Office of Community  
Engagement  
City of Santa Rosa  
637 First Street  
COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD  
REGULAR MEETING AGENDA AND  
SUMMARY REPORT - FINAL  
AUGUST 23, 2023  
6:00 P.M.  
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC CAN PARTICIPATE IN THE MEETING BY  
ATTENDING IN-PERSON FROM THE CITY HALL CHAMBER BUILDING,  
637 1ST ST. OR VIA ZOOM WEBINAR BY VISITING  
HTTPS://SRCITY-ORG.ZOOM.US/J/81764592099, OR BY DIALING  
877-853-5257 AND ENTERING WEBINAR ID: 817 6459 2099  
THE MEETING WILL BE LIVE STREAMED AT  
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PROGRESS" LINK TO VIEW. THE MEETING CAN ALSO BE VIEWED AT  
HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/CITYOFSANTAROSA  
Public Comment may be made live during the meeting via Zoom or  
submitted by 5:00 p.m., the Tuesday (7/25) before the CAB meeting via  
e-mail at communityengagement@srcity.org. Email public comments  
will be provided to all CAB members prior to the meeting.  
1. CALL TO ORDER & ROLL CALL  
2. PUBLIC COMMENT  
This is the time when any person may address matters not listed on this  
agenda, but which are within the subject matter of the jurisdiction. The public  
may comment on agenda items when the item is called. Each speaker is  
allowed three minutes. Public comments may also be submitted by 5:00 pm,  
the Tuesday before the CAB meeting via e-mail at  
communityengagement@srcity.org. Email public comments will be provided to  
all CAB members prior to the meeting.  
3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES  
May 24, 2023 Regular Meeting Minutes  
MINUTES  
Attachments:  
4. CAB ANNOUNCEMENTS & ISSUES OF CONCERN TO CITY RESIDENTS  
CAB Members may share community news, upcoming community events that  
may be of interest to the CAB and issues of concern for residents. This is also  
the time when CAB Members may announce departure from the meeting  
early, or any other announcement that may affect the meeting.  
5. STAFF UPDATES  
This time is reserved for City staff to provide a briefing on issues of interest.  
No action will be taken on these matters except to possibly place a particular  
item on a future agenda for consideration.  
6. SCHEDULED ITEMS  
6.1 2023 Q2 COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT GRANT APPLICATION SELECTION  
REPORT - COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT GRANT PROGRAM  
2023 Q2 APPLICATIONS FOR FUNDING  
BACKGROUND: On April 1, 2023, the Community Advisory Board (CAB)  
released the 2023 Community Improvement Grant. Application for Quarter  
2 to the public. The application closed on June 30, 2023. The CAB  
received five applications eligible for funding, totaling $12,067. The  
projects are as follows:  
AAPIC Community Gathering & AGM  
Sequoia Gardens Community Garden  
Bags of Love Program  
Minor Beats Open Mic  
North Park Community Micro-Restoration, Art Mural & Clean-up Project  
RECOMMENDATION: The Communications, Engagement, and  
Government Affairs Department recommends the CAB discuss the five  
project applications for this grant period.  
AAPIC Community Gathering & AGM  
Bags of Love  
Attachments:  
Sequoia Gardens Community Garden  
Minor Beats Open Mic  
North Park Community Restoration, Art Mural & Clean Up  
6.2 CIVICREADY TEST MESSAGE ON MAY 31  
The City of Santa Rosa sent out a test message for the Civic Ready  
function that City offers to residents. During the test, subscribers received  
a text message (if you included your cell phone number) and email (if you  
included your email address). This test was used to help the City evaluate  
the system's efficiency and allowed users to make any necessary tweaks  
to their subscriptions preferences. City staff will go over the test and what  
we learned from it.  
Visit SRCity.org/CivicReady for more information, to sign up for  
CivicReady, or to modify your existing settings.  
6.3 CITY OF SANTA ROSA TOWN HALL FRAMEWORK  
Lon Peterson, Director Of Communications, Engagement And Government  
Affairs will provide an overview of the town hall framework developed.  
PRESENTATION - CITY OF SANTA ROSA TOWN HALL  
FRAMEWORK  
PRESENTATION  
Attachments:  
6.4 CITY'S GENERAL PLAN UPDATE OVERVIEW  
Planning and Economic Development staff will provide an update on the  
City’s General Plan update project (Santa Rosa Forward) and will  
introduce the draft General Plan 2050 which is currently out for public  
review and feedback. Amy Lyle, AICP Supervising Planner- Advance  
Planning will share information about past and future community  
engagement opportunities around the project.  
PRESENTATION - GENERAL PLAN UPDATE  
PRESENTATION  
Attachments:  
6.5 COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD VISION  
This is an opportunity for Community Advisor Board Members to  
participate in an envisioning process to decide the path forward for the  
Community Advisory Board.  
7. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS  
This schedule is tentative and subject to change pending final publication and  
posting of the Meeting Agenda. This time is reserved for discussion whether  
to place matters on a future agenda for further discussion.  
8. ADJOURNMENT  
The City of Santa Rosa does not discriminate on the basis of disability in the admissions or access to, or treatment of or  
employment in, its programs or activities. Disability-related aids or services, including printed information in alternate formats, to  
enable persons with disabilities to participate in public meetings are available by calling (707) 543-4661 one week prior to the  
meeting. (TTY Relay at 711).  
Any writings or documents provided to a majority of this meeting body prior to this meeting regarding any item on this agenda  
are available for public review in the City Clerk's Office, Room 10, City Hall, 100 Santa Rosa Ave, during normal business  
hours.