City Hall, Council Chamber  
100 Santa Rosa Ave  
Santa Rosa, CA  
City of Santa Rosa  
Planning Commission  
Regular Meeting Minutes - Final  
Thursday, December 14, 2023  
4:30 PM  
1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL  
Chair Weeks called the meeting to order at 4:30 p.m.  
6 -  
Present  
Chair Karen Weeks, Vice Chair Vicki Duggan, Commissioner Charles  
Carter, Commissioner Patti Cisco, Commissioner Jeffrey Holton, and  
Commissioner Terrence Sanders  
1 - Commissioner Julian Peterson  
Absent  
Chair Weeks made an announcement item 9.1 - Verison  
Wireless Telecommunication Tower, will be continued to a date  
certain of January 11, 2024.  
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES  
None.  
3. PUBLIC COMMENTS  
Staff made a recommendation to the Chair to take public comment  
during the non agenda public comment period for item 9.1 - Verizon  
Wireless Telecommunication Tower, due to continuance and  
members of the public being present.  
Chair Weeks opened public comment at 4:31 p.m.  
Carmen Gonzalez suggested Staff continue the item and spoke in  
opposition of the project item 9.1 - Verizon Wireless  
Telecommunication Tower.  
Richard Boyd spoke in opposition of the project item 9.1 - Verizon  
Wireless Telecommunication Tower.  
Paul Sheppra spoke in opposition of the project item 9.1 - Verizon  
Wireless Telecommunication Tower.  
Michelle DeLuca spoke in opposition of the project item 9.1 -  
Verizon Wireless Telecommunication Tower.  
Melody Stewart spoke in opposition of the project item 9.1 - Verizon  
Wireless Telecommunication Tower.  
Kim Schroder spoke in opposition of the project item 9.1 - Verizon  
Wireless Telecommunication Tower.  
Sydney Cox spoke in opposition of the project item 9.1 - Verizon  
Wireless Telecommunication Tower.  
Ed Messenger spoke in support of the project item 9.1 - Verizon  
Wireless Telecommunication Tower.  
Jeniffer Laporta spoke in opposition of the project item 9.1 - Verizon  
Wireless Telecommunication Tower.  
Margaret spoke in opposition of the project item 9.1 - Verizon  
Wireless Telecommunication Tower.  
Chair Weeks closed public comment at 5:05 p.m.  
4. COMMISSION BUSINESS  
None.  
4.1 STATEMENT OF PURPOSE  
Chair Weeks read aloud the Statement of Purpose.  
4.2 COMMISSIONER REPORTS  
None.  
4.3 OTHER (i.e. VICE CHAIR ELECTION, NEW MEMBER INTRODUCTIONS)  
None.  
5. DEPARTMENT REPORTS  
Staff Liaison Jones reported.  
6. STATEMENTS OF ABSTENTION BY COMMISSIONERS  
None.  
7. CONSENT ITEMS  
None.  
8. REPORT ITEMS  
None.  
9. PUBLIC HEARINGS  
9.1*  
PUBLIC HEARING - VERIZON WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION  
TOWER - CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT - 244 COLGAN AVENUE -  
PRJ23-009  
BACKGROUND: The applicant is requesting approval of a Conditional  
Use Permit for the construction of a 69-foot-tall monopine  
(telecommunication tower) with ground equipment enclosed by a  
6-foot-tall fence. The project is exempt from the California  
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).  
PRESENTED BY: Suzanne Hartman, City Planner  
Staff made a recommendation to continue this item to a date certain  
of January 11, 2024.  
A motion was made by Vice Chair Duggan, seconded by Commissioner  
Cisco, to continue item 9.1 to a date certain of January 11, 2024.  
RESOLUTION NO. PRJ23-009 ENTITLED: RESOLUTION OF THE  
PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SANTA ROSA MAKING  
FINDINGS AND DETERMINATIONS AND APPROVING A CONDITIONAL USE  
PERMIT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A 69-FOOT-TALL  
TELECOMMUNICATIONS TOWER AND ASSOCIATED GROUND  
EQUIPMENT - LOCATED AT 244 COLGAN AVENUE, APN: 044-011-053 -  
FILE NUMBER PRJ23-009  
The motion carried by the following vote:  
6 -  
Yes:  
Chair Weeks, Vice Chair Duggan, Commissioner Carter,  
Commissioner Cisco, Commissioner Holton and Commissioner  
Sanders  
1 - Commissioner Peterson  
Absent:  
10. ADJOURNMENT  
Chair Weeks adjourned the meeting 5:12 p.m.  
Approved on: January 9, 2024  
s/ Krystal Camp, Recording Secretary