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Santa Rosa staff report increased creek volunteerism and details for Colgan Creek restoration phase 3
Summary
Stormwater staff told the Waterways Advisory Committee that Creek Week and the city’s Creek Stewardship Program saw higher participation and described Phase 3 of the Colgan Creek restoration — a 2,500‑foot realignment through a new city park — with an anticipated summer construction start and multiple grant awards supporting the work.
Claire Myers, Stormwater manager for the City of Santa Rosa, reported to the Waterways Advisory Committee on the city’s Creek Stewardship Program results from the prior fiscal year, Creek Week participation, and the upcoming Phase 3 work in the Lower Colgan Creek restoration.
Myers said the stewardship program continues to grow: over the last fiscal year the program recorded “almost 10,000 participants, including almost 8,000 youth,” 98 volunteer creek cleanups, 92 creek restoration activities and roughly 1,100 cubic yards of trash removed. Creek Week alone registered about 375 participants and roughly 2,700 pounds of trash, and city staff events removed significant additional volumes (the staff “Trash Bash” collected 1,800 pounds in one morning from 56 participants).
The Stormwater team described Phase 3 of the Lower Colgan Creek restoration as the linking segment between earlier constructed phases; when complete the full…
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