Addition of Two Limited Term Senior Planner
Positions, One Limited Term City Planner
Position; Reallocation of LEAP Funds;
Acceptance and Appropriation of Cannabis
Control Local Jurisdiction Assistance Grant
Program Funding and Appropriation of PG&E
Settlement Funds
City Council Meeting
January 25, 2022
Jeremia Mills, Deputy Director Human Resources
Clare Hartman, Interim Assistant City Manager
1 Housing Grant
• June 16, 2020: Council approved filing an application for the California Department of Housing and
Community Development Local Early Action Planning
(LEAP) grant - the City was awarded $500,000
• Grant: Mendocino Avenue Specific Plan, but no
additional funding was allocated
• Staff proposes to repurpose this funding for an
internal project, “House Santa Rosa”, and requests
the addition of a one-year 1.0 FTE Limited Term
Senior Planner focused on accelerating housing
production
2 Cannabis Grant
• State budget included funding for jurisdictions
to update their cannabis permit licensing
process through the Department of Cannabis
Control (DCC) Local Jurisdiction Assistance
Grant Program (Local Assistance Grant)
• The City was awarded $775,841
• Will fund a 3.5 year 1.0 FTE Limited Term
Senior Planner to accomplish cannabis
program improvements to better assist
applicants and DCC
3 PG&E Settlement Funding
• “Housing and affordable housing” is one of the
Councils goals and priorities
• Additional planning capacity is needed to
streamline processing of new housing
applications
• Use of $240,550 from the PG&E settlement
funds for a two-year Limited Term City Planner
for this purpose was identified through Council
study sessions related to this one-time funding
4 RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended by the Planning and Economic
Development Department that the Council, by two
Resolutions:
1. Amend the City Classification and Salary Plan to add 1.0 FTE Limited Term Senior Planner for one year; 1.0 FTE
Senior Planner for 3.5 years; and 1.0 FTE Limited Term
City Planner for two years;
2. Reallocate $5000,00 in California Department of Housing and Community Development Local Early Action Planning
grant funds from the Mendocino Avenue Specific Plan to
the House Santa Rosa project;
3. Accept and Appropriate $775,841 in State Department of Cannabis Control Local Jurisdiction Assistance Grant
Program funding; and
4. Appropriate $240,550 from the PG&E settlement funds. 5 QUESTIONS?
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