Okay, I think I have us at four thirty, if that's right for everybody.

Okay.

Afternoon all.

Uh so with that, I'd like to call to order the July fourteenth, twenty twenty-two meeting of the Santa Rosa Planning Commission to order.

Um, and before I start, I'll read the following statement we've been reading for a couple of years now.

Uh, 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 nineteen.

Commissioners and staff are distance, are participating from 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 this agenda.

So with that, um could we uh go ahead and call roll, please.

Absolutely.

Item three is our public comment item.

Um so with that, I'll open now open the public comment period 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 dialing in via telephone.

Please dial star nine to raise your hand.

Each speaker will be given three minutes.

A countdown timer is shown on the screen for your convenience and the convenience of the viewers.

Please make sure to unmute yourself when you are invited to do so, and your microphone will be muted at the end of that countdown.

And once again, this is for items that are not on the agenda tonight.

So, with that, um do we Ms.

Montoya?

Do we have anybody?

I am seeing no hands at this time.

Okay.

So with that, I will go ahead and close this public comment period and bring it back to the commission.

Um, item four is planning commissioner's report and our statement of purpose is that we are charged with carrying out the California planning and zoning laws of the city of Santa Rosa.

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

So with that, we'll move on to item 4.2, uh any sub any waterways advisory committee report, Commissioner Carter.

Oh thank you.

And Commissioner uh C and any subdivision reports.

Okay, so with that, uh we'll go ahead in to commissioner reports, item 4.3.

Any commissioner reports tonight or this afternoon?

Uh Commissioner Sisko.

Uh, not a report really.

I just wanted to encourage the commission members, if you haven't already done so, to take a drive down Sebastopool Road and see all of our amazing new murals.

Um, you know, starting from Olive Street.

Uh there's several brand new ones.

Uh, they're really, really lovely up to Dutton.

And there's more beyond that too, but those are particularly lovely.

So great, thank you.

And they are, they're really, it's really cool.

Um so any other commissioner reports.

Okay.

So then we'll go into department reports.

Yes, uh, hello, good afternoon.

Um I I want to take this moment to thank one of our administrative secretaries that is our secretary tonight, uh, Michelle Montoya.

Um, she's supported by Lonnie.

I want to take a few words to really thank Michelle.

Um she's moving into a new um position with the department.

She's gonna take one of our lead admin secretary positions, um, and really help the department at a lead administrative level.

She supports the director now, um, and she has been instrumental in training all of our admin staff.

So actually, this is going to be the last commission meeting that she leads.

We're removing um another one of our great secretaries into the position to support the commission.

But um Michelle has done a phenomenal job responding to all the changes that we've had to do to stand these meetings up effectively through COVID.

And I just really appreciate what she's put into it, and she's taught uh many other admins across the spectrum how to do this and do it well.

Um so thank you to Michelle for your service, particularly supporting this fun commission, but it's been challenging to make this work in the way that she has done it.

So thank you to Michelle and uh and uh Yes indeed.

Yeah, and it looks like we may our next meeting may be canceled.

We I don't think we have any items for July 28th, but um when we start back up in August, um we'll uh introduce Eileen.

She'll be our new Eileen Cleary.

She will be our new um main admin support for this commission.