What the Director’s 3:58 p.m. reply answers, and what it doesn’t

October 23, 2026

VIA ELECTRONIC MAIL ONLY

Dear Director Hoevertsz and Supervisor Hermosillo:

This is the fourteenth written notice concerning the Subdivision Roadways. It responds to Director Hoevertsz’s email of October 23, 2026, at 3:58 p.m. (the “October 23 Response”), attached as Exhibit A. It incorporates the prior notices, including my letter of October 22, 2026, and my earlier letter of today’s date, and uses the terms defined in them.

Residents Ben Putterman, Tom Proctor, and Quetzal Fasel and Simon Blanchette have joined this effort and are added to the distribution of this letter. The residents currently participating are:

I. WHAT THE OCTOBER 23 RESPONSE ANSWERS, AND WHAT IT DOES NOT

The October 23 Response acknowledges receipt of the records requests, the accessibility concerns, the ADA grievance routing request, and the preservation request. That acknowledgment is noted. It does not answer any of the specific items requested in the October 22 and October 23 letters:

The items marked “Not addressed,” “Not answered,” or “Not named” remain due by 5:00 p.m. on Monday, October 26, 2026.

II. DISTRIBUTION OF CORRESPONDENCE

For the second time, a response from Director Hoevertsz omitted Supervisor Hermosillo, the First District office, the Clerk of the Board, the members of the Board, Sonoma Public Infrastructure’s general address, and The Press Democrat. Each received the letter it answered. The October 23 Response is attached as Exhibit A and is now before all recipients.

Please use “Reply All” on this letter for every future response. Any response sent to fewer than all recipients will be forwarded to the full distribution.

III. TREATMENT AND FUNDING PATHWAY

The October 23 Response states that the department is “developing potential treatments for consideration through maintenance activities or the pavement preservation program,” and that “specific treatments and schedules remain subject to evaluation and applicable approval and funding processes.”

PRESERVATION IS NOT REHABILITATIONPavement preservation treatments, such as seals and thin overlays, are generally applied to roads in good or fair condition to extend their life. A roadway the County rates “Very Poor” ordinarily requires rehabilitation or reconstruction. Routing the Subdivision Roadways through a preservation program would not address the sub-base failure, trench seams, and drainage failure documented in this record.

Residents also need to know who decides, by what process, and when. Please identify in writing:

1. The program or programs under which each of the four Subdivision Roadways is being considered, and whether any is currently on a pavement preservation, rehabilitation, or Capital Improvement Program list.
2. The “applicable approval and funding processes,” including the body or official that approves the work and the funding source under consideration.
3. The date by which the department’s evaluation will be complete, and the next date on which a decision on treatment or funding will be made.
4. Whether the matter will come before the Board of Supervisors, and if so, when.

These questions restate items 7 and 8 of the October 18 Notice and are requested with the October 28, 2026 response.

IV. THE OCTOBER 30, 2026 SITE MEETING

The October 30 site meeting was first disclosed on October 21. The October 23 Response does not mention it. Residents do not know whether the meeting will take place, when, where, or who will attend.

Please confirm by 5:00 p.m. on Monday, October 26, 2026 whether the meeting will proceed. If it will, please confirm the terms set out in Section IV of the October 22 Letter, including resident participation and a scope covering pavement, drainage, curb ramps, and sidewalks on all four Subdivision Roadways. Residents of all four streets, including the residents who joined this week, intend to attend.

V. RECORDS, ACCESSIBILITY, AND PRESERVATION

A. Public Records Act

Please provide the name and contact information of the records coordinator. The October 22 request was received October 22, and the supplemental request October 23. Under Government Code section 7922.535, the County’s determinations on both are due on or before Monday, November 2, 2026. Referral to a coordinator does not extend that period.

B. ADA Grievance

Please confirm in writing the name of the County’s designated ADA Coordinator, the date Section IV of the October 23 letter was routed to that office, and any grievance or reference number assigned.

C. Preservation

Please confirm in writing that a preservation instruction has issued to the County personnel who hold records described in the October 22 and October 23 letters, including dispatch, vehicle location, and telematics data, which may otherwise be overwritten in the ordinary course.

VI. SUMMARY OF REQUESTED ACTIONS

All responses should be directed to every recipient of this letter. Any date not met will be noted in the record.

VII. RESERVATION OF RIGHTS

This letter is not intended as a complete statement of the relevant facts or of the rights and remedies of the undersigned or of other residents of the subdivision, all of which are expressly reserved. Nothing in this letter constitutes a claim under Government Code section 910 et seq. or a waiver of the right to present any such claim.

I look forward to your timely response.

Very truly yours,

Cessna Champion Barrett
Property Owner, 970 Glenwood Drive
Rancho Madrone Neighborhood Coalition Coordinator
Licensed California Real Estate Broker (DRE #01281555)

EXHIBIT A

Email from Director Johannes Hoevertsz dated October 23, 2026, 3:58 p.m. PDT

Reproduced as received. Not addressed to Supervisor Hermosillo, the District 1 office, the Board, SPI’s general address, or The Press Democrat.