Virtual Meeting - See Agenda  
for Participation Information  
City of Santa Rosa  
Planning Commission  
Meeting Minutes - Final  
Thursday, January 26, 2023  
4:30 PM  
1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL  
Chair Weeks called the meeting to order at 4:30 p.m.  
Rollcall  
6 -  
Present  
Chair Karen Weeks, Vice Chair Julian Peterson, Commissioner  
Charles Carter, Commissioner Vicki Duggan, Commissioner  
Jeffrey Holton, and Commissioner Patti Cisco  
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES  
None.  
3. PUBLIC COMMENTS  
None.  
4. COMMISSION BUSINESS  
4.1 STATEMENT OF PURPOSE  
Chair Weeks read aloud the Statement of Purpose.  
4.2 COMMISSIONER REPORTS  
Commissioner Carter reported about the Waterways Advisory  
Committee.  
4.3 OTHER (i.e. VICE CHAIR ELECTION, NEW MEMBER INTRODUCTIONS)  
Chair Weeks appointed Commissioner Carter to the Subdivision  
Committee.  
Chair Weeks reported about the Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital  
Neighborhood meeting, that is held quarterly.  
5. DEPARTMENT REPORTS  
Staff Liaison Jones reported.  
6. STATEMENTS OF ABSTENTION BY COMMISSIONERS  
None.  
7. CONSENT ITEM(S)  
None.  
8. SCHEDULED ITEM(S)  
8.1  
PUBLIC HEARING - 2023-2031 HOUSING ELEMENT/WINTER  
GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT PACKAGE  
BACKGROUND: Public hearing and recommendation to the Council  
approval of a General Plan Amendment for the City of Santa Rosa’s  
2023-2031 (6th cycle) Housing Element. The Housing Element includes  
a housing needs assessment, evaluation of the existing housing  
element, housing site inventory analysis, fair housing assessment,  
potential and actual government constraints analysis, analysis of the  
Growth Management Ordinance, and housing implementation goals,  
policies, and programs to support housing production, housing  
affordability, and housing for special needs populations, among other  
topics.  
RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended by the Planning and  
Economic Development Department that the Planning Commission hold  
a public hearing, provide comments, and adopt a Resolution  
recommending that the City Council adopt the 2023-2031 Housing  
Element and an Addendum to the General Plan Environmental Impact  
Report. The City Council will consider final adoption on February 14th,  
2022.  
PRESENTED BY: Amy Lyle, Supervising Planner  
Supervising Planner Lyle, Senior Planner Guerrero Auna, and  
Consultant Cynthia Walsh presented.  
Supervising Planner Lyle paused the presentation and responded to  
Commissioner inquiries.  
Supervising Planner Lyle continued the presentation.  
Staff responded to Commissioner inquiries.  
Chair Weeks opened the public hearing at 5:55 p.m.  
Calum Weeks commented on the project and offered suggestions.  
Chair Weeks closed the public hearing at 5:58 p.m.  
A motion was made by Commissioner Cisco, seconded by Commissioner  
Carter, to waive reading of the text and adopt:  
RESOLUTION NO. ENTITLED PC-2023-003: RESOLUTION OF THE  
PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SANTA ROSA MAKING  
FINDINGS AND DETERMINATIONS AND RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY  
COUNCIL (1) ADOPT THE ADDENDUM TO THE GENERAL PLAN EIR AND  
(2) ADOPT A GENERAL PAN AMENDMENT TO UPDATE THE HOUSING  
ELEMENT OF THE GENERAL PLAN FOR THE PERIOD OF 2023-2031,  
AFFIRMATIVELY FURTHER FAIR HOUSING, COMPLIANCE WITH STATE  
HOUSING ELEMENT LAW, AND (3) AUTHORIZE STAFF TO SUBMIT THE  
ADOPTED HOUSING ELEMENT TO THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF  
HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FOR CERTIFICATION.  
The motion carried by the following vote:  
6 -  
Yes:  
Chair Weeks, Vice Chair Peterson, Commissioner Carter,  
Commissioner Duggan, Commissioner Holton and Commissioner  
Cisco  
9. ADJOURNMENT  
Chair Weeks adjourned the meeting at 6:10 p.m.  
Approved on: February 23, 2023  
s/Lani Buckheit