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Sonoma Valley Arts Task Force Launches "heARTofSONOMA" Community-Wide Art Project

For the first time ever, arts organizations across Sonoma Valley have joined together to keep our community inspired and connected through creating and sharing art during the COVID-19 pandemic and shelter-in-place order. The new Sonoma Valley Arts Task Force has worked collaboratively to launch heARTofSONOMA, a community-wide art project to encourage community spirit and inclusiveness...

Sonoma Valley Arts Task Force

The Sonoma Valley Arts Task Force is an ad hoc organization, formed in early March 2020, shortly after the COVID-19 Shelter-In-Place order began. Cathy Capriola, Sonoma’s City Manager, reached out to Linda Keaton, Executive Director of Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, with an idea of creating some kind of committee to help lift spirits as...

City Facing Financial Challenges of COVID-19

Like many of our local businesses and residents, the City of Sonoma is facing critical financial challenges from the pandemic and resulting shelter-in-place. City revenues, like our local economy, are tourism-driven. Hotel taxes (also called transient occupancy tax or TOT) and sales taxes make up the majority of our General Fund, so businesses being shut down or operating below capacity has a significant impact on the revenues used...

City Council Meeting - May 4th, 6PM

A regular meeting of Sonoma City Council will be held on Monday, May 4th at 6:00 pm. View the full agenda including items on the consent calendar and public hearing on our CivicWeb Portal. Items on the regular calendar include: A Resolution Deferring the Scheduled July 2020 Water Rate Increase for Six Months City of...

Public Comment Process for Virtual Meetings

In order to minimize the spread of the COVID-19 virus, the City of Sonoma is providing multiple alternatives to viewing Council meetings and providing comments on items on the agenda. These alternatives allow the City to adhere to social distancing requirements, follow the Governor’s Executive Order N-29-20 (which suspends certain requirements of the Brown Act),...

Sonoma, We're Here for You!

It's been a busy month for the City of Sonoma team. Whether out in the field providing essential services, working remotely to keep City operations moving forward, finding new ways to hold Council meetings, or coordinating community resources and information to support those in need... your City will continue working hard for you, whatever the...

Get Counted Sonoma! Census 2020, Your Participation Matters!

Take the Census Now! The 2020 Census will help decide how billions of dollars will reach our families. Your answers will help determine funding for dozens of programs that provide essential resources to our community. Census data determines funding allocations for schools, child care programs, road maintenance projects and social assistance programs. A complete and...

City Council Request for Broadway Restriping Preference to Caltrans

At the April 20th City Council meeting, City staff presented an overview of the Broadway Restriping project which provided an opportunity for the City of Sonoma to request a striping configuration for Broadway after a Caltrans street resurfacing project is completed. The Caltrans project is planned for the 2020/21 timeline. As a reminder, Highway 12...

City of Sonoma Parks, Pathways and Cemeteries Partially Open Following County Health Officer's Amended Park Closure Order

The Sonoma County health officer has issued a modified parks closure order that allows residents to walk or bike to parks from their homes beginning April 29, 2020, and until further notice. The order replaces the total parks closure order of March 23, 2020. Please read the full order No. C19-10 "Amended parks closure order...

Doyle Project Narrative

Virtual Town Hall with Senator Bill Dodd on KSVY Radio and Sonoma TV Wednesday April 29th

Tune in Wednesday, April 29th at 6:00 PM for a virtual town hall meeting with Senator Bill Dodd on KSVY Radio, 91.3 FM, and Sonoma TV Channel 27 to discuss the public health and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Joining the senator will be KSVY Host, Rick Wynne, Dr. Karen Smith, former director, California...

Spheres of Influence Map - City of Sonoma

Special City Council Meeting - April 27

A meeting of Sonoma City Council will be held on Monday, April 27th at 5:00 pm. View the full agenda on our CivicWeb Portal. The items for discussion are: Brief Update on City’s Emergency Response to COVID-19 Including the Following Actions: Appoint an Ad-Hoc City Council Subcommittee to Work with Staff on Financial Impacts and 5-Year Forecast, FY 19/20...

Planning Department Current Projects List

City Welcomes Comments on Draft UGB Ballot Measure

Background In November 2000, the voters of the City of Sonoma passed Measure “S” which amended the then-existing City of Sonoma General Plan to incorporate into that General Plan an Urban Growth Boundary (UGB). It was established to prevent urban development beyond the boundary, except under certain circumstances. The stated purpose of the voter-approved initiative...

Urban Growth Boundary (UGB)

Current Status The City Council voted to place a measure on the November 2020 ballot to extend the City's Urban Growth Boundary (UGB). More information can be found on the Ballot Measure W page. Background, news items regarding this issue, and related documents can be found below. Background An urban growth boundary (UGB) separates urban...

UGB PowerPoint Presentation from January 27, 2020 Joint City Council & Planning Commission Meeting

County of Sonoma Launches Warm Line for Emotional and Mental Health Support

The County of Sonoma has launched a local "warm line" that is available to support the community experiencing emotional stress and anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic. The warm line is available to any County resident experiencing emotional side effects of the pandemic and/or the shelter in place...

Tuesday Night Market on the Plaza Suspended, Replaced by Farmer and Agricultural-Only Market at the Sonoma Veterans Building Parking Lot Starting May 5th

Sonoma’s Tuesday Night Market (STNM) will not open its 2020 season on the Sonoma Plaza as originally scheduled. To comply with state and county prohibitions against mass gatherings in the public health orders due to the COVID-19 emergency, the STNM will be temporarily replaced with a weekly Farmer and Agricultural - Only Tuesday Market beginning...

DRAFT UGB Ballot Measure for November 2020 Election

The City is currently accepting comments on the Draft UGB Ballot Measure for the November 2020 Election and requests that comments and questions be sent to dstorer@sonomacity.org by May 8th, 2020, by 5:00 pm. The City Council will consider the draft Measure at its regularly scheduled meeting on May 18, 2020.

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