Purpose

MWAMAC is established to advise the Board of Supervisors and other County decision makers on local planning and management decisions relating to the Mark West Area, to provide a regular forum for citizen participation in the formation of advisory recommendations on those decisions, and to provide a bridge for communication between the County and local residents and businesses, and the general public on local government decisions affecting the Mark West Area.

Specifically, the MWAMAC provides a forum for public expression and for making advisory recommendations to the County of Sonoma and its Permit Sonoma, Board of Zoning Adjustments, Planning Commission, Public Infrastructure, and Board of Supervisors on the following: 

• applications for use permits, rezoning s, and general plan amendments (Permit Sonoma)
• needed transportation and transit improvements or maintenance projects (Public Infrastructure)
• allocations of franchise fees in the Mark West Area (Public Infrastructure)
• liaise with the Fourth District County Supervisor on community support and outreach for residents in this unincorporated community (Board of Supervisors)

Read more about the Council in the Mark West Area Municipal Advisory Council Blue Book.