2021/07/29 Planning Commission Minutes
Minutes of the Special Planning Commission Meeting
of the City of Rohnert Park
Thursday, July 29, 2021
6:00 P.M.
130 Avram Avenue, Rohnert Park
1. CALL TO ORDER
Chairperson Orloff called the regular meeting to order at 6:00 p.m.
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Led by Chairperson Orloff.
3. ROLL CALL
Present: Tramaine Austin-Dillon, Commissioner
Daniel A. Blanquie, Commissioner
Fanny Lam, Vice Chairperson
Marc Orloff, Chairperson
Charles Striplen, Commissioner
Absent: None.
Staff attending via Zoom Video Communications: Planning Manager, Jeff Beiswenger, Planner
I, Suzie Azevedo, Consultant Planner, Emmanuel Ursu, Consultant Planner, Perry Banner, and
Recording Secretary, Jennifer Sedna.
Staff present: IS Operations Manager, David Rowley.
4. PUBLIC COMMENT
None.
5. CONSENT CALENDAR - ADOPTION OF MINUTES
5.1 Approval of the Draft Minutes of the Planning Commission Meeting of July 22,
2021.
ACTION: Moved/seconded (Striplen/Blanquie) to adopt Minutes of the Planning
Commission Meeting of July 22, 2021.
Motion carried by the following unanimous (5-0-0) roll call vote: AYES:
Austin-Dillon, Blanquie, Striplen, Lam and Orloff; NOES: None; ABSTAIN:
None; ABSENT: None.
6. AGENDA ITEMS
6.1 PUBLIC HEARING – MITIGATED NEGATIVE
DECLARATION/CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT/SITE PLAN AND
ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW – PLEN21-0002/PLUP21-0004/PLSR19-0009 –
Mario Spasovski/MB Homes Sonoma, LLC - Consideration of the following:
• Resolution 2021-11 approving a Mitigated Negative Declaration for the
Holiday Inn Express and Suites Project located at 5354 Dowdell Avenue
(APN 045-075-015)
• Resolution 2021-12 Approving Site Plan and Architectural Review and
Conditional Use Permit for Holiday Inn Express and Suites Project located at
5354 Dowdell Avenue (APN 045-075-015)
Planner I, Suzie Azevedo, presented the item and answered questions from the Commission,
including: if the applicants agree with the conditions; if the amenities include a restaurant; what a
mixed-use commercial building is and what uses are included; if project decreases groundwater
supplies and reference to the 2004 City water supply in the MND; parking reduction with
businesses with varying peak usage; status of completion of the Dowdell intersection; location of
stoplights on Dowdell; and, plans for an additional hotel to the north of the site.
Jeff Beiswenger, Planning Manager presented a portion of the item and answered questions from
the Commission, including: impacts on the groundwater.
Public Comment opened.
Applicant Mario Spasovski from MB Investors joined the meeting to answer questions
from the Commission, including: reduction in the parking spaces; potential businesses in
the mixed-use commercial space; timeline of the hotel construction and opening; and,
concerns regarding impacts on the groundwater.
No public comments.
Public Comment closed.
ACTION: Moved/seconded (Austin-Dillon/Lam) to continue Resolution 2021-
11 a Mitigated Negative Declaration for the Holiday Inn Express and Suites
Project located at 5354 Dowdell Avenue (APN 045-075-015) to the following
Planning Commission Meeting with updated groundwater data.
Motion carried by the following unanimous (5-0-0) roll call vote: AYES:
Austin-Dillon, Blanquie, Striplen, Lam and Orloff; NOES: None; ABSTAIN:
None; ABSENT: None.
ACTION: Moved/seconded (Striplen/Austin-Dillon) to continue Resolution
2021-12 Approving Site Plan and Architectural Review and Conditional Use
Permit for Holiday Inn Express and Suites Project located at 5354 Dowdell
Avenue (APN 045-075-015) to the following Planning Commission Meeting.
Motion carried by the following unanimous (5-0-0) roll call vote: AYES:
Austin-Dillon, Blanquie, Striplen, Lam and Orloff; NOES: None; ABSTAIN:
None; ABSENT: None.
6.2 PUBLIC HEARING – TENTATIVE MAP AND GENERAL PLAN
AMENDMENT – File Nos. PLSD21-0001 and PLGP21-0001 – SOMO Village,
LLC – Consideration of the following:
• Resolution 2021-13 recommending City Council approval of Amendments to
the General Plan to classify Bodway Parkway as a Collector Roadway
• Resolution 2021-14 recommending City Council approval of a Tentative
Map to allow the subdivision of a 12.35-acre site south of Camino Colegio
and west of Bodway Parkway within the SOMO Village Planned
Development (APN: 046-051-045)
Jeff Beiswenger, Planning Manager, and Perry Banner, Consultant Planner, joined the meeting to
present the item and answer questions from the Commission, including: who covers the costs of
the Bodway Parkway bike lane improvements; affordable housing inclusions of the project;
plans for Valley House Road; if the collector roadway is a major or minor one; parking permit
program modification requested by the applicant; if the high school will have a parking lot;
safety traffic controls at construction sites; and, parking permits available to M Section residents.
Public Comment opened.
Applicant Jack Robertson and Brad Baker from SOMO joined the meeting to answer
questions from the Commission, including: parking permit program modifications; if the
high school will have a parking lot; and, police presence at Bodway Parkway.
Sean Roney expressed concern about difficulty in locating project material for review,
reclassifying Bodway as a collector road, and the impact of the project on the current
drought.
Public Comment closed.
ACTION: Moved/seconded (Lam/Striplen) to adopt Resolution 2021-13
recommending City Council approval of Amendments to the General Plan to
classify Bodway Parkway as a Collector Roadway.
Motion carried by the following unanimous (5-0-0) roll call vote: AYES:
Austin-Dillon, Blanquie, Striplen, Lam and Orloff; NOES: None; ABSTAIN:
None; ABSENT: None.
ACTION: Moved/seconded (Striplen/Austin-Dillon) to adopt 2021-14
recommending City Council approval of a Tentative Map to allow the
subdivision of a 12.35-acre site south of Camino Colegio and west of Bodway
Parkway within the SOMO Village Planned Development (APN: 046-051-045)
with striking condition P-10 to no longer require parking permits.
Motion carried by the following unanimous (5-0-0) roll call vote: AYES:
Austin-Dillon, Blanquie, Striplen, Lam and Orloff; NOES: None; ABSTAIN:
None; ABSENT: None.
6.3 PUBLIC HEARING - DEVELOPMENT AREA PLAN II _ FiIE NO.
pLDp21-0001 - D.R. Horton - Resolution2}2l-L5 recommending City Council
approval of Development Area Plan II for 128 single-family homes and
landscaping on property located south of O'Ryan Road, north of Hinebaugh
Creek a-nd east of f.rry Road in the Vast Oak North Phase 38 (Willow at
University District) subdivision'
Jeff Beiswenger, Planning Manager, and Emmanuel Ursu, Consultant Planner, joined the
meeting to pr:esent the item and answer questions from the Commission, including:
maximizing."ur" of water; if the homes will be plumbed with recycled and potable water;
and, ensuriig City carefully considers water usage for all development projects'
Public Comment opened.
Applicant Jorden Tappin, Chris Zaballos,and Nancy Nelson from DR Horton, joined the
-.-.ting to answer questions from the Commission, including: if the conditions of
upptouul were agfeeable; including recycled water to the backyards; and, which model of
AMR water meters are incorporated in the project.
No public comments.
Public Comment closed
ACTION: Moved/seconded (Austin-DillorVBlanquie) to adopt Resolution 2021 -
15 recommending city council approval of Development Area Plan II for 128
single-family homes and landscaping on property located south of O'Ryan Road,
norih of ginebaugh Creek and east of Kerry Road in the Vast Oak North Phase
38 (Willow at University District) subdivision.
Motion carried by the following unanimous (5-0-0) roll call vote: AYES:
Austin-Dillon, Blanquie, Striplen, Lan and Orloff; NOES : None; ABSTAIN :
None; ABSENT:None.
ITEMS FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION
None.
ITEMS FROM THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICE STAFF
Staffperson Beiswenger stated that the Commission will be having a busy couple of
*ontiir, and, that staff is following the lead of City Council to determine if in-person
meetings will be held next month.
10. ADJOURIIMENT
Chairperson Orloff adjourned the regular meeting at 8:16 p'm
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JMarc Orloff,Secretary