I don't really have very much that everyone is uh drawing out.

Good afternoon, everyone.

I'd like to call the April 9th, 2026 meeting of the Planning Commission to order.

And could we have roll please?

Thank you, Chair.

Commissioner Carter.

Here.

Commissioner Sisko.

Here.

Commissioner Horton.

Here.

Commissioner Pardot is absent.

Commissioner Sanders.

Here.

Vice Chair Duggan.

Here.

Chair Weeks.

Here.

Let the record reflect that all commissioners, Commissioners are present with the exception of Commissioner Pardau.

Thank you.

We have no remote participation.

We have one set of minutes.

Any changes, corrections, et cetera, to the minutes.

Okay, none.

Then they will be approved and submitted.

And then we'll move on to public comment.

This is the time if anybody in the audience would like to make a public comment on an item that is not on the agenda.

Please go to the podium.

See no one rise.

I will close the public comment, public comment on non-agenda items.

And move on to commission business.

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 plan, 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.

And with that, we'll move on to Commissioner Reports.

Are there any commissioner reports?

Okay.

And we have no other and department report, Ms.

Jones.

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

Uh Jessica Jones, Deputy Director of Planning.

Uh just a couple quick things for you.

Um item uh just uh to give you notice uh that we expect to be coming forward to the planning commission um in June.

Likely your second meeting in June is an appeal of a zoning administrator action um for a minor use permit for a community care facility on Benjamin's Road.

Um and then just to note for your calendars, um we do not have any items for your uh meeting um in the next meeting in April, April 23rd, so we will be canceling that meeting.

Um and then a couple items um from council, just to note uh that the council on Tuesday heard the um ordinance for the conditional use permit streamlining that the commission moved forward.

Um and that was um the first reading was uh approved by the council, so we'll have a second reading of that um at their next meeting on the 21st, and uh as long as there isn't any changes to that, um that ordinance would go into effect on May 21st, and so then we would have our director conditional use permit process um and start um working on streamlining some of uh get the businesses here in town.

Um and then the uh Spring Lake Village item that the commission recently heard is scheduled for council on May twelfth.

Um and then I can't recall if I've uh let the commission know this um in the past or not, but the Del Valle drive-through um is being appealed.

Uh that is the one that the commission voted to deny.

Uh and that is uh at this point tentatively scheduled for July 28th.

And that is all I have.

Thank you.

And are there any public comments on department report?

Seeing nobody rise.

Um we will move on.

We have no uh or are there any um statements of abstentions or recusal?

Uh we have no presentations, no consent items, no report items.

We have one scheduled item.

It is a public hearing, 1977 marsh road annexation and sewer connection.

And it is an ex parte item, so we'll start with uh Commissioner Horton.

I uh visited the general vicinity of the property and have nothing further to disclose.

Thank you, Commissioner Sanders.

I as well visit the sort of vicinity of the property and have nothing further to disclose.

Thank you, Commissioner Carter.

I visited the site and have nothing further to disclose.

Thank you.

Commissioner Sisko.

I have nothing to disclose.

I have nothing to disclose.

And I visited the site and have nothing to disclose.

So with that, uh Ms.

All right.

Thank you.

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

My name is Hannah Michelson.

I am the project planner.

Oh, sure.

Hi there.

Uh, my name is Hanna Michelson.

I'm the project planner for the annexation and sewer connection at 1977 Marsh Road.

File number PLN 250580.

So this project is a request to pre-zone a single parcel for annexation into the city to provide sewer service for the existing home and to allow for the future development of an accessory dwelling unit.

Uh the proposed zoning district is R R20, rural residential.

This project is located um within a county island in the northwest quadrant of the city of Santa Rosa.

The general plan land use designation of this parcel is very low density residential.

It's surrounded on the west and the south by very low residential, and then on the north and the east by low density residential.

Um additionally, the RR20 uh proposed zoning district, rural residential is consistent with the very low density residential general plan land use designation, and it's also consistent with other RR20 parcels in the immediate and uh surrounding area.

This project uh has been reviewed in compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act CEQA, and it qualifies for a section 15183 exemption in that pre-zoning is consistent with the city's general plan.

It also uh is exempt under section 15319 in that future future annexation of existing private structures developed to the density allowed under the pre-zoning classification.

Um, as part of the staff review, we perceived one comment.

Um, this was an inquiry from an adjacent neighbor as to the size of the current and potentially future sewer mains, as well as the cost to connect for the future sewer lines.

Um, this was referred to the water engineering services who provided uh both the size and the cost, and also um explained that um in order to connect any parcels or property was within this county island would also need to um undergo annexation.

Um with that, no further issues or comments were raised.

Therefore, the planning and economic development department recommends that the planning commission by resolution recommend to the city council to pre-zone the property at 1977 Marsh Road to the R R20 zoning district, consistent with the very low density residential general plan land use designation.

Um my contact is here at the bottom of the screen.

If anyone has questions, they're welcome to reach out to me directly.

Additionally, the applicant is here should you have any questions for them.

And uh LAFCO is also here if you have any LAFCO related policy questions.

And that concludes my presentation.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Are there any questions for staff?

Commissioner Horton.

Thank you.

Sorry, sorry if I missed this.

Can you just clarify the one public comment about the size of the sewer main and what the what the verdict was?

Absolutely.

So the answer is that the water and sewer mean mains to the east are both eight inches.

The water main to the south is eight inches, and the sewer is ten inches.

Um there would be a one-time water department connection fee.

Um one for water and one for sewer, and that sort of depends on that you know that those change annually.

So if someone wanted to know, they could reach out.

Um then finally, as I said, that water just reminded um anyone in that county island that they would also um go through an annexation request if they wanted to join.

And finally, LAFCO can discuss this, or we can discuss this further, but LAFCO did conduct a sentiment survey.

So um uh all 25 property owners in the county island were um reached out to in both October and December to ask if they wanted to join the annexation, and uh the results of which were four people expressed interest.

However, there was not a logical boundary, and therefore LAFCO went ahead and recommended the single parcel annexation.

Thank you.

Any other questions?

Commissioner Carter.

Does that present any complications?

That actually I believe they have an easement, and I think the applicant could potentially answer the agreement there.

I I see some nodding about the easement, so I'll I'll accept that it makes sense.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Any other questions?

Okay, so with that, I will go ahead and open the public hearing on this item.

If you have any comments on this item, please make your way to the podium.

Seeing no one rise, I will close a public hearing on this item and bring it back to the commission.

So if somebody uh would like to enter the resolution.

I move a resolution of the planning commission of the City of Santa Rosa recommending that the city council pre-zone the property located at 1977 Marsh Road to the rural residential R R20 zoning district assessors parcel number 036035 011 file number PLN two five zero five eight zero and wave for the reading of the text.

I'll second.

Thank you.

So that was moved by Commissioner Sisko, seconded by Ms.

Chair Deggan.

Let's go ahead and start with Commissioner Sisko.

Um I have no issues with this project and can make all of the findings.

Thank you, Vice Chair.

I I uh too can make all the required findings.

Commissioner Carter.

I can make all the required findings and we'll support the resolution.

Thank you.

Commissioner Sanders.

I can make all the required findings and we'll support the resolution.

And Commissioner Horton, I can make all the required findings and then in support.

Thank you.

And I also can make all the required findings and will be in support of this.

So with that, if we could have the roll or the vote, please.

Thank you, Chair.

Commissioner Carter.

Aye.

Commissioner Sisko.

Aye.

Commissioner Horton.

Aye.

Commissioner Pardot is absent.

Commissioner Sanders.

Aye.

Vice Chair Dugan?

Aye.

Chair Weeks.

Aye.

Let the record reflect that motion passes with six ayes.

Thank you.

So with that, unless there's any other business, the meeting of the Planning Commission will be adjourned.