DDS Announces Public Hearing on SDC Closure, July 18 in Sonoma

/ Sonoma Land Trust

July 7, 2015:

The Department of Developmental Services has published the following public notice for A Public Hearing on the Transformation of Sonoma Developmental Center.

To access a copy of the letter about the hearing noticed by DDS and sent by Sonoma Developmental Center to conservators click here.

TO INTERESTED PARTIES
A Public Hearing on the Transformation of
Sonoma Developmental Center

Senate Bill 82, signed by the governor June 24, 2015, requires the Department of Developmental Services (DDS) to submit a plan or plans to the Legislature by October 1, 2015, to close one or more of the state’s three remaining developmental centers. Efforts are underway to submit a plan to close Sonoma Developmental center (SDC) in Eldridge, CA by the end of 2018. As a required part of the development of a closure plan specific to SDC, DDS is seeking public comment from interested persons and organizations. These comments will be summarized in the closure plan to be submitted by October 1, 2015, for Legislative approval.

DDS will hold this public hearing on Saturday, July 18, 2015, from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. at Sonoma Valley High School Pavilion, 20000 Broadway, Sonoma, CA.

Agenda:
Introduction — 10-10:15 a.m.
Public Testimony — 10:15 a.m. – 5 p.m.

To assure each person who wants to speak has the opportunity, individuals providing testimony are asked to keep their comments to approximately five minutes. Written comments may be submitted in person at the hearing, to DDS online at http://www.dds.ca.gov/SonomaNews/, by mail to DDS, Developmental Centers Division, Attn: Cindy Coppage, 1600 9th Street, MS 3-17, Sacramento, CA 95814, or via e-mail to Sonoma.closure@dds.ca.gov by 5 p.m. on September 1, 2015.

Sonoma Valley High School Pavilion is physically accessible to persons with disabilities. Printed materials in alternate formats and requests for sign language interpreters, or other disability-related accommodations, should be made to DDS @ (916) 654-1706 or email: Sonoma.closure@dds.ca.gov by 5 p.m. on July 14, 2015.

To view the original public notice received by PHA, please click here, and a later copy of the agenda here.

Provided courtesy of the Department of Developmental Services and the Parent Hospital Association websites.

3 thoughts on “DDS Announces Public Hearing on SDC Closure, July 18 in Sonoma”

  1. Can you give us some ideas about what would be effective subjects? Is this a meeting strictly about client care? Or expanded services to clients (dentistry, special wheel chairs)? Or expanded services to the mental health community? Or environmental use of the land?

    I want to say the right things to the officials. No point talking about the environment if these officials only deal with budgets.

    Thanks for your help with this!

    Karla Noyes

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    • This is a full-day public hearing “on the transformation of the Sonoma Developmental Center,” so not necessarily a meeting. The hearing is required by law in order to take testimony from stakeholders, without any obligatory response from the DDS, for inclusion in the closure plan to be submitted to the legislature on October 1.

      Therefore, all subjects are effective subjects. We need to show the DDS Sonoma County’s concern.

      transformsdc, Sonoma Land Trust

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