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Public Works Maintenance UpdatePublic Works Staff continued maintenance improvements on City maintained property this week. The existing ADA parking spaces located at the City's parking lot located on Main Street were refreshed with the universal ADA asphalt markings (see picture below). The existing spaces are clearly marked with the International Symbol of Accessibility mounted on a pole.
Public Works staff also spent time addressing raised concrete sections in various parts of the City with a focus on areas with high pedestrian uses. Public Works staff focused on addressing trip hazards in Downtown Cloverdale at the corner of E. 2nd and Cloverdale Boulevard, Cloverdale Park Plaza and the Cloverdale Senior Center. Concrete Grinding is a modern technique to eliminate trip and fall hazards. The process uses a dry surface Grinder to sand down the raised side of two joining sections of concrete. Within a matter of minutes, the raised side can be ground down permanently eliminating the "trip and fall hazard".
Thank you to Craig John and Javier Diaz for their work on these maintenance projects this week.
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Parks UpdateSeveral critical projects were completed by Parks staff this week.
The Muscat Creek footbridge at Furber Park was in need of repairs. A fresh layer of concrete was applied to different open concrete cavities, which will ensure the safety of the hundreds of park visitors as well as prolong the overall life of the bridge.
Permanent signs were installed on the perimeter fences of the newly constructed pickleball courts, in both Spanish and English. We ask the community to respect and implement the court rules, to encourage safe play and maintain condition of courts for everyone to enjoy. Parks staff also added 15 yards of redwood chips near the Furber Park playground island. Parks staff removed12 large rotor sprinklers and replaced with a simple drip system for the existing trees. A 50ft X 65ft section of turf grass was removed, with the goal to reduce water usage at the Park.
Several large truckloads of dead vegetation were removed from the Cottages District, along the winery trail and across the creek. Due to the third consecutive year of drought, parks staff have spent numerous hours in all L&L Districts and Parks, removing dead vegetation that suffered due to lack of rain. This maintenance work continues the goal of reducing fire fuels around all of city-maintained areas.
All sporting fields were mowed to designated height. Parks Superintendent Galvan responded to several City Arborist requests.
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Water Supply Update - Drought is Still Here. Save Water!The drought is still here. Water supply levels at Lake Mendocino and Lake Sonoma remain at historic lows. Water is a resource that our community shares, and it is critical that we all continue to protect and conserve this valuable resource. The City of Cloverdale and its partners in the Sonoma Marin Saving Water Partnership (SMSWP) urge our community to keep up the great work and effort – water saved now, is water we can use later. For water saving tips and programs you can take advantage of to conserve water and save money, visit SavingWaterPartnership.org. - Sonoma County continues to experience drought conditions Sonoma County is designated as being in Severe Drought by the U.S Drought Monitor. Read about drought condition in Sonoma County.
- Visit the California Water Watch website and enter your address to see how much rainfall your local area has received to date.
- View Current Water Supply Levels for Lake Pillsbury, Lake Mendocino, and Lake Sonoma Here
- Conservation requirements are still in place in the City of Cloverdale. Residents are encouraged to continue using water wisely and eliminate water wasting activities. Learn more water saving tips at savingwaterpartnership.org
- The statewide Save Our Water conservation campaign at SaveOurWater.com also provides simple ways to reduce water use in their everyday lives.
- The water reservoir storage level in Lake Mendocino in currently 65.8% of the Target Water Supply Curve for October 10 (see graphic below).
- On October1, 2022, Sonoma Water released water supply projections for Lake Mendocino that highlight three scenarios (wet, dry and median). Bsed on the projections, If the regional experiences another dry rain year, we are on deck to see low reservoir levels in Lake Mendocino in Summer/Fall of 2023.
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Sonoma County Library -
Cloverdale Commissioner VacancyAre you passionate about the library and its services? Can you represent the needs and interests of the community and of the library, and have strong interpersonal and communication skills?
he City of Cloverdale invites people who are committed to working for the betterment of the Sonoma County Library system to serve as Cloverdale’s representative on the Sonoma County Library Commission. The commission provides governance to the Sonoma County Library, which includes establishing policy, approving the county wide library system budget, overseeing the Library Director, and more. For additional information, contact City Clerk Mike Maloney at mmaloney@ci.cloverdale.ca.us or 707-894-1712.
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New Public Charging Stations to Enable More EV DriversSonoma Clean Power (SCP), the public power provider for Sonoma and Mendocino counties, is working to improve access to public charging for current and prospective electric vehicle (EV) drivers.
In 2019, SCP received a $6.75 million grant from the California Energy Commission’s (CEC) California Electric Vehicle Incentive Program (CALeVIP) to expand the local network of EV chargers by partnering with businesses, nonprofits, multi-family properties, tribal governments, and government entities.
Qualifying sites receive rebates to help cover equipment and installation costs for Level 2 connectors and direct current (DC) fast chargers. Funding for the program comes from the CEC, SCP, and the Northern Sonoma County Air Pollution Control District, and is managed by the state’s CALeVIP administrator, the Center for Sustainable Energy.
Since the program’s launch, 72 new EV charging stations throughout Sonoma and Mendocino counties have been installed and are now live, including 9 DC fast chargers and 63 Level 2 chargers.1
An additional 48 DC fast chargers and 61 Level 2 chargers are funded for completion in 2023. The program’s 181 chargers represent a nearly 20% increase for the region, where an estimated 954 chargers are currently available to the public.2
California’s ambitious goal is to have 250,000 public EV chargers by 2025.
In July 2022, SCP dedicated an additional $800,000 in local funding to support building fast chargers in areas that were not covered or served by the sites initially funded through CALeVIP.
1 CALeVIP Rebate Statistics Dashboard | CALeVIP
2 Electric Vehicle Chargers in California
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SCTA 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. Using this dashboard, you can visualize different trends and cross-sections in crash data (see picture below). Click the link below to start exploring with the dashboard now.
Data Dashboard Link:
https://sonomacounty.maps.arcgis.com/apps/dashboards/50b37f3a9002463a82f79766e3155b35 (Note: The dashboard is best viewed with a larger screen.)
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County Officials to Host Vegetation Management and Wildfire Resilience webinarSonoma County Supervisors Lynda Hopkins and James Gore invite members of the public to join them and other officials for a webinar on Wednesday, Oct. 26 featuring an update on the County of Sonoma’s vegetation management efforts.
During the webinar, a panel of experts will present information on vegetation management work ongoing throughout the county as well as some recommendations for future projects to build upon wildfire resilience.
Attendees will be invited to ask questions and provide their feedback on the topic of vegetation management during the Zoom webinar as well as by email to Vegetation Management Coordinator Kim Batchelder at kim.batchelder@sonoma-county.org.
The webinar will take place on Wednesday, Oct. 26 from 5 p.m. - 7 p.m. Register online to join the webinar at https://sonomacounty.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_rjSIRzB-RkefcKuAvhWVVA.
Spanish interpretation will be available on Zoom and the video will be made available online after the webinar.
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Meeting Notices and Schedule:
Subcommittee Meeting Schedules:
Finance, Administration & Police - Next Meeting: November 7, 2022
Planning & Sustainability - Next Meeting: December 20, 2022
Public Works & Facilities - Next Meeting: November 16, 2022 (changed date)
Joint City/Cloverdale Unified School District - Next Meeting: November 14, 2022
Homelessness Community Advisory Group - Next Meeting: November 8, 2022
Regional Board Meetings:Sonoma Clean Power - November 3, 2022
RCPA/SCTA Board of Directors Meeting - November (cancelled) / December 12, 2022
Sonoma County Library Commission - November 9, 2022
Northern Sonoma County Air District Board Meeting - November 9, 2022
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Special Events:Pickleball Grand Opening Ceremony
Location: Furber Park Pickleball Courts
Date: Saturday, October 22
Time: 9-11 AM
- Exhibition by top players from Santa Rosa
- Introductory Clinic for beginners
- Light refreshments served with Special Raffle items
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2nd Annual Día de Los Muertos Event[Español Abajo]
La Familia Sana is excited to announce our 2nd Annual Día de Los Muertos Event! This event will take place on November 5th from 2:00 – 5:30 PM at the Cloverdale Downtown Plaza. If you enjoyed last year’s event, this one is even bigger! We will have art and food vendors as well as Community Based Organizations. Enjoy some music, FREE Pan Dulce & Champurrado. Bring the kiddos to get some FREE Face painting and much more! Don’t miss out on this fantastic free event! In addition, the winners of the OFRENDAS Contest will be announced.
¡La Familia Sana se complace en anunciar nuestro segundo evento Anual del Día de Los Muertos! Este evento será el 5 de Noviembre de 2:00 a 5:30 PM en la Plaza del Centro de Cloverdale. Sí disfrutó del evento del año pasado, ¡este es aún más grande! Tendremos vendedores de arte y comida y también
Organizaciones Comunitarias. Disfrute un poco de música, Pan Dulce y Champurrado GRATIS. ¡Traiga a los niños para que se pinten la cara GRATIS y mucho más! ¡No se pierda este fantástico evento gratuito! Además, se anunciarán los ganadores del Concurso de OFRENDAS. |
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Santa Rosa Farmer's Market Coming to Cloverdale Starting next March, the Santa Rosa Farmer's Market will setup once a week on Tuesday afternoons in the Downtown Park Plaza. Also keep your eye out for two special holiday markets events this year on November 22nd and December 20th. The market will have over 10 vendors providing a variety of fresh fruits and veggies, food venders, and specialty items. Stay tuned for more information.
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