Happy Holidays!

As we prepare for the Thanksgiving Holiday, it is time to reflect upon how Cloverdale is truly a special place to live and work. Thank you to all of our residents, business and friends for your positive contributions that make Cloverdale a wonderful community. May your holiday be filled with Thanks and Giving!

In observance of the Thanksgiving holiday, the City of Cloverdale's business offices will be closed on November 25 and 26, 2021. We wish you a wonderful holiday!

City Hall will return to normal scheduled hours on Monday, November 29th.

Downtown Dazzles with Festive Holiday Lighting!

City staff were gleefully busy this week putting the final touches on the holiday lighting in Downtown Cloverdale. One of the main highlights is the impressive Christmas tree, which illuminates the Downtown Plaza. Come on down and take a stroll!

Please join the City and Chamber for the Winter Festival on Friday, December 3rd. For more information about the winter festival, please visit: Winter Festival • Cloverdale Chamber

City Park Temporary Closure: November 29 - December 1

Second Street City Park will be temporary closed due to annual winter pruning by the City Arborist. The pruning event will start next Monday the 29th and will continue for three days until Wednesday 12/1/20. The park will be reopened on Thursday, 12/2/21.

This year, Park crews are concentrating on performing preventative maintenance tree pruning around the playground area. All trees in the vicinity were identified and inspected by two ISA Arborists, including City Arborist Hector Galvan. Temporary Park closed signs will be placed at each entrance of the park to discourage entry while this work is being performed. The preventative maintenance helps to ensure that the parks are a safe place to recreate!

We apologize for any inconvenience for the temporary park closure. We hope to see you soon back at the parks soon!

Housing Element Update Set to Begin

The City will embark on it's General Plan Housing Element Update with a kick off meeting at the Planning Commission on December 7th. The Housing Element provides an analysis of a community’s housing needs for all income levels, and strategies to respond to provide for those housing needs. It is a key part of the City’s overall General Plan. State Law establishes that each city accommodate its fair share of affordable housing as an approach to distributing housing needs throughout the state.

State Housing Element law also recognizes that in order for the private sector to address housing needs and demand, local governments must adopt land-use plans and implementing regulations that provide opportunities for, and do not unduly constrain, housing development by the private sector.

Regional Housing Needs Allocation

A component of the Housing Element update is what is known as the Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA). The Regional Housing Needs Allocation or RHNA process identifies the total number of housing units, separated into four affordability levels, that Counties and Cities in the Bay Area must plan for in the period from 2023 to 2031. Cloverdale's RHNA includes a total of 278 new housing units.

The unit mix breaks down as: 74 Very Low Income, 43 Low Income, 45 Moderate Income, and 116 Above Moderate

Please follow the December 7th Planning Commission meeting on December 7th. Check the City's website for agenda information.

Learn about Accessory Dwelling Units

Are you a homeowner anywhere in Napa or Sonoma Counties?

Register here today for a roundtable webinar conversation on Thursday, December 2nd @ 6 pm about Accessory Dwelling Units (also known as granny flats, backyard cottages, garage conversions, and more) covering:

Government agencies: Who’s Who & What Do They Do with ADUs?
How to Deal with Utilities (energy, well, septic, etc.)
Permit Fees: What are they?
Budget & financing
How are ADUs “eco-friendly”?
New developments in ADU construction
YOUR ADU 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.

**Spanish language translation will be provided via Zoom. Se proporcionará interpretación al español a través de Zoom.**

Draft CEDS

Help Shape the Regional Economy

Sonoma and Mendocino County Residents, Business Owners, and Stakeholders, are invited to give feedback on the draft five-year Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS). Over the past six months, the Sonoma Mendocino Economic Development District (SMEDD) team has obtained regional input on how SMEDD should shape its strategy for the next five years. As a final step of outreach, the regional community has the opportunity to give additional feedback on this working draft.

In order to facilitate the best use of your time, please focus your review and input on the following two specific areas:

1) The SMEDD priority programs for the District (Pg. 63 - 79 of the PDF); and
2) Local community projects. (Starting on pg. 81 of the PDF)

Click here to view the draft CEDS. Please submit your comments or questions via this survey or by emailing Sonoma County Economic Development Board’s Recovery and Resiliency Analyst, Bradley Johnson, at Bradley.Johnson@sonoma-county.org. Public comment period for the draft CEDS will close on Tuesday, November 30th.