Everyone is here that needs to be.

So whenever you want to get started, we are ready.

All right, thank you.

Um, I'd like to call this special meeting of the Santa Rosa Planning Commission to order.

Uh, before we start, I'd 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 remote locations and/or 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 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.

Madam Secretary, I'd like to ask for the roll call, please.

Let the record reflect that all members are present with the exception of Commissioner Holton and Chair Weeks.

Thank you.

So now I'd like to turn to the commission business and provide the statement of purpose.

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 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 special planning studies as needed.

Up next is any statements of abstentions by commissioners.

Do any of the commissioners need to abstain from any of the items on today?

Seeing none.

Okay.

Good afternoon, Vice Chair and members of the commission.

My name is Gabe Osburn.

I'm the deputy director of development services in the planning and economic development department.

And we're very excited today to provide have an opportunity to provide an overview of some of the outwardly facing technological tools that the department has recently implemented to track housing development.

The tools really focus on creating additional transparency in the process, and they give the public the ability to not only understand where housing development is occurring, but to also better understand where it is in the development process and to connect the public with some of the resources that go into the review and approval of housing projects.

We'll discuss dashboards, which are usually static or dynamic data, very specific numbers and totals.

And we'll also be talking about our pending development report, which is a static report that allows individuals to better understand where projects are in the entitlement phase.

And as you can see, we have quite a few members of our team joining me today with the presentation.

Some of them you know very well, and I'll begin with those in our introductions.

And joining us today from our housing and community services department is Nicole Del Fiorentino, who is our housing and community services manager.

Nicole will be focusing on our affordable housing maps.

And Joshua is one of our very talented people working behind the scenes who actually create these products.

Joshua, for most of the products you'll see today, he either created them or was heavily involved in the development.

He also created many of the tools that we rolled out with from a dashboard standpoint in response to the 2017 tubs fire.

Next slide, please.

So with that, I will hand the presentation over to Mr.

Dan Ron, and he will give an overview of our downtown mapping portal.

Thanks, Gabe.

Good afternoon, Vice Chair and members of the Planning Commission.

As mentioned, my name is Joshua Danbron.

I'm a quality control associate with the engineering development services team.

And I oversee the implementation of various technologies, tools, and resources in the planning and economic development department.

The first tool we'd like to provide an overview of is our downtown housing dashboard.

As you're aware, since 2014 and through 2016, there have been a number of downtown housing related initiatives pushed forward by the city.

As you'll see, the housing dashboards and these map resources really work to show the progression of these efforts into actual housing units.

As an example of this, we can see the metrics at the bottom of this page.

Provide a look at the building permits applied for since 2016, which are creating new housing units in the downtown.

The numbers at this time are 684 housing units in the applied status, 229 in construction, and 131 units final since 2016.

Next slide, please.

The intent of this map is to show a high-level overview of what's happening right now in the downtown.

However, for those who are looking to dig a little bit deeper, this web map is fully interactive, meaning that all the map symbols and shapes can be clicked on and interacted with.

At this time, the symbology on this map typically represents active housing related projects that are in the pipeline, as well as active building permits that are creating new housing units.

When you click on a symbol, a pop-up window appears with more granular information about a selected project, and the user can scroll down through the various details and find links to additional information.

Our goal here is to provide a general overview of the downtown while also providing that more in-depth look that people with a greater interest might have.

Next slide, please.

I should note that these downtown maps are in the early stage, and there's the expectation they'll be growing as feedback is received and as resources are identified.

In addition to that, housing development activity map, we wanted to give an insight into how the city's investing in our downtown.

And a step towards that is this map you're looking at, which is looking at the enhancements that the city is making in the downtown.

This focuses on things like the capital improvement projects that are happening.

For example, what the city is doing with roadway improvements.