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City Hall, Council Chamber City of Santa Rosa 100 Santa Rosa Ave Santa Rosa, CA Planning Commission Regular Meeting Minutes - Final Thursday, December 13, 2018 4:00 PM 2:00 P.M. - SPECIAL JOINT SESSION WITH CITY COUNCIL (100 SANTA ROSA AVE -COURTYARD) 1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL Present 6 - Chair Casey Edmondson, Vice Chair Karen Weeks, Commissioner Patti Cisco, Commissioner Vicki Duggan, Commissioner Akash Kalia, and Commissioner Julian Peterson Absent 1 - Commissioner Curtis Groninga 2. FIELD TRIP 2.1 DOWNTOWN WALKING TOUR (DOWNTOWN STATION AREA SPECIFIC PLAN UPDATE) BACKGROUND: As a component of the Downtown Station Area Specific Plan Update project, members of the City Council and the Planning Commission will participate in an approximately 90-minute walking tour of the project study area. The walking tour will begin and end in the central courtyard of City Hall, 100 Santa Rosa Avenue, Santa Rosa. The Commission will be returning to the Council Chamber at the conclusion of the field trip. NOTE: See attached map for walking tour route. 4:00 P.M. - REGULAR SESSION (COUNCIL CHAMBER) 1. CALL TO ORDER Chair Edmondson called the meeting to order at 4:02 p.m. and discussed the field trip. 2. ROLL CALL Present 7 - Chair Casey Edmondson, Vice Chair Karen Weeks, Commissioner Patti Cisco, Commissioner Vicki Duggan, Commissioner Curtis Groninga, Commissioner Akash Kalia, and Commissioner Julian Peterson City of Santa Rosa Regular Meeting Minutes Page 2 of 6 Planning Commission Regular Meeting Minutes - Final December 13, 2018 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES None. 4. PUBLIC COMMENTS None. 5. PLANNING COMMISSIONERS' REPORT Chair Edmondson commented on the Planning Commissioners Conference at Sonoma State University. Commissioner Groninga reported on the Subdivision Committee. 6. DEPARTMENT REPORTS Presented by Clare Hartman, Deputy Director Planning. 7. STATEMENTS OF ABSTENTION BY COMMISSIONERS None. 8. STUDY SESSION None. 9. CONSENT ITEMS None. 10. PUBLIC HEARINGS 10.1* ALOHA AINA, INC., DISPENSARY - CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT - 1954 PINER RD - CUP18-060 BACKGROUND: Conditional Use Permit application for Aloha Aina, Inc., Dispensary, proposing an adult use retail cannabis dispensary with delivery service in 2,134 sq.ft. tenant space in a 2,500 sq.ft. building. (Building shell under construction see B16-5164). Adam Ross, City Planner. Ex Parte Disclosures: None. City of Santa Rosa Regular Meeting Minutes Page 3 of 6 Planning Commission Regular Meeting Minutes - Final December 13, 2018 Staff responded to Commissioner inquiries. Applicant representatives presented and responded to Commissioner inquiries. Chair Edmondson opened the Public Hearing at 5:02 p.m. Jim Mangles spoke in opposition to the project. Carol Mangles spoke in opposition to the project. Sonia Ramirez spoke in opposition to the project. Valerie Kasnick spoke in opposition to the project. Craig Gaylord spoke in opposition to the project. Monica Harrison spoke in opposition to the project. Leilani Brewster spoke in opposition to the project. Steven Fischer spoke in opposition to the project. Michael Brewster spoke in opposition to the project. Maria Piazza spoke in opposition to the project. Jeannine Freeman spoke in opposition to the project. Geri Rossi de Guevara spoke in support of the project. Sharon Dougherty spoke in opposition to the project. Chair Edmondson closed the Public Hearing at 5:43 p.m. The meeting went into Recess at 5:43 p.m. City of Santa Rosa Regular Meeting Minutes Page 4 of 6 Planning Commission Regular Meeting Minutes - Final December 13, 2018 The meeting Reconvened at 5:52 p.m. Staff responded to Commissioner Inquiries A motion was made by Commissioner Cisco, seconded by Commissioner Duggan, to waive reading of the text and adopt: RESOLUTION NO. 11929 ENTITLED: RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SANTA ROSA APPROVING A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR ALOHA AINA, INC. MEDICAL AND ADULT USE RETAIL CANNABIS DISPENSARY WITH DELIVERY IN 2,134 SQUARE FEET OF AN EXISTING 2,500 SQUARE-FOOT BUILDING - LOCATED AT 1954 PINER ROAD, SIUTE B; APN: 036-011-059 FILE NUMBER CUP18-060. The motion carried by the following vote: Yes: 7 - Chair Edmondson, Vice Chair Weeks, Commissioner Cisco, Commissioner Duggan, Commissioner Groninga, Commissioner Kalia and Commissioner Peterson 10.2* JIVA - CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT - 1831 GUERNEVILLE ROAD, SUITE A - CUP18-075 BACKGROUND: The project is a request for a conditional use permit to allow a Medical and Adult Use Cannabis Retail Facility with Delivery Services in an existing 2,917 square-foot commercial retail tenant space. No changes are proposed to the building’s exterior and no physical expansion of the building is proposed. The dispensary and delivery services are proposed to operate daily from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Aaron Hollister, Planning Consultant. Ex Parte Disclosures: None. Applicant representatives presented and responded to Commissioner inquiries. Chair Edmondson opened the Public Hearing at 7:13 p.m. Michael Brewster spoke in opposition to the project. Chair Edmondson closed the Public Hearing at 7:17 p.m. City of Santa Rosa Regular Meeting Minutes Page 5 of 6 Planning Commission Regular Meeting Minutes - Final December 13, 2018 A motion was made by Commissioner Duggan, seconded by Commissioner Cisco, to waive reading of the text and adopt: RESOLUTION NO 11930 ENTITLED: RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SANTA ROSA APPROVING A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR JIVA LIFE LLC’S MEDICAL AND ADULT USE RETAIL CANNABIS DISPENSARY WITH DELIVERY IN AN EXISTING 2,917 SQUARE FOOT COMMERCIAL TENANT SPACE ON ON A 14,810 SQUARE FOOT PARCEL - LOCATED AT 1831 GUERNEVILLE ROAD, SUITE A; APN: 036-101-036 FILE NUMBER CUP18-075. The motion carried by the following vote: Yes: 7 - Chair Edmondson, Vice Chair Weeks, Commissioner Cisco, Commissioner Duggan, Commissioner Groninga, Commissioner Kalia and Commissioner Peterson 10.3* THE HOOK DISPENSARY, CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT - 817 RUSSELL AVE, SUITE C - CUP18-041 BACKGROUND: Conditional Use Permit application for The Hook, a medical and adult use retail cannabis dispensary with delivery within an existing 1,350 square foot tenant space in the 11,700 square foot Russell Square Shopping Center on a 37,897 square foot parcel. Gary Broad, Planning Consultant. Ex Parte Disclosures: None. Applicant representatives presented and responded to Commissioner inquiries. Staff responded to Commissioner inquiries. Chair Edmondson opened and closed the Public Hearing at 7:53 p.m. A motion was made by Commissioner Duggan, seconded by Commissioner Cisco, to waive reading of the text and adopt as amended: RESOLUTION NO: 11931 ENTITLED: RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SANTA ROSA APPROVING A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR THE HOOK DISPENSARY, A MEDICAL AND ADULT USE City of Santa Rosa Regular Meeting Minutes Page 6 of 6 Planning Commission Regular Meeting Minutes - Final December 13, 2018 RETAIL CANNABIS DISPENSARY WITH DELIVERY IN AN EXISTING 1,350 SQUARE FOOT TENANT SPACE - LOCATED AT 817 RUSSELL AVENUE, SUITE C; APN: 015-101-027; FILE NUMBER CUP18-041. The motion carried by the following vote: Yes: 7 - Chair Edmondson, Vice Chair Weeks, Commissioner Cisco, Commissioner Duggan, Commissioner Groninga, Commissioner Kalia and Commissioner Peterson 11. ADJOURNMENT Chair Edmondson adjourned the meeting at 7:59 p.m. to the next regularly scheduled Planning Commission meeting to be held on Thursday, January 10, 2019 at 4:00 p.m. Approved on: February 14, 2019 S/ Mike Maloney, Recording Secretary