S.R. City Council, April 30th

Greetings!

Thanks to our friend, Anne Seeley, of Concerned Citizens For Santa Rosa, for her analysis of the April 30th City Council agenda

Dear Friends:

  There is a 2:30 Study Session before the 4PM regular meeting.

4.1 Review  of City-Wide After-Action Report, regarding the City's actions during the October, 2017, fires.  There's an emphasis on 'Critical Recommendations.'

4PM

Under Mayor's and Council members' Reports:

11.2.1 Action to take a position on the recently-released CASA Compact on Housing.  A letter is to be sent to our local legislators from the Mayor's and Council members' Association (in which each city has representatives) reporting a unanimous vote against the Compact.  This is due to the Compact's one-size-fits-all approach to planning housing for cities of different sizes.  A suggestion is made that with modifications, the plan would be helpful to on-going efforts in each city.

11.3.1 A Request from Council member Combs for a Study Session on a $15 an Hour Minimum Wage.  Seconded by Council member Tibbetts.

Report

  15.2 Approval of a Subregional Wastewater Treatment Plant  Budget.  This Budget covers Operations and Maintenance, Capital Improvements, Debt Service and Associated Costs. The plant treat 21.34 MGD (million gallons per day in average dry weather) of what we don't like to call wastewater - but what's a better term?  In the recent heavy rains and floods, the plant had to release treated wastewater to the Laguna, as it was overwhelmed.

The System has five users: Santa Rosa, Rohnert Park, Cotati, Sebastopol, and the Sonoma County South Park Sanitation District

  After the budget is approved, allocations of costs to each participant will be determined. Then each participant will allocate costs among sewer users (us).

See you there!

Anne