Search Santa Rosa 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 Business Hours and Office Locations 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.