City Hall, Council  
Chamber  
City of Santa Rosa  
100 Santa Rosa Avenue  
Santa Rosa, CA 95404  
CITY COUNCIL  
REGULAR MEETING AGENDA AND  
SUMMARY REPORT  
APRIL 26, 2022  
****DUE TO TECHNOLOGY UPGRADES TAKING PLACE IN THE COUNCIL  
CHAMBER, APRIL COUNCIL MEETINGS WILL BE VIA ZOOM.****  
THE RECORDING OF THE MEETING WILL BE AVAILABLE THE  
FOLLOWING DAY AT  
HTTPS://SANTA-ROSA.LEGISTAR.COM/CALENDAR.  
3:00 P.M. - STUDY SESSION (VIA ZOOM)  
4:00 P.M. - REGULAR SESSION (VIA ZOOM)  
PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54953(e) AND THE  
RECOMMENDATION OF THE HEALTH OFFICER OF THE COUNTY OF  
SONOMA, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN THIS  
MEETING VIA ZOOM WEBINAR .  
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC CAN PARTICIPATE IN THE MEETING VIA  
ZOOM BY VISITING HTTPS://SRCITY-ORG.ZOOM.US/J/86208178715, BY  
DIALING 877-853-5257 AND ENTER WEBINAR ID: 862 0817 8715, or to  
Public Comment may be made live during the meeting via Zoom or  
submitted in advance by 5:00 pm, the Monday before the City Council  
Meeting via e-mail at cc-comment@srcity.org, or recorded voice  
message at 707-543-3005.  
PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL E-MAILS SENT TO THE CITY COUNCIL ARE  
CONSIDERED TO BE PUBLIC RECORDS AND SUBJECT TO  
DISCLOSURE UNDER THE CALIFORNIA PUBLIC RECORDS ACT.  
DEADLINES AND ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTION FOR PUBLIC COMMENT  
ARE SET FORTH BELOW.  
COUNCIL MAY RECESS DURING THE EVENING FOR BREAKS.  
PUBLIC HEARING MATTERS WILL BEGIN NO EARLIER THAN 5:00 P.M.  
MATTERS ON THE AGENDA MAY BE TAKEN OUT OF ORDER.  
PUBLIC COMMENTS:  
Except for public hearing items, comments from the public will be allowed on  
all agenda items at the time each item is called. Comments on public hearing  
items may be made when the hearing is opened.  
Live Public Comment: Members of the public can provide comment on an  
Agenda Item by accessing the meeting through the Zoom link, or by dial-in at  
the time an Agenda Item is discussed during the City Council Meeting. Go to  
Advanced Public Comment:  
E-mail Public Comment: To submit an e-mailed public comment to the City  
Council, please send to: cc-comment@srcity.org by 5:00 p.m., Monday, April  
25. Identify in the subject line of your e-mail the Agenda Item Number on  
which you wish to comment, provide your name in the body of the e-mail and  
your comment. Please limit your e-mail to approximately 400 words (which is  
a speaking rate of 133 words per minute).  
Recorded Voice Message Public Comment: To submit a voice message  
public comment, please call 707-543-3005 by 5:00 p.m., Monday, April 25.  
State your name, the Agenda Item Number(s) on which you wish to comment,  
and your comment. PLEASE DO NOT LEAVE YOUR PHONE NUMBER OR  
PERSONAL ADDRESS IN THE VOICE MESSAGE AS IT WILL BE PLAYED  
BACK LIVE DURING THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.  
E-mail public comments received by the deadline will be distributed to City  
Council members and uploaded to the agenda prior to the start of the City  
Council Meeting for public access. Recorded voice message public comments  
will be played during the meeting at the time the item is heard.  
Non-Agenda Items are the time when any person may address the Council on  
matters not listed on this agenda, but which are within the subject matter  
jurisdiction of the Council. The first public comment period on non-agenda  
items (Agenda Item 13) will begin no earlier than 5:00 p.m. and will be limited  
to twelve speakers selected randomly by the Mayor. Each speaker will be  
allowed three minutes. Speakers who do not have an opportunity to speak  
during this time will be allowed to make public comment under Agenda Item  
17.  
3:00 P.M. (VIA ZOOM)  
1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL  
2. ANNOUNCEMENT OF CLOSED SESSION ITEMS - NONE.  
Following the announcement of Closed Session items and prior to recess into  
Closed Session, the public may speak up to three minutes on items to be  
addressed in Closed Session.  
3. STUDY SESSION  
Study Session items are items for in-depth discussion and possible direction  
to staff. No action will be taken.  
3.1  
CITYWIDE PAVEMENT CONDITION UPDATE  
It is recommended by the Transportation and Public Works Department  
that Council hold a study session for to provide a presentation and  
information on the current status of the City’s pavement condition  
status.  
Attachments:  
4:00 P.M. (VIA ZOOM)  
4. ANNOUNCEMENT OF ROLL CALL (IF NEEDED)  
5. REPORT, IF ANY, ON STUDY AND CLOSED SESSIONS  
6. PROCLAMATIONS/PRESENTATIONS - NONE.  
7. STAFF BRIEFINGS  
This time is reserved for City staff to provide a five-minute briefing to the  
Council on departmental issues of interest. No action will be taken on these  
matters except to possibly place a particular item on a future agenda for  
Council consideration.  
7.1  
COVID-19 RESPONSE UPDATE  
This will be a standing item on the agenda. No action will be taken  
except for possible direction to staff.  
8. CITY MANAGER’S/CITY ATTORNEY’S REPORTS  
9. STATEMENTS OF ABSTENTION BY COUNCIL MEMBERS  
10. MAYOR'S/COUNCIL MEMBERS’ REPORTS  
10.1 MAYOR'S/COUNCIL MEMBERS' SUBCOMMITTEE AND LIAISON  
REPORTS (AND POSSIBLE COUNCIL DIRECTION TO BOARD  
REPRESENTATIVE ON PENDING ISSUES, IF NEEDED)  
10.1.1 Council Subcommittee Reports  
10.1.2 Sonoma County Transportation Authority/Regional Climate  
Protection Authority (SCTA/RCPA)  
10.1.3 Sonoma County Water Agency (SCWA) - Water Advisory Committee  
10.1.4 Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG)  
10.1.5 Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation and Open Space District  
Advisory Committee  
10.1.6 Sonoma Clean Power Authority (SCPA)  
10.1.7 Zero Waste Sonoma (formerly known as Sonoma County Waste  
Management Agency (SCWMA))  
10.1.8 Groundwater Sustainability Agency (GSA)  
10.1.9 Sonoma County Continuum of Care (CoC)  
10.1.10 Renewal Enterprise District (RED)  
10.1.11 Public Safety Subcommittee  
10.1.12 Other  
11. APPROVAL OF MINUTES  
11.1  
11.2  
11.3  
February 22, 2022, Regular Meeting.  
February 24, 2022, Special Meeting.  
March 1, 2022, Regular Meeting.  
Attachments:  
Attachments:  
Attachments:  
12. CONSENT ITEMS  
12.1  
RESOLUTION - TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT ACT (TDA)  
ARTICLE 3 GRANT APPLICATION FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022/2023  
RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended by the Transportation and  
Public Works Department that the Council, by resolution: 1) request that  
the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) allocate $600,000  
from Fiscal Year (FY) 2022/2023 Transportation Development Act  
(TDA) Article 3 funds; 2) authorize the Director of Transportation and  
Public Works to file the application and other required documents to  
construct Highway 101 Bicycle and Pedestrian Overcrossing; and 3)  
increase appropriations by $600,000 of TDA Article 3 funds.  
Attachments:  
12.2  
RESOLUTION - ROAD REPAIR AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 2017  
SENATE BILL 1 TRANSPORTATION FUNDING FISCAL YEAR  
2022/2023 PROJECT LIST  
RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended by the Transportation and  
Public Works Department that the Council, by resolution, authorize the  
submittal of the Highway 101 Bicycle and Pedestrian Overcrossing  
project to the California Transportation Commission in order to receive  
Fiscal Year 2022/2023 apportionment of Senate Bill 1 Road  
Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account in the amount of $3,914,094.  
Attachments:  
12.3  
12.4  
12.5  
RESOLUTION - APPROPRIATION OF GRANT FUNDS FOR  
PAYMENT OF OVERDUE WASTEWATER CHARGES ON  
CUSTOMER ACCOUNTS  
RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended by Santa Rosa Water that the  
Council, by resolution, authorize the Chief Financial Officer to  
appropriate $679,400.67 of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to  
revenue account Utilities Administration Fund - Federal Grants and  
increase budget by $679,400.67 in expenditure key H2O - Help to  
Others to apply payments to customer accounts for overdue wastewater  
charges.  
Attachments:  
RESOLUTION - PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH  
FIRST 5 SONOMA COUNTY FOR ADMINISTRATION OF THE CITY’S  
CHILDCARE SUPPORT PROGRAM FACILITY FUND AND CHILD  
COLLEGE SAVINGS ACCOUNT PROGRAM  
RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended by the Planning and  
Economic Development Department that the Council, by resolution,  
approve a Professional Services Agreement with First 5 Sonoma  
County for the administration of City of Santa Rosa funded child and  
childcare programs in a not-to-exceed amount of $5,875,000.  
Attachments:  
RESOLUTION - AMENDMENT TO THE CITY CLASSIFICATION AND  
SALARY PLAN CREATING THE CLASSIFICATION OF SINGLE ROLE  
PARAMEDIC AND AUTHORIZE THE RECLASSIFICATION OF THE  
SIX VACANT LIMITED TERM FIREFIGHTERS TO SIX LIMITED TERM  
SINGLE ROLE PARAMEDICS FOR THE INRESPONSE TEAM  
RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended by the Human Resources  
Department and the Fire Department that the Council, by resolution: 1)  
amend the City Classification and Salary Plan to create the Single Role  
Paramedic classification with a salary range of $70,000 to $85,085  
annually in Unit 2 - Firefighters; and 2) authorize the reclassification of  
the six (6) vacant limited term Firefighter positions to six (6) limited term  
Single Role Paramedics in the newly established inRESPONSE Team,  
through June 30, 2023.  
Attachments:  
12.6  
RESOLUTION - MAKING REQUIRED MONTHLY FINDINGS AND  
AUTHORIZING THE CONTINUED USE OF TELECONFERENCING  
FOR PUBLIC MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND ALL THE  
CITY’S BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, AND COMMITTEES, PURSUANT  
TO ASSEMBLY BILL 361  
RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended by the City Attorney that the  
Council, by resolution, make required monthly findings and authorize  
the continued use of teleconferencing for public meetings of the City  
Council and all of the City’s boards, commissions and committees  
pursuant to Assembly Bill 361.  
Attachments:  
12.7  
RESOLUTION - APPROPRIATION OF FUNDING FROM  
SUBREGIONAL BOND FUND BALANCE AND UNDESIGNATED  
WASTEWATER RESERVE FUND TO UV DISINFECTION PROJECT  
RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended by Santa Rosa Water that the  
Council, by resolution, appropriate $32,581,129.61 from the  
Subregional Construction Bond Fund and $10,000,000 from the Local  
Wastewater Fund Reserve for Future Contingencies to the Disinfection  
Upgrade account so sufficient funding is available for the construction  
bid award.  
Attachments:  
12.8  
ORDINANCE ADOPTION - ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE  
CITY OF SANTA ROSA TO AMEND SANTA ROSA CITY CODE TITLE  
9 - HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE CHAPTER 9-22, BICYCLES,  
SKATEBOARDS, ROLLER SKATES, IN-LINE SKATES, AND SIMILAR  
DEVICES TO ALLOW SCOOTERS TO OPERATE ON PUBLIC  
STREETS, PUBLIC ALLEYS, AND PUBLIC GUTTERS DURING THE  
CITY COUNCIL APPROVED SHARED SCOOTER SYSTEM PILOT  
PROGRAM  
RECOMMENDATION: This ordinance, introduced at the April 12, 2022,  
Regular Meeting by a 7-0-0 vote, amends City Code Title 9 - Health  
and Safety Code Chapters 9-22,-Bicycles, Skateboards, Roller Skates,  
In-Line Skates, and Similar Devices to allow scooters to operate on  
public streets, public alleys, and public gutters during the City Council  
approved shared scooter system pilot program.  
Attachments:  
13. PUBLIC COMMENT ON NON-AGENDA MATTERS  
This is the time when any person may address the Council on matters not  
listed on this agenda, but which are within the subject matter jurisdiction of  
the Council. This public comment period will begin no earlier than 5:00 p.m.  
and will be limited to twelve speakers selected randomly by the Mayor. Each  
speaker will be allowed three minutes. Speakers who do not have an  
opportunity to speak during this time will be allowed to make public comment  
under Agenda Item 17.  
Voice message public comments received for non-agenda items may be  
played under Agenda Item 13 or at Item 17. Recorded public comments are  
limited to 3 minutes to mirror in-person meeting protocols.  
14. REPORT ITEMS  
14.1  
REPORT - REJECTION OF BID PROTEST; CONTRACT AWARD -  
FULTON RD FROM GUERNEVILLE RD TO PINER RD - WIDEN TO  
FOUR LANES  
BACKGROUND: The Fulton Road from Guerneville Road to Piner  
Road - Widen to Four Lanes will widen and reconstruct Fulton Road to  
a four-lane regional/arterial street as envisioned in the 2035 Santa  
Rosa General Plan. The Project includes roadway widening, new  
vehicle travel lanes, bicycle lanes, sidewalks, bus stops, stormwater  
treatment facilities, landscaping, traffic signals, utility relocations,  
retaining walls, property acquisitions and easement acquisitions. In  
preparation for this project, overhead utility lines were relocated  
underground by the Pacific Gas and Electric Company through their  
Rule 20A underground utility district (UUD) Program.  
RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended by the Transportation and  
Public Works Department that the Council, by resolution: 1) reject the  
bid protest by Argonaut Constructors, Inc.; 2) waive any minor  
irregularities in the lowest bid; 3) award Contract No. C01178, Fulton  
Road from Guerneville Road to Piner Road - Widen to Four Lanes, in  
the amount of $15,578,565.00 to the lowest responsible bidder, Ghilotti  
Bros, Inc. / FBD Vanguard Construction, Inc., of San Rafael, CA; and 4)  
approve a 10% contract contingency, and authorize a total contract  
amount of $17,136,421.50.  
Attachments:  
14.2  
REPORT - AMEND COUNCIL POLICY 000-70 - ADVERTISING  
POLICY AND GUIDELINES TO INCLUDE ADVERTISING AT  
BALLFIELDS AND ASSOCIATED FACILITIES  
BACKGROUND: On December 4, 2018, City Council adopted Policy  
000-70 titled “Advertising Policy and Guidelines”. This policy describes  
and outlines both a methodology and series of boundaries for the use  
and display of non-City advertising on City Facilities. It further defines  
specific City Facilities where non-City advertising may be displayed. In  
coordination with the Recreation Division, the City Manager’s Office is  
recommending that the policy be expanded to include allowing  
advertising at City owned ballfields and associated facilities as  
approved by the Division through specific license agreements.  
RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended by the City Manager’s Office  
that the Council, by resolution, amend Council Policy Number 000-70  
titled “Advertising Policy and Guidelines” expanding the authority to  
include ballfields and associated facilities as allowed through license  
agreements issued by the Recreation Division.  
Attachments:  
14.3  
REPORT - APPROVAL OF THE PRELIMINARY FY 2022/23  
REGIONAL WATER REUSE SYSTEM OPERATING AND  
MAINTENANCE, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT, AND DEBT SERVICE  
BUDGET AND ALLOCATION OF COSTS  
BACKGROUND: The Regional Water Reuse System, managed by  
Santa Rosa Water per Agreement, is a state-of-the-art wastewater  
treatment facility serving five member agencies (Santa Rosa, Rohnert  
Park, Sebastopol, Cotati, and the Sonoma County South Park  
Sanitation District, each hereinafter referred to as “User Agency” or  
collectively as “User Agencies”). The Operating Agreement  
(Agreement) requires that Santa Rosa Water annually prepare a  
Preliminary Budget and Allocation of Costs for the Regional Water  
Reuse System and notify the User Agencies of these costs by May 1st  
of each year. The Agreement further requires that the proposed budget  
and allocation of costs be reviewed by the Subregional Technical  
Advisory Committee (TAC), the Board of Public Utilities (BPU) and the  
Council of the City of Santa Rosa prior to noticing the User Agencies of  
operating and debt service costs due.  
The Regional Operations and Maintenance (O&M) Fund budget  
request is $40,417,094, the Regional cash-funded Capital Improvement  
Program (CIP) is $9,000,000, and the Regional debt service due is  
$24,592,802.  
RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended by Santa Rosa Water, the  
Subregional Technical Advisory Committee and the Board of Public  
Utilities that the Council, by resolution, approve the Preliminary 2022/23  
Regional Water Reuse System Operating and Maintenance, Capital  
Improvement, and Debt Service Budget and Allocation of Costs for the  
purpose of notifying the Regional Water Reuse User Agencies of their  
allocation of such costs by May 2022.  
Attachments:  
14.4  
REPORT - SUMMARY VACATION OF PUBLIC SERVICE EASEMENT  
- CARITAS VILLAGE  
BACKGROUND: Caritas Village is an approved project that includes the  
redevelopment of a city block into a comprehensive family and  
homeless support services facility/emergency shelter (Caritas Center)  
to be operated by Catholic Charities, and a 126-unit affordable housing  
development (Caritas Homes) to be operated by Burbank Housing.  
The applicant seeks a summary vacation of a public service easement  
(PSE) that has been partially abandoned and relocated. The easement  
was reserved for public utilities within a now vacated alley right of way.  
All public and private facilities that were located within the easement  
have been removed and have been either abandoned or relocated.  
Vacating the PSE is necessary for the orderly development of the  
approved Caritas Village project.  
RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended by the Planning and  
Economic Development Department that Council, by resolution,  
approve a summary vacation of a 341-foot by 12-foot (approximately  
4,210-square-foot), public service easement that has been partially  
abandoned and relocated for the Caritas Village project, which is  
located on a downtown City block, bordered by 7th Street to the north,  
A Street to the east, 6th Street to the south, and Morgan Street to the  
west.  
Attachments:  
15. PUBLIC HEARINGS  
Public Hearing matters will begin no earlier than 5:00 p.m. or as soon  
thereafter as the matters are reached on the agenda.  
15.1  
PUBLIC HEARING - TEFRA PUBLIC HEARING AND ISSUANCE OF  
BONDS BY THE CALIFORNIA MUNICIPAL FINANCE AUTHORITY IN  
AN AGGREGATE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $40 MILLION FOR  
AVIARA APARTMENTS, AN AFFORDABLE RENTAL HOUSING  
PROJECT LOCATED AT 1385 WEST COLLEGE AVENUE  
BACKGROUND: The issuance of tax exempt, private activity bonds  
must be approved by the jurisdiction the project is located in following a  
public hearing. MM Aviara, L.P., a California limited partnership  
(“Borrower”) has selected the California Municipal Finance Authority  
(“CMFA”), a joint-powers authority of which the City is an additional  
member, to be the issuer of revenue bonds for Aviara Apartments, a  
136-unit multifamily affordable rental housing project, located at 1385  
West College Avenue (the “Project”), in an aggregate amount not to  
exceed $40 million, and has requested that the City Council conduct a  
public hearing in accordance with the Tax Equity and Fiscal  
Responsibility Act of 1983 (“TEFRA”). A public hearing is required to  
provide a reasonable opportunity for interested individuals to express  
their views, orally or in writing, on the proposed issue of bonds and the  
location and nature of the proposed project to be financed. All financial  
obligations of the bond issuance are the responsibility of the Borrower,  
not the City of Santa Rosa.  
RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended by the Housing and  
Community Services Department that the Council: 1) conduct a public  
hearing under the requirements of the Tax Equity and Fiscal  
Responsibility Act of 1983 and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as  
amended; and 2) by resolution, approve the issuance of revenue bonds  
by the California Municipal Finance Authority in an aggregate amount  
not to exceed $40 million to finance or refinance the acquisition,  
construction, improvement and equipping of Aviara Apartments, an  
affordable rental housing project, located at 1385 West College  
Avenue, Santa Rosa.  
Attachments:  
16. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS  
16.1  
SB 1157 (HERTZBERG) - URBAN WATER USE OBJECTIVES:  
INDOOR RESIDENTIAL WATER USE - Provided for information.  
Attachments:  
16.2  
QUARTERLY BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES  
ATTENDANCE REPORT. Provided for information.  
Attachments:  
17. PUBLIC COMMENTS ON NON-AGENDA MATTERS  
This is the time when any person may address the Council on matters not  
listed on this agenda, but which are within the subject matter jurisdiction of  
the Council and not able to speak under Agenda Item 13. Each speaker will  
be allowed three minutes.  
18. ANNOUNCEMENT OF CONTINUED CLOSED SESSION ITEMS, RECESS TO  
CLOSED SESSION IN THE MAYOR’S CONFERENCE ROOM, RECONVENE TO  
OPEN SESSION, AND ANNOUNCEMENTS [IF NEEDED]  
19. ADJOURNMENT OF MEETING  
20. UPCOMING MEETINGS  
This schedule is tentative and subject to change pending final publication and  
posting of the City Council Meeting Agenda.  
20.1  
UPCOMING MEETINGS LIST  
Attachments:  
*Did not appear on the preliminary agenda.  
**Quasi-judicial or adjudicative action.  
The Open Government Ordinance (ORD-2020-018) was adopted by City Council in December 2020. This  
ordinance, adds Chapter 1-10 to the City Code to codify the City of Santa Rosa's commitment to embrace  
a culture of open government to ensure public trust, engage the community, and establish a system of  
transparency, public participation, and collaboration. To view a full version of the Open Government  
Ordinance contact the City Clerk's Office at 707-543-3015 (TTY Relay at 711) or cityclerk@srcity.org.  
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facilities, programs, or activities. Requests for accommodations, auxiliary aids, or services necessary to participate in a City  
program, service, or activity, including printed information in alternate formats, are available by contacting the City Clerk's Office  
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Council meeting, the copy shall be provided no later than two (2) business days prior to the City Council meeting.  
Any writings or documents provided to a majority of the City Council prior to this meeting regarding any item on this agenda,  
excluding closed session items, are available for public review in the City Clerk's Office, Room 10, City Hall, 100 Santa Rosa  
Ave, during normal business hours.