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PUBLIC HEARING - SECOND, 12-MONTH AUTOMATIC TENTATIVE MAP EXTENSION
BACKGROUND: Beginning on the evening of October 8, 2017, and continuing for days thereafter, a series of wildfire events damaged or destroyed thousands of residential and commercial structures within the City of Santa Rosa. On October 9, 2017, the City Manager, in his capacity as Director of Emergency Services, proclaimed the existence of local emergency in the City, which proclamation was ratified by the City Council on October 13, 2017. Prior to the wildfires, the Council had identified “housing for all” as a priority due to the City’s ongoing, unmet housing needs. As a result of both the devastation of the wildfires and the previously existing housing shortages, the Council has stated the need for measures to address housing Citywide. The proposed ordinance will add a second 12-month automatic extension to tentative maps and associated entitlements valid on October 9, 2017 and subject to a previous one-year extens...
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