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Meeting Name: City Council Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 8/4/2026 4:00 PM Minutes status: Draft  
Meeting location: City Hall, Council Chamber, 100 Santa Rosa Avenue Santa Rosa, CA 95404
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26-0614 18.1Community Empowerment Plan UpdateCC- Staff BriefingCOMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT PLAN UPDATE This is a standing item on the agenda. Council will take no action except for possible direction to staff. This item has no impact on current fiscal year budget.   Not available Not available
26-0588 113.1Additional grant funds Coffey Park and FountaingroveCC- Consent - MotionRESOLUTION - AUTHORIZATION OF RECEIPT OF ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT - DISASTER RECOVERY GRANT FUNDS FROM THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND ALLOCATING SUCH FUNDS TO THE COFFEY PARK AND FOUNTAINGROVE NEIGHBORHOOD ROAD DISASTER RECOVERY PROJECT RECOMMENDATION: The Transportation and Public Works Department recommends that the Council, by resolution, approve receipt of additional Community Development Block Grant - Disaster Recovery Grant Funds from the California Department of Housing and Community Development and allocate such funds to the Coffey Park and Fountaingrove Neighborhood Road Disaster Recovery Project, Contract No. C02258, and authorize the Chief Financial Officer to increase appropriations in the amount of $1,496,623.27.   Not available Not available
26-0619 113.2Homeless Emergency ExtensionCC- Consent - ResolutionRESOLUTION - EXTENSION OF PROCLAMATION OF LOCAL HOMELESS EMERGENCY RECOMMENDATION: The Housing and Community Services Department recommends that the Council, by resolution, approve an extension of Resolution No. 28839 which formally proclaimed a local homeless emergency within Santa Rosa. This item has no impact on current fiscal year budget.   Not available Not available
26-0547 115.1Prohousing Designation Program Application AuthorizationCC- ReportREPORT - PROHOUSING DESIGNATION PROGRAM APPLICATION AUTHORIZATION BACKGROUND: The Prohousing Designation Program (PDP) seeks to acknowledge and support jurisdictions that go above-and-beyond state housing law to help accelerate housing production. A jurisdiction with a Prohousing Designation may receive priority processing or funding points when applying for several funding programs, including Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities (AHSC), Infill Infrastructure Grant (IIG), Transformative Climate Communities (TCC), Solutions for Congested Corridors (SCCP), Local Partnership Program (LPP), Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program (TIRCP), and Sustainable Transportation Planning Grant Program (STPG). In July 2023, Santa Rosa was one of the first cities in California to receive the Prohousing Designation. This designation expires three years from January 1 of year following the date it was granted. Accordingly, the City must submit a new application before its designation expires on January 1, 2027. RECOMMENDATION: The Planning and Economic Development Department re   Not available Not available
26-0548 115.2High-Density Multi-Family Incentive ProgramCC- ReportREPORT - HIGH-DENSITY MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL INCENTIVE PROGRAM BACKGROUND: On September 25, 2018, the City Council approved the establishment of the High-Density Multi-Family Incentive Program (Incentive Program). The purpose of the Incentive Program was to address the community’s housing crisis by encouraging housing development and increased density in downtown Santa Rosa through the reduction/deferral of City development impact fees. The program supports City Council goals to promote Citywide economic development and plan for and encourage housing for all. Pursuant to the approved resolutions, eligible projects must be located within the boundaries of the Downtown Station Area Specific Plan and within one of the zoning districts identified in the resolutions. In the September 2018 resolutions, criteria was established for eligible residential projects including that they “break ground” by August 31, 2023. Breaking ground was defined as pulling a foundation building permit. As of October 2022, only one project, The Cannery located at 3 West 3rd Street, had taken advantage of    Not available Not available
26-0640 117.1Notice of Final Map - Holly HockCC- CommunicationNOTICE OF FINAL MAP - Holly Hock - Provided for information.   Not available Not available
26-0615 121.1Upcoming Meetings ListCC- Upcoming MeetingsUPCOMING MEETINGS LIST   Not available Not available