First Amendment
Memorandum of Understanding Between
City of Santa Rosa and the County of Sonoma
Agreement number F003065
This First Amendment to the Memorandum of Understanding dated May 20, 2025 ("MOU”) is made this First day of April , 2026 (“Effective Date”) , by the County of Sonoma, a political subdivision of the state of California (“County”) and the City of Santa Rosa, a Municipal Corporation (“City”).
RECITALS
A. City desires to contract with County for the services of a minimum of a four- person Adult Crew, supervised by the County Probation Department, to provide weed abatement services for City-owned parcels as described in Exhibit A-1 attached hereto for the City.
B. City desires to amend the MOU for the purpose of increasing compensation and extending the term of this agreement to March 31, 2027.
MOU AMENDMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties agree to amend the MOU as follows:
1. Scope of Services
Exhibit A of the MOU is supplemented by Exhibit A-1 to this Amendment.
2. Section 2. Term.
The first sentence of Section 2 of this MOU is amended to read as follows:
“Services shall commence on or after April 1, 202 6 and continue as needed through March 31, 202 7. The term of this MOU shall be for one year. City and County may, upon mutual written agreement of both parties, extend this MOU for up to three (3) additional one-year terms.”
3. Section 3. Compensation
Exhibit B of the MOU is replaced by Exhibit B-1. Section 3 is amended to increase the compensation payable to County of Sonoma under the MOU by $68,000.00 not to exceed $167,000.00 to read as follows:
“City shall pay County $2,011.00 for each day of services provided by a crew up to 10 members as described in Exhibit A – Scope of Services and shall provide appropriate equipment as described in Exhibit B – Schedule of Daily Equipment Charges. Total authorized contract amount shall not exceed $167,000. The City’s Chief Financial Officer is authorized to pay all proper claims from various charge numbers.”
All other terms of the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, City and County have executed this MOU as of the Effective Date.
CITY: CITY OF SANTA ROSA
A municipal corporation
By:
Interim City Manager
SCPC: SONOMA COUNTY PROBATION CAMP
By:
Wardell Anderson, Deputy Chief
APPROVED AS TO FORM FOR CITY OF SANTA ROSA:
By:
Office of the City Attorney
APPROVED AS TO FORM FOR COUNTY OF SONOMA:
By:
County Counsel
Attachments: Exhibit A-1 – SCPC Scope of Services
Exhibit B-1 – Schedule of Daily Equipment Charges
VANESSA FUCHS
CHIEF PROBATION OFFICER
To: Date: February 6, 2026
From:
Paul Lowenthal, Division Chief
City
of Santa Rosa Fire Department
Melissa Segura, Division Director
Probation Industries
Exhibit A-1 Scope of Services
Sonoma County Probation Supervised Work Crew (SWC ) agrees to provide all labor and
equipment necessary to perform the following work for the City of Santa Rosa Fire Department (SRFD), known as “City Vegetation Abatement”.
Work
will consist of the following: at the direction of SRFD’s representatives SWC will provide the labor and equipment needed to remove vegetation and debris from private and City owned properties identified by SRFD. Any waste material that requires disposal
will be brought to the City’s Maintenance Yard on Stony Point Road and discarded appropriately.
The Sonoma County Probation Supervised Work Crew agrees to provide:
• Peace Officer trained in offender management, first aid/CPR, and safe work practices • Workers’
Compensation and liability insurance coverage
• Fiel
d Supervisor support and coordination
• All hand-held tools and small power tools necessary including OSHA protective gear • Heavy
equipment and operator available at additional hourly rate (see Exhibit B) • Up to ten (10) offenders per crew
Proposal Amount: THIRTY FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS ($34,000) Services shall commence on or after April 1 , 2026, and continue as needed through March 31, 2027. Crew Rate is based on existing MOU between SWC and SRFD.
Billing will be per day, as follows:
Crew (up to 10) $ 2,110.00
It is mutually agreed that if funding for the County’s SWC Program is reduced or if performance under this agreement would cause a financial hards hip to the County, then
County shall have the option of cancelling this Agreement, with no liability occurring to the County, upon sixty (60) days’ written notice.
Payment schedule to be as follows: Incremental billing based on work completed during
a thirty (30) day cycle commencing from the first day of work of a calendar month. This Notice of Agreement, if unsigned, is null and void after 60 days from the above
date.
6 00 ADMINSTRAT ION D R. RM 104J • SANTA ROSA, CA 9 540 3 ID # COST PER DAY
G498 579.00$
625.00$
G532 579.00$
625.00$
L205 175.00$
L224 185.00$
L396 290.00$
H277 475.00$
625.00$
H295 475.00$
625.00$
H313 452.00$
625.00$
H314 382.00$
625.00$
H288 452.00$
625.00$
K315 452.00$
625.00$
WACKER ROLLER
OPERATOR
OPERATOR
KUBOTA B2601 WITH MOWER
TACHEUCHI EXCAVATOR
OPERATOR
OPERATOR
OPERATOR
4WD F-550 FLATBED
OPERATOR
TRANSPORT TRAILER 8 TON GOOSENECK
TRANSPORT TRAILER 16 TON
JOHN DEERE 310 BACKHOE
OPERATOR
JOHN DEERE 210 SKIP LOADER
KUBOTA M5-091 WITH MOWER
TRANSPORT TRAILER 5 TON
PROBATION INDUSTRIES SWC EQUIPMENT RENTAL COSTS - EFFECTIVE 7/1/2025
EQUIPMENT DESCRIPTION AND OPERATOR
DUMP TRUCK 10 YARDS
OPERATOR
Exhibit B-1 - Schedule of Daily Equipment Charges