City Hall, Council Chamber  
100 Santa Rosa Ave  
City of Santa Rosa  
Santa Rosa, CA 95404  
Design Review Board  
Regular Meeting Minutes - Draft  
Thursday, May 2, 2024  
4:30 PM  
1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL  
Vice-Chair Weigl called the meeting to order at 4:30 p.m.  
4 -  
Present  
Vice Chair Drew Weigl, Board Member Michael Cook, Board Member  
Victoria Liptak, and Board Member Adam Sharron  
2 - Chair Melanie Jones-Carter, and Board Member Ernest Wuethrich  
Absent  
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES  
2.1  
April 18, 2024 - Draft Minutes  
Approved as submitted.  
Vice-Chair Weigl opened and closed public comment at 4:31 p.m.  
3. PUBLIC COMMENT  
Vice-Chair Weigl opened and closed Public Comment at 4:32 p.m.  
4. BOARD BUSINESS  
4.1 STATEMENT OF PURPOSE  
Vice Chair Weigl read aloud the Statement of Purpose.  
4.2 BOARD MEMBER REPORTS  
Board Member Liptak reported.  
4.3 OTHER (i.e. VICE CHAIR ELECTION, NEW MEMBER INTRODUCTIONS)  
None.  
5. DEPARTMENT REPORTS  
Staff Murray reported.  
6. STATEMENTS OF ABSTENTION  
None.  
7. CONSENT ITEM(S)  
None.  
8. SCHEDULED ITEM(S)  
8.1  
PUBLIC HEARING - GIFFEN BUILDING ONE, Exempt Project -  
DESIGN REVIEW - 2711 GIFFEN AVE - DR22-042  
BACKGROUND: Major Design Review to allow a new  
37,520-square-foot, two-story industrial shell building located within an  
existing industrial campus.  
PRESENTED BY:Kristinae Toomians, Senior Planner  
Ex Parte Disclosures: None.  
Project Planner Toomians presented.  
Staff responded to Board Member inquiries.  
Vice-Chair Weigl opened and closed the Public Hearing at 4:44  
p.m.  
Staff and Applicant representatives responded to Board Member  
inquiries.  
A motion was made by Board Member Sharron, seconded by Board  
Member Liptak, to waive reading of the text and adopt:  
RESOLUTION NO. DRB-2024-004 ENTITLED: RESOLUTION OF THE  
DESIGN REVIEW BOARD OF THE CITY OF SANTA ROSA GRANTING  
DESIGN REVIEW APPROVAL FOR GIFFEN ONE BUILDING, LOCATED AT  
2711 GIFFEN AVENUE, ASSESSOR’S PARCEL NO. 010-450-008, FILE NO.  
DR22-042.  
The motion carried by the following vote:  
4 -  
Yes:  
Vice Chair Weigl, Board Member Cook, Board Member Liptak and  
Board Member Sharron  
2 - Chair Jones-Carter and Board Member Wuethrich  
Absent:  
9. ADJOURNMENT  
Vice-Chair Weigl adjourned the meeting at 4:54 p.m.  
Approved on:  
_______________________________  
Jack Reynolds, Recording Secretary