Good morning, everyone. My name is Susie Murray and I will be acting as the zoning administrator today Before we kick off this meeting though, I'd like to announce that we are offering Spanish translation. We have a translator Charles on that will assist our admin staff in explaining how to connect So Lonnie, I'm going to hand it over to you and Charles for a moment Hi there. My name is Lonnie and I'm the recording secretary for this meeting I just wanted to give all the panelists and our audience some instruction So I like to ask the interpreter currently on the Spanish channel to commence the translation of the meeting But before he does that Um to join the Spanish channel you want to select the interpretation icon on your zoom toolbar um also For our English speakers, you want to select that globe as well and select English Um For those joining the Spanish channel, we recommend that you shut off the main audio so you can clearly hear the Spanish translation It gives time for the interpreter to translate Um, if you have any questions, please raise your hand by selecting the raise hand icon And I can guide you through it if you are having issues Lonnie will Charles be repeating that information in Spanish? Yes, he will So for all of our English speakers, um, I just want to make sure again, please select the interpretation Uh, which is the globe icon and then select English as the language Alrighty, um, Charles, I'm going to hand it over to you for translation Okay, suz. Uh, okay as zoning administrator, Marie. Um, I think we are good to get started And I answered as Susie as well Lonnie I'm also going to say that um, it looks like we're missing the g on the zoning Administrator in my title bar. I'm not too worried about it, but I thought I might point it out Well, I'm while I'm talking so Good morning again, everybody. I think we've got our our translating Uh process up and running So with that, I'd like to it's 10. Well, it's 10 35 and I'd like to call the meeting of the zoning administrator to order I think there's a little blurb That I'm supposed to read Lonnie. Do you Have that That you could put up on the screen I do not have it right in front of me. It's gonna take me a minute I'm gonna try and ad-lib here. So we um, we ask that everybody remain polite and courteous and if um things if somebody gets rude To applicant to speaker to staff Um, they will be muted. So we just like to keep everything polite here So pursuant. I'm going to kick it off with reading the top of our our agenda pursuant to government code section 5495 3e and the recommendation of the health officer of Sonoma County Um The zoning administrator meeting will be held via zoom a zoom webinar members of the public can participate virtually at www.zoom.us slash Join Or by dialing toll free<PHONE_NUMBER> The meeting ID I have to hunt down here the meeting ID is 823 794 5 4104 so, um Public accessing the meeting through zoom can provide comments during the public meet comment period Additional information related to the meeting participation is available at www.srcity.org slash zoning admin The meeting will also be live streamed at https I'm sorry colon Let me start over https colon Backslash backslash www.youtube.com Slash city of santa rosa And it works if you just google youtube Okay, so i'm going to move on to item two on the agenda public comment This is a time when any person may address matters not listed on the agenda But which are within the subject matter of this jurisdiction of the zoning administrator The public may comment on agenda items when the item is called each speaker will be allowed three minutes to speak So with that i'm going to ask if you have any comments that are not Regarding items listed on the agenda, please raise your hand Lonnie, do we have any hands raised? Zoning administrator murray. I do not see any hands raised at this time Okay, great. Thank you very much So moving on to item three on the agenda The zoning administrator business met the statement of purpose The zoning administrator is appointed by the planning and economic development director and has the responsibility and authority to conduct public hearings and public meetings And to take action on applications for minor discretionary projects A determination or decision by the zoning administrator may be appealed to the applicable review authority Be it design review board cultural heritage board planning commission or city council as out applicable to the decision All actions taken today may be appealed If you are interested in submitting an appeal application, please contact the project planner or anyone in the planning division Appeal applications and associated fees must be received by close of business on october 31st Halloween is not a recognized holiday and i will say costumeter optional So moving on to item 3.2 zoning administrator reports I have none Item four consent items We also don't believe we have any consent items either And as far as scheduled items Bear with me item 5.1 is a public hearing for elroy's express max Incorporated food truck. It's exempt from sequa This is a minor conditional use permit and it's for the property located at 505 santa rosa avenue file number c up 22-0 27 project planner is mike wixon Mike if you could Give us a presentation Yeah, thank you susie My name is mike wixon project planner for this particular item on the agenda And i'm going to share my screen here As i make the presentation And are you able to see that on your end? No, not yet Okay I think we can have somebody else control the slideshow if you'd like. How's that? Nope, I have it ready. I can share for him now. Okay. Yeah, thank you start Apologies, let me interject really quick before we move to item 5.1 um The zoning administrator murray. Can you please make an announcement about the items that are getting continued? Oh, sure I was going to do it as I went through the agenda, but I think it makes a lot more sense Thank you to do it now, and I'll reiterate it as we make our way through So we do have several items that will be continued for a variety of reasons um item 5.2 is for pure vita recovery services located at 5761 mountainhawk Sweet 201 we have received a request for public hearing and this item will it will be continued to november 3rd 2022 and Excuse me Oops At 2020 22 Okay, hold on. There's more item 5.7 which is an AT&T telecommunications bills uh facility Modification also exempt from the CEQA a minor design review permit at 1700 Hoenn Avenue We have received a public hearing request There's also going to be a change of address on that. So we will definitely be noticing that When we know what date the item is being continued to Item 5.8 is also being continued to a date uncertain This is for a public meeting for the neely addition and window replacements, which is another exempt project the landmark alteration at 641 oak street And it will be renoticed when we move forward with the project I will reiterate that as we go through the agenda. So if anybody signs on late, they'll hear it so Mike Christian if you could bring up that there we go. Thank you pristine Okay, so as susie mentioned this item is a conditional use permit It is advertised as a public hearing item. So there will be a public hearing following the presentation And uh, there has been a number of correspondence that we've received and just to be sure All the late correspondence has been loaded up online and is available there if need be anybody wanted to access that This is for all Roy's mexican express mobile food vendor The file number is c up 22-027 The project is located 505 through 525. There are several parcels involved Santa Rosa Avenue if you can go to the next slide, please This slide is just indicating where the project site is located It's at the southwest corner of santa rosa avenue and Sebastopol Avenue And as you can see or I don't know if you can see well There are several parcels involved in this particular project site and are included within it The project zoning is a commercial mixed use As well as a general plan is a core mixed use general plan land use The surrounding land uses are also i'm sorry the the surrounding zones or zoning Are also predominantly commercial mixed use So if you can go to the next slide, please This is just a neighborhood context map. The nice big red star shows where the project site is located And then to the west are Some single family residents to the south is a used car lot to the north is a small market And is also where there will be an off-site bathroom accessible for this particular project and then to the east are some boarded up Residences and then also an auto repair use. So if you can go to the next slide, please So this slide and then the next one following are just giving some indication of what's on site right now In the upper left corner is from the kind of the southeast corner is basically taken from santa rosa avenue looking towards sabastopol road Or sabastopol avenue And you can see that there are a few small buildings on the site. I don't believe they're presently used And then as you go from the upper left to the lower left, you're just moving along santa rosa avenue And then to the upper right again, it's a closer view of those two buildings And then in the lower right corner, you'll see the intersection And the curb return with the ada ramp and the crosswalk At the intersection of sabastopol and santa rosa avenue If you go to the next slide, please This is just a picture of what's across the street to the north if you were to follow that crosswalk to the north This is what it lies to almost directly in front of it A little bit off to the left and this is where the toilet or the bathroom would be available For the project use that's on site And then the picture at the lower right hand corner is just showing Again the project site just from a different angle on site And I believe this is looking north And there's an existing tree on site and then you can see also a couple Of the storage containers that are there Next slide, please So again, just to reiterate what the project is for It's a one new mobile food vendor, which by the way is a permitted use in The commercial mixed use zone And if you were to look in the zone, you would see that as listed as a permitted use with a Minor conditional use permit being required. So that's why we're here There is no on-site dining at this point. It's takeout only Initially the project did propose some Some on-site seating, but that has been since been removed from the site In the project description. So currently as proposed, it's takeout only The hours of operation proposed are from 10 a.m. To 11 p.m. Sunday through thursday and then until midnight fridays and saturdays There's no current use on site the two buildings there are vacant as we know it The mobile food vendor Is to park the mobile food truck in front of that blue building that you Saw on the previous slides. So it is blocked If you were in one of the residences directly to the west, you would not even see the mobile food truck As that building would block the view There are approximately 27 parking spaces proposed, which is ample parking for what's required And then again the bathroom for the employees and it is employee At this point. It's an employee bathroom only and that's across the street If you can go to the next slide, please I'm reiterating some things, but I just want to show this in a plan view Again, it's a commercial mixed use zone There are 27 parking spaces that were proposed There are the two unused buildings the bathroom is across the street And if you see that arrow, you can see where it is in relation to where the mobile food truck will be And there is a buffer to the nearest homes As I mentioned before, there's residences to the west There's also a residence across the street on sabastopol road And that would be Just to the west of the bathroom facility that's proposed for the use of this project And if you can go to the next slide, please So just to give a history of it, the project was advertised for a public meeting before the zoning administrator on september 1st Based on a request from the public, the project was then scheduled for a public hearing on september 15 2022 Due to an error in the onsite public hearing notice The signs that the zoom meeting id number Was in error and the project was removed from the agenda And so today we have a new public hearing And that's what we're here for The public hearing today has been requested by the public And all public comments received today have been forwarded and considered by the zoning administrator So even if you didn't see your For some reason, although all of the emails should be there, but if for some reason you didn't see your email there It had all the emails have been forwarded to the zoning administrator For their consideration. So if you can go to the next slide, please So we've received a number of emails and that's why I mentioned that little comment about hopefully that you've Your email has been received and passed along So the public comments include This full list and I'll just briefly go through them Hours of operation have been a concern and also expressed as a positive for the project There's Comments regarding the project and live in the area and that it would be an asset These comments received regarding noise and nearby residential uses As being a negative and there's concerns expressed for noise Um, there was comments received as a project as a needed use to bring more people and traffic to the area And uh, there's comment received regarding narrow streets and on street parking And as well multiple driveways and sidewalks on site There's concerns received for poor lighting on site Concerns received for impacts to the nearby restaurants at brick and mortar restaurant Uh concerns regarding What actually this was offered as a positive not a concern Uh, this project would offer a unique experience and some good food Uh, and then also concern regarding alcohol and nearby, uh bars, which were expressed as concern The concern with the alcohol was that people which by the way to Mention here there will be no on-site sale of alcohol So that is not included in the project at all Uh, but the concern here that was expressed had to do with people being at nearby bars and then coming here And the concern that they might be intoxicated And there might be issues related to that Uh, there was issues regarding trash in the neighborhood an issue that Again, that's not an issue. I'm sorry a positive that the the project itself would be positive for the area And would help to activate the santa rosa avenue corridor And then that the project would ultimately I'm sorry not the project but some neighbors expressed that they would ultimately like to see This site used for shopping and multi-story housing Uh, where I had seen that comment Those were people both in favor of the project and people who were against the project. So there's there's a I don't know if it's a concern It's more that people have an anticipation that they would like to see ultimately some shopping and multi-story housing at the project site So you can go to the next slide, please um Just just to highlight that there are standard conditions of approval for a project like this And the standard conditions of approval would address most if not all of the comments that have been received um So the standard conditions to run through them The location of the mobile food vendor which is shown on the site plan That will only be permitted one mobile food vendor on the site and the location is fixed There is covered trash recycling and compost containers With instructions in both english and spanish as a requirement Those will also be on site next to the food truck And those will be removed on a daily basis as well the food truck itself There won't be any amplified music as a condition of approval and It wouldn't be used to promote the use itself unless there was a special event Which could be permitted by the city under a separate request The noise levels by the project are to meet the city noise requirements The project cannot inhibit or block traffic or circulation And must maintain adequate parking on site The project cannot sell alcoholic beverages If you can go to the next slide, please The site is always to be maintained in a clean and hazard-free condition And then all mobile food vending equipment must be there to be stored offsite or within an Within an approved enclosed structure after hours So all the the equipment brought onto the site will be removed or put away each night And then if you can go to the next slide, please So those are all standard conditions of approval And then there were some additional conditions of approval that have been added to this project To address concerns that were received So at this point the attached resolution Is making a recommendation that the hours of operation would operate Sunday through Thursday From 10 a.m. To 10 p.m. And the applicant is accepting of this condition the next Condition that we are providing is that the Fridays and Saturdays it would go from 10 a.m. Until midnight Which is as sorry that's as originally requested Um, the next one is that the owner will have to notify police of any illegal activity immediately as it's occurring on the site And just as an fyi The police department is located right down the road although You still would have to make the call. It's Approximately Quarter mile down the road half quarter to half mile down the road Uh, if noise levels are not met other protective major measures can be taken To correct the noise issues So hopefully there won't be any noise issues, but if something occurs There's a condition that would allow staff to take protective measures To correct any issue that arises As far as parking and access staff has recommended a revised Parking site plan if you will which is also included in the packet And the parking that staff is proposing Would actually require like a post and cable Low-lying post and cable fencing To be installed along the perimeter of what's existing As a paved surface area That's essentially what's shown as the parking On site And then that would thereby limit access to two driveways So access to this project would be limited to The single driveway on sabastopol road Closest to santa rosa avenue And then it would also limit access to That driveway which is furthest to the south On santa rosa The posting cable system Also helps protect as a barrier the I'm sorry It would prevent the Cars that would pull into the site from pulling back around the back of the site even where there's no Parked or paved area It would be easy for cars to just simply drive around the back and It's not controlled in any way currently as it's shown And so that is why we've recommended that low-lying posting cable system And if you can go to the next slide, please So the staff revision also shows that there will only be 21 parking spaces We've recommended the removal of six of the parking spaces that are directly west of the location where the mobile food vendor would be And I don't know if you can see the arrow there well or not or i'm sorry across but Basically just to the south of the entrance on sabastopol road There's a bay of parking there that would be removed per the recommendation of staff And then there's also roll stops that are Both proposed and i wanted to make sure that they were shown to so you can see the red roll stops That would have to be installed for the parking spaces to protect the pedestrian Area or corridor right there on the sidewalk And if you can go to the next slide, please Again, this project is exempt as both a class one and class four Project under the sequel guidelines It's a mobile food vendor that will use existing facilities and it involves negligible or no expansion It's a minor temporary use Of land having negligible or no permanent effects on the environment So with that if you can go to the next slide Uh, therefore we are basically recommending that the zoning administrator approve the minor conditional use permit And to allow the operation of the mobile food vendor subject to those conditions of approval In the attached resolution which include those conditions referred to above and I also wanted to mention there's a recommended Modification to the resolution itself. It's a very minor Change, but we needed to clean up the header There's an apn assessor's parcel number At the top that is incorrectly labeled as The the extension of it is 0 6 3 and it would be changed to 0 6 5 To be sure that we get the correct apn on that And that's it for my presentation And if you have any questions, I'd be happy to try and answer them And I know that the applicant is also available online here Thank you for the presentation. I I actually do have some clarifying questions. Um first, uh Let me start with Will will more lighting be installed on site as part of this project Uh, it will be revamped. So there is existing on-site lighting And the existing on-site lighting will be improved with new light heads And we'll have to meet the requirements of zoning code For the amount of light that's provided on site Okay, um Alrighty I'm I'm curious about the on-site storage containers and this is probably a Question for the applicant team if we know the status of those What they're used for if they need to be there I'm curious about those Is the is the the team on? Mike I thought they were Maybe uh, if they could applicant team if you can raise your hands so that staff can elevate you So you can speak Mike is Eric Anderson or paul gilker. Are they part of your applicant team? Yes It's Eric Anderson here. Can you hear me? We sure can Eric. Yeah Um So the question is about the existing buildings on the site. No, the actually storage containers that were in the Photographs. I'm curious about those. Are they being used or Yeah, they're being used by by for storage for the astro motel Okay Okay um, and then I wanted uh actually if we could clarify The hours again for the mobile uh food truck because um it In one slide it said till 11 o'clock in the other till 10 p.m. On on sunday through thursday, so If you could yeah, and I can I can clarify that eric um the the project application was submitted with hours from 10 a.m. To 11 p.m Monday or sorry sunday through thursday And then on friday and saturday it would the hours would extend to midnight The staff recommendation is that the project would have hours of operation that would go no longer than 10 p.m Sunday through thursday and then also on friday and saturday it would extend to midnight Okay, so the hours if the if we approve the resolution as it is I think there's a condition in there that allows the hours of operation from 10 a.m. To 10 p.m Right on sunday through thursday and then friday and saturday nights from 10 a.m. Till midnight correct, okay good, um I would like to say that the public correspondence that I read should be exactly what any member of the public read because I read took it right off the um The agenda And I also saw late correspondence that was posted yesterday So I I just wanted to throw that out I wanted to ask a question of the applicant team and verify that the restrooms will be available until midnight for the entire time the um The truck is is in operation That is correct Okay, and then I have another question and it's kind of a security question. How many staff members will be working Uh during the night shift At at the truck Susie this is paul gilder here. Can you hear me? Yeah, um, roi cabrera is on the line with this Roy if you can hear us if you unmute yourself And you get an answer susie's question Yes, I can hear you. Can you guys hear me? There we go How you doing? Yes, so to answer your question, uh, we're talking from four to six employees Uh per shift So that would cover the ninth and shift Great time. That's good to hear um Let's see, uh, I understand that originally Originally there were um The original project had seating accommodations for 72 people and then I take it that through public comment the public comment process that the The seating was taken out of the project. Is that is that the way that worked mike? Yeah, it was essentially as a result of Public comments that had been received and then also That was a desire of the applicant to remove it at that point in time. So they were responding to those comments Okay, I I that that leaves me a little uneasy.  I would like to hear from the public real real quick And I know we've got several people that would like to speak on this. So those are my clarifying questions for now So that I'm going to go ahead and and ask the applicant team to please mute themselves again and Open up the public hearing If you're a member of the public wishing to speak, please select the raise your hand icon at the bottom of the screen If you're calling in, please dial star nine fia daniels, I'm going to send you a prompt to unmute yourself Please state your name for the record fia daniels You can go ahead fia Thank you I live on oak street And there was a radar machine put up That I believe may have been a result of this meeting It does not represent the traffic in the area most of the time it did not work for the week that it was here And it relied on solar and it was put in a shady location So if in fact you guys did that, uh, we would need to have the traffic Radar put back again for better representation I live in the bourbon gardens neighborhood The arts district is the side that this is proposed to be put on There's also the prince greenway area and then juliard park which creates music fundraisers and car shows plus many other opportunities to Create a wonderful corridor for sam rosa I I am not for this particular project because I feel that the hours are definitely not agreeable for neighborhood and residential communities There um, it's a waste of space quality space For downtown after seeing this there's a lot of mixed use spaces A truck is a waste of that quality space for a corridor that could be very positive The bathrooms will attract public use Two times I heard mike mentioned at this point which to me suggests a temporary You know appeasement The first one was that the employees will use the the bathroom only at this point And the second was at this point. There is no outside dining I This this also will take away from the existing businesses that are there We have brick and mortar businesses that are restaurants and other successful little businesses putting in something tacky and temporary such as a food truck really takes away from the Amazing opportunity we have as a corridor I believe that this will negatively impact the residential communities not just One side of the street or the other So I would love to suggest again that we have a meeting that includes the businesses and the residents To help create a proposal for the downtown corridor to enhance And positively improve something permanent for the downtown santa rosa community That's what I have to say, uh, thank you very much for your time. Thank you Thank you, thea Uh next we have mark jansen I'm going to send you a prompt to unmute yourself And can you please state your name for the record? I don't know if anybody else is having a problem, but I can't understand Mark, can you try speaking again? I think it might be a good idea mark for you to try and dial in Lonnie, can you please provide the dial in information and if you could kind of say it slowly So he has time to write it down that would be great And we can go on with other speakers and when he's back on on the telephone we can we can hear from him then Yes, of course. Um, so mark You can dial in via telephone. The phone number is eight seven seven Eight five three five two five seven And the meeting id is eight two three seven nine four five four one zero four And when you call in you can press star nine to raise your hand Okay, let's go to the next Speaker all right. So next we have uh gig he tell Sorry if I uh, but your your name a little bit there I'm going to give you permissions to speak and if you could please state your name for the record My name is gig hideout I live at 308 Santa Rosa avenue I can see the property from my front yard and I will email you these comments My neighbors and I are concerned about the potential for harmful negative behavior by the public That may occur because of the size and location of the property The way to prevent these problems is to condition the property so that it does not become a hangout Condition one the business shall operate as a takeout food and beverage vendor only No food or beverages may be consumed on the property customers drive up place their orders and drive off the property Condition two no parking of vehicles except the business delivery vehicles on the property Condition three the parking lot shall be painted with no parking spaces at all But instead driving lanes going up and back to accommodate a possible line of several cars waiting to place orders Condition four paint lines for customers who are on bicycles or walking to place orders and then leave The second problem is the hours of operation open late at night will affect neighborhood residents Our neighborhood includes dulyard park open till 9 p.m. During daylight savings time and 6 p.m. During pacific standard time condition five Set the hours of operation for this business to 9 p.m. During daylight savings time and 6 p.m. During pacific standard time The third set of problems includes drug dealing prostitution and gang activity Condition six the business shall erect a large sign that specifies that drug dealing prostitution flashing gang signs shouting gang challenges yelling fighting and using weapons is prohibited If such behaviors occur the manager shall speak to the people involved to inform them that such behavior is prohibited The fourth problem is that homeless people may become attracted to this public site and may set up tents to sleep overnight Condition seven if anyone starts to set up a tent on the property the manager of the business Shall immediately speak to the person to inform them that tents and overnight sleeping on the property are prohibited The fifth problem is that this property could become an attraction for gang tag graffiti The business condition eight the business staff staff shall remove or paint over all graffiti on the same day that is discovered The sixth problem is that the project will be materially injurious to persons in the vicinity Because it will take customers away from takaria las palmas a model operation and positive influence on our neighborhood and hurt them financially It is the zoning administrator's responsibility to condition a property to prevent materially injurious conditions to others Condition nine takaria las palmas will prepare a list of their four most profitable dishes on their menu identifying them specifically And the owner of the proposed business will sign a non competition agreement to omit those four items from the new business menu Conditional use I'm sorry the three year three minutes Your three minutes is up and I look forward to seeing your comments In writing if you'd like them to be part of the public record, you're welcome to go ahead and send them to the project planner Thank you. Thank you for commenting Zoning administrator. Murray. Give me just a minute here to get resituated Okay Zoning administrator. Murray. Can you see my screen? Yes, I can with the three minute clock ready to go awesome, okay Next we have laura fennel Can you please state your name for the record and I'm going to send you a prompt prompt to unmute yourself Hi, my name is laura fennel and I also am a neighbor in the bourbon gardens neighborhood and I attended lots and lots of meetings over the last 10 years on both the station area Plan the santa rosa corridor plan the gateway plan all the plans that we have talked about and what our desires as neighbors and um and residents are for that area from us Highway 12 all the way up to sonoma avenue And nothing in any of the plans ever talked about our goal for the neighborhood having food trucks on santa rosa avenue um I think that the property owner hasn't made any attempts to sell this property or to offer it up to do something that would be in line with what The zoning and what would be allowed for that That piece of land and this is a way for him to hold on to the property until something better comes along and then Uh ditch it And so this is a parking thing for him to be able to have this food truck there until it's not convenient for him anymore And he decides that he wants to move on to something bigger and better and I just think it comes at the expense of our neighborhood and it comes at the expense of um That gateway area that we have talked in meetings and that the city has talked endlessly about being The gateway to santa rosa and this is the area that we want to highlight And we're not going to have auto sales there anymore and we're not going to have You know a lot of different things that we talked about with zoning and now I think this is a huge mistake and I think it injures um other businesses and I see It just not being At all what we wanted and I think I would like to see the owner make an attempt to sell the property if he's unable to Do anything better with that land then put a food truck on it. Um I think that we already have a problem with homeless people and the biggest problem that I have is the I live on oak street and oak street has now become like a An on ramp onto highway 12 off santa rosa avenue people don't want to go up bennett valley They don't want to wait for the light And they don't want to have to cross over and so oak street Almost every neighbor on the 600 block has had a car their car hit has had an animal loss has had Um, you know a pet lost it's it's bad people drive up our street a million miles an hour and it's become a junior highway and um Not that all of the streets aren't have impacted but oak would particularly be impacted because it's a straight way up onto the highway And for you know traffic at midnight and in late hours it would be would be a real problem I would hate to see this approved. I think it's everything that we didn't want in all of those meetings that we held over the years That's it Thank you for your comments Okay, next we have juan our value I'm going to send you a prompt to unmute yourself And can you please state your name for the record? I think we may need um some assistance from charles lani Charles can use One switch yourself over Bueno Escucha Uno momento Juan Okay Charles we can hear you. Gotcha. Uh, Juan um Uh, estamos lisa see Escucha Si estoy listo Si estoy listo Lonnie are we supposed to be able to hear charles? Si Juan uno momento Okay, si Charles can you please guide me? um I'm not sure what i'm supposed to do here I think it might be wise to take a cup of maybe a Four or five minute break and and come back Um, and that way we can figure out the technology challenges we're having right now Would that be helpful lani? Yes, that'd be great. Thank you. Okay, let's take a five minute break and we can work out our Our challenges and we'll be right back if everybody could just please be patient Hey, wait a minute Okay, I think we may have this Straightened out and I apologize if this was me not knowing how to work our technology So I have hit the english icon at the bottom of my screen Thank you charles We can hear you so Juan Good charles. Can you ask Juan to please? I uh go ahead and give us a Lonnie if you can set the timer Yes, zoning administrator. Murray. I will give Juan some direction see Hola Juan Adelante ahora los siento. Okay. No está bien Ya puedo hablar Ya puedo comenzar si si adelante por favor, okay Hola ya soy Juan soy el uno de los dueños de aquí de la taquilas palmas junto con mi hermano louis Ya no Hola, yo soy Juan de aquí de la taquilas palmas so hemos ocio junto con mi hermano louis Y me Lo de verdad pues no estamos de acuerdo porque A supuestamente a los códigos que dice la ciudad Ni un ataco trope puede estar dentro de la ciudad estacionado durante 20 minutos nosotros lo sabemos desde hace nosotros tenemos aquí Casi 20 años Y por la verdad no se nos hace justo que vengan y pongan un ataco trope cerca de nosotros Porque la verdad por nosotros hemos batallado mucho aquí para para estar aquí establez pasamos la pandemia pasamos Tantas cosas me tiene y es una de las cosas que no vemos nosotros bien Y otra de las cosas no se compara todos los gastos que tiene uno Por un ataco trope ellos nosotros tenemos que pagar todo el piso todo lo que pagamos por equipo de mesas adentro del restaurant todo lo que pagamos pagamos muchos impuestos Por este local me tienes y no es justo que venga y parten un ataco trope aquí a un lado de nosotros que Loma le van a pagar cuánto no hay no no sé cuánto van a pagar de renta pero no van a pagar No van a tener los mismos gastos que nosotros y es una de las razones yo pienso que por eso la ciudad y todo los locales de aquí de los negocios alrededor no estamos de acuerdo porque Nosotros me tienes es más gasto y y para mantenernos aquí me tienes Y no se nos hace justo porque pues nosotros tenemos tantos años aquí Y aparte pues a rato también pues no va a afectar Porque si hay vandalismo también en las noches y eso pues nos va a afectar a nosotros también porque apenas Se limpió todo la aquí desde que nosotros abrimos había mucho más vandalismo ya se ha estado más limpio Aquí en la comunidad y aparte pues va a tener más cosas más mal más mal a fiesto y por la verdad Es una de las razones que nosotros vemos más por eso porque nosotros habíamos tenido tantos años aquí pues Y pues estamos todavía me tienes estableciendo no fue todo lo que pasó del pobre y todo eso Y la verdad por no se nos hace justo eso de que pongan un ataco trope aquí a un lado de nosotros Entiendes si fuera como no sé pero me tienes que no sé que pueden hacer otra cosa ahí como apartamentos otras cosas Porque el la segundo que es lo basado del código de la ciudad ellos no pueden estar estacionados aquí adentro de la ciudad Una ataco trope o una o un camión de comida no puede estar acá dentro Pues lo más nosotros por eso estamos aquí apoyándonos porque pues no estamos de acuerdo Pues muchas gracias por dejarme hablar pues que tenga buen día pues Estaremos otro vez si se hace otro mini no podemos conozca si Tenemos que ir a la ciudad o otra reunión Pero muchas gracias por dejarme hablar que tenga buen día Bueno, soy otra vez o no sé Se volvió a activar el timer el tiempo digo no sé si Si no se tomó la otra la primera vez en el tiempo O si no se tomó pues yo soy el dueño de la tatería las palmas junto con mi hermano somos osos pues a usar vallos Y pues la verdad Pues no estamos de acuerdo con eso que está sucediendo de que quieren poner estacionar una Is is I'm sorry can I can I is that one speaking still or again Okay, so the one's three minutes are up So there if we can we can mute one And if we can I'm sorry Charles if you could go ahead and I understand Got I heard what you said so far, but I think he said more in his three minutes Thank you. Thank you and thank you one The zoning administrator Murray. Can you hear me? I can hear you and it looks like you're recruiting the three-minute screen Uh, yes, but before we move on to The next comment. Can you please summarize what was said? Um, the public streaming on youtube could not hear Okay, uh, there was I'm going to summarize there was some concern about putting a a taco truck near an existing Mexican food restaurant Las Palmas on Santa Rosa Avenue There was concern that the food truck is not required to pay the same types of taxes and And what have you there was concern about vandalism Resurfacing in the area because of the the food truck um use um, and I think that That summarizes it pretty Very much summarizes it Very short. I I I yeah, I hope that happens. Thank you very much Uh, we could move on um with other public comment now um, so caller 9793 If I'm going to send you a prompt if you could press star six that will unmute yourself Please state your name for the record Gloria Lopez Okay, Gloria go ahead Yes, um, my family and I we live on sabastical avenue um, our little community already has a unique dining experience in our Pateria Las Palmas, which our little community community absolutely loves They've been in business for Almost 20 years and have had only a very positive impact in our area um We would love to protect them from financial impact They are local business owners not out of the area investors Which I think the city of santa rosa needs to support Um Additionally, we already have serious parking issues due to the success of our spinster sisters uh restaurant and um Lastly, we have plenty of taco trucks already on sabastical road And that's all I have to say Thank you very much. Thank you so Before we move on to the next person um For anybody who came in late. I know that with the translator things got a little bit confusing So for those of you who joined us late, there's a globe At the bottom of your zoom screen If you select that and then you can select english or spanish um Then you'll be able to hear everything that's going on And I know where that globe is now and I'm happy to hit the button if you ask Um, so next we have ellen ellen. Can you please state your name for the record? And I'm going to send you a prompt to unmute yourself I need Hello, can you hear me? Yes, we can My name is heather o'dell and I'm actually uh here with my partner. We're on together um We live on mill street and uh while we were not included in the emails or the notifications and I will interject at this point But I do believe that the sign that was put down on san rosa avenue Uh, it was removed for um Some sort of language difficulties. It wasn't uh, wasn't correct It was removed. I think on the 12th and it was not put up until I don't know exactly when but it's supposed to be 10 days and it was not 10 days So I just make that comment as far as I'm concerned this meeting should have been pushed another two weeks But since we're going ahead, I'll I'll make my comments brief. As I said, we do live on mill street. Um Most of our neighborhood in the burbank gardens neighborhood is one side of the street parking only when we are all home from work It is impossible to um drive quickly down our streets and we all know kind of how to navigate But those who are not from our neighborhood have raced through our neighborhood trying to get on to the freeway only to figure out that Uh, you bump into henley street and then you can't actually go straight through to southie or get on the freeway um We have had vehicles hit from nine o'clock at night to midnight hit and run One of our vehicles was totaled. The other one was smashed up pretty well. I know folks have been um hit I know that uh Animals have been hit and killed and again, I will reiterate This is a very very poor plan from a parking standpoint My insurance Has been to our house our agent has been there and said that this is a catastrophe waiting to happen And if we begin to file claims en masse Our entire neighborhood risks having higher insurance premiums because we will be uh in a higher um accident Um Area um secondly los palmos as gloria said los palmos has a fabulous um restaurant. We all support them. We walk towards them And um, I again think that uh revitalizing santa rosa avenue does not include A food truck. We need to come up with something better a local market with some affordable housing on top Where we can all walk from both sides of santa rosa avenue to patron a small market like community market Um, we could all get behind that and we could support that um, so I think uh, we need to Think this through better and and burbank gardens neighborhood needs to be involved in the planning and um Think about what's going to impact us as well as los palmos. Thank you Thank you And if your partner would like to also make comments Uh Yeah, if I could that would be great. My name is ellen berry. I live on mill street and um pretty much have same concerns Uh, both of my vehicles were hit and run In the uh midnight to uh, you know one a.m Time zone and uh by people who were drunk and speeding around the neighborhood and don't live in the neighborhood Um, I love los palmos. They're great people and we would hate to see them go out of business or You know have any financial troubles. It's hard enough getting through covet Uh, but they're still there and good for them Um, mainly it's parking noise um And anything else that goes along With that pretty much what everyone else has said laura gig Um I'm in agreement with all of that and uh, thanks for your time. Thank you Do we have any more hands raised? Yes, sorry. Give me a minute. Um, so Next we have uh frances food show Apologies for butchering your name. Um, I'm gonna send you a prompt to unmute yourself And can you please state your name for the record? Hi, yes. Thank you. This is frances feuds And I am a resident on wheeler street in the block Right there adjacent to this site So i'm just kitty corner and I hear a lot of things that go on there and my major concern is how late this Um truck would be there Uh, it it I don't have in in general objections to food trucks in principle But this situation would definitely disturb my peace There's nothing else in the area that's opened till 10 Or midnight, which would be even worse So it's like restaurants don't stay open that late only bars stay open that late So the noise disturbance will really be a problem. I keep my windows opened at night when I sleep and I hear everything that goes on on santa rosa avenue So people coming and going late even on the weekend is going to be a disturbance for me So I would really want them to close up by nine Um, like most restaurants do who's going to be coming after nine in any case Certainly not families looking for dinner. Uh, that's generally not the case between nine and midnight So that's a big concern of mine. Um, as well as the traffic and the parking We only have one-sided parking here as well and um And it can be a real problem And I also just echo people's concerns about takariya las pomas They're just a lovely place and I would hate to see them be impacted negatively So it does feel like it would be quite a change in our neighborhood and not in a good way Particularly with those hours Thank you. I appreciate your time. Thank you Next we have louis I'm going to send you a prompt to unmute yourself and can you please state your name for the record? Hola, mi nombre es jose Luis Excuse me. Do I Do I need to hit the globe again? Susie you should be good to go um louis, uh Okay, mi nombre es jose Luis. Soy el dueño de la taquería las palmas con mi hermano somos los dueños de ahí y la verdad que no se me hace justo lo que están haciendo con esa con esa carreta porque no son los mismos gaso que tenemos nosotros a los que tienen ellos Entonces ellos se van y se no más llegan y se van y nosotros tenemos que quedarnos ahí a pagar los empleados pagar luz pagar Todos los impuestos entonces no creo que sea algo correcto que quieran hacer la ciudad de dar un permiso de esa magnitud Si me escuchan Escucha Luis. Um un momento parles Can you translate? I see um Lo siento louis. Um Quieres continue our See Thank you very much louis for your comments and your translation charles Um and Susie do you mind summarizing that for those streaming on youtube again? Yes, so the some summarizing those comments Again last last palmist restaurant is they're concerned that the the the the truck the food truck would not have the same overhead expenses including utilities rent etc And that they would have no problem if there was a brick-and-mortar restaurant being proposed at this location their their issue is is um more specific to the food truck because it's not it's not burdened with the same financial issues as a restaurant Thank you, uh, we can move on to the next comment uh melanie Eduardo's i'm going to send you a prompt to unmute yourself And please state your name for the record Hi, actually, i'm her fiance. Sorry for the bad boy's noise. So during step outside cleaning About my name's adam. I'm using my fiance's Zoom to pitch in um So for the side shows out there at night if we have the food truck Because it's side shows good feedy I hope on your bad stuff at night Plus the last promise. I love going to that promise About my fiance about my mom. We got other people that I brought business to I plus the name of her we have family or good close friends lives though And I hate to see this business going off business and the other businesses as well Now you get the suspicious sisters down the street. You got another breakfast No place across the street Although they only open to go a few hours and other close restaurants close by But I will always continue to go to last promise because they'll make great food this truck should be long though and About although we had another person talk about the food trucks. That's possible road I used to live down that area. I can't tell you how many food trucks I saw I got one night one time like five like 15 20 years ago. I counted like eight Mexican trucks on that road And by being in this running for like 20 minutes or even more That just adds another food truck to A place that we don't need normal food trucks And I will not spot this food truck at all just due to um Yeah, I just I won't not spot this food truck paying bill I'm against it. You got gains. You got a bunch of stuff that our city had worked so hard to convinced and that's Be there and support release and his brother Let's promise I love that place and I hate to see that place go out of business And I must been I got the most every week every other week just to get food So Please don't please don't allow this to happen. Thank you. Thank you Marlene, I'm gonna send you a prompt and if you can please state your name for the record Mark Marlene I sent you a prompt to unmute yourself Um, it says that you're still muted Who's zoning administrator? Murray she put her hand down Marlene if you if you'd still like to talk would you please raise your hand again? And if we need to take a pause while you call in we can It looks like her hand is down And I don't see any other hands. Do you? Lonnie. Oh, I do Somebody else just raised a hand Uh, Debbie, I'm gonna send you a prompt to unmute yourself and can you please state your name for the record? Hi, um, my name is Debbie Elliott. Um, my mother and I live at 621 mill street. So sort of catacorn her from that project area um I'm not gonna repeat everything that everyone else has said their objections because They've done a good job and we agree with all of them. I do want to raise a couple of issues though that hasn't specifically been mentioned um with regard to lust promise and the food truck um, I do want to say that, uh El Roy's is heavily heavily promoted in Sonoma can Santa Rosa and in uh, Sonoma County in um, publications and and so on in fact, I did a quick google search this morning and four plus pages of links to um, social media and so on for El Roy's and there were 11 links for lust promise and I just think That level of competition is in that location is absolutely unacceptable But the neighborhood supports lust promise and we want them to do well and we want to continue to support them um, so that's the first thing the second thing is That despite how close Santa Rosa PD is to our neighborhood I can tell you that it is my experience That they are not necessarily on top of it when it comes to responding to disturbances Recently, uh last week or the week before Uh, there was a large fireworks Um display and activity very lab very close to us. We we actually think it was um Maybe on the next block or the block after I called the police department and I know several other people called the police department Um, I went across the street to bj's asked them if they could tell where it was coming from There was no response ever from the police department. So so in terms of The uh, you know, El Roy's management calling the police if there's our issues on the property There's no guarantee that there will be a response and then it will be addressed So that's the other that's the second thing. The third thing is, um Mr. Anderson has made it clear that he wants an entertainment venue on one of the lots that he owns And I think that it is that that is a question that is Entirely inappropriate for our neighborhood and uh, I think The El Roy's is a a step in that direction. That is unacceptable That's my comment. Thank you Thank you for making the comments And I think at this point Whoops Yeah, all hands are no more hands are raised And we Yeah Wait one more hand just came up If if you are can I just ask that anybody listening if you are wanting to speak if you could raise your hands Um now so that we can anticipate them. It would be really helpful Um, and Lonnie we look like we have another new hand raised Thank you. Uh Leslie Fontez. I'm gonna send you a prompt to unmute yourself and can you please state your name for the record? Hello, hello This is Um, I'm nervous. Sorry Um, I'm overwhelmed. I am I live at 64 mill street And I agree with everything that everyone said about this negatively impacting our neighborhood And it honestly saddens me that the city would even Think that this would be a positive presentation of the corridor to our downtown of Santa Rosa um This is a temporary situation for another a bigger plan That I know won't benefit our neighborhoods. And that's all I have to say. Thank you so much Thank you Tony administrator Murray. I do not see any hands raised at this time I don't either. So I'm going to go ahead and close the public hearing I do have um a number of comments and questions both for the project planner and for the applicant team First I'm going to start with the project planner I've I've I've never heard of it happening and I too for those listening am A planner with the city of Santa Rosa. I'm a senior planner. I've been there since 2006 I've never heard of us installing radar for A project like this, but um, can Mike if you are you aware of that at all? No, not at all. Okay I I suspect that that radar was probably set up for something completely unrelated I will pass on to our traffic engineering or public works division that it's it's shaded and may not be working properly Because whatever they're using it for I'm guessing that They would want to know that so thank you for bringing that to our our attention Um, I wanted to I wanted to ask also about the public hearing sign Did that come down? I know it came down because of a public noticing. We had the wrong access information, but it was was it put back up? Do we know with the proper information in the 10-day period? As far as I know it was put back up We have a picture of the sign being put up within the 10 days what they did initially when they put the sign back up they Wided out the id number to then put up the correct id number this time and then the next day they replaced that sign with A new sign all together with all the same information Okay, um, can um, can I ask the applicant team Somebody from the applicant team to verify that the sign did go Go up. I know we have an affidavit. Um, if or not that the sign didn't go up, but that there was Um, the if there was a problem that we're aware of or anything Susie this is paul gilger speaking Um, the uh, of course the original sign had the wrong number So the very second that we got the information what the new number was Uh, we needed to get that new number on the sign as quick as possible Because it does take a day or so for fast signs to make up the new sign So what so what the client did roi cabrera? He went out and we quickly hand changed the original sign to the correct numbers So they gave us a little bit more time to get the actual print side made up Which actually went up the next day and I do have I did take photographs of all that we have that in the files Can you tell me the date? Can you tell me the date paul? Mike have you got it there? Let me look it up here Yeah, give me one sec to look sure sure and roi you're on the roi you're on the line too Roy might know off the top of his head roi if you'll unmute yourself and let Susie know when what dates you marked out the uh The wrong Numbers and what the following day was the the sign You there you Roy you're there I don't hear him Hey, can you hear me? Yeah, now we can hear you Roy can can you help susie with this question on the dates that you marked When we corrected the uh the old sign and then put up the new sign absolutely It was october 11th and when I went up and wrote it handwritten The next day when past signs gave me the call I picked up the sign and put it up immediately, which would be the 12th Thank you. Thank you for that Okay, um So i'm going to just go down kind of a list here in terms of the the hours of operation um when we did the the updated um Um Downtown station area plan and created the cmu district. There was a really powerful Outreach process that went along with that And this this land use um designation Um the uses that were allowed one of them is is extended hours of operation And that is a use that is permitted by right, which means that a business along the santa rosa corridor Can operate that's open to the public Basically 24 hours a day Um And I want to say at this point that i'm going to give a Plug to our outreach efforts right now for the general plan update We are in the process of doing a general plan update This is when We really want to hear from you. We want you to get involved in that process You can be involved in it in an effort just to focus on your area Or the city as a whole And i'm going to give an email address For amy lial who is our a supervising planner who is spearheading that effort and I will give it again at the end of this discussion But her her name again is amy lial her email address is a l y l e at s r c i t y Dot org So that's a lial at s r city dot org um So I wanted and I wanted to mention that this this is the time really to get involved and the general plan update Will also address implementing regulations um Wasted quality of space and I I'm not going to say that I disagree with that, you know, we have very high hopes for this corridor um of san rosa avenue, but this is uh a This is a temporary use um It's not a temporary use permit, but it is a temporary use and that it's a mobile vending truck And if at some point the property owner would like to propose something grander They can and that use in and of itself will go through its own review process independent of this one uh I have a question for um the applicant team And it goes back to the the use of the bathrooms Can you please verify that the bathrooms will be for employee use only Will they be locked? And if they're for the public use how that will how that will work Hi, this is rory may speak Yes, please Yes to address that that that answer that question you're asking is yes We will the way we want to go about it is we would have it locked and for employee use only as requested for by the health department of salama county um therefore uh Preventing anyone from other than who was allowed to use it for anything other than what it's intended for Okay, thank you very much Concentration I I'm going to say I I hear everybody and I I am grateful for everybody coming out and supporting Las Palmas I love that restaurant and have eaten there many times I will continue to eat there um But the zoning code Um doesn't doesn't allow us really to monitor concentration. What that means is A dozen mexican food restaurants could come in In that same area and so long as that we can make the findings for their use permits We can approve them. We have to approve them um That said, um, I think that the yeah, I I am I'm just awestruck By how many neighbors came out in support of that restaurant. I again agree. I it's a fabulous restaurant um With that though we we can't I It's not a basis to deny a use permit Because of over concentration or you know another Mexican food restaurant nearby My hope is that the menus will be significantly different so that they can both benefit And add diversity to the area But again, that's not something that we will monitor. I also want to point out that we're approving a use for a mobile uh food truck That does not have to be mexican food. So if at some point that The business operator wanted to bring in You know a uh hamburger truck or a japanese food truck or italian food truck That would be an option. We they would be required to comply with the same rules, of course, but We are we are not requiring a mexican food truck um We have circulation issues the project plans I'm going to ask uh project planner have the project plans been reviewed by city staff Mike um if so The site circulation specifically Yes, uh, they've been notified of the project they reviewed the project for site circulation and they're Okay with it. Did that include traffic engineering? Do you know engineering development? I don't know if it was said to traffic engineering specifically it was sent to engineering Engineering development services. Okay, great. Thank you um So for circulation concerns and what have you on oak street mill street and all the other surrounding streets, I I would like to um say that You you can uh we you can contact our public works department. We um there are um There may be some uh traffic calming Measures that could be implemented um oftentimes we get resistance from the from neighbors on that So, um, I think that that's a separate issue. I don't know that people from this You know, I don't know that this the approval of this use Would have an impact on that so, um Then we get to the graffiti issue We do have a graffiti ordinance and I Would like to add a condition if it's not already on there that the project um That the project be required to comply with the graffiti ordinance, which is the removal of onsite graffiti if there is graffiti done um, and I I think that I'm going to try and get you that title um I believe it's chapter 10 17 Of the city code If we can add that as a condition of approval that the project will comply with the graffiti ordinance That's the graffiti abatement program is the title As far as vandalism and sideshows I don't think that there's any reason to believe that the um addition of this or the approval of this use is going to result in any additional vandalism or or side shows but in anticipation of of side shows or any other criminal activities the project was conditioned to Require the the operator to contact the police department If something like that should happen again, the police department is down the road um, I understand that there may have been a delay in the last time Or recently when a call was made, but if there is um life-threatening activities I know our police department will be on scene very quickly um Let's see food truck being permitted That the the statement that said the food trucks were only allowed on state on sabastable avenue At one point in time is it was a true statement. We have adopted resilient city measures in zoning code chapter 2016 That does permit food trucks in other locations And this is one of those locations and it's through the the process of a minor conditional use permit Um, which is the process that we're going through today As far as the public hearing sign and the I know the project was renoticed with the proper the proper Information so that people could access this meeting There is also a section of the zoning code that allows for minor defects and noticing I think that it has been very clear that this project it's been noticed a few times Um, the the project was was scheduled Would be scheduled would be heard by the zoning administrator out of public hearing Um, knowing the notices that went out of publication in the press democrat Knowing that the sign was two days late for the permanent sign and the information was only one day late I am going to um, I'm going to consider that a defect that I'm I'm okay with um and then noise I know noise came up as a concern and I'd like to To address that the project has been conditioned to remain in compliance with the city's north noise ordinance And how it's been conditioned is that um at the at the property line Where it's a shared property line with residential uses That the the decibel level cannot exceed a certain a certain amount and that is based on Let's see it's citywide and any any single family residential property line The noise level cannot exceed 55 decibels from 7 a.m. To 7 p.m 50 decibels from 7 p.m to 10 p.m And 45 decibels from 10 p.m to 7 a.m So this project Will remain or has been conditioned to remain within those those boundaries um These uses are are allowed in this location And I will say that if the project doesn't comply with them. Yes, we can imply some other measures We can also revoke the use permit So um, it really is in the applicant or the business operator's best interest to comply with those conditions of approval So I also want to say thank you. Thank you. Thank you to all of those of you that provided written comments It's no surprise that during meetings hearings We often hear from the people that are opposed to the project And not those that are in favor of the project and we received several written comments that were posted That were in favor of the project and that's what this process is all about is finding a common ground Um, and I think is conditioned. I think we've done that. We've listened to the neighbors um Let's see. I think I think I've addressed the comments that were raised um, I Would like to Add another condition of approval Which I started to say earlier I think that it's important that a project like this do have there does have on-site seating Maybe not to the degree that it was initially Proposed at from 72 seats But what I'd like to add a condition to this as well Is that the the applicant Shall consider it's not a requirement But shall consider adding tables for up to 24 people to dine on site I think 72 is excessive. I agree But I think it's reasonable to expect that people will want to sit and eat their food Well, it's hot and I think that many neighbors have expressed their Desire for that as well I want to give another plug before I give take action for our general plan update and contacting Amy Lyle at al yle at dot org We want your input So with that I am going to let's see Everybody ours. I'm just looking at my notes to make sure With that I am going to approve the conditional use permit as conditioned with the additional conditions added And I'm going to reiterate that there is a 10 day appeal process Because the 10th day will fall on October 30th, which is a sunday The appeal period will end on that close of business on monday October 31st If you're interested in submitting an appeal, please contact Mike wixen the project planner or you can also email planning at srcity.org And one of the planners will send you the application and the required fee And I think that that concludes this first item if we can move on to the second agenda item which Is being continued to november 3rd for a public hearing And this is the project for pura pura vida recovery services Located at 57 61 mountain hawk Again, that has been continued for a public hearing until november 3rd 2022 So item moving on to item 5.3. This is a public meeting for the tomson Thompson edition This project is exempt from the california environmental quality act Is a landmark alteration for the property located at 418 benton street city file number lma 22 002 And before I hand it over to the project planner I would like to disclose that I did a site visit very early on in this application process application review process as I was mentoring then I'm planner in training And so I have done a site visit. I am familiar with the project and the plans And that will not sway my decision in any way and with that I'm going to hand it off to She will ski do go ahead and give us a presentation Okay I'm zoning administrator murray. Can you let me know if you can see my PowerPoint presentation? I can see it. Just fine. Thank you. Great. Thank you. Good morning. Now wait Good afternoon zoning administrator murray. The item before you is a minor landmark alteration permit For an addition to a 1920s home in the ridgeway preservation district at 418 benton street The applicants are seeking a minor landmark alteration permit for the remodel of 690 square feet of existing space And the addition of 72 square feet the project is considered minor because all the remodel work And the addition to the home is taking place at the side and rear of the property which is outside of the public's view from the right of way This slide is a site plan showing the extent of the work which is highlighted in the lighter gray At the bottom of the slide The area of the addition is highlighted in darker gray For reference benton street is at the top of the slide And the project will replace siding gables gutter Windows and roofing materials to match the existing materials of the home This slide shows the elevation of the south side of the property where the work will take place The owner's architect patrick slater has provided a letter demonstrating how the remodel and addition Are consistent with the secretary of the interior standards for rehabilitating historic homes The slide provides neighborhood context for the property which is seen here outlined in blue The slide shows the overlay of the city's general plan land use designation and zoning district Which is residential And the slide outlines the criteria for the zoning administrator to make a decision on the minor landmark alteration permit Which speaks not only to the development standards applicable to the projects such as setbacks and height requirements But also that the project is consistent with the architectural style of the home The project has been found to be categorically exempt from sequa. I've cited sequa guidelines section 15301 And 15303 which address minor modifications to existing structures and new construction of small structures There are no unresolved issues following staff review after a notice was sent to residents within 600 feet of the property I've not received any comments or concerns regarding this project One change to the draft resolution that was posted online is an adjustment to the construction hours Which are noted on this slide The city allows construction to begin earlier and and later However, given the home's location in a residential neighborhood Conditioning the project with these outwards will be more sensitive to the neighbors It was recommended by the planning and economic development department that the zoning administrator approved a minor landmark alteration permit to allow exterior modifications at 418 Benton street That concludes my report. Uh, here's my contact information for anyone calling in. My name is shila walski My email is s w o l s k i at s r city dot org And my phone number is<PHONE_NUMBER> If there are any questions, I believe One of the homeowners kyle thompson is in attendance on the zoom as well as their architect patrick slater. Thank you Thank you for a great presentation And I want to say before I uh, well, I um say my comments after I open up the public comment period so Opening the public comment period If you have anything that you'd like to add or questions you'd like to ask Please raise your hand I don't see any phone callers, but if there is a phone caller out there star nine will get your hand raised Uh Yeah, I'm not seeing any hands raised And we do not have any callers Okay officially opening and closing the public comment period So I want to say first. Thank you to the applicant for their patients I know this has been a long haul They they went through our short staffing period and i'm thrilled that the project Is about to be approved. Thank you very much. I am approving this as conditioned. I think it's a fabulous project um, all the changes are completely almost completely out of view from The public right away if not completely and good luck with your project Okay, so that's my cue to move on here uh item number 5.4 This is an at&t cell tower modification Is it has been found exempt from the california environmental quality act? This is a minor design review permit for the property located at 1594 Hampton way city file number And dr2 2 0 3 9 And I'm going to ask She will ski to go ahead and provide us the next presentation Thank you zinni administrator murray Are you able to see my powerpoint presentation? I can and it's in powerpoint presentation mode. All right. Let's go. Okay The project before you is a co-location proposed by at&t of antennas and equipment on an existing telecommunications facility at 1594 hampton way This type of application requires minor design review The applicant is requesting to remove existing antennas and co-locate six new panel antennas and six remote radio units on an existing mono pole At ground level they propose to remove and install equipment to include the addition of three new cabinets and eight rectifiers This slide shows the zoning and general planned land use designation of the property and the parcel is outlined here in blue As noted in the previous slide, this is a residentially zoned parcel where telecommunications facilities are not allowed However, this telecommunications facility was permitted in the county's jurisdiction before this property was annexed into the city of santa rosa The city's zoning code addresses modifications to existing legal non conforming telecommunications facilities In the section that's depicted here on the slide The section notes that minor design review of co-location projects are subject to the minor design review process only Which is what we're doing today This slide shows the location of the telecommunications facility, which is the least space at the rear of the property And next to the joe redota trail This slide shows the existing mono pole on the left and the slide on the right Is a photo simulation of what the project would look like once the new antennas are installed And this is a perspective from the joe redota trail Again, this is another perspective from hampton way looking north This slide shows the existing mono pole on the left and the slide on the right is again A photo simulation of what the project would look like if constructed This is a site plan showing the telecommunications area on the parcel outlining yellow This is an elevation sheet somewhat similar to the Photo simulations I showed earlier, but this has plan information and more specifics on the left is the existing Mono pole on the right is the proposed project with the additional antennas And again, this is another elevation taken from the east with the existing conditions on the left and proposed conditions on the right The The applicant has provided a radio frequency electromagnetic energy compliance report reviewed and approved by a licensed electrical engineer That demonstrates the proposed project complies with all FCC regulations for transmissions Following notice to residents within 600 feet of the site. No public comment has been received The proposed project has been reviewed in compliance with the california environmental quality act and qualifies for a class one exemption under sequel guidelines section 15 301 e which is existing facilities In that the addition to the existing structures will not result in an increase of 2,500 square feet Following the online posting of the draft draft resolution reduced construction hours have been added to the conditions of approval for the project To be sensitive to nearby residential neighbors These construction hours have been shared to shared with and agreed to by the applicant The planning and economic development department recommends that the zoning administrator by resolution approve a minor design review permit For the property located at 1594 Hampton way This concludes my report. This slide provides my contact information for questions about this project For those calling in my name is shieldle walski. My phone number is<PHONE_NUMBER> And my email is swol ski at srcity.org Believe the applicant is still in attendance and can answer any questions about this project I think on the line. I saw earlier. We have my tool gencer And gloria shin if there are any questions. Thank you Another great presentation. Thank you very much I'm going to ask if there are any members of the public. I'm going to have any comments opening the public comment period If you wish to make a public comment, please raise your hand by selecting the raise your hand icon at the bottom of the zoom screen If you're calling in you can press starting Zoning administrator. Murray. I have I see no hands raised at this time Thank you very much and with that I'm going to go ahead and close the public comment period I have reviewed the resolution I am thrilled that the hours of operation or construction are being changed and For those of you who know me, that's one of my pet peeves. So I appreciate it And with that, I'm going to go ahead and approve the project as conditioned and Thank you again Sheila, you did a great job Okay, so next we have Item 5.5, which is another public meeting This is a dish wireless I'm going to say upgrade It's another project that has been determined to be exempt from the california environmental quality act It involves a conditional use permit and design review both minor applications for the property located at 100 fountain grove parkway And the city file number is prj 22-017 For the conditional use permit the application number is c up 22-048 And for the design review application the file number is dr 22-035 And I'm going to ask Norbisla to go ahead and give us a presentation Good morning. I'm going to share my screen Are you able to see my presentation? Yes, okay So this application is for a dish wireless antenna site And the applicant is requesting minor design review and a minor conditional use permit This will be a new dish wireless antenna site at the extended stay america at a 100 fountain grove parkway There will be six antennas on the roof in three sectors, which will be screened from public view Using cupolas painted to match the existing building There will also be a ground level equipment cabinet, which will be screened by chain link fences by a chain link fence with slots Here is a close-up aerial view of the site As well as a neighborhood context map The general plan land use designation for the site is retail and business services And it is in a plan development and zoning district Here is the site plan as you can see there's the three antennas the three sections that will be located on the roof and then the section With the ground level cabinet In the back Here on the left you can see the ground level cabinet being screened off from public view With the green slots that will match the surrounding area And on the right you can see that the antennas will be completely screened from public view by the cupolas Planning staff is able to make all the required findings for a minor conditional use permit The project will be taking place on an existing commercial site and will not interfere with the commercial use of the property And as the condition of approval proper measures will be implemented to limit the effects of radiation at the rooftop level Planning staff is also able to make all the required findings for minor design review The proposed antennas would be screened from public view using materials that are aesthetically pleasing and architecturally compatible with the existing structure This project is categorically exempt from CEQA with the class 1 exemption in that it involves minor modifications to an existing structure There are no unresolved issues as a result of staff review and no public comment has been received for the proposed project It is recommended by the planning and economic development department that the zoning administrator approve a minor conditional use permit and minor design review to allow the dish wireless antenna site at 100 Fountain Grove Parkway And for any questions or comments, here is my contact information. Thank you Thank you I've reviewed the resolution I've reviewed the plant project plans And I I have to say, you know, I I am so happy that they are disguising the antennas and the cupola and Not putting in another Tree or pole that are are not nearly as attractive. So I have to give kudos for the the design of this project That's great I did want to make just for clarifying purposes. I wanted to make a change in the title bar of the Resolution where it reads About halfway through And minor design review for the antenna site I would like to clarify that a little bit more and change it to read minor design review for the installation of the antenna and associated equipment If we could make that change in the The resolution that would be great I also Hours of offer or construction or one of my pet peeves and my other pet peeve Is chain link fences So I'm not going to ask for a redesign, but I would like to add a condition of approval to this Oh, gosh, I forgot about the public comment period Wait for my condition of approval. Stay tuned I would like to open up the public comment period if there is anybody out there that would like to make a comment. Please use the raise hand icon at the bottom of your screen or Hit star nine if you're calling in and let us know if you'd like to make a comment zoning administrator. Murray. I see no hands raised at this time you And then I'm going to close the the public comment period and I hate it when I do that Anyways, as I was saying, I'd like to go ahead and add in a condition of approval that that the applicant consider A more attractive enclosure for the equipment Um, that can be an alternative material preferably, you know preferably would or corrugated metal, but the condition just Consider a more attractive design for the enclosure, which can be reviewed over the counter and approved by planning staff And I if this were not Almost completely out of view from the public right away I would have made that a stronger condition of approval. So the applicant is aware if you have any other projects in the city I'm like to keep keep chain link out of it. So With that I'm going to approve this resolution and Move on to the next item in our very long agenda today So let's see the next item 5.5 5.6 is a public meeting for the property located at 349 college avenue to uh, this is a sequa exempt project and it's a proposal to rehabilitate rehab I guess Reconstruction it involves a landmark alteration in the actual address I should say is 349 and a half college avenue city file number is lma 22-014 and the project planner monisha collie will give us a Presentation Thank you miss moray and good afternoon. There's no more morning So I'm going to share my screen right now and give a presentation I just also ahead of time. I want to let you know the applicant is also available any future questions can be directed to him also Okay, let's start here So as you mentioned, this is a minor landmark alteration permit for a project at 349 college avenue So the project is proposing to repair the exterior of a fire damage building by replacing deciding the Roofing materials windows That will match those of the existing under structure and to remove the second floor Exterior hallway on the rear of the building that was added later. It's not part of the original historic building So here with where the project is located The zone is cg general commercial and consistent with the general plan retail and businesses land use The site has been used for commercial for a long time ago and since the fire happened in 2018 This property has been vacant and been fenced So about the site The proposed project is for the site. Here is within the red rectangular This site was damaged by a fire in 2018 and the building in the back. You can see it here It's completely demolished and damaged and is removed from the site So the only building on the site right now is the one in the red rectangular Here is a site plan that shows location of the existing building and the parking that has been improved behind the building And let me go in the existing pictures of the site The front of the building does not have lots of damages windows have been covered And as you can see on the north elevation, which is back of the building That's where most of the fire damage had happened And let me go to the next page to show the part that is going to be removed Here is the hallway on the back of the building that the applicant is proposing to remove it A historic report was prepared for the project and it explains that how That hallway is not the original part of the building and was added later So by removing it basically we are preserving it the applicant is preserving in bringing back the historic structure Also, let me go back to the previous slide as you can see the Exterior siding the way it looks like the historic report also mentions that this is not the original exterior But it was covered years ago and the applicant is still Placing back the damage structures the shingle siding so it will keep it as it looks like Also here on the south elevation. There's a concrete wall if you can see it. I'm trying to show with my arrow That was not part of the original building and the applicant is removing it and is replacing with the same siding shingle siding To match with the rest of the building And here is the existing and the proposed elevation on the top part You have the existing elevation and on the lower part you have the proposed elevation That shows the concrete wall will be removed and replaced with the shingle And also the hallway will be removed and bring the building back to its original style and here is also the other sides West and north elevation and the applicant is proposing to repair it And here is the floor elevation which I try to include to show the removal of the hallway on the second floor And Since the project was notified I have not received any comments or questions about the proposed project The project also has been reviewed in compliance with the california environmental quality act and qualifies for a class one exemption And with that the planning and economic development department Recommends that the zoning administrator by resolution approve a minor lamo cultivation permit For the property located at 349 college avenue and that was my presentation for today Thank you Thank you and I would like to Open up the public comment period and ask that if you'd like to make a public comment Please use the raise hand icon at the bottom of your screen or press star nine if you're calling in to raise your hand Stoning administrator murray. I see no hands raised at this time Well, then I am going to just throw in my two cents after I closed this public comment period Go in my two cents that I am thrilled to see the restoration going on including the removal of that that hallway that doesn't appear to lead anywhere right now, but um anyways, I'm I think the project looks great um, and I I have no changes. I don't think there were any changes to the resolution. I kind of lost track here so confirming that Monet There was no changes made to this resolution. You're right. Perfect Thank you very much. I'm going to approve the project as is um, and Again, I appreciate I'm the the staff liaison to the cultural heritage board I love to see restoration in our preservation districts and some of our older properties. So Congratulations to the applicant. You have an approved project and again This project and every other action taken today at this meeting is Is subject to a 10 day appeal period. So if anybody would like to appeal contact your project planner and Or the planning Planning at srcity.org And someone will get you the information for the application and the required fee So, uh, Ms. Shikali Have safe travels Moving on Moving on to item 5.7 As I mentioned at the beginning of the meeting We have received a public hearing request for this item. It will be um continued to a date uncertain meaning that you will receive um another notice Um, there will also be a change in the address Because the project really does span two parcels Um, and then moving on to item 5.8 this item again will be continued to a date uncertain We have not received a public hearing request. There are some minor design changes happening and We're waiting until The plans are complete So with that I'm going to say again Uh, any any appeals must be received By planning and economic development By close of business on monday october 31st halloween um, and with that i'm going to adjourn the uh zoning administrator meeting At 1249 on october 20th Thank you everybody and have a really wonderful afternoon


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