Notice of Public Hearing

Protest Hearing Date: Wednesday, June 5, 2013
Time: at or after 2:00 p.m.
Location: Sonoma County Administration Building, 575 Administration Drive, Room 102A, Santa Rosa, California

Notice is hereby given that the Sonoma Local Agency Formation Commission will hold a public hearing on the following:

Amendment No. 1 to the Sphere of Influence of the Sotoyome-Santa Rosa Resource Conservation District and Sotoyome-Santa Rosa Resource Conservation District Reorganization No. 2013-01 Involving Dissolution of the Southern Sonoma County Resource Conservation District and Annexation of District Territory to the Sotoyome-Santa Rosa Resource Conservation District ("the Proposal"),

The boards of directors of the Sotoyome-Santa Rosa Resource Conservation District and the Southern Sonoma County Resource Conservation District adopted a concurrent resolution of application initiating the Proposal for amendment of the sphere of influence of the Sotoyome-Santa Rosa Resource Conservation District and reorganization involving dissolution of the Southern Sonoma County Resource Conservation District and annexation of its territory to the Sotoyome-Santa Rosa Resource Conservation District. The affected territory encompasses approximately 919,000 acres in Sonoma County, extending from the northern to the southern County boundary and excluding an approximately 215-square mile area in the western portion of the County. The reason for the Proposal is to provide more consistent and efficient services. The districts determined that the Proposal is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA"), pursuant to Section 15320 of the State CEQA Guidelines.

At the public hearing, the Commission may consider amending the Proposal to annex territory adjacent to the boundaries of the Sotoyome-Santa Rosa Resource Conservation District, including the following Tax Rate Areas: TRAs 001-000 and -011 in the City of Cloverdale, generally located north of Healdsburg Avenue/South Street, east of Franklin Street and Hillside Street, south of North Street and west of Hwy 101; TRAs 002- 001 and -016 in the City of Healdsburg, generally located north of Healdsburg Avenue, east of Hwy 101, south of Powell Avenue and west of Hidden Acres; TRAs 004-001, -007, -023, -025, -051, -053, -055, -056, -057, -188, -214, -247, -296, -297, -299, and -300 in the City of Santa Rosa, generally located west of Farmers Lane, south of Pacific Avenue, east of Dutton Avenue and Briggs Avenue and north of Hwy 12; TRA 065-003 generally located on River Road south of Asti and including APNs 117-100-001, -002, -003, -004 and 117-090-002; TRA 087-009 generally located south of Geyserville and including APNs 140-030-010 and 140-050-007; TRA 097-010 generally located south of the City of Healdsburg on Grant Avenue and including APNs 086-020-007, -009, -010 and 086-040-009; TRA 065-006 generally located south and west of Lake Sonoma on the northern side of Stewarts Point Skaggs Springs Road; TRA 087-006 generally located south of Rockpile and Kelly Roads, north of Wickersham Road and west of Lake Sonoma; TRAs 179-020 and 179-021 generally located south of the City of Healdsburg and including APNs 066-321-012, -013, 066-310-022, -024 and 110-090-006.

The Commission will hear and receive all relevant oral and written testimony and evidence presented or filed concerning the Proposal and the possible amendment. The Commission will consider the report of the Executive Officer and may accept or amend the Proposal. 

Copies of all related documents are on file and may be reviewed at the Sonoma Local Agency Formation Commission office. If you cannot attend the public hearing described in this notice, you may submit written comments prior to the hearing. Please direct comments, questions, and requests to review documents to the Sonoma Local Agency Formation Commission, 575 Administration Drive, Room 104A, Santa Rosa, CA 95403, (707) 565-2577.

All Interested persons are hereby invited to be present and heard on the matter described in this notice.

If you challenge the actions of the Sonoma Local Agency Formation Commission on the environmental determinations and the proposal in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the Sonoma Local Agency Formation Commission at, or prior to, the hearing.

By: Mark Bramfitt, Executive Officer