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January 2016 Transportation and Public Works

Out in the Field is issued by the Santa Rosa Designated a Bike Friendly Community Transportation and Public Works Department. Each month we provide you with a front­row The League of American Bicyclists has designated Santa Rosa as a Bicycle Friendly view of our operations. We hope Community! This award is presented to communities with a strong commitment to you enjoy this month's issue. providing safe accommodations for bicycling and encouraging people to bicycle for transportation and recreation. Any Requests? Let us know if there is a topic you'd like to Santa Rosa is among a leading group of communities that are improving health, safety learn more about­ we'll do our and quality of life in cities and towns nationwide. The work of our city staff, the best to include it in a future City’s Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Board (BPAB), neighborhood leaders, and issue. community advocates continues to shape Santa Rosa into a city where getting around by bicycle is not only safe, but also easy and convenient. This award affirms our commitment to bicycling as an integral strategy to improving our City's livability, ARE YOU A NEW READER? economy, environmental sustainability, and health. Be sure to subscribe to receive future issues of Out in the Field

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Transportation and Public Works Offices are open: 7:30 am ­ 5:30 pm Monday­Thursday and 8:00 am ­ 5:00 pm Friday

NOTE: Our offices are closed every other Friday. Please view the City Calendar to confirm we are open.

Address: Clipper, the Bay Area’s Fare Collection System is Coming Municipal Services Center to Sonoma County. 69 Stony Circle Santa Rosa, CA 95401 On January 17, Santa Rosa CityBus will be joined by Sonoma County Transit and TEL: 707­543­3800 Petaluma Transit in launching use of the Clipper fare collections system. Santa Rosa CityBus is excited to join the extensive list of Bay Area transit operators currently srcity.org/publicworks offering Clipper as a fare collection option: AC Transit, including Dumbarton Express, BART, Caltrain, County Connection, Golden Gate Transit, Marin Transit, SamTrans, Muni, Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, San Francisco Bay Ferry, Tri­Delta Transit, Napa VINE, WestCAT, WHEELS, SolTrans, FAST and Vacaville City Coach.

Transit and CityBus In addition to paying cash fares, Clipper cards can hold transit passes and are Offices are open: programed to provide transfer discounts within CityBus trips and for Sonoma County 8:00 am ­ 5:30 pm Transit and Golden Gate Transit trip. Transit riders will be able to purchase Clipper Monday­Thursday cards, add cash value and buy any type of transit pass offered in the Bay Area at and the CityBus office in City Hall. Passes and tickets are specific to each transit system. 8:00 am ­ 5:00 pm Friday Clipper users will have the option to set up Autoload, which automatically reloads Clipper cards whenever a pass expires or cash or parking value balance falls below a NOTE: Our offices are closed designated level. Clipper fares are the same as all CityBus fares with discounts cards every other Friday. Please view for youth, seniors and people with disabilities. A new adult Clipper card costs $3. the City Calendar to confirm we Clipper will waive the fee if you order your card online and sign up for Autoload. are open. Learn how to get a Clipper card today!

Address: Santa Rosa City Hall 100 Santa Rosa Avenue Room 6 Santa Rosa, CA 95404

TEL: 707­543­3333 srcity.org/transit srcity.org/CityBus

Below are some construction projects that may cause traffic delays. For a complete list of construction activity in Santa Rosa please see Residents Help Re­Design Courthouse Square the Construction Activity Bulletin. The Reunification of Santa Rosa’s Courthouse Square is the highest profile public infrastructure project for downtown Santa Rosa in the past 30 years. Over the past decade residents and business owners have supported reunifying the Square to foster Mohawk Street Lift Station & a space that is more welcoming to consumers, tourists and businesses. Force Main Realignment ­ Phase I Squares are time­honored places for cities in every culture as a public space where The City is replacing undersized civic life connects and creates a sense of identity. Santa Rosa’s Courthouse Square sewer mains and antiquated has the potential to become the heart of Santa Rosa. Landscaped spaces and a water mains in Seneca Lane central plaza area can provide for a range of activities, performances, and from Mohawk Street to Yuma entertainment right in downtown. The Square can become a distinctive place that Street and in Yuma Street from residents can take pride in identifying as the center of their hometown. Seneca Lane to Marlow Road. The project also removes from Thousands of Santa Rosa residents have submitted comments and input to help service approximately 1300 feet shape the final design of the reunified square. Over 2060 residents completed an of sewer force main and includes online survey and hundreds of residents attended two community meetings that were minor upgrades to the Mohawk held in Downtown. View results of both the English and Spanish online surveys, as Lift Station. All streets will be re­ well as preliminary design options at srcity.org/CHS. constructed. Expect intermittent traffic control from 8:30 am ­ 4:30 This project will reunify the existing park areas of Courthouse Square that are currently pm, Monday to Friday, through bisected by Mendocino Avenue. Mendocino Avenue will be removed between Third May 2016. Project website Street and Fourth Street. Hinton Avenue and Exchange Avenue will be reinstalled on the east and west sides of the Square. In an effort to minimize construction impacts to residents and businesses, the Courthouse Square Reunification Project is on an Alderbrook Drive, Rosedale accelerated timetable with the goal of completing the project in one construction Avenue, Macklyn Avenue and season. The project is scheduled to begin construction in June 2016. Talbot Avenue ­ Sewer and Water Improvements We are replacing undersized and deteriorated clay sewer pipe in Alderbrook Drive, Rosedale Avenue, Talbot Avenue and Macklyn Avenue between Sonoma Avenue and Montgomery Drive. Replacing the sewer mains reduces maintenance costs and replacing the water main improves fire flow. The pavement in the two streets will be reconstructed. Expect intermittent traffic control from 8:30 am ­ 4:30 pm, Monday to Friday, through May 2016. Project website

Diamond Court and Belmont Court Sewer and Water Replacement Work continues to replace the aged sewer and water lines in Belmont Court and Diamond Court. We will also be reconstructing the street and Leaves Block Storm Drains and Cause Streets to Flood upgrading pedestrian ramps to During a Rain Storm meet current ADA standards. Expect intermittent traffic control Each year, streets throughout Santa Rosa experience flooding that is caused by from 8:30 am ­ 4:00 pm, Monday leaves that have clogged gutters and storm drains during a rainstorm. Rainwater to Friday, through February carries fallen leaves, twigs and debris towards the nearby storm drains, where they 2016. Project website. can accumulate and cause water to backup onto the street and flood.

You can help alleviate street flooding by cleaning up the leaves in front of your home Franquette Avenue and Patio or business. Dispose of the leaves in your yard waste bin so they may be recycled into Court Sewer and Water compost—or compost the leaves yourself to enhance the soil of your garden. Replacement The City is working to complete City streets are swept once a month, but there are several weeks in between when this project. We have replaced fallen leaves can accumulate on a street. Large quantities of leaves can fill up a street deteriorated sewer mains in sweeper’s bin quickly, thereby reducing the area they are able to sweep in a day. conjunction with water system Additionally, excess leaves, twigs and branches can clog up the street sweeper’s upgrades in this Montgomery machinery causing further service disruptions. Street sweeping schedule. neighborhood. We also installed new Pedestrian ramps and Please help keep your streets free of flooding, by raking up your leaves regularly. Be paved the streets. Expect sure to not blow or rake leaves into the gutter or storm drain system, as this is a intermittent traffic control from violation of the City’s Storm Water Ordinance. Excessive amounts of leaves in the 7:00 am ­ 4:30 pm, Monday to creeks have a negative effect on fish and wildlife. Overloading creeks with leaves Friday, through January depletes the creek of oxygen and harms fish. 2016. Project website.

Long Drive and Vicinity Sewer and Water Improvements Work continues to install water main on Long Drive, Farmers Lane, and Sunridge Drive. The majority of construction on 4th Street and Highway 12 will be conducted at nighttime (9:00 p.m. to 6 a.m.) in the effort of minimizing traffic impacts. Construction in Farmers Lane, Long Drive, Sunridge Drive, and Alice Street will be conducted primarily during the daytime. There are increases of noise due to heavy equipment, saw cutting and possible traffic delays during this period. Please pay attention to posted No Parking signs as the project moves forward. Expect traffic control 8:30 am ­ 4:00 pm (days) and 9:00 pm – 6:00am (nights), Monday to Friday, through January 2016. Project website.

Illinois Avenue and Sucher Lane Sewer and Water Replacements The City is replacing damaged sewer mains and aged and undersized water services as well as fire hydrants in Illinois Street. The pavement in the project area will be reconstructed. Expect night work for sewer and water installations. Daytime construction consists of installing the new sewer main, laterals, and manholes along with new water services and fire hydrants. Expect intermittent traffic control 8:00 am ­ 4:30 pm (days) and 9:00 pm ­ 5:00 am (nights), Monday to Friday, through May 2016. Project website.

Stony Point Road Widening and Reconstruction You Can Provide Input on Capital Improvement Projects We are making progress installing underground facilities. Think of a Capital Improvement Projects as “home improvement project” for Santa Crews will continue the Rosa. These projects enhance our overall quality of life by improving and maintaining installation of sanitary sewer our infrastructure, including the streets we drive on, the water we drink, and the parks lines, storm drainage systems where our children play. and making fire hydrant connections at various locations Santa Rosa’s Community Advisory Board invites you to attend an upcoming on southbound Stony Point Road community meeting and be an active participant in the CIP planning process. The between Hearn Avenue and meetings are an opportunity to learn about the different types of capital improvement Sebastopol Road. Traffic control projects, understand how they are funded, and provide input into the next city budget. and lane closures will be Online you can view a complete list of planned and current Capital Projects. implemented at various locations along Stony Point Road and The community meetings will be held on the following dates and affected side streets. Expect locations. EVERYONE IS WELCOME! Translation for Spanish­speaking attendees will intermittent traffic control with be provided. More information about these community meetings can be found on lane closures and detours, 7:00 the Community Advisory Board's webpage. am ­ 4:00 pm, Monday to Friday, through December 2016. January 11 Oakmont East Community Center 5:30 PM­7:30 PM Web: stonypointroad.com 7902 Oakmont Drive Twitter: @SR_PublicWorks January 14 Steele Lane Community Center 5:30 PM­7:30 PM Facebook: Stony Point Road DeMeo Room, 415 Steele Lane Hotline: 707­535­0799 January 21 Roseland Elementary School Library 5:30 PM­7:30 PM 950 Sebastopol Road

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During regular business hours 707­543­3800

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Santa Rosa CityBus 707­543­3333 Diamond Court and Belmont Court Sewer and Water

Santa Rosa Paratransit Replacement 707­546­1999 The City is replacing aging sewer and water lines in Diamond Court and Belmont Learn to Ride CityBus Court. Forty­three homes will benefit from the installation of new sewer laterals and 707­543­3336 water services. The project also includes the installation of six pedestrian ramps which are upgraded to meet current ADA standards. Weather permitting, construction will Free Ride Trip Reduction conclude in March 2016 with the streets being repaved. Incentive Program santarosafreeride.org The narrow streets of this neighborhood, have posed a challenge for crews operating heavy vehicles and equipment in a reduced space. The contractors building this project, Ghilotti Brothers Inc. and TerraCon Constructors, have been working closely with residents to ensure their safety and convenience coming in and out of their homes. We would like to issue a special thank you to the residents of this neighborhood for their patience while we build these improvements.

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