City Hall, Council Chamber  
100 Santa Rosa Ave  
City of Santa Rosa  
Santa Rosa, CA 95404  
Cultural Heritage Board  
Regular Meeting Minutes - Final  
Wednesday, June 21, 2023  
4:30 PM  
1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL  
Chair Meuser called the meeting to order at 4:36 P.M.  
5 -  
Present  
Chair Brian Meuser, Vice Chair Cappie Garrett, Board Member  
Patrick Carney, Board Member Laura Fennell, and Board Member  
Heidi Klyn  
1 - Board Member Bonnie Boren  
Absent  
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES  
2.1  
May 3, 2023 - Draft Minutes  
Approved as submitted.  
3. PUBLIC COMMENTS  
None.  
4. BOARD BUSINESS  
4.1 STATEMENT OF PURPOSE  
Chair Meuser read aloud the Statement of Purpose.  
4.2 BOARD MEMBER REPORTS  
None.  
4.3 OTHER (i.e. VICE CHAIR ELECTION, NEW MEMBER INTRODUCTION)  
None.  
5. DEPARTMENT REPORTS  
Staff Liaison Murray reported.  
6. STATEMENTS OF ABSTENTION BY BOARD MEMBERS  
None.  
7. CONSENT ITEM(S)  
None.  
8. SCHEDULED ITEM(S)  
8.1  
REPORT - HOUSE SANTA ROSA  
BACKGROUND: The House Santa Rosa project is a grant-funded  
initiative to facilitate the production of housing in the City of Santa Rosa.  
The purpose the Report is for the Board to provide feedback to the  
House Santa Rosa team and interested citizens as to the work that has  
been performed so far, and identify areas for improvement.  
PRESENTED BY: Conor McKay  
Project Planner Mckay presented.  
Chair Meuser opened and closed the public comment period.  
Staff responded to Board Member inquiries.  
8.2  
THE CULTURAL HERITAGE BOARD WILL BRAINSTORM IDEAS TO  
ADDRESS WORK BEING DONE WITHIN PRESERVATION  
DISTRICTS WITHOUT BENEFIT OF PERMITS.  
BACKGROUND: At the Cultural Heritage Board (CHB) meeting held on  
June 1, 2022, a motion was made and seconded to add a discussion  
regarding changes to properties and structures within Santa Rosa’s  
preservation districts without benefit of permits.  
At the meeting on December 7, 2022, the CHB voted to add the  
discussion onto a future agenda.  
The purpose of this agenda item is to facilitate a discussion between  
CHB members regarding working being done without benefit of permits  
within preservation districts.  
Chair Meuser and Staff Liaison Murray introduced item 8.2.  
Staff responded to Board Member inquiries.  
Chair Meuser opened and closed the public comment period.  
A motion was made by Chair Meuser, seconded by Vice Chair Garrett, to  
continue the item to a date certain of July 19, 2023.  
The motion carried by the following vote:  
5 -  
Yes:  
Chair Meuser, Vice Chair Garrett, Board Member Carney, Board  
Member Fennell and Board Member Klyn  
1 - Board Member Boren  
Absent:  
9. ADJOURNMENT  
Chair Meuser adjourned the meeting at 6:16 P.M.  
Approved on: July 19, 2023  
s/ Lani Buckheit