 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
The City of Santa Rosa, California Planning & Economic Development Department sent out a notice earlier this week regarding an upcoming Planning Commission meeting regarding the proposed retail cannabis business at 353 College Avenue (at the intersection with Glenn Street). Green Pen Dispensary Meeting Thursday, March 14, 2019 | 4:00 PM Santa Rosa City Council Chamber 100 Santa Rosa Avenue Santa Rosa, CA 95404 Project Name: Green Pen Dispensary Project Address: 353 College Avenue Project Description: The proposed project includes a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) for a medical and adult-use cannabis retail dispensary with delivery, within an existing 2,943 square-foot building. The project also includes a parking reduction consisting of six on-site spaces, and six off-site employee garage parking passes. The application has been filed by Green Pen, LLC. File Number - CUP18-080. Meeting Purpose: To receive public comment and recommendations prior to acting on the requested applications. You are encouraged to submit written comments and recommendations if you cannot attend the meeting. Contact: Adam Ross, City Planner (707) 543-4705 aross@srcity.org For Additional Information: Planning & Economic Development Santa Rosa City Hall 100 Santa Rosa Avenue, Room 3 Santa Rosa, CA 95404 M/T/Th 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM W 10:30 AM - 4:30 PM F 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM The Staff Report and attachments will be made available at srcity.org/planningcommission on or before the Monday prior to this hearing (Monday, March 11, 2019). For more information on the City of Santa Rosa's Cannabis Program, please visit srcity.org/404/Cannabis-Program. The City of Santa Rosa does not discriminate on the basis of disability in the admissions or access to, or treatment of or employment in, its programs or activities. Requests for alternate formats may be made by contacting (707) 543-3200.
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 Earlier this month, the Ridgway Historic Neighborhood Association was invited by Santa Rosa's Office of Community Engagement (OCE) to participate in the forthcoming Neighborfest Pilot Program. The OCE will be receiving funding from the United Way of Sonoma County and the Healthcare Foundation of Northern Sonoma County for the Pilot Program. To provide more information about Neighborfest and to prepare for the Pilot Program, OCE invited Daniel Homsey, Director of the Neighborhood Empowerment Network for the City and County of San Francisco, to November's Community Advisory Board (CAB) meeting. Mr. Homsey presented information on San Francisco’s Neighborfest Program and provided the CAB and community with a demonstration of the table top exercise conducted during Neighborfest events called “Map Your Resilientville.” As a Neighborfest Pilot Program participant, we look forward to working with the City to improve our neighborhood's resiliency. Interested neighbors should email us at ridgwayhistoricna@gmail.com.  The City of Santa Rosa will transition from at-large to district-based elections starting November 6, 2018
WHY DISTRICT ELECTIONS? The city received a certified letter from the law firm of Shenkman & Hughes on July 17, 2017 claiming the city is violating the California Voting Rights Act (Elec. Code §§ 14025-14032) because Council members are elected at-large rather than by districts. Dozens of local government agencies in California have faced similar challenges in recent years. Learn more from the City of Santa Rosa.  The City of Santa Rosa will now have its refuse and recycle needs met by a new company — Recology. Recently, this new service provider sent out an introduction postcard. If you didn't receive it, the information below will be all the more useful.
Welcome to Recology: A World Without Waste We’re excited to announce Recology is now your recycling, organics, and solid waste service provider. During the coming weeks, you will receive more information about services and billing. Welcome to the Recology family! Service begins January 1, 2018! For more information, please visit www.recology.com/recology-sonoma-marin.  More details can be found on the event page.
 The City of Santa Rosa and the County of Sonoma have joined forces to provide a comprehensive digital resource through Sonoma County Recovers.
This official page is a resource for all things concerning these unprecedented disasters that have affected our community. Sections include News, Damaged Property, Basic Needs, Financial Help, Contact, Housing, Maps, and so much more! Visit www.sonomacountyrecovers.org for more information.  Santa Rosa, CA — The County of Sonoma and the City of Santa Rosa will be opening a local help center in cooperation with FEMA and the California emergency services office on Saturday, October 14, 2017. Local Assistance Center Press Democrat Building 427 Mendocino Avenue Santa Rosa, CA 95401 Daily 9:00 AM - 7:00 PM Open for the next two weeks or so This will be a single window with emergency services for residents who have been affected by the fires. Some of the participating agencies and services include: • FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency Disaster Recovery Centre • California Department of Motor Vehicles • American Red Cross • U.S. Small Business Administration • Community Action Partnership of Sonoma County • HOPE Reaction and Assistance to Animal Crisis • Sonoma County Assessor and Tax Collection • Child support services • Accommodation assistance • Fire and emergency services • Health services and human services • Construction permit agencies • Transportation and public utilities • Veterans services The line will be open from 9:00 AM to 7:00 PM for at least one week at the Press Democrat Building. ADA accessible. Spanish services available. Children's play area on-site. For more information, please contact the Sonoma County Community Hotline at (707) 565-3856. City of Santa Rosa Emergency Information  Dear neighbors, Our neighborhood is safe from the Tubbs fire for the time being. The mandatory evacuation area lies north of Guerneville Road/Steele Lane. Some neighbors have chosen to evacuate voluntarily, if for no other reason than to avoid the thick smoke which is affecting air quality in Santa Rosa. If you do decide to evacuate, consider turning off the gas to your home. This is a simple task requiring just a crescent wrench. See infographic below.  Our neighborhood's emergency center is at St. Luke's on the corner of Mendocino Avenue and Denton Way. The church is open with volunteers staffing the building. I checked yesterday on our emergency supplies which we store there, as well as our emergency generator.
The winds and temperatures are meant to be more subdued today, so we hope the firefighting agencies are able to get ahead of the fires. However, the return of high winds could cause the fires to flare up and spread again, perhaps toward our neighborhood. Please think about your household's evacuation plan and monitor the Santa Rosa Emergency Information Page for updated evacuation zones, road closures and more. You can sign up for free emergency alerts from Nixle by texting your zipcode (e.g. 95401) to 888777. If there are vulnerable neighbors who might need help evacuating or may need help if the power goes out, please check on them. From what I saw walking the neighborhood, our neighbors are staying calm and alert. People seem to have their contingency plans in place and are generally well-prepared. On behalf of the RHNA Board, thank you all for looking out for each other. Cheers, Max Wilmarth RHNA Chair  UPDATE: Monday, October 9, 2017 4:45 AM
Santa Rosa City Manager, acting as Director of Emergency Services has declared the fires in Santa Rosa as a local emergency. SEVERAL SANTA ROSA NEIGHBORHOODS UNDER MANDATORY EVACUATION NEW EVACATION SHELTERS OPENED Evacuation orders have issued for residents of the following Santa Rosa neighborhoods due to approaching fires • Cross Creek Road • Sky Farm Drive • Saint Andrews Drive, • All residences north Fountaingrove Parkway • Montecito Heights • The Hopper Avenue Area West of Coffey Lane (Between Dennis Lane and Hopper Avenue to the north and south and Coffey Lane and Barnes Road to the east and west) • All residences east of Fulton Road, between Piner Road and Guerneville Road • Kaiser Permanente Hospital and Sutter Hospital are being evacuated More information: srcity.org/610/Emergency-Information. |
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