City Council Meeting - July 27

The Cloverdale City Council will hold a regularly scheduled meeting:

Wednesday, July 27th at 6:00 pm

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

Major items on the City Council agenda include:

For a copy of the City Council agenda, click here.
To participate in the meeting or comment on an item virtually via Zoom, copy and paste the following link in your web browser:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88648416804?wd=QjFHTkt1TGIwMVN4V1lQR0FLRmw1UT09
Meeting ID: 886 4841 6804
Passcode: 551890
Dial 1-(669) 900-6833 and enter the meeting ID.

Public Works Subcommittee Meeting - July 26

The Public Works Subcommittee has a regularly scheduled monthly meeting:

Tuesday, July 26th at 1:30 pm.

The meeting will be held at the City Hall Conference room at 124 N. Cloverdale Blvd. Virtual attendance is available via Zoom. Agenda items include updates on parks projects, traffic related topics and drought response.

The agenda is available by clicking here.

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.

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.

Parks Update

Parks staff continue to roll out and complete maintenance projects during the summer season. A major project completed this week involved replacing a damaged playground slide at Furber Park on the play structure intended for children ages 2-5.The plastic slide had a small lateral crack along the center, likely incurred through regular daily use of the slide. Parks staff quickly allocated funds toward replacing the slide to limit interruption in use of the damaged slide and maintain safety standards. The replacement of the slide was completed in accordance with the CPSI, International Playground Safety Institute. Fall protection standards were also addressed by adding a fresh layer of certified woodchips at the base of the slide.

In addition to the playground slide project, Park staff responded to a fallen tree at the Porterfield Creek Open Space. A regular volunteer with the City Of Cloverdale Parks Department reported a fallen tree across the top of the Hidden Loop Trail within the Open Space. The multi-trunked Oak tree failed and landed across the trail creating a safety hazard. Parks staff Miguel Sanchez and Mario Andrade quickly gathered all the necessary protective gear including chaps, hard hat, gloves, ear protection, and safety glasses before hiking up the trail and removing the tree. Several tree rounds were utilized to mark some of the steeper trail edges. Lastly, several hours were allocated to perform a general clean-up at the Cloverdale Library as well as several reported irrigation leaks repaired throughout City Parks.

Hazardous Tree Removed at Cloverdale Cemetery

Following an assessment by City Arborist Héctor Galván, a hazardous tree was removed from the Cloverdale Cemetery. The mature Oak tree has endured 3 years of severe drought and has been in consistent decline.

The Cloverdale Fire Department volunteered to help parks staff remove the dangerous tree that was leaning toward several graves belonging to local Cloverdale families. The tree expertise of Justin McNulty with Cloverdale Fire District played a huge role in the removal process. It was a delicate and precise task due to the several potential targets nearby such as traffic, utility lines, pedestrians and concrete monuments of our local heroes.

Special Thanks to Justin McNulty for all of his help as well as Fire Chief Jason Jenkins for always being willing to assist with these type of projects at the cemetery.

Cloverdale Police Department Hosts National Night Out!

On Tuesday, August 2nd, the Cloverdale Police Department will host a National Night Out Community Gathering from 6:00-9:00 pm at City Plaza in Downtown Cloverdale. Cloverdale Police Department is providing food and drinks and will provide over $1,000 in raffle prices!

National Night Out is an Police Department's annual community-building campaign that promotes police-community partnerships and neighborhood camaraderie to make our neighborhoods safer, more caring places to live!

Our Cloverdale Police Department looks forward to seeing you at National Night Out!

Covid-19 Update

Sonoma County Provides updates on Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). The County’s Coronavirus response is focused on vaccines, testing and preventative guidance, and strategically prioritizes communities with the greatest needs using data, research, community collaboration and public health best practices.

Please find below a current update (7/20/2022) on vaccine distribution and county metrics:

Vaccine distribution

Milestones: As of July 20, 1,119,223 doses have been administered to Sonoma County residents.

Residents fully vaccinated: 388,481 - equal to 78 percent of the county’s
total population.

Residents partially vaccinated: 29,962 - equal to 6 percent of the county’s
total population.

Residents who have received boosters: 249,368 - equal to 65.3 percent of
the county’s eligible population.

Current Sonoma County metrics:

Our rate of new daily cases per 100,000 population is 30.2.
Our case rate for unvaccinated individuals is 54.7 per 100,000 compared with 28 for vaccinated residents.
Our overall testing positivity rate is 15 percent.
Our equity metric testing positivity rate is 17.5 percent.

For more information about Sonoma County's Covid-19 response, please visit: Coronavirus response - Sonoma County Emergency and Preparedness Information (socoemergency.org)

Resilient Cloverdale - Social Cohesion Follow Up Survey

Resilient Cloverdale, a cross-sector initiative committed to advancing the resilience of Cloverdale and the surrounding community, is working with a research team from San Francisco State University to assess the role that social cohesion has played in the Cloverdale community’s responses to recent crises. Social cohesion refers to the strengths of relationships, including feelings of connectedness, reliability, and trust, among community members.

This project includes a confidential survey designed to help us to learn more about how social ties, community, and neighbors can assist during future crises that affect Cloverdale. As a follow-up to the Social Cohesion Survey conducted in spring 2021, information from this survey will help us assess whether gaps in social cohesion identified from the first survey have persisted, improved, or gotten worse. The findings will be used to help identify community-led strategies to improve resilience for all members of the Cloverdale community. Make sure your input is part of this process. Take 15-20 minutes to complete the Resilient Cloverdale Social Cohesion Follow-up Survey, click or copy and paste the following link into your browser: https://tinyurl.com/2msxukyn

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Resilient Cloverdale, una iniciativa intersectorial comprometida con el avance de la resiliencia de Cloverdale y la comunidad alrededor, esta trabajando con un equipo de investigación de la Universidad Estatal de San Francisco para evaluar el papel que ha jugado la cohesión socialen las respuestas de la comunidad de Cloverdale a las crisis recientes. La cohesión social se refiere a la fortaleza de las relaciones, incluidos los sentimientos de conexión, confiabilidad y confianza entre los miembros de la comunidad. Como seguimiento de la encuesta inicial de cohesión social realizada en la primavera de 2021, la información de esta encuesta nos ayudará a evaluar se las brechas en la cohesión social identificadas en la primera encuesta han persistido, mejorado o empeorado. Los hallazgos se utilizarán para ayudar a identificar estrategias dirigidas por la comunidad para mejorar la resiliencia de todos los miembros de la comunidad de Cloverdale. Invitan a todos los miembros de la comunidad a participar en la encuesta, que tomará 15 y 20 minutos en completarse. Para participar en la Encuesta de Seguimiento de Cohesión Social Resilient Cloverdale en Español, haga clic o copie y pegue el siguiente enlace en su navegador: https://tinyurl.com/5ybdyj55

La Familia Sana Presents Fruits of Labor

Familia Sana is honored to present a community showing and Directors Q & A of FRUITS OF LABOR. This SXSW 2021 film selection documents a Mexican-American teenager's dreams of graduating high school when increased ICE raids in her community threaten to separate her family and force her to become the breadwinner for her family. She works long days in the strawberry fields and the night shift at a food processing factory. Set in an agricultural town on the central coast of California, FRUITS OF LABOR is a coming-of-age story about an American teenager traversing the seen and unseen forces that keep her family trapped in poverty. A lyrical meditation on adolescence, nature, and ancestral forces, the film asks, what does it mean to come into one's power as a working young woman of color in the wealthiest nation in the world?

When: Auust 6, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Where: Cloverdale Performing Arts Center , 209 N Cloverdale Blvd,

Cloverdale Immigration Fair

La Familia Sana 233 N. Cloverdale Blvd, Cloverdale, CA 95425

SUNDAY AT 12 PM – 2 PM

Free Consultations and Immigration Services

Catholic Charities offers the following services for FREE:

-Immigration Consultations: Review of your current circumstances to see if you qualify for an immigration benefit by filling out our questionnaire.
-Citizenship classes: Preparation to pass your citizenship interview.

-Naturalization: Helps permanent residents apply for citizenship.
-DACA: Deferred Action for Youth who came to the U.S. as children.
-Family Petitions: Allow U.S. citizens or legal residents to sponsor their families to immigrate to the U.S.
-U-Visa / VAWA: An immigration remedy for victims of certain crimes.
-T-Visa: An immigration remedy for survivors of human trafficking.

Financial Assistance Available!
We will provide assistance to cover the USCIS costs for Naturalization ($725) and DACA Renewal: ($495)

707-578-6000

Consultas y Servicios the Inmigración Gratuitas

Nuestro programa está ofreciendo los siguientes servicios ¡GRATIS!

-Consultas de inmigración: Revisión de sus circunstancias actuales para saber si califica para un beneficio de inmigración (cuestionario).
-Clases de ciudadanía: Preparación para pasar su entrevista de ciudadanía.
-Naturalización: Ayuda a residentes permanentes a aplicar para la ciudadanía.
-DACA: Acción diferida para jóvenes que llegaron a los EE. UU. de niños.
-Peticiones Familiares: Permiten que ciudadanos o residentes legales de EE. UU. patrocinen a su familia para emigrar a los Estados Unidos.
Visa-U/VAWA: Un remedio migratorio para las víctimas de ciertos crímenes.
Visa-T: Un remedio migratorio para sobrevivientes de tráfico de humanos.

¡!Asistencia Financiera Disponible!

Caridades Católicas proporcionara asistencia para los USCIS costos de
Naturalización ($725) y Renovación de DACA: ($495)
707-578-6000