Vice Chair Carney, it's 4 30 if you'd like to start the meeting.

It's 4 30 p.m.

and I'm calling this meeting of the Cultural Heritage Board to order.

Uh recording secretary, can we please have a roll call?

Thank you.

Uh board member Borin.

Present.

Thank you, board member Fennel.

President.

Uh board member Garrett.

Here.

Board Member Klein present.

Board Member Marslin.

Here.

And Vice Chair Carney.

Here.

And let the record reflect that all board members are present with the exception of Chair Muser.

Item two, remote participation.

We have none.

Um item three, approval of minutes.

Uh does anyone have any changes to the minutes?

Uh seeing none of the minutes for the April 17th are approved as submitted.

Uh recording secretary, do we have any public comment on item three approval of minutes?

If you're in council chambers and would like to make a comment for item three, non-agenda matters, please make your way to the podium.

Thank you, Mr.

DeWitt.

I meant item four, non-agenda manners for public comment.

Hello, my name is Dwayne DeWitt.

I'm from Roseland.

Many of us over in Roseland feel we're in a special spot and that we should have some recognition for our history over there.

One of the reasons why I'm here today is because this body has the opportunity to recommend designation of not just landmarks, but preservation districts.

Along Sebastopool Road and along Burbank Avenue, named after Luther Burbank, who owned property there a hundred and fifteen years ago.

Well, it was first the Southwest Area plan, then came a Southwest Santa Rosa redevelopment project area idea.

At the time when those studies were done, it was pointed out that there were nice houses along Sebastopol Road, Dutton Avenue, Burbank Avenue, and others that should have some perhaps consideration to be preserved.

And new employees that came along in Santa Rosa really had no concerns about Roseland and about saving anything over there.

Most of their concerns lie to the east of the railroad tracks.

Throwing down the drain.

Twenty-four years ago, we were able to have Rosie the trolley used for a tour to show the officials that were a part of the Southwest Santa Rosa redevelopment project area plan what Roseland was about.

If we could get you folks to start looking over there and see it more than just when one project arrives, you could be able to help us recommend designation for a preservation area, such as the Burbank Avenue Fire Station, which was put together by World War II veterans who came home and taxed themselves for a fire district, and then staffed the volunteer fire department and kept it alive all these years.

When the city got a hold of it seven years ago in annexation, they got three and a half million dollars.

And we'd like to see that be used to preserve that fire station building and do something special.

Thank you for your time.

Thank you for your comments.

Do we have any other public comment?

I see no other public comment.

All right, the public comment is closed.

Moving on to item five board business, a statement of purpose.

The principal duties of the board include undertaking and updating historic inventories or surveys, recommending designation of landmarks and preservation districts, reviewing proposed alterations to historic buildings, and promoting public awareness of preservation issues.

5.2 board member reports.

Do we have any reports from the board members?

No reports.

Item six, department reports.

Do we have any reports from departments?

That one snuck up on me.

I'm I'm gonna say that this afternoon I do not have any department reports.

It's nice and quiet down there today.

Excellent.

All right.

Uh item seven statements of abstention abstentions.

Um we have any statement of abstentions from board members.