City Encourages Residents to Conserve Water / Eliminate Water Waste

City staff prepared a Water Waste Notice Door Hanger to notify residents about possible water waste that may be occurring on their property. The door hanger is intended to notify water customers about water waste activities such as excess irrigation resulting in runoff, broken irrigation lines, water leaks or other non essential uses identified in the Cloverdale Municipal Code. A picture of the door hanger is identified below. This is intended to assist customers with water waste activities that may go unnoticed!

Drought Warriors Held Drought Drop Event at City Plaza

On June 12, the City of Cloverdale in Partnership with the Sonoma Marin Saving Water Partnership hosted a Drought Drop event at City Plaza. Approximately 250 water savings kits that included a drought bucket and other water savings devices were provided to the community for free by Cloverdale's team of drought warriors to provide tools to help confront the drought. Councilmembers Melanie Bagby and Gus Wolter along with Planning Commissioners Bob Cox, Sandra Hoevertsz, Eric Sanders, William Wagy participated in the event. Limited supplies of drought buckets are available at City Hall for residents who were unable to attend the event.

Water Supply Update

The City Council of the City of Cloverdale declared a Stage 2 drought on April 28, 2021. A mandatory reduction in water use from all businesses and residents is needed. The City Council has set a target citywide reduction of 25% from 2020 water use. The water conservation measures described here are mandatory.
Reservoir capacities are lower than they were during the last drought, which was 2013/2014. View more data on this drought.
Residents are encouraged to continue using water wisely and eliminate water wasting activities. Learn more water saving tips at savingwaterpartnership.org.
The Russian River watershed is in a historic drought. The watershed has experienced extremely dry weather conditions this water year (WY-2021). A water year begins of October 1 and ends on September 30th of the following year. This is the second consecutive dry water year coming on the heels of WY-2020, which was also very dry. View drought monitoring data for Santa Rosa and Ukiah.
The current drought on record is 1976/1977 when Ukiah received just 16.12 inches of rainfall. As of today, Ukiah has recorded only 12.24 inches of rainfall this year, slightly ahead of 1976/1977 when Ukiah measured 11.27” through April 15. On average, Ukiah receives 37 inches a year. In Santa Rosa, only 12.77 inches of rainfall has fallen this water year, just 3.30 inches more than the driest year of record (1976/1977) when Santa Rosa measured 9.47” through April 15. On average, Santa Rosa receives 32.20” inches a year.
Reservoir capacities are lower than they were during the last drought, which was 2013/2014. View more data on this drought.
Residents are encouraged to continue using water wisely and eliminate water wasting activities. Learn more water saving tips at savingwaterpartnership.org.

Draft Local Hazard Mitigation Plan & General Plan Public Health and Safety Element Released

On Wednesday, June 2nd, the City of Cloverdale hosted a Virtual Community Workshop to present the Public Review Drafts of the City’s Local Hazard Mitigation Plan and General Plan Public Health and Safety Element. Together, the two plans identify ways that the City can protect residents, workers, and visitors from the harmful effects of natural hazards. A copy of the Workshop Presentation is found at the link here.

The workshop provided an opportunity for community members to ask questions and provide comments about the plans and the planning process. An overview of the Local Hazard Mitigation Plan & Update to General Plan Public Health and Safety Element including copies of the Draft Plan can be reviewed at the following link: Cloverdale Local Hazard Mitigation Plan | Cloverdale, CA - Official Website,

City Arborist Performs Safety Pruning of Street Trees

Parks staff under the guidance of our City Arborist Hector Galvan pruned a leaning Acacia tree located on University Street to temporarily alleviate the lean and address potential limb failure. Weight reduction pruning was also performed to aid in preventing potential hazards to passing pedestrians and vehicle traffic. Hector followed up and contacted the property management company in charge of the adjacent property and provided recommendations for further treatment of the tree by the property owners. Residents are requested to report unsafe street trees to our Parks staff by calling (707) 894-1701.

City Conducting Homeless Survey

The City of Cloverdale is conducting a survey to help direct our efforts related to homeless. The survey is designed to help the Cloverdale Homelessness Community Advisory Group direct their efforts in addressing homelessness in Cloverdale. Each question is derived from the Homeless Strategic Plan Framework, Cloverdale’s plan to address homelessness. The survey asks participants to rank actions that could be taken by the Homelessness Community Advisory Group. The results will be important in our efforts. Please help by taking our survey! It only takes a few minutes. The survey is available in English and Spanish.
The survey can be found at cloverdale.net, click on the “Take the Survey” icon.