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SEPTEMBER 11 REMEMBERANCE CEREMONY

Councilmember Hudson teamed up with the region to host a rememberance ceremony for the fallen victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks. Many elected officials and local government employees attended the event, including several City of Marysville employees from

NEW HIRE - ASSISTANT TO THE CITY MANAGER/CITY CLERK

The City Manager's Office is pleased to announce the hire of Nicole Moe as the City's new Assistant to the City Manager/City Clerk. Prior to joining the Administrative team, Nicole was a temporary Accountant in the City's Finance Department for the past nine months, as well as a Human Resources Technician for the City of Yuba City. Welcome, Nicole!

'SMALL TOWN, DOWNTOWN TURNAROUND' PROJECT

Michele Reeves of Civilis Consulting is coming back to town on October 1 to help the City explore inexpensive ways to revitalize the downtown. By enhancing retail store windows and creating pop-up shops, Michele will demonstrate relatively easy and cost effective ways to improve the business, shopping and community experience in Marysville's Downtown. She will also address the importance of downtown parking, building capacity and seed money to continue retail store window improvements after the initial pilot project is complete, as well as using seasonal pop-up shops to help develop permanent businesses and fill retail vacancies.

Event: 'Downtown Turnaround Summit'

Date: October 1, 2019

Time: 5:00 PM

Location: Yuba Sutter Arts, 624 E Street, Marysville

Big shout out and 'thank you' to Yuba Sutter Arts

for donating the space and equipment for this event!

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PEACH FESTIVAL AND CHRISTMAS PARADE GET 'BEST OF YUBA SUTTER!'

Marysville receives 'Fav!' ratings in this year's 'Best of Yuba Sutter' 2019!

PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDS AMENDED CANNABIS ORDINANCE

With a few minor amendments, the Marysville Planning Commission unanimously voted to recommend the City's amended Cannabis Ordinance to the City Council on October 10. The amended ordinance will allow for 'Adult Use' and delivery of Cannabis in the City limits. See Appeal Democrat story published on September 27.

SEWAGE RATE INCREASE APPROVED

On September 17, the City Council approved a sewage rate increase. Starting October 1, single family household rates will increase to $48.95 per month. Learn more about it in the Appeal Democrat story published on September 20.

CD&S DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY - AUGUST 2019

In August, the Community Development & Services Department processed 106 building permits, conducted 51 building inspections, initiated 40 code enforcement investigations, received and completed 42 public service requests, and executed 14 transportation or encroachment permits.

CITY REALIZES HUGE SAVINGS BY FINANCING AND REFINANCING CITY BONDS!

After several weeks of work with the City's Finance Department, Financial Advisors, Bond Counsel and the City Attorney, the City has finally closed and financed a new Pension Obligation Bond (POB) and refinanced its 'B Street Property' bond realizing more than $9 million in savings over the term of the bonds.

FINAL 2019-20 BUDGET -

NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE!

The City's complete budget is now available online. A limited number of hard copies will be available in the Finance Department at City Hall after Wednesday, October 2.

NEW HIRE - SENIOR ACCOUNTANT

The Finance Department is pleased to announce that Karen Peters has joined the team as the City's new Senior Accountant. Karen holds a Bachelor's Degree in Business Management and a MBA. Most recently, she was Chief Business Officer of Winters Unified School District. Welcome, Karen!

CALLS FOR SERVICE

This past month, the Marysville Fire Department (MFD) sent an engine on a strike team to Tehama County to assist with a large vegetation fire, "Red Bank." The engine was deployed for three days to assist with extinguishing the fire.

In addition, several nuisance related fires continue to keep the crews busy. That said, additional seasonal Firefighters have allowed two apparatus to be staffed most days, which has allowed the Department to respond to previously unanswered concurrent calls. As a result, the Department has also reduced the number of times neighboring jurisdictions have been called for mutual aid.

FIRE APPARATUS

The Ford F550 chassis for the Quick Attack has arrived and is awaiting final specifications to be completed prior to sending the chassis to Oregon. It is anticipated this vehicle will be complete no later than the first quarter of 2020.

Staff will head back to Wisconsin soon to finalize the specifications for the Type I fire engine. Then the construction process will begin with an approximate completion date of April 2020.  

FIRE PREVENTION

The last couple weeks the Fire Department has been out supporting the Marysville Levee District and burning levees around the City. The Levee Commission has been short staffed and, as a result, MFD's seasonal employees have been assisting with controlled burns and vegetation removal. It is a priority to complete controlled burns prior to the fall weather pattern changing, bringing strong north winds, and potential fire hazards. 

The Fire Department recently collaborated with PG&E and developed a Vegetation Management Program for the Hollywood Park area. The three-day effort resulted in removing considerable vegetation around and under power lines and clearing dirt roads in an effort to create much needed defensible space for fire control.

COST RECOVERY - FIRE RECOVERY USA

The Department continues to work closely with Fire Recovery USA to learn and understand their fire and EMS billing solutions (e.g., charging insurance companies for vehicle accidents). The Department will present an update to the City Council by December 2019 on its progress in the first four months of implementing the program and share statistical data.

STAFFING - SEASONAL FIREFIGHTERS

The additional Seasonal Firefighters have been instrumental in drastically reducing the Department's concurrent calls during the month of August. As a result of their presence, the Department has been able to send two teams to critical calls including fires, which allowed the MFD to contain fires quicker and reduced the number of mutual aid calls to neighboring jurisdictions.

FIRE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY - AUGUST 2019

Firefighters responded to 322 calls for service in the month of August. The Department received 212 Rescue and Emergency Medical Calls, 26 Fire Calls and 84 other calls.

PROBLEM-ORIENTED POLICING -

ELLIS LAKE

In August, department personnel reported increased patrols and enforcement around Ellis Lake. City staff witnessed a subject “tagging” concrete benches at the lake. As a result of this incident, PD developed its own “Restorative Justice" program. Instead of prosecuting the "tagger," Chief Sachs negotiated for him to repaint all of the concrete benches at 11th and D Streets. The project was completed the next day. As a result, the former "tagger" is now voluntarily policing the area ensuring others do not deface city property at this location. General clean up and debris removal was also completed by Public Works employees. In addition, a portable ADA restroom will be installed at the location to help keep the area cleaner.

ABANDON/PROBLEM HOUSES - EAST MARYSVILLE

More recently, there have been community reports of problem houses (e.g., abandon, potential criminal activity) in East Marysville. As a result, PD has increased patrols; conducted numerous additional location checks; and coordinated with Code Enforcement to address Municipal Code-related violations, as well as local banks to investigate these problem properties further.

RESPITE SITE - 14TH STREET

PD and Public Works started a major cleanup effort at the 14th Street respite site in Beckwourth River Front Park. This will be an ongoing attempt over the next three weeks to improve the site for those camping there, as well as more aesthetic for Park visitors.

CANNABIS COMPLIANCE

Department personnel identified three locations within the City that were conducting illegal cannabis grows, in violation of the Marysville Municipal Code. All three locations were provided notices to correct and become compliant. Administrative proceedings are currently in process. Should you wish to report an illegal cannabis grow operation in your neighborhood, please contact Lt. Manny Cardoza at [email protected] or (530) 749-3958.

EQUIPMENT

The Department just acquired a new All Terrain Vehicle (MATV) for special enforcement from the U.S Military. The MATV will be used by the Metro SWAT Team for high risk deployments, as well as rural and river bottom rescues and evacuations.

PD is also purchasing new Taser’s for the Department and expect them to be deployed within the next 3 weeks. 

GRANTS

PD conducted its first deployment for the Tobacco Education and Enforcement Grant. The Department also received a $35,000 grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety for Selective Traffic Enforcement. Over the course of the next 12 months, PD will conduct selective enforcement details in an effort to reduce traffic violations within the City.

ANIMAL CARE SERVICES (ACS)

ACS is partnering with Field Haven Feline to conduct another overnight trapping event. The results will be reported in the October newsletter.

POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY - AUGUST 2019

In August, 1,861 calls for service were received, 540 reports were prepared and processed, and 106 arrests were made. In Dispatch, 1,329 911-calls were received, and more than 5,599 non-emergency calls were processed.