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Santa Rosa, CA · May 23, 2017

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City Hall, Council Chamber City of Santa Rosa 100 Santa Rosa Ave Santa Rosa, CA 95404 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes - Final Tuesday, May 23, 2017 4:00 PM 1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL Mayor Coursey called the meeting to order at closed session was called to order at 2:03 p.m. Present: 7 - Mayor Chris Coursey, Vice Mayor Jack Tibbetts, Council Member Julie Combs, Council Member Ernesto Olivares, Council Member Chris Rogers, Council Member John Sawyer and Council Member Tom Schwedhelm 2. ANNOUNCEMENT OF CLOSED SESSION ITEMS Mayor Coursey recessed the meeting to closed session at 2:03 p.m. to discuss Items 2.1 and 2.2 as listed on the agenda: 2.1 CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS (Government Code Section 54957.6) Agency Designated Representatives: Rhonda McKinnon, Interim Human Resources Director, Art Hartinger and Adam Benson, Renne Sloan Holtzman Sakai LLP, and Deborah Lauchner, Chief Financial Officer. Employee Organizations: Santa Rosa Firefighters Association - Local 1401 (representing City Employee Unit 2); Operating Engineers Local 3, Maintenance and Utility System Operators (Employee Units 3 and 16); Santa Rosa City Employees Association (Employee Units 4, 6, 7); Santa Rosa Police Officers Association, (Employee Unit 5); Service Employees International Union Local 1021, (Employee Units 8 and 14); Public Safety Management Association (Employee Unit 9); Executive Management (Employee Unit 10); Middle Management (Employee Unit 11); Confidential (Employee Unit 12); Mechanics (Employee Unit 13); City Attorney (Employee Unit 15); Santa Rosa City Attorneys’ Association (Employee Unit 17), Santa Rosa Management Association (Employee Unit 18). City of Santa Rosa Regular Meeting Minutes Page 2 of 16 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes - Final May 23, 2017 2.2 CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION (Paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) of Government Code Section 54956.9) Name of Case: Timothy Aboudara, Jr. et al. v. City of Santa Rosa Court Case No. USDC Northern District of CA 3:17-cv-01661 Mayor Coursey adjourned closed session at 4:00 p.m. and reconvened the meeting to open session in the Council Chamber at 4:05 p.m. 3. STUDY SESSION - NONE. 4. ANNOUNCEMENT OF ROLL CALL Present: 7 - Mayor Chris Coursey, Vice Mayor Jack Tibbetts, Council Member Julie Combs, Council Member Ernesto Olivares, Council Member Chris Rogers, Council Member John Sawyer and Council Member Tom Schwedhelm 5. REPORT, IF ANY, ON STUDY AND CLOSED SESSIONS City Manager McGlynn reported on Items 2.1 and 2.2 that Council provided direction and that there was no action to report. 6. PROCLAMATIONS/PRESENTATIONS 6.1 PRESENTATION - THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT 2016 HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM HIGH PERFORMER AWARD Attachments: Presentation Presented by Rebecca Lane, Housing and Community Services Manager. 7. STAFF BRIEFINGS - NONE. 8. CITY MANAGER’S/CITY ATTORNEY’S REPORTS 9. STATEMENTS OF ABSTENTION BY COUNCILMEMBERS Vice Mayor Tibbetts announced that he will be abstaining from Item 12.1. 10. MAYOR'S/COUNCILMEMBERS’ REPORTS Mayor and Council Members made announcements and reports of City of Santa Rosa Regular Meeting Minutes Page 3 of 16 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes - Final May 23, 2017 interest to the Council. Council Member Sawyer announced his appointment of Karen Weeks to the Planning Commission. 10.1 MAYOR'S/COUNCILMEMBERS' SUBCOMMITTEE AND LIAISON REPORTS (AND POSSIBLE COUNCIL DIRECTION TO BOARD REPRESENTATIVE ON PENDING ISSUES, IF NEEDED) 10.1.1 Council Subcommittee Reports 10.1.2 Sonoma County Transportation Authority/Regional Climate Protection Authority (SCTA/RCPA) 10.1.3 Sonoma County Water Agency (SCWA) - Water Advisory Committee 10.1.4 Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) 10.1.5 Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation and Open Space District Advisory Committee 10.1.6 Sonoma Clean Power Authority (SCPA) 10.1.7 Sonoma County Waste Management Agency (SCWMA) 10.1.8 Other 10.2 MATTERS FROM COUNCIL REGARDING FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS 10.2.1 REQUEST FOR AGENDA ITEM TO CONSIDER AN URGENCY ORDINANCE TO REMOVE THE LIMITED LIGHT INDUSTRIAL (LIL) ZONING DISTRICT WHICH INCLUDES THE MAXWELL COURT NEIGHBORHOOD FROM THE ALLOWABLE LAND USES IN THE INTERIM ORDINANCE FOR CANNABIS CULTIVATION BACKGROUND: At the May 16, 2017, City Council meeting, Vice Mayor Tibbetts requested a future agenda item to consider an urgency ordinance to remove the Limited Light Industrial (LIL) Zoning District, which includes the Maxwell Court neighborhood, from the eligible districts for cannabis cultivation use in the interim ordinance for cannabis cultivation. Council Member Schwedhelm concurred. Item was withdrawn. City of Santa Rosa Regular Meeting Minutes Page 4 of 16 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes - Final May 23, 2017 11. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - NONE. 12. CONSENT ITEMS PUBLIC COMMENT Peter Tscherneff spoke regarding Item 12.1. 12.1 RESOLUTION - EXTENSION OF PROCLAMATION OF LOCAL HOMELESS EMERGENCY RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended by the Housing and Community Services Department that the Council, by resolution, approve an extension of Resolution No. 28839 which formally proclaimed a local homeless emergency within Santa Rosa. Attachments: Staff Report Resolution Presentation A motion was made by Council Member Combs, seconded by Council Member Rogers, to waive reading of the text and adopt Consent Item 12.1: RESOLUTION NO. RES-2017-075 ENTITLED: RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ROSA EXTENDING A PROCLAMATION OF LOCAL HOMELESS EMERGENCY (Government Code Sections 8630 et seq.) The motion carried by the following vote: Yes: 6 - Mayor Coursey, Council Member Combs, Council Member Olivares, Council Member Rogers, Council Member Sawyer and Council Member Schwedhelm Recused: 1 - Vice Mayor Tibbetts Approval of the Consent Agenda A motion was made by Vice Mayor Tibbetts, seconded by Council Member Rogers, to waive reading of the text and adopt Consent Items 12.2 through 12.4. The motion carried by the following vote: Yes: 7 - Mayor Coursey, Vice Mayor Tibbetts, Council Member Combs, Council Member Olivares, Council Member Rogers, Council Member Sawyer and Council Member Schwedhelm 12.2 RESOLUTION - CONTRACT AWARD - BROADCAST MEDIA City of Santa Rosa Regular Meeting Minutes Page 5 of 16 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes - Final May 23, 2017 EQUIPMENT RACK RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended by the Finance and Information Technology Departments, that the Council, by resolution, approve contract award for a broadcast media equipment rack, installation setup, training, and warranty services for the Council media room to Mark Latimer & Associates, Inc. dba Coda Technology Group, Petaluma, CA, in the total amount not to exceed $161,003.14. Attachments: Staff Report Resolution Exhibit A Presentation This Consent - Resolution was adopted. RESOLUTION NO. RES-2017-076 ENTITLED: RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ROSA CONTRACT AWARD OF CITY BROADCAST MEDIA EQUIPMENT RACK 12.3 RESOLUTION - RESOLUTION OF LOCAL SUPPORT FOR THE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION LOW OR NO EMISSION BUS DISCRETIONARY GRANT PROGRAM APPLICATION RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended by the Transportation and Public Works Department that the Council, by resolution, support and authorize the City Manager or designee to execute and submit a joint City of Santa Rosa/Sonoma County Transit grant application with the Federal Transit Administration under the Federal Transit Administration Low or No Emission Bus Discretionary Grant Program for the purchase of electric buses, charging equipment and required infrastructure upgrades. Attachments: Staff Report Resolution Presentation This Consent - Resolution was adopted. RESOLUTION NO. RES-2017-077 ENTITLED: RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ROSA SUPPORTING AND AUTHORIZING THE FILING OF A JOINT APPLICATION WITH SONOMA COUNTY TRANSIT FOR FUNDING FROM THE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION LOW OR NO EMISSION BUS DISCRETIONARY GRANT PROGRAM AND COMMITTING ANY NECESSARY MATCHING FUNDS City of Santa Rosa Regular Meeting Minutes Page 6 of 16 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes - Final May 23, 2017 12.4 RESOLUTION - THIRD AMENDMENT TO PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH ECONOMIC AND PLANNING SYSTEMS, INC., FOR PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT RELATED TO THE HOUSING ACTION PLAN RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended by the Planning and Economic Development Department that the Council, by resolution, approve a third amendment to professional services agreement with Economic and Planning Systems, Inc., of Oakland, CA, adding an additional amount of $63,425.00 for a total contracted amount of $194,805.00, providing for the completion of project management and technical support efforts related to refining, completing and measuring the results of the Housing Action Plan. Attachments: Staff Report Resolution Exhibit A - Third Amendment to PSA Presentation This Consent - Resolution was adopted. RESOLUTION NO. RES-2017-078 ENTITLED: RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ROSA APPROVING THE THIRD AMENDMENT TO PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT NUMBER F001059 WITH ECONOMIC AND PLANNING SYSTEMS, INC., EXTENDING ONGOING PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT EFFORTS RELATED TO REFINING, COMPLETING AND MEASURING THE RESULTS OF THE HOUSING ACTION PLAN The time not being 5:00 p.m., Mayor Coursey took Report Item 14.1 before Item 13 - Public Comment on Non-Agenda Items. 13. PUBLIC COMMENT ON NON-AGENDA MATTERS Dorothy Friberg spoke regarding her truck being towed from the parking lot of the Bennett Valley Senior Center. Roger Montgomery spoke regarding making amends with police and sheriff officers. Peter Tscherneff spoke regarding the need to assist the homeless. Jolene Kalani Spears spoke regarding concerns of the emergency City of Santa Rosa Regular Meeting Minutes Page 7 of 16 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes - Final May 23, 2017 well drilling located at the Rincon Valley Subbasin. Rodney Sprick spoke regarding concerns of the emergency well drilling located at the Rincon Valley Subbasin. Renee Ralls spoke regarding concerns of the emergency well drilling located at the Rincon Valley Subbasin. Robin Hamann spoke regarding concerns of the emergency well drilling located at the Rincon Valley Subbasin. Sharon Cervelli spoke regarding concerns of the emergency well drilling located at the Rincon Valley Subbasin. Bill Corcoran spoke regarding concerns of the emergency well drilling located at the Rincon Valley Subbasin. Vivian Klein spoke regarding concerns of the emergency well drilling located at the Rincon Valley Subbasin. 14. REPORT ITEMS 14.1 REPORT - AFFORDABLE HOUSING INCENTIVE FUND PILOT PROGRAM FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS BACKGROUND: Faced with a significant housing shortage and prolonged financial and market effects of the recent recession, the City Council approved a Housing Action Plan that addresses how to increase housing production and achieve a goal of Housing for All. As an early step in implementing the Housing Action Plan, the Council initiated the Affordable Housing Incentive Fund Pilot Program (“AHIFPP”) funded with $3 million from General Fund Reserves. The AHIFPP objective is to incentivize the production or preservation of the most affordable housing in the shortest timeframe, utilizing the least amount of City funds, targeted to the lowest income level for the longest time period. The City received eight applications seeking all or part of the $3 million in response to a Notice of Funding Availability (“NOFA”). Funding City of Santa Rosa Regular Meeting Minutes Page 8 of 16 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes - Final May 23, 2017 recommendations were made by a review team consisting of Vice-Mayor Tibbetts, Councilmember Rogers and staff from the Housing and Community Services Department (“HCS”), Planning and Economic Development Department (“PED”) and the City Attorney’s Office (“CAO”). The reviewers recommend that four applications receive funding consistent with the AHIFPP and the Housing Action Plan for a total of $2,750,000 to incentivize development of 27 rental units, mostly for extremely low-income households, four ownership homes for low-income families, and 6 ownership homes for moderate-income families together with 19 market rate homes for a total of 56 new housing units. The Council may reserve the remaining $250,000 to address affordable housing or homeless services emerging needs. RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended by the Housing and Community Services Department and the Planning and Economic Development Department that the Council approve the following actions to implement the Affordable Housing Incentive Fund Pilot Program in the total aggregate amount of $3 million: (1) by four separate resolutions, conditionally commit $1,134,552 for Acacia Village, $895,448 for Benton Veterans Village, $220,000 for Harris Place (formerly Comstock Place), and $500,000 for Stonehouse Family Housing to assist the production of affordable rental and ownership housing; and (2) by motion, reserve $250,000 for affordable housing or homeless services to address emerging needs. Attachments: Staff Report Attachment 1 Attachment 2 Resolution 1 Resolution 2 Resolution 3 Resolution 4 Presentation Resolution 1_Redlined Resolution 1_Revised Resolution 3_Redlined Resolution 3_Revised Resolution 4_Revised Resolution 4_Redlined Resolution 1_Revised by Council (Redline) Resolution 1_Revised by Council City of Santa Rosa Regular Meeting Minutes Page 9 of 16 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes - Final May 23, 2017 Presented by Frank Kasimov, Program Director. Paula Cook spoke in support of the item. David Harris spoke in support of the item. Duane DeWitt spoke in support of the item with the exception of including the grant. Thomas Ells spoke in support of the item. Robert Upton spoke in support of the item. Craig Meltzner spoke in support of the item. Peter Tscherneff spoke in support of the item. A motion was made by Council Member Rogers, seconded by Council Member Olivares, to waive reading of the text as amended to remove the grant option and adopt: RESOLUTION NO. RES-2017-79 ENTITLED: RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ROSA APPROVING A CONDITIONAL RESERVATION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING INCENTIVE FUND PILOT PROGRAM FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,134,552 TO CAMPUS PROPERTIES, LLC, TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS TO FACILITATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF SIX MODERATE INCOME AND 19 MARKET RATE OWNERSHIP HOMES, LOCATED AT 746 ACACIA LANE (APN 182-520-050) The motion carried by the following vote: Yes: 7 - Mayor Coursey, Vice Mayor Tibbetts, Council Member Combs, Council Member Olivares, Council Member Rogers, Council Member Sawyer and Council Member Schwedhelm A motion was made by Council Member Rogers, seconded by Council Member Olivares, to waive reading of the text and adopt: RESOLUTION NO. RES-2017-080 ENTITLED: RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ROSA APPROVING A CONDITIONAL COMMITMENT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING INCENTIVE FUND PILOT City of Santa Rosa Regular Meeting Minutes Page 10 of 16 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes - Final May 23, 2017 PROGRAM FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $895,448 TO COMMUNITY HOUSING SONOMA COUNTY TO ASSIST WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF SIX EXTREMELY LOW-INCOME AND ONE LOW-INCOME RENTAL UNITS, LOCATED AT 1055 BENTON STREET (APN 180-690-041) The motion carried by the following vote: Yes: 7 - Mayor Coursey, Vice Mayor Tibbetts, Council Member Combs, Council Member Olivares, Council Member Rogers, Council Member Sawyer and Council Member Schwedhelm A motion was made by Council Member Rogers, seconded by Council Member Olivares, to waive reading of the text and adopt: RESOLUTION NO. RES-2017-81 ENTITLED: RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ROSA APPROVING A CONDITIONAL COMMITMENT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING INCENTIVE FUND PILOT PROGRAM FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $220,000 TO HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF SONOMA COUNTY TO ASSIST WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF HARRIS PLACE (FORMERLY COMSTOCK PLACE), FOUR LOW-INCOME OWNERSHIP HOMES, AND/OR TO PROVIDE DIRECT LOANS TO LOW-INCOME HOMEBUYERS, LOCATED AT 2863 WEST STEELE LANE (APN 015-533-046) The motion carried by the following vote: Yes: 7 - Mayor Coursey, Vice Mayor Tibbetts, Council Member Combs, Council Member Olivares, Council Member Rogers, Council Member Sawyer and Council Member Schwedhelm A motion was made by Council Member Rogers, seconded by Council Member Olivares, to waive reading of the text and adopt: RESOLUTION NO. RES-2017-082 ENTITLED: RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ROSA APPROVING A CONDITIONAL RESERVATION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING INCENTIVE FUND PILOT PROGRAM FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $500,000 TO ATHENA HOUSING ASSOCIATES, LP, TO ASSIST WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF 20 EXTREMELY LOWINCOME RENTAL UNITS, LOCATED AT 3331 SONOMA HIGHWAY (APN 181-120-034) The motion carried by the following vote: Yes: 6 - Mayor Coursey, Council Member Combs, Council Member Olivares, Council Member Rogers, Council Member Sawyer and Council Member Schwedhelm City of Santa Rosa Regular Meeting Minutes Page 11 of 16 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes - Final May 23, 2017 Recused: 1 - Vice Mayor Tibbetts A motion was made by Council Member Rogers, seconded by Council Member Olivares, to reserve $250,000 for affordable housing or homeless services to address emerging needs. The motion carried by the following vote: Yes: 7 - Mayor Coursey, Vice Mayor Tibbetts, Council Member Combs, Council Member Olivares, Council Member Rogers, Council Member Sawyer and Council Member Schwedhelm Mayor Coursey recessed the meeting at 6:30 p.m. and reconvened the meeting at 6:44 p.m. 14.2 REPORT - PLAN BAY AREA 2040 DRAFT PLAN BACKGROUND: An update of Plan Bay Area, the Bay Area’s Sustainable Communities Strategy as required by Senate Bill 375, is underway by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission and the Association of Bay Area Governments. The purpose of this item is to review the Plan Bay Area 2040 Draft Plan which has recently been released. RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended by the Planning and Economic Development Department that the Council, by motion, authorize the Mayor to sign a letter submitting comments to the Metropolitan Transportation Commission and the Association of Bay Area Governments regarding the Plan Bay Area 2040 Draft Plan. Attachments: Staff Report Attachment 1 - Map of SR PDAs Attachment 2 - Comments on Plan Bay Are 2040 Land Use and Transportation Scenarios Attachment 3 - Memo from MTC and ABAG PBA 2040 Draft Preferred Scenario Attachment 4 - Goals and performance targets Attachment 5 - Preferred Scenario Comment Letter 10-12-16 Attachment 6 - Plan Bay Area 2040 Draft Plan Attachment 7 - Land Use Modeling Supplemental Report Attachment 8 - Draft comment letter Attachment 9 - ABAG-MTC Response Letter 12-29-16 Presentation Presented by Jessica Jones, Supervising Planner. A motion was made by Mayor Coursey, seconded by Council Member Combs, to authorize the Mayor to sign a letter submitting City of Santa Rosa Regular Meeting Minutes Page 12 of 16 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes - Final May 23, 2017 comments to the Metropolitan Transportation Commission and the Association of Bay Area Governments regarding the Plan Bay Area 2040 Draft Plan. The motion carried by the following vote: Yes: 7 - Mayor Coursey, Vice Mayor Tibbetts, Council Member Combs, Council Member Olivares, Council Member Rogers, Council Member Sawyer and Council Member Schwedhelm 14.3 REPORT - URGENCY ORDINANCE TO IMPOSE TEMPORARY MORATORIUM ON THE OUTDOOR CULTIVATION OF CANNABIS FOR EITHER PERSONAL OR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES (Continued from the May 2, 2017, Regular Meeting) BACKGROUND: In an urban setting, the outdoor cultivation of cannabis can create adverse impacts on surrounding neighbors, including odor, security risks and environmental hazards. State law allows local jurisdictions, at their discretion, to regulate, or prohibit entirely, the outdoor cultivation of cannabis, whether for personal use and/or commercial purposes. Over the past year, the Council’s Medical Cannabis Policy Subcommittee has been working with staff and with cannabis industry stakeholders to develop comprehensive policies to regulate medical cannabis businesses within the City limits. The Subcommittee has recognized the potential adverse impacts of outdoor cannabis cultivation and has recommended that the draft policy include a ban on all outdoor growing of cannabis. The draft policy is expected to be released for public review next month. In the interim, state law and the City Code currently permit outdoor cannabis cultivation under limited circumstances. To best protect the public peace, health and safety while the City completes the evaluation and public processing of the draft comprehensive policy, a moratorium on all outdoor cultivation of cannabis is proposed. The proposed moratorium will affect only the outdoor cultivation of cannabis. The proposed moratorium will not affect current state and local allowances for the personal use or possession of cannabis, personal or commercial cultivation of cannabis indoors or in greenhouses, or the manufacturing, distribution or dispensing of medical cannabis City of Santa Rosa Regular Meeting Minutes Page 13 of 16 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes - Final May 23, 2017 The proposed moratorium is an urgency ordinance under Government Code section 65858 that would go into effect immediately upon enactment and last for an initial period of 45 days. If, after the initial period of 45 days, additional time is necessary for the issue to be studied and regulations finalized, Council may adopt a subsequent urgency ordinance to maintain the moratorium in effect for up to an additional 10 months and 15 days. Under the City Charter, five affirmative votes are necessary to adopt an urgency ordinance. RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended by the Planning and Economic Development Department that the Council (1) adopt an urgency ordinance to impose a temporary moratorium on the outdoor cultivation of cannabis, for either personal or commercial purposes, to allow time for development of appropriate regulations, and (2) direct staff to return to the Council on June 13, 2017 to present, for Council’s consideration, a written report describing the measures taken to alleviate the condition leading to the adoption of the urgency ordinance and to provide Council an opportunity to determine whether to extend the temporary moratorium on the outdoor cultivation of cannabis for an additional 10 months and 15 days to allow additional time for study and finalization of appropriate regulations. Attachments: Staff Report Attachment 1 - Correspondence Ordinance Presentation Ordinance - Revised by Council (Redline) Ordinance - Revised by Council Presented by David Guhin, Director of Planning and Economic Development. PUBLIC COMMENT Bob Hansen spoke in support of indoor cannabis cultivation. Scott Smith spoke in opposition to the item. A motion was made by Council Member Olivares, seconded by Council Member Sawyer, to waive reading of the text and adopt: City of Santa Rosa Regular Meeting Minutes Page 14 of 16 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes - Final May 23, 2017 ORDINANCE ENTITLED: AN URGENCY AND INTERIM ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ROSA IMPOSING A FORTY-FIVE (45) DAY MORATORIUM ON THE OUTDOOR CULTIVATION OF CANNABIS FOR PERSONAL USE OR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES WITHIN THE CITY OF SANTA ROSA The motion failed by the following vote: Yes: 2 - Council Member Olivares and Council Member Sawyer No: 5 - Mayor Coursey, Vice Mayor Tibbetts, Council Member Combs, Council Member Rogers and Council Member Schwedhelm A motion was made by Council Member Combs, seconded by Council Member Rogers, to waive reading of the text and adopt as amended: ORDINANCE NO. ORD-2017-010 ENTITLED: AN URGENCY AND INTERIM ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ROSA IMPOSING A FORTY-FIVE (45) DAY MORATORIUM ON THE OUTDOOR CULTIVATION OF CANNABIS FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES WITHIN THE CITY OF SANTA ROSA The motion carried by the following vote: Yes: 7 - Mayor Coursey, Vice Mayor Tibbetts, Council Member Combs, Council Member Olivares, Council Member Rogers, Council Member Sawyer and Council Member Schwedhelm A motion was made by Council Member Combs, seconded by Council Member Schwedhelm, to adopt an urgency and interim ordinance of the Council of the City of Santa Rosa imposing a forty-five (45) day limiting outdoor cultivation of cannabis for residential purposes with two (2) plants within the City of Santa Rosa. The motion failed by the following vote: Yes: 2 - Council Member Combs and Council Member Schwedhelm No: 5 - Mayor Coursey, Vice Mayor Tibbetts, Council Member Olivares, Council Member Rogers and Council Member Sawyer 15. PUBLIC HEARINGS - NONE. City of Santa Rosa Regular Meeting Minutes Page 15 of 16 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes - Final May 23, 2017 16. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS (AND POSSIBLE COUNCIL ACTION) 16.1 MINOR CONTRACT AWARD - BRIDGE REPAIR - DECK TREATMENT - Provided for information. Attachments: Memo 16.2 LETTER OF OPPOSITION TO AB 1250 COUNTIES AND CITIES: CONTRACTS FOR PERSONAL SERVICES - Provided for information. Attachments: Letter 16.3 LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR SB 231 (HERTZBERG) LOCAL GOVERNMENT: STORM WATER MANAGEMENT - For Council action. Attachments: Memo to Council Letter of Support SB 231 Item was continued to the June 6, 2017 meeting. 16.4 LETTER OF SUPPORT SONOMA LAND TRUST GRANT APPLICATION FOR SOUTHEAST GREENWAY - For Council action. Attachments: Letter from Mayor A motion was made by Council Member Schwedhelm, seconded by Council Member Rogers, to approve letter in support of Sonoma Land Trust Grant application for Southeast Greenway. The motion carried by the following vote: Yes: 6 - Mayor Coursey, Vice Mayor Tibbetts, Council Member Combs, Council Member Olivares, Council Member Rogers and Council Member Schwedhelm Recused: 1 - Council Member Sawyer 17. PUBLIC COMMENTS ON NON-AGENDA MATTERS Duane DeWitt spoke regarding Roseland annexation and in support of Southwest Greenway. Bob Hansen spoke regarding the need of public participation on the cannabis cultivation item. City of Santa Rosa Regular Meeting Minutes Page 16 of 16 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes - Final May 23, 2017 18. ANNOUNCEMENT OF CONTINUED CLOSED SESSION ITEMS, RECESS TO CLOSED SESSION IN THE MAYOR’S CONFERENCE ROOM, RECONVENE TO OPEN SESSION, AND ANNOUNCEMENTS [IF NEEDED] 19. ADJOURNMENT OF MEETING Hearing no further business, Mayor Coursey adjourned the meeting at 8:17 p.m. The next regularly scheduled meeting will take place on June 6, 2017, at a time set by the Mayor. Approved on: July 11, 2017 /s/ Daisy Gomez City Clerk

Agenda

City Hall City of Santa Rosa 100 Santa Rosa Ave Santa Rosa, CA 95404 CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING AGENDA AND SUMMARY REPORT MAY 23, 2017 2:00 P.M. - CLOSED SESSION (MAYOR'S CONFERENCE ROOM) 4:00 P.M. - REGULAR SESSION (COUNCIL CHAMBER) PUBLIC COMMENTS: Except for public hearing items, comments from the public will be allowed on all agenda items at the time each item is called. Comments on public hearing items may be made when the hearing is opened. Comments from the public on non-agenda items will be heard under Agenda Items 13 and 17. This is the time when any person may address the Council on matters not listed on this agenda, but which are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Council. The first public comment period on non-agenda items (Agenda Item 13) will begin no earlier than 5:00 p.m. and will be limited to ten speakers selected randomly by the Mayor. Each speaker will be allowed three minutes. Speakers who do not have an opportunity to speak during this time will be allowed to make public comment under Agenda Item 17. To address the Council you are requested to complete a yellow Speaker Card and give it to the City Clerk. If you are unable to or do not wish to wait for the public comment portion of the agenda, you are encouraged to contact the Council or City Clerk directly by submitting your comments to 100 Santa Rosa Avenue, Room 10, Santa Rosa 95404 or cityclerk@srcity.org. 2:00 P.M. (MAYOR'S CONFERENCE ROOM, ROOM 10) 1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL 2. ANNOUNCEMENT OF CLOSED SESSION ITEMS Following the announcement of Closed Session items and prior to recess into Closed Session, the public may speak up to three minutes on items to be addressed in Closed Session. City of Santa Rosa Regular Meeting Agenda and Summary Report Page 2 of 11 City Council MAY 23, 2017 2.1 CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS (Government Code Section 54957.6) Agency Designated Representatives: Rhonda McKinnon, Interim Human Resources Director, Art Hartinger and Adam Benson, Renne Sloan Holtzman Sakai LLP, and Deborah Lauchner, Chief Financial Officer. Employee Organizations: Santa Rosa Firefighters Association - Local 1401 (representing City Employee Unit 2); Operating Engineers Local 3, Maintenance and Utility System Operators (Employee Units 3 and 16); Santa Rosa City Employees Association (Employee Units 4, 6, 7); Santa Rosa Police Officers Association, (Employee Unit 5); Service Employees International Union Local 1021, (Employee Units 8 and 14); Public Safety Management Association (Employee Unit 9); Executive Management (Employee Unit 10); Middle Management (Employee Unit 11); Confidential (Employee Unit 12); Mechanics (Employee Unit 13); City Attorney (Employee Unit 15); Santa Rosa City Attorneys’ Association (Employee Unit 17), Santa Rosa Management Association (Employee Unit 18). 2.2 CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION (Paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) of Government Code Section 54956.9) Name of Case: Timothy Aboudara, Jr. et al. v. City of Santa Rosa Court Case No. USDC Northern District of CA 3:17-cv-01661 RECESS CLOSED SESSION(S) AND RECONVENE TO OPEN SESSION IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER 3. STUDY SESSION - NONE. Study Session items are items for in-depth discussion and possible direction to staff. No action will be taken. 4:00 P.M. (CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER) 4. ANNOUNCEMENT OF ROLL CALL 5. REPORT, IF ANY, ON STUDY AND CLOSED SESSIONS City of Santa Rosa Regular Meeting Agenda and Summary Report Page 3 of 11 City Council MAY 23, 2017 6. PROCLAMATIONS/PRESENTATIONS 6.1 PRESENTATION - THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT 2016 HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM HIGH PERFORMER AWARD Attachments Presentation 7. STAFF BRIEFINGS - NONE. This time is reserved for City staff to provide a five-minute briefing to the Council on departmental issues of interest. No action will be taken on these matters except to possibly place a particular item on a future agenda for Council consideration. 8. CITY MANAGER’S/CITY ATTORNEY’S REPORTS 9. STATEMENTS OF ABSTENTION BY COUNCILMEMBERS 10. MAYOR'S/COUNCILMEMBERS’ REPORTS 10.1 MAYOR'S/COUNCILMEMBERS' SUBCOMMITTEE AND LIAISON REPORTS (AND POSSIBLE COUNCIL DIRECTION TO BOARD REPRESENTATIVE ON PENDING ISSUES, IF NEEDED) 10.1.1 Council Subcommittee Reports 10.1.2 Sonoma County Transportation Authority/Regional Climate Protection Authority (SCTA/RCPA) 10.1.3 Sonoma County Water Agency (SCWA) - Water Advisory Committee 10.1.4 Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) 10.1.5 Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation and Open Space District Advisory Committee 10.1.6 Sonoma Clean Power Authority (SCPA) 10.1.7 Sonoma County Waste Management Agency (SCWMA) City of Santa Rosa Regular Meeting Agenda and Summary Report Page 4 of 11 City Council MAY 23, 2017 10.1.8 Other 10.2 MATTERS FROM COUNCIL REGARDING FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS This time is reserved for Council to discuss whether to place matters on a future agenda for further discussion. 10.2.1 REQUEST FOR AGENDA ITEM TO CONSIDER AN URGENCY ORDINANCE TO REMOVE THE LIMITED LIGHT INDUSTRIAL (LIL) ZONING DISTRICT WHICH INCLUDES THE MAXWELL COURT NEIGHBORHOOD FROM THE ALLOWABLE LAND USES IN THE INTERIM ORDINANCE FOR CANNABIS CULTIVATION BACKGROUND: At the May 16, 2017, City Council meeting, Vice Mayor Tibbetts requested a future agenda item to consider an urgency ordinance to remove the Limited Light Industrial (LIL) Zoning District, which includes the Maxwell Court neighborhood, from the eligible districts for cannabis cultivation use in the interim ordinance for cannabis cultivation. Council Member Schwedhelm concurred. 11. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - NONE 12. CONSENT ITEMS 12.1 RESOLUTION - EXTENSION OF PROCLAMATION OF LOCAL HOMELESS EMERGENCY RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended by the Housing and Community Services Department that the Council, by resolution, approve an extension of Resolution No. 28839 which formally proclaimed a local homeless emergency within Santa Rosa. Attachments Staff Report Resolution Presentation 12.2 RESOLUTION - CONTRACT AWARD - BROADCAST MEDIA EQUIPMENT RACK RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended by the Finance and Information Technology Departments, that the Council, by resolution, approve contract award for a broadcast media equipment rack, City of Santa Rosa Regular Meeting Agenda and Summary Report Page 5 of 11 City Council MAY 23, 2017 installation setup, training, and warranty services for the Council media room to Mark Latimer & Associates, Inc. dba Coda Technology Group, Petaluma, CA, in the total amount not to exceed $161,003.14. Attachments Staff Report Resolution Exhibit A Presentation 12.3 RESOLUTION - RESOLUTION OF LOCAL SUPPORT FOR THE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION LOW OR NO EMISSION BUS DISCRETIONARY GRANT PROGRAM APPLICATION RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended by the Transportation and Public Works Department that the Council, by resolution, support and authorize the City Manager or designee to execute and submit a joint City of Santa Rosa/Sonoma County Transit grant application with the Federal Transit Administration under the Federal Transit Administration Low or No Emission Bus Discretionary Grant Program for the purchase of electric buses, charging equipment and required infrastructure upgrades. Attachments Staff Report Resolution Presentation 12.4 RESOLUTION - THIRD AMENDMENT TO PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH ECONOMIC AND PLANNING SYSTEMS, INC., FOR PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT RELATED TO THE HOUSING ACTION PLAN RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended by the Planning and Economic Development Department that the Council, by resolution, approve a third amendment to professional services agreement with Economic and Planning Systems, Inc., of Oakland, CA, adding an additional amount of $63,425.00 for a total contracted amount of $194,805.00, providing for the completion of project management and technical support efforts related to refining, completing and measuring the results of the Housing Action Plan. City of Santa Rosa Regular Meeting Agenda and Summary Report Page 6 of 11 City Council MAY 23, 2017 Attachments Staff Report Resolution Exhibit A - Third Amendment to Professional Services Agreement Presentation 13. PUBLIC COMMENT ON NON-AGENDA MATTERS This is the time when any person may address the Council on matters not listed on this agenda, but which are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Council. This public comment period will begin no earlier than 5:00 p.m. and will be limited to ten speakers selected randomly by the Mayor. Each speaker will be allowed three minutes. Speakers who do not have an opportunity to speak during this time will be allowed to make public comment under Agenda Item 17. 14. REPORT ITEMS 14.1 REPORT - AFFORDABLE HOUSING INCENTIVE FUND PILOT PROGRAM FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS BACKGROUND: Faced with a significant housing shortage and prolonged financial and market effects of the recent recession, the City Council approved a Housing Action Plan that addresses how to increase housing production and achieve a goal of Housing for All. As an early step in implementing the Housing Action Plan, the Council initiated the Affordable Housing Incentive Fund Pilot Program (“AHIFPP”) funded with $3 million from General Fund Reserves. The AHIFPP objective is to incentivize the production or preservation of the most affordable housing in the shortest timeframe, utilizing the least amount of City funds, targeted to the lowest income level for the longest time period. The City received eight applications seeking all or part of the $3 million in response to a Notice of Funding Availability (“NOFA”). Funding recommendations were made by a review team consisting of Vice-Mayor Tibbetts, Councilmember Rogers and staff from the Housing and Community Services Department (“HCS”), Planning and Economic Development Department (“PED”) and the City Attorney’s Office (“CAO”). The reviewers recommend that four applications receive funding consistent with the AHIFPP and the Housing Action Plan for a total of City of Santa Rosa Regular Meeting Agenda and Summary Report Page 7 of 11 City Council MAY 23, 2017 $2,750,000 to incentivize development of 27 rental units, mostly for extremely low-income households, four ownership homes for low-income families, and 6 ownership homes for moderate-income families together with 19 market rate homes for a total of 56 new housing units. The Council may reserve the remaining $250,000 to address affordable housing or homeless services emerging needs. RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended by the Housing and Community Services Department and the Planning and Economic Development Department that the Council approve the following actions to implement the Affordable Housing Incentive Fund Pilot Program in the total aggregate amount of $3 million: (1) by four separate resolutions, conditionally commit $1,134,552 for Acacia Village, $895,448 for Benton Veterans Village, $220,000 for Harris Place (formerly Comstock Place), and $500,000 for Stonehouse Family Housing to assist the production of affordable rental and ownership housing; and (2) by motion, reserve $250,000 for affordable housing or homeless services to address emerging needs. Attachments Staff Report Attachment 1 Attachment 2 Resolution 1 Resolution 2 Resolution 3 Resolution 4 Presentation 14.2 REPORT - PLAN BAY AREA 2040 DRAFT PLAN BACKGROUND: An update of Plan Bay Area, the Bay Area’s Sustainable Communities Strategy as required by Senate Bill 375, is underway by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission and the Association of Bay Area Governments. The purpose of this item is to review the Plan Bay Area 2040 Draft Plan which has recently been released. RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended by the Planning and Economic Development Department that the Council, by motion, authorize the Mayor to sign a letter submitting comments to the Metropolitan City of Santa Rosa Regular Meeting Agenda and Summary Report Page 8 of 11 City Council MAY 23, 2017 Transportation Commission and the Association of Bay Area Governments regarding the Plan Bay Area 2040 Draft Plan. Attachments Staff Report Attachment 1 - Map of SR PDAs Attachment 2 - Comments on Plan Bay Are 2040 Land Use and Transportation Sce Attachment 3 - Memo from MTC and ABAG PBA 2040 Draft Preferred Scenario Attachment 4 - Goals and performance targets Attachment 5 - Preferred Scenario Comment Letter 10-12-16 Attachment 6 - Plan Bay Area 2040 Draft Plan Attachment 7 - Land Use Modeling Supplemental Report Attachment 8 - Draft comment letter Attachment 9 - ABAG-MTC Response Letter 12-29-16 Presentation 14.3 REPORT - URGENCY ORDINANCE TO IMPOSE TEMPORARY MORATORIUM ON THE OUTDOOR CULTIVATION OF CANNABIS FOR EITHER PERSONAL OR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES (Continued from the May 2, 2017, Regular Meeting) BACKGROUND: In an urban setting, the outdoor cultivation of cannabis can create adverse impacts on surrounding neighbors, including odor, security risks and environmental hazards. State law allows local jurisdictions, at their discretion, to regulate, or prohibit entirely, the outdoor cultivation of cannabis, whether for personal use and/or commercial purposes. Over the past year, the Council’s Medical Cannabis Policy Subcommittee has been working with staff and with cannabis industry stakeholders to develop comprehensive policies to regulate medical cannabis businesses within the City limits. The Subcommittee has recognized the potential adverse impacts of outdoor cannabis cultivation and has recommended that the draft policy include a ban on all outdoor growing of cannabis. The draft policy is expected to be released for public review next month. In the interim, state law and the City Code currently permit outdoor cannabis cultivation under limited circumstances. City of Santa Rosa Regular Meeting Agenda and Summary Report Page 9 of 11 City Council MAY 23, 2017 To best protect the public peace, health and safety while the City completes the evaluation and public processing of the draft comprehensive policy, a moratorium on all outdoor cultivation of cannabis is proposed. The proposed moratorium will affect only the outdoor cultivation of cannabis. The proposed moratorium will not affect current state and local allowances for the personal use or possession of cannabis, personal or commercial cultivation of cannabis indoors or in greenhouses, or the manufacturing, distribution or dispensing of medical cannabis The proposed moratorium is an urgency ordinance under Government Code section 65858 that would go into effect immediately upon enactment and last for an initial period of 45 days. If, after the initial period of 45 days, additional time is necessary for the issue to be studied and regulations finalized, Council may adopt a subsequent urgency ordinance to maintain the moratorium in effect for up to an additional 10 months and 15 days. Under the City Charter, five affirmative votes are necessary to adopt an urgency ordinance. RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended by the Planning and Economic Development Department that the Council (1) adopt an urgency ordinance to impose a temporary moratorium on the outdoor cultivation of cannabis, for either personal or commercial purposes, to allow time for development of appropriate regulations, and (2) direct staff to return to the Council on June 13, 2017 to present, for Council’s consideration, a written report describing the measures taken to alleviate the condition leading to the adoption of the urgency ordinance and to provide Council an opportunity to determine whether to extend the temporary moratorium on the outdoor cultivation of cannabis for an additional 10 months and 15 days to allow additional time for study and finalization of appropriate regulations. Attachments Staff Report Attachment 1 - Correspondence Ordinance Presentation 15. PUBLIC HEARINGS - NONE. 16. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS (AND POSSIBLE COUNCIL ACTION) City of Santa Rosa Regular Meeting Agenda and Summary Report Page 10 of 11 City Council MAY 23, 2017 16.1 MINOR CONTRACT AWARD - BRIDGE REPAIR - DECK TREATMENT - Provided for information. Attachments Memo 16.2 LETTER OF OPPOSITION TO AB 1250 COUNTIES AND CITIES: CONTRACTS FOR PERSONAL SERVICES - Provided for information. Attachments Letter 16.3 LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR SB 231 (HERTZBERG) LOCAL GOVERNMENT: STORM WATER MANAGEMENT - For Council action. Attachments Memo to Council Letter of Support SB 231 16.4 LETTER OF SUPPORT SONOMA LAND TRUST GRANT APPLICATION FOR SOUTHEAST GREENWAY - For Council action. Attachments Letter from Mayor 17. PUBLIC COMMENTS ON NON-AGENDA MATTERS This is the time when any person may address the Council on matters not listed on this agenda, but which are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Council. Each speaker will be allowed three minutes. 18. ANNOUNCEMENT OF CONTINUED CLOSED SESSION ITEMS, RECESS TO CLOSED SESSION IN THE MAYOR’S CONFERENCE ROOM, RECONVENE TO OPEN SESSION, AND ANNOUNCEMENTS [IF NEEDED] 19. ADJOURNMENT OF MEETING 20. UPCOMING MEETINGS This schedule is tentative and subject to change pending final publication and posting of the City Council Meeting Agenda. 20.1 UPCOMING MEETINGS LIST Attachments Upcoming Meetings List *Did not appear on the preliminary agenda. **Quasi-judicial or adjudicative action. City of Santa Rosa Regular Meeting Agenda and Summary Report Page 11 of 11 City Council MAY 23, 2017 The City of Santa Rosa does not discriminate on the basis of disability in the admissions or access to, or treatment of or employment in, its programs or activities. Disability-related aids or services, including printed information in alternate formats, to enable persons with disabilities to participate in public meetings are available by contacting the City Clerk Office at 543-3015 or cityclerk@srcity.org one week prior to the meeting. TDD 543-3063 Meeting information can also be accessed via the internet at http://srcity.org Any writings or documents provided to a majority of the City Council prior to this meeting regarding any item on this agenda, excluding closed session items, are available for public review in the City Clerk's Office, Room 10, City Hall, 100 Santa Rosa Ave, during normal business hours.

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