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DATE: September 17, 2018
TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
FROM: John C. Brown, City Manager
SUBJECT: Discussion and Direction Regarding Topics for Program Presentations for the
2019 General Membership Meetings of the Mayors' & Councilmembers'
Association of Sonoma County
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council select and provide two or three topics for program
presentations for the 2019 General Membership meetings of the Mayors' & Councilmembers'
Association of Sonoma County.
BACKGROUND
The membership of the Mayors' & Councilmembers' Association is comprised of all elected
officials in the nine cities of Sonoma County. As part of their General Membership meetings, a
program is provided regarding topics of interest or updates to county and regional issues.
DISCUSSION
At the October 2015 Board meeting of the Association, the Mayors took action to request that
starting with 2016, each city/town submit suggestions for regional issues of significance they
would like the General Membership to take up as issues in the following year to help keep
meetings informative and relevant. In 2016, Housing and Transportation Funding were the
topics, followed in 2017 with Medical Cannabis land use policies and tax measures and Housing.
With the October 2017 fires, attention was focused in 2018 on post -fire and fire recovery topics,
fundraising efforts, and the reorganization of the Sonoma County Emergency Services
Management Infrastructure.
The Association is requesting suggested topics which will be considered at the October 11, 2018
Board meeting. Input was solicited from Department heads, to determine which topics they
believe are of the most importance to Petaluma and the region. Among those responses:
Fiscal Sustainability
Street Maintenance Funding
Storm Water Regulation Compliance Funding
• Providing centralized goals to coordinate, direct and oversee each phase of emergency
preparedness/response to guide planning and collaboration between agencies
• Recruiting and retaining quality employees in an unaffordable housing market
The Mayors' and Councilmembers' Association will meet five times in 2019, and will select one
or more topics from among the ideas submitted by each of the cities. The suggested topics are
submitted for Council's consideration and use in selecting a topic or topics the Council would
like to learn more about in the coming year. Council can use these as submitted, or select topics
that may be of greater interest.
FINANCIAL IMPACTS
None.
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