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July 29, 2022

City Council Meeting on August 1, 2022

The City of Healdsburg has a regular City Council Meeting on August 1, 2022, at 6 pm at the City Hall Council Chamber located at 401 Grove Street, Healdsburg, CA 95448. The meeting will be conducted in a bilingual format and the agenda packets can be found online at: https://healdsburgca.iqm2.com/Citizens/Detail_Meeting.aspx?ID=2106 Individuals from the public may participate either by Zoom in English or Spanish and also in person.

Some of the items that will be discussed include:

Awarding the contract for the Rehabilitation of the L&M Motel to DMR Builders in an amount not to exceed $1,348,776 funded by grants from the State of California and Sonoma County
Update on City Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion efforts with Acosta Latino Learning Partnership
Post Event Report from SD Media Productions' 2022 Healdsburg Wine and Food Experience Grand Tasting.

Welcome To Our New Employees!

This past month we welcomed new employees to the City of Healdsburg. Pictured from top left to right and then bottom left to right are Eddie Mercado, Allen Silva, Sean Little and Joel Higuera.

Eddie Mercado Engineering Technician
Prior to coming to the City of Healdsburg Eddie served as an engineering technician for the City of Ventura. While there, he assisted in maintaining Ventura's water and wastewater GIS assets. Eddie holds a bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science and Resource Management and a minor in Studio Art from CSU Channel Islands.

Allen Silva Park Maintenance Worker II
Allen Silva is serving as a park maintenance worker II in the Community Services Department. For the past two and a half years, Allen worked as a park maintenance worker for the City of St. Helena. Prior to that, he worked at Max Process Machinery in Healdsburg as a maintenance worker.

Sean Little Police Officer
Sean Little is our new police officer with the Healdsburg Police Department. For the last eight years, Sean has worked for the Santa Rosa Junior College Police Department, serving the last year and a half as a police officer. During his time as an officer, he was assigned as a student cadet coordinator where he mentored the next generation of youth interested in law enforcement. He holds Associates of Arts degrees from SRJC in Administration of Justice and Social and Behavioral Sciences.

Joel Higuera Mechanic
Joel Higuera is serving as a mechanic – equipment service writer within the Administrative Services Department. For the past 2 years, Joel has served in the role of lead heavy equipment technician for the Sonoma County Water Agency. Prior to his time at the Water Agency, he spent 14 years serving in the Sonoma County Heavy Equipment Division as a heavy equipment technician.

Community Meeting L&M Village

The City of Healdsburg, Sonoma County Supervisorial District 4, and Reach for Home will be holding a Community Meeting on August 10^th at 5:30 pm on the L&M Village project. The purpose of this meeting is to provide an update on the opening of the L&M Village located at 70 Healdsburg Avenue, which will serve as an interim housing program. The program will serve those experiencing homelessness in our community. City staff and Reach for Home will be providing a 30-minute update on the project, the clients it will be serving, the operation of the facility, and information on construction activities that will commence soon. After the presentation, there will be a question-and-answer session in which the public can provide comments.

This meeting will be conducted via Zoom which can be accessed here:
Wednesday, August 10, 2022
5:30pm-7:00pm
https://cityofhealdsburg-org.zoom.us/j/83335161052
Meeting ID: 833 3516 1052
Or by Phone
US: +1 669 444 9171 or +1 669 900 6833 or +1 253 215 8782

444 Healdsburg Avenue Public Workshop

On Tuesday, August 9^th the Planning Commission will hold a public workshop to review a proposal to construct a 4-story building that will include 1,200 square feet of commercial space on the ground floor and two residential units, and one accessory dwelling on the upper floors. The project would be accessed off Healdsburg Avenue and six parking spaces would be located at the rear of the building. The purpose of the workshop is to introduce the project to the Planning Commission and community to obtain input. No official action will be taken at this meeting. Information on this workshop will be available on the City’s website under Agendas & Minutes no later than Thursday, August 3rd.

Dry Creek Commons Project

Burbank Housing and the City of Healdsburg have partnered to develop a 58-unit affordable housing community located at 155 Dry Creek Road. The community will feature 1-, 2- and 3-bedroom units and rents will be affordable to individuals and families with incomes lower than 60% of the Sonoma County Area Median Income. The Dry Creek Commons will feature a variety of amenities for future tenants and is expected to begin construction in early 2024. More information about this affordable housing community can be found at: https://www.burbankhousing.org/coming-soon/155-dry-creek/.
Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15072, notice is hereby given by the City of Healdsburg intends to consider and adopt a Mitigated Negative Declaration for the project located at 155 Dry Creek Road and that the Mitigated Negative Declaration is available for public review and comment. The project proposes to construct a 58-unit, 4-story affordable housing project and associated amenities. The project will include (28) 1-bedroom units, (14) 2-bedroom units, and (15) 3-bedroom units for extremely low, very-low and low-income families. The project proposes to mitigate existing onsite wetlands at a ratio of 1.64:1. The document is available for public review and comment from July 15, 2022 to August 15, 2022. The project is tentatively scheduled for Planning Commission on September 27, 2022. Interested parties are able to view the Mitigated Negative Declaration here: https://healdsburg.gov/DocumentCenter/View/15293/Dry-Creek-Commons-Public-Review-Draft-IS-MND-07-15-22-

Come Work For The City of Healdsburg!

We have many positions available at the City of Healdsburg. To apply please visit us at: https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/healdsburgca/ .Positions that are available include:

Finance Director
Parking Enforcement Officer
Parks and Facilities Aide
Police Dispatcher I
Police Officer
Reserve Firefighter
Senior Building Inspector
Utility Worker II.