City of Santa Rosa
Chamber Building, 1st Floor
Large Conference Room
637 1st Street
Santa Rosa, CA
Climate Action Subcommittee
Meeting Minutes - Final
4:00 PMWednesday, November 1, 2023
1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL
Mayor Rogers called the meeting to order at 4:01 p.m.
Mayor Natalie Rogers, and Council Member Victoria FlemingPresent: 2 - Chair Chris RogersAbsent: 1 -
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
2.1 October 4, 2023 - Regular Meeting Minutes - DRAFT
The October 4, 2023 minutes were approved as submitted.
3. PUBLIC COMMENTS
Beth Brown shared concerns about the lack of support for trees and concerns regarding artificial turf.
Duane Dewitt spoke on the Roseland Creek riparian corridor and having more small neighborhood parks.
4. DEPARTMENT REPORTS
Peter Martin, Deputy Director - Water Resources, presented.
5. NEW BUSINESS
5.1 UPDATE ON GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION REDUCTION
STRATEGY
As part of the 2050 General Plan Update, the city is updating the Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Strategy. Staff will provide background on the Strategy and other information for review and direction by the Subcommittee.
Shari Meads, Senior Planner, presented.
Staff answered Subcommittee Member questions and received feedback.
City of Santa Rosa
Meeting Minutes
November 1, 2023Climate Action Subcommittee Meeting Minutes - Final Omar Lopez shared his support of staff approach and gave feedback that some points in the plan were not clear.
Beth Brown shared concerns about traffic emissions and spoke in support of adding more trees.
6. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
6.1 PRESENTATION - FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
Peter Martin, Deputy Director - Water Resources, presented.
Subcommittee Members suggested looking at measuring canopy differences around the City.
Beth Brown commented that there is no equity with tree canopy around the City.
7. ADJOURNMENT
Mayor Rogers adjourned the meeting at 4:59 p.m. The next schedule Climate Action Subcommittee meeting will be December 6, 2023.
Approved on: December 06, 2023
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Michelle Montoya
Recording Secretary