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Community Advisory Board  
Meeting Minutes - Final  
Wednesday, January 25, 2023  
6:00 PM  
6:00 P.M.  
PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54953(e) AND THE  
RECOMMENDATION OF THE HEALTH OFFICER OF THE COUNTY OF  
SONOMA, COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS WILL BE  
PARTICIPATING IN THIS MEETING VIA ZOOM WEBINAR.  
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submitted by 5:00 pm, the Tuesday (1/24) before the CAB meeting via  
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during the CAB meeting. Email public comments will be provided to all  
CAB members prior to the meeting.  
1. CALL TO ORDER & ROLL CALL  
Meeting called to order at 6:20pm  
11 -  
Present:  
Chair Leslie Graves, Vice Chair Jorge Inocencio, Vice Chair Cherie  
Barnett, Board Member Kirstyne Lange, Board Member Steve Rahmn,  
Board Member Andrea Rodriguez, Board Member Beth Steffy, Board  
Member Calum Weeks, Board Member Yvonne Sierra-Vega, Henry  
Huang, and Ariana Diaz De Leon  
2. PUBLIC COMMENTS  
None.  
3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES  
November 16, 2022 Special Meeting Minutes  
Minutes  
Attachments:  
Public Comment: None.  
A motion was made by Board Member Rahmn, seconded by Vice Chair  
Weeks, to approve the November 16, 2023 meeting minutes. The motion  
carried by the following vote:  
8 -  
Yes:  
Chair Graves, Vice Chair Inocencio, Vice Chair Barnett, Board  
Member Lange, Board Member Rahmn, Board Member Rodriguez,  
Board Member Steffy, and Board Member Weeks  
3 -  
Abstain:  
Board Member Sierra-Vega, Board Member Huang, and Board  
Member Diaz De Leon  
4. CAB ANNOUNCEMENTS  
Chair Graves welcomed new CAB Members, Huang, Sierra and  
Diaz De Leon.  
Member Huang announced upcoming events for the Redwood  
Empire Chinese Association in celebration of Chinese New Year.  
On January 28 the Children’s Museum will be having an event from  
10am-3pm. February 4 there will be a line dance performance at the  
Northwest Santa Rosa Library from 2pm to 3pm. February 5 there  
will be a line dance performance in Healdsburg in the morning.  
Member Diaz De Leon announced that there will be school vaccine  
clinics taking place next month in Santa Rosa at Shepherd  
Elementary on February 2 , and then at Taylor Mountain Elementary  
on February 9. There may be some at Elsie Allen High School and  
Steel Lane Elementary. These are free vaccines available for  
anyone in the community.  
Member Rodriguez announced that she will be leaving the meeting  
early.  
Member Lange announced that next month is Black History Month.  
She will be send out a full newsletter so everyone can calendar the  
upcoming programs and events for the month of February.  
Vice Chair Weeks announced that Santa Rosa Water is having one  
more presentation on water resiliency and long term planning for  
water resiliency. He encourages anyone who is interested in this  
topic to engage.  
Chair Graves announced that on January 26 at 5pm in Courthouse  
Square is the dedication ceremony for Unum.  
Public Comment: None.  
5. STAFF UPDATES  
Community Engagement Coordinator Daniel Chaparro provided a  
recap of the January 19 inRESPONSE event that was held at Elsie  
Allen High School. He also provided an update on the District Town  
Halls potentially scheduled to begin in April 2023.  
He also announced that former Director of Community Engagement  
Magali Telles last day with the City of Santa Rosa was on January  
19, 2023. Administrative Analyst Danielle Garduno will be assisting  
with CAB until further notice.  
Public Comments: None.  
6. SCHEDULED ITEMS  
6.1 BUS STOPS: AN ITERATIVE PROCESS  
PRESENTATION - BUS STOPS: AN ITERATIVE PROCESS  
PRESENTATION  
Attachments:  
Yuri Koslen, Transit Planner with the City of Santa Rosa  
Transportation and Public Works Department, provided the CAB  
with an overview of transit planning and framework as well as  
information on bus stops.  
CAB Members asked questions pertaining to services from the  
Transportation and Public Works Department. Transit Planner  
Yuri Koslen was able to provide feedback on those questions.  
Public Comment: None.  
6.2 2022 Q4 COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT GRANT APPLICATION  
SELECTIONS  
REPORT - COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT GRANT PROGRAM 2022 Q4  
APPLICATIONS FOR FUNDING  
BACKGROUND: On October 1, 2022, the Community Advisory Board (CAB)  
released the 2022 Community Improvement Grant Application for Quarter 4 to  
the public. The application period closed on December 30, 2022. The CAB  
received one application eligible for funding, totaling $1690.80. The project is  
as follows:  
MMIW Ribbon Skirts (Maria Cardenas)  
RECOMMENDATION: The Office of Community Engagement recommends the  
CAB fund both project applications for this grant period  
PRESENTATION  
Attachments:  
MMIW Ribbon Skirts Project  
Public Comments: None.  
A motion was made by Board Member Barnett, seconded by Board  
Member Diaz De Leon, to approve the grant application for funding. The  
motion carried by the following vote:  
11 -  
Yes:  
Chair Graves, Vice Chair Inocencio, Vice Chair Barnett, Board  
Member Lange, Board Member Rahmn, Board Member  
Rodriguez, Board Member Steffy, Board Member Weeks, Board  
Member Sierra-Vega, Board Member Huang, and Board  
Member Diaz De Leon  
6.3 ISSUES OF CONCERN TO CITY RESIDENTS  
Member Inocencio mentioned that Civic Ready is not performing  
as well as Nixel was. In particular, during the recent rain people  
were reporting that the some of the messages were going to their  
spam folders and the website to sign up is only available in  
English.  
Chair Graves mentioned that there was a recent report that  
arrests were made at sideshows and that this would be a great  
opportunity for restorative justice being practices to be included  
in the response. She is concerned that all those arrested are  
young men of color.  
Public Comment: None.  
7. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS  
The following items are listed for upcoming agendas:  
A. Implement Strategic Plan (ongoing)  
B. inRESPONSE Presentation (February)  
C. Santa Rosa General Plan Update - Alternatives (March)  
D. MySantaRosa App Presentation (TBD)  
Public Comment: None  
8. ADJOURNMENT  
The Meeting was adjourned at 8:21pm.  
A motion was made by Board Member Lange, seconded by Board Member  
Rahmn, to adjourn the meeting. The motion carried by the following vote:  
11 -  
Yes:  
Chair Graves, Vice Chair Inocencio, Vice Chair Barnett, Board  
Member Lange, Board Member Rahmn, Board Member Rodriguez,  
Board Member Steffy, Board Member Weeks, Board Member  
Sierra-Vega, Board Member Huang, and Board Member Diaz De  
Leon  
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