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Grant Funds

Securing grant funds is a multi-step process with many considerations. Outside agencies make grant funds available for projects that support initiatives they are trying to push forward. For example, in a given year, the State of California may be focused on funding roads that provide safe travel to schools. The State makes grants available for … Continued

City Funds

City funds are part of the annual City budget and are allocated at the discretion of the City Council with input from City staff and the community. Our goal is to make the most of these funds by pairing them with “matching” grants from outside agencies – a grant which provides money to fund a … Continued

DISH Wireless Telecommunications Facility “SFSFO00026A”

Project Name: DISH Wireless Telecommunications Facility “SFSFO00026A”  Address: 5341 Old Redwood Highway, Petaluma [Map It] APN:  047-360-025 City Record Number: PLUP-2022-0005 & PLSR-2022-0011 Applicant Name: Allison Holleman, for the CBR Group, Inc Date of Decision: On or after November 21, 2022 Project Description: Proposed installation of a new wireless telecommunications facility on the roof of … Continued

Inactive

Action by applicant needed; more than six months passed since request for action made by staff. Safeway Fuel Center (Expired) Vartnaw Landing 849 Keokuk Street AT&T Telecommunications Facility (Withdrawn) The Barn – 5400 Old Redwood Hwy East Washington Commons Decristo Multi-Family Project (109 Ellis Street) East Washington Place SPAR/ZTA Home Depot – 261 N. McDowell

What is my ISO rating?

ISO’s Public Protection Classification program provides fire protection ratings for communities throughout the United States. In addition to providing standards for evaluating a fire department’s capabilities, a community’s rating can impact fire insurance premiums for property owners. On a scale from 1 to 10, with 1 representing superior property fire protection, the City of Petaluma’s … Continued

5 – Key Achievements 2019-2021

 Item # Description 123 Fund and support a Downtown Streets Team to assist in beautification of Downtown and outreach to Petaluma’s unsheltered population. 126 Begin planning for update of the City’s General Plan 2025. 210 Identify location, select artists, and safely install a Black Lives Matter Mural.

4: Key Achievements 2019-2021

 Item # Description 44 Consider and move forward to adopt City’s participation in Sonoma Clean Power’s Evergreen program. 48 Adopt an ordinance creating and empowering a City Climate Commission. 190 Make permanent the moratorium on new gas stations and develop a plan for building out publicly available EV charging infrastructure and capacity to meet projected … Continued

3: Key Achievements 2019-2021

 Item # Description 105 Establish City minimum wage ordinance. 184 Establish a Free Range, outdoor dining program that allows merchants impacted by the Covid Shelter in Place regulations to operate their business outdoors. 185 Reach out to individual businesses to determine how Covid shutdowns are affecting them and to see how staff could support them. … Continued

2: Key Achievements 2019-2021

 Item # Description 80 Assess and identify traffic needs and develop organizational structure to support needs, including the possibility of restoring a full-time City Traffic Engineer position. 81 Promote emergency preparedness and resiliency strategies to our residents and businesses. 83 Consider a firework and use sales ban, or other modification to current ordinance; assist the … Continued

1: Key Achievements 2019-2021

 Item # Description 1 Develop a fiscal sustainability plan with the community that balances City services with available revenues and integrates policies and identifies potential revenue sources that can ensure long-term financial health and effectiveness of the City. 2 Continue implementing strategies to reduce pension costs and unfunded liabilities. 3 Develop a budget-in-brief to provide … Continued

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