Veterans Advisory Committee Meeting February 3, 2026

Meeting Day: Tuesday, February 3, 2026
Meeting Time: 2:00 pm
Meeting Location: Santa Rosa Veterans Memorial Building, 1351 Maple Ave, Santa Rosa, CA 95404

1. CALL TO ORDER

2. ROLL CALL

a. Advisory Committee Members

i. Welcome Kurt Harris – new representative for Cotati

b. County Representatives and 3rd Party Operators

c. Guests

3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

5. PUBLIC COMMENTS/QUESTIONS

6. OLD BUSINESS

a. N/A

7. GUEST SPEAKER

8. CORRESPONDENCE

9. BUILDING REPORTS BY BUILDING OPERATOR

a. PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE

i. Operational Budget

1. Chris Collins – Budget Primer

2. Annual rental rate increase (5%)

ii. GUERNEVILLE

iii. PETALUMA

iv. SONOMA

b. CITY OF COTATI

i. COTATI

c. SONOMA COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS

i. SANTA ROSA

d. SEBASTOPOL CENTER FOR THE ARTS

i. SEBASTOPOL

e. AMERICAN LEGION POST #293

i. CLOVERDALE

10. AUDITORIUM REPORTS BY VETERAN REPRESENTATIVE

a. CLOVERDALE

b. COTATI

c. GUERNEVILLE

d. PETALUMA

e. SANTA ROSA

f. SEBASTOPOL

g. SONOMA

11. CAPITAL PROJECTS UPDATE

a. Current Projects

b. Capital Priorities

12. NEW BUSINESS

a. n/a

13. GOOD OF THE ORDER

COMMITTEE MEMBERS

• CLOVERDALE: GENE MARCINTOWSKI
• COTATI: KURT HARRIS
• GUERNEVILLE: KEN HOLYBEE
• PETALUMA: DUANE WILSON
• SANTA ROSA: LOU NUNEZ, VICE CHAIRPERSON
• SEBASTOPOL: LEWIS SPENGLER
• SONOMA: TERRY LEEN, CHAIRPERSON
• UNITED VETERANS COUNCIL: ROBERT SAFRENO, 2nd VICE CHAIRPERSON

COUNTY OF SONOMA DEPT OF PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE STAFF SUPPORT

• JOHANNES HOEVERTSZ: DIRECTOR
• MICHELLE LING: DEPUTY DIRECTOR
• AMANDA BOUILLERCE: VETERANS LIASON
• JAMES MCBETH : FACILITY MANAGER
• ERICH BUCHOLD: FACILITY SUPERINTENDENT
• KARA MACK: EVENTS MANAGEMENT SUPERVISOR

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