ROSELAND: TOWN HALL on moving campers off the Joe Rodota Trail - Emergency Operations

5TH DISTRICT SUPERVISOR - SONOMA COUNTY

January 7, 2020

Town Hall: Friday JAN 10, 6PM, Roseland Library,

779 Sebastopol Rd, Santa Rosa

Learn about plans to move campers off the Joe Rodota Trail by the end of the month, and share your questions, concerns, and ideas. We will share the results of the EOC planning process, and offer a timeline for what residents can expect, and when they can expect it.

The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors and Department of Emergency Management staff have taken the unprecedented step of utilizing the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) and an incident command protocol in order to quickly, effectively analyze alternative outdoor shelter locations and plan logistics for the emergency shelter implementation and encampment closure.

What this means: The County of Sonoma’s Emergency Operations Center (EOC) is in full swing, and today we had staff liaisons present from the City of Santa Rosa as well. This is enabling us to mobilize the massive effort needed to offer services and solutions to the 200+ camp residents and to move forward with clearing the camp and reopening the Joe Rodota Trail.

Brief notes regarding current operations: Emergency Operations Center

• This EOC is developing proposals for the Board to consider, including aplan to move occupants from the Joe Rodota Trail (trail) and develop a temporary shelter by January 31, 2020. • The intent of the EOC is to address the immediate health and safety concerns and return the trail to its intended use. • If the Board moves forward with this approach, resources and services will be available at the temporary shelter that support the health and wellbeing of individuals. • The work of the EOC is occurring parallel to the work staff is doing to address the long term solutions with regard to shared housing, master leasing, indoor-outdoor shelters and support services.

ACCESS Interdepartmental Multi-Disciplinary Team (IMDT)

• The IMDT intensive care coordination on the JRT is scheduled to begin on Wednesday January 8, 2020. • The IMDT has a comprehensive plan for outreach and engagement and housing placement. • The ACCESS IMDT addresses the behavioral health, medical, and social service needs of this population through coordinated care.

Master Leases

Indoor-Outdoor Shelters

TOWN HALL: Friday, 6PM, Roseland Library, 779 Sebastopol Rd, Santa Rosa Learn about plans to move campers off the trail by the end of the month, and share your questions, concerns, and ideas. ________

Conozca los planes para sacar a los campistas del sendero a fin de mes, y comparta sus preguntas, preocupaciones, e ideas.

Supervisor Lynda Hopkins represents Sonoma County’s geographically large and economically diverse Fifth District. Her area includes the wild and beautiful Sonoma County coastline, the redwoods in the lower Russian River, many unincorporated rural villages, the city of Sebastopol, and the Southwestern portion of the city of Santa Rosa. Lynda’s education focused on land use and public policy, and her professional life included stints in community journalism and organic food farming prior to holding elected office. Along with her husband Emmett, Lynda is raising two daughters who are the fourth generation to pick apples from their Gravenstein apple trees on the property that is now Foggy River Farm.