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Action EV 2a: Prepare an updated comprehensive Economic Development Strategy that identifies the City’s goals and vision for its economy, identifies desired industry and business sectors, and identifies specific actions for the City to take to encourage desired industries and sectors to do business in Sebastopol, and to promote the branding and marketing of the town. The strategy should be developed through a collaborative process with business organizations and the community generally, and shall provide for regular review for effectiveness and to update targeted industries as appropriate.
City Manager,
Finance
Department
B
Complete
In progress
Comments:
Action EV 2b: Continue coordination with local business organizations in order to encourage and leverage on-going efforts to attract new business and support existing businesses.
City Manager Ongoing
Complete
In progress
Comments:
Action EV 2c: Through market research and business outreach efforts, identify target industries and businesses and create a marketing program to actively solicit and bring a diverse range of companies to Sebastopol. Potential target industries include health care, medical device design and manufacturing, solar, energy-based, and green/clean-tech industries, electric vehicle dealerships, agricultural enterprises, art and music, retail, professional and business services, educational services, and machinery and short-run manufacturing.
City Manager B
Complete
In progress
Comments:
Action EV 2d: Review and update the City’s existing Formula Business Ordinance to consider prohibiting formula businesses in the Downtown, and establishing limits on the number of formula businesses that may be permitted in other areas of the City in order to avoid an over-concentration of such businesses in any given area of the City.
Planning
Department
B
Complete
In progress
Comments:
17.340
Action EV 2e: Consider whether the Zoning Code should be revised to address concentration and limitation of certain types of uses, including alcohol sales and wine-tasting rooms.
Planning
Department A
Complete
In progress
Comments:
17.25-1
Action EV 3a: Periodically review and update, as necessary, the Sebastopol Downtown Plan to ensure that its implementation is meeting the City’s goals for Planning
Department C
Complete
In progress
Comments:
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Downtown, that it ensures the desired unique characteristics of Downtown, and that it includes all areas shown on Figure 9-1.
Included in Planning
Commission workplan for
future year.
Action EV 3b: Develop a vision statement and general land use/design criteria for the North Gateway and South Gateway areas.
Planning
Department C
Complete
In progress
Comments:
Objective Design Standards
will address some of these.
Issues.
Action EV 3c: Explore the feasibility of establishing business improvement districts in the north and south parts of town, as well as the concept of a single district encompassing the City’s main economic sectors, and the Downtown.
City Manager,
Finance
Department
B
Complete
In progress
Comments:
Action EV 3d: Encourage neighboring businesses in unincorporated Sebastopol to participate in City business development decisions.
Finance
Department Ongoing
Complete
In progress
Comments:
Action EV 3e: Maintain Zoning Ordinance provisions allowing conversion of existing homes to permitted office, commercial, and mixed use uses along South Main Street and Petaluma Avenue in the Commercial Office and Office districts in order to encourage economic development consistent with the General Plan.
Planning
Department Ongoing
Complete
In progress
Comments:
17.25-I; Zoning Map
Action EV 3f: Consider expanding the Downtown Association to include the Light Industrial area west of Morris Street between Bodega Avenue and Laguna Park Way.
City Manager B
Complete
In progress
Comments:
Action EV 4a: Maintain and expand partnerships with the county and regional and local organizations to promote Sebastopol destinations, including festivals, Farmers’ Markets, and natural resources (the Laguna de Santa Rosa Trail, the Laguna Wetlands Preserve, regional open space, and creeks) as a marketing and branding strategy that is aimed at increasing visitors.
Finance
Department Ongoing
Comments:
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Action EV 4b: As part of preparation of the comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (Action EV 2a), identify businesses that are needed in Sebastopol to meet the needs of West County residents.
City Manager,
Finance
Department
B
Complete
In progress
Comments:
Action EV 4c: Encourage festivals and community events that promote an enhanced arts and culture environment.
City Manager,
Planning
Department
A
Complete
In progress
Comments:
Action EV 5a: Consider developing an adaptive reuse grant and loan program to rehabilitate and retrofit existing business structures to meet contemporary market needs, and promote the use of the City’s existing Façade Improvement Program.
Finance
Department C
Complete
In progress
Comments:
Action EV 5b: Develop City liaison with existing industries to provide direct communications on issues of concern to industry, so as to enhance opportunities to retain existing businesses by effectively responding to concerns.
Finance
Department A
Complete
In progress
Comments:
Action EV 5c: Periodically review the Zoning Ordinance to ensure that there are no unnecessary impediments to improvements of existing businesses, establishment of home-based and start-up businesses, or development of coworking spaces and small business incubators.
Planning
Department Ongoing
Complete
In progress
Comments:
Considered as part of the
Zoning Code review and
update
Action EV 5d: Support local programs that offer technical assistance to local business owners, including seminars, marketing, consulting, and other key services.
Finance
Department Ongoing Comments:
Action EV 5e: Through the City’s Budget and Capital Improvement Program, ensure that essential services and infrastructure are maintained.
Engineering
Department Ongoing
Complete
In progress
Comments:
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Action EV 7a: As part of the development of the City budget and annual financial audits, ensure that information is readily available to the public, presented in a user-friendly manner, including text and graphics to describe budget information and multi-year spending trends and forecasts, and encourage the public to review and comment on the City budget and annual audit.
Finance
Department Ongoing Comments:
Action EV 7b: Conduct thorough annual review of City fiscal policy in order to maintain balanced tax and fee structures and to respond to changing fiscal policies at broader governmental levels.
Finance
Department Ongoing
Comments:
Action EV 7c: Consider the creation of an Economic Development Corporation as a means to acquire property and issue use rights for the purpose of encouraging business development that is consistent with the City’s vision and goals and generating revenue streams to the City's General Fund to support desired services and development projects.
City Manager C
Complete
In progress
Comments:
Action EV7d: Monitor State legislation regarding economic development and redevelopment, and consider implementation of new local programs or other mechanisms that may promote appropriate local economic development.
Finance
Department Ongoing Comments:
Action EV7e: Consider open government programs that encourage open and transparent City operations.
City Manager,
Finance
Department
A
Complete
In progress
Comments:
Action CHW 1a: Implement the policies and actions in the Land Use Element to ensure a mix of land uses, density and intensity of land uses, and compatibility between land uses that promote a safe, pleasant, and walkable environment.
Planning
Department Ongoing
Complete
In progress
Comments:
Considered as part of the
Zoning Code review and
update
Action CHW 1b: Implement the policies and actions in the Circulation Element to provide for a multi-modal transportation system that promotes walkability, bicycle use, bus and public transit use, and alternatives to single-passenger vehicle use.
Planning
Department Ongoing Comments:
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Action CHW 1c: Implement the policies and actions in the Open Space Element regarding the amount of, access to, and quality of parks and open spaces in and around Sebastopol.
Planning
Department Ongoing
Comments:
Action CHW 1d: Implement the policies and actions in the Conservation Element to address key aspects of environmental health, including clean water, clean air, and the protection of natural resources.
Planning
Department Ongoing Comments:
Action CHW 1e: Implement the policies and actions in the Housing Element to ensure a range of safe and secure housing types accessible to low income families, workforce families, elders, and people with disabilities.
Planning
Department Ongoing
Comments:
Action CHW 1f: Implement the policies and actions in the Safety Element to address geologic and seismic hazards, flooding, hazardous materials, and emergency services, including fire and police.
Planning
Department Ongoing
Comments:
Action CHW 1g: Implement the policies and actions in the Noise Element to reduce community exposure to the harmful and annoying effects of excessive noise.
Planning
Department Ongoing Comments:
Action CHW 1h: Implement the policies and actions in the Economic Vitality Element to strengthen the local economy and provide for a stronger job base with increased quality employment opportunities.
Planning
Department Ongoing
Comments:
Action CHW 1i: Implement the policies and actions in the Community Services and Facilities Element to support local schools and improve educational opportunities for Sebastopol’s youth.
Planning
Department Ongoing Comments:
Action CHW 2a: Provide resources at City Hall and on the City website regarding the location and contact information of health care providers serving the City, including emergency or urgent care facilities, mental health and substance abuse programs, oral health services, mobile services, access to such providers, available free and low-cost health care programs. Information on the website may include a community health or similar page that provides links to the Sonoma County 211, Healthy Sonoma, Health Action, and other community health resources.
Planning
Department B
Complete
In progress
Comments:
Action CHW 2b: Encourage and support local transit service providers to increase and expand services for people who are transit-dependent, including Planning
Department Ongoing
Comments:
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seniors, persons with mobility disabilities, and persons without regular access to automobiles by improving connections to regional medical facilities, senior centers, and other support systems that serve Sebastopol residents and businesses.
Action CHW 2c: Support efforts by local community health agencies and organizations to provide annual training to Sebastopol residents and City staff for basic first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation skills.
Fire Department Ongoing
Comments:
Action CHW 2d: Support public health outreach campaigns to inform and educate residents about the public and individual health benefits of immunization.
Planning
Department B
Complete
In progress
Comments:
Action CHW 2e: Encourage and facilitate the expansion and retention of alternative, homeopathic, Eastern, and similar non-traditional medical service providers, including not-for-profit medical providers and clinics.
Planning
Department Ongoing Comments:
Action CHW 3a: Explore opportunities to expand community gardens and increase community participation in existing community gardens.
Planning
Department and
Public Works
Department
B
Complete
In progress
Comments:
Action CHW 3b: Encourage community gardens near high-density housing and encourage the incorporation of community gardens into new and existing highdensity housing projects.
Planning
Department Ongoing
Comments:
Action CHW 3c: Encourage the Sonoma County Human Services Department to continue its efforts working with stores to increase acceptance of food assistance programs such as CalFresh EBT cards and WIC (Women, Infants and Children) in order to increase food security for all Sebastopol residents.
Planning
Department Ongoing
Comments:
Action CHW 3d: Encourage the Sonoma County Department of Human Services and Health Services, the Sonoma County Food System Alliance, and community-based organizations to provide information and educational outreach to Sebastopol residents about healthy food choices, including the Sonoma County CalFresh program and other food programs, to ensure that all Planning
Department Ongoing
Comments:
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City residents have information and access to resources on healthier eating and access to nutritious foods.
Action CHW 3e: In collaboration with the Sonoma County Department of Health Services and community organizations, develop and implement a program to encourage convenience stores, supermarkets, liquor stores and neighborhood and ethnic markets to stock a variety of good quality healthy food (including fresh, frozen and canned fruits and vegetables), market and promote healthy food options, follow responsible alcohol and tobacco marketing and sale practices, participate in food assistance programs, help create a safe and inviting environment around their stores, and, when possible, secure and promote “local” food produced in Sonoma County.
Planning
Department B
Complete
In progress
Comments:
Action CHW 3f: Work with the Sonoma County Food System Alliance, Health Action, non-profits, community groups and regulatory agencies to explore the potential for creating, expanding and sustaining local urban agriculture, including community gardens, and orchards. The work effort should explore the feasibility of implementing the following strategies:
• Promoting urban agriculture as a desirable civic activity that improves the quality of urban life, food security, neighborhood safety and environmental stewardship;
• Supporting the development of appropriate agriculture in residential, industrial, business, and open space zones;
• Support farm to institution (such as schools, hospitals, nursing homes, daycare centers) and businesses (such as restaurants and food outlets), while creating economic opportunities for urban growers and related industries;
• Support efforts of local gardening organizations to promote the development and expansion of family and community gardens as well as edible landscaping;
• Encourage and promote local garden food exchanges and local food cooperatives; and
Planning
Department B
Complete
In progress
Comments:
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• Work with representatives of local farming organizations to meet needs unique to urban farm enterprises.
Action CHW 3g: Encourage schools that serve the City to develop school gardens and to develop protocols to facilitate the streamlined development of school gardens from year to year.
Planning
Department Ongoing
Comments:
Action CHW 3h: Explore opportunities to reduce farm-to-cafeteria barriers so local students have increased access to more locally grown healthy foods.
Planning
Department B
Complete
In progress
Comments:
Action CHW 3i: Increase public awareness that the local farmer’s market accepts CalFresh (formerly Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP) payments for qualified food purchases.
Planning
Department B
Complete
In progress
Comments:
Action CHW 4a: Explore programs and legal remedies available to the City in order to reduce unsafe EMF exposure to the greatest extent allowed by State and federal law.
Planning
Department B
Complete
In progress
Comments:
Updated Telecommunications
ordinance adopted.
Action CHW 4b: Continue to implement, and periodically update as necessary, the City’s Telecommunications Ordinance in order to reduce EMF levels within Sebastopol, while maintaining consistency with state and federal law.
Planning
Department Ongoing
Comments:
Action CHW 4c: Review siting opportunities for substantial EMF facilities that will reduce or eliminate community exposure to unsafe EMF to the greatest extent feasible.
Planning
Department Ongoing
Comments:
Action CHW 4d: Advocate that all new major electrical transmission projects and telecommunications facilities evaluate EMF as part of the project’s environmental review pursuant to CEQA.
Planning
Department Ongoing Comments:
Action CHW 4e: Request from PG&E and wireless telecommunications facilities providers, public disclosure of existing and proposed electrical transmission and Planning
Department B
Complete
In progress
Comments:
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wireless telecommunications facilities projects in the vicinity of Sebastopol and their anticipated EMF levels in the Sebastopol Planning Area.
Action CHW 4f: Continue to monitor best practices and approaches taken by other communities to limit unsafe exposure to EMF.
Planning
Department Ongoing
Comments:
Action CHW 4g: Maintain data regarding the location, size, strength, and EMF levels of major cell and radio towers, public power facilities, including transmission and distribution lines, and other substantial public or community EMF sources in the Sebastopol Planning Area, to the extent that data and information is available.
Planning
Department B
Complete
In progress
Comments:
Action CHW 5a: Review all City policies and programs and proposed new policies and programs to ensure that they support equal opportunities and equal access.
Planning
Department Ongoing
Comments:
Action CHW 5b: Continue to support and enforce non-discrimination laws and the City's Fair Housing Program.
Planning
Department Ongoing Comments:
Action CHW 5c: Practice an open-door policy in City programs, and actively engage and encourage participation from all individuals regardless of ethnicity, race, religion, class, disability, sexual orientation, and gender.
Planning
Department Ongoing
Comments:
Action CHW 5d: Develop City programs that use education, outreach, and training to assist historically under-represented groups in obtaining access to City programs and employment opportunities.
Planning
Department B
Complete
In progress
Comments:
Action CHW 5e: Add additional information to the City’s website that informs the public about and celebrates the City’s cultural heritage, including Sebastopol’s First Peoples.
Planning
Department B
Complete
In progress
Comments:
Action CHW 5f: Continue to support national efforts to pass immigration reform and consider the adoption of local regulations supporting immigration reform.
City Manager Ongoing
Comments:
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Action CHW 5g: Actively seek funding and resources to assist the City in providing interpretation services for City meetings and events, and to translate City documents and meeting minutes into Spanish.
City Clerk B
Complete
In progress
Comments:
Action CHW 5h: Consider the implications of new City policies and programs on immigrant and disadvantaged populations.
Planning
Department Ongoing Comments:
Action CHW 5i: Coordinate with the Sonoma County Community Development Commission to support local and regional efforts to combat homelessness, including implementation of the recommendations and programs contained in the County’s “Policy Makers Toolbox for Ending Homelessness” to the greatest extent feasible.
Planning
Department Ongoing
Comments:
Action CHW 6a: Continue to implement Chapter 8.04 of the Sebastopol Municipal Code (Use of Tobacco in Public Places) to reduce the harmful effects of exposure to second- and third-hand tobacco smoke.
Planning
Department Ongoing
Comments:
Action CHW 6b: Review and revise, as necessary, the Sebastopol Municipal Code to regulate the sale and distribution of “e-cigarettes” in the same manner as traditional cigarettes and other tobacco products.
Planning
Department B
Complete
In progress
Comments:
Action CHW 6c: Continue to require that all new or transferred Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) licensees and their employees participate in Responsible Beverage Service training, to promote public health and safety by reducing incidence of sales and service to minors and sales and service to obviously intoxicated persons.
Planning
Department /
Police Department
Ongoing
Comments:
Action CHW 6d: Support local government and non-profit efforts and programs aimed at teen drug, alcohol, and tobacco use prevention.
Planning
Department Ongoing Comments:
Action CHW 6e: Continue to require bars to serve food in order to help counter the effects of alcohol consumption.
Planning
Department Ongoing Comments:
Action CHW 6f: Develop and implement responsible beverage consumption practices by local businesses.
Planning
Department B
Complete
In progress
Comments:
Agenda Item Number 7 Agenda Item Number 7
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Action H-B-6: Consider regulations for vacation and short-term rentals, such as Airbnb.com and vrbo.com units, that address potential impacts, such as parking and increased noise, to surrounding uses and establish a permitting process to ensure cost-recovery and ability to enforce the regulations.
Planning
Department
Complete
In progress
Comments:
17.26.060
Action H-C-2: Continue to administer the Inclusionary Housing Ordinance.
Review the Inclusionary Housing Ordinance in consideration of recent case law and State law, and update as necessary and as may otherwise be appropriate.
As part of the review of the Inclusionary Housing Ordinance, encourage housing developers and stakeholders to participate in the process to ensure that potential benefits and impacts of revising the ordinance in terms of effect on housing production are fully considered.
Planning
Department
Complete
In progress
Comments:
17.250
Action H-C-3: Identify potential mechanisms to ensure that affordable housing (lower and moderate income) that is assisted with City funding is permanently affordable. Review the City Municipal Code to determine if this requirement should be codified.
Planning
Department
Complete
In progress
Comments:
17.250.090
Action H-D-9: Continue to offer density bonuses and incentives as established by State law. Update the City’s Density Bonus Ordinance to be consistent with the requirements of State law. Encourage affordable housing developers to request density bonuses and incentives in order to increase the amount of extremely low, very low, and low income units created.
Planning
Department
Complete
In progress
Comments:
17.255
Action H-G-I: Modify the Zoning Ordinance to permit farmworker housing consistent with the requirements of State law, including Health and Safety Code Sections 17021.5 and 17021.6. The revisions will include the following:
• Permit employee housing, including mobile homes and manufactured housing, to accommodate up to six employees subject to the same standards and permit requirements as a single family residence in all zones and as a permitted use in residential zones. No discretionary actions shall be required.
Planning
Department
Complete
In progress
Comments:
17.08: Added employee
housing definition.
No changes made for second
bullet as City does not have
agricultural zones.
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• Permit employee housing, including mobile homes and manufactured housing, consisting of up to 36 beds in a group quarters or 12 units or spaces designed for use by a single family or household as an agricultural use, subject to the same standards and permit requirements as an agricultural use, in zones that permit an agricultural use consistent with the requirements of State law.
Action H-G-2: Modify the Zoning Ordinance so that homeless shelters proposed for the General Commercial (CG) District are only subject to Administrative Review as a condition of approval.
Planning
Department
Complete
In progress
Comments:
17.25-1
Action H-G-3: Modify the Zoning Ordinance to include definitions of Transitional and Supportive Housing which are consistent with State law. The following definitions will be used, based on language provided in the Government Code.
“Supportive housing” means housing with no limit on length of stay, that is occupied by the target population, and that is linked to an onsite or offsite service that assists the supportive housing resident in retaining the housing, improving his or her health status, and maximizing his or her ability to live and, when possible, work in the community. Supportive housing is considered a residential use of property, and shall be subject only to those restrictions that apply to other residential dwellings of the same type in the same zone. “Target population” means persons with low incomes who have one or more disabilities, including mental illness, HIV or AIDS, substance abuse, or other chronic health condition, or individuals eligible for services provided pursuant to the Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Services Act (Division 4.5 (commencing with Section 4500) of the Welfare and Institutions Code) and may include, among other populations, adults, emancipated minors, families with children, elderly persons, young adults aging out of the foster care system, individuals exiting from institutional settings, veterans, and homeless people.
Planning
Department
Complete
In progress
Comments:
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“Transitional housing” means buildings configured as rental housing developments, but operated under program requirements that require the termination of assistance and recirculating of the assisted unit to another eligible program recipient at a predetermined future point in time that shall be no less than six months from the beginning of the assistance. Transitional housing is considered a residential use of property, and shall be subject only to those restrictions that apply to other residential dwellings of the same type in the same zone.
Action H-G-4: Review and consider revising the Zoning Ordinance to establish development standards and identify appropriate zoning districts to accommodate tiny houses. Revisions should include a clear definition of tiny houses.
Planning
Department
Complete
In progress
Comments:
See Tiny House discussion in
Zoning Code Update memo.
Action H-G-5: Review the Zoning Ordinance to determine if modifications should be made to accommodate land trusts.
Planning
Department
Complete
In progress
Comments:
17.250.130
Action H-G-6: Modify the Zoning Ordinance to allow second units as a permitted use consistent with State law and consider revisions to standards for second units related to unit height, minimum size, and other relevant standards.
Planning
Department
Complete
In progress
Comments:
17.220
Action H-G-11: Following adoption of the General Plan Update, update the Growth Management Ordinance to reflect anticipated growth accommodated under the General Plan and known infrastructure and public services constraints.
Further, if the annual review identifies issues with the Growth Management Program that may adversely affect the City’s housing obligations under State Law, the City commits to revising the Program to address identified obstacles to housing development. Prior to any revisions to the Program, seek input from housing stakeholders on the Program and any proposed changes. The City will ensure that the Program is consistent with requirements of State Law.
Planning
Department
Complete
In progress
Comments:
17.500 (addressed in April 2017
update)
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Action H-G-13: Review Sebastopol’s current approval process to determine whether it is possible to make the Planning Commission the final authority for subdivisions of four or fewer parcels.
Planning
Department
Complete
In progress
Comments:
16.24 Action G-15: Modify Sebastopol’s density bonus policy so that it is consistent with State law, including reduced parking requirements for housing projects that are eligible to receive a density bonus.
Planning
Department
Complete
In progress
Comments:
17.255
Action H-G-16: Revise the Zoning Ordinance so that architectural and design review requirements for a manufactured home will not exceed those allowed under Government Code Section 65852.3.
Planning
Department
Complete
In progress
Comments:
17.210
Action H-G-17: Consider revising the Zoning Ordinance to:
1. establish minimum density requirements for residential-only projects to ensure efficient use of land,
2. identify criteria and appropriate locations for residential-only projects,
3. increase building heights and reduce parking requirements in the Downtown Core to accommodate 4 stories/50 feet, and in appropriate General Commercial districts, 3 stories and 40 feet, to encourage affordable housing, higher density housing, including rental, housing cooperatives, condominiums, and other housing opportunities.
Establish appropriate stepback requirements for increased number of stories beyond those currently permitted.
Planning
Department
Ongoing Complete
In progress
Comments:
1) Table 17.20-2 (R6 and R7)
2) 17.25.030.C. and
Table 17.25-1
3) Table 17.25-2
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