City Hall, Council Chamber  
100 Santa Rosa Ave.  
City of Santa Rosa  
Santa Rosa, CA 95404  
Design Review and Preservation Board  
Regular Meeting Minutes - Draft  
Thursday, August 21, 2025  
4:30 PM  
1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL  
Chair Jones-Carter called the meeting to order at 4:30 p.m.  
6 -  
Present  
Chair Melanie Jones-Carter, Vice Chair Adam Sharron, Board  
Member Sher Ennis, Board Member Drew Fagent, Board Member  
Mike Schwartz, and Board Member Drew Weigl  
1 - Board Member Ingrid Anderson  
Absent  
2. REMOTE PARTICIPATION UNDER AB 2449 (IF NEEDED)  
None.  
3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES  
3.1  
Draft Minutes - August 7, 2025.  
Approved as submitted.  
4. PUBLIC COMMENTS  
Chair Jones-Carter opened public comment.  
Janice Karrman made comment on City Council's Tuesday meeting.  
Chair Jones-Carter closed public comment.  
5. BOARD BUSINESS  
5.1 STATEMENT OF PURPOSE  
Chair Jones-Carter read aloud the Statement of Purpose.  
5.2 BOARD MEMBER REPORTS  
None.  
5.3 OTHER (i.e. VICE CHAIR ELECTION, NEW MEMBER INTRODUCTION)  
None.  
6. DEPARTMENT REPORTS  
None.  
7. STATEMENTS OF ABSTENTION BY BOARD MEMBERS  
Board Member Ennis abstained from item 9.1 due to owning  
properties other than her residence in the City of Santa Rosa.  
Board Member Ennis left the meeting at 4:39 pm.  
8. CONSENT ITEM(S)  
None.  
9. SCHEDULED ITEM(S)  
9.1  
STUDY SESSION - MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING  
BACKGROUND: The Missing Middle Housing (MMH) initiative  
establishes development standards and targeted areas to allow Missing  
Middle infill housing which is intended to increase the production of  
housing units of varying types and affordability, in walkable areas of the  
city.  
RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended by the Planning and  
Economic Development Department that the Design Review and  
Preservation Board conduct a Study Session on the Draft Missing  
Middle Housing Code Section and Draft Guidance Document and  
provide comments to staff.  
Presented By: Amy Nicholson, Supervising Planner  
Supervising Planner Amy Nicholson presented.  
Chair opened public comment.  
Janice Karrman spoke in support of the project.  
Mariana Aguilar spoke in support of the project.  
Chair closed public comment.  
Board Members asked Staff for clarification on the public comments  
that were made.  
Board Members provided questions and comments to Staff.  
10. ADJOURNMENT  
Chair Jones-Carter adjourned the meeting at 5:46 p.m.