Happy Holidays!

The City of Cloverdale wishes you and your loved ones a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

This will be our final Community Update for 2021! We look forward to seeing you back in your inbox January 7, 2022!

City Hall Holiday Hours

The Cloverdale City Hall Office will be closed from Monday, December 27th, 2021 to Friday, December 31st, 2022. We are encouraging staff to take time off during this time to enjoy the holidays with their friends and family.

Senior staff are available by e-mail while City Hall office is closed. All essential services by the Police Department and Public Works Department will continue. We look forward to continuing the Cloverdale newsletter after the New Year. City Hall will be back open on Monday, January 3rd.

Wishing you a wonderful holiday season!

Want to Hear More about Current City Activities?

Please be sure to keep your eye out for the City of Cloverdale's article in the Cloverdale Connect news publication delivered to your mailbox on a monthly basis! Each month the City will feature updates about current City topics.

The January Cloverdale Connect will provide an update on exciting news regarding Parks and provide an update on the planning activities in the Community Development Department. Please take the time to check out our articles and let us know if you have any thoughts about topics that you would like to see covered by the City in future articles.

Crocker Road Pedestrian Bridge Project Update

Sonoma County Transportation and Public Works (TPW) Department continues to make progress on the Crocker Road Bike and Pedestrian Bridge Project. TPW's geotechnical team was at the bridge site this last week collecting soil samples.

According to TPW Director Johannes Hoevertsz, partnerships with Caltrans, Army Corps of Engineers, State Water Quality Control Board, California Fish and Wildlife, PRMD, and the City of Cloverdale have been invaluable to address the aggressive schedule required to deliver this project. City staff including Senior Water Operator Darren Hernandez and Parks Superintendent Hector Galvan assisted TPW to expedite and facilitate the soil sampling work by the geotechnical team.

Once completed, the bike and pedestrian project will provide a vital link between the rural east side of the Russian River and the city of Cloverdale and Highway 101.

Drought Update

Early winter storms have brought a sight of relief to drought parched landscapes in Norther Sonoma County. Storage levels in Lake Mendocino are continuing to increase with the inflows from the recent storms exceeding the outflows. Reservoirs levels are expected to be in excess of 28,000 Acre-feet (AF) by the end of the week. Despite the positive news, the reservoir level of Lake Mendocino is well below the target storage levels of approximately 55,000 A.F. for this time of year.

Reservoir Storage and Operations
Lake Mendocino: 28,965 acre feet (af) on 12/23/21, up from 21,285 af on 12/10/21 (7680 af gain)

Please continue to to you part to save water. With the cooler winter temperatures, it a good time to turn off all outdoor irrigation systems!
For water savings tips visit:
Water Saving Tips - Sonoma- Marin Saving Water Partnership

County Parks Installing Restrooms at Cloverdale River Park

Sonoma County Parks Department is in the process of installing new restrooms at the northern side of Cloverdale River Park. The restrooms are in the finals stages of permit approval with Permit Sonoma.

Sonoma County procured a contractor and currently anticipates final permit approval by Mid-January. The restroom installation and other associated improvements should be completed by Mid-February weather permitting. The packaged restroom facilities are staged in the Park's parking area for now waiting to be installed. City Park staff assisted County Parks with providing barricades, signage and delivery/offloading of the restrooms.

County Parks Completes Draft Russian River Parkway Master Plan

Sonoma County Parks completed the community engagement process and has developed an initial draft master plan for the Russian River Parkway. The Draft Master Plan will be released in the near future. T

he project site is located in the northern portion of Sonoma County about a 10-minute drive north from the City of Cloverdale and runs along the Russian River near the Highway 101 corridor. The goal of the Russian River Parkway Project is to create safe, welcoming, and environmentally friendly river access.

Next steps in the Park Master Plan process includes preparing an initial study for compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). The 30 day public comment period on the CEQA Initial Study and determination should take place March 1^st. Sonoma Count Parks anticipates beginning construction in late summer/early fall of this year.

For more information on the Russian River Parkway Master Plan, visit:
Russian River Parkway (russianriverpkwy.com)