City Council meeting - February 23

The Cloverdale City Council will hold a regularly scheduled meeting on:
Wednesday, February 23rd at 6:00 pm

The meeting will be held at the Cloverdale Performing Arts Center. A zoom link is available on the agenda for virtual attendance and participation

Major agenda items on the City Council agenda include:

Student Liaison Report from Guadalupe Nunez
Proclamation in appreciation to Library Commissioner Reece Foxen
United Way of Wine Country 2-1-1 Presentation
Adopting Resolutions for the Alexander Valley Wellness Center Project approving a Major Design Review and Conditional Use Permit and introducing an Ordinance Approving a Development Agreement with Coppertower Family Medical Center pertaining to the Development of the Alexander Valley Wellness Center.
Baumgardner Ranch Housing Project, Amendments to Tentative Map and Conditions of approval, approving a Final Map, and approval of Subdivision Agreement.
Mid-Year Financial Report for Fiscal Year 2021-22
Sustainable Solutions Turnkey (SST) Program for energy efficiency projects.

A copy of the agenda can be found at the following link:
https://www.cloverdale.net/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_02232022-1089

City Hall Closed for Presidents Day

In observation of Presidents Day, City Hall will be closed Monday February 21st.

City Hall is always open virtually! The City's Web Site (www.cloverdale.net) offers a wide variety services 24/7 including permitting, business licensees, and utility payment. Come check out the City's website for more information.

Public Works Subcommittee Meeting - February 22

The Public Works Subcommittee is scheduled to meet next Tuesday, February 22nd at 1:30 pm at the Cloverdale Library. The meeting will also be available on Zoom.

Agenda items include:

Water Supply Update and Drought Response
Discuss development of a Citywide Street Striping plan
Audio Crosswalk Controls for 1st Street and Citrus Fair Traffic Signals
Review Parks Capital Improvement Program Projects
Update on various park projects improvements underway

A copy of the agenda can be found at the following link:
https://www.cloverdale.net/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_02222022-1088

Volunteers Needed for Point in Time Count

The Point-in-Timecount is a count of sheltered and unsheltered people experiencing homelessness. the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) requires that all communities receiving federal funding for homelessness services conduct a Point-in-Time (PIT) Count of people experiencing homelessness. The PIT Count is the primary source of nationwide data on homelessness and identifies people living in unsheltered and sheltered settings

The annual Sonoma County PIT count will take place on February 25^th from approximately 5:00 am-10:00 am.

Reach for Home, a north county non-profit specializing in homeless outreach and services is coordinating this years point in time count. If you are interested in participating, please click here to volunteer.

Parks & Recreation Weekly Report

Parks staff continue to perform landscaping projects, weed abatement and facility maintenance repairs.

The highlight of the week was the general clean-up and winter pruning at the Cloverdale Senior Center. All trees were pruned to ISA standards as well as all shrubs hedged for aesthetics and to encourage growth. The City's bucket truck was utilized to remove hazardous limbs hanging over structures. Irrigation tips were provided to their maintenance staff, as a courtesy, to take care of some repairs of the irrigation system.

Weed abatement was completed through our downtown corridor along sidewalks and in front of local businesses. The effort continued at the Porterfield Creek Preserve. Mechanical string weed eating was conducted and organic herbicides were applied with the goal to maintain the growth of vegetation.

In preparation for the kick off of Cloverdale high school baseball season staff worked closely with coaches and school district officials to prepare this park for the next upcoming months. Second Street City Park will be hosting daily practices, tournaments and games. Parks.

Sonoma County Vision Zero Data Dashboard

What is the Vision Zero Data Dashboard?

Sonoma County was awarded a $660,000 grant in May 2019 to start a Vision Zero program to increase traffic safety. Vision Zero is an approach to transportation that seeks to achieve the goal of zero fatalities and severe injuries.

This data dashboard is one of the County's first steps in developing the Vision Zero program. The data dashboard shows major patterns in crash data from around the County, and provides the ability to overlay other relevant data layers to contextualize the crash data.

Fatal and severe crashes in Sonoma County increased through 2017, but have started to decrease over the last few years.

Pedestrians and bicyclists are disproportionately at risk.

Nighttime crashes are more likely to result in deaths and injuries. However, there are more crashes of every severity level during the day.

Driving Under the Influence is the leading cause of traffic fatalities. DUIs are the most common primary collision factor, and are responsible for more deaths and serious injuries than any other factor. Similarly, there are more crashes on weekdays, but more fatalities and injuries on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays. Slightly more injury crashes are reported during summer months.

Throughout the County, 4% of commuters walk or bike, but these modes make up 19% of deaths. Similarly, motorcyclists represent 9% of deaths, but only 1% of commuters.
Higher speeds mean more crashes, more injuries, and more deaths.
Rural areas bear the burden of fatal and severe crashes.

Click the button below to start exploring with the dashboard now. (The dashboard is best viewed with a larger screen.)

Dive into the Dashboard

Zero Waste Electronic Waste Recycling Event - March 25-27

Zero Waste Sonoma (ZWS)is sponsoring a electronic waste (e-waste) event in Cloverdale. The e-waste recycling event collection will take place at the Cloverdale Citrus Fairgrounds on Friday, Saturday and Sunday the 25^th, 26^th, and 27^th from 9am – 5pm.

The event webpage is accessible here.

ZWS has a Facebook event set up for residents to RSVP to attend – one in English, and one in Spanish. In the coming days, we’ll also be posting on our ZWS Instagram and Twitter accounts.

Webinar: Financing Your Accessory Dwelling Unit

Are you interested in financing and building an accessory dwelling unit?

An accessory dwelling unit can help you:

Build a passive income stream
Create a home for an elderly parent
Plan for your retirement.

The Napa Sonoma ADU Center together with Redwood Credit Union is presenting an online webinar on how to leverage financing to build an accessory dwelling unit.

Please follow the link to register for this online webinar: Register here today for a conversation about how to leverage financing from the Redwood Credit Union to build your dream accessory dwelling unit!
The webinar will cover:

ADUs 101
How to leverage financing from the Redwood Credit Union to build your ADU
What makes RCU's NEW ADU loan financing easier to qualify for than other loans?
Homeowner next steps to get your ADU financed
YOUR questions, answered live!

Presented by the Napa Sonoma ADU Center, a nonprofit organization fiscally-sponsored by Napa Valley Community Foundation with support from Community Foundation Sonoma County.