Draft Environmental Impact Report

The City has prepared a Draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR) to address the potential environmental impacts associated with implementation of the proposed General Plan 2050. The Draft EIR identified less-than-significant impacts for aesthetics, biological resources, cultural and tribal cultural resources, energy, geology and soils, greenhouse gas emissions, hazards and hazardous materials, hydrology and water quality, land use and planning, population and housing, public services, parks, and recreation, and utilities and service systems. The Draft EIR identified potential significant-and-unavoidable impacts at the program level for agricultural resources, air quality, noise, transportation, and wildfire. The identification of these program-level impacts would not preclude the finding of less-than-significant impacts for subsequent individual projects that meet project-level thresholds of significance.

The Draft EIR is based on the updated Draft General Plan, available here.

Members of the public, agencies, and interested organizations are invited to provide comments on the Draft EIR that focus on whether the Draft EIR is sufficient in discussing possible impacts to the physical environment, ways in which potential adverse effects may be avoided or minimized through mitigation measures, and alternatives to the project in light of the purpose of the EIR to provide useful and accurate information about such factors.

A public meeting to accept verbal comments on the Draft EIR will be held on Thursday, November 14, 2024, at 4:30 p.m. Members of the public may participate in person at the City Hall Council Chambers, 100 Santa Rosa Avenue, Santa Rosa, CA. The public can also view or listen to the meeting live at:

  1. https://santa-rosa.legistar.com/Calendar. Click on the “In Progress” link to view.
  2. Via Zoom by visiting: https://srcity-org.zoom.us/j/82970108050 or by dialing: 877-853-5257 and entering Webinar ID: 829 7010 8050.
  3. Via YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/cityofsantarosa.

Comments can be submitted prior to, during, or after the public meeting, but should be submitted by the end of the 45-day review period at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 20, 2024. Please send your written comments to Amy Nicholson, Supervising Planner – Advance Planning, by mail, or email to the addresses listed below. Public agencies providing comments are asked to include a contact person for the agency.

Submit Comments by Mail

Amy Nicholson, Supervising Planner - Advance Planning
Planning & Economic Development Department
City of Santa Rosa
100 Santa Rosa Avenue, Room 3
Santa Rosa, CA 95404

Submit Comment by Email

Send an email to: anicholson@srcity.org with the subject “Santa Rosa General Plan 2050 EIR.”

Download the Draft EIR Document

Please click on the following links to view and download individual chapters of the Draft EIR: