The Backdrop,

City of Santa Rosa

1455 Corporate Center Pkwy,

Santa Rosa, CA 95404

City Council

Meeting Minutes - Final

Wednesday, February 19, 2025

9:00 AM

1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL

Mayor Stapp called the meeting to order at 9:04 a.m.

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Present:

Mayor Mark Stapp, Vice Mayor Eddie Alvarez, Council Member

Caroline Bañuelos, Council Member Victoria Fleming, Council

Member Dianna MacDonald, Council Member Jeff Okrepkie, and

Council Member Natalie Rogers

Mayor Stapp provided opening comments on the goal setting meeting.

2. PUBLIC COMMENT

Duane De Witt spoke and requested additional efforts to have youth

and spanish speaking members of the community participate in goal

setting meetings and hold these meetings in the afternoon for

greater participation, and suggested goals related to downtown

housing being built, parks being maintained, Roseland Creek

storm-water retention basin between McMinn Avenue and Burbank,

selling city real estate/buildings downtown, and urban forestry.

Ken MacNab, KMac Advising, spoke and requested consideration of

a strategy for annexation of South Santa Rosa to coincide with

adoption of a South Santa Rosa Specific Plan.

Gregory Fearon spoke and requested support for low income

housing and homeless services, the Hearn Hub, and the Regional

Library.

Susan Fett spoke and expressed concerns about street repair at the

senior housing community at Valle Vista I & II.

Derek Stefan spoke in support of saving Summerfield Cinemas,

highlighted the cultural community value of the Summerfield

Cinemas, and that Council consider a CN zoning for this theater area

or a public-private partnership to save the theater.

Linda Hall, Luther Burbank Home and Gardens (LBH&G), spoke in

support for funding for Luther Burbank Home and Gardens.

James Gurke, Bennett Valley Golf Course member, spoke for

continued city support for the golf course and adjacent park,

especially as the course pays $450k per year in bond payments.

Ananda Sweet, Santa Rosa Metro Chamber of Commerce, spoke

and requested a focus on core services like infrastructure, public

safety, and economic development.

Calum Weeks spoke on setting goals high with a focus on housing,

infrastructure, public safety, and parking policy.

Jessica Schroeder, BVGC, spoke on highlighting the benefits and

events that Bennett Valley Golf Course provides to the community.

LATE CORRESPONDENCE

Late Correspondence (Uploaded 02-18-2025)

Late Correspondence (Uploaded 02-21-2025)

Attachments:

3. DISCUSSION CALENDAR

3.1

CITY COUNCIL GOAL SETTING WORKSHOP

The City Council will conduct a goal setting workshop, facilitated by Jacob Green

and Associates, Inc. (JGA). The purpose of the workshop is to build alignment

around the City Council’s vision for the upcoming fiscal year. During this first phase

of the City’s Strategic Planning Project, the Council will develop goals and

objectives to inform the City’s budget development process and provide a

roadmap for organizational success.

Presentation 1 (Uploaded 02-26-2025)

Presentation 2 (Uploaded 02-26-2025)

Attachments:

Maraskeshia Smith, City Manager, provided comments and

introduced Michael Potter and Sheena Gordon-Roberts, Senior

Directors with Alvarez & Marshal Public Sector Services, LLC., who

then presented on the City of Santa Rosa Assessment Report:

Financial Model and Budget Process and answered questions from

Council.

The meeting recessed at 10:20 a.m. and reconvened at 10:25 a.m.

Mayor Stapp introduced Jacob Green and Greg Devereaux, JD, with

Jacob Green and Associates, who then presented and walked

Council through various goal setting exercises.

The meeting recessed at 10:58 a.m. and reconvened at 11:07 a.m.

and Jacob Green and Greg Devereaux continued facilitating goal

setting discussions.

The meeting recessed at 12:00 p.m. and reconvened at 12:35 p.m.

and Jacob Green and Greg Devereaux continued facilitating goal

setting discussions.

Council Member Fleming left the meeting at 1:27 p.m.

City Manager Smith and Mayor Stapp provided closing comments

on goal setting.

4. ADJOURNMENT OF MEETING

Mayor Stapp adjourned the meeting at 1:51 p.m.

Approved on: March 18, 2025

/s/Dina Manis, City Clerk