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Where are park facilities located in Sonoma?

Sonoma is proud of its extensive park system, totaling almost 80 total acres, as well as its bike trail network and its two open space preserves encompassing almost 99 acres. Find locations, amenities, maps and more on our Parks, Trails & Trees page. For listings of parks and recreational opportunities throughout Sonoma Valley, visit the … Continued

What is Sonoma Clean Power?

Sonoma Clean Power (SCP) is a community-owned electricity provider for Sonoma County. SCP sources renewable and local low-carbon electricity at competitive rates and PG&E delivers it through its existing utility lines. PG&E continues to do billing, maintain the power lines, and handle new service requests and emergencies.

What is the difference between energy efficiency and energy conservation?

Energy efficiency means to use less energy to perform the same task. Basically to eliminate energy waste. Energy conservation is to not use energy. For example, turning lights off in an unused room is energy conservation while switching to more energy efficient lights such as LEDs is energy efficiency.

Do “owners” need to be Live Scanned?

Yes, owners are required to complete the Live Scan process in addition to completing and submitting the supplemental owner/employee background application which is posted on the Cannabis Retail RFP page on the City’s website. “Background materials and responses to the RFP in total shall not exceed 125 pages”. If we have 10 owners, that would be … Continued

As a publicly traded company, we may not have visibility into individuals with ownership interests under 10%. Will that be okay with the evaluators if we disclose owners with interest above 10% instead of 5%?

When completing the Commercial Cannabis Business application, applicants will want to follow both the Administrative Regulations and the Application Procedures Guidelines.  In the event an applicant who is financed through a publicly-traded company is unable to disclose the personal information of those individuals with an ownership interest of 5% or more, said the applicant should … Continued

Where in Ordinance No. 03-2019 is “owner” defined?

The definition of “owner” is silent from Ordinance No. 03-2019.  However, for the purposes of the Commercial Cannabis Business Application, “owner” has been defined in the Administrative Regulations, Section 2, paragraph A. Ownership Information.  For additional information regarding ownership and financial interest, the City recommends applicants refer to the California Code of Regulations, Title 16, … Continued

What is 2-1-1 Sonoma County? (also known as 211)

2-1-1 (or 211) is a free service that connects community members to information about a wide range of critical health and human services available in their community.  2-1-1 Sonoma County is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. 2-1-1 utilizes both bilingual Call Specialists and a phone-based translation service to offer 2-1-1 information … Continued

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