Old Chamber Building
Conference Room
637 First Street
City of Santa Rosa
Santa Rosa CA 95404
Board of Building Regulations Appeals
Regular Meeting Minutes - Draft
Wednesday, October 18, 2023
4:00 PM
1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL
The last elected Chair Cooper called the meeting to order at 4:10 p.m. Present 4 - Chair Cooper, Board
Member Coker, Board Member Larson and Board Member Colgrove. Absent 0. Vacancies 3.
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Chair Cooper called for a move to approve the November 16, 2022 meeting minutes as submitted. Board
member Coker moved to approve and Board member Colgrove moved as second to approve. Minutes
were approved at 4:14 p.m.
3. STAFF LIAISON REPORT
Liaison report - Chief Building Official Jesse Oswald: Chief Building Official Jesse Oswald introduced the
Assistant Chief Building Official Lou Kirk to the Board members. Chief Building Official Oswald advised the
members of the Board of Building Regulation and Appeals purpose and spoke about the governing codes
as well as Fire appeals.
4. BOARD BUSINESS
4.1 STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
Chair Cooper asked the board to read the Statement of Purpose for BOBRA: The purpose of the Board of
Building Regulation Appeals (BOBRA) is to provide the venue as stipulated in Section 18-04.050 of the
Santa Rosa City Code to hear and decide appeals of orders, decisions or determinations made by the
Building Official or Code Official relative to the application and interpretation of the building codes and
ordinances and/or Code notices and orders as adopted by the City.
4.2 Appointment of Chair and Vice Chair