City Council Meeting Minutes – March 26, 2025 - Page 1 of 4 124 N. Cloverdale Boulevard
Cloverdale, CA 95425
Phone: 707-894-2521
www.cloverdale.net
MINUTES - FINAL
REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND JOINT MEETING OF THE CLOVERDALE
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SUCCESSOR AGENCY BOARD OF DIRECTORS WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 2025
6:00 PM
CLOVERDALE PERFORMING ART CENTER
209 N. CLOVERDALE BOULEVARD, CLOVERDALE, CA 95425
SPECIAL MEETING - 4:45 PM
AB1234 ETHICS TRAINING (PART 2)
CITY HALL CONFERENCE ROOM
124 N. CLOVERDALE BLVD
1. AB1234 - ETHICS TRAINING PART 2
City Attorney Mog, Redwood Public Law, provided mandatory ethics training in accordance with Assembly Bill 1234, to a quorum of the Councilmembers: Laskey, Marquez, Morgenstern, as well as City Clerk Maloney
OPEN SESSION - 6 PM
CLOVERDALE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
209 N. CLOVERDALE BLVD
A. OPENING PUBLIC SESSION
A.1 Call to Order
Mayor Lands called the meeting to order at 6:04 p.m.
A.2 Pledge of Allegiance
Mayor Lands led the pledge of allegiance.
A.3 Roll Call
Present: Mayor Lands, Vice Mayor Wheeler, Councilmembers: Laskey, Marquez, Morgenstern
Absent: None
A.4 Conflict of Interest Declaration
None.
A.5 Agenda Review (Changes and/or Deletions)
Due to technical issues – Zoom participation was limited.
City Council Meeting Minutes – March 26, 2025 - Page 2 of 4 B. PUBLIC COMMENTS
B.1 Verbal Comments
Jason Taurmino, PG&E, provided comments.
Frank Lynch - Lake Pillsbury Alliance, provided comments.
B.2 Written Comments
None.
C. STUDENT LIAISON REPORT
C.1 Written Report:
Vice Mayor Wheeler read Liaison Gallego’s written report in her absence.
D. PROCLAMATIONS
D.1 Proclamation - Women's History Month
Councilmember Marquez read the proclamation.
Recipient: Joanne Brown on behalf of the Sonoma County Commission on the Status of Women Due to Audio/Visual technical difficulties, Council was unable to present the proclamation to the recipient via zoom, however, a hard copy will be mailed to the Sonoma County Commission on the Status of Women
E. PRESENTATIONS
None.
F. CONSENT CALENDAR
A motion was made by Vice Mayor Wheeler, seconded by Councilmember Morgenstern, to waive reading of the text and adopt the Consent Calendar.
The motion carried by the following vote:
Yes: (5) Mayor Lands, Vice Mayor Wheeler, Councilmembers: Laskey, Marquez, Morgenstern No: (0) None
Abstain: (0) None
Absent: (0) None
F.1 2024 General Plan and Housing Element Annual Progress Reports Action: Accepted
F.2 Housing Successor Agency Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2023-24 Action: Accepted
F.3 Consideration of Resolution Amending the City Personnel System, Approving the Position Description and Proposed Salary for a Public Works & Parks Superintendent Job Classification and Amending the Budget
City Council Meeting Minutes – March 26, 2025 - Page 3 of 4 Action: Resolution Approved
RESOLUTION NO. 014-2025 ENTITLED: RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CLOVERDALE AMENDING THE CITY PERSONNEL SYSTEM TO CREATE A PUBLIC WORKS & PARKS
SUPERINTENDENT CLASSIFICATION, APPROVING THE SALARY RANGE FOR THE CLASSIFICATION AND AMENDING THE BUDGET.
G. PUBLIC HEARINGS
None.
Zoom Audio was temporarily restored.
H. NEW BUSINESS
H.1 City of Cloverdale Audited Financial Statements FY 2023/24 Terry Krieg, CPA, presented. Due to audio technical issues, Finance Director Holmes reported and responded to Councilmember and Staff inquiries.
Public Comment(s):
An anonymous member of the public requested clarification.
A motion was made by Councilmember Morgenstern, seconded by Vice Mayor Wheeler, to accept the Fiscal Year 2023/24 City of Cloverdale Audited Financial Statements.
The motion carried by the following vote:
Yes: (5) Mayor Lands, Vice Mayor Wheeler, Councilmembers: Laskey, Marquez, Morgenstern No: (0) None
Abstain: (0) None
Absent: (0) None
H.2 Citizen Oversight Committee for Sales Tax and Utilities User Tax City Attorney Mog reported and responded to Council inquiries and comments.
Public Comment(s):
Brook Greene provided suggestions.
Council provided staff with direction regarding the recruitment process and structure of a Citizen Oversight Committee for the City’s Sales Tax and Utilities User Tax.
H.3 Consider an Outside Service Area Agreement (OSAA) to provide domestic water service to Clearwater Ranch properties in advance of annexation to the City of Cloverdale City Manager Thompson reported.
Public Comment(s):
A representative from Clearwater Ranch provided comments.
The Council discussed.
City Council Meeting Minutes – March 26, 2025 - Page 4 of 4 A motion was made by Councilmember Laskey, seconded by Councilmember Morgenstern, to waive reading of the text and adopt:
RESOLUTION NO. 015-2025: RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CLOVERDALE CONDITIONALLY APPROVING AN OUTSIDE SERVICE AREA AGREEMENT (OSAA) FOR 661- 695 CHERRY CREEK ROAD (APN 115-239008) ALLOWING THE PROPERTY OWNED BY CLEARWATER RANCH, TO CONNECT TO THE CITY’S WATER SYSTEM AND DIRECTING STAFF TO FILE THE
OSAA APPLICATION WITH THE SONOMA COUNTY LOCAL AGENCY FORMATION COMMISSION The motion carried by the following vote:
Yes: (5) Mayor Lands, Vice Mayor Wheeler, Councilmembers: Laskey, Marquez, Morgenstern No: (0) None
Abstain: (0) None
Absent: (0) None
I. SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS
Vice Mayor Wheeler reported on the Infrastructure meeting.
Subcommittee Agendas, Approved Minutes, and Media are available at www.cloverdale.net/agendacenter.
J. COUNCILMEMBER REPORTS
Councilmember Marquez reported on the Sonoma County Regional Library’s update on the Cloverdale Library project. Mayor Lands provided Comments.
Mayor Lands reported on the March 20, 2025 Town Hall Special Meeting.
K. LEGISLATIVE REPORTS, LETTERS OF SUPPORT/OPPOSITION
K.1 Letters of Support - AB 526, AB 527, AB 531
City Manager Thompson reported.
L. CITY MANAGER/CITY ATTORNEY REPORTS
City Manager Thompson reported.
M. COUNCIL DIRECTION ON FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
Vice Mayor Wheeler requested a standing item of the Potter Valley Project on all Council Agendas.
The Council agreed.
Mayor Lands requested the airport study go to the Administrative Subcommittee. The Council Agreed.
N. ADJOURNMENT
Mayor Lands adjourned the meeting at 7:10 p.m. to the next regular meeting of the Cloverdale City Council scheduled for April 9, 2025.
APPROVED ON: April 9, 2025 ___________________________________ Mike Maloney, City Clerk
124 N. Cloverdale Boulevard
Cloverdale, CA 95425
Phone: 707-894-2521
www.cloverdale.net
The Cloverdale City Council welcomes public interest, attendance, and in-person participation at meetings.
Open session meetings are held in-person at the Cloverdale Performing Art Center. You may also view the live streams online: Zoom: www.zoom.us/join Meeting ID: 823 1668 4527 | Youtube:cloverdale.net/youtube SPECIAL MEETING - 4:45 PM
AB1234 ETHICS TRAINING (PART 2)
CITY HALL CONFERENCE ROOM
124 N. CLOVERDALE BLVD
1. AB1234 - ETHICS TRAINING PART 2
City Attorney Mog, Redwood Public Law, is providing mandatory ethics training in accordance with Assembly Bill 1234, to a quorum of the Councilmembers: Laskey, Marquez, Morgenstern OPEN SESSION - 6 PM
CLOVERDALE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
209 N. CLOVERDALE BLVD
A. OPENING PUBLIC SESSION
A.1 Call to Order
A.2 Pledge of Allegiance
A.3 Roll Call
AGENDA
REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND JOINT MEETING OF THE CLOVERDALE COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT SUCCESSOR AGENCY BOARD OF DIRECTORS
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 2025
6:00 PM
CLOVERDALE PERFORMING ART CENTER
209 N. CLOVERDALE BOULEVARD, CLOVERDALE, CA 95425
1 A.4 Conflict of Interest Declaration
A.5 Agenda Review (Changes and/or Deletions)
B. PUBLIC COMMENTS
B.1 Verbal Comments
Any person wishing to speak in person on an item not listed on the agenda may do so at this time.
Pursuant to the Brown Act, the City Council is not allowed to consider issues or take action on any item not listed on the agenda. Three minutes are allotted to each speaker.
B.2 Written Comments
Public written communications sent to Council on items not listed on the agenda may be discussed at this time. Written communications to be discussed will be listed below, if any C. STUDENT LIAISON REPORT
C.1 Written Report:
D. PROCLAMATIONS
D.1 Proclamation - Women's History Month
Recipient: Joanne Brown on behalf of the Sonoma County Commission on the Status of Women E. PRESENTATIONS
None.
F. CONSENT CALENDAR
All items under the Consent Calendar will be considered together by one acAon of the City Council unless any Councilmember or member of the public requests that an item be removed and considered separately.
F.1 2024 General Plan and Housing Element Annual Progress Reports Recommended Action(s):
Accept the 2024 General Plan Annual Progress Report including the Housing Element Annual Progress Report and authorize Staff to submit the reports to the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research and the State Department of Housing and Community Development.
F.2 Housing Successor Agency Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2023-24 Recommended Action(s):
Receive and file Housing Successor Agency Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2023-24 Liason Gallego Report
City of Cloverdale 2025 Womens History Month
Agenda Report
Attachment 1 - General Plan Annual Report 2024
Attachment 2 - Cloverdale General Plan 2024
Attachment 3 - Cloverdale 2024 APR
Agenda Report
2 F.3 Consideration of Resolution Amending the City Personnel System, Approving the Position Description and Proposed Salary for a Public Works & Parks Superintendent Job Classification and Amending the Budget
Recommended Action(s):
Adopt a Resolution Entitled “A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Cloverdale Amending the City Personnel System to Create a Public Works & Parks Superintendent Classification, Approving the Salary Range for the Classification and Amending the Budget.” G. PUBLIC HEARINGS
None.
H. NEW BUSINESS
H.1 City of Cloverdale Audited Financial Statements FY 2023/24 Recommended Action(s):
Review and accept by motion the Fiscal Year 2023/24 City of Cloverdale Audited Financial Statements H.2 Citizen Oversight Committee for Sales Tax and Utilities User Tax Recommended Action(s):
Provide staff with direction regarding the recruitment process and structure of a Citizen Oversight Committee for the City’s Sales Tax and Utilities User Tax.
H.3 Consider an Outside Service Area Agreement (OSAA) to provide domestic water service to Clearwater Ranch properties in advance of annexation to the City of Cloverdale I. SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS
Subcommittee Agendas, Approved Minutes, and Media are available at www.cloverdale.net/agendacenter.
J. COUNCILMEMBER REPORTS
Councilmembers may provide written and or verbal informational reports and updates on regional boards, committees, and community activities.
Attachment 1 - SB 341 Housing Successor Annual Report
Agenda Report
Attachment 1 - Resolution
Attachment 2 - Job Classification
Attachment 3 - Position Salary Schedule
Attachment 4 - Budget Amendment Form
Agenda Report
Attachment 1 - Cloverdale Basic Financials
Attachment 2 - Cloverdale Signed FY 2024
Presentation
Agenda Report
Attachment 1 - Exhibit A - Example Bylaws
Agenda Report
Attachment 1 - Resolution
Attachment 2 - Exhibit A - Outside Service Area Agreement 3 K. LEGISLATIVE REPORTS, LETTERS OF SUPPORT/OPPOSITION K.1 Letters of Support - AB 526, AB 527, AB 531
L. CITY MANAGER/CITY ATTORNEY REPORTS
Staff may provide written and or verbal informational reports.
M. COUNCIL DIRECTION ON FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
Councilmembers requesAng agenda items for future Council and or Council SubcommiLee meeAngs must do so at this time.
N. ADJOURNMENT
To the next regular meeting of the Cloverdale City Council scheduled for April 9, 2025
IMPORTANT NOTICES REGARDING CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS
PUBLIC COMMENTS: Members of the public may provide comment on an agenda item in-person during the public comment periods. Commenters will have three (3) minutes to speak. City Council is unable to respond directly to questions or enter into dialogue with commenters. Comments may also be submitted prior to [email protected]. by 12 p.m. the day of the meeting. Submissions and supplemental attachments are considered public records pursuant to Government Code § 54957.5.
SPECIAL NEEDS ACCOMMODATIONS: In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and Title VI, if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact the City Clerk's office at [email protected] or 707.894-1712. Notification at least 72 hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable accommodations are made to provide accessibility to the meeting.
AB 2449: Councilmembers participate in person or teleconference methods consistent with traditional provisions of the Brown Act, Government Code § 54953(b), unless the meeting is being held pursuant to provisions of AB 2449. If a technical issue arises with Zoom or the dial-in option, the meeting will continue unless it is being held pursuant to the provisions of Assembly Bill 2449.
AB 343: Any writings or documents provided to a majority of the City Council regarding any item on this agenda will be made available for public inspection in the City Hall offices located at 124 N. Cloverdale Blvd., Cloverdale, CA 95425 during normal business hours as provided by Assembly Bill 343.
WAIVER WARNING: If you challenge decisions/directions of the City Council in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at public hearings described in this agenda, or in written correspondence delivered to the City of Cloverdale, or prior to, the public hearing.
AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING
The City Clerk’s Office does hereby declare that, in accordance with California Government Code § 54954.2(a), this Sonoma Clean Power Request for Support
AB 526 - Support Letter
AB 527 - Support Letter
AB 531 - Support Letter
4 agenda for the above stated meeting(s) was posted at least 72 hours prior to the meeting (24 hours prior to a Special Meeting) on the outdoor bulletin board at City Hall, 124 N. Cloverdale Blvd., Cloverdale, CA, 95425 and the Cloverdale Performing Art Center, 209 N. Cloverdale Blvd., Cloverdale, CA, 95425, and online at www.cloverdale.net/agendacenter. The agenda is also available for public review at City Hall at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting.
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5 Today is the third day that students have been back from spring break. At the Jefferson, on March 28th, there will be a spirit day called animal day. Then on April 24th from 6:00-7:00 p.m., there will be a literacy night where students will have fun activities, snacks, and free books in the cafeteria. At the middle school today, they have their first track meet where they will compete at the RLS Middle School. At the high school, today the track meet is having their first home meet at 3:30. Also, this saturday it will be prom where students will be going to the Hyatt Regency in Santa Rosa from 7:00-11:00 pm. Lastly, two CHS staff members, Sean Geske and Carlos Jimenez, were the Sonoma County employees of the year. They will advance to the state competition!
6 A PROCLAMATION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CLOVERDALE PROCLAIMING MARCH 2025 WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH IN CLOVERDALE WHEREAS, women of every race, class and ethnic background have made historic contributions to the growth and strength of Cloverdale in countless recorded and unrecorded ways; and WHEREAS, women have played a critical role in shaping the economic, cultural, and social fabric of our society through their participation in the labor force, working both inside and outside the home, in leadership positions, and through creative inspiration; and
WHEREAS, National Women's History Month provides an opportunity for schools and communities to increase the knowledge held by our children and our community of women's roles in history and their contributions to the development of this nation; and
WHEREAS, the story of American women is the story of women of all ages, races and cultural backgrounds who led campaigns for equality and civil rights, advanced professional and educational opportunities, founded entirely new enterprises, and contributed significantly to the arts, sciences and humanistic causes; and WHEREAS, women from every background have long realized that an uneven playing field will never bring equality or justice and as members of families, civic and community groups, businesses and legislative bodies, women are in the forefront of reevaluating the status quo; and WHEREAS, the 2025 theme for National Women's History Month is “Moving forward together! Women Educating and Inspiring Generations,” which celebrates the collective strength and influence of women who have dedicate dtheir lives to education, mentorship, and leadership; and WHEREAS, Women’s History Month is both a call to acknowledge outstanding women we know by name and to pay homage to the nameless women who contributed to our nation and City; and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT PROCLAIMED that I Todd Lands, Mayor of the City of Cloverdale, in recognition of the significant role played by women, whose courage and vision inspire hope and possibility for today’s women to make tomorrow’s history, does hereby proclaim March 2025 as Women’s History Month in Cloverdale.
Dated: March 26, 2025
SO ORDERED:
_____________________________
Todd Lands, Mayor
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Agenda Item Summary
Agenda Item:
Meeting Date:
F.1
March 26, 2025
Agenda Section
Consent
Staff Contact
Kevin Thompson, City Manager
Agenda Item Title
2024 General Plan and Housing Element Annual Progress Reports Recommended Council Action
Accept the 2024 General Plan Annual Progress Report including the Housing Element Annual Progress Report and authorize Staff to submit the reports to the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research and the State Department of Housing and Community Development. At the March 3, 2025, Planning Commission meeting, Vice Chair Asey commented on the need for additional water storage for the City, and that this idea should be incorporated into the General Plan.
Alternative Options
1. Reject the 2024 General Plan Annual Progress Report including the Housing Element Annual Progress Report; or
2. Provide direction to staff
Budget/Financial Impact
None
Subcommittee Recommendation
Not Applicable
Attachments:
1. 2024 General Plan Annual Progress Report
2. General Plan Policy Matrix
3. 2024 Housing Element Annual Progress Report
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City of Cloverdale
General Plan Annual Report – 2024
Accepted by the Cloverdale City Council on March 26, 2025 Background
The Cloverdale General Plan is a legal document, required by state law, which serves as the City’s "constitution" for development and the use of land. The Cloverdale General Plan serves two primary functions. As an information document, it describes existing conditions within the City and provides development projections. As a policy document, the General Plan establishes a vision for the city’s future that is representative of what the City will look like in 2025. The General Plan contains goals, policies and implementation programs or measures for land use, development, and environmental quality that guide the physical development of the City consistent with the established vision of the City.
Using the guidelines established by the General Plan, Cloverdale’s City Council and Planning Commission take incremental steps toward achieving the larger development goals of the City. City staff also implements policies and actions contained in the General Plan through day-to-day operations of the City.
The General Plan includes the following elements:
• Land Use (LU)
• Circulation (CE)
• Noise (NE)
• Parks and Recreation (PR)
• Conservation, Design and Open Space (CDO)
• Urban Lighting (UL)
• Public Health and Safety (PS)
• Housing (H)
The State requires that the City submit an annual report on the status of its General Plan and progress made toward its implementation to the City Council and the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research (OPR). The General Plan Year End Report is also required to be submitted with Annual Housing Element Progress Report to the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD).
Since its adoption in 2009, the City has worked to implement the policies outlined in the General Plan.
The various departments that make up the City of Cloverdale work collaboratively to implement various aspects of the General Plan. These departments include the City Manager's office, Administrative Services (Finance), Public Works (Engineering, Water, Sewer, Parks and Recreation), Police including dispatch and Community Development (Planning and Building).
This report is organized to comply with OPR's General Plan Guidelines. This document is a reporting document and does not create or alter policy. The content is provided for informational purposes only and is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15306. The report includes sections that correlate with the Elements of the General Plan and 9 - 2 -
details important information and events from the 2024 calendar year. The report also identifies how City decision making was guided by the General Plan’s goals, policies and implementation measures.
Status of the Cloverdale General Plan
The Cloverdale General Plan was comprehensively updated in 2009. Since adoption of the General Plan, the following amendments have been made to the General Plan:
• 2010 - In order to clarify Urban Growth Boundary (UGB) provisions, land use designations for the downtown area, Cloverdale Depot and Citrus Fair Drive were updated in order to implement the Station Area/Downtown Plan and to correct mapping errors that conflict with the General Plan text.
• 2014 - A comprehensive update of the 2015-2023 Housing Element was completed. • 2015 - The Downtown Service land use designation was eliminated to help achieve some economic development goals. At the same time, other minor text amendments were made to eliminate duplication and inconsistencies, and to ensure land uses may be built out as envisioned in the Station Area/Downtown Plan.
• 2016 – The General Plan was amended for five
properties associated with the Nu Forest
Annexation project consisting of an approximate
42.5-acre project site. The purpose of the
annexation and general plan amendments were
to support General Plan Goal LU-1 - Provide a
balance of land uses within the General Plan
Study Area for housing, jobs, economic
development, recreation, conservation, and
destination commercial uses. At the same time,
other text amendments were made to allow for
live-work units within the M-1 Zoning District,
ensuring that existing uses on some of the
annexed properties would be conforming with all
applicable City regulations post annexation.
The General Plan was also amended in 2016 to
change the designation of a 12.3-acre property
located at the southeast corner of Santana Drive
and Asti Road from Business Park (BP) to
Destination Commercial (DSC). The purpose of
the General Plan amendment was to allow for specific land uses within the project site consistent with the Alexander Valley Resort (AVR) Specific Plan as the applicant was also the property owner of the AVR project.
• 2018 - General Plan amended for the Vista Oaks subdivision of a 42.62-acre project site located at the north end of existing Vista View Drive. The purpose of the general plan amendment was to allow for a 33-lot subdivision whereas the previous General Plan designation would have prevented the seven (7) properties that make up the 42.62-acre project site from being 10 - 3 -
subdivided. Though the project site lies above the 400-foot elevation, the project helped further General Plan goals and policies by:
a) conforming to the maximum density allowed by the LDR land use designation; b) incorporation of conditions of approval and mitigation measures from the Major Design Review and Precise Development Plan review process to ensure that the development will be significantly screened from view from the valley floor; c) guaranteeing over half of the project site (26.60 of 42.62 acres) remains as dedicated open space.
The General Plan was also amended in 2018 for the AVR project as follows:
a) revised the amount of city-wide park and recreation opportunities to the AVR site. b) reduced open space on the AVR site consistent with the revised development plan; c) allowed residential development within an Airport Safety Zones subject to a report from a qualified consultant indicating there would be no safety issue.
The purpose of the General Plan amendment was to improve the overall quality of the AVR project and to further the economic development goals of the City. • 2020 – General Plan amended for the Baumgardner Ranch housing project on 28.42 acres at 28195 & 28193 Old Redwood Highway. The purpose of the general plan amendment was to allow for a 296 unit (including 223 affordable units) residential development whereas the previous General Plan designations (General Industry and Low Density Residential) would have prevented the housing project from being approved.
• 2021 – The General Plan was amended as a part of the Dry Creek Rancheria annexation project.
The annexation involved
a total of 6 parcels and approximately 87 acres, and the General Plan land use designation was changed on a portion of 2 of the six parcels from General Industrial (GI) to General Commercial 11 - 4 -
(GC) and from Low Density Residential (LDR) to Medium Density Residential (MDR) for the Bi’ Du Khaale senior housing project at 235 Kelly Road.
Also, in 2021, an update to the Public Health and Safety Element was completed, and on November 10, 2021, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 100-2021 adopting the Public Health and Safety Element Update along with an Initial Study and Negative Declaration.
Finally, the General Plan was amended in 2021 for the Taylor Lynn Apartments Phase 2 project at 669-679 S. Cloverdale Boulevard. The land use designation of the 1.41-acre project site was changed from Low-Density Residential (LDR) to High-Density Residential (HDR) to allow for the construction of the 22-unit market rate multi-family residential dwelling units. • 2023 – The General Plan was amended in 2023 for the Housing Element update. The City Council adopted Resolution N. 037-2023 on April 26, 2023, for the 2023-2031 planning period.
General Plan Implementation in 2024
Actions taken by the City during 2024 to implement the General Plan are individually summarized by General Plan element in Exhibit 1. A brief highlighted list of accomplishments for the calendar year are provided below.
Land Use Element
• City staff continued discussions with potential developers of Alexander Valley Resort project. • Completed code amendments in 2024 to remove Growth Management Ordinance and all associated regulations as required by the Cycle 6 Housing Element, reduced off-street residential parking standards, brought code into compliance with state density bonus law and ADU legislation.
• City completed purchase of Soda Springs property for future open space trails and public access. • In 2024, Cloverdale voters approved a ballot measure to adjust the City's urban growth boundary in the western hills in relation to the Clearwater Ranch property's need to connect to City services so they can add more adult care facilities on their property.
Conservation, Design, and Open Space Element
• City staff, together with PGE, completed an energy audit of the City’s buildings and infrastructure to reduce energy consumption throughout the City. • Completed purchase of approximately 280 acres in western hills known as Soda Springs open space area for additional open space and public access opportunities. 12 - 5 -
Circulation Element
• Regarding Implementation CE 2-1a, Level of Service (L.O.S.) can no longer be used as a way of measuring traffic impacts of a project during a projects CEQA review. In order for the City to comply with SB 743, the City is required to adopt Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) thresholds for determining a potential projects traffic impacts in regards to review of a project under CEQA.
In 2024 the City continued working with consultants on a Circulation Element Update including establishing local VMT thresholds for the City.
• In 2024 the First Street bridge pedestrian walkway project was completed. This project was a coordinated effort between the County of Sonoma and the City to construct a dedicated separate bicycle and pedestrian walkway crossing the bridge over the Russian River. Until now pedestrians and cyclists were forced to navigate the bridge crossing while sharing the narrow bridge with vehicular traffic.
Parks and Recreation Element
• Parks and Recreation Department staff was excited to introduce the installation of 4 cornhole boxes at Furber Park this past year. The equipment is located near the playground area, making it a perfect spot for a day out in the park.
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• Also in 2024 at Furber Park, Parks staff installed 3 solar powered lights. The new lights require a minimal amount of maintenance, provide enhanced safety and accessibility for patrons of the park and are a highly cost effective way of promoting a safe and secure park environment. • In 2024 the Parks Department staff also worked in collaboration with the northern Sonoma County Fire Fuels Crews and continued to make progress on the Cloverdale Porterfield Creek Open Space Vegetation Management Project. Vegetation management in open spaces near residences enhances safety, aesthetics, and environmental health. It reduces wildfire risks by clearing dry brush, minimizes pest infestations, and promotes native plant growth, improving biodiversity. Well-maintained green spaces also enhance air quality, prevent soil erosion, and 14 - 7 -
contribute to a cooler microclimate. Additionally, they provide recreational opportunities, boosting community well-being and property values.
• Finally in 2024, shade structures were installed at the Cloverdale Dog Park. 15 - 8 -
Housing Element
• In 2024 City staff completed multiple code amendments, including an amendment to the City's parking requirements for certain types of residential development projects, brought City’s ADU and density bonus regulations into compliance with state law. • The Building Department issued five building permits for the construction of 101 units (97 multifamily and 4 ADUs).
• In 2024 updated the ADU brochure & created attention getting flyers that were displayed on City bulletin/announcement board on sidewalk in front of City Hall, staffed City booth at Citrus Fair with ADU flyers promoting garage conversions, fee exemptions, etc. Also in 2024 City joined group of other Sonoma Co. cities who did not renew contracts with NapaSonoma ADU center to create our own pre-approved plans for ADUs to post on our websites. Also in 2024 City hired consultant to assist City in establishing objective design review standards.
General Plan Amendments and Implementation anticipated during 2025 In 2024, the City continued working with consultants on an update to the Circulation Element and establish vehicle miles traveled (VMT) thresholds for CEQA review. The Circulation Element update will be completed in early 2025. Also in 2025, staff anticipates embarking on updates to the Land Use Element and the Conservation, Design and Open Space Element.
Annual Review of Land Use Element
As required by Government Code Section 65302, the Land Use Element was reviewed to determine if any revisions were needed to reflect updated flooding information. The Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) prepared by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) indicates areas within the City limits and planning area that are subject to inundation by the 1% annual chance flood, as well as 16 - 9 -
floodway areas that must be kept free of encroachment to minimum increases in flood heights. The FIRM for Cloverdale was most recently updated in June of 2024.
Exhibits
1. General Plan Policy Matrix
X:\Community Development\Print Masters\Long Range Planning\General Plan\General Plan Annual Reports\2024 GP Report\Attachment 2 - General Plan Annual Report 2024.docx
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General Plan
Policy Matrix
Goal Policy Implementation Measure Responsibility Timeframe Resources Status Reference LU 1
LU 1-1
Implementation LU 1-1.a. Initiate Zoning Ordinance and any other Ordinance amendments necessary to bring the City Ordinances into conformity with Exhibits 2.1 and 2.2.
Community
Development
Department
Within one year of
General Plan adoption.
General Fund
–staff time
Completed Zoning Ordinance Adopted
January, 2011
Implementation LU 1-1.b. Initiate Housing Element amendments necessary to bring the Housing Element and General Plan into conformity.
Community
Development
Department
Within one year of
General Plan adoption.
LMI Housing Funds Completed Housing Element Adopted
September, 2009
Implementation LU 1-1.c. Review residential development policies to allow limited numbers of small lots or cluster housing within conventional single family areas in order to provide variety and affordable housing.
Community
Development
Department
Within one year of
General Plan adoption.
General Fund Completed Note 2, Table 18.04.050-A
Residential Site Development
Standards
Implementation LU 1-1.d. Revise parking requirements for small lot and cluster housing projects to provide for automobile and recreational vehicle parking so that parking does not impact city streets.
Community
Development
Department
Within one year of
General Plan adoption.
General Fund Completed Zoning Ordinance Adopted
January, 2011
LU 1-2
Implementation LU 1-2.a. Develop a growth management program to allocate an average of 75 units per year, but allowing flexibility in application of growth so that growth does not exceed 375 units in any five year period. The Growth Management Program shall include a strategy to meet the City’s Housing Element fair share goals and jobs housing balance policies in Policy LU 1-3 below.
Community
Development
Department
Within one year of
General Plan adoption.
Include in LU 1-1.a.
General Fund
–staff time
Completed Section 18.02.100 Residential
Growth Management - Deleted in
2023 as required by Housing
Element 2023-2031
LU 1-3
Implementation LU 1-3.a. Develop a business attraction/initiation plan to increase number of jobs available for residents and to encourage local residents to open businesses in Cloverdale to achieve a 1:1 jobs to housing ratio.
Economic
Development
Commission --
staff
Within one year of
General Plan adoption.
Community
Development
Agency funds
Completed Economic development activities
are on-going
Implementation LU 1-3.b. Revise the Housing Element to provide housing for local employees.
Community
Development
Department
Within one year of
General Plan adoption.
LMI Housing Funds Completed Housing Program Preferences & IP6.3.2 Housing Element Implementation LU 1-3.c. Revise the Zoning Ordinance Inclusionary Housing Program and other Housing Programs to emphasize housing for local employees and essential local employees, including preferences in growth management allocations.
Community
Development
Department
Within one year of
General Plan adoption.
Include in LU 1-1.a.
LMI Housing Funds Completed Inclusionary Housing Ordinance Revision Underway
Provide a balance of land uses within the General Plan Study Area for housing, jobs, economic development, recreation, conservation, and destination commercial uses.
Allowable land uses are shown on the General Plan Land Use Map, Exhibit 2.1. Allowable population density and building intensity are shown in the Land Use Table, Exhibit 2.2.
Infrastructure and land use policies are based on a maximum anticipated population for the City of 12,000 residents and 4,700 housing units in 2025.
Provide a jobs/housing balance, (defined as a 1:1 jobs to housing ratio) by encouraging new business in the City, by encouraging housing production for local employees, and by targeting a portion of City housing funds to provide housing for essential employees who live and work in the City. 1 of 45 2024 Annual Report 3/20/2025
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Goal Policy Implementation Measure Responsibility Timeframe Resources Status Reference LU 1-4
Implementation LU 1-4.a. Provide buffer areas between industrial and residential uses. Where existing industrial uses exist, residential development applications shall provide a buffer. Where residential uses exist, industrial uses shall provide mitigation and buffering. Where the General Plan has undeveloped land with residential and industrial uses, both industrial and residential uses shall provide buffering.
Community
Development
Department
Ongoing with project
review
General Fund On-going Note 5, Table 18.04.050-A & Note
1, Table 18.06.040-A require
building setbacks of 50 feet where
Residential and Industrial zoned
properties are located adjacent to
one another. To be implemented
as projects arise
Implementation LU 1-4.b. Encourage major destination commercial uses, such as resort/conference facilities, on an opportunity-presented basis, including potential to consider General Plan boundary amendments and provision of services.
Community
Development
Department
Ongoing To be identified if
opportunities are
presented.
On-going In 2024 the City continued
discussions with potential
developers of the Alexander Valley
Resort project
Implementation LU 1-4.c. Pursue funding options for industrial infrastructure to the south of the City, including redevelopment, bonding, grants, assessments, owner participation, etc.
Community
Development
Department
Start upon General Plan
adoption.
General Fund,
Redevelopment
Funds, staff time.
On-going As projects get approved and
properties in the south area
develop the City has continued to
individually assess their fair share
of cost of necessary infrastructure
improvements
Implementation LU 1-4.d. A coordinated Master Development Vision Plan and General Plan revision may be submitted for the area south of the existing city limits and west of the freeway (Kelly Road Gateway) consisting of the following (a) economic impact analysis, (b) a minimum of 37.5 acres (60% commercial and 40% industrial) designed to help support and achieve the City’s goal of a 1:1 jobs/housing ratio and the balance in flexible mixed use development, (c) master circulation plan, (d) gateway design concept and architectural and landscape design guidelines, (e) a demonstrated public benefit area, (f) hillside protection, and (g) open space for passive, active recreation, and pedestrian and bicycle linkage.
Community
Development
Department
Timing is dependent on
property owner
submission
Applicant funding,
General Fund,
Redevelopment
Funds, staff time.
On-going As projects get approved and
properties in the south area
develop the City has continued to
individually assess their fair share
of cost of necessary infrastructure
improvements
LU 1-5
It is the intent of the City to have a substantial reserve of industrial land to the south of the existing City limits, to provide for a balance of commercial and industrial lands on areas reserved for non-residential uses, and to insure that there is a buffer between industrial and residential uses so that industrial uses do not affect residential areas.
Utilize land use guidelines within the General Plan Study Area as basis for comments on projects proposed in the County adjacent to the City, including the hillsides to the west of the City. 2 of 45 2024 Annual Report 3/20/2025
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Goal Policy Implementation Measure Responsibility Timeframe Resources Status Reference Implementation LU 1-5.a. Develop a statement of preferred land use practices in County areas adjoining the City, including and emphasizing the City policies for hillside development, and send that statement to the County annually.
Community
Development
Department
Include in the General
Plan year end report.
General Fund
–staff time
Completed City coordinates regularly with
County on review of projects that
are located nearby the City, as well
as any changes that would be
proposed to scenic landscape units
in the County. In 2024 Cloverdale
voters approved a ballot measure
to adjust the City's urban growth
boundary in the western hills in
relation to the clearwater ranch
property's need to connect to City
services so they can add more
adult care facilities on their
property
LU 1-6
Implementation LU 1-6.a. Programs are in the Parks and Recreation Element.
Implementation LU 1-6.b. Provide pedestrian accessibility from residences to parks. Establish short pedestrian routes from residences to parks where streets do not provide a direct access.
Community
Development
Department
Within one year of
General Plan adoption.
Include in LU 1-1.a.
General Fund
–staff time
Completed Design Guidelines Section E.1.D
encourages multi-family
developments to provide
sidewalks, pathways and crossings
that connect to existing City
sidewalks - In 2024 purchase of
Soda Springs property completed
will provide additional open space
and trails proximate to established
residences and City Park
Implementation LU 1-6.c. Require design review and develop standards for open space and design in all small lot, cluster, townhouse, and apartment projects, so that there is adequate room for children play areas and resident needs.
Community
Development
Department
Within one year of
General Plan adoption.
Include in LU 1-1.a.
General Fund
–staff time
Completed 18.03.090 Design Review & Table
18.04.05-A Residential Site
Development Standards
Implementation LU 1-6.d. Small lot detached and duet units shall provide a usable rear yard generally consistent with the private rear yard that could be expected in a standard single family house.
Community
Development
Department
Within one year of
General Plan adoption.
Include in LU 1-1.a.
General Fund
–staff time
Completed Table 18.04.05-A Residential Site
Development Standards
LU 1-7
Implementation LU 1-7.a. Programs are in the Parks and Recreation Element.
LU 2
LU 2-1
The downtown will be the commercial, cultural, and governmental core of the City.
See Parks and Recreation Element.
See Parks and Recreation Element.
Provide recreation assets to match the population growth that are appropriate to the various groups who might use recreation facilities.
The City may consider using land outside the General Plan Study Area for recreation purposes as a City project or in cooperation with the County.
Provide economic development resources to the downtown in order to maintain a focal point for the community, a strong community image, and an anchor for economic growth. 3 of 45 2024 Annual Report 3/20/2025
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Goal Policy Implementation Measure Responsibility Timeframe Resources Status Reference Implementation LU 2-1.a. Maintain an up-to-date downtown plan, implement downtown plan policies, support pedestrian oriented business, infill vacant sites, upgrade existing buildings, and encourage mixed use, shared multi-use parking, attractive buildings, attractive signs and usable public spaces.
Community
Development
Department
Initiate within one year
of General Plan
adoption. Implement
over 20 years.
Community
Development
Agency funds
Completed Station Area/Downtown Plan
Adopted July, 2010 & Vacant Site
Inventory Underway
Implementation LU 2-1.b. Encourage cultural facilities and events in the downtown.
Community
Development
Department
Implement over 20
years.
Community
Development
Agency funds
On-going In 2024 continued to work with
the Chamber & Arts Alliance on
cultural events in the downtown
such as Oktoberfest & Day of the
Dead, also in 2024 in partnership
with La Familia Sana City approved
a community related artistic mural
highly visible in the downtown
LU 2-2
Implementation LU 2-2.a. Use zoning, Community Development Agency funding, housing funds, and parking incentives to encourage mixed use development downtown.
Community
Development
Department
Initiate within one year
of General Plan
adoption. Implement
over 20 years.
CDA economic
development &
LMI housing funds
Completed To be implemented as projects
arise
Implementation LU 2-2.b. Return properties developed with residential uses but zoned for commercial use to residential zoning, consistent with Exhibit 2.1.
LU 2-3
Implementation LU 2-3.a. Coordinate with the Postmaster General on site locations.
Community
Development
Department
Initiate within one year Community
Development
Agency funds –staff
time
Completed The post office has no plans to
move, this implementation
measure will not be completed in
this cycle.
Implementation LU 2-3.b. Encourage retention of essential services in the downtown plan.
LU 2-4
Implementation LU 2-4.a. Review any proposals for commercial zoning or retail use.
Planning
Commission
As projects are
proposed
General Fund
–staff time
On-going To be reviewed as projects arise
LU 3
LU 3-1
Preserve and enhance Cloverdale’s small-town character and the experience of its natural boundaries and setting. Cloverdale –a small town on the valley floor with undeveloped hills to the west, north, and south and the Russian River as an urban development boundary to the east, and protect important farmlands from urban development.
Retain essential services, such as the Post Office and City administrative offices downtown.
Discourage the creation of retail commercial areas outside the downtown that would adversely affect the viability of the downtown, including freeway frontages south of the City, freeway frontages east of Highway 101, and areas around the central Highway 101 interchange.
Develop an Urban Growth Boundary that allows urban development within the boundaries and does not allow urban development outside the boundaries except in two existing developed areas (Industrial and Asti Exception Areas).
Will be implemented by LU 2-1.a.
Will be implemented by LU 2-1.a.
Retain existing residential uses and encourage new residential uses in and near the downtown in order to preserve a close-in customer and pedestrian base. 4 of 45 2024 Annual Report 3/20/2025
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Goal Policy Implementation Measure Responsibility Timeframe Resources Status Reference Implementation LU 3-1.a. Prepare an Urban Growth Boundary to be passed by the voters substantially as shown in Exhibit 2.5. The UGB language adopted by the City Council and presented to the voters shall also include a General Plan amendment to include the UGB language in the General Plan.
Community
Development
Department
Adopt UGB Ordinance
within six months of
General Plan adoption.
Place the UGB
Ordinance on the ballot
at the first election
following General Plan
adoption.
General Fund
–staff time
Completed Urban Growth Boundary Approved
November, 2010
Implementation LU 3-1.b. Land outside the Urban Growth Boundary shall be retained as Conservation Features, except for the Industrial and Asti Exception Areas.
Community
Development
Department
Adopt UGB Ordinance
within six months of
General Plan adoption.
Place the UGB
Ordinance on the ballot
at the first election
following General Plan
adoption.
General Fund
–staff time
Completed Urban Growth Boundary Approved
November, 2010
Implementation LU 3-1.c. The City shall develop a list of exception uses allowed outside the Urban Growth Boundary, limited specifically and exclusively to industrial uses in the Industrial Exception Area, Destination Commercial Uses in the Asti Exception area, and Conservation Uses in all other areas outside the Urban Growth Boundary. The conservation uses shall allow relocation of the Citrus Fair as an exception.
Community
Development
Department
Adopt UGB Ordinance
within six months of
General Plan adoption.
Place the UGB
Ordinance on the ballot
at the first election
following General Plan
adoption.
General Fund
–staff time
Completed Urban Growth Boundary Approved
November, 2010
Implementation LU 3-1.d. Revise the Sphere of Influence to be coterminous with the Urban Growth Boundary to the north, west, and east of the city and to extend south to include the Rains Creek Water District and the General Plan Study Area to the southeast of the freeway.
Community
Development
Department and
LAFCO
One year after General
Plan adoption
General Fund
–staff time
Completed SOI Amendment & MSR Approved
by LAFCO July, 2014
LU 3-2
Implementation LU 3-2.a. Develop a hillside ordinance for any areas above 400 foot elevation and for properties over 20% slope that are within the Urban Growth Boundary. All development applications submitted prior to the adoption of a Hillside Ordinance shall be required to submit a Grading and Erosion Control Plan which addresses prompt revegetation of disturbed areas, avoidance of grading activities during wet weather, avoidance of drainage corridors and riverbanks, and other erosion control measures to the satisfaction of the City of Cloverdale. Also see Implementation CDO2-1.a Community
Development
Department
Within two years of
General Plan adoption.
General Fund
–staff time
Completed Section 18.08.100 Hillside
Protection
Hillside areas are generally outside of the proposed Urban Growth Boundary, and any development shall conform to Urban Growth Boundary requirements. Development shall not be allowed on hillsides outside the UGB, except where the development restrictions would raise constitutional issues regarding private property rights. Development on hillside areas within the UGB shall be consistent with the Conservation, Design, and Open Space Element, to eliminate or minimize visual, access or lighting impacts in hillside areas, particularly in the western hillsides. 5 of 45 2024 Annual Report 3/20/2025
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Goal Policy Implementation Measure Responsibility Timeframe Resources Status Reference Implementation LU 3-2.b. Coordinate with Sonoma County to assure that City hillside view policies are communicated and implemented in any County approvals.
Community
Development
Department
Ongoing General Fund
–staff time
Completed City coordinates regularly with
County on review of projects that
are located nearby the City, as well
as any changes that would be
proposed to scenic landscape units
in the County. In 2024 Cloverdale
voters approved a ballot measure
to adjust the City's urban growth
boundary in the western hills in
relation to the clearwater ranch
property's need to connect to City
services so they can add more
adult care facilities on their
property
LU 3-3
Implementation LU 3-3.a. Land outside the Urban Growth Boundary shall be retained as Conservation Features, except for the Industrial and Asti Exception Areas, which have no farmland of statewide significance. Land shown as Prime Farmland, Unique Farmland, and Farmland of Statewide Importance shall be retained as Conservation Features, except that specific parcels identified in Exhibit 2.6 may be changed to urban uses if equivalent lands are place in a land trust within Sonoma county for permanent and equivalent agricultural use.
Community
Development
Department
Adopt UGB Ordinance
within six months of
General Plan adoption.
Place the UGB
Ordinance on the ballot
at the first election
following General Plan
adoption. Monitor
conversion of farmlands
in Exhibit 2.6 for
compliance with this
Policy and
Implementation
Measure.
General Fund
–staff time
Completed Urban Growth Boundary Approved
November, 2010. In 2024
Cloverdale voters approved a
ballot measure to adjust the City's
urban growth boundary in the
western hills in relation to the
clearwater ranch property's need
to connect to City services so they
can add more adult care facilities
on their property
Implementation LU 3-3b. The City, in coordination with Sonoma County, shall consider implementing a requirement that future development projects adjacent to designated agricultural lands under the Conservation Features designation will maintain a buffer between the proposed development and agricultural operations. The width of the buffer, the allowable land use activities, and a mechanism for maintenance of the buffer shall be part of any implementing action of the requirement.
Community
Development
Department &
Sonoma County
Permit and
Resource
Management
Department.
Within one year of
General Plan adoption
and prior to approval of
any development
project adjacent to land
designated Conservation
Features specifically to
protect agricultural
resources.
General Fund
–staff time
Completed Sonoma County Community
Separators Ordinance adopted in
November 2016.
LU 3-4
Maintain the compact form and natural setting of Cloverdale by protecting hillsides, protecting land outside the Urban Growth Boundary from urban development, and protecting Prime Farmland, Unique Farmland, and Farmland of Statewide Importance from urban development, with conditions that allow for economic and rational infill growth.
Maintain and expand the tree canopy within and outside the developed areas of the City, including old growth and newly planted trees. Prepare tree protection standards that can be implemented with a tree preservation ordinance.
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Goal Policy Implementation Measure Responsibility Timeframe Resources Status Reference Implementation LU 3-4.a. Develop a tree-protection ordinance that will identify heritage trees (trees over 23 inches diameter and/or historically significant) and significant trees and tree species (trees over 8 inches diameter).
Community
Development
Department
Within two years of
General Plan adoption.
General Fund
–staff time
Completed In 2019, the City adopted a Tree
Preservation Ordinance (Chapter
18.17 of the Cloverdale Municipal
Code)
Implementation LU 3-4.b. Tree canopy implementation is in the Conservation, Design, and Open Space Element.
LU 3-5
Implementation LU 3-5.a. Develop zoning standards for the R-2 District around the downtown so that new construction or additions respect the height, design, and configurations of older structures in the area, including encouragement of secondary units and flexibility in parking standards to support development which is consistent with existing neighborhood character.
Community
Development
Department
Within one year of
General Plan adoption.
Include in LU 1-1.a.
General Fund
–staff time
Completed Section 18.05.020 Residential
Districts
Implementation LU 3-5.b. Map areas with properties developed before 1939 and develop conservation-based zoning requirements for alteration of structures built before 1939, as shown on the 1939 Sanborn Maps.
Community
Development
Department
Within one year of
General Plan adoption.
Include in LU 1-1.a.
General Fund
–staff time
Completed Section 18.08.110 Historic Design
Review Provisions
LU 3-6
Implementation LU 3-6.a. See Urban Lighting Element
LU 4 Maintain the built environment to support the quality of life and the friendly, rural, small town atmosphere.
LU 4-1
Implementation LU 4.1.a. Implementation is included in the Design, Conservation, and Open Space Element.
LU 4-2
Implementation LU 4.2.a. Implementation is included in the Design, Conservation, and Open Space Element.
LU 4-3
Implementation LU 4-3.a. Revise the Zoning Ordinance and design standards to minimize the formula appearance of fast food and other chain businesses, including a requirement that such businesses in the downtown will not have exterior formula appearance elements or interior formula design elements readily visible from the street.
Community
Development
Department
Within one year of
General Plan adoption.
Include in LU 1-1.a.
General Fund
–staff time
Completed Section 18.08.080 Drive-In and
Drive-Through Uses
LU 4-4
Implementation LU 4-4.a. Reconstitute a replacement for the former Cloverdale Pride Committee to contact property owners and encourage improving site appearance.
Community
Development
Department
Ongoing General Fund
–staff time
Completed The City Council has decided not
to fund this position at this time
Implementation LU 4-4.b. Revise the Zoning Ordinance to allow abatement of deteriorated buildings or properties.
Community
Development
Department
Within one year of
General Plan adoption.
Include in LU 1-1.a.
General Fund
–staff time
Completed Chapter 8.02 Nuisance Abatement,
Adopted March 2008
LU 5
Conserve or preserve historic buildings and the character of the older parts of town using conservation and form based zoning ordinances, while also allowing change of use of the properties where allowed by General Plan land use and density standards.
Improve the appearance of fast food chains and other formula businesses within the General Plan Study Area.
Encourage the Cloverdale Unified School District and other educational institutions to identify and provide sites and facilities for a full spectrum of educational opportunities within the City.
Encourage elimination of blighted and visually undesirable conditions Citywide to enhance affordable housing, job opportunities, and historical preservation.
See Conservation, Design, and Open Space Element.
See Conservation, Design, and Open Space Element.
See Urban Lighting Element.
See Conservation, Design, and Open Space Element.
Minimize the impacts of urban lighting by providing adequate light for safety but not creating the glare of an urban area.
Maintain and improve the design of the built environment. Improve the appearance of entries and approaches to the downtown and the community. Maintain attractive highway frontages, well designed streetscapes and sidewalks.
Protect and enhance views from the Highway 101 corridor. 7 of 45 2024 Annual Report 3/20/2025
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Goal Policy Implementation Measure Responsibility Timeframe Resources Status Reference LU 5-1
Implementation LU 5-1.a. Identify a future high school site with a minimum of 20 acres, potential for shared facilities, and potential for a larger site when combined with City recreation facilities.
Community
Development
Department,
Cloverdale
Unified School
District
Based on Cloverdale
Unified School District
needs.
General Fund
–staff time
Completed The school district owns a 31 acre
property that was annexed into
the City limits in 2022
Implementation LU 5-1.b. Use school facilities within the existing City limits to provide preschool, elementary, and middle school functions.
Community
Development
Department,
Cloverdale
Unified School
District
Based on Cloverdale
Unified School District
needs.
General Fund
–staff time
Completed The school district owns a 31 acre
property that was annexed into
the City limits in 2022
Implementation LU 5-1.c. Monitor school needs in south Cloverdale to determine if an elementary school site will be needed, preferably within walking distance of housing.
Community
Development
Department,
Cloverdale
Unified School
District
Based on Cloverdale
Unified School District
needs.
General Fund
–staff time
Completed The school district owns a 31 acre
property that was annexed into
the City limits in 2022, adjacent to
an approved but not constructed
296 unit housing development
Implementation LU 5-1.d. Encourage the Cloverdale Unified School District to prepare a demographics study to determine future school needs within the General Plan time frame. If necessary for implementation, identify ways to provide future school sites.
Community
Development
Department,
Cloverdale
Unified School
District
Within one year of
General Plan adoption.
Cloverdale Unified
School District
Completed The district owns a 31 acre site
that was annexed into the City in
2022
Implementation LU 5-1.e. Encourage educational institutions to open or establish Cloverdale campuses, including college and junior college campuses or satellite programs, private educational and trade schools at all levels, and in- city offices for campuses or programs in County areas near Cloverdale, including co-located resources meeting a variety of educational needs at shared locations.
Community
Development
Department
Based on opportunities
presented.
General Fund
–staff time
On-going In 2024 the Cloverdale Senior
Center continued to offer
extended education classes
through the SRJC and SSU.
LU 6
LU 6-1
Implementation LU 6-1.a. Continue the annual growth management review which requires infrastructure audits if development exceeds a potential threshold of 200 units per year, and phase development as required in the growth management ordinance if infrastructure is not available.
Community
Development
Department
Annual Review Required General Fund
–staff time
Deleted Growth Management no longer
legal, staff is working on code
amendment to delete growth
management from the code
Implementation LU 6-1.b. Upgrade the City Wastewater Treatment Plan to provide tertiary treatment. Provide plumbing in new development so that tertiary treated water can be distributed for new development, open space, parks, and other uses.
Community
Development
Department
Sewer feasibility studies
within five years.
Plumbing feasibility
study within two years.
Capital
Improvement
Program, Sewer
reimbursement
funds,
development
requirements, staff
time
Completed Sewer System Master Plan
Updated June, 2009
New development will be coordinated with the provision of infrastructure and public services.
Coordinate site needs analysis with the Cloverdale Unified School District so that sites can be identified for public school needs.
Ensure adequate water and wastewater capacities or improvements are in place prior to granting approval for new development. 8 of 45 2024 Annual Report 3/20/2025
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Goal Policy Implementation Measure Responsibility Timeframe Resources Status Reference Implementation LU 6-1.c. Promote water conservation and encourage water conserving landscaping. Adopt water conservation ordinances and mandatory landscaping ordinances if needed to respond to water supply issues.
City Engineer Ongoing Staff time Completed 15.30 Water Efficient Landscape Ordinance
Implementation LU 6-1.d. Maintain a Water Master Plan for evaluate adequacy of water supplies and to provide a framework for timed capital improvements, financing of improvements, and facility expansion.
City Engineer Ongoing Staff time Completed Water System Master Plan Updated August, 2010
LU 6-2 Provide adequate public facilities and services to meet the needs of the community. Implementation LU 6-2.a.
LU 6-3 Discourage development beyond areas with planned expansions of sewer, water, and road systems. Develop a growth phasing plan that addresses location and timing of development and infrastructure.
LU 6-4
Implementation LU 6-4.a. Establish and update as necessary cost recovery, development and service fees, and other funding mechanisms (including, but not limited to, creation and operation of assessment and tax districts) so that new development, impacts on, or users of City infrastructure or services (including, but not limited to outside area service users) shall pay for the cost of all necessary City application review and processing, and necessary infrastructure and basic municipal services for such new development, and other new impacts on or users of City infrastructure or services.
Community
Development &
Engineering
Departments
Annual Review Required General Fund
–staff time
On-going Development Impact Fees
reviewed annually and updated as
necessary
LU 7
LU 7-1
Implementation LU 7-1.a. Revise Housing Element. Community Development
Department
Within one year General Fund Completed 6th Cycle Housing Element Adopted 2023
Implementation LU 7-1.b. Develop programs to support local employee housing, including use of housing funds and agreements with developers.
Community
Development
Department
Within one year General Fund Completed 6th Cycle Housing Element Adopted 2023
LU 8 Maintain the Cloverdale Airport and allow only airport-compatible land uses near the airport.
LU 8-1
Implementation LU 8-1.a. Update the Airport Master Plan to provide for airport expansion and for appropriate rules, safety zones, and potential easements and conditions on future development.
Community
Development
Department
Airport Master Plan is in
preparation
FAA grants Completed Airport Master Plan Adopted April, 2008
LU 9
LU 9-1
See implementation LU 6-1.a.
Encourage jobs and housing nexus, providing housing for workers employed in Cloverdale, in order to reduce commuting, to support local businesses, schools, and activities by providing a base of residents who both live and work in Cloverdale.
See implementation LU 6-1.a.
Maintain waste collection and waste management contracts to accommodate needs for household waste and for vigorous and proactive recycling facilities and collection.
Require new development to fund processing costs and necessary infrastructure and services required by such new development.
Maintain waste management contracts and participation in countywide waste disposal facilities to accommodate household waste and to meet or exceed state and countywide recycling goals.
Amend the Housing Element to provide programs encouraging housing for local employees in the development process, including farmworkers, using incentives, inclusionary housing requirements, and housing funds.
Future development and use of the City Airport shall be consistent with the policies and programs as established in the Cloverdale Municipal Airport Master Plan. 9 of 45 2024 Annual Report 3/20/2025
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Goal Policy Implementation Measure Responsibility Timeframe Resources Status Reference Implementation LU 9-1.a. Encourage the City’s waste management franchisee to provide recycling education and outreach programs, recycling containers on public and private locations, and to continually expand the types of materials and composting opportunities in the waste collection process.
City Manager Ongoing City waste
management
franchise
agreements
On-going In 2024 City cont. collaboration w/
waste hauler to implement SB
1383 which requires 75%
reduction in organic waste disposal
in landfills by 2025. In 2024 City
renegotiated contract with
Recology who came to Council to
remind City that the purpose of
the 2016 law is to reduce
emissions of short-lived climate
pollutants from landfills.
Implementation LU 9-1.b. Encourage green building, green purchasing practices, waste minimization practices in City purchasing and operation, and green business practices.
Community
Development
Department &
Chamber of
Commerce
Ongoing General Fund On-going In 2024 City completed work w/ PGE on energy audit to reduce
energy consumption throughout
City facilities
CE 1
CE 1-1
Implementation CE 1-1.a. Design, construct, upgrade, and maintain the automobile and pedestrian circulation system according to the functions they are intended to serve, as shown in Exhibit 3-1 and the trails systems in Exhibit 5.1 (Parks and Recreation Element).
Community
Development &
Engineering
Department
Ongoing Capital
Improvement
Program, project
approvals,
development
impact fees.
On-going In 2024 the City completed
purchase of additional property
called Soda Springs in the western
hills for open space and trails with
possible connections to existing
trails and open space property.
Also in 2024 City partnered with
consultant to update the
Circulation Element
Implementation CE 1-1.b. Upgrade and maintain the existing circulation network through the Capital Improvement Program and Development Impact Fees.
Community
Development &
Engineering
Department
Ongoing Capital
Improvement
Program, project
approvals, street
improvement fund
On-going In 2024 the City used CDBG
funding to hire consultant to begin
preparing plans for sidewalk gap
improvements & in 2024 as part of
Circulation Element update
process hired consultant to
complete a sidewalk gap closure
study
Develop and maintain a balanced vehicular and non-vehicular transportation system to meet the mobility needs consistent with General Plan land use goals and policies. Provide a balance of land uses within the General Plan Study Area for housing, jobs, economic development, recreation, and destination commercial uses.
Develop and maintain the Circulation Plan network of freeway/highways, arterials, collectors, and local streets. The proposed streets should be designed to serve the functions they are intended to serve, with adequate capacity and safety.
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Goal Policy Implementation Measure Responsibility Timeframe Resources Status Reference Implementation CE 1-1.c. Coordinate with the County of Sonoma in addressing regional transportation issues.
Community
Development &
Engineering
Department
Ongoing Countywide
Transportation
Development Act
Funding.
Congestion
Management Plan,
SMART Passenger
Rail Authority
On-going In 2024 City continued
participation in various meetings
w/ Sonoma County Transportation
Authority (SCTA) including
members & partners, planning
advisory, SCTA board, etc. Also in
2024 the pedestrian & bicycle lane
bridge crossing at First Street
bridge was completed in
partnership with Sonoma Co
Implementation CE 1-1.d. Provide funding to repair streets that are seriously deteriorated and sidewalks that are in poor repair.
Community
Development &
Engineering
Department
Ongoing Capital
Improvement
Program, project
approvals, street
improvement fund
On-going In 2024 the City used CDBG
funding to hire consultant to begin
preparing plans for sidewalk gap
improvements & in 2024 as part of
Circulation Element update
process hired consultant to
complete a sidewalk gap closure
study
Implementation CE 1-1.e. Truck routes shall be established to minimize noise impacts on residential areas. Construction truck routes shall be specified to minimize noise impacts.
Community
Development &
Engineering
Department
Ongoing Capital
Improvement
Program, project
approvals, street
improvement fund
On-going In 2024 AB 98 was signed into law
requiring Cities to establish truck
routes for warehouse uses and to
comply when they update the
circulation element next or by
January 1, 2028.
CE 1-2
Implementation CE 1-2.a. Develop and adopt plan lines, if needed, for arterial and collector streets shown in Exhibit 3.1. Place plan lines in the Zoning Ordinance, and require setbacks to be measured from adopted plan lines.
Community
Development &
Engineering
Department
Ongoing General Fund On-going To Be Completed As Need Arises.
Implementation CE 1-2.b. Require new development and expansions of existing development to provide necessary street improvements for the demand they generate.
Community
Development &
Engineering
Department
Ongoing General Fund On-going In 2024 Bi' Du Khaale annexation project and Baumgardner
continued property development
which will extend S. Foothill Blvd to
Kelly Rd to City standards.
Implementation CE 1-2.c. Develop and maintain an up to date comprehensive street improvement fee for new development to finance General Plan roadway improvements necessary to serve the City at General Plan buildout.
Community
Development &
Engineering
Department
Ongoing General Fund On-going Dev impact fees are reviewed annually and updated as necessary
CE 1-3
Plan and reserve in advance of development, the street alignments and building setbacks necessary to handle anticipated future growth and traffic requirements.
Design street systems in residential areas to minimize through traffic, to encourage internal movement by bicycling and walking, to provide safer and quieter neighborhoods, to minimize vehicular conflicts at intersections and to ensure that the impact of recreational traffic on local residents is minimized. 11 of 45 2024 Annual Report 3/20/2025
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Goal Policy Implementation Measure Responsibility Timeframe Resources Status Reference Implementation CE 1-3.a. Do not use back-on treatment at the expense of good site planning.
Community
Development &
Engineering
Department
Ongoing General Fund On-going To Be Implemented As Need Arises.
Implementation CE 1-3.b. Identify and provide directional signs to recreational uses that maximize use of arterial and collector streets and minimize or eliminate traffic through residential areas.
Community
Development &
Engineering
Department
Ongoing General Fund Completed Signs have been installed at north & south bound hwy 101 exit ramps
directing traffic to Yorty Creek at
Lake Sonoma
CE 2
CE 2-1
Implementation CE 2.1.a. Evaluate traffic impacts from major developments for consistency with LOS standards.
Community
Development &
Engineering
Department
Ongoing; Require traffic
reports with major
development proposals
General Fund Completed As of 2019 cannot use LOS
thresholds to determine if there is
an impact under CEQA, In 2024
City continued working with
consultants to establish local VMT
thresholds for CEQA
Implementation CE 2.1.b. Configure Cloverdale Boulevard between Citrus Fair Drive and Healdsburg Ave. and between Brookside Drive and Del Webb Drive with five traffic lanes. Signalize the Healdsburg Ave. Cloverdale Boulevard and Treadway Drive Cloverdale Boulevard Intersections.
City Engineer With adjoining
development and when
signal warrants are met
Developer fees and
street funds
Completed S. Cloverdale Blvd & Treadway
Drive signalized in 2022. Signalized
pedestrian crossing installed at
Healdsburg Ave & Cloverdale Blvd.
Implementation CE 2.1.c. Configure the south interchange with roundabouts to accommodate traffic levels related to the overcrossing, offramps, and Asti Road and South Cloverdale Boulevard to achieve LOS D.
Alternative designs may be considered if LOS D can be achieved by those designs.
City Engineer With adjoining
development and when
signal warrants are met
Developer fees and
street funds
Completed As of 2019 cannot use LOS
thresholds to determine if there is
an impact under CEQA. In 2024
City continued working with
consultants to establish local VMT
thresholds for CEQA
CE 2-2
Maintain a satisfactory Level of Service (LOS) for automobile traffic. *Locations where improvements are needed to meet LOS standards but are not warranted based on volumes; *Conditions where the improvement would result in significant adverse impacts to other travel modes, including walking, bicycling, or transit; or *Locations where attainment would cause loss of the unique character of the downtown, identified historic resources or neighborhood character, distinctive tree canopy, or distinctive watercourses.
The City shall strive to maintain mid-Level of Service (LOS) D operation during the weekday morning and evening peak periods at intersections of an arterial street with either another arterial or a collector street and intersections of two collector streets. For public safety, signalization warrants shall be evaluated using CALTRANS standards, which are typically based on LOS C. For projected future conditions the LOS is to be calculated using the average traffic demand over the highest 60-minute period. For all types of control the Level of Service standard is to be applied to the average intersection delay, and not that for any single movement or approach. Exceptions to meeting this standard include:
*Stop-controlled minor street approaches to either collector or arterial streets; *Locations where the City Engineer deems improvement to be technically, financially, or environmentally infeasible; Create a “country road” appearance for Cloverdale Boulevard, First Street east of the freeway, and Asti Road where possible, including narrow pavement shade trees adjoining travel lanes, parking only where necessary, and protected bicycle and pedestrian ways, including trails instead of sidewalks and on-street bike lanes where possible. 12 of 45 2024 Annual Report 3/20/2025
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Goal Policy Implementation Measure Responsibility Timeframe Resources Status Reference Implementation CE 2-2.a. Prepare design plans for Cloverdale Boulevard, First Street east of the freeway, and Asti Road prior to major improvements to those roads.
Community
Development &
Engineering
Department
Prior to major
improvements
General Fund,
street funds,
developer
contributions
On-going In 2024 City continued working
with consultants to complete an
update to the Circulation Element
which will include updated street
designs and sections
CE 3
CE 3-1
Implementation CE 3-1.a. Implement programs for bicycle and pedestrian trails in the Parks and Recreation Element.
Community
Development &
Engineering
Department
Ongoing General Fund On-going In 2024 the City completed purchase of Soda Springs property
in western hills to add new open
space and public trails that could
connect with existing open space
areas and trails
Implementation CE 3-1.b. Maintain an up-to-date bikeways plan in conjunction with the Sonoma County Transit Agency Countywide bikeways plan.
Community
Development &
Engineering
Department
Ongoing General Fund On-going In 2024 City began working with SCTA to update the City's Active
Transportation Plan (ATP)
Implementation CE 3-1.c. Integrate bicycle and pedestrian routes with transit stops.
Community
Development &
Engineering
Department
Ongoing Include integration
with public works
projects and
planning permit
approvals.
On-going In 2024 City continued working
with consultants to complete an
update to the Circulation Element
which will likely include this design
feature
CE 3-2
Implementation CE 3-2.a. Explore a program to fund sidewalk improvement or installation where no sidewalks exist, including sharing of costs with property owners, loans payable at time of sale, etc.
Community
Development &
Engineering
Department
Ongoing General Fund;
Sidewalk
improvement
funds.
On-going In 2024 the City used CDBG
funding to hire consultant to begin
preparing plans for sidewalk gap
improvements & in 2024 as part of
Circulation Element update
process hired consultant to
complete a sidewalk gap closure
study
Implementation CE 3-2.b. Identify major pedestrian routes and, where they adjoin streets, prepare roadway sections that encourage pedestrian use.
Community
Development &
Engineering
Department
Prior to major street
improvements
General Fund.
Repair and install
with public works
projects and
planning permit
approvals.
On-going In 2024 City continued working
with consultants to complete an
update to the Circulation Element
which will likely include this design
feature
Promote bicycle use and walking as an alternative to automobile traffic and for community health and enjoyment.
Provide an extensive network of pedestrian and bicycle pathways to support community health and provide safe alternatives to automobile use.
Provide continuous sidewalks or pedestrian ways along all streets. Maintain sidewalks in good repair. Integrate sidewalks and the pedestrian trails network in the Recreation and Open Space Element.
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Goal Policy Implementation Measure Responsibility Timeframe Resources Status Reference Implementation CE 3-2.c. Repair or install sidewalks or pedestrian ways on all streets in conjunction with public works and private development projects.
Community
Development &
Engineering
Department
Ongoing, with public
works projects and
planning permit
approvals
General Fund.
Repair and install
with public works
projects and
planning permit
approvals.
On-going In 2024 construction continued on
new sidewalks along S. Foothill
Blvd, Kelly Rd and S. Cloverdale for
TL2 apartments project
Implementation CE 3-2.d. Where possible, use traditional sidewalk design with a planter strip between the curb and sidewalk.
Community
Development &
Engineering
Department
Ongoing, with public
works projects and
planning permit
approvals
Development
Approvals
On-going To be implemented as projects
arise
CE 3-3
Implementation CE 3-3.a. Explore a program to fund sidewalk improvement or installation where no sidewalks exist, including sharing of costs with property owners, loans payable at time of sale, etc.
Community
Development &
Engineering
Department
Ongoing General Fund;
Sidewalk
improvement
funds.
On-going In 2024 the City used CDBG
funding to hire consultant to begin
preparing plans for sidewalk gap
improvements & in 2024 as part of
Circulation Element update
process hired consultant to
complete a sidewalk gap closure
study
CE 4
CE 4-1
Implementation CE 4-1.a. Encourage passage of rail bonds and develop appropriate land uses that will support rail ridership.
Community
Development &
Engineering
Department
At City initiation or by
potential developers
prior to development in
the Transit Oriented
Development area.
General Fund,
transit planning
funds, or developer
preparation.
Completed Station Area/Downtown Plan
Adopted July, 2010
Implementation CE 4-1.b. Develop designs for Citrus Fair Drive and Asti Road (south interchange to First Street) to serve as attractive access routes to the light rail station. Elements include traffic calming, shaded pedestrian walkways, protected bicycle lanes, and small convenience commercial near the station.
Community
Development &
Engineering
Department
At City initiation or by
potential developers
prior to development in
the Transit Oriented
Development area.
General Fund,
transit planning
funds, or developer
preparation.
Completed In 2024 the City continued working
with consultant to complete
Circulation Element Update which
may contain programs such as this
CE 4-2
Implementation CE 4-2.a. Initiate a Station Area Precise Plan prior to development of major properties within a half mile of the Cloverdale passenger rail station.
Community
Development &
Engineering
Department
The Station Area Precise
Plan Grant has been
approved by MTC.
Completion is expected
in 2009.
General Fund,
transit planning
funds, or developer
preparation.
Completed Station Area/Downtown Plan
Adopted July, 2010
CE 4-3
Promote transit service and use to serve Cloverdale land use goals.
Support bus service locally, countywide, and beyond county borders.
Provide trees or other shade sources along pedestrian routes. Where street widening would remove substantial shade trees, investigate alternative roadway configurations that would preserve the shade trees.
Participate in efforts to establish passenger rail service on the SMART right of way.
Develop a Plan around the Cloverdale passenger rail station in order to coordinate pedestrian access with the downtown, provide a source of transit riders within a half- mile radius of the station, and establish destination uses to attract transit riders to Cloverdale. 14 of 45 2024 Annual Report 3/20/2025
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Goal Policy Implementation Measure Responsibility Timeframe Resources Status Reference Implementation CE 4-3.a. Maintain and encourage use of the Cloverdale City bus by maintaining schedules that serve the community and by use of distinctive vehicles to bring visibility to the service.
Community
Development &
Engineering
Department
Maintain schedules on
an ongoing basis.
Consider distinctive
vehicle design when
acquiring new buses.
County transit
funding.
On-going In 2024 the City continued working
with consultant to complete
Circulation Element Update which
may contain programs such as this
CE 4-4 Encourage ridesharing to reduce commute trips.
Implementation CE 4-4.a. Coordinate with regional ridesharing plans. Community Development &
Engineering
Department
Ongoing General Fund On-going In 2024 the City continued working with consultant to complete
Circulation Element Update which
may contain programs such as this
NE 1
NE 1-1
Implementation NE 1-1.a. Require all new developments to meet interior noise levels shown in Exhibit 4.2.
Community
Development
Department
Ongoing for all
development
applications
Application
processing and
building permits
On-going Project specific conditions of
approval require compliance with
this
Implementation NE 1-1.b. All new developments near undeveloped properties which are expected to generate high noise levels in the future (parks, schools play yards, streets, freeways, rail lines, airports, etc.) shall be constructed to meet interior noise levels shown in Exhibit 4.2, based on anticipated noise levels from adjoining uses.
Community
Development
Department
Ongoing for all
development
applications
Application Fees On-going Project specific conditions of approval require compliance with
this
Implementation NE 1-1.c. Require noise studies and noise mitigation for projects in areas where noise levels identified in Exhibits 4.3 and 4.4 exceed allowable limits in Exhibits 4.1 or 4.2.
Community
Development
Department
Ongoing General Fund On-going Project specific conditions of approval require compliance with
this
Implementation NE 1-1.d. Multi-family, townhouse, mixed use, and condominium projects shall use unit separation partitions and assemblies that guarantee interior noise levels within the residential units shall be less than the minimum in Exhibit 4.2.
Community
Development
Department
Ongoing General Fund On-going Project specific conditions of approval require compliance with
this
NE 1-2
Implementation NE 1-2.a. All new development or construction projects that create exterior noise impacts in excess of levels shown in Table 4.1 (based on current or anticipated land uses) shall provide mitigation at the affected property line to meet the exterior noise standards.
Community
Development
Department
Ongoing for all
development
applications
Application Fees On-going Project specific conditions of approval require compliance with
this
Maintain a quiet community by reducing existing noise problems and assuring that noise is not intrusive to people inside and outside of buildings with noise policies that identify and reduce noise impacts on the community, protect residents, employees, and visitors from harmful effects of exposure to excess noise, protect the economic base of the City by preventing encroachment of noise sensitive land uses into areas with existing noise producing businesses and uses, provide flexibility for development of infill properties where elevated noise levels exist, and provide the information necessary to address noise issues in existing and future land use planning and project review process.
Acceptable interior noise levels within Cloverdale shall be as shown in Exhibit 4.2. All new developments shall be constructed to meet the interior noise levels shown in Exhibit 4.2 after a review of existing and potential future noise generation by allowable land uses and transportation corridors.
Acceptable exterior noise levels are shown in Exhibit 4-1 and shall be met by new development, except school playgrounds during daytime use. Where noise mitigation measures are required to satisfy the noise level standards of this element, emphasis shall be placed on use of setbacks and site design to the extent feasible prior to consideration of noise barriers. Where structures such as sound walls are proposed for noise attenuation, they will be evaluated in the context of community appearance goals. Interior noise levels will still be required to meet Policy NE1-1 even if a lower standard is allowed for exterior noise levels based on this policy for appearance of sound walls. 15 of 45 2024 Annual Report 3/20/2025
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Goal Policy Implementation Measure Responsibility Timeframe Resources Status Reference Implementation NE 1-2.b. Where physical noise barriers are constructed to minimize noise, landscaped berms or a combination of landscaped berms and walls should be used, and visible landscape elements and trees should be installed on both sides of the berm and/or wall to provide foreground and background screening.
Community
Development
Department
Ongoing for all
development
applications
Application Fees On-going To be completed as projects arise 16 of 45 2024 Annual Report 3/20/2025
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Goal Policy Implementation Measure Responsibility Timeframe Resources Status Reference NE 1-3
Implementation NE 1-3.a. Place noise standards in the Zoning Ordinance or Municipal Code.
Community
Development
Department
Ongoing General Fund Completed Noise Standards contained in General Plan
NE 1-4
Implementation NE 1-4.a. Review projects using standards in Exhibit 4.1, place appropriate conditions of approval, and follow conditions in the construction inspection process.
Community
Development
and Building
Inspection
Ongoing Application and
development fees
On-going Project specific conditions of
approval require compliance with
this
NE 1-5
Implementation NE 1-5.a. Review street proposals with a goal of providing noise mitigation, in addition to traffic considerations.
Engineering
Department
Ongoing General Fund and
application fees
On-going In 2024 City continued working
with consultant to complete
Circulation Element Update which
likely will contain programs such as
this
Implementation NE 1-5.b. Establish truck and construction haul routes to minimize impacts on noise impacts.
Engineering
Department
Ongoing General Fund and
application fees
On-going In 2024 AB 98 was signed into law
requiring Cities to establish truck
routes for warehouse uses and to
comply when they update the
circulation element next or by
January 1, 2028.
Implementation NE 1-5.c. In addition to the above policies and implementation measures, a noise analysis shall be prepared and mitigation measures developed for construction of new roadways or railways or for capacity enhancing roadway or railway improvements exceed the significant increase levels in the following table.
Engineering
Department
Ongoing General Fund and
application fees
On-going
Pre-Project Noise Environment (Ldn)
Less than 60 dB
60 - 65 dB
Greater than 65 dB
In 2024 the City continued working
with consultant to complete
Circulation Element Update which
may contain programs such as this
5+ dB
3+ dB
1.5+ dB
Noise from stationary sources such as music, machinery and pumps, air conditioners, shall be contained on the generating site and shall not exceed the standards of Exhibit 4.1 for the generating and receiving site at the property line.
Mitigate construction noise in project review, environmental review process, and construction inspection process.
Mitigate potential transportation noise, including high traffic streets and truck routes, through proper design of street circulation, coordination of routing, and other traffic control measures.
Significant Increase
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PR 1-1
Implementation PR 1-1.a. Establish and staff the committee as described. City Council to appoint and
Community
Development
Department to
staff.
Within two years of
General Plan adoption.
General Fund Completed Public works Subcommittee
PR 1-2
Implementation PR 1-2.a. Provide parklands as determined by the ad hoc committee.
Community
Development
Department
Ongoing Parkland
dedication fees and
land dedications
On-going In 2024 the City completed
purchase of Soda Springs property
in western hills to add new open
space and public trails that could
connect with existing open space
areas and trails
PR 1-3
Implementation PR 1-3.a. Investigate acquisition as determined by the ad hoc committee.
Community
Development
Department
Ongoing Parkland
dedication fees and
land dedications
On-going In 2024 the City completed
purchase of Soda Springs property
to add new open space and public
trails that could connect with
existing open space areas and
trails
PR 1-4
Implementation PR 1-4.a. Where planning permits are issued for properties with hillside areas and land below the 400 foot elevation, provide development opportunities below the 400 foot elevation and provide for open space and trails on hillside areas above the 400 foot elevation.
Community
Development
Department
Ongoing Application
processing
On-going In 2024 Baumgardner and Bi' Du
Khaale projects continued
construction on their residential
projects, both projects have land
above & below 400 ft elevation &
portions above 400 ft will be open
space. Also in 2024 the City
completed purchase of Soda
Springs property in western hills
both above and below 400 ft to
add new open space & public trails
that could connect with existing
open space areas & trails
PR 1-5 Pursue pedestrian trails, bicycle trails, and combined pedestrian/bicycle trails with a goal of providing linked and “looped” trail systems in planning permit approvals (see also Land Use Element and Open Space Element) on sites and trails shown in Exhibit 5-1.
Provide hillside open areas and trails on sites and trails shown in Exhibit 5.1 in planning permit approvals (see also Land Use Element and Open Space Element) Provide five acres of City-owned park and recreation land per 1,000 residents Establish an ad hoc parks and recreation committee to review existing and proposed park facilities and uses, including programs to cooperatively use nonprofit and private parks and recreation facilities for general use, with the charge to: inventory facilities available to the community, pursue shared use agreements to increase community accessibility and decrease overall costs to the community of providing facilities, and use existing facilities where possible prior to building new facilities.
Maintain, expand, or support potential Parks and Recreation Facilities to serve Cloverdale residents and visitors as shown in Table 5.1.
Investigate potential acquisition of parklands through purchase, dedication, or transfer from other agencies as follows: investigate purchase or parkland dedication for part or all of the Angeli Vineyard site as an addition to City Park; investigate purchase of a new community park site in the south industrial area; pursue acquisition of the CALTRANS land to the east of Tarman Park; investigate acquisition of the land south of the SMART station for a Landmark Visitor Park. 18 of 45 2024 Annual Report 3/20/2025
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Goal Policy Implementation Measure Responsibility Timeframe Resources Status Reference Implementation PR 1-5.a. Where planning permits are issued for properties with hillside areas and land below the 400 foot elevation, provide development opportunities below the 400 foot elevation and provide for open space and trails on hillside areas above 400 foot elevation. Where appropriate, require or accept dedication of parklands, open space, and trails, including private maintenance and funding.
Community
Development
Department
Ongoing Application
processing
On-going In 2024 Baumgardner and Bi' Du
Khaale projects continued
construction on their residential
projects, both projects have land
above & below 400 ft elevation &
portions above 400 ft will remain
as open space. Also in 2024 City
purchased new open space in
western hills called Soda Springs
which is about 280 acres and will
provide new trails which will
connect to existing open space
areas and trails
Implementation PR 1-5.b. Investigate City purchase of property or easements to fill gaps in the trails system.
Community
Development
Department
Ongoing Parkland
dedication fees
On-going In 2024 City purchased new open
space in western hills called Soda
Springs which is about 280 acres
and will provide new trails which
will connect to existing open space
areas and trails
PR 1-6
Implementation PR 1-6.a. Coordinate with the Citrus Fair and provide assistance to the Citrus Fair using resources available to the City, such as Redevelopment Funding and land use flexibility.
Community
Development
Department
Ongoing Redevelopment
funding and
planning policies.
On-going To be implemented as the need
arise
PR 1-7
Implementation PR 1-7.a. Encourage coordination with the Sonoma County Parks Department and Open Space District for provision of Regional Parks and Regional Open Space that benefits Cloverdale residents.
Community
Development
Department
Ongoing General Fund On-going In 2024 City purchased new open space in western hills called Soda
Springs which is about 280 acres
and will provide new trails which
will connect to existing open space
areas and trails
Provide assistance to the Cloverdale Citrus Fair to improve the existing facility for community use if they desire to stay and for relocation if they desire to move to another location.
Participate with Sonoma County, Cloverdale Unified School District, other government nonprofit agencies, and private property owners, or other project sponsors if opportunities become available to establish recreational facilities or uses that promote the shared goals of the City. 19 of 45 2024 Annual Report 3/20/2025
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Goal Policy Implementation Measure Responsibility Timeframe Resources Status Reference Implementation PR 1-7.b. Encourage use of City resources to coordinate with other agencies, if the coordination achieves a City parks or recreation goal and uses City resources more effectively than stand alone parks or recreation programs.
Community
Development
Department
Ongoing General Fund, City
staff resources
On-going In 2024 again collaborated with
Cloverdale Fire & Northern
Sonoma County Fuels Crew who
conducted prescribed pile burns at
Porterfield Creek Open Space.
Thinning of vegetation coupled
with prescribed burning reduces
surface and ladder fuels to help
protect the park’s natural
resources including native trees
and adjacent communities from
future wildfire threats
CDO 1
CDO 1-1
Implementation CDO 1-1.a. See Implementation LU 3-6. Community Development
Department
Ongoing General Fund - staff
time
On-going
Implementation CDO 1-1.b. Adopt an Urban Growth Boundary CDO 1-2
Implementation CDO 1-2.a. Reserve conservation areas as described in Policy CDO 1-2.
Community
Development
Department
Ongoing General Fund On-going In 2024 City purchased new open space in western hills called Soda
Springs which is about 280 acres
and will provide new trails which
will connect to existing open space
areas and trails
Urban development in the City will be on the valley floor, defined generally as the land below the 400 foot elevation. Development will be framed by and contained within agricultural lands to the north and south, the Russian River to the east, and below the 400 foot elevation. “Conservation Features” areas outside the Urban Growth Boundary, as shown on the General Plan Land Use Map, shall be reserved for agricultural uses. “Conservation Features” areas in hillsides to the west of the City shall be reserved for protection of forested hillsides.
Rely on natural features (agricultural lands, hillsides, and the Russian River to provide shape and form to the City of Cloverdale.
See Land Use Element
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Implementation CDO 1-3.a. Communicate adopted policies to the County and review County development projects based on City General Plan policies.
Community
Development
Department
Ongoing General Fund On-going City coordinates regularly with County on review of projects that
are located nearby the City
through regularly scheduled
countywide meetings as well as
routing projects to each other for
review and comment
CDO 1-4
Implementation CDO 1-4.a. Use Policy CDO 1-4 as guideline for annexation review.
Community
Development
Department
Ongoing General Fund On-going In 2024 City purchased new open space in western hills called Soda
Springs which is about 280 acres
and will provide new public trails
which will connect to existing open
space areas and trails
CDO 1-5
Implementation CDO 1-5.a. Use Policy CDO-4 as guidelines for annexation review.
Community
Development
Department
Ongoing General Fund Completed On November 8, 2016 the Sonoma County Community Separators
Ordinance was adopted.
CDO 2
CDO 2-1
Implementation CDO 2-1.a. Prior to adoption of a hillside ordinance and hillside road standards, any development above the 400 foot elevation shall require a City Council review and instruction to staff to proceed with application review prior to processing the development application. Also see LU 3-2b.
Community
Development
Department
Ongoing General Fund Completed Ord. 698-2015 adopted in 2015 established Hillside Protection
regulations in CMC Section
18.09.040, but this requirement
was not included
CDO 2-2
Implementation CDO 2-2.a. Use Policies CDO 2-2, 3, and 4 as basis for hillside review.
Community
Development
Department
Ongoing General Fund On-going To be completed as projects arise Land use designations for areas outside the Sphere of Influence are intended as guidelines for County review of projects. Also see Policy LU 1-5.
Hillside Conservation Areas may be annexed if the annexation provides permanent hillside open space or recreation opportunities for the City.
Maintain hillside areas above the 400 foot elevation as an open space frame around the City and for hillside areas within the City.
Encourage the County to retain surrounding lands in very low density residential, agricultural, open space, and natural resource uses that provide contrast to urbanized Cloverdale. Promote the creation of a community separator or open space buffer between Cloverdale and any urban development around the City.
Adopt a hillside ordinance or a hillside provisions within the Zoning Ordinance to implement hillside development provisions.
Where a parcel has land both below and above the 400 foot elevation, development rights to the hillside areas shall be transferred to the area below 400 foot elevation, and hillside areas will remain as visual open space with easements or other legal guarantees that include the City as a participant. Any hillside areas shall provide for trails as outlined in the Parks and Recreation Element.
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Goal Policy Implementation Measure Responsibility Timeframe Resources Status Reference CDO 2-3
*The development conforms to General Plan densities
Implementation CDO 2-3.a. Use Policies CDO 2-2, 3, and 4 as basis for hillside review. Also see LU 3.2b.
Community
Development
Department
Ongoing General Fund On-going In 2024 City purchased new open space in western hills called Soda
Springs which is about 280 acres
and will provide new public trails
which will connect to existing open
space areas and trails
CDO 2-4
Implementation CDO 2-4.a. Use Policies CDO 2-2, 3, and 4 as basis for hillside review.
Community
Development
Department
Ongoing General Fund On-going In 2024 City purchased new open space in western hills called Soda
Springs which is about 280 acres
and will provide new public trails
which will connect to existing open
space areas and trails
CDO 2-5
Implementation CDO 2-5.a. Adopt road standards conforming to Policy CDO- 2-5 and use Policy CDO-2-5 as basis for hillside review.
Community
Development
Department
Ongoing General Fund To Be Completed In 2024 the City continued working with consultant to complete
Circulation Element Update which
may contain programs such as this
*The open space areas provide for trails as outlined in the Parks and Recreation Element.
Annexation of lands above the 400 foot elevation is prohibited; except for lands described in Policy CDO 2-2 and Implementation LU 3-1.d. or lands that will provide open space use. Recreation uses above the 400 foot elevation may be allowed if lighting is not visible from the valley floor within the City and the access roads, trail systems, and supporting structures or facilities are generally not visible from the valley floor within the City.
Any roads serving hillside development shall follow natural contours, with minimum disruption to hills or forests, minimum or no curbside parking, and lighting that is not visible from the valley floor.
Where a property within the City as of the date this General Plan is adopted does not have lands below the 400 foot elevation, residential development above the 400 foot elevation may be allowed if:
*The residential use, including grading for roadways and lighting, will not be visible from the valley floor within the City because it is positively screened by topographic features. *The residential use provides guarantees that the hillside area will remain as visual open space with easements or other legal guarantees that include the City as a participant. 22 of 45 2024 Annual Report 3/20/2025
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Goal Policy Implementation Measure Responsibility Timeframe Resources Status Reference CDO 3
CDO 3-1
Implementation CDO 3-1.a. Develop downtown and City entrance design standards.
Community
Development
Department
Within two years of
General Plan adoption.
Economic
Development funds
Completed Adopted Residential, Commercial
& Industrial Design Guidelines
November, 2010 & Table
18.04.060-A Neighborhood
Boulevard Design Standards &
Table 18.04.060-B North and
South Cloverdale Boulevard Design
Standards & Station
Area/Downtown Plan Adopted
July, 2010
CDO 3-2
Implementation CDO 3-2.a. Update the Downtown Plan to reflect the urban design goals.
Community
Development
Department
Within two years of
General Plan adoption.
Economic
Development funds
Completed Station Area/Downtown Plan
Adopted July, 2010
CDO 3-3
Implementation CDO 3-3.a. Utilize downtown shared parking standards contained in the Zoning Ordinance.
Community
Development
Department
Ongoing Economic
Development funds
On-going To be implemented as projects
arise
CDO 3-4
Implementation CDO 3-4.a. Develop Zoning Ordinance conservation and design standards for Cloverdale Boulevard north of downtown and older residential areas around the downtown, in order to preserve older houses and their settings.
Community
Development
Department
Within two years of
General Plan adoption.
Economic
Development funds
Completed 18.08.110 Historic Design Review
CDO 3-5
Implementation CDO 3-5.a. Develop Zoning Ordinance conservation and design standards for Cloverdale Boulevard north of downtown and older residential areas around the downtown, in order to preserve older houses and their settings.
Community
Development
Department
Within two years of
General Plan adoption.
Economic
Development funds
Completed 18.08.110 Historic Design Review
Enhance major entrances to Cloverdale in order to provide definitive gateways to the City, including views seen from the freeway at the north and south of the City and the central interchange. Enhance entrance points along Cloverdale Boulevard to the north and south and at the central interchange/entrance to downtown.
Use traditional downtown design elements in the downtown. Design within the pedestrian-serving portion of the downtown should have pedestrian oriented retail space on the first floor (buildings built to the sidewalk, display windows, recessed doors, and pedestrian oriented signs), with development above the first floor designed for retail, office, or residential use. Any residential use shall have the appearance of a commercial building facing the street, not that of a residential use.
Parking in the downtown core should emphasize shared parking, should not be located between a building and the street, and should not have individual driveways across sidewalks in areas designed for high levels of pedestrian use.
Maintain and improve the design of the built environment. Improve the appearance of entries and approaches to the downtown and the community. Provide design guidelines for new development and growth.
Preserve the traditional appearance of existing houses along Cloverdale Boulevard north of the downtown by allowing flexibility of use as an economic incentive to preserve and flexibility in parking standards so that the parking requirements do not require demolition or improper alteration. Existing houses should be used as a design model for new construction.
Preserve the traditional appearance of the residential areas around the downtown by identifying structures built prior to 1939, allowing flexibility in planning standards as an incentive to retaining these buildings in their traditional appearance, and requiring design review for new construction in the area to assure that the traditional appearance of older Cloverdale is retained. 23 of 45 2024 Annual Report 3/20/2025
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Goal Policy Implementation Measure Responsibility Timeframe Resources Status Reference CDO 3-6
Implementation CDO 3-6.a. Amend the Zoning Ordinance to include standards of CDO3-7.
Community
Development
Department
Within two years of
General Plan adoption.
Economic
Development funds
Completed Zoning Ordinance Adopted
January, 2011
CDO 3-7
Implementation CDO 3-7.a. Land Use Element Exhibit 2.2 footnote (7) allows rezoning to residential use as conforming to the General Plan.
Encourage rezoning where appropriate. Amend the Zoning Ordinance to include property maintenance ordinance.
Community
Development
Department
Within two years of
General Plan adoption.
Economic
Development funds
Completed Chapter 8.02 Nuisance Abatement
Adopted March, 2008
CDO 3-8
Implementation CDO 3-8.a. Develop Transit Oriented Development design plan before or concurrent with the Transit Oriented Development Specific Plan.
Community
Development
Department
Within two years of
General Plan adoption.
Economic
Development funds
Completed Station Area/Downtown Plan
Adopted July, 2010
CDO 3-9
Implementation CDO 3-9.a. Develop and adopt design standards for areas visible from the freeway.
Community
Development
Department
Within two years of
General Plan adoption.
Economic
Development funds
Completed 18.05.060.F Additional Design
Standards for Commercial
Properties Fronting on Cloverdale
Boulevard, Asti Road & Highway
101 When Directly Visible from
Highway 101 &
Commercial/Industrial Design
Guidelines Adopted November,
2010
CDO 3-10
Implementation CDO 3-10.a. See Circulation Element Policies.
CDO 3-11 Eliminate sign blight.
Implementation CDO 3-11.a. Update the Zoning Ordinance to provide for sign amortization.
Community
Development
Department
Within two years of
General Plan adoption.
Economic
Development funds
Completed 18.02.090.E Nonconforming Signs
CDO 3-12
Implementation CDO 3-12.a. Update the Zoning Ordinance fast food design standards, including location, design, and definitions.
Community
Development
Department
Within two years of
General Plan adoption.
Economic
Development funds
Completed Zoning Ordinance Adopted
January, 2011
Design of detached single family housing, including small lot single family developments should have the look and feel based on representative development in the past, including mix of single and multi-story units, typical single family private yard spaces. Medium and higher density housing should be attached and provide common parking and open spaces if they cannot meet the traditional single family models of development.
Remove or upgrade the appearance of structures that were built when Cloverdale Boulevard was a state highway, and are no longer appropriate for the City’s main arterial street, including small gas stations, auto repair facilities, and motor court type uses.
Develop a design plan for the area around the passenger rail station so that the station is incorporated into a mixed use community, rather than an isolated facility that is reached only by car.
Consider downtown-type design configurations for the properties immediately opposite the station, with features like narrower roads to slow traffic, parking and buildings modeled after the downtown, and high density residential above commercial uses that could serve a transit community and commuter rail passengers.
Develop a design plan for the industrial and commercial areas visible from the freeway. Freeway visible uses should de-emphasize freeway- oriented signage and designs with parking as a main visual element from the freeway. Standards should encourage significant landscape areas, including tree screening, between the freeway and the uses.
See Circulation Element.
Emphasize street trees and landscaping along Asti Road, Cloverdale Boulevard, and Foothill Boulevard.
Fast Food uses with drive in windows are allowed within the South Interchange area and shall not have drive in windows outside the South Interchange area. Fast food uses within the Downtown Business District shall not have franchise or typical fast food design elements visible from the street, including facade designs, signage, and interior design elements. 24 of 45 2024 Annual Report 3/20/2025
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Goal Policy Implementation Measure Responsibility Timeframe Resources Status Reference CDO 3-13 Eliminate overhead utility lines.
Implementation CDO 3-13.a. Require undergrounding with development proposals. Develop City priorities for undergrounding funds.
Community
Development
Department
Ongoing Development
review and
undergrounding
funds
On-going Project specific conditions require
undergrounding of utilities when
applicable, including Baumgardner
and Bi' Du Khaale projects in 2024
CDO 4
CDO 4-1
Implementation CDO 4-1.a. Develop conservation based zoning requirements for alterations of structures built before 1939, as shown on the 1939 Sanborn Maps.
Community
Development
Department
Within two years of
General Plan adoption.
General Fund Completed Section 18.08.110 Historic Design Review Provisions
Implementation CDO 4-1.b. Develop zoning design standards for the R-2 District around the downtown so that new construction or additions respect the height, design, and configuration of older structures in the area.
Community
Development
Department
Within two years of
General Plan adoption.
General Fund Completed Section 18.05.020 Residential
Districts & Residential Design
Guidelines Adopted November,
2010; In 2024 City hired consultant
to help City adopt Objective Design
Standards per Housing Element
goal H-2.3
Implementation CDO 4-1.c. Use the State Historic Building Code at the Building's Official's discretion on any structure identified in the National Register of Historic Places, California Register of Historic Resources, or local designation.
Community
Development
Department
Ongoing General Fund On-going To be completed as projects arise CDO 4-2
Implementation CDO 4-2.a. Maintain standard conditions of approval for CEQA and project review of development projects including agricultural conversion. Require cultural resources studies where applicable and require that work be halted and studies conducted if cultural or archaeological resources are discovered; require that such studies be conducted by qualified historians or archaeologists; and require notification pursuant to law if human remains are discovered.
Community
Development
Department
Ongoing Development
review
requirements
On-going Conditions of approval on all
development projects approved in
2024 contain conditions with this
language
Implementation CDO 4-2.b. Coordinate with the Native American Heritage Commission and local tribal members to determine if the study area or developments contain any artifacts or areas used for religious purposes.
Community
Development
Department
Ongoing Development
review
requirements
On-going When projects arise the City
contacts the NAHC for a list of
tribes to send request for
consultation letters to in regards
to the project at hand for AB 52 as
well.
CDO 4-3
Investigate historic, archaeological, and paleontological resources and preserve or conserve resources that help residents and visitors understand the history of Cloverdale.
Conserve or preserve historic buildings and the character of the older parts of town using conservation zoning and form based zoning ordinances, while also allowing change of use of the properties where allowed by General Plan land use and density standards.
Preserve remaining prehistoric camps, villages, and use sites. Identify areas that may be used by the Pomo Indians for resource procurement or religious purposes.
Identify historically significant structures or groups of structures that help residents and visitors understand what Cloverdale was like historically. Identify historic materials such as structural remains.
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Goal Policy Implementation Measure Responsibility Timeframe Resources Status Reference Implementation CDO 4-3.a. Assist property owners in their restoration efforts. This includes providing information on preservation resources and assisting in the placement of structures on the National Register of Historic Places, and seeking public and private funding for preservation.
Community
Development
Department
Within two years of
General Plan adoption.
General Fund Completed Section 18.08.110 Historic Design Review Provisions; Historic
Preservation page on the City
website has information on listing
a property on the National or State
Register, and
rehabilitating/remodeling older
homes
Implementation CDO 4-3.b. Survey to identify locally important historic resources and historic patterns of settlement. Develop an implementation program to preserve identified resources.
Community
Development
Department
Within two years of
General Plan adoption.
General Fund Completed Conservation Structures depicted on 1939 Sanborn Maps; Section
18.08.110 Historic Design Review
Provisions
Implementation CDO 4-3.c. Maintain standard conditions of approval for CEQA and project review of development projects to preserve historic and archaeological resources.
Community
Development
Department
Ongoing General Fund Completed Standard conditions of approval are used by staff to ensure
preservation of historic and
archeological resources
CDO 4-4
Implementation CDO 4-4.a. Develop standard conditions of approval for CEQA and project review for preservation of paleontological resources.
Community
Development
Department
Ongoing General Fund Completed Standard conditions of approval are used by staff to ensure
preservation of paleontological
resources
CDO 5
CDO 5-1
Implementation CDO 5-1.a. Developments along the Russian River shall include an analysis of habitat, preservation or restoration of habitat.
Community
Development
Department/
County of
Sonoma
Ongoing Development
Review
Requirements
On-going To be implemented as projects
arise
Implementation CDO 5-1.b. Provide continuous trails along the river on top of levees.
Implementation CDO 5-1.c. Where designated in the Land Use Element, provide destination commercial or public recreation uses along the River.
Community
Development
Department
Ongoing Development
review
requirements
On-going AVR project proposes both
destination commercial and public
recreation uses
CDO 6
CDO 6-1
Implementation CDO 6-1.a. Develop an urban forest plan/street tree plan with a management strategy for maintaining existing and newly planted trees, including best practice provisions for installation, maintenance, and succession planning.
Community
Development
Department
Within two years of
General Plan adoption.
General Fund Completed In 2019 the City adopted a Tree
Preservation Ordinance
Develop an urban forest plan to preserve existing trees on hillsides and the valley floor. Enhance the tree canopy with new planting.
For areas that are not constrained by levees within the City, riparian areas shall be provided adjacent to the Russian River when development projects are proposed to restore native grassland habitat for raptors.
Maintain and expand the tree canopy within and outside the developed areas of the City, including old growth and newly planted trees. Prepare tree protection standards that can be implemented with or without a tree preservation ordinance.
Provide public, open space, and habitat uses along the Russian River.
See Parks and Recreation Element.
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Goal Policy Implementation Measure Responsibility Timeframe Resources Status Reference CDO 6-2 Protect distinctive natural vegetation such as oak woodlands, riparian corridors and mixed evergreen forests by maintaining the natural features as a whole. Preservation of individual trees or features rather than the larger habitat does not satisfy this policy.
CDO 6-3 Large or otherwise significant trees shall be maintained both in residential, non-residential, and open space areas by:
*Revising development plans that would remove significant trees so that those trees are saved.
*Developing standard conditions of approval to minimize damage during construction and provisions to assure that building foundations, utilities, walkways, irrigation, or use patterns will not damage root structures, trunks or crowns.
CDO 6-4 New private and public development, including public street, sidewalk, utility, and park construction, shall provide a mix of trees with a crown that can provide shade and summer cooling and trees with height to create a silhouette against the skyline.
Implementation CDO 6-4.b. Development proposals shall show the percent of tree crown coverage at fifteen years after installation.
Community
Development
Department
Ongoing General Fund On-going To be implemented as projects arise in accordance w/ Tree
Preservation Ordinance
CDO 6-5
Implementation CDO 6-5.a. Prepare and adopt a tree and landscape material list for public and private projects, including height and spread at maturity and suitable locations for various trees and landscape materials.
Community
Development
Department
Within two years of
General Plan adoption.
General Fund Completed Invasive Plant List & Native Plant List
CDO 6-6 Prepare an urban forest plan/street tree plan, including a program for new trees to be installed with development and a plan for retrofit in areas where development or streets were installed without trees.
CDO 6-7 Require the use of drought-tolerant or native to Mediterranean climate trees, shrubs, and ground covers for use in public and private landscaping development approvals.
See Implementation CDO 6-1.a.
See Implementation CDO 6-1.a.
See Implementation CDO 6-1.a.
New public and private development shall provide street trees parallel to streets -- in planter strips, in sidewalks, or at back of sidewalks, spaced at regular intervals along the street. Tree intervals shall provide a canopy with leaves touching at maturity. Tree locations shall be identified prior to design of utilities, drainage, hydrants, electrical equipment boxes, vaults, etc., and those features should be subservient to tree locations.
See Implementation CDO 6-5.a.
See Implementation CDO 6-1.a.
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Goal Policy Implementation Measure Responsibility Timeframe Resources Status Reference CDO 7 Conserve natural vegetation and wildlife resources.
CDO 7-1 Conserve and protect the area's natural vegetation by:
Implementation CDO 7-1.a. Amend the Zoning Ordinance to provide 100 foot buffers (50 feet on each side) from creeks and rivers shown on the Conservation Element Map. Where the Russian River buffer is wider than 50 feet on the map, provide the wider buffers.
Community
Development
Department
Within two years of
General Plan adoption.
General Fund Completed Table 18.04.050-A Footnote 9,
Table 18.05.040-A Footnote 2 &
Table 18.06.040-A Footnote 2
Implementation CDO 7-1.b. Cooperate with nonprofit, County, State, and/or Federal agencies in preparing a Russian River riparian corridor restoration and management plan.
Community
Development
Department
Within two years of
General Plan adoption.
General Fund Completed Russian River Watershed
Association adopts a new work
plan each fiscal year
Implementation CDO 7-1.c. Require programs such as plaques or painted notices that storm drains flow to the river and programs to identify ways to protect wildlife and vegetation resources.
Community
Development
Department
Within two years of
General Plan adoption.
General Fund Completed Standard Conditions of Approval
Implementation CDO 7-1.d. Adopt an Integrated Management Plan for the long-term conservation and restoration of riparian corridors and wetlands within the City. The Plan should include provisions to:
To Be Completed
*Protect identified wetlands;
*Require development proponents to submit an assessment of wetlands; *Avoid impacts on sensitive areas by preserving and restoring wetlands as a preferred alternative and replacement as a secondary alternative; *Provide buffers where possible;
*Design public access with buffers to protect wetlands while also facilitating public use and enjoyment.
CDO 7-2
Implementation CDO 7-2.a. Coordinate wildlife conservation activities with Sonoma County conservation agencies and nonprofit conservation groups.
Community
Development
Department
Within two years of
General Plan adoption.
General Fund On-going Partnership with Clean River
Alliance
Implementation CDO 7-2.b. Preserve wetlands, habitat corridors, sensitive natural communities, and other essential habitat areas that may be adversely affected by public or private development projects where specialstatus plant and animal species are known to be present or potentially occurring based on City biological resource mapping or other technical material. Require a Biological Resources Assessment for development projects in areas with identified or with potential for special status plant and animal species.
Community
Development
Department and
CEQA Process
Ongoing with project
submittals.
General Fund and
development fees
On-going To be implemented as projects
arise
Conserve and protect the area's natural wildlife and endangered species by:
General Fund City works with community groups
to assist in river cleanup efforts; In
2024 development of the
Baumgardner and Bi' Du Khaale
projects including riparian
vegetation protection and
enhancement improvements for
seasonal waterways that run
through their developments
*Ensuring that drainage and runoff from City sources is not impairing the water quality of the Russian River. All natural watercourses. *Prohibiting agricultural activities within the conservation buffers along all natural watercourses. *Requiring the restoration of fisheries through habitat improvement and resource management. *Retaining existing riparian vegetation within the conservation buffers along all natural watercourses to preserve riparian vegetation and habitat.
Community
Development
Department
Within two years of
General Plan adoption.
*Restoring degraded riparian habitats where feasible.
*Avoiding the contamination of groundwater supplies.
*Establishing long-term conservation zones, including possible use of incentives and credits to create easements and open space. *Requiring the use of native and drought-tolerant plant species in landscaping and in the replanting of cut slopes. *Developing classroom and on-site education programs to promote preservation of wildlife and vegetation resources. 28 of 45 2024 Annual Report 3/20/2025
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Goal Policy Implementation Measure Responsibility Timeframe Resources Status Reference Implementation CDO 7-2.c. Protect sensitive biological resources and habitat corridors in CEQA review and participate in comprehensive habitat management programs, including continued acquisition and permanent protection of important natural habitats.
Community
Development
Department,
regional
agencies, and
Open Space
District.
Ongoing General Fund and
Regional Agency
Funding.
On-going In 2024 City purchased new open
space in western hills called Soda
Springs which is about 280 acres
and will provide new public trails
which will connect to existing open
space areas and trails
Implementation CDO 7-2.d. Prepare lists of appropriate native landscape species and inappropriate invasive exotic species for use by property owners in landscaping plans. Prohibit use of highly invasive species in the project review process. Consult educational and regional agencies for lists of appropriate native species.
Community
Development
Department
Within two years of
General Plan adoption.
General Fund Completed Invasive Plant List & Native Plant List
CDO 8
CDO 8-1
Implementation CDO 8-1.a. Where feasible, use energy efficient transportation, locally-generated solar and alternative power sources, and green building methods for City buildings.
Community
Development
Department
Solar power source
studies within one year.
Other implementation
measures as
opportunities present.
General Fund and
Community
Development
Agency.
On-going In 2024 the City completed work
with PGE on an energy audit of all
City buildings and facilities.
CDO 8-2
Implementation CDO 8-2.a. Study and develop ordinances and incentives to encourage energy efficient transportation, locally-generated solar and alternative power sources, and green building methods for private buildings and projects. Building Department should provide reviews and inspect using green building standards if requested by any applicant.
Community
Development
Department,
Building
Department
Ongoing. Support green
building and energy
efficient processes in
the City review and
inspection functions.
General Fund and
Community
Development
Agency.
On-going In 2024 City partnered with
consultant to prepare update to
Circulation Element which is
anticipated to contain policies,
goals and/or implementation
measures that encourage energy
efficient transportation methods
and alternatives.
Implementation CDO 8-2.b. Study and develop ordinances and incentives to encourage water conservation.
Community
Development
Department,
Building
Department
Support water
conservation by
ordinance, in
development review,
and in City inspection
functions.
General Fund and
Community
Development
Agency.
Completed California Building Code & 15.30
Water Efficient Landscape
Ordinance
CDO 8-3 Inventory and work to reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GHG) Implementation CDO 8-3.a. The City shall work with the Sonoma County Air Pollution Control District, California Air Resources Board and/or other responsible agencies to prepare a Climate Action Plan. The Climate Action Plan shall include at a minimum:
*An inventory of 1990 GHG emission levels within the Sonoma County Air Pollution Control District consistent with methodologies developed by ICLEI and ARB. *Estimated inventory of 2020 GHG emission levels within the Sonoma County Air Pollution Control District consistent with methodologies developed by ICLEI and ARB. *Specific targets for reductions of the current and projected 2020 GHG emissions inventory from those sources reasonably attributable to the City’s discretionary land use decisions and the City’s internal government operations.
Conserve energy and minimize resource depletion by encouraging alternative energy, solar power, and green building techniques.
Use energy and resource efficient methods in daily City operation.
Use, support, and encourage energy and resource efficient methods in private construction. *An inventory of current (2008) GHG emissions within the Sonoma County Air Pollution Control District consistent with methodologies developed by the International Environmental Agency for Local Governments (ICLEI) and California Air Resources Board (ARB). 29 of 45 2024 Annual Report 3/20/2025
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Implementation CDO 8-3.a. The City shall work with the SCAPCD, CA Air Resources Board and/or other responsible agencies to prepare a Climate Action Plan.
Completed RCPA adopted Climate Action 2020
and Beyond in July 2016
Implementation CDO 8-3.b. The City shall seek funding from the state and/or other sources, including development impact fees, in order to fund the Plan.
Completed RCPA adopted Climate Action 2020
and Beyond in July 2016
CDO 9
Implementation CDO 9-1.a. Evaluate applications for aggregate mining if applications are submitted.
Community
Development
Department,
Building
Department
If applications are
submitted
General Fund On-going To be completed and reviewed as
applications are received
UL 1 Maintain night time lighting levels that provide security and safety but also preserve and maintain views of night time skies.
UL 1-1
Implementation UL 1-1.a. Prepare a community lighting ordinance to provide standards for lighting on streets, business and residential properties, public properties, and signage.
Community
Development
Department
Within two years of
General Plan adoption.
General Fund Completed Section 18.08.170 Outdoor
Lighting & Section 18.10.170
General Standards
Implementation UL 1-1.b. Revise the Zoning Ordinance and Engineering Standards to include standards for lighting based on Dark Skies principles.
Community
Development
Department
Within two years of
General Plan adoption.
General Fund Completed Section 18.08.170 Outdoor
Lighting
UL 1-2 Minimize light spillage that carries off the property where lights are located.
UL 1-3
Implementation UL 1-3.a. Develop an ordinance to amortize high-intensity lighting, high intensity sign illumination, and unshielded lighting. See also Implementation UL 1-1a. and b.
Community
Development
Department
Within two years of
General Plan adoption.
General Fund Completed 18.09.050 Outdoor Lighting
UL 1-4 Eliminate excess lighting from illuminated signs.
UL 1-5 Revise street lighting with shielding or fixtures designed to produce down light, rather than light spread
UL 1-6 Phase out existing high intensity lighting and signs with an amortization program.
UL 1-7 Avoid the use of reflective building materials which can cause daytime and nighttime glare.
PS 1
PS 1-1
PS 1-2
PS 1-3
*Specific and general tools and strategies to reduce the current and projected2020GHGinventoriesandtometthePlan’stargetsforGHG reduction by 2020.
Implementation UL 1-1.a and b
Prevent unnecessary exposure of people and property to risks of damage or injury from earthquakes, landslides and other geologic hazards.
Implementation UL 1-1.b and UL 1-3.a.
Implementation UL 1-1.b and UL 1-3.a.
Implementation UL 1-1.b and UL 1-3.a.
Continue to utilize studies of geologic hazards prepared during the development review process.
Encourage research on geologic hazards, their probabilities and their effects within Sonoma County.
Implementation UL 1-1.a and b, and UL 1-3.a.
Require that all new development projects and public improvements maintain night time lighting levels at the minimum necessary to provide security and safety, using fixtures which shield the light source so that light is directed downward, with height and power limited to the minimum necessary to provide adequate lighting.
Reduce the light glare from businesses at the south interchange. Do not allow similar high intensity lighting sources at the other two interchanges.
Continue to utilize all available data on geologic hazards and related risks from the appropriate agencies.
Review potential impacts of mining aggregate resources from the Russian River in light of need for the resource and City goals related to scenic, recreational, and wildlife use of the River. The areas evaluated shall be those shown (California Geological Survey, 2005) to have resource potential (MRZ-2b), and from which resource could be mined in the future (that is, have compatible land uses as defined by the California Geological Survey). If the results of the evaluation confirm the presence of extractable resource, the possible loss of this resource to future land development shall be weighed against the benefit of such development.
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PS 1-5
PS 1-6
PS 1-7
PS 1-8
PS 2 Prevent unnecessary exposure of people and property to risks of damage or injury from flooding.
PS 2-1
PS 2-2
PS 2-3
PS 2-4
PS 2-5
PS 2-6
PS 2-7
PS 2-8
PS 2-9
PS 2-10
PS 2-11
PS 2-12
PS 2-13
PS 2-14
PS 2-15
PS 2-16
PS 2-17
Limit filling in areas which could retain a significant amount of floodwater.
Encourage the timely completion and filing of inundation maps for all dams whose failure could cause loss of life or personal injury within Sonoma County.
Adopt, upon approval by the International Congress of Building Officials and the State of California, revisions to the California Building Code which increase resistance of structures to ground shaking and other geologic hazards.
Require dynamic analysis of structural response to earthquake forces prior to City approval of building permits for structures whose irregularity or other factors prevent reasonable load determination and distribution by static analysis.
Encourage strong enforcement of state seismic safety requirements for design and construction of dams, power plants, hospitals and schools.
Roads, public facilities and other Public Agency projects should incorporate measures to mitigate identified geologic hazards to acceptable levels.
Require and review geologic reports prior to decisions on any project which would subject property or persons to significant risks from the geologic hazards shown on County of Sonoma General Plan Public Safety Element Figures PS-1a through PS-1i and related file maps and source documents. Geologic reports shall describe the hazards and include mitigation measures to reduce risks to acceptable levels. Where appropriate, require an engineer's or geologist's certification that risks have been mitigated to an acceptable level and, if indicated, obtain indemnification or insurance from the engineer, geologist, or developer to minimize City exposure to liability.
Coordinate flood hazard analysis and management activities with the Army Corps of Engineers, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and other responsible agencies. Request changes in FEMA maps where appropriate to reflect new data or analyses.
Base land use planning and development review on FEMA maps and data or parcel specific scaled interpretations of these maps and site specific elevation data.
Prepare a comprehensive analysis of the potential flood hazards and drainage impacts associated with adopted land use plans for each major watershed in the City. Encourage the County to work with Cloverdale to develop basin wide drainage studies and development fees for the purpose of identifying and mitigating the direct and cumulative impact of flooding which results from the loss of permeable surfaces. The City shall use proposed annexations, redevelopment agreements, revenue sharing agreements and the CEQA process as tools to ensure that incorporated development pays its fair share toward the studies and mitigation of downstream flooding impacts caused by upstream development.
Pending completion of the above applicable drainage analyses, individual project applications shall be required to analyze and mitigate drainage impacts, based upon the land use plan. If such analysis identified unmitigated and cumulative significant effects, including impact on downstream flooding, further environmental documentation may be required.
In the event that the City determines that the project, when considered cumulatively with other projects to be undertaken in the drainage basin, will result in a significant effect with respect to downstream flooding, the project applicant will either a) prepare a focused environmental impact report on such effect, or b) agree to modify the project to construct improvements or participate in a funding mechanism necessary to mitigate any downstream flooding impacts (such as posting a bond or funds prior to recordation of the final map in an amount to be determined by the Water Agency). Failure to modify the project or to propose further environmental documentation shall be grounds for finding the project inconsistent with the plan.
Use the 100-year flood event and corresponding elevations as the City measure of acceptable level of risk and protection in the consideration of any amendments of the land use plan map.
Onsite and offsite flood related hazards shall be reviewed for all projects located within areas subject to known flood hazards.
Regulate development, water diversion, vegetation removal, grading and fills to minimize any increase in flooding and related damage to people and property.
Payment of costs for drainage facilities to handle the surface runoff from new development shall be the responsibility of developers and others who benefit.
Require that design and construction of drainage facilities be subject to the review and approval of the Sonoma County Water Agency (SCWA) where appropriate based on project size.
Require that tentative and final subdivision maps and approved site plans show areas subject to flooding as shown on the FEMA maps.
Give priority to floodplain management over flood control structures for preventing damage from flooding except where the intensity of development requires a high level of protection and justifies the costs of structural measures.
Consider the potential risk of damage from flooding in the design and review of projects, including those which could facilitate floodplain development.
Continue to enforce City code requirements on construction in flood hazard areas and other adopted regulations which implement the National Flood Insurance Program.
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Goal Policy Implementation Measure Responsibility Timeframe Resources Status Reference PS 3 Prevent unnecessary exposure of people and property to risks of damage or injury from wildland and structural fires.
PS 3-1
PS 3-2
PS 3-3
PS 4
PS 4-1
PS 5 Reduce damage to life and property from natural hazards to the greatest extent possible.
PS 5-1
PS 5-2
PS 5-3
PS 5-4
PS 5-5
PS 5-6
PS 5-7
PS 5-8
PS 5-9
PS 5-10
PS 5-11
PS 5-12
Implementations PS 1-5.a The City will review and revise the Uniform Fire and Building Codes as appropriate. The City will incorporate and expand upon CDF and County of Sonoma fire safety standards in City development codes and the Uniform Fire Code.
Building Division Ongoing General Fund On-going City adopted the 2022 Building Code and Fire Code in 2022.
Implementations PS 1-5.b The City will require improvements to ensure emergency vehicle access as a condition of approval of proposed development.
Community
Development
Department
Ongoing Development
conditions of
approval
On-going Projects approved in 2024 contain
conditions of approval to ensure
emergency vehicle access
Implementations PS 1-5.c The Fire District will ensure fire protection is adequate before approving proposed development. This shall be done through the environmental review/application review process.
Cloverdale Fire
Protection
District
Ongoing Development
conditions of
approval
On-going Fire Dept is regularly
communicated w/ & in 2024 they
conditioned projects thru dev.
review process. Also in 2024 City &
Fire Dist. learned that the Fire
Hazard Severity Zone Maps are
being updated. New FHSZ maps
expected in early 2025.
Continue to utilize available information on wildland and structural fire hazards.
While maintaining the autonomy granted to it pursuant to state zoning laws, implement state and county requirements for the storage, transport, disposal and use of hazardous materials, including requirements for management plans, security precautions, and contingency plans.
Consider the severity of natural fire hazards, potential damage from wildland and structural fires, adequacy of fire protection and mitigation measures consistent with this element in the review of projects.
Require on-site detection and suppression, including automatic sprinkler systems, where available services do not provide acceptable levels of protection.
Where allowed by law, regulate the transportation of hazardous materials to minimize the potential for damage. Seek regulation by other agencies consistent with adopted City policies.
Support the adoption of the County Safety Element into City policy as incorporated by reference above.
Adopt revisions to the Uniform Fire Code and California Building Code to address fire and life safety after they are approved by inspection organizations and the State of California.
Develop and implement City programs for fuel breaks, brush management, controlled burning, revegetation and construction and maintenance of fire roads.
Incorporate and expand upon the fire safety standards recommended in CDF's "Fire Safety Guidelines" into City development standards and the Uniform Fire Code.
Ensure that fire/police facilities and equipment are adequate for proposed development before granting approval.
Ensure that roadways are adequate in terms of width, radius, and grade to facilitate access by emergency vehicles.
Ensure that seismically unsafe buildings and structures including unreinforced masonry buildings (URMs) do not cause a serious threat to human safety and/or the ability of the Policy and Fire Department to deliver service.
In conjunction with the County, study the risk of seismically-induced liquefaction.
Require development adjacent to hillside areas to minimize geologic and fire hazards. Require all new development, including single-family residential, to provide built-in fire protection (i.e. automatic fire sprinklers).
Require all new development in areas of potential fire hazards to provide for clearance around structures, the use of fire resistant ground cover materials, and require installation of automatic fire sprinkler systems.
Prepare and implement a Police/Fire Department Master Needs Assessment.
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Goal Policy Implementation Measure Responsibility Timeframe Resources Status Reference Implementations PS 1-5.d To improve fire protection to the Study Area the City will require that project sponsors participate in any assigned proportional costs for the expansion of the City Public Safety facilities, equipment, or services, including police, fire, and any other public safety services provided within the City.
Community
Development
Department
Ongoing Development
conditions of
approval
On-going In 2024 Development Impact fees
were collected in part to assist in
funding for Fire and Police services
Implementations PS 1-5.e Coordinate with the County and Department of Forestry to provide joint fire protection services.
Cloverdale Fire
Protection
District
Ongoing Fire Protection
District
On-going In 2024 City & Fire Dist. learned
that the Fire Hazard Severity Zone
Maps are being updated. New
FHSZ maps expected in early 2025.
City coordinating with Fire District
to adopt new maps when they are
released
Implementations PS 1-5.f Require studies from project developers to ensure that major new development does not adversely affect groundwater quality.
Community
Development
Department
Ongoing Development
conditions of
approval
On-going To be implemented as projects
arise
Implementations PS 1-5.g For projects proposed in hazardous geologic areas, require a geologic report that includes analysis of soils foundation, grading, erosion, and sediment control.
Community
Development
Department
Ongoing Development
conditions of
approval
On-going To be implemented as projects
arise
Implementations PS 1-5.h Require a geotechnical investigation prior to project approval for new development and redevelopment projects in areas with identified significant geologic hazards or where the City Engineer determines such hazards may exist, including liquefaction-related failures, slope stability and erosion hazard analysis in hillside areas, existing or potential soil instability, or expansive soils. The report shall include an assessment of geologic and seismic hazards, and all recommendations contained in the report shall be implemented.
Community
Development
Department
Ongoing City Development
Standards.
Development
Conditions of
Approval
On-going Building Department/official
regularly reviews projects and
requires the appropriate level of
geotechnical review for the site
and project involved
Implementations PS 1-5.i Require new development projects to incorporate sound soil conservation practices and keep land alteration (grading) to a practical minimum by the following (a) minimize cuts and fills, (b) limit grading to the smallest practical area of land, (c) Limit time land is exposed to accelerated erosion from grading, (d) apply best management practices for winterization, (e) replant graded areas to ensure permanent plant cover, and (f) design project specific erosion control measures.
City Engineer Ongoing City Development
Standards.
Development
Conditions of
Approval
On-going In 2024 the PW Dept. inspected
construction sites to ensure these
standards were achieved and
maintained
Implementations PS 1-5.j Require geologic and seismic hazard peer review for critical facilities (except for schools and hospitals which have state review).
City Engineer Ongoing City Development
Standards.
Development
Conditions of
Approval
On-going Building Department/official
regularly reviews projects and
requires the appropriate level of
review for the site and project
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Goal Policy Implementation Measure Responsibility Timeframe Resources Status Reference Implementations PS 1-5.k Evaluate the presence/absence of aggregate resource. The areas evaluated shall be those shown (California Geological Survey, 2005) to have resource potential and from which resource could be mined in the future (that is, have compatible land uses as defined by the California Geological Survey). If the results of the evaluation confirm the presence of extractable resource, the possible loss of this resource to future land development shall be weighed against the benefit of such development.
Community
Development
Department
Ongoing Development
conditions of
approval
On-going To be completed as projects arise
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Goal Policy Implementation Measure Responsibility Timeframe Resources Status Reference PS 6
PS 6-1
Implementation PS 6-1.a. The City will regularly update the City's MultiHazard Emergency Plan. The City's Multi-Hazard Emergency Plan designates emergency evacuation routes as Highway 101 and Highway 128.
All City
Departments
Ongoing General Fund On-going Local Hazard Mitigation Plan adopted November 2021.
PS 6-2
Implementation PS 6-2.a. The City will incorporate the County's Hazardous Waste Management Plan into City Plans and Policies
City Manager Ongoing General Fund Completed Emergency Operations Plan adopted
PS 6-3
Implementation PS 6-3.a. The City will maintain an inventory of sites with storage or use of significant quantities of hazardous materials utilizing State and County information.
On-going Cortese list is reviewed during
environmental review for
applicable projects
PS 6-4
Implementation PS 6-4.a. The City will review its zoning code to ensure that the zoning code requires a use permit for any use involving significant amounts of hazardous materials
Community
Development
Department
Ongoing General Fund On-going To be completed as projects involving significant amounts of
hazardous materials arise
PS 6-5
Implementation PS 6-5.a. The City will conduct periodic emergency response services to test the effectiveness of City emergency response procedures and more widely disseminate copies of the City's Multi-Hazard Emergency Services Plan to the general public and affected agencies.
City Manager Ongoing General Fund On-going Local Hazard Mitigation Plan adopted November 2021.
PS 6-6
Implementation PS 6-6.a. Include contingencies for emergency services if major damage occurs in populated areas, and Cloverdale is a relief site for a large influx of affected people.
All City
Departments
Ongoing General Fund On-going Local Hazard Mitigation Plan adopted November 2021.
PS 7
PS 7-1
PS 7-2
PS 7-3
PS 7-4
PS 7-5
PS 7-6
Regularly update the City's Multi-Hazard Emergency Plan. As part of the periodic update, the City will review County and State emergency response procedures that must be coordinated with City procedures.
Support the County's Hazardous Waste Management Plan.
Utilizing State and County sources, maintain an inventory of sites with storage or use of significant quantities of hazardous materials Ensure that City emergency procedures are adequate in the event of potential natural or man-made disaster.
Provide appropriate regulations for land use and airport operations to ensure that the safety of airport operations and personnel and the general public and adjacent structures are protected.
Building sites on the airport property should be clustered in areas outside the approach zone and overflight zone, and set back as deemed appropriate from the extended runway centerline and typical flight tracks.
Discourage residential, noise-sensitive developments or significant expansions thereto located near the airstrip or under an overfly route. The area of concern with future development lies within “referral area” delineated by the County Airport Land Use Commission. (See Exhibit 10) Until future annexation, the City will work with the County in unincorporated areas to ensure that developments are required to dedicate airport easements, deed restrictions or file "buyer beware" notifications to ensure that prospective buyers are aware of the airport's influence. The notifications/restrictions shall include the following as appropriate:
Protect the airport property from erosion and flooding hazards.
Ensure that approach zones, clear zones, and landing thresholds are maintained to Federal Aviation Regulations and State Division of Aeronautics.
Require a use permit for any commercial or industrial use involving significant quantities of hazardous materials. Hazardous materials management plans shall be required as a condition of approval for such permits. [Significant quantities are determined under the County's Hazardous Waste Management Plan.] Conduct periodic emergency response exercises to test the effectiveness of City emergency response procedures.
Future development and use of the City Airport shall be consistent with the policies and programs as established in the Cloverdale Municipal Airport Master Plan as adopted in October 1988.
Any proposals for expansion and/or development of the airport shall be referred to the Sonoma County Airport Land Use Commission.
Make every effort to ensure that runway length and safety areas meet Federal Aviation criteria.
Conduct periodic emergency response exercises to test the effectiveness of City emergency response procedures. 35 of 45 2024 Annual Report 3/20/2025
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Goal Policy Implementation Measure Responsibility Timeframe Resources Status Reference PS 7-7
PS 7-8
PS 7-9
PS 7-10
PS 7-11
PS 7-12
Implementation PS 7-1 The City will implement the Cloverdale Municipal Airport Master Plan. The plan shall be regularly reviewed and updated as appropriate.
Public Works
Department
Ongoing General Fund On-going In 2024 City received FAA grant funding for PAPI light replacement
& began preparing to apply for taxi
way flooding prevention project
funding
Implementation PS 7-2 The City will work with adjacent property owners to ensure that height limitation standards are met for the Runway Clear Zone.
Public Works
Department
Ongoing General Fund On-going In 2024 continued work with Caltrans aeronautics to ensure the
runway clear zone.
Implementation PS 7-3 The City will monitor erosion control work and consider levees or rip-rap protection for the Airport property.
Public Works
Department
Ongoing General Fund On-going In 2024 City began preparing to apply for taxi way flooding
prevention project funding
Implementation PS 7-4 Through Master Plan, environmental, and project review, the City will ensure that building areas take into account the flood potential at the south end of the airport.
Public Works
Department
Ongoing General Fund On-going In 2024 City began preparing to apply for taxi way flooding
prevention project funding
Implementation PS 7-5 The City will issue timely FAA Notices to Airmen to advise airport users of any flooding as it occurs.
Public Works
Department
Ongoing General Fund On-going The City Manager and Airport manager regularly issue NOTAMS
Implementation PS 7-6 Through the Zoning Ordinance, environmental, and project review, the City will ensure building sites on the airport property are located appropriately to avoid safety hazards.
Community
Development
Department
Ongoing General Fund On-going To be implemented as projects arise
Implementation PS 7-7 Through environmental and project review, the City will regulate property located near the airport such that no structures are constructed which would interfere with aircraft operations.
Community
Development
Department
Ongoing General Fund On-going To be implemented as projects arise
Implementation PS 7-8 The City shall ensure that through Master Plan, project, and environmental review, any change in the length or location of runway use shall require safety studies to determine the measures needed to ensure safe airport operations and that adjacent/nearby land uses will not be adversely affected.
Public Works
Department
Ongoing General Fund On-going To be implemented as projects arise
A right-of-entry onto the property, with appropriate advance notice, for the purpose of removing, marking or lighting any structure or other object that enters the acquired airspace.
A right to prohibit electrical interference, glare, misleading light sources, visual impairments, and other hazards to aircraft from being created on the property.
Prohibit objects or structures to be erected in critical areas which, because of height or other factors, would result in an increase in the minimum ceiling or visibility criteria for an existing or proposed instrument approach procedure.
A right to subject the property to noise, vibration, fumes, dust, and fuel particle emissions associated with normal airport activity.
A right to prohibit the erection or growth of any structure, tree or other object that would enter the acquired airspace.
A right-of-way for free and unobstructed passage of aircraft through the airspace over the property at any altitude above a surface specified in the easement (set in accordance with Federal Aviation Regulations Part 77).
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Goal Policy Implementation Measure Responsibility Timeframe Resources Status Reference Implementation PS 7-9 Through the General Plan, Zoning Code, and environmental review, the City will strongly discourage new residential development within the 55 CNEL contour, and discourage inappropriate land use developments beneath the aircraft traffic pattern. The City will utilize the “Airport/Land Use Noise Compatibility Criteria ”in evaluating the acceptability of development proposed within the “referral l area” boundary.
Community
Development
Department
Ongoing General Fund On-going To be implemented as projects arise
Implementation PS 7-10 The City will work with the County and the Sonoma County Airport Land Use Commission to ensure consistency in the application of land use regulations on all projects proposed within the “referral area”
Public Works
Department
Ongoing General Fund On-going To be implemented as projects arise
Implementation PS 7-11 The City will work with the County and private property owners to ensure the airport access road is widened and wellmaintained.
Public Works
Department
Ongoing General Fund On-going To be implemented as projects arise
PS 8
PS 8-1
Implementation PS 8-1.a. Inventory health care services and develop a health care services plan in coordination with the Health Care District.
Community
Development
Department
Ongoing General Fund On-going In 2024 City approved 12 month time extension to Alexander Valley
Healthcare Wellness Center
project entitlements
Implementation PS 8-1.b. Encourage and support hospital services, health care services, clinics, and assisted living facilities that will provide health care for all Cloverdale residents.
Community
Development
Department
Ongoing General Fund On-going In 2024 City approved 12 month time extension to Alexander Valley
Healthcare Wellness Center
project entitlements
Implementation PS 8-1.c. Support provision of emergency services responses by encouraging paramedic and ambulance services.
Community
Development
Department
Ongoing General Fund On-going In 2024 City approved 12 month time extension to Alexander Valley
Healthcare Wellness Center
project entitlements
Implementation PS 8-1.d.Encourage establishment of doctor’s offices within the community.
Community
Development
Department
Ongoing General Fund On-going In 2024 City approved 12 month time extension to Alexander Valley
Healthcare Wellness Center
project entitlements
Implementation PS 8-1.e. Cooperate with Vector control for prevention of insect and rodent-borne diseases
Public Works
Department
Ongoing General Fund On-going In 2024 the Sonoma-Marin Vector Control District worked with code
enforcement
H-1 Conserve and improve the existing housing stock to provide adequate, safe, and decent housing for all Cloverdale residents.
H-1.1 Housing Rehabilitation: Facilitate the rehabilitation, improvement and preservation of existing housing in Cloverdale.
Provide for public health facilities in the community.
Encourage health care providers and health care emergency services within the City. 37 of 45 2024 Annual Report 3/20/2025
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Goal Policy Implementation Measure Responsibility Timeframe Resources Status Reference IP-1.1.1 Rehabilitation/Preservation Program: Continue to partner with the Sonoma County Housing Rehabilitation Program to provide low interest rehabilitation loans for homes and mobile homes owned or occupied by lower and moderate-income households. Facilitate resident awareness of the rehabilitation loan program by a) making pamphlets on this program available at City Hall and at the public library; b) providing program information to neighborhood groups in older residential areas and mobile home parks conducted every 2 years; and c) posting program information on the City's website; and d) providing program information in the process building code enforcement.
Planning
Department
Ongoing; contact
neighborhood groups
and mobile home parks
every 2 years; provide
information on the City's
website by 2022 and
update as needed.
CDBG grants On-going The City continues to provide info in English and Spanish on the City
website & at City Hall on the
Housing Rehabilitation Loan
Program administered through the
Sonoma County Community
Development Commission. In 2024
city staff made pamphlets
promoting awareness of this
program, promoted it at the
annual Cloverdale Citrus Fair at the
City information booth, posted
pamphlet on city website, made
available at City Hall
IP-1.1.2 Neighborhood Revitalization. Prioritize and seek funding for projects in the City's Capital Improvement Program (CIP) that will maintain and improve the City's older residential neighborhoods and provide community resources and amenities, such as improvements to park facilities, in lower-resource areas. Also prioritize projects that will facilitate opportunities for infill and transit-oriented housing.
Planning
Department
Annually reported in the
APR and seek funding at
least 2-3 times in the
planning period.
City On-going In 2024 hired consultant to help
move some CIP projects forward
like drainage improvements at
airport. Also in 2024 replaced the
HVAC system at the Cloverdale
Senior Center. City also hired
consultant to prepare historical
background report of scout cabin
at City Park in preparation of City
refurbishing it for use by parks
department staff
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Goal Policy Implementation Measure Responsibility Timeframe Resources Status Reference IP-1.1.3 Housing Mobility. To improve housing mobility and promote more housing choices and affordability throughout Cloverdale, the City will employ a suite of actions to be targeted in western areas, including outreach, resources, and other strategies with an overall goal of expanding housing opportunities affordable to extremely low, very low, low and moderate income households. Actions and strategies may include but are not limited to: 1. Regional Housing Trust Fund. As facilitated by SB 20 (2023), the City will explore development of a multi-jurisdictional housing trust fund with neighboring city, county and/or tribal governments to better establish affordable housing opportunities across Northern Sonoma County subregion, including in High Resource areas of neighboring communities. 2.
Home sharing. Research and pursue a home sharing program, including coordination with the Sonoma County Community Development Commission, nonprofits, and other organizations to assist with matching tenants with existing homeowners. The City will market and take other actions as necessary at least annually. 3. Religious Institution/Faith-Based Sites. The City will facilitate housing on religious institution/faith-based sites, including compliance with and/or supplemental actions to implement the provisions of SB 4 (2023), zoning, and assistance with entitlements and funding. 4. Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) & Missing Middle Housing in Lower-Density Areas. In conjunction with IP-2.2.1: a) Prepare pre-approved ADU building plans. b) Publicize ADU/JADU incentives such as reduced permit fees. c) Provide information about ADUs, JADUs and urban lot splits, including the relevant objective design standards and streamlined review available for such units. d) Develop and adopt objective standards to allow additional ADUs by July 2025. Review overall progress and effectiveness in Planning
Department &
Public Works
Department
Annually as an ongoing
program
City Actions and
strategies initiated
by September
2025. Alternative
strategies and
necessitated
amendments by
December 2027,
with further action
identified by June
2028.
In 2024 updated the ADU brochure
& created attention getting flyers
that were displayed on City
bulletin/announcement board on
sidewalk in front of City Hall,
staffed City booth at Citrus Fair
with ADU flyers promoting garage
conversions, fee exemptions, etc.
Also in 2024 City joined group of
other Sonoma Co. cities who did
not renew contracts with
NapaSonoma ADU center to create
our own pre-approved plans for
ADUs to post on our websites. Also
in 2024 City hired consultant to
assist City in establishing objective
design review standards
H-1.2
IP-1.2.1 Mobile Home Park Maintenance: Specifically advertise the availability of home rehabilitation loans to mobile homeowners through the program described in IP-1.1.1. Encourage residents utilizing program funds to include an Earthquake Reinforced Bracing System (ERBS) to help stabilize the dwelling during an earthquake in the rehabilitation work.
Planning
Department
Ongoing; advertise the
program to mobile
homeowners directly
every
two years beginning in
2024
CDBG grants On-going In 2024 City staff (planning,
building, code enforcement) began
working together to make this
information known to residents &
owners of mobile homes whenever
possible
H-2.1
IP-2.1.1 Sites Monitoring. The City will monitor the supply of residential land to ensure that sufficient developable land is available for housing development throughout the 8-year planning period. If, at any time the supply of sites zoned for multifamily housing falls below the quantity of land required to accommodate the City's remaining housing needs, the City will add additional appropriately zoned sites to ensure ongoing sites capacity.
Planning
Department &
Housing Land
Trust
Annually; sites inventory
evaluated in APR
Redevelopment setaside funds,
inclusionary
housing funds,
state and federal
housing programs.
Ongoing City staff regularly reviews
rezoning proposals and monitors
available site within residentially
zoned areas of the City
H-2 Provide housing for all economic segments of the community.
Mobile Home Parks: Encourage the preservation and maintenance of the community’s three existing mobile home parks.
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Goal Policy Implementation Measure Responsibility Timeframe Resources Status Reference IP-2.1.2 Infill Development. Wherever appropriate, the City will grant flexibility to encourage development on infill parcels using the tools currently provided within the Zoning Ordinance. This can be applied on a case-by-case basis in tandem with development approvals.
Planning
Department
On-going; as
development projects
are proposed
City Ongoing In 2024 the City worked with
property owners to add ADUs on
small lots
H-2.2
IP-2.2.1 Accessory Dwelling Units. Promote the development of accessory dwelling units as a source of lower-cost rental housing and a potential income source for homeowners. Provide informational brochures regarding accessory unit opportunities and requirements at City Hall and on the City's website, emphasizing the City's flexible provisions to allow two ADUs on a parcel beyond the requirements of State law. Though not explicitly related to ADUs, promotional materials will include information on the provisions of AB 916 (2022) which allow homeowners to add up to two bedrooms to existing living space without a public hearing. Support regional effort to provide homeowners with free property assessment, pre-approved ADU plans, and information on financing options. Monitor production and affordability of ADUs every two years, and if actual production is below projected development, identify additional sites if needed to accommodate the remaining RHNA.
Planning
Department
Update brochure with
information on ADUs
/JADUs / AB 916
allowances and
estimated fees by end of
2023; join regional
program by end of 2023;
monitor production an
affordability every two
years beginning in 2025;
if production is below
projection, identify
additional sites within
one year.
City Ongoing In 2024 the City worked with
property owners to add ADUs on
small lots. City also posted
informational flyers on website
and on bulletin board along
sidewalk in front of City Hall.
Began coordinating with members
from other Sonoma Co cities to get
a new set of pre-approved plans
for ADUs on website. Updated the
ADU brochure
H-2.3
IP-2.3.1 Flexible Parking Options. The City will continue to allow and encourage shared parking and allow both on-site and/or off-site provision of required spaces. In addition, the City will promote its shared parking program within the downtown commercial core to maximize the potential for mixed use development and ensure compliance with relevant changes to State law including AB 2345 (Density Bonus Law) and other state provisions allowing parking flexibility in development including AB 2097.
Planning /
Community
Development
Dept
Ongoing, as projects are
proposed; code
compliance reviewed
annually; outreach
conducted to property
owners within the
downtown commercial
core at least twice
within the planning
cycle; complete review
of shared parking
program with action
items presented to City
Council by April 2025.
City Ongoing In 2024 City completed multiple
code amendments, one of which is
an amendment to the City's
parking requirements for certain
types of residential development
projects
Mitigate Development Constraints. Address and mitigate, as appropriate, regulatory constraints to facilitate the development of housing affordable to lower- and moderate-income households.
Accessory Dwelling Units. Continue to facilitate the construction of accessory dwelling units. 40 of 45 2024 Annual Report 3/20/2025
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Goal Policy Implementation Measure Responsibility Timeframe Resources Status Reference IP-2.3.2 Development Impact Fees. The City shall review its current development impact fee program to confirm the appropriate level of impact fees to charge for multifamily residential units based on the demand they create for public facilities and infrastructure.
Where justified, the City shall consider reducing fees for multifamily units, second units, co-housing, and self-help housing units to encourage their construction. The City shall defer the payment of development impact fees for residential projects and will consider reducing development fees for lower-income housing on a sliding scale related to the level of affordability.
The City shall also comply with the new laws (AB 602) for the assessment of development fees based on the size of the unit.
Planning /
Community
Development
Dept
Complete review by
2023 (during the next
impact fee review)
City Ongoing The City has deferred impact fees
for affordable housing projects in
the past and will do so in the
future as projects arise. The City
will review the current impact fees
for multifamily, ADUs, co-housing
and self help housing and reduce
fees where able and appropriate to
encourage construction of such
units
IP-2.3.3 Code Changes. The City shall establish a program to keep City code up to date with state mandates, particularly surrounding streamlining provisions, density bonus law, and other state policy directly impacting the process of development of housing including but not limited to affordable housing, permanent supportive housing, and low-barrier navigation centers.
Specific code changes are to include:
• Develop a written streamlined application process in accordance with AB 2162, SB 35, and SB 330, including the pre-application and the procedure.
This process provides a streamlined ministerial approval process to qualified residential and mixed-use development projects. The written procedures and checklists shall be developed and made available at City Hall and on the City’s website.
• Eliminate the City’s growth management ordinance (GMO) in compliance with SB 330 (2019).
• Allow Low Barrier Navigation Centers to be a by-right use in zones where multifamily and mixed-uses are permitted, including the nonresidential zones where multifamily is permitted. (Government Code 65660) • Allow emergency shelters to be a by-right use in the TOD zone consistent with statutory requirements per Government Code section 65583 (a)(4).
Additionally, parking requirements listed currently require a greater number of parking spots than allowed for
emergency shelters and will be amended to comply pursuant to AB 139. • Allow permanent supportive housing as a by-right use in zones where multifamily and mixed-use zoning is permitted, pursuant to AB 2162 (Government Code 65650).
•
Planning /
Community
Development
Dept
Complete initial code
changes to achieve
compliance with State
law and
ensure that design
approval criteria are
objective by February
2024;
develop written
application for
streamlined
development by April
2024; adopt objective
design and development
standards by April 2025;
annual review reported
in APR.
City Ongoing In 2024 the City completed some
of these code changes and also
began preparing to complete the
rest within the time frame
specified including partnering with
a consultant team to adopt
objective design standards by April
2025, began discussions with
consultants to complete a nexus
study for development impact fees
and to update in-lieu fee
H-3
H-3.1
Expand affordable housing opportunities for persons with special housing needs including the elderly, disabled, large families, farmworkers, homeless persons, households with extremely low to moderate incomes, and first time home buyers.
Available Funding Sources. Utilize County, State and federal programs and other funding sources that provide housing opportunities for extremely low-, very low-, low- and moderate-income households and special needs households.
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Goal Policy Implementation Measure Responsibility Timeframe Resources Status Reference IP-3.1.1 Funding Affordable Housing. Assist housing developers in identifying opportunities to finance affordable housing intended for occupancy by household with special needs, particularly in rounding out unmet needs for extremely low income households, seniors, disabled and developmentally disabled persons, large families and households, farmworkers, and homeless persons. The City shall provide free preapplications for developers of affordable housing. Funding sources may include but are not limited to:
• Rural Development Loan Program financed by the State Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD).
• Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds.
• Mortgage Revenue Bond Program through the CHFA. The City can issue revenue bonds on behalf of affordable housing developers or work with developers to secure these bonds.
• Housing Enables by Local Partnerships Program (HELP) operated by the CHFA.
• HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME). The City will promote use of these funds by listing potential funding sources on its website and planning staff will inform housing developers of these funding possibilities.
Additionally, the City will continue to
reduce project development costs by supporting expedient development of affordable housing through the following local actions:
•
Priority permit processing of affordable housing development. •
Granting fee deferrals to housing developments with 100% of units Planning
Department
Annually review and
disseminate information
on funding
opportunities;
assist developers on an
ongoing basis as notices
of funding availability
are issued and/or as
development projects
are proposed. Report
progress in APR.
City On-going In 2024, City continued working
with developers of Alexander
Valley Appts and Bi' Du Khaale
projects to help them maintain
eligibility for the TCAC funding
they are receiving.
IP-3.1.2 Housing Fund: Maintain the City’s housing fund, with contributions collected from private and public sources, including the in-lieu inclusionary housing fees, to implement and/or supplement the City's housing programs. Use the Housing Fund to make and keep housing available and affordable to extremely low to moderate-income Cloverdale residents. The City shall evaluate the 5-unit threshold for local funding to achieve greater flexibility in funding preservation and retention programs as well as smaller multifamily projects and accessory dwelling units.
Planning /
Community
Development
and Finance
Depts
Fund maintenance
ongoing; allocate funds
as projects are
proposed; evaluate 5-
unit funding threshold
and present options to
City Council by June
2024
Housing Fund Ongoing In 2024 City staff discussed the 5- unit minimum funding threshold
with the council and they are
evaluating their options
H-3.2
H-3.3
H-3.4 Farmworker Housing (amended to incorporate prior program). Promote improved housing conditions for farmworker households and the construction of additional farmworker housing. The City will continue to work closely with Sonoma County representatives to address farmworker housing needs, coordinate the construction of farmworker housing in the community, and actively participate in committees and task forces to identify funding solutions such as a housing assessment.
Inter-Agency Cooperation. Continue to work with private, county and state agencies. Including local school districts, to provide housing for special needs populations including emergency housing for the homeless.
Senior Housing. Continue to allow senior housing projects for persons aged 55 and over to be developed with requirements less stringent than those specified in the Zoning Ordinance for parking and other requirements, pursuant to Density Bonus Law (CA Govt Code § 65915). Maintain a requirement for on-site sidewalks for senior housing projects. 42 of 45 2024 Annual Report 3/20/2025
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Goal Policy Implementation Measure Responsibility Timeframe Resources Status Reference IP-3.4.1 Application Assistance. Provide technical assistance to developers seeking to provide affordable units for farm workers in the City. Assist developers in the preparation of funding applications to the Joe Serna Jr.
Farmworker Housing Grant program and other appropriate funding sources.
Planning /
Community
Development
Department
Ongoing; as
development projects
are proposed, with
annual outreach
reported in APR
City On-going In 2024 the City continued to assist
developer of Alexander Valley
Appts project which will provide at
least half of its units for
farmworkers and their families
H-4
H-4.1
IP-4.1.1 Fair Housing Information. Promote equal housing opportunity by providing and distributing information regarding fair housing laws and resources to the public at City Hall, the public library, social service centers, public transit providers, and on the City’s website, with a goal to directly engage at least 10 residents with website enhancements. Support and participate in the Napa Sonoma Collaborative’s Annual Housing Fair, beginning in September 2023. The Housing Fairs feature housing developers, renters, property managers, community leaders, advocates, and special needs group stakeholders. The panel discussions, advocacy resources and informational materials available at the Fair will support the City’s ongoing efforts to increase mobility and avoid displacement of residents. Additional fair housing, anti-displacement and mobility products anticipated to be provided by the Collaborative during the 6th cycle include model tenant protection ordinances featuring just-cause eviction and right to counsel programs, as well as ongoing education for landlords to encourage acceptance of housing choice vouchers. The City will annually conduct outreach to at least six landlords and tenants, either directly or through tenant advocacy groups, to support these fair housing program objectives
Planning /
Community
Development
Department
Ongoing; distribute
information annually
and update the City's
website by December
2023.
City Ongoing In 2024 the City participated in the
annual Napa Sonoma housing fair;
updated the ADU brochure &
created attention getting flyers
that were displayed on City
bulletin/announcement board on
sidewalk in front of City Hall;
staffed City booth at Citrus Fair
with ADU flyers promoting garage
conversions, fee exemptions, etc.
Also in 2024 City joined group of
other Sonoma Co. cities who did
not renew contracts with
NapaSonoma ADU center to come
up with anew set of pre-approved
plans for ADUs to post on our
websites. Also in 2024 City hired
consultant to assist City in
establishing objective design
review standards
IP-4.1.2 Discrimination Complaint Processing (amended to include fair housing materials). Continue existing City procedure for investigating and appropriately handling housing discrimination complaints. Ensure that all Code Enforcement staff and consultants investigating complaints carry Fair Housing materials and resources for distribution to residents so that 100% of complaints investigated are referred to appropriate resources.
Planning /
Community
Development
Department
Ongoing; reported
annually
City Ongoing In 2024 City staff was prepared &
trained to ensure that all Code
Enforcement staff & consultants
investigating complaints carry Fair
Housing materials & resources for
distribution to residents so that
100% of complaints investigated
are referred to appropriate
resources.
Promote housing opportunities for all persons regardless of race, gender, age, sexual orientation, marital status, or national origin.
Equal Housing Opportunity. Continue to promote equal access to housing for all persons in Cloverdale. 43 of 45 2024 Annual Report 3/20/2025
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Goal Policy Implementation Measure Responsibility Timeframe Resources Status Reference IP-4.1.3 Nondiscrimination Clauses: Continue to provide nondiscrimination clauses in rental agreements and deed restrictions for housing constructed with City assistance.
Planning /
Community
Development
Department
Ongoing, as
developments are
proposed and receive
City assistance. Report
outcomes annually in
APR.
City Ongoing City implements this as projects
and opportunities arise
IP-4.1.4 Limit Code Enforcement Action for ADUs. The City will limit code enforcement of unpermitted ADUs to those instances where they pose an imminent threat to public health and safety.
Building and
Code
Enforcement /
Community
Development
Department
Ongoing, as
developments are
proposed and receive
City assistance. Report
on ADU enforcement
actions annually in APR
City Ongoing In 2024 staff continued to
coordinate and communicate with
code enforcement staff on
individual cases to ensure that the
code enforcement process does
not result in unnecessary and/or
overburdensome enforcement and
in particular with those cases
involving ADUs and especially if
they are not an imminent threat to
public health or safety
H-5
H-5.1
IP-5.1.1 Equitable Representation. Promote the involvement of minority populations and their representatives on City Boards, Committees, and Commissions related to housing, land use, and equity matters. At the time of new vacancies, the Cities will advertise the availability of these positions to minority communities through social media, connections with trusted community partners (outreach to at least two organizations), and direct outreach where applicable.
City Manager /
Community
Development
Department
As opening arise,
beginning 2023
City Ongoing In 2024 the City continued to
communicate and assist La Familia
Sana and helped them coordinate
on completing a mural as well as
special events in City parks for
culturally significant holidays and
celebrations
H-5.2
IP-5.2.1 Annual Report. Prepare an annual progress report using forms required by the State HCD, to describe the amount and type of housing constructed and approved for each calendar year. The Annual Progress Report (APR) will also include reporting on the City’s progress in implementing each of the programs in this Element and shall be presented to the Planning Commission and the City Council prior to submittal to the California Department of Housing and Community Development and the Office of Planning and Research on or before April 1 of each year.
Planning /
Community
Development
Department
Annually City Ongoing City staff regularly completes the APR's for both housing and the
general plan and submit them to
HCD and OPR prior to April 1 each
year
H-6
H-6.1
Ensure public participation in the development of the City's housing policies.
Public Participation. Continue to encourage and facilitate public participation in the formulation and review of the City's housing and development policies.
Annual Review of Housing Element Implementation. Annually review the City's progress in implementing Housing Element programs and achieving housing goals.
Promote effective and efficient land use when meeting housing needs, including consideration of energy and natural resources conservation, and green building technologies.
Energy Use and Conservation. Encourage the reduction of energy use and the conservation of natural resources in the development of housing through implementation of the State Energy Conservation Standards.
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Goal Policy Implementation Measure Responsibility Timeframe Resources Status Reference IP-6.1.1 Education and Information. Develop informational materials for dissemination to developers and project designers during the initial stages of project design and review. These materials may include, but not be limited to, passive solar planning through subdivision, lot and structure orientation, protection of solar access, and application of passive and active energy saving features including water capture and recycling. The City shall also review its land use regulations and subdivision ordinance and where appropriate add provisions which promote and/or require energy conservation planning as a factor in project approval. The City shall continue to participate in monthly coordination with the Regional Climate Protection Authority (SCTA/RCPA) to collaborate on climate resiliency measures.
Planning /
Community
Development
Department
Develop informational
materials by end of
2023; review regulations
annually; participate in
regional coordination
meetings monthly
City Ongoing City staff has updated the available
materials on the website and the
the City regularly meets and
coordinates with SCTA and RCPA
through regular meetings.
H-6.2
IP-6.2.1 Public Transit. Continue to work with local and regional public transit providers and developers to encourage housing development located in close proximity to public transit facilities, particularly on sites located within close proximity to the planned SMART station. Incorporate development features that facilitate bicycle and pedestrian access and networking in project design.
Planning /
Community
Development
Department
Ongoing and as projects
are proposed
City Ongoing In 2024 the City worked closely
with consultants to draft an
update to the General Plan
Circulation Element which will
feature new updated street design
sections and standards
H-6.3
IP-6.3.1 Capital Improvement Program. The City shall continue to update and implement its five-year Capital Improvement Program to guide development of public facilities required by new residential demand and to improve existing facilities in need of upgrading. The City will continue to implement facilities master plans to increase water and sewer processing capacity.
Planning /
Community
Development
Department
Annually;
implementation of
facilities improvements
ongoing
City On-going In 2024 City completed a Meter
Radio Read Upgrade, purchased
new generator for wastewater
treatment plant, finalized contract
with consultant to complete
SCADA upgrades, moving new
water tank and well projects
forward
H-6.4
IP-6.4.1 Water Provisions for Lower-Income Households. The City’s urban water management plans shall include projected water use for single-family and multifamily housing needed for lower-income households.
Planning /
Community
Development
Department
As management plans
are updated
City Ongoing Shall be included with next plan
amendment or update
Reduction of Vehicle Use. Encourage a development pattern that helps reduce vehicle miles traveled and promotes transit ridership as well as pedestrian and bicycle access.
Water and Sewer Services. Consistent with State Law, first priority for water and sewer hook-ups shall be given to developments that help meet the community’s share of the regional need for lower-income housing.
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62 Jurisdiction Cloverdale ANNUAL ELEMENT PROGRESS REPORT Reporting Year 2024 (Jan. 1 - Dec. 31) Housing Element Implementation Planning Period 6th Cycle 01/31/2023 - 01/31/2031
1 Projection
Period 3 4
RHNA Allocation
by Income Level
Projection
Period -
06/30/2022-
01/30/2023
2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031
Total Units to
Date (all
years)
Total Remaining
RHNA by
Income Level
Deed Restricted 75 - 54 - - - - - - -
Non-Deed Restricted - - - - - - - - - -
Deed Restricted 25 24 20 - - - - - - -
Non-Deed Restricted - - - - - - - - - -
Deed Restricted - - - - - - - - - -
Non-Deed Restricted - - - - - - - - - -
Above Moderate 149 2 2 27 - - - - - - - 31 118
335
102 26 101 - - - - - - - 229 163
5 6 7
Extremely lowIncome Need 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 Total Units to Date
Total Units
Remaining
43 - - - - - - - - - - 43
VLI Deed Restricted
VLI Non Deed Restricted
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This table is auto-populated once you enter your jurisdiction name and current year data. Past year information comes from previous APRs. - Moderate
86 55
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Table B
Regional Housing Needs Allocation Progress
Permitted Units Issued by Affordability
-
-
Please note: For the last year of the 5th cycle, Table B will only include units that were permitted during the portion of the year that was in the 5th cycle. For the first year of the 6th cycle, Table B will only include units that were permitted since the start of the planning period. Projection Period units are in a separate column.
Total RHNA
Total Units
Income Level
Very Low
Low
Extremely Low-Income Units*
Note: units serving extremely low-income households are included in the very low-income RHNA progress and must be reported as very low-income units in section 7 of Table A2. They must also be reported in the extremely low-income category (section 13) in Table A2 to be counted as progress toward meeting the extremely low-income housing need determined pursuant to Government Code 65583(a)(1). *Extremely low-income housing need determined pursuant to Government Code 65583(a)(1). Value in Section 5 is default value, assumed to be half of the very low-income RHNA. May be overwritten.
Progress toward extremely low-income housing need, as determined pursuant to Government Code 65583(a)(1).
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City Council/Successor Agency
Agenda Item Summary Agenda Item: F.2
Meeting Date: March 26, 2025
Agenda Section:
Consent
Staff Contact:
Kevin Thompson, City Manager
Susie Holmes, Finance Director
Agenda Item Title:
Housing Successor Agency Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2023-24 ________________________________________________________________________________________ Recommended Council Action(s):
Receive and file Housing Successor Agency Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2023-24 ________________________________________________________________________________________ Background:
The City of Cloverdale (“City”) serves as the Housing Successor Agency to the former Cloverdale Community Development Agency (“CCDA”), which was dissolved effective February 1, 2012. State law requires each Housing Successor Agency to prepare an annual report documenting its financing activity and demonstrating how it is meeting requirements imposed by Health and Safety Code (“HSC”) Section 34176.1, enacted by Senate Bill 341 in 2013.
The report is due to the California Department of Housing and Community Development (“HCD”) by April 1 each year and must be posted on the City’s website. The report for Fiscal Year 2023-24 is being presented to the City Council to receive and file.
________________________________________________________________________________________ Summary:
The City has met all requirements imposed by HSC Section 34176.1. The City’s progress on major requirements in Fiscal Year 2023-24 is summarized below.
Housing Asset Fund Activity
The City deposited $22,509 from a homeownerloan repayment and interest income. The City spent $3,071 on administrative expenses (well below the maximum limit of $263,100).
The ending asset balance as of June 30, 2024 was $2.1 million, of which $1.8 million is cash. Of the cash balance, $1.5 million is restricted due to right of reverter in a grant deed for the sale of a 2.6 acre portion of Thyme Square in FY 2022-23. The remaining asset balance is comprised of a $250,000 loan receivable from Cherry Creek Village, interest receivable, and a small accounting adjustment for land sold in FY 2022-
23. Any future expenses must comply with the requirements outlined in the next section.
Expenditure Proportionality Requirements
Expenditures from the Housing Asset Fund must meet specific proportionality requirements by income level and age:
• Administrative and monitoring expenses are capped at $200,000 annually, adjusted for inflation, or 5 percent of the value of real properties and loans receivable, whichever is higher. • Up to $250,000 may be spent annually on rapid rehousing solutions for homelessness and homeless prevention.
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• If Housing Asset Funds are spent on housing projects and programs, within each five-year compliance period:
o At least 30% must be spent on deed-restricted rental housing for extremely low income households (earning up to 30% of the Area Median Income); o No more than 20% may be spent on low income households (earning 60-80% of the Area Median Income); and
o No monies may be spent on moderate or above moderate income households (earning more than 80% of the Area Median Income).
• No more than 50% of deed-restricted rental housing units assisted by the City or the former Redevelopment Agency in the prior 10 years may be restricted to seniors.
The City has met these requirements consistently since Fiscal Year 2013-14. It has only incurred administrative expenses thus far, which have been well below the administrative limit each year. Staff will ensure requirements are met in future years.
Senior Housing Restrictions
In any ten-year period, a maximum of 50 percent of deed-restricted rental units assisted by the City may be restricted to seniors. Housing Asset Funds may not be used to assist senior rental housing if this maximum has been reached. The City has assisted one deed-restricted rental housing property in the prior ten years, Cherry Creek, with 24 units that are not restricted to seniors. The Housing Asset Fund may therefore assist up to 24 senior units up to FY 2028-29 if desired. Staff will ensure future assistance meets this requirement.
Real Property Assets and Loans Receivable
As the Housing Successor Agency, the City inherited two real properties from the former CCDA, commonly known as Cherry Creek and Thyme Square. HSC Section 34176(e) requires any real properties acquired by the CCDA prior to February 1, 2012 to be sold or developed for affordable housing purposes by September 5, 2022. The City initiated development on these properties by the deadline.
The Cherry Creek property was developed by Kingdom Development Inc. and Cherry Creek Village L.P. into a 24-unit rental housing project affordable to very low income households. Construction was completed and the property was fully occupied in fiscal year 2021-22. The property is leased to the developer through a 99-year agreement.
Thyme Square is a 5.3-acre property split into multiple lots. Lot A will be developed with up to 30 units of affordable housing through an Exclusive Negotiated Agreement with Integrated Community Development.
Lot B was sold in January 2022 for $1.5 million to Alexander Valley Healthcare, a Federally Qualified Health Center, for a health and wellness center serving Northern Sonoma County. Sales proceeds totaling $1,529,625 were deposited into the Housing Asset Fund in FY 2023-24.
The Housing Successor has one outstanding loan receivable in the amount of $250,000. The former CCDA provided the loan to rehabilitate the Divine Senior Apartments, a 12-unit affordable rental property. The loan has a 55-year term ending in 2060.
Excess Surplus
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The law has an “excess surplus” requirement, which requires Housing Asset Funds to be spent in an expeditious manner. Excess surplus is defined by HSC Section 34176.1(d) as “an unencumbered amount in the account that exceeds the greater of one million dollars, or the aggregate amount deposited into the account during the housing successor’s preceding four fiscal years, whichever is greater.” The Housing Asset Fund does not have an excess surplus for Fiscal Year 2023-24, as the cash balance is significantly below the sum of deposits in the prior four years. If the Housing Successor Agency accrues an excess surplus in the future, the funds must be spent or encumbered within three fiscal years or transmitted to HCD.
________________________________________________________________________________________ Options:
1. Receive and file the City of Cloverdale Housing Successor Agency Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2023- 24; or
2. Provide alternative direction to staff.
________________________________________________________________________________________ Subcommittee Recommendation:
None.
________________________________________________________________________________________ Budget/Financial Impact:
Receiving and filing these annual reports on the City’s activities as the Housing Successor Agency for the City of Cloverdale has no fiscal implications.
________________________________________________________________________________________ Attachments:
1. Cloverdale Housing Successor Annual Report 2023-24
67 HOUSING SUCCESSOR ANNUAL REPORT
Cloverdale Housing Successor
Fiscal Year 2023-24
68 TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................................................................1 City as Housing Successor....................................................................................................................................1 Scope of This Housing Successor Annual Report.................................................................................................1 Assets Transferred to the Housing Successor ......................................................................................................1 BACKGROUND.........................................................................................................................................................2 Legal Requirements Pertaining to Housing Successors........................................................................................2 Permitted Uses of Housing Asset Funds ...............................................................................................................3 Limits on the Accumulation of Housing Funds (Excess Surplus) ..........................................................................5 HOUSING ASSET FUND ACTIVITY.........................................................................................................................6 Deposits and Fund Balance...................................................................................................................................6 Expenditures..........................................................................................................................................................6 Ending Cash and Fund Balance............................................................................................................................6 Housing Successor Portfolio..................................................................................................................................7 Real Properties and Disposition Status..............................................................................................................7 Loans Receivable...............................................................................................................................................9 COMPLIANCE WITH EXPENDITURE & PRODUCTION LIMITS.............................................................................9 Proportionality Requirements ................................................................................................................................9 Senior Rental Housing Limit Compliance ............................................................................................................10 Excess Surplus ....................................................................................................................................................10 OTHER INFORMATION..........................................................................................................................................11 Homeownership Unit Inventory............................................................................................................................11 Transfers to Other Housing Successors..............................................................................................................12 APPENDIX 1 – HOUSING ASSET TRANSFER FORM..........................................................................................13 APPENDIX 2 - HOUSING SUCCESSOR ANNUAL REPORT REQUIREMENTS..................................................14 APPENDIX 3 – HOUSING ASSET FUND EXPENDITURE REQUIREMENTS......................................................15 69 Cloverdale Housing Successor Annual Report FY 2023-24
INTRODUCTION
This Housing Successor Agency Annual Report (“Annual Report”) presents information on Fiscal Year (“FY”) 2023-24 expenditures and activities as required by Health and Safety Code (“HSC”) Section 34176.1(f), including but not limited to a housing successor’s compliance with certain expenditure activities over the year as well as a five-year planning period. This Annual Report is required of any housing successor to a former redevelopment agency.
City as Housing Successor
The City of Cloverdale (“City”) is the Housing Successor Agency (“Housing Successor”) to the former Cloverdale Community Development Agency (“CCDA”), which acted as the redevelopment agency in Cloverdale until redevelopment was dissolved statewide in 2012. At the time of dissolution, a housing successor was to be selected to transfer and be responsible for the remaining assets and liabilities of a former redevelopment agency.
This Annual Report is an addendum to the City’s Housing Element Annual Progress Report. Both are due to the California Department of Housing and Community Development (“HCD”) by April 1 annually.
Scope of This Housing Successor Annual Report
This Annual Report is limited to the Housing Successor’s activities as it relates to its role as a housing successor. This may include, but is not limited to, financial activities, property disposition, loan administration, monitoring of covenants, and affordable housing development. This Annual Report describes compliance with various annual, five-year, and ten-year housing expenditure and production requirements. FY 2023-24 is the final year of the current five-year compliance period for income proportionality, which began July 1, 2019 and ended June 30, 2024.
Assets Transferred to the Housing Successor
Upon the statewide dissolution of redevelopment in 2012, all rights, powers, committed assets, liabilities, duties, and obligations associated with the affordable housing activities of the CCDA were transferred to the Housing Successor. As one of its first duties as a housing successor, the Housing Successor prepared and submitted to the California Department of Finance (“DOF”) an inventory of housing assets to be transferred from the former CCDA. The inventory was enumerated on a Housing Asset Transfer 70 Cloverdale Housing Successor Annual Report FY 2023-24 Form (“HAT”) that included two real properties. One loan receivable is also managed by the Housing Successor.
All items on the HAT were reviewed and ultimately approved by the DOF on September 5, 2012. A copy of the HAT is provided as Appendix 1. Once approved by DOF and as directed by law, the City, acting as housing successor, transferred these assets to the Low and Moderate Income Housing Asset Fund (“Housing Asset Fund1”). Approval of the HAT set in motion a series of obligations by the City as a housing successor, as described in the following section.
BACKGROUND
This Section summarizes the legal requirements for use of housing successor assets that are addressed in this Annual Report.
Legal Requirements Pertaining to Housing Successors
A year after dissolution of redevelopment began, the State Legislature recognized the need to regulate and provide transparency on the use of the housing activities transferred from a former redevelopment agency. Senate Bill 341 (DeSaulnier, 2013) and subsequent legislation enacted several requirements for housing successor agencies contained in HSC Sections 34176-34176.1.
In general, housing successors must comply with three major requirements pursuant to HSC Section 34176.1:
1. Expenditures and housing production are subject to income and age targets.
2. Housing successors may not accumulate an “excess surplus,” or a high unencumbered Housing Asset Fund balance based on certain thresholds.
3. Properties must be developed with affordable housing within five to ten years of DOF’s approval of the HAT.
Appendix 2 provides a detailed summary of the reporting requirements that are addressed in this Annual Report.
1 The Housing Asset Fund replaced the former CCDA’s Low and Moderate Income Housing Fund. 71 Cloverdale Housing Successor Annual Report FY 2023-24 Permitted Uses of Housing Asset Funds
Pursuant to HSC Section 34176.1, Housing Asset Funds may be spent on:
• Administrative costs for the operation of the housing successor agency. The law allows a housing successor to spend the greater of:
o $200,000 per year adjusted for inflation, or
o 5% of the statutory value of real property owned by the housing successor and the value of loans and grants receivable from the HAT (“Portfolio”).
According to HCD, the $200,000 limit adjusted for inflation is $263,100 for FY 2023-24. The Housing Successor’s FY 2023-24 Portfolio balance is $250,000, of which 5% is $12,500.
Cloverdale’s FY 2023-24 annual administrative cost limit is the higher of these amounts, or $263,100.
• Homeless prevention and rapid rehousing services up to $250,000 per year if the former redevelopment agency did not have any outstanding inclusionary housing or replacement housing production requirements as of 2012. Cloverdale is eligible for this expense because it did not have any outstanding inclusionary or replacement housing requirements upon dissolution. • Affordable housing development assisting households with up to 80 percent of the Area Median Income (“AMI”), subject to specific income and age targets over a five-year period.
Five-Year Income Proportionality on Development Expenditures: Housing Asset Funds may be spent on the development of affordable housing projects affordable to low, very low, and extremely low-income households. “Development” is defined as “new construction, acquisition, and rehabilitation, substantial rehabilitation as defined in HSC Section 33413, the acquisition of long-term affordability covenants on multifamily units as described in HSC Section 33413, or the preservation of an assisted housing development that is eligible for prepayment or termination or for which within the expiration of rental restrictions is scheduled to occur within five years.”
Over each five-year compliance period, at least 30 percent of such development expenditures must assist extremely low-income households (30% AMI), while no more than 20 percent may 72 Cloverdale Housing Successor Annual Report FY 2023-24 assist low-income households (between 60-80% AMI). The balance of the funds may be used on very low-income households (defined as households earning between 30% and 60% of AMI).
The first five-year compliance period was from January 1, 2014, through June 30, 2019. The Housing Successor was compliant with Housing Asset Fund income proportionality expenditure requirements during the first five-year compliance period. The second, and current, five-year compliance period is from July 1, 2019, to June 30, 2024.
Note that housing successors must report expenditures by category each year, but compliance with income proportionality limits is measured every five years. For example, a housing successor could spend all its funds in a single year on households earning between 60-80% AMI, as long as it was 20 percent or less of the total expenditures during the five-year compliance period.
Should a housing successor not spend at least 30% of its development expenditures on extremely low-income households, or exceeds the amount spent on low-income households, future expenditures are subject to greater restriction until these proportionality targets are met.
Specifically, if a housing successor is unable to spend at least 30% of its development expenditures on extremely low units, it is required to increase this spending to 50% until compliant with the 30% threshold; a housing successor that spends more than 20% of its development expenditures on low-income units cannot spend any further funds on low-income developments until it is at or below the 20% threshold.
As such, tracking these expenditures and their progress over the corresponding five-year period is an important function of this Annual Report.
Ten-Year Age Proportionality on Units Assisted: If more than 50% of the total aggregate number of rental units produced by the city, housing successor, or former redevelopment agency during the past 10 years are restricted to seniors, the housing successor may not spend more Housing Asset Funds on senior rental housing.
It is important to stress that Housing Successor expenditure and production requirements are measured on different timeframes:
73 Cloverdale Housing Successor Annual Report FY 2023-24 • One-Year Limits: Administrative Allowance and Homeless Prevention Allowance. Compliance is evaluated annually and resets every year.
• Five-Year Limit: Expenditures by Income Level. Compliance is evaluated over a fixed five-year period set by law, the current period being July 1, 2019, to June 30, 2024. • Ten-Year Limit: Number of Senior Deed-Restricted Units Assisted. Compliance is evaluated based on a rolling ten-year period that is different every year, the current period, occurring through FYs 2014-15 to 2023-24.
Appendix 3 describes Housing Asset Fund expenditure requirements in more detail, including the types of costs eligible in each category.
Limits on the Accumulation of Housing Funds (Excess Surplus) State law limits how much cash a housing successor may retain and, if it fails to commit and spend these dollars in a reasonable timeframe, ultimately penalizes the housing successor by requiring unspent funds to be transferred to HCD for use on State housing programs.
HSC Section 34176.1(d) establishes a limit, known as an “excess surplus” on the amount of unencumbered Housing Asset Funds based on the greater of the following:
• $1,000,000, or
• The total amount of deposits made into the Housing Asset Fund over the preceding four years.
Only amounts in excess of this threshold are considered an excess surplus. Once an excess surplus is determined, a housing successor must account for these funds separately and encumber said monies within three years. If after the third year the excess surplus has not been fully encumbered, the remaining balance of the excess surplus is to be transferred to HCD within 90 days. HCD is permitted to use these transferred excess surplus funds anywhere in the State under its Multifamily Housing Program or the Joe Serna, Jr. Farmworker Housing Grant Program.
The concept of excess surpluses carries over from the era prior to the dissolution of redevelopment, when redevelopment agencies often were receiving substantial amounts of deposits from the mandatory housing set-aside of 20% of tax increment revenues.
74 Cloverdale Housing Successor Annual Report FY 2023-24 As part of the Annual Report, a housing successor must disclose any excess surplus and describe the housing successor’s plan for eliminating this excess surplus.
HOUSING ASSET FUND ACTIVITY
This section describes FY 2023-24 Housing Asset Fund activity and balances.
Deposits and Fund Balance
The Housing Successor deposited $22,509 into the Housing Asset Fund during FY 2023-24. The revenue deposited was gained from a homeowner loan repayment, and interest income. Deposits can be seen in Table 1.
Expenditures
The Housing Successor expended a total of $3,071 during FY 2023-24. All expenses were on administrative costs, and were well under the maximum administrative expense limit of $263,100 for FY 2023-24.
Ending Cash and Fund Balance
The Housing Asset Fund balance as of June 30, 2024 was $2,103,212, of which $1,778,370 was cash, as summarized in Table 2. Of the cash balance, $1,525,625 is restricted due to right of reverter in a grant deed for the sale of a 2.6 acre portion of Thyme Square in FY 2022-23. The remaining assets are a loan receivable that is described in the next section, interest receivable, and an accounting adjustment for land sold in FY 2022-23.
Deposit Amount
Interest Income 12,865
Homeowner Loan Repayment 9,643
Total $22,509
Source: City of Cloverdale, Fund 702 & 704 accounting records Table 1
Housing Asset Fund Deposits FY 2023-24
75 Cloverdale Housing Successor Annual Report FY 2023-24 Housing Successor Portfolio
The Housing Successor Portfolio as of FY 2023-24 includes one loan receivable transferred from the CCDA. The Portfolio had a value of $250,000 as of FY 2023-24, as detailed in Error! Reference source not found. 3.
REAL PROPERTIES AND DISPOSITION STATUS
The former CCDA transferred two properties to the Housing Successor. HSC Section 34176.1(e) requires the Housing Successor to initiate affordable housing development on or sell these properties by September 5, 2022. The Housing Successor has complied with this timline. The properties and their disposition status are described below.
Balance Type Amount
Cash 1,778,370
Long Term Receivable 250,000
Interest Receivable 121,551
Land Held for Resale -46,709
Ending Balance $2,103,212
Source: City of Cloverdale, Fund 702 & 704 accounting records Housing Asset Fund Ending Balance FY 2023-24
Table 2
Asset Amount
Real Properties
None $0
Loans Receivable
Divine Senior Apartments 250,000
Subtotal $250,000
Total Portfolio Value $250,000
Source: City of Cloverdale, Fund 702 & 704 accounting records Portfolio Value of Real Properties and Loans Receivable Table 3
76 Cloverdale Housing Successor Annual Report FY 2023-24 • CHERRY CREEK SITE – This 1.8-acre property was purchased in 2007 by the Housing Land Trust of Sonoma County, with contributions from the CCDA’s Low and Moderate Income Housing Fund, for the development of workforce housing. The property was returned to the CCDA in 2009 as a result of market decline. A lease was entered into with the Cloverdale Community Outreach Committee (“CCOC”) to operate a transitional housing program at existing units on the site.
CCOC’s lease ended in September 2019.
In February 2020, the City entered into a Disposition and Development Agreement with Cherry Creek Village L.P. (“Developer”) to develop, construct, own, and operate a 24-unit rental apartment affordable to very low income residents. The City entered into a Lease Agreement to lease the Property to the Developer for 99 years. The City provided a grant to Kingdom Development Inc., a California nonprofit public benefit corporation and the administrative general partner of the Developer, in the amount of $1,900,000 to assist with the development of the affordable units. The City also agreed to provide a $250,000 pre-development loan to the Developer to assist with the costs related to the design, architecture and engineering expenses of the project pursuant to a separate predevelopment loan agreement. City financial assistance was not from Housing Asset Funds.
The Cherry Creek Village project completed construction and is fully occupied as of fiscal year 2021-22.
• THYME SQUARE SITE – This is an undeveloped parcel totaling approximately 5.3 acres located south of the Citrus Fairgrounds adjacent and west of South Cloverdale Blvd.
Lot A of the Thyme Square property will be developed with affordable housing pursuant to an Exclusive Negotiating Agreement (“ENA”) with Integrated Community Development (“ICD”). ICD is currently developing plans to provide up to 30 affordable housing units, with the potential of additional units being proposed under a density bonus.
Lot B of the Thyme Square property, consisting of approximately 2.6 +/- acres, was sold in January 2022 for $1.5 million to Alexander Valley Healthcare, a Federally Qualified Health Center, for a health and wellness center serving Northern Sonoma County. The City Council approved a Purchase and Sale Agreement on February 27, 2019. A development agreement guiding the future development of the project site was approved on March 9, 2022. Sales proceeds were deposited into the Housing Asset Fund in September 2022, however the sales proceeds are 77 Cloverdale Housing Successor Annual Report FY 2023-24 restricted by a right of reverter in the Grant Deed. If Alexander Valley Healthcare fails to comply with the terms of the agreement, the City will use the proceeds to pay costs associated with the project at the time that the right of reverter is exercised. After the terms of the development agreement are met, the sales proceeds will be reflected as available cash in the Housing Asset Fund. City staff continues planning and design work for the remainder of the Thyme Square property.
LOANS RECEIVABLE
One loan agreement was transferred from the CCDA to the Housing Successor.
On August 25, 2005, Divine Senior Apartments Associates LP entered into an agreement with the CCDA to acquire and redevelop 2 housing projects comprised of 32 units. The development, collectively known as Divine Senior Apartments, is located at 141 Healdsburg Drive, No. 1 in Cloverdale. A total of 12 units were to be set aside for very low income (30% AMI) households, and 19 units for low income (60% AMI) households. The former CCDA loaned the developer a total of $300,000 at an interest rate of 3%. Of the loan proceeds, $250,000 was to be allocated to project rehabilitation, and the remaining $50,000 was for ungrounding utilities. The loan term is 55 years and there is no prepayment penalty. The annual payments of principal and interest are to be made from “available cash flow” within 120 days after the end of each calendar year. Audited financial statements are due to the city annually within 150 days after the end of the calendar year. Income certification is due to the City annually within 45 days after the end of the calendar year. No loan repayment was made in FY 2023-24.
COMPLIANCE WITH EXPENDITURE & PRODUCTION LIMITS
During FY 2023-24, the Housing Successor was in compliance with all annual and five to ten-year planning period requirements as described in this section.
Proportionality Requirements
As summarized below, the Housing Successor fully complied with all Housing Asset Fund spending restrictions in FY 2023-24:
• The Housing Successor expended $3,071 on allowable administrative expenses which is well under the maximum limit of $263,100.
78 Cloverdale Housing Successor Annual Report FY 2023-24 • The Housing Successor did not use any Housing Asset Funds for homeless prevention or rapid rehousing expenses and was therefore in compliance with the $250,000 spending restriction. • No affordable housing development-related expenditures have been made during the current fiveyear compliance period of July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2024. Therefore, the Housing Successor met all five-year income proportionality targets for the compliance period.
The Housing Successor will ensure it meets requirements in future five-year compliance periods. The next five-year compliance period will be from July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2029.
Senior Rental Housing Limit Compliance
Pursuant to HSC Section 34176 (b), the Housing Asset Funds may not be used to assist senior rental housing if more than 50% of deed-restricted rental housing units assisted by the CCDA, Housing Successor, or City in the previous 10 years are restricted to seniors. The Housing Successor complies with this limit. Since FY 2014-15, the Housing Successor, City, and the former CCDA have assisted one project, Cherry Creek, with 24 deed-restricted rental units that are not restricted to seniors. Cherry Creek was assisted in FY 2019-20. The Housing Asset Fund may assist up to 24 senior units through FY 2028- 29 if desired.
The Thyme Square site will provide up to 30 affordable units and will report in this section after affordability covenants are recorded.
Excess Surplus
The Housing Asset Fund may not accumulate an “excess surplus”, or an unencumbered cash balance tht exceeds the greater of $1 million or the sum of deposits in the prior four fiscal years. This requirement ensures that housing successors are actively spending available Housing Asset Funds on affordable housing.
The Housing Successor has not accumulated an excess surplus of Housing Asset Funds since its formation, including in FY 2023-24. As shown in Table 4, the FY 2023-24 beginning unencumbered cash balance of $192,888 was less than the sum of deposits in the prior four years of $1.7 million. The Housing Successor has encumbered funds in the amount of $1,525,625 received from the sale of a 2.6 acre portion of Thyme Square in FY 2022-23 that are restricted due to a right of reverter in the grant deed.
The encumbered funds were deducted from the FY 2023-24 beginning cash balance. 79 Cloverdale Housing Successor Annual Report FY 2023-24
OTHER INFORMATION
Homeownership Unit Inventory
Table 5 presents an inventory of homeownership units assisted by the Housing Successor that require restrictions, covenants, or an adopted program that protects Housing Asset Fund monies. In FY 2023- 24, 220 Ioli Ranch paid of their loan and was removed from the homeownership unit inventory.
Step 1: Determine Unencumbered Cash Balance From Financials FY 23-24 Beginning Cash Balance $ 1,718,513
Less: Encumbered Funds1 $ (1,525,625)
Unencumbered Amount $ 192,888
Step 2: Determine Greater of $1M or Last 4 Deposits
$1 Million, or $ 1,000,000
Last 4 years' deposits $ 1,600,994
2022-23 $ 1,541,535
2021-22 $ 14,301
2020-21 $ 1,712
2019-20 $ 43,446
Result: Larger Number $ 1,600,994
Step 3: Excess Surplus is Amount Step 1 Exceeds Step 2, if Any (1) Unencumbered Amount $ 192,888
(2) Less: Larger Number From Step 2 $ 1,600,994
Excess Surplus None
Source: City of Cloverdale
Table 4
Excess Surplus FY 2023-24
1 Encumbered funds include $1.5 million received from the sale of Thyme Square in FY 2022-23 that are restricted by a right of reverter in the grant deed. 80 Cloverdale Housing Successor Annual Report FY 2023-24 Transfers to Other Housing Successors
There were no transfers to another housing successor entity for a joint project pursuant to HSC Section 34176.1(c)(2).
Project Name / Address Unit No.
100 loli Ranch Circle 1
101 loli Ranch Circle 1
102 loli Ranch Circle 1
103 loli Ranch Circle 1
104 loli Ranch Circle 1
105 loll Ranch Circle 1
106 loli Ranch Circle 1
108 loli Ranch Circle 1
111 loli Ranch Circle 1
200 loli Ranch Circle 1
203 loli Ranch Circle 1
204 loli Ranch Circle 1
205 loli Ranch Circle 1
206 loli Ranch Circle 1
208 loli Ranch Circle 1
209 loli Ranch Circle 1
211 loli Ranch Circle 1
212 loli Ranch Circle 1
218 loli Ranch Circle 1
222 loli Ranch Circle 1
224 loli Ranch Circle 1
303 loli Ranch Circle 1
305 loli Ranch Circle 1
309 loli Ranch Circle 1
311 loli Ranch Circle 1
Total 25
Source: City of Cloverdale
Table 5
Homeownership Unit Inventory
81 Cloverdale Housing Successor Annual Report FY 2023-24 APPENDIX 1 – HOUSING ASSET TRANSFER FORM
The Housing Asset Transfer Form is attached as a separate document. 82 83
84 Cloverdale Housing Successor Annual Report FY 2023-24 APPENDIX 2 - HOUSING SUCCESSOR ANNUAL REPORT
REQUIREMENTS
Health and Safety Code Section 34176.1(f)
Housing Asset
Fund
Revenues &
Expenditures
Total amount deposited in the Housing Asset Fund for the fiscal year.
Amount of deposits funded by a Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule (“ROPS”).
Statement of balance at the close of the fiscal year.
Description of Expenditures for the fiscal year, broken out as follows:
• Homeless prevention and rapid rehousing
• Administrative and monitoring
• Housing development expenses by income level assisted Description of any transfers to another housing successor for a joint project.
Other Assets
and Active
Projects
Description of any project(s) funded through the ROPS.
Update on property disposition efforts (note that housing successors may only hold property for up to five years, unless it is already developed with affordable housing).
Other “portfolio” balances, including:
• Statutory value of any real property either transferred from the CCDA or purchased by the Housing Asset Fund
• Value of loans and grants receivable
Inventory of homeownership units assisted by the CCDA or the housing successor that are subject to covenants or restrictions or to an adopted program that protects the CCDA’s investment of monies from the Low and Moderate Income Housing Fund.
Obligations &
Proportionality
Description of any outstanding production obligations of the CCDA that were inherited by the Housing Successor.
Compliance with proportionality requirements (income group targets), which must be upheld on a five-year cycle.
Percentage of deed-restricted rental housing restricted to seniors and assisted by the CCDA, the Housing Successor, or the City within the past ten years compared to the total number of units assisted by any of those three agencies.
Amount of any excess surplus, and, if any, the plan for eliminating it. 85 Cloverdale Housing Successor Annual Report FY 2023-24 APPENDIX 3 – HOUSING ASSET FUND EXPENDITURE
REQUIREMENTS
Health and Safety Code Section 34176.1
Expense
Category Limits Allowable Uses
Administration
and
Compliance
Monitoring
Measured
Annually
$263,100
maximum for
FY 2023-24
(limit varies
each year)
Administrative activities such as:
• Professional services (consultant fees, auditor fees, etc.) • Staff salaries, benefits, and overhead for time spent on Housing Successor administration
• Compliance monitoring to ensure compliance with affordable housing and loan agreements
• Property maintenance at Housing Successor-owned properties Capped at $200,000 adjusted annually for inflation or 5% of the statutory value of real property owned by the housing successor and the value of loans and grants receivable from the HAT (“Portfolio”), whichever is greater.
Homeless
Prevention and
Rapid
Rehousing
Solutions
Measured
Annually
$250,000
maximum per
fiscal year
Services for individuals and families who are homeless or would be homeless but for this assistance, including:
• Contributions toward the construction of local or regional homeless shelters
• Housing relocation and stabilization services including housing search, mediation, or outreach to property owners
• Short-term or medium-term rental assistance
• Security or utility deposits
• Utility payments
• Moving cost assistance
• Credit repair
• Case management
• Other appropriate activities for homelessness prevention and rapid rehousing of persons who have become homeless.
Affordable
Housing
Development
No spending
limit, but must
comply with
income and
age targets
“Development” includes:
• New construction
• Acquisition and rehabilitation
• Substantial rehabilitation
• Acquisition of long-term affordability covenants on multifamily units
• Preservation of at-risk units whose affordable rent restrictions would otherwise expire over the next five years
86 Cloverdale Housing Successor Annual Report FY 2023-24 Health and Safety Code Section 34176.1
Expense
Category Limits Allowable Uses
Income
Targets
Fixed FiveYear
Compliance
Period
(currently FYs
2019-20 to
2023-24)
Every five years (currently fiscal years ending 2020-2024), Housing Asset Funds must meet income targets:
• At least 30% on extremely low income rental households (up to 30% AMI or “Area Median Income”)
• No more than 20% on low income households (60-80% AMI) Moderate and above moderate income households may not be assisted (above 80% AMI).
Failure to comply with the extremely low income requirement in any five-year compliance period will result in having to ensure that 50 percent of remaining funds be spent on extremely low income rental units until in compliance.
Exceeding the expenditure limit for low households earning between 60-80% AMI in any five-year reporting period will result in not being able to expend any funds on these income categories until in compliance.
Age Targets
Rolling TenYear Period
(looks back at
prior ten
years)
For the prior ten years (resets every year), a maximum of 50% of deed-restricted rental housing units assisted by the Housing Successor or its host jurisdiction may be restricted to seniors.
If a housing successor fails to comply, Housing Asset Funds may not be spent on deed-restricted rental housing restricted to seniors until in compliance.
87 City Council/Successor Agency
Agenda Item Summary Agenda Item:
Meeting Date:
F.3
March 26, 2025
Agenda Section:
New Business
Staff Contact:
Kevin Thompson, City Manager
Shannon Peterson, Finance & HR Manager
Agenda Item Title:
Consideration of Resolution Amending the City Personnel System, Approving the Position Description and Proposed Salary for a Public Works & Parks Superintendent Job Classification and Amending the Budget ________________________________________________________________________________________ Recommended Council Action(s):
Adopt a Resolution Entitled “A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Cloverdale Amending the City Personnel System to Create a Public Works& Parks Superintendent Classification, Approving the Salary Range for the Classification and Amending the Budget.”
_______________________________________________________________________________________ Background:
The City currently employs a Parks Superintendent responsible for maintaining and operating City parks, open spaces, and recreational facilities. Due to evolving operational needs, this role will be expanded to include additional public works responsibilities, such as overseeing streets, sidewalks, storm drains, water distribution, supervising public works staff, and city-wide infrastructure maintenance. To align with these changes, the City Manager proposes reclassifying the Parks Superintendent position to Public Works & Parks Superintendent.
_______________________________________________________________________________________ Summary:
Per the City’s personnel system (CMC 2.48.050(a)), job classifications require periodic review and updates to ensure they accurately reflect the duties performed. Since the City adopted position descriptions in 2005, modifications have been made as needed. Maintaining a competitive and equitable compensation structure is essential for attracting and retaining a skilled workforce.
The reclassification of the Parks Superintendent to Public Works & Parks Superintendent is proposed to better align the role with the City’s operational needs. This adjustment enhances the efficiency of asset management, ensures regulatory compliance, and improves service delivery. City staff conducted a salary survey of comparator cities and reviewed internal classifications to ensure fair compensation based on scope, duties, and responsibilities.
Under the City’s Personnel System (Rule 1, Section 29 and Rule 4, Section 5), positions are reclassified when their responsibilities substantially change. If approved, the current Parks Superintendent will transition into the new classification. This position will be added to the Unaffiliated Compensation Plan as an exempt role, while the existing Parks Superintendent classification will remain within the plan. ________________________________________________________________________________________ 88 City Council/Successor Agency Agenda Item Summary
Meeting Date: March 26, 2025
Options:
1. Adopt the resolution approving the Public Works & Parks Superintendent position.
2. Reject the resolution and maintain the existing classification.
3. Provide staff with alternative direction.
________________________________________________________________________________________ Subcommittee Recommendation:
The Administration Subcommittee reviewed and recommended approval of this reclassification at its March 11, 2025, meeting.
________________________________________________________________________________________ Budget/Financial Impact:
The fiscal impact of creating the Public Works & Parks Superintendent position is minimal. The salary range is $9,129.49 - $11,096.95 per month. The estimated increase for FY 2024-2025 is $2,038.
Description Annual Amount Apr-June 2024
General Fund $ (95,816) $ (23,954)
Streets Fund $ 60,923 $ 15,231
L & L Funds $ (542) $ (136)
Water Fund $ 32,692 $ 8,173
Sewer Fund $ 10,897 $ 2,724
Total $ 8,154 $ 2,038
_______________________________________________________________________________________ Attachments:
1. Resolution
2. Public Works & Parks Superintendent Job Classification
3. Public Works & Parks Superintendent Salary Schedule
4. Budget Amendment Form
89 CITY OF CLOVERDALE
CITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION NO. _______
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CLOVERDALE AMENDING THE CITY
PERSONNEL SYSTEM TO CREATE A PUBLIC WORKS & PARKS SUPERINTENDENT CLASSIFICATION,
APPROVING THE SALARY RANGE FOR THE CLASSIFICATION AND AMENDING THE BUDGET WHEREAS, the City of Cloverdale currently employs a Parks Superintendent responsible for overseeing City parks, open spaces, and recreational facilities; and
WHEREAS, operational needs have evolved, expanding the responsibilities of this role to include additional public works functions, such as streets, sidewalks, storm drains, water distribution, supervising public works staff, and citywide infrastructure maintenance; and WHEREAS, the City Manager recommends reclassifying the Parks Superintendent position to Public Works & Parks Superintendent to accurately reflect the expanded scope of duties; and WHEREAS, the City’s Personnel System (CMC 2.48.050(a)) mandates periodic updates to job classifications to ensure accurate representation of job duties; and
WHEREAS, a salary survey of comparator cities and internal classifications was conducted to ensure fair compensation in accordance with past practices; and
WHEREAS, the Public Works & Parks Superintendent classification will be added to the Unaffiliated Compensation Plan as an exempt position; and
WHEREAS, the cost of the Public Works & Parks Superintendent reclassification will require an amendment to the City of Cloverdale FY 2024-2025 budget as identified in Exhibit C – Budget Amendment Form in the amount of $2,038.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council City of Cloverdale does hereby amend the City’s Personnel System to update the classification of Public Works & Parks Superintendent with a position description attached as Exhibit A and establishes the salary range of $9,129.49 - $11,096.95 per month which may be amended from time to time based on Council action for unaffiliated employees; and making minor amendments, in a form approved by the City Attorney
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that compensation for these positions may be expressed either in terms of monthly salary or corresponding hourly rates.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the position of Public Works & Parks Superintendent shall be added to the City’s Unaffiliated Compensation Plan.
The foregoing Resolution was duly introduced and adopted by the City Council of the City of Cloverdale at its regular meeting held on the 26th day of March 2025 by the following roll call vote:
AYES: ( )
NOES: ( )
ABSTAIN:( )
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ABSENT: ( )
APPROVED: ATTEST:
_______________________ ____________________________
Todd Lands, Mayor Mike Maloney, City Clerk
Exhibit A – Public Works & Parks Superintendent Job Classification and Exhibit B – Salary Schedule
Exhibit C – Budget Amendment Form
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FLSA: EXEMPT
PUBLIC WORKS & PARKS SUPERINTENDENT
Class specifications are only intended to present a descriptive summary of the range of duties and responsibilities associated with specified positions. Therefore, specifications may not include all duties performed by individuals within a classification. In addition, specifications are intended to outline the minimum qualifications necessary for entry into the class and do not necessarily convey the qualifications of incumbents within the position.
DEFINITION
Under administrative direction, manages City public works and parks operations, including streets, sidewalks, storm drains, water distribution, parks, open spaces, and other public infrastructure. May assist with sewer line issues in emergency situations. Responsibilities include planning, organizing, and evaluating daily operations and activities of the Public Works and Parks Department and its staff, including supervising maintenance workers. This includes maintenance, construction, and development of City-owned properties, common landscaped areas, public utilities, playground equipment, irrigation systems, facilities inspections, maintenance, and repairs.
DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS
The Public Works & Parks Superintendent is a management-level class. The incumbent plans, organizes, directs, and coordinates the activities of the Public Works and Parks Department, which includes maintenance, construction, and operation of City infrastructure, including parks, streets, storm drains, water distribution, and other public assets. This position is responsible for all the parks division’s operation including recreation programs. Decisions regarding parks are at the discretion of this position. This position collaborates with other City departments and outside entities on public works and parks activities and provides highly complex staff 92
assistance to the Public Works Director. This position ensures that public works and parks maintenance programs and services align with City objectives and regulatory requirements.
DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS
The Public Works & Parks Superintendent is a key management-level position responsible for overseeing the planning, organization, direction, and coordination of activities within the Public Works and Parks Department. This role ensures the effective maintenance, construction, and operation of essential City infrastructure, including parks, streets, storm drains, water distribution systems, and other public assets.
The Public Works & Parks Superintendent manages all park operations, including recreation programs, and has full discretion over decisions related to park maintenance and development.
This position plays a pivotal role in collaborating with City departments, external agencies, and stakeholders to enhance public works and park services. Additionally, the Public Works & Parks Superintendent provides high-level staff support to the Public Works Director, ensuring the efficient and strategic management of City infrastructure and services.
SUPERVISION RECEIVED AND EXERCISED
Receives direction from the Public Works Director. Exercises direct and general supervision over assigned staff, including maintenance crews and supervisory personnel within the Public Works and Parks Department. Provides leadership and oversight to the supervisory personnel, ensuring the coordination and prioritization of maintenance activities related to streets, sidewalks, storm drains, graffiti removal, water mains and meters, sewer, dead animal disposal, cemetery and airport maintenance, streetlights, and traffic signs. Ensures safe work practices, quality control, and regulatory compliance while overseeing day-to-day field operations. May exercise indirect supervision over contractors and external maintenance teams to ensure compliance with city standards.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS (include but are not limited to the following):
• Plan, organize, and supervise public works and parks maintenance activities, ensuring the effective use of resources and personnel.
• Prioritize daily tasks, projects, and allocation of staff and resources, addressing complex issues involving both public and City staff.
• Participate in and oversee daily maintenance activities and special projects as necessary.
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• Supervise public works and parks maintenance staff to ensure efficient and effective completion of work assignments, including park maintenance, repairs, and inspections. • Develop schedules, methods, and procedures to enhance efficiency and effectiveness of maintenance programs.
• Estimate time, materials, and equipment needed for projects; maintain detailed records and reports.
• Assist with budget preparation and implementation, forecasting additional funds for staffing, equipment, and materials: administer the approved budget. • Recruit, interview, and select staff; provide or coordinate staff training; conduct performance evaluations; implement discipline procedures as required; maintain discipline and high standards necessary for the efficient and professional operation of the department.
• Negotiate and manage contracts related to Parks and Public Works maintenance, facilities, and open space land.
• Prepare and present reports, agenda items, and documentation for City Council and Committees.
• Oversee assessment and maintenance of trees and landscaped areas within City boundaries, responding to public requests and complaints. • Ensure compliance with safety regulations, policies, and procedures while implementing training programs for staff.
• Represent the Public Works and Parks departments to outside agencies, organizations, and community groups; collaborate with non-profits and government entities on recreational programs and services.
• Respond to emergency situations in collaboration with other City departments, including but not limited to water distribution system repairs, sewer line issues, and disaster response.
• Maintain strong working relationships with City staff, contractors, and the public, providing excellent customer service.
• Work independently and as part of a team, making sound decisions within established guidelines.
• Analyze complex issues and develop effective solutions. • Communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing. • Ensure compliance with all regulatory requirements affecting public works and parks operations.
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Plan, organize, and oversee the work of subordinate staff while supervising operations related to streets, sidewalks, storm drains, graffiti removal, water mains and meters, sewers, dead animal disposal, cemetery and airport maintenance, streetlights, traffic signs, and trees and parks maintenance. Estimate time, materials, and equipment required for projects. Read and interpret plans and specifications accurately. Coordinate and conduct staff training programs.
Respond to community concerns, providing clear and effective resolutions. Interpret and apply relevant laws, codes, and regulations. Maintain accurate records and reports.
Prioritize and follow up on assignments while working independently or collaboratively. Make sound decisions within established guidelines and analyze complex issues to implement appropriate solutions. Ensure adherence to safety principles and maintain a safe work environment. Select, train, and evaluate staff. Maintain inspection records, field data, and reports. Perform mathematical computations and consult effectively with management, staff, and the public. Serve as a liaison between public agencies, assist in budget development, and ensure regulatory compliance. Communicate clearly, both verbally and in writing, while fostering strong working relationships.
QUALIFICATIONS (The following are minimal qualifications necessary for entry into the classification.)
EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE
Any combination of education and experience that has provided the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary for a Parks Superintendent. An example of obtaining the required qualifications is to possess five years of experience skilled maintenance work in a relevant field, in addition to three years in a supervisory or lead capacity; and a minimum High School Diploma, college courses, or Associate Degree. Municipal experience preferred.
LICENSE/CERTIFICATE
Possession of, or the ability to obtain, a valid class C California driver’s license depending on assignment and state law requirements, may be required to possess a Grade I or II Water Distribution Certificate issued by the California State Department of Health Services. Other desirable certifications include:
• ISA Certified Arborist Certificate
• Pesticide Qualified Applicator License
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• Certified Playground Safety Inspector Certificate within one year of hire • CPR for infant, child, and adult, and Standard First Aid Certificates within six months of appointment.
• Any other licenses/certifications required for specific duties within public works and parks maintenance.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
Must possess mobility to work in an office setting and field environments, including traversing uneven terrain, operating vehicles, and using standard office and maintenance equipment.
Requires strength and stamina to lift, carry, push, and pull materials and objects up to 100 pounds. Involves frequent walking, standing, bending, stooping, kneeling, reaching, and climbing. May work in confined spaces, at heights, and in inclement weather conditions.
Exposure to loud noise levels, dust, chemicals, mechanical/electrical hazards, and hazardous physical substances is possible. Must have vision to read printed materials and computer screens and hearing and speech to communicate in person and over the telephone or radio.
WORKING CONDITIONS
Employees in this classification work both indoors in an office setting and outdoors in a variety of weather conditions. Work environments include exposure to loud noise levels, cold and hot temperatures, road hazards, vibration, confined spaces, chemicals, mechanical and electrical hazards, and hazardous physical substances and fumes. Employees may interact with upset staff and/or public and private representatives, and contractors in interpreting and enforcing departmental policies and procedures. Work may require irregular hours, standby, and emergency response duties.
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Public Works & Parks Superintendent 1 $52.6701 $4,213.61 $9,129.49 $109,553.84 2 $55.3036 $4,424.29 $9,585.96 $115,031.53
3 $58.0688 $4,645.50 $10,065.26 $120,783.11
4 $60.9722 $4,877.78 $10,568.52 $126,822.27
5 $64.0209 $5,121.67 $11,096.95 $133,163.38
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REVENUES AND OTHER FINANCING SOURCES
Fund Dept Amendment
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REVENUE TOTAL -
EXPENDITURES AND OTHER FINANCING USES
Fund Dept Amendment
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210 40-402 15,231
600 40-801 8,173
630 40-801 2,724
EXPENDITURE TOTAL 2,038
PURPOSE
Date Date
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41110-000
41110-000
41110-000
Addition of one Water Operator in Training position to the Water Department Full Time Wages
Full Time Wages
Full Time Wages
Department Head Finance Director
Date Prepared
March 12, 2025
Account Description Account No.
Public Works
Account No.
Full Time Wages
Requesting Department
Account Description
Prepared By
Shannon Peterson
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Agenda Item Summary Agenda Item:
Meeting Date:
H.1
March 26, 2025
Agenda Section:
New Business
Staff Contact:
Susie Holmes, Finance Director
Agenda Item Title
City of Cloverdale Audited Financial Statements FY 2023/24 _______________________________________________________________________________________ Recommended Council Action(s):
Review and accept by motion the Fiscal Year 2023/24 City of Cloverdale Audited Financial Statements ________________________________________________________________________________________ Background:
Local governments are required to have an independent auditor review their finances each year and produce an Independent Auditors’ Report. The Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) provides principles and guidelines against which that jurisdiction’s finances are evaluated.
Regardless of how many Funds a jurisdiction may use for accounting purposes, GASB Statement 34 requires that for purposes of its audit, a city’s Funds are grouped into three broad categories; major governmental funds, major enterprise (or business) funds, and non-major funds. Major Funds are those that have assets, liabilities, revenues, or expenditures equal to or greater than 10% of their Fund Type total, five percent of the grand total of all the City’s Funds.
Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) 34 was intended to improve the public’s ability to read and understand the audits of public agencies. Among its components was the creation of the Management’s Discussion and Analysis (MD&A), which offers a narrative summary of the jurisdiction’s annual financial condition.
Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) 68, Accounting and Financial Reporting for Pensions, was required for fiscal years beginning after June 15, 2014. Its purpose is to improve state and local governments' accounting and financial reporting for pensions and pension liabilities.
Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) 75, Accounting and Financial Reporting for Postemployment benefits other than pensions were required for years beginning after June 2017. Its purpose is to improve accounting and financial reporting by state and local governments for postemployment benefits other than pensions.
Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) 87, Leases, was required for years beginning after June 15, 2021. Its purpose is to better meet the information needs of the financial statement users by improving accounting and financial reporting for leases by governments.
An Audit is typically made up of a cover letter from the independent auditor; the MD&A; the Basic Financial Statements, including Notes; Required Supplementary Information (RSI), including comparisons between budget and actual; Supplementary information, including combining balance sheets; and Other Reports, including reports on internal control, a summary of findings, and a summary of prior year findings. __________________________________________________________________________________ 100
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Meeting Date: February 26, 2025
Summary:
The City’s Independent Auditing firm conducting the Annual Audit of the FY 2023/24 City of Cloverdale Financial Statements is Terry Krieg, CPA. Terry Krieg is a certified public accountant who primarily provides audit and accounting services to non-profit organizations and local governmental agencies.
The Annual Financial Report includes Management’s Discussion and Analysis (MD&A), which presents a simple narrative introduction, overview, and analysis of the City’s financial activities for the June 30, 2024 fiscal year. The MD&A is found on Page 4-12 of the audit report. Outlined below are key financial highlights in the MD&A:
The City’s total net position on June 30, 2024, was $114,246,027, an increase of $6,564,678 over the prior year.
Total City revenues, including program and general revenues, were $25,014,862, an increase of $3,319,480 from the prior year; charges for service increased by $575,289; grants and contributions increased by $378,522; capital grants and contributions increased by $3,495,094; while taxes decreased by $146,546. Total expenses were $18,450,184, an increase of $2,602,022 or 16.4% over the prior year. Governmental Activities Program Revenues were $7,132,264 an increase of $2,712,247 from fiscal year 2023’s $4,420,017. An increase in charges for services and overhead account for $20,931 of the change, operating grants and contributions increased by $407,706, while Capital grants and contributions increased $2,283,610. Tax revenue was $8,514,376 in 2024, which represents a 1.7% decrease from the prior year.
Governmental Activities Program Expenses were $12,058,846 in fiscal year 2024, an increase of $1,695,826 from 2023 which was $10,363,020.
Program revenues from Business-Type Activities were $9,207,535 in fiscal year 2024, up from $7,470,877 the prior year. This year, Business-type activities revenue is comprised of services charges which increased 5.2% or $554,358 primarily due to rate increases enacted in July 2023. Capital Grants and Contributions increased 255.5% to $2,579,428.
Governmental Activities revenues, excluding operating and capital grants and contributions, were $12,473,281, a decrease of $73,144 over fiscal year 2023. General fund balance is $9,011,532, an increase of $1,020,099 from the prior year’s fund balance of $7,991,433.
Terry Krieg, CPA, will attend the City Council meeting to present the report and answer questions from the Council and the public.
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N/A
________________________________________________________________________________________ Subcommittee Recommendation:
N/A
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1. Audited Financial Statements FY 2023-24
2. Other signed FY 2023/24 Audited Financial Reports:
a. Appropriations Limit
b. Management Letter
c. Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting, Compliance and Other Matters d. Report to those charged with Governance.
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City Council
Agenda Item Summary Agenda Item:
Meeting Date:
H.2
March 26, 2025
Agenda Section:
New Business
Staff Contact:
Alex Mog, City Attorney
Agenda Item Title:
Citizen Oversight Committee for Sales Tax and Utilities User Tax Recommended Council Action(s):
Provide staff with direction regarding the recruitment process and structure of a Citizen Oversight Committee for the City’s Sales Tax and Utilities User Tax.
________________________________________________________________________________________ Background:
At the November 5, 2024 municipal elections, Cloverdale voters approved Measure DD, with 57.02% of voters voting in favor of the measure. Measure DD authorizes a 0.75% local sales tax, which is estimated to generate approximately $1.6 million annually for Cloverdale’s General Fund, which can be used for various purposes, such as maintaining streets, enhancing public safety, improving parks, and funding other community services. The new sales tax will go into effect on April 1, 2025.
Measure DD is codified as Cloverdale Municipal Code Chapter 3.50. Section 3.50.160 requires the City Council to appoint a three-member oversight committee to review and report on the receipt of revenue and expenditures of funds from Measure DD.
In November 2020, Cloverdale voters approved an extension of the City’s existing Utilities Users Tax (UTT).
The UUT is codified in Cloverdale Municipal Code Chapter 3.40. Section 3.40.290 requires the City Council to appoint a three-member oversight committee to review and report on the receipt of revenue and expenditures of funds from the UUT.
Both measures provide that the Citizen Oversight Committee must be appointed beginning in fiscal year 2025-2026, and every fifth fiscal year thereafter, to review and report on the revenue and expenditures to the City Council regarding the tax. The ordinance provides the committee will consist of three members and requires the members be appointed by the City Council. By June 30, 2025, the City Council must, by resolution, establish the composition of the Committee, set terms of office for members, and define the scope of the Committee’s responsibilities. The Council must make the appointments to the Committee by December 31, 2025.
Measure DD and the UUT only require the Oversight Committee to meet every 5th fiscal year, but the Council can require annual meetings if desires. The Oversight Committee is required to review the annual audit and other financial reports related to the collection and expenditure of funds for Measure DD and the UUT, and then provide an report to the City Council as part of the budget process. For example, the Oversight Committee will review the collection and expenditure of funds for FY 24-25 in early 2026, after the annual audit is complete. The Committee will then report to the Council in spring of 2026, as part of the Council’s consideration of the FY 26-27 budget.
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The Council may appoint one committee to serve as the Citizen Oversight Committee for both the City’s sales tax measure and UUT.
________________________________________________________________________________________ Discussion:
The ordinance does not provide a specific process for selection of members. The Council may discuss and provide staff with direction for a procedure to select members, such as advertising the vacancies and providing the Council with applications for consideration at a future meeting. The Council may also want to establish certain criteria for membership such as preference for applicants with experience in in accounting, auditing, or municipal finance.
The attached example draft bylaws including provisions detailing:
• The roles and responsibilities for the Oversight Committee • Membership guidelines
• Meeting obligations.
Once provided direction, staff will return at a future Council meeting with a proposed resolution to establish the Committee and adopting a formal set of By-laws. The City will begin the member recruitment process after July 1.
________________________________________________________________________________________ Options:
1. Provide direction to staff the recruitment process and structure of a Citizen Oversight Committee
2. Defer providing direction until a later date
________________________________________________________________________________________ Subcommittee Recommendation:
N/A
________________________________________________________________________________________ Budget/Financial Impact:
Some nominals amount of funds will be expended to administer the Committee. ________________________________________________________________________________________ Attachments:
1. Sample Bylaws for Measure DD Citizen Oversight Committee 201
BYLAWS OF THE CITIZEN OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
CITY OF CLOVERDALE
A. PURPOSE
Cloverdale voters previously approved a 0.75 cent sales tax (Measure DD) and a Utilities User Tax (UUT). Pursuant to Cloverdale Municipal Code section 3.50.160 and 3.40.290, the Oversight Committee shall review the revenue and expenditure from: 1) Measure DD and 2) the UUT, respectively. The Oversight Committee shall have oversight of revenues generated by and expenses related to the Measure DD Sales Tax and the UUT. The Oversight Committee serves in only an advisory role to the City Council. The City Council retains final authority in all decisions. Both Measure DD and UUT are general taxes, which means the revenue may be expended for any legal purpose.
B. ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The role of the Oversight Committee is to review the audit of the City that includes revenue raised by Measure DD and the UUT and other financial reports necessary to advise the City Council of its findings and make recommendations. The Committee will present an annual report documenting its findings to the City Council.
1. The Oversight Committee Member position is a volunteer, non-paid position whose roles and responsibilities will include the following:
• To serve in an advisory-only capacity to the City Council; • To provide oversight of the revenues and expenses pertaining to the revenue generate by Measure DD and the UUT;
• To review the annual audit of the City pertaining to the revenue and expenses related to the portion of the sales tax generated by Measure DD; • To review the finance manager’s report that reviews the status and performance of the programs and services funded wholly or partially with proceeds of the UUT and Measure DD;
• To review other City financial reports pertaining to the revenue generated by and expenses related to the portion of the sales tax generated by Measure DD revenue and expenses;
• Providing Council with an annual report;
• Additional reports to Council can be provided to Council at the committee and/or Council’s discretion (all reports must be in writing and agendized pursuant to the Brown Act).
2. The Oversight Committee roles and responsibilities will not include the following:
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• Oversight on funds generated independent of Measure DD or the UUT; • Decision-making on spending priorities.
3. The Oversight Committee’s findings regarding the prior fiscal year will be presented annually in a report to the City Council as part of its budget considerations for the next fiscal year.
4. The City Council retains final authority in decisions for all aspects of the sales tax revenue.
C. MEMBERSHIP GUIDELINES
1. Membership. The Oversight Committee shall consist of three members who are residents of the City of Cloverdale. Preference shall be given to applicants who demonstrate experience in accounting, auditing, or municipal finance. Members shall be appointed by the City Council, and serve at the pleasure of the City Council.
2. Term. The Oversight Committee will commence on July 1, 2025 and serve a term of one (1) year for the fiscal year during which they are appointed. Every fifth (5th) fiscal year, the City Council shall appoint a new Oversight Committee to serve for that fiscal year.
No member of the committee shall serve more than two consecutive terms.
3. Attendance. An Oversight Committee member’s failure to attend two consecutive meetings in any calendar year shall result in his or her removal from the Committee at the discretion of the City Council. Absences may not be excused; however, an Oversight Committee member may request a leave of absence as outlined in these bylaws. For quorum confirmation, a member who needs to miss a meeting shall inform the staff liaison designated by the City Manager at least 48 hours before the next meeting.
D. QUORUM
A quorum of the Oversight Committee shall consist of a minimum of two members. A quorum must be present in order for the Oversight Committee to hold a meeting.
E. OFFICERS AND DUTIES
1. The officers shall be:
a. The Chairperson and
b. The Vice-Chairperson.
2. The Chairperson shall:
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a. Preside at all regular and special meetings.
b. Rule on all points of order and procedure during the meetings. c. Provide recommendations to staff liaison regarding agenda items.
3. The Vice Chairperson shall assume all duties of the Chairperson in his or her absence or disability.
F. TERMS AND VACANCIES
The officers will be selected by the membership for a one-year term. The election of officers shall take place each year at an annual meeting to be held within the first quarter of the calendar year. The terms of officers shall commence as of the date of that meeting and shall continue until the annual meeting in the following year.
G. MEETINGS
The Oversight Committee will meet at least once during the fiscal year for which they are appointed. Oversight Committee members are expected to attend all meetings.
1. All meetings are subject to the Brown Act as set forth in Government Code sections 54950 and following. Accordingly, all meetings shall be noticed and agendas for all meetings shall be prepared and posted in accordance with the current City Council meeting procedures. All agendas shall be distributed in accordance with City Council meeting procedures and the Brown Act.
H. FORM 700 FILINGS
1. Members of the Oversight Committee are required to file Form 700s, in accordance with applicable law.
I. STAFF LIAISON
The Oversight Committee shall have a staff liaison designated by the City Manager. The staff liaison shall:
1. Receive and record all exhibits, petitions, documents, or other material presented to the Committee in support of, or in opposition to, any question before the Committee.
2. Sign all meeting minutes.
3. Prepare and distribute agendas and agenda packets.
The staff liaison assigned to the Oversight Committee will be responsive to the Committee’s request for information. The City staff liaison, or designee, will attend all Oversight Committee meetings.
J. ADOPTION
This document, as adopted by City Council Resolution X, shall serve as the Bylaws for the Citizen Oversight Committee.
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Agency
Agenda Item Summary
Agenda Item:
Meeting Date:
H.3
March 26, 2025
Agenda Section:
New Business
Staff Contact:
Kevin Thompson, City Manager
Derrick Montanye, Public Works Director
Agenda Item Title:
Proposed Outside Service Area Agreement (OSAA) to provide domestic water service to Clearwater Ranch properties in advance of annexation to the City of Cloverdale.
Recommended Council Action(s):
Adopt the attached Resolution approving the OSAA and direct staff to file the OSAA with the Sonoma County Local Agency Formation Commission
________________________________________________________________________________________ Background/Summary:
On January 22, 2025, the Council directed staff to return with an Outside Service Area Agreement for the Clearwater Ranch. The Outside Service Area Agreement (OSAA) allows the extension of City water service to its site, which is currently located outside City limits (Attachment 1). This request follows the discovery of a failing and unsafe well, which led to a citation from the State Water Resources Control Board. While Clearwater Ranch has explored potential filtration solutions, a viable long-term option has not been identified. In the interim, the ranch has been purchasing water from the city via a fire hydrant meter.
With the recent passage of Ballot Measure CC, which amends the City’s Urban Growth Boundary, Clearwater Ranch is now eligible to pursue an annexation into the City. However, the annexation process is lengthy and given the immediate need for a reliable water source, an OSAA is the most practical short-term solution.
________________________________________________________________________________________ Discussion:
City staff has completed the drafting of the OSAA, which will allow Clearwater Ranch to connect to the City’s water system upon approval by the City Council and subsequent authorization from the Sonoma County Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO).
Key conditions of the agreement include:
• Payment of applicable development impact fees to the city. • Obtaining an encroachment permit from the Public Works Department. • Compliance with all City regulations governing water service connections.
To ensure timely water provision to Clearwater Ranch, the City Council’s approval of the OSAA is required before LAFCO can review and approve the extension of City water services beyond City boundaries.
Approval of the agreement will enable Clearwater Ranch to formally connect to the existing water infrastructure, ensuring safe and reliable drinking water for its residents.
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Precedent and Environmental Considerations:
The City has approved similar OSAA requests in the past, including:
• 2014 – Renner card-lock truck fueling station on South Cloverdale Boulevard. • 2017 – Nu Forest Mill
________________________________________________________________________________________ Options:
1) Adopt the attached Resolution approving the OSAA and direct staff to file the OSAA with the Sonoma County Local Agency Formation Commission; or
2) Do not approve the Resolution approving the OSAA, which may delay Clearwater Ranch's provision of water to the site.
________________________________________________________________________________________ Subcommittee Recommendation:
Bring forward for Council consideration.
________________________________________________________________________________________ Budget/Financial Impact:
This action would not result in a budget or financial impact on the City of Cloverdale. Clearwater Ranch would pay the costs to extend necessary water lines and related improvements, as well as water connection fees, water service fees, and a fee for the encroachment permit. ________________________________________________________________________________________ Attachments:
1. Draft City Council Resolution approving the OSAA
2. Exhibit A - Draft Outside Service Area Agreement document Agreement 206
CITY COUNCIL
CITY OF CLOVERDALE
RESOLUTION NO. XX- 2025
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CLOVERDALE CONDITIONALLY APPROVING AN OUTSIDE SERVICE AREA AGREEMENT (OSAA) FOR 661- 695 CHERRY CREEK ROAD (APN 115-239- 008) ALLOWING THE PROPERTY OWNED BY CLEARWATER RANCH, TO CONNECT TO THE CITY’S
WATER SYSTEM AND DIRECTING STAFF TO FILE THE OSAA APPLICATION WITH THE SONOMA
COUNTY LOCAL AGENCY FORMATION COMMISSION
WHEREAS, Clearwater Ranch has approached the City of Cloverdale about connecting to City Water due to a failing water system; and
WHEREAS, the City Council discussed the item at the January 22, 2025, meeting and directed staff to draft an Outside Service Agreement for the extension of water to the Clearwater Ranch site; and WHEREAS, the owners of Assessor Parcel number 115-239-008, have submitted a signed Outside Utility Service Agreement for connection to such water service; and NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Cloverdale hereby authorizes the City Manager to sign the Outside Utility Service Agreement with the owners of Assessor Parcel number 115-239- 008 and allow the connection from the water line to the site after the appropriate connection fees have been obtained and the appropriate permits have been processed through the City.
It is hereby certified that the foregoing Resolution No. was duly introduced and adopted by the City Council of the City of Cloverdale at its regular meeting held on this 26 day of March 2025 by the following roll call vote:
Yes ()
No ()
Abstain ()
Absent ()
APPROVED: ATTEST:
_________________________ __________________________
Todd Lands, Mayor Mike Maloney, City Clerk
Attachments:
Exhibit A – Outside Service Agreement
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RECORDING REQUESTED BY AND
WHEN:
RECORDED MAIL TO:
City of Cloverdale
Attn: City Clerk
124 N. Cloverdale Boulevard
Cloverdale CA 95425
Exempt from Recording Fees per Government
Code §§6103, 27383
APN: 115-230-008 SPACE ABOVE THIS LINE FOR RECORDER'S USE ONLY Agreement for Water Service Outside City Boundaries
This Agreement for Water Service Outside City Boundaries (“Agreement”) is entered into by and between the City of Cloverdale, a California Municipal Corporation (“City”), and Clearwater Ranch Community LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Owner”) as of ____________________, 2025. City and Owner are hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Parties,” and singularly as a “Party.”
WHEREAS, Owner owns a parcel that is approximately 84 acres in size and is located in the County of Sonoma, also identified as Assessor’s Parcel Number 115-230-008 (“Property”), which is more particularly described and depicted in Exhibit A, which is attached to and made a part of this Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the Property is outside the City’s jurisdictional boundary; and WHEREAS, the Property (or portions thereof) are located outside the City’s sphere of influence as adopted pursuant to California Government Code section 564525 et seq., as well as outside the City’s current urban services area; and
WHEREAS, the Property is within the City of Cloverdale Urban Growth Boundary; and WHEREAS, there are existing improvements on the Property requiring water service.
The improvements generally consist of 5 large homes and 4 one-bedroom cabins, the residents of which include vulnerable populations. One of the large homes is a licensed elder care facility, some of the other buildings are residences for developmentally disabled adults; and 208
WHEREAS, the improvements on the property are currently served by private water well(s). Recent testing determined that the water produced from these wells had arsenic levels exceeding 720 µg/L, far exceeding the limit established by the State of California of 10 µg/L; and
WHEREAS, the California State Water Resources Control Board – Division of Drinking Water recently directed that the Property connect to the City’s water system as soon as possible due to extremely high arsenic levels detected in the water; and
WHEREAS, the Owner desires to connect to the City’s water system in order to ensure that residents of the Property have access to safe and reliable drinking water; and WHEREAS, there is a significant distance between the City’s existing water lines and the Property; and
WHEREAS, to minimize the cost of installing infrastructure to provide water to the Property, Owner has requested that the City install a meter and service connection in close proximity to an existing City water line; and
WHEREAS, owner will be responsible for constructing, installing, and maintaining a private lateral from the water meter to the Property, and obtaining all necessary easements and approvals for such lateral; and
WHEREAS, Government Code Section 56133(c) authorizes the City to provide new or extended services outside its jurisdictional boundaries and sphere of influence to respond to an existing or impending threat to the health or safety of the public or the residents of the affected territory, subject to approval by the Sonoma County Local Agency Formation Commission (“Sonoma County LAFCO”); and
WHEREAS, the purpose of this Agreement is to provide the Property with City water services and set forth the responsibilities of the Parties in related matters, including but not limited to: requiring payment by Owner of the cost of providing such services; requiring Owner to make certain improvements to the Property; providing City with Owner’s consent to annexation of the Property; and requiring outside area water and sewer services addressed in this Agreement to be approved by the Sonoma County LAFCO.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of this Agreement to provide City sewer and water services to the County parcel, the Parties agree as follows:
1. Effective Date. The effective date of this Agreement will be the date the Sonoma County LAFCO or an authorized representative authorizes the City to provide water service to the Property in accordance with California Government Code section 56133, this Agreement, and applicable law; provided all of the other conditions of this Agreement have also been satisfied in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
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will provide City water service to the Property in accordance with Title 13 of the Cloverdale Municipal Code and other applicable laws. Owner agrees City shall be the sole water service provider to the Property.
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a. The City will be responsible for constructing and installing, at the Owner’s sole cost and expense, a water meter and other related facilities necessary to install a service connection to serve the Property. Such service connection will be constructed in the approximate location shown in Exhibit B, attached hereto and incorporated herein, or such other location approved by the City in its sole and absolute discretion
b. Owner shall be responsible for, at its sole cost and expenses, the construction and installation of all laterals, pipelines, pumps, and other facilities necessary to convey water from the water meter to the Property. Such construction shall be in accordance with all applicable laws, regulations, and codes, including, but not limited to, applicable standards. Once installed, it shall be the sole responsibility of the Owner to maintain such improvements in good working order.
4. Construction of Improvements. Owner understands and acknowledges that the improvements identified in Section 3(b) of this Agreement will be located outside of the City, and will therefore be subject to the jurisdiction of the Sonoma County. Owner shall be solely responsible for obtaining any and all required licenses and permits from Sonoma County for such improvements, preparing all plans required by Sonoma County, and complying with all other requirements established by Sonoma County. Furthermore, the Owner shall also be responsible for acquiring all encroachment permits, easements, licenses, or other property rights necessary for the improvements identified in Section 3(b), if such improvements cannot be located within the City’s existing right-of-way.
5. Required Permits and Approval of Outside Services by LAFCO. Prior to any construction of improvements by the City under Section 3 of this Agreement to connect the Property to the City water system, Owner shall:
a. Receive final confirmation from City that adequate water services exist to serve the Property;
b. Apply for City water service and any other required City permits; and c. Provide the City will evidence Sonoma County has approved construction of the improvements required by Section 3(b), and that the City has obtained all encroachment permits, easements, licenses or other property rights necessary for construction of such improvements.
d. Apply for any other required permits or entitlements from any agencies with jurisdiction over connection of the Property to the City water system and pay all fees applicable to such permits; and
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Owner shall also obtain any other required permits or entitlements from any agencies with jurisdiction over the Property or improvements, and pay all fees applicable to such permits.
Owner’s responsibilities under this provision include, but are not limited to, filing of an application with Sonoma County LAFCO for final approval of outside services and paying all applicable fees. In the event that Sonoma County LAFCO requires the City to file the application for outside services, Owners shall still be responsible for paying all applicable fees.
6. Related Fees, Charges and Costs. Owner will be responsible for paying any and all fees and other charges and costs concerning the connection of the Property to the City’s water system, including the cost of staff time and attorneys’ fees in preparing and processing this Agreement and all other necessary approvals (including those from Sonoma County LAFCO).
The Parties acknowledge that the Owner has paid the City an initial fee for an outside service agreement, and the Owner understands that in the event that the City’s costs exceed the amount of the original fee, Owner will be required to make additional payments to the City. Owner agrees and acknowledges that in the event it fails to make such additional payments upon request from the City, the City may cease all actions related to extending water services to the Property.
Without limiting the foregoing, Owner will also be responsible for paying any and all development-related fees and other charges and costs that would apply concerning the provision of City water service pursuant to this Agreement. Such fees, charges and costs include, but are not limited to, water impact fees, set up charges, administrative fees, water use charges, and development impact fees. The Owner will be responsible for paying such fees, charges, and costs as they exist on the effective date of this Agreement, and for paying all applicable updates of such fees, charges and costs. Owner expressly acknowledges and understands that Title 13 of the Cloverdale Municipal Code requires that some of these fees and charges be imposed at a higher rate than would otherwise apply if the Property was located within the City’s boundaries.
As a condition of the City entering into this Agreement, Owner agrees to pay such higher rates unless and until such time as the Property is annexed into the City.
7. Waiver of Right to Protest Annexation. In the event that the Property is proposed to be annexed into the City, Owner would have the legal right to file a written protest either as an owner of land or as a registered voter within inhabited territory proposed to be annexed to City against annexation of the Property pursuant to Government Code Section 57051.
Owner agrees to and does hereby, waive any and all rights, whether jointly or severally held, to do any act authorized by Government Code Section 57051 to the full extent allowed by Civil Code Section 3513. Nothing in this section is intended to require the City to pursue or consent to the annexation of the Property into the City.
8. Agreement Runs with the Land. This Agreement is intended to run with the land. The terms and conditions of this Agreement will bind the City and the Owner, their heirs, representatives, assigns, lessees, and successors in interest.
9. Attorneys’ Fees. If a party to this Agreement brings any action, including an action for declaratory relief, to enforce or interpret any term of this Agreement, the prevailing party will be entitled to reasonable attorneys’ fees in addition to any other relief to which that party may be entitled. The court may set such fees in the same action or in a separate action brought for that purpose.
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10. Indemnification. Owner agrees to indemnify, defend with counsel selected by City, and hold harmless City, and its elected and appointed councils, boards, commissions, officers, officials, agents, employees, and representatives, from any and all liability, loss, damage, claims, expenses, and costs (including legal fees and costs incurred by City or awarded to plaintiffs) of every nature, including personal injury or property damage, which may arise directly or indirectly as a result of any actions or inactions by Owner, or any actions or inactions of Owner’s contractors, subcontractors, agents, or employees in connection with this Agreement.
Owner has no indemnification obligation with respect to the gross negligence or willful misconduct of City, or its elected and appointed councils, boards, commissions, officers, officials, agents, employees, and representatives. The provisions of this Section shall survive the termination of this Agreement.
11. Termination of Services; Right to Cure. In addition to, and not in lieu of, any and all other rights of the City at law or equity, if the Owner fails to comply with the terms of this Agreement, the City may terminate water service to the Property upon thirty (30) days written notice to the Owner of such non-compliance and failure of the Owner to cure such noncompliance to the City’s reasonable satisfaction within such thirty (30) day period.
12. City Municipal Code Requirements. Water service provided to the Property pursuant to this Agreement will be subject to the requirements of the Cloverdale Municipal Code, and all other adopted City rules, regulations, and policies, to the same extent as if the Property were located within the City.
13. Termination for Public Nuisance. The City reserves the right to terminate water service to the Property upon thirty (30) days written notice to the Owner if the City determines that a public nuisance exists on the property as defined in the City of Cloverdale Municipal Code.
14. Independent Parties. At all times, City and Owner shall be independent parties, and neither party shall be the agent of the other. Except as City may specify in writing, Owner shall have no authority, express or implied, to act on behalf of City in any capacity whatsoever as an agent. Owner shall have no authority, express or implied, pursuant to this Agreement to bind City to any obligation whatsoever.
15. Waiver. The waiver of any breach of a specific provision of this Agreement does not constitute a waiver of any other breach of that term or any other term of this Agreement. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement shall be binding unless such waiver is in writing signed by the waiving party.
16. Amendments. The parties may amend this Agreement only by a writing signed by all the parties.
17. Notices. All notices shall be by certified mail or hand delivered to the Parties as follows:
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To the City: City Manager
City of Cloverdale
124 N. Cloverdale Boulevard
Cloverdale, CA 95425
To Owner: ________________
________________
________________
Attn: ___________
18. Recordation. This Agreement shall be recorded against the Property.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, authorized representatives of City and Owner have signed this Agreement on the dates indicated below.
CITY OWNER
City of Cloverdale Clearwater Ranch Community LLC.
________________________________ __________________________ By: Kevin Thompson, City Manager By:
Attest:
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Michael Maloney, City Clerk
Approved as to form:
_________________________
Alex Mog, City Attorney
SIGNATURES MUST BE NOTARIZED
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EXHIBIT A
Legal Description & Depiction of Property
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EXHIBIT B
LOCATION OF SERVICE CONNECTION
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
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COUNTY OF __________________ )
On ____________________, before me, ___________________________, Notary Public, personally appeared ______________________________________, who proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person(s) whose name(s) is/are subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their authorized capacity(ies), and that by his/her/their signature(s) on the instrument the person(s), or the entity upon behalf of which the person(s) acted, executed the instrument.
I certify UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing paragraph is true and correct.
WITNESS my hand and official seal.
______________________________________
Name: ______________________________
Notary Public
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FW: Cloverdale Support for Geothermal Bills
Wednesday, March 19, 2025 12:28:00 PM
AB 531 Support Letter.pdf
AB 526 Support Letter.pdf
AB 527 - Support Letter.pdf
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Hi Miles,
Please find the attached support letters from Mayor Lands on behalf of the City of Cloverdale.
Thank you,
Mike
Mike Maloney, CMC | City Clerk / Public Information Officer City of Cloverdale, California | 124 N. Cloverdale Blvd, CA, 95425 [email protected] | cloverdale.net | 707.894.1712 All correspondence may be subject to disclosure under the California Public Records Act From: Miles Horton
Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2025 4:12:47 PM
To: Todd Lands
Subject: Cloverdale Support for Geothermal Bills
Mayor Lands –
Thank you for your continued engagement on our GeoZone effort.
We are now in the process of sponsoring several pieces of legislation in Sacramento – AB 526, 527 & 531 – that aim to advance geothermal power in the state of California. These are not about forcing any more procurement of geothermal power or anything like that – rather, to the extent that the need for clean firm resources is already there, how do we get more of this online faster, more cost-effectively, and more in-state? We greatly appreciated your support on the bill last year, and would love to earn Cloverdale’s support on the new package of legislation (I’ve attached template support letters if that makes things easier down the road). Let me know what the process might look like to make that happen?
Thank you!
Regards,
Miles Horton
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March 19, 2025
The Honorable Diane Papan
Assemblymember, District 21
1021 O Street, Suite 4220
Sacramento, CA 94249-0021
Re: Support for AB 526
Dear Assemblymember Papan:
The City of Cloverdale is pleased to support Assembly Bill 526, which will help California achieve its ambitious climate goals and create well-paid union jobs by driving the development of new geothermal resources.
In 2021, Governor Newsom signed AB 525 (Chiu), which directed the state to create a strategic roadmap for bringing offshore wind development into California. That legislation was ultimately very successful at accomplishing its intended purpose: paving the way for needed policy changes to begin. AB 526 will initiate a similar process for the in-state development of new geothermal resources (both conventional hydrothermal and next-generation technologies), which has great potential to help us achieve our ambitious climate goals while providing ratepayer affordability benefits. State agencies would be required to identify state lands to lease for geothermal development; review geothermal rental and royalty rates to ensure competitiveness with other states; harmonize relevant permitting timelines; and take a variety of other steps to improve the regulatory environment, all as part of a comprehensive action plan. Collectively, these actions will ensure that new geothermal resources built to serve California customers are developed here in California, driving local economic development as well as the creation of a large number of new union jobs.
Again, we strongly support AB 526 and thank you for your leadership on this important issue.
Sincerely,
Todd Lands
Mayor
City of Cloverdale
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March 19, 2025
The Honorable Diane Papan
Assemblymember, District 21
1021 O Street, Suite 4220
Sacramento, CA 94249-0021
Re: Support for AB 527
Dear Assemblymember Papan:
The City of Cloverdale is pleased to support Assembly Bill 527, which will help California achieve its ambitious climate goals and create well-paid union jobs by aligning state and federal environmental review policies for geothermal exploration.
In his final months in office, President Biden drafted a new categorical exclusion from the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) for geothermal exploration projects meeting the gold standard of environmental stewardship. This was based on the Bureau of Land Management’s assessment that geothermal exploration projects meeting such a high standard have an extremely minimal environmental impact. AB 527 will create a narrow, targeted exemption from the California Environmental Quality Act (our equivalent to NEPA) to align with the federal exclusion. This legislation will also require that geothermal exploration projects benefiting from this exclusion meet strong environmental and labor standards. This measure will allow a significant amount of new geothermal exploration to proceed in California, helping us meet our ambitious climate goals and create well-paid union jobs in the process. This legislation only applies to the exploration phase of a geothermal project, not the larger and more complex geothermal field development phase that happens after.
Again, we strongly support AB 527 and thank you for your leadership on this important issue.
Sincerely,
Todd Lands
Mayor
City of Cloverdale
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March 19, 2025
The Honorable Chris Rogers
Assemblymember, District 2
State Capitol
P.O. Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249-0002
Re: Support for AB 531
Dear Assemblymember Rogers:
The City of Cloverdale is pleased to support Assembly Bill 531, which will help California achieve its ambitious climate goals and create well-paid union jobs by allowing geothermal energy to fully utilize the California Energy Commission’s one-stop shop “opt-in” permitting program.
Today, renewable energy developers can choose to site and permit their projects through what is typically called the “opt-in” process at the Energy Commission. The idea is that the Commission serves as a one-stop shop for all siting, permitting, and regulatory issues to move projects more quickly. A high level of community engagement and review are still required.
Because only projects 50 MW in size or greater can use this process, most geothermal power plants (which are typically more in the range of 10, 20, or 30 MW in size) are functionally excluded. This is despite the fact that a geothermal power plant running around the clock can produce as much energy as a far larger solar or wind project that is intermittent. AB 531 will simply clarify that a geothermal power plant of any size can be approved through the “opt-in” process, helping bring more of these urgently needed clean resources online faster and creating well-paid union jobs in the process.
Again, we strongly support AB 531 and thank you for your leadership on this important issue.
Sincerely,
Todd Lands
Mayor
City of Cloverdale
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