City Hall, Council Chamber

100 Santa Rosa Ave

City of Santa Rosa

Santa Rosa, CA 95404

Design Review Board

Regular Meeting Minutes - Final

Thursday, May 4, 2023

4:30 PM

1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL

Chair Jones-Carter called the meeting to order at 4:35 p.m.

Board Member Cook arrived to the meeting at 4:55 p.m.

6 -

Present

Chair Melanie Jones-Carter, Vice Chair Drew Weigl, Board Member

Michael Cook, Board Member Victoria Liptak, Board Member Adam

Sharron, and Board Member Ernest Wuethrich

1 - Board Member Michael Burch

Absent

2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

None.

3. PUBLIC COMMENT

None.

4. BOARD BUSINESS

4.1 STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

Chair Jones-Carter read aloud the Statement of Purpose.

4.2 BOARD MEMBER REPORTS

None.

4.3 OTHER (i.e. VICE CHAIR ELECTION, NEW MEMBER INTRODUCTIONS)

None.

5. DEPARTMENT REPORTS

Staff Liaison Nicholson reported.

6. STATEMENTS OF ABSTENTION

None.

7. CONSENT ITEM(S)

None.

8. SCHEDULED ITEM(S)

8.1

APPLICANT PRESENTATION - THE CANNERY AT RAILROAD

SQUARE - DESIGN TEAM PRESENTATION; CEQA: NOT A

PROJECT AS NO ACTION WILL BE TAKEN

BACKGROUND: The Cannery at Railroad Square was approved in

August 2020. The project has broken ground and members of the

Design Review Board (DRB) and the public have expressed interest in

it. As such, the project design team has agreed to provide a

presentation to the DRB.

PRESENTED BY: Susie Murray and John Stewart Company

Planner Murray introduced item 8.1, The Cannery at Railroad

Square.

Applicant representatives made a presentation.

Staff and Applicant representatives responded to Board Member

inquiries.

Chair Jones-Carter opened the public comment period at 5:10 p.m.

Leanne Wentz asked questions about the project.

Chair Jones-Carter closed the public comment period at 5:13 p.m.

Staff and Applicant representatives responded to Board Member

inquiries.