S.R. City Council Agenda, Nov 1st

Greetings!

Thanks to our friend, Anne Seeley, of Friends For Santa Rosa, for her analysis of this week's City Council agenda:

Friends:    Two important matters are before the Council on Tuesday:   

3:00 PM     First, a Study Session with the Planning Commisson on alternatives for the Southeast Greenway project. There are three alternatives for land use and circulation. The Council and Planning Commission are asked for feedback to guide the staff in preparing a preferred alternative.

https://santa-rosa.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=4729632&GUID=AFD3609C-3D26-47BE-B237-FE0FB620C48E SE Greenway

Report

14.1 Santa Rosa Housing Series   Report #6

In early 2016 the City Council began a 6-part housing series addressing supply, affordability and other issues.

This part considers housing as economic development and presents a draft plan for priorities in the housing plan development.

Please take a look at the priorities presented.  There are some odd choices, such as putting 'Amending the Hillside Ordinance' in the first priority, while some more easily obtainable goals are planned for next year.

https://santa-rosa.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=4742690&GUID=52322CD3-5E04-4F5A-B2F9-7E03F430A070 Prioritized Housing Plan

https://santa-rosa.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=4742689&GUID=1BAF9008-A2D2-41FB-BF74-1C2CF461D967 2016 Housing Plan

https://santa-rosa.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=4742707&GUID=4902F126-7F3F-4EAF-9FF8-3693F18006F1 Amend the Hillside Ordinance

I'll see you there!

Anne

Senator Mike McGuire's LiveSteam of Meeting on Housing and Homelessness

Greetings!

Here is a link (click here) to a 10/27 meeting on the "No Place Like Home" funding, held in Ukiah, in a Homeless Housing & Services Town Hall, sponsored by Senator Mike McGuire.  The meeting starts about 46 minutes into the tape.

S.R. City Council Agenda, Oct 25th

Greetings!

Thanks to our friend, Anne Seeley, of Concerned Citizens For Santa Rosa, for her analysis of this week's City Council Agenda.

Friends:    There is a 3PM Study Session before the 4PM meeting.

3.1 Groundwater Sustainability Agency Formation Update  This might sound esoteric, but it will mean a lot in the future for what water comes out of your faucet.

The State mandates that certain watersheds of concern will create oversight agencies to protect groundwater.  There are 3 in Sonoma County: Santa Rosa Plain, Petaluma and Sonoma Valley.

The way the State Board has this set up, the agencies will be lead by elected leaders from the cities and from the county.  There are some (such as the Sonoma County Water Coalition) who believe alternatives would better serve the area, especially since almost all city water users are served by water obtained from the Russian River.  A lot of rural well-owners will not be represented and/or part of the discussion.  This will be an interesting staff report. See below.

https://santa-rosa.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=4735498&GUID=A926516C-2CD6-4DD1-BC32-FB5365234788 Groundwater Agency

4PM Meeting

Consent

12.3 Ordinance Adoption regarding a change in zoning policy for certain designations of land use.   This is one of the votes (along with the next two items) to prepare for the annexation of Roseland, according to the plan approved by the Council last week.  These are confirmatory votes.

https://santa-rosa.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=4736401&GUID=2FB3B677-0921-432F-945F-3D6547602E52 Zoning Requirements

12.4 Ordinance Adoption regarding reclassification of 190 properties in the Roseland Area/Sebastopol Road Specific Plan (RASR Plan).

https://santa-rosa.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=4734995&GUID=72420AD5-8706-4330-90FE-004475A2DD84 Prezoning 190 Properties

12.5 Prezoning of 1606 Properties in the RASR Specific Plan area

https://santa-rosa.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=4736404&GUID=B80CD95B-E77A-496A-9869-49EC972FA094

   Here is a map of the proposed project area: http://ci.santa-rosa.ca.us/doclib/Documents/Location Map.pdf

Report

14.1 Extension of the Proclamation of Homeless Emergency  The Council first voted to Declare a Homeless Emergency on 8/9/16 and the declaration must be reviewed and renewed every 30 days in order for many types of funding and programs to be possible.

https://santa-rosa.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=4738971&GUID=B2FFA5B8-8832-412B-934C-A14369DC3E77 Homeless Emergency

Staff also recommend sending letters to our Congressional representatives seeking support for change to the  of Continuum of Care Care Funding Formula

https://santa-rosa.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=4738975&GUID=4E38E645-42D9-464E-887D-223673D3610E Continuum of Care.

20. Upcoming meetings

https://santa-rosa.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=4736406&GUID=1DBCBD12-108D-4D52-8324-F2838FE7775B

See you there!   Anne

Homeless Talk

Greetings! Here is the video which Homeless Talk has produced to use in its community discussions.

Oct 17th-22nd HUTS Schedule

HUTS construction schedule

Monday, Oct 17th

Clean up, Set up, Organize

Moving day from studio to site

Pick up lumber from Mead Clark

Check out the table saw

Cut plywood panels

Drill pocket holes in cross pieces

Assemble top deck frames

Pre-drill holes in deck side rails

Tuesday, Oct 18th

 Cut plywood panels

Prime and paint floor ply

Glue and staple plywood onto wall framing

Trim out for end walls

Wednesday, Oct 19th

Rip 3/4" for bay windows

Build bay windows, alternate window sides

Sand out lumber marks

Caulk interior

Paint interior

Thursday, Oct 20th

Ceiling

   Cut and frame ceiling panel

   Paint ceiling panel

   Install ceiling panel

Cut roof framing

Build roof

   Install vent mesh

   Install insulation

   Attach purlins and trim

Cut insulation

Rough frame for windows

Friday, Oct 21st

Install windows

Caulk exterior

Paint exterior

 Saturday, Ot 22nd

Cover roof

   Temp plastic sheeting

   Metal roof

       Cut panels to length

       Install

       Finish with flashing

Doors

   Cut rails and stiles

   Drill pocket holes

   Glue on plywood panels

   Attach hardware

   Install

Building Homeless HUTS this week

S.R. City Council Agenda, Oct 18th

Greetings!

Thanks to our friend, Anne Seeley, of Concerned Citizens For Santa Rosa, for this analysis of this Tuesday's City Council agenda:

Friends:   There is no study session before this meeting.

4PM

Report

14.1 Courthouse Square Project Update, Expenditure Report and Contingency Action

       With the discoveries about needed design changes, the council is asked to increase the Contingency level.

https://santa-rosa.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=4727385&GUID=A269DA29-5491-4ACA-9B93-7BE41C859112 CHSR

14.2 Approval of an agreement to host the IronMan event in Santa Rosa from 2017 through 2021.  The Council is asked to authorize the City Manager  to sign the needed documents.  An explanation about the finances can be found in the link below.

https://santa-rosa.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=4726646&GUID=FBF28E96-3EA8-4057-ADBE-6AD615F7EB83 IronMan

5PM Public Hearing

15.1 Roseland Area Projects.   Among them are the Roseland Area/Sebastopol Road Specific Plan and preliminary work toward future Roseland Annexation.

 The link below shows the extensive work that has been done over a couple of years.  Come and see and hear about the planning done.

https://santa-rosa.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=4729764&GUID=DD9FC6E5-6347-4444-BAF8-07A5FED44047 Roseland Projects

20 Upcoming meetings

https://santa-rosa.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=4727431&GUID=1AE4022C-533D-46FD-931B-4AC161FEB5F7 Upcoming Meetings

See you there!   Anne

S.R. City Council Agenda, Oct 11th

Greetings!

Our thanks to our friend, Anne Seeley, of Concerned Citizens For Santa Rosa, for her analysis of this Tuesday's City Council agenda:

Friends:    There is no Study Session before this 4PM meeting.

I begin with Report items, because there are many important ones.

14.1 Referendum - Petition Challenging Ordinance #4072, the Rent Stabilization and Just Cause Eviction Ordinance. This is an update from staff on how this challenge will (or will not) proceed.

You've likely read of the petition drive funded by The California Apartment Association challenging the ordinance.  Many signatures were obtained using mixed-up language that lead signers to think that they were signing to support Rent Stabilization. See below for more info;

https://santa-rosa.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=4715906&GUID=6099D250-9690-4CD3-8ED7-EE50B61B2671 Ordinance Challenge

14.2 Expanded Year-Round Community Homeless Assistance Program (CHAP).  It is recommended by the Housing and Community Services Department that the Council issue regulations to allow for immediate implementation of the Year-Round CHAP.  See more below:

https://santa-rosa.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=4712399&GUID=3D479C8D-07BE-4BC8-A756-6F9142B6C5C4 CHAP

14.3 Plan Bay Area Draft Preferred Scenario.  It is recommended by the Planning and Economic Development Department that the Council provide direction for comments to be sent to the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) and the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) regarding the draft scenario and to authorize the mayor to sign a letter submitting those comments.

https://santa-rosa.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=4712428&GUID=C1FEA4A4-70D7-4F8C-B889-8F7040C2AB00 Plan Bay Area

14.4 One Bay Area Grant 2 (OBAG2) (Everything has its acronym!)

    The Sonoma County Transportation Authority (SCTA) will release a call for for projects in November. This is a request from the City of Santa Rosa that the Council will discuss.

https://santa-rosa.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=4714937&GUID=5DF741F6-39C9-4A8C-9907-8D46AF6B4EB2 OBAG2

14.5 Measure Y -Should the Council Endorse Measure Y, the Sonoma County Library 1/8 percent sales tax to restore and enhance Library Services?

14.6 Proposition 52 - The Council will discuss whether to endorse Prop 52.  This is about protecting the funding that the state collects from hospitals that is required of hospitals to allow them to receive Medi-Cal payments.

15 Public Hearings

  15.1 Short-Range Transit Plan for Possible Adoption. It is recommended by the Transit and Public Works Department that the Council adopt the Fiscal Year 2016-2025 Short Range Transit Plan.

https://santa-rosa.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=4711975&GUID=6F57577E-D650-496A-8F2C-E23C562791CE Transit Plan

29.  Upcoming Meetings

https://santa-rosa.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=4712471&GUID=D238CF5F-3CAB-4A88-8141-9BB9BA17537E Upcoming Meetings

See you there!

Anne

S,R. City Council Agenda item - CHAP Guidelines

Greetings!

Here is the Powerpoint presentation which the City Staff are using to inform the City Council of the history, content, and intentions for the expansion of CHAP:

Pilot Program
• October 2015 Council approves initial pilot (CHAPP) for 2015/2016 winter months
• Safe parking, placement of portable toilets, temporary overnight shelter
• March 2016 Council extends by 30 days to April 30

Expanded Program
• July 2016 Council received a report from staff regarding an expanded year-round CHAP
• Council directed staff to work with the Homeless Policy Subcommittee to prepare appropriate ordinance amendments for an expanded CHAP

Homeless Emergency Declaration
• August 9, 2016 – action provides City with more flexibility to address homeless crisis
• Subcommittee prepares recommendations
• Strategy Adoption
• CHAP Guidelines
• Emergency Declaration Work Plan
• Prioritizes CHAP Guidelines

CHAP Guidelines Content
• Allow property owners to use their properties or facilities, which meet the Zoning Code definition for “Meeting Facility, Public or Private”, for a range of activities
• Safe parking or safe camping
• Placement and maintenance of portable toilets and access to existing bathroom facilities
• Provision of temporary overnight shelter
• Storage for personal belongings

CHAP Guidelines Intentions
• General operating guidelines – further refine as part of code amendment process
• Immediate implementation
• Allow interested parties to begin operations to further address the homeless crisis in Santa Rosa