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EVACUATION ZONE MAP UPDATED FOR 2023
1865 –May 4, 2023
Healdsburg, California Healdsburg, California
Date, Date, 20202020
SIMPLER MAP HAS 13 ZONES INSTEAD OF 41, NO LETTERS By Christian Kallen
➝ Evacuation Zone Map, 3
Photos by Christian Kallen
Kelsey Carreiro, the City of Healdsburg’s emergency manager, previewed a new evacuation zone map to the city council at their Monday meeting, May 1. The update consolidated the previous 41 evacuation zones to a more manageable 13, and dispenses with the letter system formerly appended to each number (e.g., zone HE-17 a, b, c or d). “Now, all evacuation zones will have the HEdesignator at the beginning to signify the City of Healdsburg (versus the surrounding county zones), followed by a number, 1 through 13,” Carreiro told the council. Also, the color of the evacuation zones was changed, based on community feedback, to make it clearer and easier to read. The border lines were changed to thick black lines instead of colored lines, as they were previously. The Healdsburg Evacuation Map, found online at healdsburgemergency.org, also serves as an interactive map where users are able to click on zones to read their boundaries in both English and Spanish. Additionally, the map features an address lookup tool so community members can search for their home or work address to determine which zone they are in. During an emergency, the map will be updated to show which zones are under an evacuation order or evacuation warning. Councilmember Ron Edwards asked if it were necessary to register one’s zone with Nixle or another app so the cell phone user would be alerted to emergency orders pertaining to their address. “You don’t need to do anything to register it. If there is something specific
FUTURE MARKET? The Foley Family Pavilion will replace this 100-year-old warehouse at 3 North St.
Foley Family Pavilion Wins Final OK BUT WILL THE FARMERS’ MARKET BE HAPPY IN NEW LOCATION? By Christian Kallen
The Healdsburg City Council took care of some longstanding business at their April 17 meeting, including final sign off on the affordable housing elements of the North Village Project, hearing the reasons and schedules for increased electric rates for customers, and a quarterly report on the L&M Village interim housing project for chronically homeless. The issue with the longest tale in Healdsburg community history, however, was the approval of the Foley Family Pavilion, a significant remodel of the 1922 Purity building
at 3 North St., down the street from the Council Chambers itself. The project, underwritten by a $7 million pledge from the Foley Family Foundation that gives it naming rights, was designed to create a new home for the Healdsburg Farmers’ Market and other community and private events. But the council meeting revealed a disconnect between the stated purpose of the project, as a new home for the farmers’ market, and the willingness of the Healdsburg Farmers’ Market itself to move in. At the city staff ’s presentation on the final configuration of the pavilion in search of council approval, Councilmember Evelyn Mitchell asked community services director Mark Themig how the farmers’ market representatives felt about the current configuration. “I know there’s been
some concern about fit,” she said. Themig said glibly, “The (board of the) farmers’ market has provided city council with a letter of full support,” referencing a letter received at an earlier stage in design. He admitted the current configuration has a different layout and will require the closure of North Street, but said, “Based on that letter that the city received a couple years ago, I haven’t heard any (thing) different from the farmers’ market board that they still aren’t in full support of this.” However, a follow-up message from the Healdsburg Farmers’ Market board tells a different story. “We’re excited about the Foley Pavilion, but have expressed concerns to the city regarding our ability to fit into the space itself, and the additional stretch of North St. which would
OPENING DAY First day of the Saturday Farmers’ Market
at the West Plaza parking lot, on April 15. be closed for us each week,” said market manager Janet Ciel, with the approval of her board. “This has been a concern since the beginning of the project, so the city is aware of our issues, and now our market has grown to such a size that projections made years ago no longer apply,” Ciel continued.
ELECTRIC BIRDS IN THE WILD BIKE-SHARING PROGRAM’S ROUGH ROLL-OUT LEAVES RESIDENTS CRANKY By Christian Kallen
Photo by Christian Kallen
BLUEBIRDS Bird bikes parked in the bicycle rack at the Healdsburg Depot,
next to the start of the Foss Creek Pathway.
The on-again, off-again bike share program from Bird is once again providing dozens of full-charged electric bikes for shortterm rental in town. But, go figure, not everybody is happy. One of them is David Jones, a financial advisor in town and former city council candidate. Jones spoke up at the May 1
The Project
Joel Galbraith, senior planner with the city, walked through the presentation that summarized the lengthy history of the former farm materials warehouse, known by various names in its 100-year history. ➝ Foley Family Pavilion, 3
city council meeting during public comment, when one of his points addressed the Bird program. “Being a downtown business owner, I’ve had some issues with bikes being parked in areas where they were in the way of public use and right of way,” he said. Jones recently had to grapple with two of the blue Bird e-bikes parked on the walkway to his 465 Healdsburg Ave. business, and on the sidewalk as well. He found them almost impossible to move—the wheels lock when they’re not in use, they weigh about 100 pounds, and they’re designed for riding, not hauling. “I'd recommend to council members, if you see one in the area, try moving one,” he said. Bird Global reports they “partner” with 450 communities world wide, most of them in Europe ➝ Electric Birds, 4