Chamber Building, 1st Floor  
Large Conference Room  
637 1st Street  
City of Santa Rosa  
Santa Rosa, CA  
Climate Action Subcommittee  
Meeting Minutes - Final  
Wednesday, November 1, 2023  
4:00 PM  
1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL  
Mayor Rogers called the meeting to order at 4:01 p.m.  
2 - Mayor Natalie Rogers, and Council Member Victoria Fleming  
Present:  
1 - Chair Chris Rogers  
Absent:  
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES  
2.1  
October 4, 2023 - Regular Meeting Minutes - DRAFT  
The October 4, 2023 minutes were approved as submitted.  
3. PUBLIC COMMENTS  
Beth Brown shared concerns about the lack of support for trees and  
concerns regarding artificial turf.  
Duane Dewitt spoke on the Roseland Creek riparian corridor and  
having more small neighborhood parks.  
4. DEPARTMENT REPORTS  
Peter Martin, Deputy Director - Water Resources, presented.  
5. NEW BUSINESS  
5.1  
UPDATE ON GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION REDUCTION  
STRATEGY  
As part of the 2050 General Plan Update, the city is updating the  
Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Strategy. Staff will provide  
background on the Strategy and other information for review and  
direction by the Subcommittee.  
Shari Meads, Senior Planner, presented.  
Staff answered Subcommittee Member questions and received  
feedback.  
Omar Lopez shared his support of staff approach and gave  
feedback that some points in the plan were not clear.  
Beth Brown shared concerns about traffic emissions and spoke in  
support of adding more trees.  
6. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS  
6.1  
PRESENTATION - FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS  
Peter Martin, Deputy Director - Water Resources, presented.  
Subcommittee Members suggested looking at measuring canopy  
differences around the City.  
Beth Brown commented that there is no equity with tree canopy  
around the City.  
7. ADJOURNMENT  
Mayor Rogers adjourned the meeting at 4:59 p.m. The next  
schedule Climate Action Subcommittee meeting will be December  
6, 2023.  
Approved on: December 06, 2023  
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Michelle Montoya  
Recording Secretary