Community Advisory Board

Utilities Field Office City of Santa Rosa 35 Stony Point Road Santa Rosa Zoom Community Advisory Board Meeting Minutes - Final Wednesday, January 25, 2023 6:00 PM 6:00 P.M. PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54953(e) AND THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE HEALTH OFFICER OF THE COUNTY OF SONOMA, COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN THIS MEETING VIA ZOOM WEBINAR. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC CAN PARTICIPATE IN THE MEETING BY: • BY ZOOM BY VISITING https://srcity-org.zoom.us/j/89506954822, OR • BY PHONE BY DIALING 877-853-5257 AND ENTERING WEBINAR ID: 895 0695 4822 THE MEETING WILL BE LIVE STREAMED AT HTTPS://SANTA-ROSA.LEGISTAR.COM/CALENDAR. CLICK ON THE "IN PROGRESS" LINK TO VIEW. THE MEETING CAN ALSO BE VIEWED ON COMCAST CHANNEL 28, AT&T U-VERSE CHANNEL 99, AND AT HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/CITYOFSANTAROSA Public Comment may be made live during the meeting via Zoom or submitted by 5:00 pm, the Tuesday (1/24) before the CAB meeting via e-mail at communityengagement@srcity.org or via recorded voice message at 707-543-4676. Recorded voice message comments will be played (up to 3 minutes each) at the time that Agenda Item is discussed during the CAB meeting. Email public comments will be provided to all CAB members prior to the meeting. 1. CALL TO ORDER & ROLL CALL Meeting called to order at 6:20pm Present:11 - Chair Leslie Graves, Vice Chair Jorge Inocencio, Vice Chair Cherie Barnett, Board Member Kirstyne Lange, Board Member Steve Rahmn, Board Member Andrea Rodriguez, Board Member Beth Steffy, Board Member Calum Weeks, Board Member Yvonne Sierra-Vega, Henry Huang, and Ariana Diaz De Leon City of Santa Rosa Meeting Minutes Page 2 of 5 Community Advisory Board Meeting Minutes - Final January 25, 2023 2. PUBLIC COMMENTS None. 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES November 16, 2022 Special Meeting Minutes Attachments: Minutes Public Comment: None. A motion was made by Board Member Rahmn, seconded by Vice Chair Weeks, to approve the November 16, 2023 meeting minutes. The motion carried by the following vote: Yes: 8 - Chair Graves, Vice Chair Inocencio, Vice Chair Barnett, Board Member Lange, Board Member Rahmn, Board Member Rodriguez, Board Member Steffy, and Board Member Weeks Abstain: 3 - Board Member Sierra-Vega, Board Member Huang, and Board Member Diaz De Leon 4. CAB ANNOUNCEMENTS Chair Graves welcomed new CAB Members, Huang, Sierra and Diaz De Leon. Member Huang announced upcoming events for the Redwood Empire Chinese Association in celebration of Chinese New Year. On January 28 the Children’s Museum will be having an event from 10am-3pm. February 4 there will be a line dance performance at the Northwest Santa Rosa Library from 2pm to 3pm. February 5 there will be a line dance performance in Healdsburg in the morning. Member Diaz De Leon announced that there will be school vaccine clinics taking place next month in Santa Rosa at Shepherd Elementary on February 2 , and then at Taylor Mountain Elementary on February 9. There may be some at Elsie Allen High School and Steel Lane Elementary. These are free vaccines available for anyone in the community. Member Rodriguez announced that she will be leaving the meeting City of Santa Rosa Meeting Minutes Page 3 of 5 Community Advisory Board Meeting Minutes - Final January 25, 2023 early. Member Lange announced that next month is Black History Month. She will be send out a full newsletter so everyone can calendar the upcoming programs and events for the month of February. Vice Chair Weeks announced that Santa Rosa Water is having one more presentation on water resiliency and long term planning for water resiliency. He encourages anyone who is interested in this topic to engage. Chair Graves announced that on January 26 at 5pm in Courthouse Square is the dedication ceremony for Unum. Public Comment: None. 5. STAFF UPDATES Community Engagement Coordinator Daniel Chaparro provided a recap of the January 19 inRESPONSE event that was held at Elsie Allen High School. He also provided an update on the District Town Halls potentially scheduled to begin in April 2023. He also announced that former Director of Community Engagement Magali Telles last day with the City of Santa Rosa was on January 19, 2023. Administrative Analyst Danielle Garduno will be assisting with CAB until further notice. Public Comments: None. 6. SCHEDULED ITEMS 6.1 BUS STOPS: AN ITERATIVE PROCESS PRESENTATION - BUS STOPS: AN ITERATIVE PROCESS Attachments: PRESENTATION Yuri Koslen, Transit Planner with the City of Santa Rosa Transportation and Public Works Department, provided the CAB City of Santa Rosa Meeting Minutes Page 4 of 5 Community Advisory Board Meeting Minutes - Final January 25, 2023 with an overview of transit planning and framework as well as information on bus stops. CAB Members asked questions pertaining to services from the Transportation and Public Works Department. Transit Planner Yuri Koslen was able to provide feedback on those questions. Public Comment: None. 6.2 2022 Q4 COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT GRANT APPLICATION SELECTIONS REPORT - COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT GRANT PROGRAM 2022 Q4 APPLICATIONS FOR FUNDING BACKGROUND: On October 1, 2022, the Community Advisory Board (CAB) released the 2022 Community Improvement Grant Application for Quarter 4 to the public. The application period closed on December 30, 2022. The CAB received one application eligible for funding, totaling $1690.80. The project is as follows: MMIW Ribbon Skirts (Maria Cardenas) RECOMMENDATION: The Office of Community Engagement recommends the CAB fund both project applications for this grant period Attachments: PRESENTATION MMIW Ribbon Skirts Project Public Comments: None. A motion was made by Board Member Barnett, seconded by Board Member Diaz De Leon, to approve the grant application for funding. The motion carried by the following vote: Yes: 11 - Chair Graves, Vice Chair Inocencio, Vice Chair Barnett, Board Member Lange, Board Member Rahmn, Board Member Rodriguez, Board Member Steffy, Board Member Weeks, Board Member Sierra-Vega, Board Member Huang, and Board Member Diaz De Leon 6.3 ISSUES OF CONCERN TO CITY RESIDENTS Member Inocencio mentioned that Civic Ready is not performing as well as Nixel was. In particular, during the recent rain people were reporting that the some of the messages were going to their City of Santa Rosa Meeting Minutes Page 5 of 5 Community Advisory Board Meeting Minutes - Final January 25, 2023 spam folders and the website to sign up is only available in English. Chair Graves mentioned that there was a recent report that arrests were made at sideshows and that this would be a great opportunity for restorative justice being practices to be included in the response. She is concerned that all those arrested are young men of color. Public Comment: None. 7. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS The following items are listed for upcoming agendas: A. Implement Strategic Plan (ongoing) B. inRESPONSE Presentation (February) C. Santa Rosa General Plan Update - Alternatives (March) D. MySantaRosa App Presentation (TBD) Public Comment: None 8. ADJOURNMENT The Meeting was adjourned at 8:21pm. A motion was made by Board Member Lange, seconded by Board Member Rahmn, to adjourn the meeting. The motion carried by the following vote: Yes: 11 - Chair Graves, Vice Chair Inocencio, Vice Chair Barnett, Board Member Lange, Board Member Rahmn, Board Member Rodriguez, Board Member Steffy, Board Member Weeks, Board Member Sierra-Vega, Board Member Huang, and Board Member Diaz De Leon 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 calling (707) 543-4676 one week prior to the meeting. (TTY Relay at 711). Any writings or documents provided to a majority of this meeting body prior to this meeting regarding any item on this agenda are available for public review in the City Clerk's Office, Room 10, City Hall, 100 Santa Rosa Ave, during normal business hours.