Location: 2000 Sebastopol Road, Santa Rosa, CA 95407
Presented by: Pedro Martinez Navarro
Del Valle Mexican Restaurant Date 10/13/26
PRJ23-008
Del Valle Drive-Thru
2 About Us
● Locally owned Mexican restaurant
● Serving Santa Rosa since 2017
● Provides local jobs and long-term
community presence
● This expansion supports long-term
operational stability ●
3 Aerial View
History of the Project
Initial Concept
-Hand sketches presented
to Monet Sheikhali
-Traffic discussion with Rob
Sprinkle
-Engaged Carlile-Macy to
discuss concepts
Covid Aftermath
-Rengaged Carlile-Macy for
formalized site plans
-Engaged W-Trans for
traffic studies
-Pre-application meeting
with City of Santa Rosa
-Revisions to site plans and
traffic studies based on city
feedback in preparation for
neighborhood meeting
Continued
Progress
-Neighborhood meeting
-Met with Kristinae
Toomians & Carlile-Macy
-Met with Rob Sprinkle
-Major Conditional Use
Permit & Minor Design
Review Submitted
-Received preliminary
feedback from the city
Continued
Progress
-Met with Noor Bisla &
Susie Murray to go over city
comments
-Met with Patti Cisco
-Met with Rob Sprinkle
-Updated site plan & traffic
study
-Queue management plan
-Noise & Air Study
-All updated documents
submitted to the city
Continued
Progress
-Rob Sprinkle cleared plan
from a traffic perspective
-Conceptual drawings
submitted
-Received conditions for
approval
-Submitted updated noise
study
What’s
happening now
-Planning Commision
Meeting in February 2026
-Appeal filed because the
commission’s decision
differed from city staff’s
recommendation for
approval.
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Initial Concepts
6 Initial Concept - Study C
7 Site Plan - First Revision
8 Site Plan - Second Revision
9 Latest Site Plan
Project Concept
Del Valle Mexican Restaurant
10 Del Valle Mexican Restaurant
11 Del Valle Mexican Restaurant
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Traffic Findings ● Traffic study prepared by WTrans ● Incorporated empirical date from local drive-thrus &
theoretical data for worse case
scenarios
● Modest peak demand (≈30–34
vehicles/hour)
● No spillback to Sebastopol
Road or Kenmore Lane
● Fire Code–compliant
emergency access
14 Queue Management
● On-site queue capacity: 10 vehicles
● Active monitoring with cameras and staff
● At 8 vehicles: staff deployed to accelerate
service
● At 10 vehicles: drive -thru closes &
redirect cars through easement or back to
● Reopens only after queue reduces to 7
vehicles
15 Noise & Operations ● Noise study by Yorke Engineering ● Professional noise study confirms no significant impact
● Background traffic noise exceeds project
contribution
● Speaker and activity directed away from
residences
●4–6 ft solid fencing required for screening
● Hours limited to 7 AM – 11 PM, although
actual hours of operation will be
determined.
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18 Conditions & Commitments
● Full compliance with all Conditions of Approval
● Queue Management Plan incorporated and
enforceable
● Drive -thru closes before spillback to public streets ● Required fencing, lighting controls, and screening
● Ongoing City oversight and enforcement authority ●
Key takeaways
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19 Independent traffic and
noise analyses confirm
the project operates
within acceptable limits.
No spillback to
Sebastopol Road or
Kenmore Lane, with
enforceable operational
controls in place.
Multiple studies,
revisions, and
neighborhood input
shaped the proposal
before you tonight.
Full compliance with all
Conditions of Approval
and the Queue
Management Plan.
The impacts are
studied and
controlled.
Public streets
and residential
areas are
protected.
The project has
been refined over
years of
collaboration.
We are
committed to
responsible
operation.
20 Special Thanks!
Ask us anything!
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