The City Council at its meeting last week passed a motion prohibiting “all unattended displays in the Plaza.” This was the result of a 3-2 vote following lengthy discussion and an earlier vote on the proposed Holiday Display Policy drafted by the city’s attorney. This... Continue
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Sonoma City Council: Wednesday, November 14, 2007 (3 p.m.) Adopt work plan priorities Adopt Five-Year Capital Improvement Program (FY 2008-2012) Adopt Two-Year Capital Improvement Budget (FY 2008 and 2009). (6:30 p.m.) Non-Profit Grants- Tier 2 Organizations Sonoma Valley Citizens Advisory Commission Wednesday, November 14, 2007... Continue
Sonoma City Council: Wednesday, November 7, 2007 Wrote off past-due ambulance accounts totaling $12,147.05 involving 24 accounts. Declared 2003 BMW 650 motorcycle surplus. Adopted leave policy for city commissioners. Granted Visitors Bureau and Sonoma Valley Film Festival permission to install “Lightpole Banners” on Plaza between... Continue
Council expands Design Review authority In a four to one vote at its meeting on Wednesday evening, the Sonoma City Council introduced a draft ordinance amending the city’s Development Code and expanding the authority of the Design Review Commission (DRC) within the Historic Overlay Zone... Continue
Laurie Kennedy, owner of Body Technology, uses the Endermologie system to help her clients reduce cellulite and scar tissue. Ryan lely/Sonoma Valley SunSometimes workouts and a healthy lifestyle aren’t enough. For those areas of the body that don’t respond to these measures, such as cellulite... Continue
There is a lot happening in Sonoma, as Wednesday night’s four-function fandango illustrates. All at the same time, there were meetings of the City Council (at the Community Center), the hospital board (at the Sonoma Valley Lodge), the Citizens Advisory Commision (at the Fire Station),... Continue
For over two hours the trustees and management of the Sonoma Valley Unified School District discussed on Tuesday evening both the loss of the “Measure E” parcel tax and the future of the proposed swim facility at the high school. Several people, including Sonoma Mayor... Continue
By a vote of 6-1 at its meeting Wednesday evening, the Sonoma Valley Citizens Advisory Commission recommended to County Supervisor Valerie Brown that a use permit be granted for the proposed medical marijuana dispensary at 19445 Riverside Drive. Creekside Medicinal Organics presented its application, filed... Continue
The hospital board meeting was called to review the board’s recent selection of the so-called “In-Town” site, and passion was not in short supply. The board did not so much revisit its decision, especially with two of its members absent, as it did offer up... Continue
It took an hour and forty minutes for the Sonoma City Council to distribute $100,300 in a special meeting on Wednesday to the local “tier-two” non-profit organizations, bringing to $240,000 the total distributions from the 2008 city budget. There were 22 tier-two organizations that had... Continue