City Council Meeting Recap

During Wednesday's City Council meeting, Mayor Turner read aloud a proclamation proclaiming that the Mayor and City Council declare March 2021 as Women’s History Month in Cloverdale. Following a reading of the Proclamation, members of the City Council In recognition of the many role’s women have played and continue to play in the economic cultural and social fabric of our everyday lives, acknowledged local women leaders in our community for their many contributions to Cloverdale.

Following the adoption of the consent calendar, the Council received a presentation on the workplan and draft budget goals for the FY 2021-22 budget that is in preparation. Council directed staff to prepare a draft budget for the Council’s consideration at a budget workshop in May 2021. Visit the City Website to view a copy of the presentation: https://www.cloverdale.net/DocumentCenter/View/4557/COUNCIL-Goal-Setting-Update-Presentation-for-FY-2021-22-_03042021.

Police Chief Ferguson provided the Council with an overview of the City's recently updated Emergency Operations Plan (EOP). The EOP establishes the emergency management organization required to mitigate any significant emergency or disaster affecting the City of Cloverdale, identifies the responsibilities, policies, and procedures required to protect the health and safety of the City of Cloverdale population, public and private property, and the environmental effects of natural and technological emergencies and disasters, and establishes the operational concepts and procedures associated with field response to emergencies, and City Emergency Operations Center (EOC) activities.

During the meeting, the City Council also approved a pre-annexation agreement with Six Acres Water Company and authorized submittal of a grant application designating the Cherry Creek Affordable Housing Project as a priority project for Community Development Block Grant or CDBG funding. You can watch the meeting on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrHEJXlZNog

Joint City & School District Subcommittee Meeting, 3/15 at 5pm

The City of Cloverdale Joint City/Cloverdale Unified School District Subcommittee will be holding a special meeting on Monday, March 15, 2021, at 5pm. To view the agenda visit: https://www.cloverdale.net/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_03152021-993.

Water Bill Relief Program

The City Council continues to allocate funds from the FY 20/21 Neighborhood Improvement Grant program for the purpose of a Utility Bill Payment Relief Program for those struggling with COVID-19 related loss of income. City of Cloverdale water account customers are encouraged to apply for a one-time credit of up to $100. Applications can be emailed to: CustomerService@ci.cloverdale.ca.us or mailed to: P.O. Box 217, Cloverdale, CA 95425. For more information visit: Cloverdale, CA - Official Website

Sonoma County COVID-19
Reopening Metrics & Tier Status

Sonoma County has been at or below an adjusted case rate of 10 new cases per 100,000 population per day for the past two weekly tier determinations. The state has announced the minimum case rate for transition from the purple tier to the red tier will change from 7 cases per day to 10 per 100,000 population once California finishes administering 2 million vaccine doses. Specifically, the State may allow counties to move to the red tier with 10 or fewer cases per 100,000 per day rather than requiring 7 or fewer. According to Health Officer Dr. Sundari Mase, Sonoma County will likely move into the red tier on either Monday (3/15) or Tuesday (3/16). However, Sonoma County could possibly move into the Red Tier as soon as Saturday if California reaches the 2 M vaccinations threshold (estimated by Friday).The Health Department continues to recommend following key mitigation measures including social distancing, wearing face coverings and washing your hands. Getting tested also remains vital to moving through the tiers.

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Vaccine Distribution in Sonoma County

Sonoma County has now administered 162,671 vaccines. Only 13 of California’s 58 counties, all of them significantly larger than ours, have distributed more. As of Wednesday, Sonoma County had administered a total of 162,671 doses.

Residents with first dose: 66,969
Residents fully vaccinated with two doses: 47,853 (two doses or single Janssen)

This means, nearly 12 percent of our eligible population (16 years old and up) is now
fully vaccinated while 28 percent has received at least one dose.

The County’s vaccine distribution website, SoCoEmergency.org/vaccine is continually updated, giving the public detailed information about the vaccination rollout, safety and how the vaccine is being disseminated in Sonoma County..

In Need of Emergency Financial Assistance?

CURA Project is a collaboration among community-based organizations to connect Latinx and Indigenous communities of Sonoma County to COVID-19 testing, healthcare, isolation care, emergency financial assistance, and other needed resources. For those seeking financial assistance, please visit: https://www.laplazancc.org/en/cura-project.

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