit with variants. The concern about the findings is that it's such a vague category of what can be considered acceptable to reach the five story limit. Our concern is that under the pressure to develop that in the future it will be much easier for that five story limit to be achieved. Also, really this all comes down to one sentence. Does the historic preservation district have a meaning? Does the stated goal of the DSASP to enhance the historic character of the downtown have a meaning? And we feel that in fact those things will be respected and have meaning for the future of the downtown if a 35 foot limit is placed on these 12 contributing properties. I don't foresee what I would call creeping preservationism spreading out across the entire downtown. This is within the already established limits of the St. Rose Historic Preservation District on properties that have already been established as historically and architecturally valuable. So I just ask that those same, the same height limit that I have on my property in the historic district be applied to these 12 contributors. And thank you very much. Thank you, Roy. The next public comment will be from Denise. Denise, I've enabled your speaking permissions. Can you please unmute your microphone and confirm you can see the timer on your screen? I can see the timer. Thank you. Please identify yourself for public record if you choose to do so and your time begins now. Hi, I'm Denise Hill and I'm with the St. Rose Preservation District. Also, I'm gonna piggyback on what Greg and Roy have said because it's very valid and our household has lived here for almost 30 years and have had the same frustrations about developers coming in and building and being allowed to go past that 35 limit on a regular basis, if not every time. So it is very concerning to us that it would be left to the CD5. And I think what happened was, as you'll recall back on your meeting on October 13th when the amendment to take away the FAR on these 12 properties was brought up, there was never a discussion that it would revert to CD5. That wasn't brought up at that meeting. So there was never the ability to have an opinion on whether CD5 was where the council wanted to go. Clearly the intent was preservation if you play back the council video on that date. And so in the view of preservation, a CD5 is not that. And a CD5 puts a target on the homes which most of them are one and two-story. There's a few three-story structures but those are apartment buildings and they fit into the district the way they were built back in the day. So what happens is you put a CD5 on these and they do become a target. I can easily envision developer buying two of the properties, the single family properties and having two parcels to spread their development across and taking out those two family homes. So we are very much in support of doing a 35-foot height limit with the variance. Since the variance does add extra teeth to it, I do know that when we listened, we were part of the planning commission hearing on this and part of the cultural heritage board meeting on it. That the way it was presented to them was well, the council took away the far so that leaves the CD5. So in their mind, I think some of them thought well, the council was okay with the CD5 but in reality, the council never had a discussion about the CD5. So I think there was some confusion there and people didn't wanna go against the council vote and so they supported it. But in reality, it is a weaker system at this point to ask for just a landmark alteration. It's an easier system for a developer to get through. So in an effort to preserve these homes and our preservation district as a whole, I think the 35-foot with the variance is definitely the way the neighbors that are concerned about this would like to go. So thank you very much. Thank you, Denise. And this is for public comment on item 15.3. Mayor, I'm not seeing any additional hands raised. Are you okay if I move along to the voice message public comment received? Absolutely, thank you. Hearing item 15.3, downtown stationary specific plan. Duane Dewitt from Roseland. A portion of the downtown specific plan encompassed many acres of Roseland from Dutton Avenue along Sebastopol Road to Highway 101 and Highway 12 on the north. Unfortunately, the plan was done in such an exclusive manner. Many people from Roseland affected by this plan were not able to participate.  Essentially, the residents of Olive Street, then coming down Sebastopol Road to Boyd Street, further down to Timothy Avenue, then to Goodman and Avalon, all just to the south of Sebastopol Road. Didn't have that opportunity to participate. Your employees may say, oh, we reached out. Your consultants, the highly paid specialists may say, oh, we'll use the modern technique. Well, they left out a lot of folks who were taxpayers along Sebastopol Road, and there are people who are from disadvantaged underserved communities. Now, this looks like a deliberate discriminatory violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act that is in effect, especially because the money that was used are a good portion of it, I should say, for this downtown-specific plan. Came from the Metropolitan Transportation Commission out of the Bay Area, and the idea was that there would be a far better approach to getting those people in those underserved areas involved. That did not occur. It's really important that you folks wait on this and have some more meetings with the people in Roseland now that you're going to have, finally, an elected official representing Roseland that can work with the community far better than you folks ever have before.  That's what's so sad about the situation. So, last but not least, the specific request is do not approve this plan at this time until there has been an opportunity for the disadvantaged underserved and overburdened residents along Sebastopol Road's side streets have an input to what's gonna happen there in the near. That concludes the public comment received for 15.3. All right. Thank you. I will then close the public hearing, bring it back to council. Mr. Sorry, do you have your hand up for a question or comment at this point? That was a no. Okay. Well, Mr. Sorry, you've got this item if you have no more questions. I do have this item, but I think I'm gonna need a straw vote to deal with the 12 contributors because the first item on my is a resolution that deals with those 12 properties. So the question is, do we move to, do we accept staff's recommendation or do we move to a variance for those 12? And I'm gonna need direction or some kind of indicator from the council in case we need to change some language. Thank you, Mr. Sorry, Mr. Rogers, do you have some thoughts on this item? Yeah, I don't need to belabor the point that I've said quite a bit on it. For me, it's a pretty easy one that these are contributors to the historic district. It's something that the council and the community has supported and that the zoning for historic districts is to have the 35 feet there. For me, if a developer wants to come in and make their case to us, then they should be able to exceed that 35 feet. They have a process for doing so, but that should be the default is that it stays at 35 and that they have to come and prove their case, not the other way around. And if anyone else would like to contribute, Mr. Sorry, from my perspective, I'm supportive of Mr. Rogers thoughts on this. You know, I met with staff as well and it's interesting to see the various positions that one can take on it. And I'm coming from a place of, I want it to be more difficult, and but there is a downside to it. And that is there are not every neighbor wants it to be difficult to develop their lots differently. And we are going to be for these 12, we are going to make it pretty difficult. But I think that's the goal that we have for this, for these particular lots to give some reprieve to the neighbors. And I appreciate staff's position and all the work that they went through to try to satisfy the needs of the preservation district and the needs of the various property owners and the council and it's been a lot of work for all for the planning department. And I appreciate all their hard work, but I am also going to be after a great deal of thought supporting the need for a variance. I'm just gonna need the language from our city attorney perhaps, unless it's something that I wrote down briefly here that might work. So I will attempt a resolution. If you could hold on one sec, Vice Mayor Fleming, did you have some comments you wanted to make before you're on mute? Well, I was responding to council member Sawyer's request. I think I'm in agreement. What I was gonna say is that, you know, while it doesn't burden those particular property owners, it does not with additional requirements that they do want to sell to potential developers something like that. It's not beyond the pale or it's not impossible and we saw that that can happen in our historic neighborhoods. So there would be remedy for those folks. So, Mr. Sawyer, did you have a question about Mr. Tiffin? Did you have another comment? Yeah, thanks, Mayor. I'm gonna go along with supporting this, I think, because I can see the direction the council's going. But the only thing that I think is a shame about this is that I see two outcomes from this action. The first is that we're probably not gonna see a lot of change or development interest in that area. That's number one. And I say that it, that's hard for me as a young person because I want to be on this council to see change, to see more housing in particular and more dense housing downtown. And this is, I mean, I think this is what the downtown is where we've said we want to see development. The second issue I see coming from this is a high demand on staff time every time a developer does express some interest in going down there to make some sort of a change. They're probably gonna have to seek a variance from a cost perspective point of view because we've seen time and again, people coming forward through the appeals process or one way or the other on this council seeking all kinds of waivers, adding affordability components to get higher densities allowed and getting rid of height restrictions. So I think we're gonna see a lot of staff time get dedicated towards any types of variances and things. And I suppose that's what they're here for. I just hope that this doesn't become kind of a culture of the council. Thanks, Mayor. All right, Mr. Sawyer, who did you want to receive direction from for you to assist you with the resolution? Well, I would ask for direction from the city attorney in being able to incorporate the desire of the council and with appreciation to Mr. Tibbetts. This is moving in the opposite direction to other than what we normally have been doing of late in the downtown. And the only piece that gives me some kind of relief is or resolution is that it is on a limited number of lots on a neighborhood that has had a great deal of pressure placed on it. But I appreciate your concern about moving in a different direction than this council has before. And I hope that it does not become the culture of the council moving in that opposite direction. So, Madam City Attorney, how would you recommend that we incorporate this piece of language into this resolution? Thank you, Council Member. I'm in communications with staff and what we would ask, we do have some ideas of how to change the language, but we would ask for, let's say a 10 minute break so that we can craft the language and bring it back to you in a, hopefully an easier process than we had last time around. I appreciate that and perhaps it could be, if it's not fairly simple because I'm not a stenographer, in case you, perhaps you could email me the changes. We'll do, yes. Should email me the resolution and how it should read. Yes, we'll do that. I appreciate it, thank you. Okay, so we'll go ahead and take a recess until 720 and Madam City Attorney, if you happen to complete the task prior, if you could let me know, that would be great, but we'll recess until 720. Great, thank you. Thank you. Thank you, Mayor. Is anybody talking? I can't hear anything. No, the meeting has not reconvened yet. Vice Mayor Blinning.  Yeah, you guys still can talk, just be really careful, that you don't start. Oh, let's see. Who's watching what? Do we have a quorum? I'm not sure they're ready yet, so I'm checking on that. Yeah, I just said, so it's actually gonna let me know when they're ready. All right, council, it looks like we're ready to reconvene. Let's see if, there we go. Madam City Clerk, could you do a roll call please? Yes. Council Member Doud. Here. Council Member Tibbetts. Here. Council Member Sawyer. Here. Council Member Rogers. Here. Council Member Olivares. Here. Vice Mayor Fleming. Here. Mayor Schwedhelm. Here. At the record show that all council members are present. Okay, we're reconvening still on item 15.3. We already held the public hearing closed it and the ball was in your court, Mr. Sawyer. Did you want to start or would our city attorney be starting the conversation? I believe we'll let the city attorney start as we, the first resolution refers to amendments as read by Ms. Nicholson. And as far as I know, they have not been read as yet. Correct. If I may, we'll have, we have, you have four items before you, two resolutions, two ordinances, one of the resolutions will be revised with amendments as read by Ms. Nicholson. One of the ordinances will also have amendment, but since this is introduction, we'll be able to, you'll be able to direct us to make those amendments when we come back for the final read. But so we'll start with the resolution for the general plan amendment and downtown specific area, downtown station area specific plan amendments. And I would ask any Nicholson to read the recommended revisions to address your, your preferences. Thank you. Thank you. So there would be an added finding. This would be a fourth finding added to page three of the general plan and specific plan amendment resolution, which would read as follows. The reduction of height for the 12 historic contributing properties along B street and 10th street may result in a decrease in development potential from the current CD zoning allowance of five stories. In accordance with the Housing Crisis Act of 2019, SB 330 and section 65863 C1, there will be no net loss of residential density due to the concurrent adoption of the downtown station area specific plan zoning implementation package, which re-zones properties within the downtown station area to accommodate an additional 5,275 housing units beyond the 2007 downtown station area specific plan and existing housing element. And then the new policy LU 2.7, which has parentheses page two dash seven found on the last page of the resolution. This is a specific plan policy would read as follows. Require new development within the core mixed use station, mixed use, maker mixed use and neighborhood mixed use designations to achieve the midpoint or higher of the maximum FAR in all cases where FAR is established. Exceptions are allowed where parcel configuration, historic preservation or utility constraints make the midpoint impossible to achieve. On properties where no FAR is established, the building height shall be limited to a maximum of 35 feet. And that concludes the changes to the resolution. So I believe we're ready to go. And with great appreciation and respect for both our legal team and our planning team, I will introduce the following resolution. Resolution of the council, the city of Santa Rosa approving limited general plan and downtown station area specific plan amendments, consisting of text changes to define the development standards for 12 historic contributor properties within the St. Rose Preservation District. File number ST18-002 with amendments as read by Ms. Nicholson and way further reading. Second. Okay. If I could just check with city attorney, are we going in the path that you folks were working on during the break? Yes, that's exactly right. Thank you. Great. Okay. We have a motion and a second. Are there any additional comments? Fortunately seeing none. Madam city clerk, can we do a roll call vote please? Yes. Council member Dowd. All right. Council member Tivitz. Aye. Council member Sawyer. Aye. Council member Rogers. Aye. Council member Oliveris. Aye. Vice mayor Fleming. Aye. Mayor Schwedhelm. Aye. That motion passes with seven ayes. Secondly, I will introduce the resolution of the council of the city of Santa Rosa adopting amendments to city of Santa Rosa design guidelines section two core area consistent with the downtown station area specific plan file number ST20-002 and way further reading. Second. We have a motion by Mr. Sawyer. Seconded by Mr. Rogers. Roll call vote please. Council member Dowd. Aye. Council member Tivitz. Aye. Council member Sawyer. Aye. Council member Rogers. Aye. Council member Oliveris. Aye. Vice mayor Fleming. Aye. Mayor Schwedhelm. Aye. That motion passes with seven ayes. Hold on one second. Next, I will introduce an ordinance. The council of the city of Santa Rosa amending title 20 of the Santa Rosa city code to implement the downtown station area specific plan file number REZ20-008 with amendments to reduce the height limit on 12 contributing parcels to 35 feet subject to historic preservation requirements for a variance for any increase for developer over 35 feet and way further reading. Second. Motion by Mr. Sawyer. Second by Mr. Rogers. Roll call vote please. Council member Dowd. Aye. Council member Tivitz. Aye. Council member Sawyer. Aye. Council member Rogers. Aye. Council member Oliveris. Aye. Vice mayor Fleming. Aye. Mayor Schwedhelm. Aye. That motion passes with seven ayes. And finally, I will introduce an ordinance of the council of the city of Santa Rosa amending title 20 of the Santa Rosa city code reclassification of 888 properties located within the boundaries of the downtown station area specific plan file number REZ20-008 and way further reading. Second. Motion by Mr. Sawyer. Second by Mr. Rogers. Roll call vote please. Council member Dowd. Aye. Council member Tivitz. Council member Tivitz. Aye. Council member Sawyer. Aye. Council member Rogers. Aye. Council member Oliveris. Aye. Vice mayor Fleming. Aye. Mayor Schwedhelm. Aye. That motion passes with seven ayes. And is that it, Mr. Sawyer? Okay. Again, I wanna thank everyone who helped us get through this point. Sue, Bill, Amy and Amy and the team working behind the scenes. So thank you for helping us go through this. So well done. Thank you. Okay. Next on the item agenda is written communications. We all received the quarterly board commission and committee's attendance report provided for information. Item 17. We're now taking public comment on item 17, non-agenda matters. If you wish to make a comment via Zoom, please raise your hand. If you'd like to make a comment dialing in via telephone, please dial star nine to raise your hand. Madam host, would you facilitate public comment on item 17? Thank you, mayor. We'll do. Additionally, if you previously provided comment under item 13, non-agenda matters, you will not be permitted again to speak at item 17. As you can see, a countdown timer is on your screen for the convenience of council and members of the public. The first speaker will be acknowledged and invited to speak. Please make sure to unmute your microphone when it's invited to do so. Your microphone will be muted at the conclusion of your comment at the end of the year, a lot of time. Mayor, I'm not seeing any hands raised for public comment on item 17, non-agenda matters. All right, thank you very much. Okay, having no further items to discuss on tonight's agenda, this meeting is hereby adjourned. Thank you for your participation and contributions.


Hello and welcome to Chanakya IS Academy. I am Priya Kumari and today's special current affairs topic is Validity of Jharkhand Assembly Rules 2006. So before proceeding, points of discussion for today's topic is why this topic is in news then anti-defection law then curious case of Babu Lal Marandi and then way ahead. So why this topic is in news? This is in news because on January 13th the Jharkhand High Court will hear a case on legality and propriety of the power conferred to the speaker of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly under Sub Rule 1 of Rule 6 of the Rules 2006. So before again proceeding further let us see that what is this anti-defection law? So you must have heard about Ayaram Gaya Ram which was a phrase that become popular in Indian politics after a Haryana MLA Gaya Lal changed his party thrice within the same day in 1967. The anti-defection law sought to prevent such political defections which may be due to reward of office or other similar considerations. The important provisions of anti-defection law is the 10th schedule which was inserted in the constitution in 1985 which lays down the process by which legislators may be disqualified on grounds of defection by the preceding officer of a legislature based on a petition by any other member of the house. A legislator is deemed to have defected if he either voluntarily gives up the membership of his party or disobeys the directives of the party leadership on a vote. So this implies that a legislator defying or abstaining or voting against the party whip on any issue can lose his membership of the house. So the law applies to both parliament as well as state assemblies. So what is this the issue surrounding Babu Lal Marandi in Jharkhand Assembly? So Babu Lal Marandi's JVM that is Jharkhand Vikas Morcha P stands for Praja Tantrik merged with the BJP. So JVM had won three seats in the 2019 assembly elections. Apart from Marandi the other two winners were Pradeep Yadav and Bandhu, Turkey or Tirke pardon for the pronunciation but it's Tirke. Yadav and Tirke were dismissed from the party for anti-party activities. JVM legislature party with Marandi as the lone MLA approved the legislature party's merger with the BJP. In fact the state and the election commission on March 6th stated that it was satisfied that JVM merged with BJP relying on Jharkhand state chief electoral officer's report that there is no information of any group representing to exit as JVM. However when Marandi sought the status of leader of opposition in the assembly a notice was served by the speaker citing para 6 of the 10th schedule which deals with defection. So what was there in speaker's notice? The speaker said the initial letters sent by Marandi asking for leader of opposition status dated February 16th attracts the 10th schedule of the constitution and asked to file an explanation before the speaker. However there was no specific section mentioned as on what ground the notice was issued. A reply was sent by Marandi questioning the sumoto power after which another notice was issued by the speaker stating that a case under 10th schedule for defection has been instituted and Babu Lal Marandi was asked to appear before the speaker's tribunal pertaining to the case. So this matter was completely challenged in the court in the Jharkhand High Court. So the sumoto power as exercised by the speaker based on the Jharkhand assembly 2006 rules is in contradiction and inconsistent with paragraph 6 of the 10th schedule of the constitution. This is what red petition of Babu Lal Marandi says in Jharkhand High Court. What does it say? It says in our amended red petition we have also questioned the validity of assembly rules 2006 as the speaker has no power to take sumoto cognizance to treat a case under 10th schedule of the constitution of India. So what is this paragraph 6 of the 10th schedule of the constitution which is the whole issue of the controversy. So paragraph 6 of the 10th schedule deals with the decisions on disqualification on ground of defection. It says that in case if any question as to whether a member of a house has become subject to disqualification under this schedule, the question shall be referred for the decision of the speaker of such house and his or her decision shall be final. It means that any MLA but not the speaker himself will have to find a complaint asking for disqualification on ground of defection referred being the keyword here. So what did the High Court order say? The court says that a bench of Chief Justice Ravi Ranjan and Justice Sujith Narayan Prasad said that the issue has been raised about the legality of the speaker's notice as well as assembly rule of 2006. So on December 17th the High Court said that the constitutional mandate remain to be superior and ignoring the constitutional mandate and putting the reliance upon the subordinate legislation may not be proper. Therefore the red petitioner has been able to make out a prima facie case about jurisdictional error in issuing the notice by the speaker on the basis of the provision of rule 6 1 of the rules 2006 which actually gave relief to Marandi that the matter be kept under abeyance until further orders. So now what will happen on January 13th the Jharkhand High Court will hear whether the original provisions can be overstepped by the rules framed by the legislature. So that's all for today's topic we will meet you in the next topic till then take care and goodbye. Don't forget to like share and subscribe to our channel and press the bell icon to never miss an update.