No.

Okay, everyone.

I'd like to call to order the January eighth of the twenty sixth meeting of the Planning Commission.

And if we could please have rule.

Thank you, Chair.

Commissioner Carter.

Here.

Commissioner Sisko.

Here.

Commissioner Horton is absent.

Commissioner Pardo.

Here.

Commissioner Sanders.

Here.

Vice Chair Duggan.

Here.

Chair Weeks.

Here.

Let the record of the fact that all commissioners are present with the exception of Commissioner Horton.

Thank you.

So we have no remote participation.

We have one set of minutes.

Are there any changes or corrections to the minutes from anybody?

Okay, then those will stand as submitted.

And we'll move on to public comment.

I'm on agenda items.

There's no public here, so no public comments.

And so we'll go to our 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 implementation 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.

Two commissioner reports.

Any commissioner reports?

Okay.

Um then 5.3.

We have nothing.

Five or item six department report.

Yes, uh, thank you, uh Chair Weeks, members of the Commission.

Um, so I do have a few things here for you.

Um, so I may have mentioned to you uh 2026.

We will be having numerous appeals moving forward.

Um so three that I wanted to make mention to the commission.

Um, one I think might have already mentioned, um, so the Pira Vita project that the Commission reviewed um last year uh has been appealed.

Um we were looking at a meeting date, the first council meeting in March, um, but we will need to reschedule that due to some conflicts with council members' attendance.

Uh so we're working on a date for that.

Um the Lago Fresca project that the commission recently acted on, as did the design review and preservation board.

That project has also been appealed, and it is scheduled for the February 24th council meeting.

Um, and then uh a project that you haven't seen yet but will is a assisted living facility on Benjamin's, and that was reviewed and acted on by the zoning administrator.

Um it is a uh a large um community care facility which is reviewed at the minor use permit level.

I'm forgetting right now how many beds it is, but um, so it went to the zoning administrator.

There was concerns by the neighbors, so it is being appealed to the planning commission, so that will come before you and we're working on a date for that.

Um then uh so that's it for for appeals for now.

Um then just uh a quick um update on our staffing.

Uh just wanted to share with the commission that we had two senior planner vacancies that we were working to fill, and I am pleased to announce that we have filled both of those, one with a promotional um uh from our internal staff, Sheila Walski, who's a city planner here, who we brought over from the town of Windsor back in 2022, uh, is uh has been promoted to senior planner.

Uh of course that leaves her city planner position vacant, so we'll be recruiting for that.

Um and all these vacancies are on our development review team, so they're the planners that you would see come before you with new development projects.

Um then uh Hanna Michelson, uh, who is currently a contract planner.

I think she's come before the board a couple times, uh, or before the commission.

Um we've been lucky enough to snag her permanently, so she will be our our other senior planner coming on board.

Uh so you will be seeing both of them here probably in the near future.

Um and I feel like there was one other thing, but now I can't remember what it was.