Jessica Hess comment-58823 2011-10-18T21:48:14Z 2011-10-18T21:48:14Z Hi Lisa- you can join us for a sewer puming station tour on Nov 5, 2011 at Sump 2. If you only want to see the Water Facility, we usually offer tours on the 3rd Friday of the month at 10 a.m. To schedule one of the Friday tours, you need an advance reservation. You can call me 808-1400. The tours this weekend and on Nov 5 require no reservation. Jessica Hess 2011-10-18T21:48:14Z Lisa Ouellette comment-58822 2011-10-18T21:35:12Z 2011-10-18T21:35:12Z This is exactly the kind of article I'd like to see in the Sac Press. I can't make this weekend's tour of the water plant - are any future tours scheduled? Lisa Ouellette 2011-10-18T21:35:12Z Tashina Brito comment-57299 2011-09-15T19:10:05Z 2011-09-15T19:10:05Z Jessica, do you have any more information on "pet waste digesters". How does it break it down to eliminate toxic properties and where can you find one? Tashina Brito 2011-09-15T19:10:05Z Gino comment-51279 2011-05-27T16:24:06Z 2011-05-27T16:24:06Z It is my understanding that the citizens of Sacramento passed a law in 1974 that reguired the city to provide loose in the street pick up. This "voluntary" program was someone's sneaky way to circumvent this law. I have lived in Land Park for 17 years and the pick up always went smoothly until someone hatched this hair brained idea. Citizens just need to be responsible and keep their piles neat and out of the gutters and traffic ways until they are picked up. If it is picked up weekly there are no health issues. If you have mature trees and shrubbery, cutting down your prunings to fit in a can requires 2 to 3 times the effort of being able to place prunings loose in the street. Trying to match the weekends you have time available to do yard pruning with the city's loose pick up schedule it not always possible. I would be interested in the cost benefit analysis that was conducted for the proposal to switch to containers. I estimate the cost of the containers alone at somewhere around $7 million. It also now appears the the city has also purchased new specialized yard waste trucks with front and rear bins. The only equipment partiallty eliminated was the claw and those still need to held and maintained for the scheduled loose pick up so how much cost savings could there be. I would have gladly approved several dollars in increased in yard waste collection fee if the City could demonstrate it was necessary to keep the loose pick up service running as smoothly as it did in the previous decades. The evidence I've seen so far, indicates the City made a huge mistake by adopting this program and ignored decades of evidence showing loose pick up was working adequately. They should have spent a fraction of the money educating the small number of citizens who were not following the rules for loose pick up and left the containers with whichever bureaucrats brother-in-law they bought them from. Gino 2011-05-27T16:24:06Z Casey Kirk comment-49927 2011-04-29T00:41:21Z 2011-04-29T00:41:21Z I experience the same problem at my house. I hope they check out our container before the scavengers get to ours! Other than that, I am pretty excited about this and think it is a fun way to encourage recycling. Casey Kirk 2011-04-29T00:41:21Z thsas comment-49922 2011-04-28T22:15:49Z 2011-04-28T22:15:49Z Many people steal out of the recycle bins. thsas 2011-04-28T22:15:49Z Jessica Hess comment-49913 2011-04-28T19:15:16Z 2011-04-28T19:15:16Z Just to be clear, StrangeWalker. We are just looking in the recycle bins. Just trying to encourage people to recycle right by offering them an incentive to do so. We currently have a 30% contamination rate for our recyclables, meaning 30% of what you put in your blue can for recycling is actually sent to the landfill instead of being recycled. We want to decrease that percentage and recognize those doing a good job! Jessica Hess 2011-04-28T19:15:16Z StrangeWalker comment-49873 2011-04-28T04:10:12Z 2011-04-28T04:10:12Z Awesome! The city is going to have inspectors looking in our trash. What is next, fines for improper recycling? This sounds great. They should come in our homes too. StrangeWalker 2011-04-28T04:10:12Z Ace comment-44425 2011-01-26T23:53:08Z 2011-01-26T23:53:08Z I respecfully submit --- there should be no discount for this service ! It's a convenience provided by the tax payers ! I have didicated my use to the Container and only use the street for "Overflow". Other home owners can do the same !!! Ace 2011-01-26T23:53:08Z muchlove169 comment-37870 2010-09-26T16:02:07Z 2010-09-26T16:02:07Z I live in a condo.and the grass is cut by a contractor and hauled away why did the city dropped off the cans greed the city is greedy for money any way they can get it muchlove169 2010-09-26T16:02:07Z Dave Edwards comment-25799 2010-04-28T06:49:58Z 2010-04-28T06:49:58Z I opted out of the container program on the same day they dropped off the bin nearly two years ago even though it costs more for the loose-in-the-street service. Ever since, the claw has been picking up everyone's piles whether they had a bin or not. I sure felt stupid paying extra for less service than my neighbors were getting that had the can. Then two months ago, with no notice, they suddenly started following their own rules about who would get loose-in-the-street pickup. For six weeks my pile kept getting bigger and bigger until I finally complained and I was told that their records showed that I had a can so they were skipping me. It took them two more weeks, while a supervisor came out to verify that I did not indeed have a can, until they finally got around to picking up my pile. All that time I'm paying for a service that I'm not receiving, kind of like the street cleaning that never seems to happen. Dave Edwards 2010-04-28T06:49:58Z Jessica Hess comment-25751 2010-04-27T19:31:02Z 2010-04-27T19:31:02Z HMW: loose-in-the-street collection is a periodic service. We try our best to make it there weekly, but may not be there exactly once a week, especially during leaf season. If it has gone beyond 2 weeks, please call 3-1-1 to report it. Also, if you haven't called 3-1-1 to opt out of the voluntary program, we will still have you listed as containerized so your pile was skipped because according to our records, it should be in the can. Again, just call or email 311@cityofsacramento.org to opt out of the program. You will instantly be placed on the opt out list (even if it takes us awhile to actually get the can) and your pile will be collected the next time the claw is in the area. Jessica Hess 2010-04-27T19:31:02Z Dale Kooyman comment-25700 2010-04-27T18:53:42Z 2010-04-27T18:53:42Z The problems being experienced with green waste are exactly what those of us wrote had not been considered before it was implemented. The exclusive self-appointed "experts" trotted out a poorly thought out plan and reality has now set in. Dale Kooyman 2010-04-27T18:53:42Z hmw comment-25744 2010-04-27T17:59:08Z 2010-04-27T17:59:08Z So if this is voluntary and I am paying the additional 23% why is my yard waste not being picked up? It is in a nice neat pile... did I miss something that says I now have to take the clippings to the dump? hmw 2010-04-27T17:59:08Z geebomb comment-25691 2010-04-26T23:04:49Z 2010-04-26T23:04:49Z Yard waste cans are prejudiced against short people! geebomb 2010-04-26T23:04:49Z Luz Rodriguez comment-25689 2010-04-26T22:41:39Z 2010-04-26T22:41:39Z Using a green waste container for all your garden materials will go a long way in reducing mosquitoes. Eliminating mosquito breeding sites now will go a long way later in the season. Homeowners should drain stagnant water that accumulates in household containers such as buckets, tires, wheelbarrows, bird baths, pet water bowls, fountains and plant dishes. Also avoid dawn and dusk when mosquitoes are most active and wear an effective repellent. Luz Rodriguez 2010-04-26T22:41:39Z Jim Doucette comment-23278 2010-03-13T19:04:46Z 2010-03-13T19:04:46Z Thanks Jessica! And do not forget to install new, fresh batteries in all of your smoke and carbon monoxide detectors! Doing this could save the lives of you and your familiy!!!! Jim Doucette 2010-03-13T19:04:46Z Steven Bourasa comment-19072 2009-12-10T06:11:57Z 2009-12-10T06:11:57Z I know. The City speaks with a forked tongue. The citizens must conserve while the ultra-rich international corporations, like Nestle' & their ilk, can use as much of our water as they wish for huge profits. Who do you work for mayor??? Steven Bourasa 2009-12-10T06:11:57Z The Parrhesiac comment-19022 2009-12-09T20:09:25Z 2009-12-09T20:09:25Z Yet the City wants to give Nestle our water. Unbelievable! The Parrhesiac 2009-12-09T20:09:25Z thsas comment-18730 2009-12-05T00:48:44Z 2009-12-05T00:48:44Z Thank you for the info! thsas 2009-12-05T00:48:44Z Jessica Hess comment-18725 2009-12-04T23:03:47Z 2009-12-04T23:03:47Z The meter size is based on the size of the service (pipe) that bring water to the property. Most single family residential properties have a 1-inch service (which is the lowest monthly service fee). If a meter that is smaller than the size of the service is installed, then you will likely see some service issues on your side of the property (issues with pressure especially). Jessica Hess 2009-12-04T23:03:47Z thsas comment-18654 2009-12-04T01:25:27Z 2009-12-04T01:25:27Z ."....billed a monthly service fee based on the size of their water meter....." Can I request the smallest possible water meter? thsas 2009-12-04T01:25:27Z The Parrhesiac comment-14970 2009-10-06T15:34:16Z 2009-10-06T15:34:16Z Don't bother applying for this, unless you're a friend of a council member, and have already made it clear to them you are for higher utility rates. The Council has no interest whatsoever in hearing what the average utility customer has to say, and they especially do not want the average customer on any Rate Advisory Commission. The Parrhesiac 2009-10-06T15:34:16Z Colleen Belcher comment-6161 2009-04-14T23:34:31Z 2009-04-14T23:34:31Z Thanks for the visual, Jessica! Colleen Belcher 2009-04-14T23:34:31Z Jessica Hess comment-2198 2009-01-13T20:33:29Z 2009-01-13T20:33:29Z Thanks Jonathan! I will look into them, maybe we can add them to our list as well in the future! Jessica Hess 2009-01-13T20:33:29Z Jonathan Mendick comment-2196 2009-01-13T19:07:09Z 2009-01-13T19:07:09Z Here is another resource. I recycled a ton of old computers for free at Ynot recycle. They are an approved Universal Waste Electronic Devices (UWED) and Consumer Electronic Device (CED) Collector for California. They picked up everything including printers, monitors, keyboards, etc. Go to http://www.ynotrecycle.com and you can schedule a free pickup if you are in the greater Sacramento area. Jonathan Mendick 2009-01-13T19:07:09Z Daniel Harvey comment-2221 2009-01-13T10:03:29Z 2009-01-13T10:03:29Z this is a great article. There is no denying it. However, if you truly want to make sure your recycling efforts are not in vain, make sure you do ALOT more research in regard to whom you choose. Many articles and news magazines are uncovering deviant schemes to fleece the "green-thinker" and actually profiting from shipping these unrecycled consumer electronics to thirdworld countries where poor folks are literally paid pocket change to expose themseles to harmful chemicals for the sake of salvaging precious metals that are sold by weight. Kind of in the notion of blood diamonds. Jus' sayin'. Daniel Harvey 2009-01-13T10:03:29Z Harry Osibin comment-2179 2009-01-13T04:33:20Z 2009-01-13T04:33:20Z Cool! Harry Osibin 2009-01-13T04:33:20Z Mark Forsyth comment-2177 2009-01-13T00:17:28Z 2009-01-13T00:17:28Z Awesome! Thanks Jessica. This is great information. Mark Forsyth 2009-01-13T00:17:28Z