Remarks by Rob Dorans
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“Thank you, Council President. Just one announcement and resolution. Today is day 41 of the 60-day public comment period for the second phase of Zone In, our historic effort to rezone and modernize our zoning code. Council and the zoning team are still seeking public feedback from residents as we update this. Code that's covering about 40% of the city in the second phase. Residents have until October 24th to fill out that survey, which is one of the most efficient ways for folks to give us their feedback on how folks feel about that proposals for their neighborhood. Again, that deadline for…”
City Council · Oct 5, 2026
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“You're seeing council members slowly back away.”
City Council · Oct 5, 2026
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“Well, thank you, director. As the old dad joke goes, I'm only half crazy. We're doing the half marathon this year, not the full, but there's so many folks across our entire region. And we've got folks coming in from all across the country and certainly folks coming from all over the place to run this race. And I think it's a, Such a great cause, but also just a great way to showcase our city. I did want to pause and see if my colleagues have any comments, other than we won't see you at 6 a.m. here in a couple weeks.”
City Council · Oct 5, 2026
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“And with that, I move for adoption of Resolution 0227X-2026. Please call the roll.”
City Council · Oct 5, 2026
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City Council · Oct 5, 2026
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City Council · Oct 5, 2026
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“Certainly. And I want to drill down to a couple parts of this. So the guidelines themselves specifically call out disfavoring vacant lots, disfavoring surface-level parking. And I know in this instance, we're talking about reseeding. You've mentioned reengineering. I just want to be able to draw the distinction between those guidelines make very clear reference to a vacant lot. How does this maintenance plan differ from what would necessarily be considered essentially a vacant lot?”
City Council · Oct 5, 2026
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“So it's... It's your argument here that whether or not a maintenance plan is or is not meeting those guidelines, it's a position that you've taken that was not within the deliberation based upon the process itself. Correct.”
City Council · Oct 5, 2026
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“So wouldn't it make more sense to send that back to the downtown commission for them explicitly to deliberate on whether or not that plan meets those requirements under the guidelines?”
City Council · Oct 5, 2026
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“Certainly, but the Downtown Commission has more expertise in interpreting their guidelines than certainly this body does, considering those guidelines were passed in 2013. And I don't know how often we consider those guidelines as we're not exercising that authority because we've delegated it to that commission.”
City Council · Oct 5, 2026
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City Council · Oct 5, 2026
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City Council · Oct 5, 2026
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City Council · Oct 5, 2026
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“And again, bottom line, you would still, so absent that whole process, which has not happened yet, whether or not that's from an environmental court standpoint or the chief billing official, again, if the The only other way to do this is for the downtown commission to say, we agree with your plan, and here's your certificate of appropriateness. Absent any of those things happening, the property or the building would not have the legal, or the owner would not have the legal authority to bring it down.”
City Council · Oct 5, 2026
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City Council · Oct 5, 2026
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“We'll make sure we get your timer set up, and we'll start from there. I don't want to start you off too... Sure. Sure. How long do we have? Three minutes? He reserved three minutes. Four is yours.”
City Council · Oct 5, 2026
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City Council · Oct 5, 2026
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“Thank you, Council Member. Thank you, Chet. Press Pro Tem. Thank you, Council President. Just a quick announcement. As you've heard, we are in zone-in season from my other council colleagues, but we are in day 34 of the 60-day public comment period. So residents have until October 24th to fill out the zone-in survey, which is one of our main tools for receiving feedback on this proposal. As we continue to work towards modernizing our over 70-year-old zoning code, that feedback is incredibly valuable. So Folks can certainly join myself or some of my council colleagues at one of the gallery…”
City Council · Sep 28, 2026
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“Thank you, Council President. Before we begin tonight's zoning agenda, first a little bit of housekeeping with the clerk. Please read the numbers of legislation in this committee that require a waiver of second reading.”
City Council · Sep 28, 2026
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“Thank you, clerk. I now move to waive second reading on those items. Second.”
City Council · Sep 28, 2026
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“Thank you. As always, I'll briefly explain our rules speaking before council on rezonings and variances. We only hear a staff presentation for ordinances that have a disapproval from a recommended body or if we have a public speaker assigned to speak against an ordinance. We permit three speakers on each side, three proponents, three opponents. We ask those speakers to limit their remarks to three minutes for the Santa Rosa City Council. All speakers in the council variance, including city staff, area commissioners, applicants, and members of the public will be sworn in before they give…”
City Council · Sep 28, 2026
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City Council · Sep 28, 2026
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“Second. Thank you. Next move to adopt the final staff of the financial council.”
City Council · Sep 28, 2026
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City Council · Sep 28, 2026
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“Accepted. Again, next move to adopt the five staff of the Finance Council. Second.”
City Council · Sep 28, 2026