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YEAR IN REVIEW cont’d from page 36
● Secured $1M of General Fund money for Lower Russian River homelessness funding, which was implemented through a citizens-led homeless
task force. Funding has already resulted in permanent housing for 69 individuals, and has prevented 81 individuals, including 23 youth, from becoming homeless.
COUNTYWIDE Year in Review
Guerneville & Environs
● Instituted Paid Family Leave for county employees
● Overhauled County fire and emergency services and disaster alerting
● Flashing crosswalk installed on Armstrong Woods Road by Guerneville Elementary School.
County septic policy and delayed new manual until further public outreach and input could be conducted. Succeeded in reducing scope of the State Water Board’s upcoming Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) policy regarding septic systems near the Russian River.
● Funded trash pickup program for downtown, with services provided by Clean River Alliance.
● Ongoing work with Cannabis policy, including addressing neighborhood impacts and setbacks.
● Expanded the County’s lease at the Bank of America building in order to provide new social services, including the first-time ever Mobile Support Team & Whole Person Care program launch.
system; new staff allocations to facilitate community outreach and disaster
planning.
● Ongoing work with state and county septic policy. Made headway on
● Supported funding for Russian River Rec & Park District’s Vacation Beach River Access.
● Provided $90K in TOT funding for Russian River Fire Department, emergency equipment and ambulance downpayment.
● Secured $80K for Russian River Fire Department chief’s salary and consolidation efforts.
● Coming soon! Free River Shuttle service. (The Board of Supervisors will vote to make local bus service free in December.)
Monte Rio
● Provided $26K in TOT funding to secure new radios and rescue equipment. ● Continuing to work with Monte Rio Rec and Park District and Sweetwater
Springs Water District and local property owners to facilitate trail access
from Monte Rio to Coast.
● Advancing the long-dormant Monte Rio Bridge replacement project.
North Coast
● Provided $26K of TOT for EMT training, ambulance equipment, and rescue gear for Coast Life Support District and North Sonoma County Fire.
● Provided $7K TOT for emergency extrication equipment for Timber Cove Fire.
● Secured $90K to support a stipend program for Timber Cove Fire. ● Ongoing rural broadband work.
Roads resurfaced or reconstructed 2017-18 seasons
2017
● River Road 5.15 miles of slurry seal
● Ludwig Avenue 1 mile of chip seal
● Watertrough Rd 2 miles of chip seal
● Mill Station Rd from 116 to Occidental 2.16 miles of repaving ● Occidental Rd from Fulton to 116 4.41 miles slurry seal
2018
reconstruction
● Stewarts Points Skaggs Spring Rd 5 miles chip sealed
● Fort Ross Rd 2.34 miles overlay paving
● Bodega Highway 2 miles overlay paving
● Bohemian Highway from Occidental to Monte Rio - 5 miles overlay paving
● Bohemian Highway, lane closure repaired
● Austin Creek Rd 1.66 miles overlay paving
● Annapolis Rd 6 miles chip sealed
● Ferguson Rd 1.31 chip sealed
● Harrison Grade Road 2.74 miles overlay paving
● Green Valley Rd (at the bridge flood point) .71 miles full reconstruction
● Trenton Rd .78 miles chip sealed ● Furlong Rd 1.73 miles chip sealed
Occidental
● Secured $100K for long-desired sidewalk connection from Occidental Center for the Arts to downtown.
● Implemented ADA improvements to sidewalks and parking lots. ● Provided $12K TOT for Occidental Fire emergency radios.
● Directed TOT funding toward crosswalk improvements on Bodega Highway.
Sebastopol
● Worked with Council and staff to produce seminar promoting new housing opportunities for residential property owners.
● Willowside Rd from Hall to Guerneville .53 miles full reconstruction ● Green Valley Rd from 116 to Harrison Grade (west side) 3.2 miles full
● Filed a joint application with the city for pedestrian and bicycle safety improvements on Ragle Road.
● Provided $15K of TOT for Gold Ridge Fire Department pagers and radios.
Roseland
● Secured $500K for library relocation.
● Conducted extensive outreach and provided resources for homeless
individuals and encampment clearing.
● Directed funding of $50K to support training program at Becoming
Independent.
● Directed funding to a clean up effort for a derelict property on West Avenue
near Sheppard Accelerated Middle School.
2019 scheduled roads (so far)
● Todd Rd 2.5 miles full reconstruction
● Ross Rd from Graton to past Green Valley Rd .61 miles repair and chip seal ● Green Hill Rd .85 miles overlay paving
● Cazadero Hwy from mid point to town 3.24 miles full reconstruction and
Moorland
● Secured $4.6 million for the long awaited Andy’s Unity Park Project, which opened this Spring.
● Provided ongoing support to the Neighborhood Action Team, which has succeeded in prioritizing infrastructure improvements in the Moorland neighborhoods, including new bus stops, new crosswalks, lighting and other safety improvements.
lane repair
● Armstrong Woods Rd 2.27 miles slurry seal ● Pleasant Hill Rd .57 miles full reconstruction ● Jonive Rd 2.17 miles chip seal
● Moscow Rd 2.44 miles repair and chip seal
● Guerneville Rd 1.84 miles slurry seal
● Completed grant application for pedestrian and bicycle safety enhancements.
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