Vallejo Weekly | Vol 10 | Issue 5 by cityofvallejo

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Volume 10 | Issue 5 February 3, 2022

FEBRUARY IS BLACK HISTORY MONTH! The month celebrates, honors, and recognizes Black history, achievements, and contributions to our Nation's collective story. Throughout the month, we will highlight and honor the legacy of those who have contributed to Black History. BETTY REID SOSKIN Betty Reid Soskin is the oldest park ranger in the United States, and she just celebrated her 100th birthday last September! She is assigned to the Rosie the Riveter World War II Home Front National Historical Park in Richmond, California, not too far from us! An East Bay-based civil rights activist, musician, and pioneering businesswoman, Betty has been celebrated as "a tireless voice for making sure the African-American wartime experience – both the positive steps toward integration and the presence of discrimination – has a prominent place in the Park's history." She has said, "I wear my uniform at all times; because when I'm on the streets or an escalator or elevator, I am making every little girl of color aware of a career choice she may not have known she had." You can read more about Betty here or read her memoir titled "Sign My Name to Freedom," which was published in 2018.

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Photo credit: The National WWII Museum

I-80 Six Bridges Project Caltrans is accelerating its work on the I-80 Six Bridges Project in Vallejo with the start of the dual bridge closure.

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Last month, Caltrans announced the closure of Georgia Street Overcrossing and Tennessee Street Overcrossing, which would complete the project two months earlier than the original timeline. It would also improve safety, reducing construction impacts and detour route improvements.

The Tennessee Street Overcrossing will be closed on Wednesday, February 2, 2022. The Georgia Street Overcrossing was closed on January 20, 2022.

GEORGIA AND TENNESSEE STREETS OVERCROSSING CLOSED AT INTERSTATE 80 BEGINNING JANUARY 2022 For the safety of Caltrans workers and the public, westbound and eastbound Georgia Street and Tennessee Street will be closed at Interstate 80 for four months, from January 2022 until April 2022. Caltrans will provide additional information when specific dates are known for reopening each bridge. TENNESSEE BRIDGE DETOUR ROUTE: Westbound Detour: Motorists traveling Westbound on Tennessee Street will need to travel Southbound on Humboldt Street,

Eastbound Detour: Motorists traveling Eastbound on Tennessee Street will need to travel Southbound on Mariposa Street, turning left onto Eastbound Springs Road, turning right onto Northbound Humboldt Street back onto Tennessee Street. GEORGIA STREET BRIDGE DETOUR ROUTE: Westbound Detour: Motorists traveling Westbound on Georgia St. will need to travel Northbound on Miller Avenue, turning onto Westbound Springs Road and turning left onto Southbound 14th Street to Georgia St. Eastbound Detour: Motorists traveling Eastbound on Georgia St. will need to turn left

onto Northbound 14th Street to Eastbound Springs Road to Southbound Miller Avenue back onto Georgia St., travel Eastbound on Benicia Road to Southbound Lemon Street, take Eastbound I-780/Curtola Parkway, exit-off ramp to Spruce Street, head WB Spruce Street to NB Laurel Street to Benicia Road. SHUTTLE SERVICE AVAILABLE A 24-hr shuttle service will be available for pedestrians and bicyclists who need to cross BOTH the Georgia Street and Tennessee Street Overcrossings. One shuttle stop will be located on each side of both bridges. I-80 OVERNIGHT FULL HIGHWAY CLOSURES IN VALLEJO - PERIODICALLY AS NEEDED Caltrans may also need to schedule periodic full overnight closures of Eastbound and Westbound Interstate 80 in Vallejo. The Department will provide information on these

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turning right onto Westbound Springs Road, turning left onto Northbound Mariposa Street to Tennessee Street.

I-80 overnight closures ahead of scheduled times and post messages on its Changeable Message Signs. As needed, I-80 overnight full highway closures will use the following detours;

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WB/EB I-80 Detours:

Motorists traveling Eastbound on I-80 will need to access I-780 to State Route 29 to State Route 37 back onto Eastbound I-80. Motorists traveling Westbound on I-80 will need to take State Route 37 to State Route 29 to I-780 to Westbound I-80.

You can also learn more about I-80 Six Bridges project on our Caltrans Bay Area webpage - i80sixbridgesvallejo.com For 24/7 traffic updates, please visit 511.org: https:// twitter.com/511SFBay For real-time information, please visit Caltrans QuickMap: http://quickmap.dot.ca.gov Or follow Caltrans on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/ CaltransD4

While the COVID-19 pandemic has reduced the ability of the Vallejo Fire Department to host community safety classes in person, we strive to ensure that valuable lifesaving information still gets shared with our citizens. This week, we will spend a short time focusing on the keys to CPR, or Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation. What do you do if you find someone that is unresponsive? Ensure that you are in a safe environment, quickly assess the patient by shaking his/her body while looking for signs of breathing. If you can, check for a carotid pulse below the angle of the jaw. If the person isn’t breathing, follow the American Heart Association’s “Chain of Survival:”

STEP 1: Call 9-1-1 (and get and AED if available) STEP 2: Cover your mouth and nose with a mask, then cover the patient’s. STEP 3: Hands-Only-CPR. Push hard and fast on the center of the chest at a rate of 100-120 compressions per minute. STEP 4: Follow the prompts of an AED (if one is available). CONTINUE THESE STEPS UNTIL PROFESSIONAL RESCUERS ARRIVE!

Are you wondering what happened to the breathing portion of CPR? This step was removed several years before the pandemic began. Studies have shown that a person’s body has enough oxygen reserves to sustain them for 6-8 minutes (possibly longer!). By performing hands-only CPR, you are helping the body circulate that oxygen rich blood to the patient’s vital organs.

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Safety Minute - CPR

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We need your help.

2022 Point-In-Time Count

We’re looking for volunteers to assist with the 2022 Point In Time (PIT) Count on February 23, 2022. The PIT count helps Solano County address housing needs in our community and helps tackle progress towards the goal of ending homelessness. More details on informational meetings and trainings will come through the email provided in your registration.

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To register to volunteer, visit solano. pointintime.info.

We’re hiring, and we’d LOVE to have you join our team! The City of Vallejo is currently hiring for the following positions: • • • • • • • • •

Administrative Analyst I/II (Safety Analyst) Administrative Analyst I/II (Water Conservation) Communications Operator I Firefighter/Paramedic Housing Specialist II Police Cadet Police Officer (Entry – Academy Graduate) Police Officer (Lateral) Police Officer (Recruit)

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To see all current City of Vallejo job openings, or to subscribe to receive future recruitment announcements, please visit governmentjobs. com/careers/vallejo.

The Community collective marketplace is back!

A one-stop pop-up shop experience you don’t want to miss, featuring gift items for Black History Month, Valentine’s Day, and Easter! WHEN: Satureday, February 5, 2022 from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm WHERE: 225 Amador Street (The Vallejo Community Center)

VENDORS WANTED! Join us and become a vendor at The Community Collective Marketplace (TCCM). TCCM is a diverse marketplace designed for small businesses and entrepreneurs to network and showcase their talents, products, and services to the community. It’s a one stop pop-up shop experience you don’t want to miss! For a vendor application, please email thecommunitycollective3@gmail.com Vendor Fees: $100 (Non-Food Vendors) $150 (Food Vendors)

Follow, like, and love The Community Collective Marketplace

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Explore and shop the community collective marketplace, a diverse marketplace of small businesses and entrepreneurs showcasing their talents, products, and services to the community.

MAP VALLEJO VALLEJO REDISTRICTING We're holding our second post-map hearing on Tuesday, February 8 at 8 p.m. Council will review additional submitted draft maps and identify their preferred map. Learn more at MapVallejo.org. Photo credit: Teighlor Edie -----------------------------------------------------------Celebraremos nuestra segunda audiencia post mapeo el martes 8 de febrero a las 8 p. m. El Consejo revisará los borradores de mapas adicionales presentados e identificará su mapa preferido. Obtenga más información en Mapvallejo.org. -----------------------------------------------------------Idaraos namin ang aming pangalawang pagdinig sa post-map sa Martes, Pebrero 8 sa 8 p.m. Susuriin ng Konseho ang mga karagdagang isinumiteng draft na mapa at tutukuyin ang kanilang gustong mapa. Matuto pa sa MapVallejo.org.

How to Plan a Community Cleanup & Beautification Project Looking for a way to give back to your community? Organizing a Neighborhood clean-up is a great way to do just that while also making your neighborhood a better place to live. For a community clean-up to be successful, it must be well-planned. From picking the right project to recruiting enough volunteers, putting together an effective event takes effort. Keep reading for tips you and your organization can use to plan a community clean-up that makes a real impact. 8 TIPS FOR PLANNING COMMUNITY CLEAN-UP

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1. Pick the Right Project for Your Community

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River and Park clean-ups

Choose the area of focus for your neighborhood Pick a project that isn't being addressed by other clean-up carefully. The right project fixes an existing local efforts. Is your alleyway an illegal dumping magnet? Is garbage in the river endangering local problem and inspires others to get involved. animals? Is your block looking rough? Is your local Community clean-up projects can come in many park needing new plants and a fresh coat of paint on playground equipment? forms: • • •

Trash and litter collection Beautification projects Flower planting incentives

PRO TIP: When choosing your community cleanup project, consider certain efforts, like painting playground equipment in a city park, which may

require permission or permits from the City or GVRD. Include this in your project timeline. Contact volunteers@cityofvallejo.net for more information.

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2. Make a Detailed Event Plan Once you've chosen the right way to clean up your community, it's important to make a specific plan for the event. Your plan should include:

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Date and possible rain date. Meeting location with access to restrooms for volunteers. Number of volunteers needed and initiatives to recruit them. Outline of all the work to be completed before the event and the day of the event. List of supplies you will need for your specific project. List of required permits or licenses required. Schedule of events for the day of your community clean-up. Post-event steps.

When recruiting, ask volunteers to sign up, so you know who is coming and how much more recruiting you need to do. Keep in mind that volunteers may sign up but not show up on the day of the event, so recruit more volunteers than you need. PRO TIP: Plan to send a reminder to those who have signed up a few days before the event.

This detailed plan will help you organize a neighborhood clean-up that is efficient and fun.

Ensure any relevant information about parking, volunteer check-in, and policies/waivers. Also, make sure to thank them ahead of time and let them know how they fit into your organization's bigger picture. Using an online signup service that sends automatic reminders can also help boost volunteer turnout for your clean-up! Visit this link for a list of free services that make it easy to manage volunteer follow-up tasks.

3. Choose an Enthusiastic Leader Your neighborhood clean-up needs a project coordinator to be the go-to person for all planning needs (maybe that's you!). The leader should have some event planning experience and be involved from the beginning. The event leader should also have a team or committee of people to delegate parts of the plan.

5. Get Supplies Donated Unless you have a budget for your event, the most economical approach is to request supply donations for your neighborhood clean-up. Please make a list of your needs and the estimated costs and ask local businesses to donate the funds or the items themselves. Local hardware or home improvement stores are an excellent place to start.

4. Recruit Volunteers Early Cleaning up a community relies on volunteers just like you! Begin recruiting efforts a month or more before the event to ensure you have enough support. Visit www.VolunteerNow.org to post your volunteer needs or create a Facebook Event.

When the City of Vallejo organizes volunteers for a litter clean-up, we provide litter grabbers, vinyl gloves, trash bags, rakes, shovels, and brooms that are stocked in the Community Clean Up Tool Trailer.

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To request the fully stocked Community Clean PRO TIP: Use different methods to reach a wide Up Tool Trailer, click here to make a reservation. audience: Reach out early to find out if the City of Vallejo (volunteers@cityofvallejo.net) has any other • Tell neighbors, friends, community members, programs your event qualifies for or if they can local businesses, churches, and other connect you to any other organizations. organizations about your event.

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Create a flyer highlighting the details of the clean-up and distribute it. Promote the event on social media. Ask neighborhood organizations to promote the event in newsletters. Add the event to online community event calendars.

Depending on the size and type of your will be garbage to get rid of. Contact the City of neighborhood clean-up, another option is to ask Vallejo Community and Volunteer Coordinator your volunteers to bring the items from home. volunteers@cityofvallejo.net and ask about options for scheduling a pickup for trash and Supplies for community clean-up: recycling. If you expect to collect or create a lot ● Trash bags ● Shovels ● Rakes ● Gloves of waste, consider applying for a dumpster for a ● Paint and brushes ●Wheelbarrows ●Gardening neighborhood clean-up. materials, like plants and mulch Other disposal options include assigning 6. Assign Specific Tasks During the Clean-up volunteers to drive debris to the local landfill or Having a lot of volunteers is great, but they will working with a local business to leave the waste in lose their enthusiasm if they don't know what to their dumpster. do. This is where your detailed plan will come in handy. 8. Reward Your Volunteers After your neighborhood clean-up is complete, During your community clean-up, divide your reward your volunteers. A post-cleanup party volunteers into groups. Assign each group a specific would be ideal, but other ways to thank your project. Provide them with a written outline of volunteers include providing snacks, a t-shirt, or their task, the required supplies, and a map of the simply sending handwritten thank-you notes. locations to work at (if applicable), along with the locations of bathrooms, refreshments, and other Ready to Plan a Community Clean-up? necessities. Now that you know how to plan a community cleanup use these tips to pull together an event that Group tasks can include: will positively impact your hometown. The City ● Cleaning a specific street or block. ● Delivering of Vallejo Community and Volunteer Coordinator water and snacks to other volunteers. is here to assist you. Contact us at volunteers@ ● Assisting with volunteer check-in. ● Taking cityofvallejo.net or call 707-648-8616 pictures of the event. ●Separating garbage from recyclables during litter collection. ● Painting over grafitti. ● Planting or mulching an area. PRO TIP: When providing group instructions, remember to give instructions for cleaning up after the project is complete. Instruct volunteers to wash paint brushes if their job is painting or sweep the sidewalk if they are weeding or cutting grass.

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Also, include contact information for the cleanup leaders in case the volunteer groups have any issues.

7. Make a Plan for Debris Removal You will need to have a way to get rid of debris at your community clean-up. Whether your volunteers pick up debris or plant flowers, there

Join us as we Give Litter the Boot!

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12 - RECOLOGY PARKING LOT 9:00 a.m. to noon 2021 Broadway Street, Vallejo

We have two opportunities for you to show our community some LOVE on February 12:

Hosted By: Cerletti and Kennedy Design’s “Clean Streets Team”

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12 - CITY PARK 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. 425 Alabama Street, Vallejo

Please bring your own litter picker if you have it!

Hosted By: Friends of City Park

Interested in hosting a community cleanup? Send us an email at volunteers@cityofvallejo.net or (707) 648-8616 to get started.

Just show up - the community cleanup tool trailer will be there with all the tools you'll need!

Masks are HIGHLY encouraged.

Want to plan ahead? Check out additional and upcoming volunteer opportunities, here.

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February is the month of love, but one thing we don’t love is LITTER!

The City of Vallejo has been busy working towards the goal of completing an Urban Forest Management Plan (UFMP). The project, funded by a $500,000 grant from the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection’s (CALFIRE) Urban and Community Forestry Program, is geared towards serving disadvantaged and low-income communities. The first step in the project is the completion of a citywide tree inventory to collect information on trees that are located within public right-of-way. The city contracted with ArborPro Inc., to collect our tree information. Since being launched in November 2021, we have inventoried 18,405 trees across various locations, parks, and neighborhoods around the city!

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The goal of the project is to collect information such as tree species, size, a photo of the tree, location, and general overall health. Once the inventory is completed we will use this information to help create and adopt an urban forest management plan for future care and improvement of our city’s trees. The project is about 20% complete and is scheduled to wrap-up in late May. As a reminder, if you see Arbor Pro staff in your neighborhood they are working with the City of Vallejo to help us improve our urban forest! You can learn more about the project at myvallejo.com/ufmp. 18

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Vallejo Police Department Seeks Feedback on Proposed Use of Force Policy The Vallejo Police Department (VPD) is inviting Vallejo residents and stakeholders to provide public comment and feedback on proposed changes to its Use of Force Policy.

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Over the last two years, the VPD has taken several reformative steps to improve its policies, procedures, and training as it pertains to de-escalation, procedural justice, and the use of force.

Residents can visit myvallejo.com/policy-feedback-use-of-force to review the policy and provide feedback. The public forum will remain open for public comment from January 31 until March 14, 2022.

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