Vallejo Weekly | Vol 10 | Issue 40

On hand for the sign unveiling, left to right: Public Works Director Melissa Tigbao; Councilmember Pippin Dew; her daughter, Angelina Costa, 8, with bunny, Cloud; Loma Vista Farm Board President Julia Allen; “Farmer” Rita LeRoy; and Patrick Hutchinson, Vallejo City Public Works.

Visit Loma Vista Farm: This is your SIGN!

Loma Vista Farm and Animal Sanctuary was opened in 1974. The 5-acre farm is an outdoor classroom that provides hands-on educational activities involving plants and animals for children of all ages and abilities. Its mission is to seek to increase students’ knowledge of nature and nutrition while enhancing academic learning, ecoliteracy, and psychosocial development.

For years this farm has been known to many Vallejoans by word of mouth and other activities the Farm has participated in or sponsored in the Vallejo Community, but

the one thing they didn’t have … directional signs to direct and guide those looking for the farm or to pique the interest of passerby's who hadn’t yet heard about the farm! Well, that has changed due to the advocacy of farm supporters and our public works department!

Directional signs for the farm have been installed with two on Corcoran Avenue near the farm’s 150 Ranier Avenue location and one on Fairgrounds Drive and Corcoran.

So here it is, this is your SIGN to visit the Loma Vista Farm and support their work in the Vallejo community!

To learn more about Loma Vista Farm, visit lomavistafarm.org

Photo courtesy of Rich Freedman

October 1-9, 2022 is Water Professionals Appreciation Week!

The California Legislature officially designated the first week in October as California Water Professionals Appreciation Week. Water Professionals Appreciation Week was established in 2017, following the passage of Senate Concurrent Resolution 80, and

highlights the important role of water industry professionals and local public water agencies in ensuring safe and reliable water, wastewater, and recycled water in California.

The City of Vallejo would like to send out a big THANK YOU to all of California’s essential water sector professionals and especially to our own wonderful water team - this week and every week of the year.

The City of Vallejo has received its second round of American Rescue Act (ARPA) funding, and we want to hear from you about how to spend it!

Tomorrow is the last day to submit your suggestions so click the link to learn more, MYVALLEJO.COM/ARPA and access the budget tool there, or Click here to submit your suggestions on how the City of Vallejo should spend this second round of ARPA.

Tomorrow is your last day to submit your suggestions!

GFOA TRIPLE CROWN!

The Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) of the United States and Canada has named City of Vallejo, CA a 2020 Triple Crown winner!

GFOA’s Triple Crown Designation recognizes governments who have received GFOA’s Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting, Popular Annual Financial Reporting Award, and the Distinguished Budget Presentation Award for a fiscal year. City of Vallejo is one of just

317 governments that received this special designation for fiscal year 2020.

The Triple Crown designation represents a significant achievement. To qualify, each entity must meet the high standards of all three separate award programs. Each award program recognizes governments that produce reports which communicate their financial stories in a transparent manner and meet applicable standards.

To learn more about GFOA’s Award Programs, visit gfoa.org/awards.

Indigenous Peoples Day

Indigenous Peoples Day (formerly Columbus Day) honors the histories, cultures, and perspectives of Indigenous peoples and their ancestors who lived on the land now known as North America. They existed in these areas thousands of years before the first European explorers arrived.

The day is in recognition of the disease, genocide, and slavery brought to the Americas through the interactions of Columbus and other

European explorers with Indigenous peoples. In addition, the arrival of European explorers and settlers also meant that Indigenous peoples increasingly lost access to their ancestral lands and natural resources, which greatly impacted their ability to practice aspects of their cultures and traditions.

City Administrative Offices will be closed on Monday, October 10 in recognition of the holiday.

Photo: Pierre Jean Durieu

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Summer Limb Drop!

Trees don’t just have failures in stormy weather; trees also suffer from what some would call a phenomenon (summer limb drop). This mostly happens on hot and windless summer days.

In the pictures you’ll see that we experienced summer limb drop at two of our watershed locations, which Water Maintenance Workers took care of. We removed the downed limbs and any other potential hazardous limbs that posed future risk.