CITY MANAGER'S UPDATE
CITY MANAGER JEFF KAY  |  JANUARY 13, 2023

The City Manager's Update is a bi-weekly, digital publication, and includes current information and news, program and project updates, upcoming events, recruitment opportunities, and more!

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WEATHER UPDATE

With the recent inclement weather, donations are needed to assist our partners at Reach for Home to help serve those experiencing homelessness.  Reach for Home operates a Winter Shelter at St Paul's Episcopal Church, and they are in need of socks, tents, and sleeping bags, as many of the belongings of program participants have been soaked, or are in need of replacement.  If you wish to donate, please contact Reach for Home at (707) 433-6161.

DIVERSITY, EQUITY + INCLUSION:

COMMUNITY ENCUENTROS

Join us for a series of community conversations as we build the City's diversity, equity, and inclusion plan.

Language interpretation, childcare, and light refreshments will be provided.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 2023  |  6 - 8 PM

Indigenous Voices of Healdsburg: Going Beyond Land Acknowledgements 

Healdsburg Community Center Multi-Purpose Room (1557 Healdsburg Avenue)

Date, time, and location of the upcoming sessions in the series to be announced soon:

• Is the Dream Alive and Well in Healdsburg?: Contemporary and Historical Experiences of the African American Community in Healdsburg and Sonoma County
• You are My Other Me: Issues of Equity and Inclusion with the Chicanx/Latine Community
• Living Together: Housing and Planning for a Better Healdsburg
• Labor Days: Migrant and Service Community Experiences in Healdsburg

Learn more, and view the information in Spanish, at healdsburg.gov/dei.

CLIMATE MOBILIZATION STRATEGY:
SURVEY CLOSES JANUARY 31

Have you taken the Climate Mobilization Strategy survey yet?

The City of Healdsburg is developing a Climate Mobilization Strategy to provide a framework of projects to pursue for the City to achieve greenhouse gas reductions, in support of the regional goal for carbon neutrality by 2030.

Share your ideas on how Healdsburg can be as sustainable as possible!  

Click here to take the survey before Tuesday, January 31.

[Para participar en la encuesta por la Estrategia de Movilización Climática, haga clic aquí.]

WATER SUPPLY + CONSERVATION UPDATE

Due to the recent rain, Lake Mendocino is at approximately 120% of its winter target water supply level. This is great news for the reservoirs recovering after reaching historically low levels. Sonoma County, along with the rest of California, still remains in drought conditions though, and State Mandates for Stage 2 (20%) water conservation will continue into 2023. 

Here are some ways the City can continue to help you save water:

• Once the current storms pass, set up a rainwater capture system to capture rain now and use later in the summer for your outdoor plants. Rebates of $0.50 per gallon of storage available.
• Replace your existing lawn with a drought-tolerant landscape that uses less water. Rebates of $1.00 per square foot are available to Healdsburg water customers.
• Replace your indoor appliances with more efficient models. Rebates of $75 for front-loading Energy Star® Most Efficient clothes washers and $110 for WaterSense toilets with 0.8 gallons per flush or less.
• FREE: Check out the Do-It-Yourself Home Energy and Water Savings Toolkit from the Library.
• If you have not yet, please be sure to turn off your automatic irrigation!

Find out more about rebates at smartlivinghealdsburg.org.

Find out more about water supply levels at sonomawater.org/current-water-supply-levels.

Photo: US Army Corps of Engineers, Lake Mendocino

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