City Hall, Council Chamber  
100 Santa Rosa Avenue  
Santa Rosa, CA 95404  
City of Santa Rosa  
City Council  
Regular Meeting Minutes - Draft  
Tuesday, April 1, 2025  
2:30 PM  
1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL  
Mayor Stapp called the meeting to order at 2:30 p.m.  
6 -  
Present:  
Mayor Mark Stapp, Vice Mayor Eddie Alvarez, Council Member  
Caroline Bañuelos, Council Member Victoria Fleming, Council  
Member Dianna MacDonald, and Council Member Jeff Okrepkie  
1 - Council Member Natalie Rogers  
Absent:  
2. REMOTE PARTICIPATION UNDER AB 2449 (IF NEEDED)  
3. ANNOUNCEMENT OF CLOSED SESSION ITEMS  
No public comments were made.  
Mayor Stapp recessed the meeting to closed session at  
2:32 p.m. to discuss Items 3.1 and 3.2.  
3.1  
PUBLIC EMPLOYEE - EVALUATION OF PERFORMANCE  
(Government Code Section 54957(b))  
Title: City Manager  
This item was received and filed.  
3.2  
CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS  
(Government Code Section 54957.6)  
Agency Designated Representatives: Mayor Mark Stapp; Dominique  
Blanquie, Human Resources Director  
Unrepresented Employee: City Manager  
This item was received and filed.  
Mayor Stapp adjourned closed session at approximately 4:09 p.m. and  
reconvened to regular session at 4:12 p.m.  
4. STUDY SESSION - NONE.  
5. ANNOUNCEMENT OF ROLL CALL (IF NEEDED)  
6 -  
Present:  
Absent:  
Mayor Mark Stapp, Vice Mayor Eddie Alvarez, Council Member  
Caroline Bañuelos, Council Member Victoria Fleming, Council  
Member Dianna MacDonald, and Council Member Jeff Okrepkie  
1 - Council Member Natalie Rogers  
6. REPORT, IF ANY, ON STUDY AND CLOSED SESSIONS  
Mayor Stapp reported that Maraskeshia Smith, City Manager,  
requested to freeze the city manager salary and cost of living  
adjustments for the next two years. Council, with six affirmative  
votes, directed staff to bring back a future agenda item to consider  
this request.  
There was no further reportable action from closed session items.  
7. PROCLAMATIONS/PRESENTATIONS - NONE.  
8. STAFF BRIEFINGS  
8.1  
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM STATUS UPDATE  
Staff will provide an update of projects currently in the Capital  
Improvement Program in advance of May’s CIP Budget Study Session  
for FY25-26. No action will be taken except for possible direction to  
staff.  
Dan Hennessey, Director - Transportation and Public Works,  
presented and answered questions from Council.  
PUBLIC COMMENT:  
Duane De Witt spoke on Item 8.1.  
This item was received and filed.  
8.2  
COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT PLAN UPDATE  
This is a standing item on the agenda. No action will be taken except for  
possible direction to staff.  
Ana Horta, Community Engagement Manager, presented and  
answered questions from Council.  
PUBLIC COMMENT:  
Duane De Witt spoke on Item 8.2.  
This item was received and filed.  
9. CITY MANAGER’S/CITY ATTORNEY’S REPORTS  
Maraskeshia Smith, City Manager, and Ashle Crocker, Assistant City  
Attorney, had no reports.  
10. STATEMENTS OF ABSTENTION/RECUSAL BY COUNCIL MEMBERS  
Council Members Okrepkie and MacDonald announced their  
abstentions from Item 12.1 as they were not present at the February  
25, 2025 regular meeting.  
11. MAYOR'S/COUNCIL MEMBERS’ REPORTS  
Council Member Bañuelos reported on recent community events  
attended.  
Council Member MacDonald reported on recent community events  
attended.  
Council Member Okrepkie provided a brief report on recent  
personal travel to Mexico and the opportunity of building on the  
Sister City program.  
Council Member Fleming reported on the recent employee service  
awards and recent advocacy in Sacramento.  
Vice Mayor Alvarez provided a brief report on meeting with council  
members from Tangancicuaro, Michoacan, Mexico and the  
opportunity of becoming a Sister City, and community events  
attended.  
Mayor Stapp reported on a recent reception of representatives from  
the Japanese consulate from San Francisco.  
No public comments were made.  
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))  
Council Member MacDonald provided a brief report.  
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 SONOMA COUNTY MAYORS' AND COUNCIL MEMBERS' ASSOCIATION  
11.2.1  
The City Council will, by motion, provide direction to the Mayor  
regarding letters of interest received for appointment to the following  
vacancies, which will be made by the Board of Directors of the  
Sonoma County Mayors’ and Councilmembers’ Association at its  
General Membership meeting on April 10, 2025:  
Board of Directors Appointments:  
1.  
Measure H Oversight Committee: Two seats with three-year  
terms starting in May. Must be an independent County resident -  
active fire chiefs, active fire directors, County employees, or spouses  
to any such individuals may not serve on the Committee. Letters  
received from:  
· Jeff Okrepkie, Santa Rosa  
· Evelyn Mitchell, Healdsburg  
· Sandra Lowe, Sonoma  
· Neysa Hinton, Sebastopol  
· Jill McLewis, Sebastopol  
2.  
North Bay Division LOCC, Executive Board: Two seats to fill  
expiring terms of Susan Harvey of Cotati and Janice Cader  
Thompson of Petaluma. One primary seat and one alternate seat.  
Two-year terms starting in April. Letters received from:  
· Susan Harvey, Cotati  
· Janice Cader Thompson, Petaluma  
· Stephen Zollman, Sebastopol  
3.  
Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation and Open Space  
District Citizens Advisory Committee: Two seats to fill expiring terms  
of John Shribbs of Petaluma and Kevin McDonnell of Petaluma.  
Two-year terms starting in April. Letters received from:  
· John Shribbs, Petaluma  
· Marjorie Morgenstern, Cloverdale  
· Karen Nau, Petaluma  
It is also recommended that if late nominations are  
received or the Mayors’ and Councilmembers’ Board  
recommends alternates, that the City Council authorize  
the Mayor or their designated representative the authority  
to vote on these late nominations or recommendations at  
the Mayors’ and Councilmembers’ Association board  
meeting.  
No public comments were made.  
A motion was made by Council Member MacDonald, seconded by Vice  
Mayor Alvarez, to approve support of Jeff Okrepkie, Santa Rosa and  
Sandra Lowe, Sonoma, for the Measure H Oversight Committee. The  
motion carried by the following vote:  
6 -  
Yes:  
Mayor Mark Stapp, Vice Mayor Eddie Alvarez, Council Member  
Caroline Bañuelos, Council Member Victoria Fleming, Council  
Member Dianna MacDonald, and Council Member Jeff Okrepkie  
1 - Council Member Natalie Rogers  
Absent:  
A motion was made by Council Member MacDonald, seconded by Vice  
Mayor Alvarez, to approve support of Susan Harvey, Cotati, and Janice  
Cader Thompson, Petaluma for the North Bay Division LOCC, Executive  
Board. The motion carried by the following vote:  
6 -  
Yes:  
Mayor Mark Stapp, Vice Mayor Eddie Alvarez, Council Member  
Caroline Bañuelos, Council Member Victoria Fleming, Council  
Member Dianna MacDonald, and Council Member Jeff Okrepkie  
1 - Council Member Natalie Rogers  
Absent:  
A motion was made by Council Member MacDonald, seconded by  
Council Member Fleming, to approve support of John Shribbs and  
Karen Nau, both from Petaluma, for the Sonoma County Agricultural  
Preservation and Open Space District Citizens Advisory Committee.  
The motion carried by the following vote:  
6 -  
Yes:  
Mayor Mark Stapp, Vice Mayor Eddie Alvarez, Council Member  
Caroline Bañuelos, Council Member Victoria Fleming, Council  
Member Dianna MacDonald, and Council Member Jeff Okrepkie  
1 - Council Member Natalie Rogers  
Absent:  
A motion was made by Council Member MacDonald, seconded by Vice  
Mayor Alvarez, to approve the Mayor, or their designated representative,  
the authority to vote on late nominations or recommendations at the  
SCMCA board meeting. The motion carried by the following vote:  
6 -  
Yes:  
Mayor Mark Stapp, Vice Mayor Eddie Alvarez, Council Member  
Caroline Bañuelos, Council Member Victoria Fleming, Council  
Member Dianna MacDonald, and Council Member Jeff Okrepkie  
1 - Council Member Natalie Rogers  
Absent:  
12. APPROVAL OF MINUTES  
No public comments were made.  
12.1  
February 25, 2025, Regular Meeting Minutes. (THIS ITEM WAS  
CONTINUED FROM THE MARCH 18, 2025, REGULAR MEETING)  
Approved as submitted with Council Members Okrepkie and MacDonald  
abstaining.  
12.2  
March 4, 2025, Regular Meeting Minutes.  
Approved as submitted.  
13. CONSENT ITEMS  
PUBLIC COMMENTS:  
Duane De Witt spoke on Items 13.1, 13.7 and 13.8.  
Approval of the Consent Agenda  
A motion was made by Vice Mayor Alvarez, seconded by Council Member  
Okrepkie, to waive reading of the text and adopt Consent Items 13.1  
through 13.8. The motion carried by the following vote:  
6 -  
Yes:  
Mayor Mark Stapp, Vice Mayor Eddie Alvarez, Council Member  
Caroline Bañuelos, Council Member Victoria Fleming, Council  
Member Dianna MacDonald, and Council Member Jeff Okrepkie  
1 - Council Member Natalie Rogers  
Absent:  
13.1  
RESOLUTION - APPROVAL OF 2025 UPDATE TO SANTA ROSA  
CITYBUS TITLE VI PROGRAM  
RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended by the Transportation and  
Public Works Department that the Council, by resolution, approve the  
2025 update to the Santa Rosa CityBus Title VI Program, addressing  
the Transit Division’s responsibilities under Title VI of the Civil Rights  
Act of 1964.  
This Consent - Resolution was adopted.  
RESOLUTION NO. RES-2025-042 ENTITLED: RESOLUTION OF THE  
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ROSA APPROVING THE 2025 UPDATE  
TO THE SANTA ROSA CITYBUS TITLE VI PROGRAM  
13.2  
RESOLUTION - GRANT APPLICATION TO THE CALIFORNIA  
GOVERNOR’S OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES FOR $250,000  
UNDER THE STATE AND LOCAL CYBERSECURITY GRANT  
PROGRAM  
RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended by the Information  
Technology Department that the Council, by resolution: 1) authorize  
receipt of grant funding from the California Governor’s Office of  
Emergency Services for the Federal FY 2022/2023 State and Local  
Cybersecurity Grant Program for the City of Santa Rosa’s cybersecurity  
program in the amount of $250,000; 2) authorize the City Manager or  
designee to accept the grant and execute any and all Grant Agreements  
and amendments thereto, and all other agreements or documents  
necessary for the completion of the project, subject to approval by the  
City Attorney; and 3) authorize the Chief Financial Officer to increase  
appropriations by the approved grant award amount.  
This Consent - Resolution was adopted.  
RESOLUTION NO. RES-2025-043 ENTITLED: RESOLUTION OF THE  
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ROSA AUTHORIZING RECEIPT OF  
GRANT FUNDING IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $250,000 FROM THE  
FEDERAL FY 2022/2023 STATE AND LOCAL CYBERSECURITY GRANT  
PROGRAM (SLCGP) ADMINISTERED BY THE CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR'S  
OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES; AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER,  
OR DESIGNEE, TO EXECUTE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS; AND AUTHORIZE  
THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS IN THE  
AMOUNT OF THE GRANT AWARD  
13.3  
RESOLUTION - ACCEPTANCE AND APPROPRIATION OF GRANT  
FUNDS FROM THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO FOR  
THE FY 2024 URBAN AREAS SECURITY INITIATIVE GRANT  
PROGRAM FUNDS  
RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended by the Fire Department that  
the Council by resolution: 1) accept a grant award from the Department  
of Homeland Security as distributed by the City and County of San  
Francisco for the FY 2024 Urban Areas Security Initiative Program  
(UASI) Grant Funds in the amount of $39,317; 2) authorize the City  
Manager, or designee, to execute the Agreement between the City and  
County of San Francisco as the fiscal agent and City of Santa Rosa for  
the distribution of FY 2024 UASI Grant Funds, and all related  
documents required for receiving such funds; and 3) authorize the Chief  
Financial Officer to appropriate $39,317 of grant funds into a project key  
to be established by the Chief Financial Officer.  
This Consent - Resolution was adopted.  
RESOLUTION NO. RES-2025-044 ENTITLED: RESOLUTION OF THE  
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ROSA ACCEPTING GRANT FUNDING  
FROM THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO FY 2024 UASI GRANT  
PROGRAM IN THE AMOUNT OF $39,317; AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER  
OR DESIGNEE, TO EXECUTE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS; AND AUTHORIZE  
THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER TO APPROPRIATE THE GRANT FUNDS  
13.4  
RESOLUTION - RATIFICATION OF BLANKET PURCHASE ORDERS  
149478 AND 171685, AND APPROVAL OF A FIVE-YEAR EXTENSION  
OF BLANKET PURCHASE ORDER 171685 WITH INCREASE IN  
COMPENSATION FOR RECORDS MANAGEMENT SERVICES  
RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended by the Finance Department  
that the Council, by resolution: 1) ratify Blanket Purchase Order (BPO)  
149478, and associated payments, in the amount of $99,000; 2) ratify  
BPO 171685, issued on March 27, 2024, and associated payments, in  
the amount of $49,000; 3) combine BPO 149478 with BPO 171685; and  
4) approve the extension of BPO 171685 for a five year period, and  
increase compensation in the amount of $130,000, for records  
management services with Corodata Records Management, Inc.,  
Poway, California, for a total combined amount not to exceed $278,000.  
This Consent - Resolution was adopted.  
RESOLUTION NO. RES-2025-045 ENTITLED: RESOLUTION OF THE  
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ROSA RATIFYING BLANKET  
PURCHASE ORDERS 149478 AND 171685 AND ASSOCIATED PAYMENTS,  
COMBINING BLANKET PURCHASE ORDERS 149478 AND 171685, AND  
APPROVING A FIVE-YEAR EXTENSION OF BLANKET PURCHASE ORDER  
171685, AND INCREASING COMPENSATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $130,000,  
FOR A TOTAL COMBINED AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $278,000 TO  
CORODATA RECORDS MANAGEMENT, INC.  
13.5  
RESOLUTION - APPROVAL OF SECOND AMENDMENT TO  
BLANKET PURCHASE ORDER 168969 TO EXTEND THE TERM AND  
INCREASE COMPENSATION WITH SUPERIOR SUPPLIES  
RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended by the Finance Department  
that the Council, by resolution, approve the Second Amendment to  
Blanket Purchase Order (BPO) 168969 for a one-year extension for  
cement concrete supply with Superior Supplies, Santa Rosa, California  
in the amount of $50,000, for a total cumulative amount not to exceed  
$150,000.  
This Consent - Resolution was adopted.  
RESOLUTION NO. RES-2025-046 ENTITLED: RESOLUTION OF THE  
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ROSA APPROVAL OF SECOND  
AMENDMENT TO BLANKET PURCHASE ORDER 168969 TO EXTEND THE  
TERM AND INCREASE COMPENSATION WITH SUPERIOR SUPPLIES  
13.6  
RESOLUTION - APPROVAL OF SECOND AMENDMENT TO  
BLANKET PURCHASE ORDER 172139 TO INCREASE  
COMPENSATION WITH CREAM’S TOWING, INC.  
RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended by the Police and Finance  
Departments that the Council, by resolution, approve the Second  
Amendment to Blanket Purchase Order (BPO) 172139 for abandoned  
vehicle abatement services, increasing compensation with Cream’s  
Towing, Inc., Santa Rosa, California, in the amount of $150,000, for a  
total cumulative amount not to exceed $295,000.  
This Consent - Resolution was adopted.  
RESOLUTION NO. RES-2025-047 ENTITLED: RESOLUTION OF THE  
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ROSA APPROVING THE SECOND  
AMENDMENT TO BLANKET PURCHASE ORDER 172139 WITH CREAM'S  
TOWING, INC., SANTA ROSA, CALIFORNIA, FOR ABANDONED VEHICLE  
ABATEMENT SERVICES TO INCREASE COMPENSATION IN THE AMOUNT  
OF $150,000, FOR A TOTAL CUMULATIVE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED  
$295,000  
13.7  
RESOLUTION - EXTENSION OF PROCLAMATION OF LOCAL  
HOMELESS EMERGENCY  
RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended by the Housing and  
Community Services Department that the Council, by resolution,  
approve an extension of Resolution No. 28839 which formally  
proclaimed a local homeless emergency within Santa Rosa.  
This Consent - Resolution was adopted.  
RESOLUTION NO. RES-2025-048 ENTITLED: RESOLUTION OF THE  
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ROSA EXTENDING A PROCLAMATION  
OF LOCAL HOMELESS EMERGENCY (Government Code Sections 8630 et  
seq.)  
13.8  
ORDINANCE ADOPTION SECOND READING - ORDINANCE OF THE  
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ROSA TO DESIGNATE FIRE  
HAZARD SEVERITY ZONES AND AMEND SECTION 18-44.4907.1 OF  
CHAPTER 18-44 OF THE SANTA ROSA CITY CODE TO INCLUDE  
THE NEWLY DESIGNATED HIGH ZONE REFERENCE  
RECOMMENDATION: This ordinance, introduced at the March 18,  
2025, Regular Meeting by a 5-0-2-0 vote (Council Members Alvarez and  
Fleming absent), designates moderate, high, and very high fire hazard  
severity zones as recommended by the California Department of  
Forestry and Fire Protection (CalFire).  
This Consent - Ordinance was adopted on second reading.  
ORDINANCE NO. ORD-2025-006 ENTITLED: ORDINANCE OF THE  
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ROSA TO DESIGNATE FIRE HAZARD  
SEVERITY ZONES AND AMEND SECTION 18-44.4907.1 OF CHAPTER 18-44  
OF THE SANTA ROSA CITY CODE TO INCLUDE THE NEWLY DESIGNATED  
HIGH ZONE REFERENCE  
14. PUBLIC COMMENT ON NON-AGENDA MATTERS  
Duane De Witt invited Council and those present to attend Roseland  
Earth Day event on April 19, 2025 at 10am, at Roseland Creek.  
15. REPORT ITEMS  
15.1  
REPORT - SUMMARY OF AND RESPONSE TO WRITTEN  
OBJECTIONS RECEIVED PURSUANT TO STATE BILL AB 2257  
(2025), REQUIRING WOULD-BE CHALLENGERS TO EXHAUST  
ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDIES WITH RESPECT TO PROPOSED  
WATER AND WASTEWATER RATES FOR FISCAL YEARS  
BEGINNING JULY 1, 2025 - 2029 BY TIMELY FILING WRITTEN  
OBJECTIONS PRIOR TO INITIATING LITIGATION CHALLENGING  
PROPOSED WATER AND WASTEWATER RATES  
BACKGROUND: In September 2024, the California State legislature  
adopted Assembly Bill 2257, which requires effective January 1, 2025,  
that would-be challengers to proposed water and wastewater rate  
changes exhaust administrative remedies by timely submitting  
substantive, written objections to the City. Failure to meet this  
requirement precludes would-be challengers from later bringing  
litigation that would challenge the City’s proposed water and  
wastewater rate change. This item will summarize all written objections  
received prior to the March 5, 2025 deadline for submission, assess the  
merits of written objections received, and recommend that Council, by  
resolution, respond to the written objections in a manner consistent with  
the requirements of AB 2257.  
RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended by the Water Department that  
the City Council, by resolution, respond to all 10 timely received written  
objections to the proposed water and wastewater rate schedules for  
fiscal years beginning July 1, 2025 through 2029 by explaining the  
grounds for which the objections are not resulting in amendments to the  
proposed rates, and proceeding with the Proposition 218 public protest  
hearing pursuant to the requirements of Government Code Section  
53759.1.  
Jennifer Burke, Director - Santa Rosa Water, and Dustin Cooper,  
Interim Assistant City Attorney, presented and answered questions  
from Council.  
PUBLIC COMMENT:  
Duane De Witt, as an individual and not as a board member of the  
Board of Public Utilities, spoke in opposition to the item.  
A motion was made by Council Member Okrepkie, seconded by Council  
Member Fleming, to adopt  
RESOLUTION NO. RES-2025-049 ENTITLED: RESOLUTION OF THE  
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ROSA RESPONDING TO TIMELY FILED  
WRITTEN OBJECTIONS TO THE PROPOSED INCREASES IN WATER AND  
WASTEWATER RATES PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF STATE  
ASSEMBLY BILL 2257.  
The motion carried by the following vote:  
6 -  
Yes:  
Mayor Mark Stapp, Vice Mayor Eddie Alvarez, Council Member  
Caroline Bañuelos, Council Member Victoria Fleming, Council  
Member Dianna MacDonald, and Council Member Jeff Okrepkie  
1 - Council Member Natalie Rogers  
Absent:  
Mayor Stapp called Item 16.1 ahead of Item 15.2.  
16. PUBLIC HEARINGS  
16.1  
PUBLIC HEARING - CONSIDERATION OF 2024 WATER AND  
WASTEWATER COST OF SERVICE STUDY, ADOPTION OF  
PROPOSED FY25/26 THROUGH FY29/30 RATE SCHEDULE, AND  
AMENDMENTS TO SANTA ROSA CITY CODE TITLE 14 POTABLE  
AND RECYCLED WATER  
BACKGROUND: In 2023, Santa Rosa Water (SRW) hired Hildebrand  
Consulting, LLC (HC) to develop a comprehensive and detailed 10-year  
financial model, followed by a thorough cost of service analysis and  
recommendation of a new 5 year water and wastewater rate schedule.  
The model and cost of service analysis are the primary analytical tools  
for complying with Proposition 218 and determining ongoing financial  
requirements for SRW, and provides the basis for the recommended  
water and wastewater rate schedule.  
HC found SRW’s financial health is such that annual water and  
wastewater rate increases would be required for Fiscal Year (FY)  
2025/26 through FY 2029/30. Proposed increases between 6-7% each  
year for water fixed and usage charges, plus the re-implementation of  
the wholesale rate pass-through policy, and 5% each year for  
wastewater fixed and usage charges are proposed to help ensure that  
SRW continues to meet all service and financial obligations.  
RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended by the Board of Public  
Utilities and Santa Rosa Water that the Council: 1) after conducting a  
protest hearing pursuant to Proposition 218, by resolution, approve 5  
years of water, recycled water and wastewater fixed and usage charge  
rate increases to go into effect on July 1 of each year, 2025-2029; and  
2) introduce an ordinance amending Title 14 of the Santa Rosa City  
Code by amending Chapter 14-04 and 14-08 to allow fixed monthly  
service charges, potable and recycled water service and delivery  
charges, and charges for City maintained meters on private systems to  
be established by resolution of the City Council as prescribed by the  
City Charter and amend Chapter 14-08 to establish potable and  
recycled water rates and charges policy, rules and standards.  
Jennifer Burke, Director - Santa Rosa Water, Dustin Cooper, Interim  
Assistant City Attorney, and Mark Hildebrand, Hildebrand Consulting,  
presented and answered questions from Council.  
Mayor Stapp opened the public hearing at 5:56 p.m.  
Duane De Witt, as an individual and not as a board member of the  
Board of Public Utilities, requested clarification on the table on slide  
17 and if it was showing annual or monthly rates of typical rates by  
category.  
Mayor Stapp closed the public hearing at 6:00 p.m.  
A motion was made by Council Member Fleming, seconded by Council  
Member Okrepkie, to waive reading of the text and adopt  
RESOLUTION NO. RES-2025-050 ENTITLED: RESOLUTION OF THE  
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ROSA LEVYING AND ASSESSING  
WATER AND WASTEWATER RATES CHARGED FOR SERVICE AND  
REPEALING RESOLUTION NO. RES-2021-087.  
The motion carried by the following vote:  
6 -  
Yes:  
Mayor Mark Stapp, Vice Mayor Eddie Alvarez, Council Member  
Caroline Bañuelos, Council Member Victoria Fleming, Council  
Member Dianna MacDonald, and Council Member Jeff Okrepkie  
1 - Council Member Natalie Rogers  
Absent:  
A motion was made by Council Member Fleming, seconded by Council  
Member MacDonald, to waive reading of the text and introduce  
ORDINANCE ENTITLED: ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF  
SANTA ROSA AMENDING SECTION 14-04.090 OF CHAPTER 14-04 AND  
AMENDING CHAPTER 14-08 TO ALLOW FIXED MONTHLY SERVICE  
CHARGES, POTABLE AND RECYCLED WATER SERVICE AND DELIVERY  
CHARGES, AND CHARGES FOR CITY MAINTAINED METERS ON PRIVATE  
SYSTEMS TO BE ESTABLISHED BY RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL  
AND ESTABLISH POTABLE WATER AND RECYCLED WATER RATES AND  
CHARGES POLICY, ESTABLISHMENT OF RATES AND CHARGES, AND  
RULES AND STANDARDS.  
The motion carried by the following vote:  
6 -  
Yes:  
Mayor Mark Stapp, Vice Mayor Eddie Alvarez, Council Member  
Caroline Bañuelos, Council Member Victoria Fleming, Council  
Member Dianna MacDonald, and Council Member Jeff Okrepkie  
1 - Council Member Natalie Rogers  
Absent:  
16.2  
PUBLIC HEARING - RETITLING AND AMENDING SANTA ROSA  
MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER 2-04, BOARD OF COMMUNITY  
SERVICES  
BACKGROUND: This ordinance will retitle and amend the existing  
municipal code to bring it into alignment with the City Charter and  
Council Policy 000-06, reflect the current role and function of the  
advisory board, and change the advisory body’s name to reflect the  
department it advises making it more accessible to the public.  
RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended by the Recreation and Parks  
Department and the Board of Community Services that the Council, by  
one ordinance and one resolution: 1) introduce an ordinance to retitle  
and amend City Code Chapter 2-04 to change the name of the advisory  
body from the Board of Community Services to the Recreation and  
Parks Board, update the Board’s statement of purpose, update the  
Board’s powers and duties to reflect their current role, align the number  
of members with the number of City Council members, reduce the  
number of members needed to achieve quorum, align members’ terms  
to coincide with the term of their appointing Council member, and  
update the process for member appointment to and member removal  
from the Board to accurately reflect City Charter Section 11.  
Participation & Diversity in Boards and Commissions and Council Policy  
000-06: Appointments to Boards/Commissions/Committees; and 2) by  
resolution, amend Council Policy 000-06 to replace Board of Community  
Services with Recreation and Parks Board.  
Jen Santos, Deputy Director - Parks, and Emily Ander, Parks  
Planner, presented and answered questions from Council.  
Mayor Stapp opened the public hearing at 6:15 p.m and seeing no  
one wishing to provide public comment closed the public hearing at  
6:16 p.m.  
A motion was made by Council Member Fleming, seconded by Council  
Member MacDonald, to waive reading of the text and introduce  
ORDINANCE ENTITLED: ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF  
SANTA ROSA RETITLING AND AMENDING CHAPTER 2-04, BOARD OF  
COMMUNITY SERVICES, OF THE SANTA ROSA CITY CODE.  
The motion carried by the following vote:  
6 -  
Yes:  
Mayor Mark Stapp, Vice Mayor Eddie Alvarez, Council Member  
Caroline Bañuelos, Council Member Victoria Fleming, Council  
Member Dianna MacDonald, and Council Member Jeff Okrepkie  
1 - Council Member Natalie Rogers  
Absent:  
A motion was made by Council Member Fleming, seconded by  
Mayor Stapp to adopt as amended resolution entitled:  
RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA  
ROSA AMENDING COUNCIL POLICY NO. 000-06  
APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS/COMMISSIONS/COMMITTEES)  
TO REMOVE REFERENCES TO THE BOARD OF COMMUNITY  
SERVICES AND REPLACE WITH BOARD OF PARKS AND  
RECREATION.  
Council Member Fleming withdrew the motion.  
A motion was made by Council Member Fleming, seconded by Mayor  
Stapp, to waive reading of the text and adopt  
RESOLUTION NO. RES-2025-051 ENTITLED: RESOLUTION OF THE  
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ROSA AMENDING COUNCIL POLICY  
NO. 000-06 APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS/COMMISSIONS/COMMITTEES)  
TO REMOVE REFERENCES TO THE BOARD OF COMMUNITY SERVICES  
AND REPLACE WITH RECREATION AND PARKS BOARD.  
The motion carried by the following vote:  
5 -  
Yes:  
Mayor Mark Stapp, Vice Mayor Eddie Alvarez, Council Member  
Caroline Bañuelos, Council Member Victoria Fleming, and Council  
Member Jeff Okrepkie  
1 - Council Member Dianna MacDonald  
1 - Council Member Natalie Rogers  
No:  
Absent:  
15.2  
REPORT - 2024 GENERAL PLAN, INCLUSIONARY HOUSING, &  
GROWTH MANAGEMENT ANNUAL REVIEW REPORT  
BACKGROUND: The 2024 General Plan report addresses each of the  
12 General Plan Elements including, among others, the Economic  
Vitality Element, which addresses creation of a strong, sustainable  
economic base; the Open Space and Conservation Element, which  
addresses environmental preservation and greenhouse gas emissions  
reduction; and the Public Services and Facilities Element which  
includes enhancement of recreational assets and public safety.  
RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended by the Planning and  
Economic Development Department that the Council, by motion, review  
and accept the 2024 General Plan, Inclusionary Housing, and Growth  
Management Annual Review report.  
Sheila Wolski, City Planner, and Amy Nicholson, Supervising  
Planner, Planning and Economic Development, presented and  
answered questions from Council.  
No public comments were made.  
A motion was made by Council Member Bañuelos, seconded by Council  
Member MacDonald, accept the 2024 General Plan, Inclusionary Housing,  
and Growth Management Annual Review report. The motion carried by the  
following vote:  
6 -  
Yes:  
Mayor Mark Stapp, Vice Mayor Eddie Alvarez, Council Member  
Caroline Bañuelos, Council Member Victoria Fleming, Council  
Member Dianna MacDonald, and Council Member Jeff Okrepkie  
1 - Council Member Natalie Rogers  
Absent:  
17. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS - NONE.  
18. PUBLIC COMMENT ON NON-AGENDA MATTERS  
No public comments were made.  
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  
Mayor Stapp adjourned the meeting 7:04 p.m. The next regular  
meeting will be held on Tuesday, April 15, 2025, at a time to be set  
by the Mayor.  
21. UPCOMING MEETINGS  
21.1  
UPCOMING MEETINGS LIST  
Approved on:  
_______________________________  
Dina Manis  
City Clerk