March 2019
THE MARYSVILLE MONTHLY
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- Ribbon Cutting Ceremony and Plaque Presentation for Solar Panel Project at City Hall, Fire Station and Corporation Yard
- Draft Parks & Open Space Master Plan Released and now available for review on the City's Website!
- 'Green Means Go' - City Participates in SACOG Project in an Effort to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
- Fire Department Gets Closer to Being Fully Staffed
- Fire and Police Departments Ramp Up Grant Writing Efforts
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SPECIAL EVENTS
- April 2, 5:00 PM - Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for Solar Panel project at City Hall.
UPCOMING CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS
- April 2 - Joint City Council and Planning Commission Study Session to discuss the Parks & Open Space Master Plan, as well as the Council's regular Meeting.
- April 16 - Regular City Council Meeting, Topics include: Special Events Workshop, Follow Up to Council's Goal Setting Workshop and Presentation on the Groundwater Sustainability Agency.
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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT & SERVICES
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PARKS & OPEN SPACE MASTER PLAN
The City of Marysville is known for its abundant parks and open space areas. Over the past several months, the City has been developing a Parks and Open Space Master Plan in an effort to identify goals and priorities for its community assets, as well as identify a path forward to fund and modernize City parks. After all this work, the draft Plan is now available for viewing on the City's website:
City of Marysville, Parks and Open Space Master Plan.
In addition, there will be a joint Planning Commission and City Council Study Session on
April 2, 2019 at 6:00 pm
to discuss and provide additional input before the Plan is adopted at a later City Council meeting.
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'GREEN MEANS GO'
On March 5, staff brought before City Council a Resolution to support SACOG’s efforts to implement the 'Green Means Go' project - a multi-year pilot program to lower greenhouse gas emissions in the six-county Sacramento region. The project objective includes: accelerating infill development, reducing vehicle trips, and electrifying remaining vehicle trips.
As part of the City's support for SACOG’s efforts, staff submitted a pre-application identifying potential 'Green Zones,' or areas ripe for promoting infill development, reducing existing barriers (deficient or aged infrastructure), and providing new transportation options. The information we have provided, along with other jurisdictions in the six-county region, will be compiled and presented to the State to show that, although the City supports regional solutions, individual communities do not have the resources to unilaterally achieve the State’s goals. Therefore, sufficient funding from the state will be essential for the successful implementation of any action that furthers the State's goals of GHG reduction while incentivizing local development and housing production.
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CODE ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS
- The City's Building Official and Code Enforcement Officer recently tagged two structures as uninhabitable due to substandard living conditions. Both property owners are individually working with The City of Marysville to bring the structures into compliance with the Municipal Code or demolish them. One structure is located on 12th street and the other one is located on 2nd street near downtown Marysville.
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- The City has been able to make progress with the residence of a long standing public nuisance property on 3rd street near downtown Marysville. After receiving continuous pressure from Code Enforcement the property owner was able to secure a buyer for the property. The new owner has taken responsibility of the large amounts of furniture, mattresses, clothing and debris located on both the driveway and yard of the residence. The cleanup is set to start by the end of next week.
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- This past month, Code Enforcement was also able to make contact with two property owners of vacant lots causing a public nuisance. Both parcels have been used for storage by transients, as well as for nearby neighbors. Stored items include: vehicles, lumber, wood, furniture, tents, clothing, junk, trash and debris. Both vacant lots have been cleared and Code Enforcement will continue to monitor them for compliance. Both lots are located in Southeast Marysville on 2nd and 3rd Streets.
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CD&S ACTIVITY, FEBRUARY 2019
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CD&S Activity
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In February, the Community Development & Services Department processed 54 building permits, conducted 79 building inspections, initiated 20 code enforcement investigations, received 20 and completed 13 public service requests, and executed 9 transportation or encroachment permits.
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FINANCE UPDATE
The Finance Department continues to make steady progress to complete the 2017-18 Audit by April. Last fall and after seven years, the City changed Auditors. As is frequently the case with a new Auditor, there have been many new questions and greater scrutiny of the City's finances. It's become a great opportunity to improve the City's internal controls and ensure best financial practices are being employed. For example, this past week, the City Council approved a General Fund Reserve Policy. The new policy directs staff to maintain a minimum of 20% reserves for catastrophic events, downturns in the economy and other emergencies.
In addition, on March 19, the City Council approved and adopted the City's Mid-Year Budget. With few changes, the City is on track with its revenues and expenditures for Fiscal Year 2018-19 and projects a $2.6 million General Fund Reserve at the end of this fiscal year (June 30, 2019).
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FINANCE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY, FEBRUARY 2019
Finance Activity:
During February 2019, the Department processed 392 accounts payable and receivable, 58 animal licenses, and 28 business licenses. In addition, 391 cash receipts were generated.
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FIRE STATION REHABILITATION
Construction continues at the fire station as "finish work" begins.
The epoxy flooring was recently completed and kitchen cabinets are being installed. Electrical work is being finalized - the rehabilitation is really starting to take shape. The project is still on track to be completed by the end of April 2019.
STAFFING CHANGES
The Department is in the final stages of background checks to hire two Firefighters and backfilling long time vacancies of more than five months.
Once filled, the Department will experience full staffing levels again.
The Department is also finalizing and preparing to fill the Fire Engineer/ Inspector position that has been vacant for nearly one year. The Department is enthusiastically looking forward to all vacancies being filled later this spring. With the recent heavy rains and summer just around the corner, the Fire Department is already preparing a vegetation management program to combat the rapid growth of grasses and weeds on vacant lots.
GRANTS
The FEMA Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Responses and Recruitment and Retention Grants are now open through the end of March. The Department is preparing a proposal to add additional career staffing including Reserves to increase capacity for responding to high call volumes and concurrent calls.
The Department also recently completed a grant application to the Bill Shaw Yuba Water Agency for water rescue equipment. This equipment will allow Fire Fighters to safely engage in water rescue events.
Lastly, the Department also completed a grant application to the Office of Emergency Services Homeland Security for replacement of a breathing air compressor system on Hazmat 227. The equipment was out of service and has been replaced with a more modern system allowing air bottles to be filled remotely while responding to an emergency call.
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MAJOR STRUCTURE FIRE
The Marysville Fire Department recently responded to a structure fire at East 13
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and Yuba Street. The building was completely involved when the first fire crews arrived. Mutual aid was received from local fire agencies and the fire was brought under control. Cadaver dogs were brought in the next day to search the buildings to confirm no one perished in the fire. The building was known to be inhabited by homeless people.
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PUBLIC EDUCATION
Department staff delivered a Fire Department presentation and demonstration to K-8 students at Core Charter School. Fire safety and prevention were discussed, and specialty fire equipment was demonstrated.
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FIRE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY, FEBRUARY 2019
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Fire Activity:
Firefighters responded to 228 calls for service in the month of February - that's an average of 8 calls per day. They received 134 Rescue & Emergency Medical Calls, 9 Fire Calls and 85 other calls. Overall, a busy month!
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ADMINISTRATION
Using volunteer staff time and PD volunteers, the Department is about to complete its interior "facelift" in April - just in time for the citywide open house anticipated for May. As part of sprucing up the Department, Chief of Police Sachs also added “in-action” photos of personnel on the walls and a police patch shadow box that honors officers for “Case of the Month”.
PROGRAMS
As part of the Department's "going paperless program," the Department continues to make headway with scanning old and new case files into the Department's software system.
Recently, the Department started a Bicycle Registration Program so that residents can register their bicycles with the Department. The program is designed to assist with recovery of lost or stolen bicycles and reduce bicycle theft.
GRANTS
The Department recently submitted grants to the Alcoholic Beverage Control and the Office of Traffic Safety.
EVENTS
Officer of the Year Dinner
This year's City of Marysville "Officer of the Year 2019," Officer Herb Culver, was honored by City and regional leaders, colleagues and family and friends at the Marysville Exchange Club's Annual dinner honoring the outstanding work of peace officers who work in the Bi-Counties.
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Animal Care Services (ACS)
ACS hosted another Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) event at Marysville City Hall to educate the public on the feline foster program, adoptions, and how the TNR program works in the City of Marysville.
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Coffee with a Cop
This past month's well-attended
Coffee with a Cop
was held at the Courthouse Cafe. Officers engaged with more than 30 attendees addressing a variety of community topics.
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POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY, FEBRUARY 2019
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Police Activity:
In February, 2,293 calls for service were received, 828 reports were prepared and processed, and 106 arrests were made. In Dispatch, 1,118 911-calls were received, and more than 4,600 non-emergency calls were processed.
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