Mike and Michelle, are we um ready to go at four?

Do you think?

Yeah, staff is ready to go when whenever you are.

Okay.

Um we are missing one commissioner, I believe.

Yeah, commissioners can all turn on their um okay.

So um are you ready, Mr.

Maloney?

Yes, we are.

Okay, thank you.

Uh good afternoon.

I'd like to call to order the August 12th, 2021 meeting of the Santa Rosa Planning Commission.

Uh before we start, I'm gonna like to read the following statement.

Due to the provisions of the governor's executive orders n 25-20 and n 29-20, which suspends certain requirements of the Brown Act and the order of the health officer of the county of Sonoma to shelter in place to minimize the spread of COVID 19.

The planning commissioners will be conducting today's meeting in a virtual setting using Zoom webinar.

Commissioners and staff are participating from our remote locations and are practicing appropriate social distancing.

Members of the public may view and listen to the meeting as noted on the city's website and as noted on the agenda.

Members of the public wishing to speak during item number four public comment or during our public hearing items will be able to do so by raising their hand and will be given the ability to address the commission.

Um Mr.

Maloney, if you'd like to call roll.

Thank you, Chair Weeks.

Let the record reflect that all commissioners are present except Commissioner O'Krepke.

I'm sorry, Commissioner Holton.

Thank you.

Um item 2.1 study session, which we have none.

Uh item three, approval of minutes, which we have no minutes today.

So we're on to item number four, public comments.

And I'd like to open the public comment period now for any item that's not included in this meeting's agenda.

If you wish to make a comment via Zoom, please select the raise hand button.

If you are dailing in via telephone, please dial star nine to raise your hand.

Each speaker will have three minutes.

The countdown timer will appear for the convenience of the speaker and the viewers.

Please make sure to unmute yourself when you're invited to do so.

And your microphone will be muted at the end of that countdown.

Do we have any questions?

Thank you, Chair Meeks.

At this time, no one is raising their hand, and we have one member from the public in attendance.

Thank you.

Okay, so with that, I will go ahead and close the public hearing and move on to item five.

Uh item five is planning commissioner's report, and I'd like to read the statement of purpose for the planning commission.

The planning commission is charged with carrying out the California planning and zoning laws in the city of Santa Rosa.

Duties include implementing of plans, ordinances, and policies related to land use matters, assisting in writing and implementing the general plan and area plan, holding public meetings and acting on proposed changes to the zoning code, zoning map, general plan, tentative subdivision maps, and undertaking special planning studies as needed.

Are any uh committee reports for subdivision or waterway?

Don't believe there are any.

Um there will be a subdivision meeting next week, uh, but there hasn't been one since the last meeting of the planning commission.

Um item 5.3 commissioner reports.

Anyone have anything they'd like to report out on.

Um, I would like to mention that um as of the first meeting in September, we will be changing our start time to 4.30.

And thank you all for um your input on that.

And uh then numbers item six is department reports, Mr.

Triple.

Good afternoon, Chair Weeks and uh members of the commission.

Um thank you for your attendance and uh service today.

Um we have just three quick notes that I would like to share with you.

As uh Chair Weeks just noted, the uh effective September 1, all of our review authority meetings, Cultural Heritage Board, Design Review Board, and Planning Commission will be aligned to 4 30 p.m.

start times.

But we feel this will be of great benefit to the public.

In that having these varied start times in the past can get a bit confusing, but then it also allows us to provide better service to all of the boards because that's it's more consistent for staff to uh service all the boards with uh with that start time.

The other important thing that will happen in September is we met with uh all three of the the chairs, Chair Weeks and then the um Chair Weigel and Chair Muser from the uh cultural heritage board to talk about the transition back to the chamber and this hybrid meeting format.

So of course um we met and then uh the COVID Delta variant uh emerged and and so we're we're kind of reassessing, but at this point in time of the direction that we've been given is that uh uh all three of the the primary planning division review authorities, planning commission design review board and cultural heritage board can go to a hybrid public meeting format.