CITY OF SEBASTOPOL CITY COUNCIL
AGENDA ITEM REPORT FOR MEETING OF: March 18, 2025
======================================================================================== To: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers
From: Mayor Zollman
Subject: Quarterly Joint Council/School District Meetings ======================================================================================== RECOMMENDATION:
That the City Council Consider Direction to Staff to include the city attorney, to explore what it would take to have quarterly joint City Council and Sebastopol school district meetings to further understand the needs of our youth ======================================================================================== SUMMARY:
This item is to consider direction to staff to review holding a State of the School/City Council joint meeting between the City of Sebastopol City Council and the Sebastopol School District. Windsor’s council and district board conduct these joint meetings (a copy of the recent Windsor joint meeting is attached).
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION:
As the Sonoma County’s Mayors and Councilmembers appointee and co-chair of the county’s Child Care Planning council I am requesting that staff, to include the city attorney, explore what it would take to have quarterly joint council and school district meetings to further understand the needs of our youth. Windsor’s council and district board continue to doing this.
Joint meetings may be held to discuss issues of mutual interest to the City Council and the Sebastopol Unified School District. These meetings are often established for information sharing purposes and are not empowered to make decisions on behalf of the entities.
COUNCILMEMBER REQUEST:
I meet regularly with the Principal of Analy and have met with other representatives from our feeder schools.
Given the additional stressors brought on by our current Administration i.e. deportations, denial of accurate trans passports, threats to eliminate the Department of Education, etc. working together collaboratively will help address these as well as the documented high numbers of homeless and unsheltered youth that exist in our communities.
A recent Los Cien panel addressed the high number of suicides. Our community has experienced these along with deaths associated with substance abuse. Santa Rosa recently has recently experienced fentanyl deaths. The lack of mental health and counseling services is common throughout our schools.
Given the above, the April 10th Mayors and Councilmember’s Association, to which the public is invited, will be dedicating its meeting to better understanding the needs of our youth.
STAFF ANALYSIS
City staff reached out to Windsor who stated they either meeting annually or semi annually depending on schedules.
COMMUNITY OUTREACH:
This item has been noticed in accordance with the Ralph M. Brown Act and was available for public viewing and review at least 72 hours prior to schedule meeting date. The City has also used social media to promote and Agenda Item Number: 13 Agenda Item Number: 13
City Council Meeting Packet for Meeting of: March 18, 2025
2 advertise the City Council Meeting Agenda Items.
FISCAL IMPACT: There is no fiscal impact associated with providing direction to staff. If approved direction to staff, staff would return to a future City Council meeting with information related to a joint meeting.
RESTATED RECOMMENDATION:
That the City Council Consider Direction to Staff to include the city attorney, to explore what it would take to have quarterly joint City Council and Sebastopol school district meetings to further understand the needs of our youth OPTION:
1. The Council could deny the request to hold a joint meeting
ATTACHMENTS:
Example of Windsor Agenda
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City Council Meeting Packet for Meeting of: March 18, 2025
Town of Windsor
9291 Old Redwood Highway
P.O. Box 100
Windsor, CA 95492-0100
Phone: (707) 838-1000
Fax: (707) 838-7349
www.townofwindsor.ca.gov
Mayor Rosa Reynoza
Vice Mayor Tanya Potter
Councilmember JB Leep
Councilmember Sam Salmon
Councilmember Mike Wall
Town Manager Jon Davis
AGENDA
SPECIAL JOINT WINDSOR TOWN COUNCIL, WINDSOR
REDEVELOPMENT SUCCESSOR AGENCY, WINDSOR WATER
DISTRICT AND WINDSOR UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF
TRUSTEES
MEETING
Wednesday, February 12, 2025
Special Joint Meeting with WUSD - 6:00 PM
Civic Center Council Chambers
9291 Old Redwood Highway, Building 400
Windsor, CA 95492
(For more information, please call Town Hall: (707) 838-1000) Meeting Information
Agenda disponible en español: Para consultar este orden del día en español, visite este enlace: https://www.townofwindsor.ca.gov/1504/CouncilMeeting-Agendas-in-Spanish.
Town Council Agenda staff reports are available on the Town's website (www.townofwindsor.ca.gov). If an Agenda item has not been highlighted, no written report is available. (Please note that some reports may be large documents that require a long loading time.) The agenda and staff reports will be available for public review at the Civic Center, 9291 Old Redwood Highway, Building 400, at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting.
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act: If you need special assistance to attend or participate in a Town Council meeting, please contact the Town Clerk's office at [email protected]. Notification at least 48 hours prior to the meeting will assist Town staff in ensuring reasonable accommodations are made to provide accessibility to the meeting.
As a public service to the community, Town Council meetings are held in-person, and viewable through a live webcast on Zoom, at https://townofwindsor.zoom.us/j/89338659973 or by dialing 877-853-5247 and entering Zoom Webinar ID: 893 3865 9973, televised on Comcast Cable Channel 27, on AT&T U-verse Channel 99 and live webcasted at http://townofwindsor.ca.gov/721/Agendas-Minutes-Videos. If a technical issue arises with Zoom video or the listening phone dial-in option, the Town Council meeting will continue unless a Councilmember is participating remotely pursuant to the provisions of Assembly Bill 2449.
Providing Public Comment During the Meeting
Members of the public who wish to address the Council, by providing public comment, during the meeting must do so in-person in the Civic Center Council Chambers at 9291 Old Redwood Highway, Building 400 in Windsor, where the meeting is being publicly held. As an alternative, members may also provide written public comment submitted via email to: [email protected], please submit them by 12:00 p.m. on the day of the meeting. If a Councilmember is participating remotely under the provisions of Assembly Bill 2449, members of the public will be allowed to provide public comment through Zoom.
Documents related to Open Session Agendas
The public is advised that pursuant to Government Code Section 54957.5 all writings and supplemental materials submitted to the Town Council are public records and will be made available for public review, unless otherwise exempt from disclosure, on the Town's website at Agenda Item Number: 13 Agenda Item Number: 13
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www.townofwindsor.ca.gov, or by email upon request. These writings will be made available in appropriate alternative formats upon request by a person with a disability, as required by the Americans with Disabilities Act.
1. CALL TO ORDER
Call to order a special joint meeting of the Town Council (Council), Windsor Redevelopment Successor Agency (Agency), Windsor Water District (District) and the Windsor Unified School District (WUSD) Board of Trustees.
2. DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES ROLL CALL (Superintendent Secretary)
3. TOWN COUNCIL ROLL CALL (Town Clerk)
4. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
5. CHANGES TO THE AGENDA
6. CONFLICT OF INTEREST DECLARATION
7. PUBLIC COMMENT
(This is a special meeting and only comments or statements concerning the Agenda items listed below are allowed. Public comments will be taken following the staff presentation and initial questions and comments by Council and the Board of Trustees. Each Public Comment is normally restricted to three (3) minutes in length and must be spoken into the microphone from the podium.)
8. REGULAR CALENDAR
Those matters requiring discussion and/or action by the Council and the Board of Trustees will be heard at this time.
8.1 Town Manager Items of Interest
8.2 School District Superintendent Items of Interest
8.3 Town of Windsor Major Development Projects
8.4 Mattie Washburn Pre-School Campus/David Smith Memorial Park Master Plan
8.5 Update on Immigration Enforcement Rules from Windsor Police Department and WUSD
8.6 Presentation on the 2025 Water and Wastewater Rate Study Background and Development
9. CLOSING COMMENTS BY COUNCILMEMBERS AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES
10. ADJOURNMENT
The next regular meeting of the Town Council is scheduled for February 19, 2025, at 6:00 p.m., in the Civic Center Council Chambers located at 9291 Old Redwood Highway, Building 400 in Windsor.
The next regular meeting of the Windsor Unified School District Board of Trustees is scheduled for February 20, 2025, at 6:00 p.m., in the Civic Center Council Chambers located at 9291 Old Redwood Highway, Building 400 in Windsor.
Affidavit of Posting
The Town Clerk’s Office does hereby declare that, in accordance with California Government Code Section 54954.2(a), this agenda for the above stated meeting(s) was posted on February 10, 2025, before 6pm on the Town’s website and near the front entrances of: Town Hall, 9291 Old Redwood Highway, Windsor; and the Lakewood Village Shopping Center (Safeway) Community Bulletin Board, 9080 Brooks Road South, Windsor.
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