City Hall, Council  
Chamber  
City of Santa Rosa  
100 Santa Rosa Avenue  
Santa Rosa, CA 95404  
CITY COUNCIL  
REGULAR MEETING AGENDA AND  
SUMMARY REPORT  
JANUARY 30, 2024  
12:30 P.M. - CLOSED SESSION  
2:00 P.M. - STUDY SESSION  
4:00 P.M. - REGULAR SESSION  
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC CAN PARTICIPATE IN THE MEETING BY  
ATTENDING IN-PERSON FROM COUNCIL CHAMBER AT 100 SANTA  
ROSA AVENUE (IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT SOCIAL DISTANCING BE  
OBSERVED).  
THE PUBLIC CAN ALSO VIEW OR LISTEN TO THE MEETING LIVE AT:  
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Public Comment may be made live during the meeting In-Person from  
Council Chamber or submitted in advance via email at  
cc-comment@srcity.org by 5:00 p.m. the Monday before the City  
Council Meeting.  
IN THE EVENT A COUNCIL MEMBER PARTICIPATES REMOTELY BASED  
ON JUST CAUSE OR EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES PURSUANT TO AB  
2449, THE CITY WILL ALSO ALLOW FOR PUBLIC COMMENT THROUGH  
THE ZOOM LINK OR DIAL-IN NUMBER ABOVE.  
PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL E-MAILS SENT TO THE CITY COUNCIL ARE  
CONSIDERED TO BE PUBLIC RECORDS AND SUBJECT TO  
DISCLOSURE UNDER THE CALIFORNIA PUBLIC RECORDS ACT.  
DEADLINES AND ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTION FOR PUBLIC COMMENT  
ARE SET FORTH BELOW.  
COUNCIL MAY RECESS DURING THE EVENING FOR BREAKS.  
PUBLIC HEARING MATTERS WILL BEGIN NO EARLIER THAN 5:00 P.M.  
MATTERS ON THE AGENDA MAY BE TAKEN OUT OF ORDER.  
PUBLIC COMMENTS:  
Except for public hearing items, comments from the public will be allowed on  
all agenda items at the time each item is called. Comments on public hearing  
items may be made when the hearing is opened.  
Live Public Comment: Members of the public can provide comment on an  
Agenda Item In-Person from Council Chamber by completing a Speaker Card  
or signing up with the Administrator in Council Chamber.  
Advanced Public Comment Via E-mail: To submit an e-mailed public  
comment to the City Council, please send to: cc-comment@srcity.org by 5:00  
p.m., the Monday prior to the Council Meeting. Identify in the subject line of  
your e-mail the Agenda Item Number on which you wish to comment, and  
provide your name and comment in the body of the e-mail. E-mail public  
comments received by the deadline will be distributed to City Council  
members and uploaded to the agenda prior to the start of the City Council  
Meeting for public access.  
Non-Agenda Items are the time when any person may address the Council on  
matters not listed on this agenda, but which are within the subject matter  
jurisdiction of the Council. The first public comment period on non-agenda  
items (Agenda Item 14) will begin no earlier than 5:00 p.m. and will be limited  
to twelve speakers selected randomly by the Mayor. Each speaker will be  
allowed up to three minutes. Speakers who do not have an opportunity to  
speak during this time will be allowed to make public comment under Agenda  
Item 18.  
12:30 P.M.  
1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL  
2. REMOTE PARTICIPATION UNDER AB 2449 (IF NEEDED)  
To consider and take action on any request from a Council Member to  
participate in a meeting remotely due to Just Cause or Emergency  
Circumstances pursuant to AB 2449 (Government Code Section 549539(f)).  
3. ANNOUNCEMENT OF CLOSED SESSION ITEMS  
Following the announcement of Closed Session items and prior to recess into  
Closed Session, the public may speak up to three minutes on items to be  
addressed in Closed Session.  
3.1  
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION  
Significant exposure to litigation pursuant to paragraph (2) of  
subdivision (d) of Government Code Section 54956.9: one potential  
case.  
Potential litigation by Meadowgreen #2 Homeowners Association  
related to creek bank erosion on the HOA’s parcel adjacent to 6512  
Meadowgreen Place.  
3.2  
3.3  
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION  
Initiation of litigation pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (d) of  
Government Code Section 54956.9: one potential case  
CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS  
(Government Code Section 54957.6)  
Agency Designated Representatives: Maraskeshia Smith, City  
Manager; Alan Alton, Chief Financial Officer; Dominique Blanquie,  
Human Resources Director, Siara Goyer, Employee Relations  
Manager, and Burke Dunphy of Sloan Sakai Yeung & Wong LLP.  
Employee Organizations: Santa Rosa Firefighters Association Local  
1401, Firefighting (Employee Unit 2); Operating Engineers Local 3,  
Maintenance, Mechanics and Utility System Operators (Employee Units  
3, 13 and 16); Teamsters Local Union 856, Support Services,  
Professional and Technical (Employee Units 4, 6, and 7); Santa Rosa  
Police Officers Association, (Employee Unit 5); Service Employees  
International Union Local 1021, Transit and Police Civilian Technical  
Unit (Employee Units 8 and 14); Santa Rosa Police Management  
Association, Police Safety Management (Employee Unit 9); Executive  
Management (Employee Unit 10); Middle Management and Confidential  
(Employee Units 11 and 12); Santa Rosa City Attorneys’ Association,  
Attorneys (Employee Unit 17); Santa Rosa Management Association,  
Miscellaneous Mid-Management (Employee Unit 18).  
RECESS CLOSED SESSION(S) AND RECONVENE TO OPEN SESSION IN THE  
COUNCIL CHAMBER AND VIA ZOOM.  
2:00 P.M.  
4. STUDY SESSION  
Study Session items are items for in-depth discussion and possible direction  
to staff. No action will be taken.  
4.1  
DRAFT DEVELOPMENT RELATED COST OF SERVICE FEE STUDY  
This study session will provide information on a Cost of Service Fee  
Study associated with development related functions provided by the  
Planning and Economic Development, Transportation and Public Works  
and Fire Departments. The draft fee study focuses on identifying the  
direct and indirect costs associated with providing the full range of  
planning, permit processing, plan review and inspection services  
associated with private land development. During the study session,  
staff will present information regarding potential amendments and  
additions to the existing service fee schedules and identify options for  
cost recovery strategies.  
Staff Report  
Attachments:  
Attachment 1 - Draft Development Related Cost of Service  
Attachment 2 - Stakeholder Outreach and Comparison Sur  
Presentation  
4.2  
VIOLENCE PREVENTION PARTNERSHIP IMPLEMENTATION PLAN  
This study session will provide information on the Santa Rosa Violence  
Prevention Partnership’s Implementation Plan. The Year 1  
Implementation Plan includes strategies aimed at building a Crisis  
Response and Hospital Based Intervention Program and a Safe  
Campus Intervention Program, as well as relaunching the Clean Slate  
Tattoo Removal Program and workforce development programs and  
increasing opportunities for parent and community education and youth  
engagement. No action will be taken except for possible direction to  
staff.  
Staff Report  
Attachments:  
Attachment 1 - Implementation Plan  
Presentation  
4:00 P.M.  
5. ANNOUNCEMENT OF ROLL CALL (IF NEEDED)  
6. REPORT, IF ANY, ON STUDY AND CLOSED SESSIONS  
7. PROCLAMATIONS/PRESENTATIONS - NONE.  
8. STAFF BRIEFINGS - NONE.  
This time is reserved for City staff to provide a five-minute briefing to the  
Council on departmental issues of interest. No action will be taken on these  
matters except to possibly place a particular item on a future agenda for  
Council consideration.  
9. CITY MANAGER’S/CITY ATTORNEY’S REPORTS  
10. STATEMENTS OF ABSTENTION BY COUNCIL MEMBERS  
11. MAYOR'S/COUNCIL MEMBERS’ REPORTS  
11.1 MAYOR'S/COUNCIL MEMBERS' SUBCOMMITTEE AND LIAISON  
REPORTS (AND POSSIBLE COUNCIL DIRECTION TO BOARD  
REPRESENTATIVE ON PENDING ISSUES, IF NEEDED)  
11.1.1 Council Subcommittee Reports  
11.1.2 Sonoma County Transportation Authority/Regional Climate  
Protection Authority (SCTA/RCPA)  
11.1.3 Sonoma County Water Agency (SCWA) - Water Advisory Committee  
11.1.4 Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG)  
11.1.5 Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation and Open Space District  
Advisory Committee  
11.1.6 Sonoma Clean Power Authority (SCPA)  
11.1.7 Zero Waste Sonoma (formerly known as Sonoma County Waste  
Management Agency (SCWMA))  
11.1.8 Groundwater Sustainability Agency (GSA)  
11.1.9 Sonoma County Homeless Coalition  
11.1.10 Renewal Enterprise District (RED)  
11.1.11 Public Safety Subcommittee  
11.1.12 Other  
11.2 COUNCIL LIAISON REGIONAL POSITIONS  
11.2.1  
Mayor’s Appointments to County, Regional and State Positions  
Mayor N. Rogers will announce and request Council approval of  
appointment(s) to county, regional and state bodies on which the City is  
represented per City Charter section 15.  
12. APPROVAL OF MINUTES  
12.1  
January 9, 2024 Regular Meeting Minutes.  
Draft Minutes  
Attachments:  
13. CONSENT ITEMS  
13.1  
RESOLUTION - APPROVAL OF A LEASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN  
SKIKOS PROPERTIES, LLC AND THE CITY OF SANTA ROSA FOR A  
TEMPORARY POLICE SUBSTATION  
RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended by the Police Department and  
Real Estate Services that the Council, by resolution, approve a lease  
agreement between Skikos Properties, LLC and the City of Santa Rosa,  
for an office suite located at 1215 Sebastopol Road  
(A.P.N.125-091-036) for temporarily locating a police substation, and  
authorize the City Manager to execute the Lease and any extensions or  
amendments thereunder.  
Staff Report  
Resolution  
Exhibit A  
Attachments:  
13.2  
RESOLUTION - APPROVAL AND ISSUANCE OF A PURCHASE  
ORDER FOR ONE WEST-MARK 3-AXLE POTABLE WATER TANK  
TRUCK UTILIZING THE PRICING FROM THE SOURCEWELL  
COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT NUMBER 060920-CER WITH  
CERTIFIED STAINLESS SERVICE, INC. DBA WEST-MARK  
RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended by the Transportation and  
Public Works and Finance Departments that the Council, by resolution,  
approve the issuance of a Purchase Order for the purchase of one (1)  
West-Mark 3-Axle Potable Water Tank Truck utilizing the pricing from  
the Sourcewell Cooperative Agreement Number 060920-CER with  
Certified Stainless Service, Inc. dba West-Mark, Ceres, California, for a  
total amount not to exceed $243,149.02.  
Staff Report  
Attachments:  
Resolution  
Exhibit A - West-Mark Quote  
13.3  
RESOLUTION - APPROVAL OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES  
AGREEMENT WITH BURKE, WILLIAMS, & SORENSEN, LLP FOR  
LEGAL REPRESENTATION AND AMENDMENT TO THE FISCAL  
YEAR 2023-24 ADOPTED BUDGET WITHIN GENERAL FUND  
RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended by the City Attorney that the  
Council, by resolution, 1) approve a Professional Services Agreement  
with Burke, Williams, Sorensen, LLP for legal representation in the  
matter of Bay Cities Paving & Grading, Inc. v. City of Santa Rosa,  
Sonoma County Superior Court Case No. SCV-265333, in an amount  
not to exceed $725,000, with a retroactive effective date of October 25,  
2023; and 2) authorize the Chief Financial Officer to amend the fiscal  
year 2023-24 General Fund operating budget, increasing expenditure  
appropriations by $725,000 from unassigned General Fund reserves.  
Staff Report  
Attachments:  
Resolution  
Exhibit A - Professional Services Agreement  
13.4  
ORDINANCE ADOPTION SECOND READING - ORDINANCE OF THE  
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ROSA TO INCREASE THE  
MAYOR’S MONTHLY SALARY FROM $2,200 TO $2,220,  
RETROACTIVE TO DECEMBER 14, 2022, TO COMPLY WITH THE  
CITY CHARTER AND CORRECT A CLERICAL ERROR IN  
ORDINANCE NO. ORD-2022-018  
RECOMMENDATION: This ordinance, introduced at the January 9,  
2024, Regular Meeting by a 6-0-1 vote (Council Member Chris Rogers  
absent), increases the Mayor’s monthly salary from $2,200 to $2,220,  
retroactively to December 14, 2022, to correct an inadvertent clerical  
error in Ordinance No. ORD-2022-018, adopted on December 13,  
2022, which set the Mayor’s salary below the amount required by the  
City Charter.  
Ordinance  
Attachments:  
14. PUBLIC COMMENT ON NON-AGENDA MATTERS  
This is the time when any person may address the Council on matters not  
listed on this agenda, but which are within the subject matter jurisdiction of  
the Council. This public comment period will begin no earlier than 5:00 p.m.  
and will be limited to twelve speakers selected randomly by the Mayor. Each  
speaker will be allowed up to three minutes. Speakers who do not have an  
opportunity to speak during this time will be allowed to make public comment  
under Agenda Item 18.  
LATE CORRESPONDENCE  
Late Correspondence (Uploaded 01-31-2024)  
Attachments:  
15. REPORT ITEMS  
15.1  
REPORT - 2024 FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM  
BACKGROUND: Since 2018, the City has been actively working with  
our contracted federal lobbyist team in Washington, D.C., MMO  
Partners, to engage our federal representatives and federal government  
agencies on our City’s policy, recovery and resiliency needs. In 2021,  
the City Council adopted a federal legislative platform for the first time.  
RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended by the Communications and  
Intergovernmental Relations Office that the Council, by resolution,  
adopt the City’s 2024 Federal Legislative Platform.  
Staff Report  
Attachments:  
Resolution  
Exhibit A - City of Santa Rosa 2024 Federal Legislative Pla  
Presentation  
15.2  
REPORT - 2024 STATE LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM  
BACKGROUND: To prepare for these legislative and advocacy  
activities, City staff has worked with various City departments and  
identified state legislative priorities in the proposed 2024 state  
legislative platform for consideration by the City Council. The priorities  
focus efforts in the following core areas: Wildfire Prevention and  
Recovery, Hazard Mitigation and Resiliency; Administration, Human  
Resources and Risk Management; Governmental Transparency and  
Public Access; Economic Development; Environment, Climate Change  
and Sustainability; Water Quality and Water Supply; Land Use-Planning  
and Housing; Homelessness; Recreation and Parks; Public Safety and  
Police, Fire and Emergency Services; Transportation; Public Works and  
Utilities; and Public Health.  
RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended by the Communications and  
Intergovernmental Relations Office that the Council, by resolution,  
adopt the City’s 2024 State Legislative Platform.  
Staff Report  
Attachments:  
Resolution  
Exhibit A - City of Santa Rosa 2024 State Legislative Platfo  
Presentation  
15.3  
REPORT - ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COMMUNITY WILDFIRE  
PROTECTION PLAN, A WILDFIRE ANNEX TO THE LOCAL HAZARD  
MITIGATION PLAN  
BACKGROUND: The Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 requires that State  
and local governments develop and adopt a LHMP to be eligible to  
receive federal grants pertaining to disaster preparedness.  
This is the third of five annual CWPP reports being provided to council.  
An updated CWPP will be developed following the completion of the  
fifth year.  
RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended by the Fire Department that  
the Council, by motion, accept the third annual report for the Community  
Wildfire Protection Plan, a Wildfire Annex to the Local Hazard Mitigation  
Plan in compliance with the Healthy Forests Restoration Act.  
Staff Report  
Attachments:  
Attachment 1 - 2023 Annual Report  
Attachment 2 - Community Wildfire Protection Plan  
Presentation  
16. PUBLIC HEARINGS  
Public Hearing matters will begin no earlier than 5:00 p.m. or as soon  
thereafter as the matters are reached on the agenda.  
16.1  
PUBLIC HEARING - TEFRA PUBLIC HEARING AND ISSUANCE OF  
BONDS BY THE CALIFORNIA MUNICIPAL FINANCE AUTHORITY IN  
AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $20 MILLION FOR ORCHARD  
COMMONS - 811 BOYD STREET  
BACKGROUND: The issuance of tax exempt, private activity bonds  
must be approved by the jurisdiction the project is located following a  
public hearing. Santa Rosa Boyd, LP (“Borrower”) has selected the  
California Municipal Finance Authority (“CMFA”), a joint-powers  
authority of which the City is a member, to be the issuer of multifamily  
housing revenue bonds for Orchard Commons, formerly known as Boyd  
Street Family Apartments, 46 rental units, located at 811 Boyd Street (  
“Project”), in an amount not to exceed $20 million, and has requested  
that the City Council conduct a public hearing in accordance with the  
Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1983 (“TEFRA”). A public  
hearing is required to provide a reasonable opportunity for interested  
individuals to express their views, orally or in writing, on the proposed  
issue of bonds and the location and nature of the proposed project to  
be financed. All financial obligations of the bond issuance are the  
responsibility of the Borrower. The project was completed on January  
10, 2023. The Borrower is now seeking to convert from construction  
financing to permanent financing and needs access to the bond  
proceeds. A public hearing for this item was held on January 14, 2020,  
due to COVID-19 related delays, the project was unable to close on the  
bond financing within one year of City Council approval required  
pursuant to tax code Section 147(f).  
RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended by the Housing and  
Community Services Department that the Council: 1) conduct a public  
hearing under the requirements of the Tax Equity and Fiscal  
Responsibility Act of 1983 and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as  
amended; and 2) by resolution, approve the issuance of tax exempt  
multifamily housing revenue bonds by the California Municipal Finance  
Authority in an amount not to exceed $20 million to finance Orchard  
Commons, 811 Boyd Street.  
Staff Report  
Attachments:  
Attachment 1 - Locational Graphic  
Attachment 2 - Request from Danco Communities for the T  
Resolution  
Public Hearing Notice  
Presentation  
17. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS  
17.1  
NOTICE OF FINAL MAP - The Arbors Subdivision - Provided for  
information.  
Notice of Submittal  
Location Map  
Attachments:  
18. PUBLIC COMMENTS ON NON-AGENDA MATTERS  
This is the time when any person may address the Council on matters not  
listed on this agenda, but which are within the subject matter jurisdiction of  
the Council and not able to speak under Agenda Item 14. Each speaker will  
be allowed up to three minutes.  
19. ANNOUNCEMENT OF CONTINUED CLOSED SESSION ITEMS, RECESS TO  
CLOSED SESSION IN THE MAYOR’S CONFERENCE ROOM, RECONVENE TO  
OPEN SESSION, AND ANNOUNCEMENTS [IF NEEDED]  
20. ADJOURNMENT OF MEETING  
21. UPCOMING MEETINGS  
This schedule is tentative and subject to change pending final publication and  
posting of the City Council Meeting Agenda.  
21.1  
UPCOMING MEETINGS LIST  
Upcoming Meetings List  
Attachments:  
*Did not appear on the preliminary agenda.  
**Quasi-judicial or adjudicative action, ex-parte communication disclosure is  
required.  
The Open Government Ordinance (ORD-2020-018) was adopted by City Council in December 2020. This  
ordinance, adds Chapter 1-10 to the City Code to codify the City of Santa Rosa's commitment to embrace  
a culture of open government to ensure public trust, engage the community, and establish a system of  
transparency, public participation, and collaboration. To view a full version of the Open Government  
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facilities, programs, or activities. Requests for accommodations, auxiliary aids, or services necessary to participate in a City  
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excluding closed session items, are available for public review in the City Clerk's Office, Room 10, City Hall, 100 Santa Rosa  
Ave, during normal business hours.