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Prioritizing Investments in Our Community's Recovery & Resiliency Prioritizing Investments in Our Community’s Recovery & Resiliency PG&E Settlement Funds Community Input Survey Data Compilation Responses collected September 15 to October 25, 2020 1 Begins on Page 3 ………………………………………………………. Graph data for Spanish Survey Responses Begins on Page 22 …………………………………..…………………. Graph Data for English Survey Responses Begins on Page 42 ……………….. Open-Ended Response: Shared ideas (Spanish Survey Responses) Begins on Page 44………………….. Open-Ended Response: Shared ideas (English Survey Responses) Begins on Page 189 ..………... Open-Ended Response: Comments for Council (Spanish Responses) Page 190………..……….. Open-Ended Response: Comments for Council (English Survey Responses) 2 SPANISH SURVEY RESPONSES Did you reside within the Santa Rosa city limits during the October 2017 wildfires? Total Responses: 32 yes no 6% 94% 3 SPANISH SURVEY RESPONSES Was your Santa Rosa home or business destroyed or fire damaged in the 2017 wildfires, or did a family member perish in the 2017 wildfires? Total Responses: 32 yes no 25% 75% 4 SPANISH SURVEY RESPONSES Do you currently reside within the Santa Rosa city limits? Total Responses: 32 yes no 13% 87% 5 SPANISH SURVEY RESPONSES Survey Respondents Current Area of Residence 32 Surveys Did not Respond Outside SR within 3% Sonoma County 3% Northwest SR 38% Northeast SR 22% Southwest SR 34% 6 SPANISH SURVEY RESPONSES Where do you reside? Outside City Limits No Response City Limits Out of County Out of State within Sonoma County Provided Northeast Sebastopol 1 - 0 - 0 unknown 1 Fountaingrove 1 Total 1 Total 0 Total 0 Total 1 Hidden Valley 1 Junior College 2 Montecito 1 Oakmont 2 TOTOAL 7 Southwest Roseland 11 TOTOAL 11 Northwest Coddingtown 1 Coffey Park 10 West End 1 TOTOAL 12 Southeast - 0 TOTOAL 0 7 SPANISH SURVEY RESPONSES Do you live within Santa Rosa’s high-wildfire risk areas, Wildland Urban Interface? Total Responses: 32 yes no not sure 19% 31% 50% 8 SPANISH SURVEY RESPONSES PG&E Settlement Funds SHOULD BE USED FIRST for the City’s rebuild projects that have not yet recovered & are still unfunded like rebuilding Fire Station 5, repair of damaged sidewalks & roads Total Responses: 32 68.75% 12.50% 9.38% 6.25% 3.13% Strongly Agree Neither Disagree Strongly agree agree or disagree disagree 9 SPANISH SURVEY RESPONSES Vegetation management/fuel reduction in Santa Rosa’s high-wildfire risk areas (Wildland Urban Interface) 75.00% Total Responses: 32 21.88% 3.13% Strongly Agree Neither Disagree Strongly agree agree or disagree disagree 10 SPANSIH SURVEY RESPONSES Evacuation route construction and improvements in the Wildland Urban Interface areas Total Responses: 32 62.50% 28.13% 6.25% 3.13% Strongly Agree Neither Disagree Strongly agree agree or disagree disagree 11 SPANISH SURVEY RESPONSES Home-hardening incentive/assistance programs (to make structures more defensible to fire) Total Responses: 32 65.63% 21.88% 12.50% Strongly Agree Neither Disagree Strongly agree agree or disagree disagree 12 SPANISH SURVEY RESPONSES Wildfire readiness and emergency preparedness community education Total Responses: 32 65.63% 28.13% 3.13% 3.13% Strongly Agree Neither Disagree Strongly agree agree or disagree disagree 13 SPANISH SURVEY RESPONSES Jump start affordable housing opportunities through incentive funding Total Responses: 32 31.25% 28.13% 21.88% 9.38% 9.38% Strongly Agree Neither Disagree Strongly agree agree or disagree disagree 14 SPANISH SURVEY RESPONSES Strengthening the resiliency of the City’s infrastructure such as installation of backup generators or microgrids to ensure continued functionality of critical facilities 65.63% Total Responses: 32 18.75% 15.63% Strongly Agree Neither Disagree Strongly agree agree or disagree disagree 15 SPANISH SURVEY RESPONSES Support for business and workforce recovery through business loans and grant programs Total Responses: 32 37.50% 28.13% 18.75% 12.50% 3.13% Strongly Agree Neither Disagree Strongly agree agree or disagree disagree 16 SPANISH SURVEY RESPONSES New community assets such as a libraries, community centers, pools, etc. Total Responses: 32 34.38% 34.38% 12.50% 9.38% 9.38% Strongly Agree Neither Disagree Strongly agree agree or disagree disagree 17 SPANISH SURVEY RESPONSES Homeless Services Total Responses: 31 41.94% 22.58% 19.35% 12.90% 3.23% Strongly Agree Neither Disagree Strongly agree agree or disagree disagree 18 SPANISH SURVEY RESPONSES Road repairs not associated with fire recovery 37.50% Total Responses: 32 34.38% 21.88% 3.13% 3.13% Strongly Agree Neither Disagree Strongly agree agree or disagree disagree 19 SPANISH SURVEY RESPONSES Broadband/ internet for all through the addition of fiber optic or wireless solutions Total Responses: 32 40.63% 25.00% 15.63% 15.63% 3.13% Strongly Agree Neither Disagree Strongly agree agree or disagree disagree 20 SPANISH SURVEY RESPONSES Park improvements, such as construction of new parks, all-weather sports fields and other recreational amenities Total Responses: 32 37.50% 25.00% 25.00% 9.38% 3.13% Strongly Agree Neither Disagree Strongly agree agree or disagree disagree 21 Did you reside within the Santa Rosa city limits during the October 2017 wildfires? Total Responses: 3,024 yes no 15% 85% 22 Was your Santa Rosa home or business destroyed or fire damaged in the 2017 wildfires, or did a family member perish in the 2017 wildfires? Total Responses: 3,011 yes no 20% 80% 23 Do you currently reside within the Santa Rosa city limits? Total Responses: 3,014 yes no 16% 84% 24 Survey Respondents Current Area of Residence 3,025 Surveys Out of State/Country Did not Respond 1% 6% CA - Outside Sonoma County Northwest SR 2% 18% Outside SR within Sonoma County Southwest SR 10% 5% Southeast SR 11% Northeast SR 47% 25 ENGLISH SURVEY RESPONSES Where do you reside? Outside City Limits within City Limits Out of County Out of State No Response Sonoma County Northeast Southwest Northwest Southeast Bennett Ridge 2 Alameda County 1 Boulder, CO 1 unknow 184 Alta Vista Heights 3 Courtside Village 1 Appletree 9 Bennett Valley 262 Bennett Valley Rd 1 Belmont, CA 2 Corrales, NM 1 TOTAL 184 Annadel Heights 4 Bellevue Ranch 6 Apple Valley 1 Fairgrounds 13 Boyes Hot Springs 1 Cathedral City, CA 1 Hawaii 2 Town and Country 3 Roseland 118 Brendon Park 2 Kawana Springs 15 Calistoga 1 Cazadero 1 Japan 1 Burbank Gardens 20 Southwest 42 Coddingtown 30 South Park 10 Calistoga Rd 5 Chula Vista 1 Louisville, KY 1 Brush Creek 36 TOTAL 167 Coffey Park 261 Southeast 16 Bodega 3 Concord 1 Maryland 1 Castlerock 2 Copperfield 14 Stellar Gardens Tract 3 Cloverdale 3 Contra Costa County 1 Massachusetts 1 Cherry Street District 4 Countryside 2 Woodgate Glen 3 Cotati 12 East Bay 2 New Jersey 1 Cobblestone 1 Finley Area 23 TOTAL 322 Forestville 7 Emeryville 1 Oregon 1 Downtown 59 Hardies Ln 3 Fulton 5 Fairfield 1 Out of State 2 Doyle Park 10 Harvest 1 Geyseville 2 Fort Bragg 1 Malaysia 1 Fountaingrove 285 Hillview Manor Apts. 1 Glen Ellen 5 Fullerton, CA 1 Uganda 1 Franklin 10 Historic RR Square 5 Graton 1 Gilroy 1 Washington State 1 Grace Tract/Proctor Terrace 39 Jennings Area 4 Guerneville 8 Lafayette, CA 1 TOTAL 15 Hidden Valley 79 Lincoln Manor 4 Healdsburg 14 Jackson, CA 1 Highland Estates 2 Live Oak Park 13 Kenwood 4 Marin 3 Howarth Park 10 Marlow Estates 5 Larkfield-Wikiup 36 Middletown 4 Junior College 98 Northwest 88 Los Alamos 4 Napa 6 Lomita Heights 16 Olive Park 4 Mark West 4 Novato 4 Los Alamos 5 The Orchard 2 Mark West Springs 10 Oakland 5 Mayette Village 4 Parkpoint 2 North Fountaingrove 6 Pacifica, CA 1 Mcbride Lane 2 Peterson Lane 6 Occidental 2 Placerville 1 McDonald Historic District 22 Piner Creek 4 Penngrove 3 Pleasant Hill 1 Melita 14 Piner High 3 Petaluma 25 Redwood Valley, CA 1 Memorial Hosp. Neigh. 19 San Miguel Estates 1 Primrose Ct 1 Roseville, CA 2 Montecito Heights 57 Sierra Meadows 3 Riccas Corner 4 Sacramento 4 Montecito Meadow 8 Tapestry Subdiv. 1 Riebli/Wallace 20 San Diego 2 Montgomery Village 92 Valle Vista Sr. Mobile Homes 1 Rohnert Park 24 San Francisco 6 Nielsen Ranch 1 Valley West 4 Sea Ranch 2 San Jose 3 North Santa Rosa 1 Vintage Oaks HOA 1 Sebastopol 33 San Luis Obispo 1 Oakmont 105 West End 38 Sonoma 2 San Mateo 2 Piedmont Heights 6 Westgate 1 Stony Point/Todd Rd 1 San Rafael 2 Ridgway Historic District 10 Woodbridge 1 West County 12 Santa Barbara 1 Rincon Valley 268 TOTAL 538 Windsor 44 Santa Clarita 1 Skyhawk 44 TOTAL 307 Santa Cruz 1 Spring Lake 21 Truckee 1 St Francis Acres 16 Topanga, CA 1 St. Rose Neigh. Assoc. 14 TOTAL 70 Stonewood 11 Summerfield 21 TOTAL 1422 26 Do you live within Santa Rosa’s high-wildfire risk areas, Wildland Urban Interface? Total Responses: 3,016 yes no not sure 8% 35% 57% 27 PG&E Settlement Funds should be used first for the City’s fire rebuild projects that have not yet recovered & are still unfunded like rebuilding Fire Station 5, & repair of damaged sidewalks & road pavement. 40.85% Total Responses: 3,001 35.12% 14.36% 6.56% 3.10% Strongly Agree Neither Disagree Strongly agree agree or disagree disagree 28 Vegetation Management/Fuel Reduction in Santa Rosa’s High-Wildfire Risk Areas (Wildland Urban Interface) Total Responses: 2,994 58.78% 30.53% 6.35% 2.44% 1.90% Strongly Agree Neither Disagree Strongly agree agree or disagree disagree 29 Evacuation Route Construction & Improvements in the Wildland Urban Interface Areas Total Responses: 2,970 36.13% 32.86% 20.94% 6.90% 3.16% Strongly Agree Neither Disagree Strongly agree agree or disagree disagree 30 Home-Hardening Incentive/Assistance Programs (To Make Structures More Defensible to Fire) Total Responses: 2,966
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