The Vallejo Weekly - Volume 9 Issue 15

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Photo: Savage & Cooke, Mare Island

COMMUNITY CLEAN-UP DAY TOMORROW! Join Emmanuel Temple tomorrow, Saturday, April 17, from 9:00 am to 12 pm for a Community Clean-up Day. Meet up at 900 6th Street in Vallejo.

The community tool trailer will be available to provide you with all of the tools you need to help make Vallejo shine! #VallejoVolunteersRock!

Community Clean-up Events happen every Saturday. For more information, email shelee.loughmiller@cityofvallejo.net

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HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM CYCLE 10 AWARDEE In response to Caltrans Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) Cycle 10 Call for Projects, Solano Transportation Authority (STA) submitted two grant applications on behalf of the City of Vallejo. Both projects that were submitted for the City qualified for the federal-aid program which provides funding for the purpose of achieving a significant reduction in fatalities and serious injuries on all public roads. On March 26, 2021, City of Vallejo received confirmation that both projects were on the Approved Project List, totaling $1,510,060.

The two approved projects are a Road Diet and Crossing Enhancements Project on Springs Road between Miller Ave/ Humboldt Street to Rollingwood Drive, and a Pedestrian Crossing Enhancement Project at 17 locations in the City. For further information on these projects, and other successful project applications, please see the complete approved list by Caltrans HERE.

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Check out the latest job openings at the City of Vallejo by visiting www.governmentjobs.com/careers/vallejo April 16, 2021

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LOOKING FOR A COVID-19 VACCINE? Solano Public Health has expanded vaccine eligibility to ALL eligible individuals over the age of 16, who are living or working in Solano County. Vaccinations are FREE and available to ALL current eligible groups regardless of health insurance or immigration status.

Here are THREE ways to get your doses: • Sign up using the state’s vaccine notification and scheduling platform: myturn.ca.gov.

• Complete the Solano County COVID-19 Vaccine Interest Form to get priority notifications on upcoming COVID-19 vaccine clinics.

• Register for and schedule your vaccine at Vallejo’s Capitol City Pharmacy. Don’t have access to the online registration? Simply walk in to the pharmacy after 2 p.m., and complete the paperwork there.

For more information about the COVID-19 vaccine administration and rollout in Solano County, visit solanocounty.com/covidvaccine and be sure to follow them on Facebook.

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PUBLIC VOTING OPEN FOR “ART FOR AIR” CONTEST The Vallejo Citizen Air Monitoring Network (VCAMN) invites the public to vote on entries in the “Art for Air” contest. Artists of all ages have provided entries to show their love for clean air with art. Now the public is needed to vote to identify the winning entries.

The Grand Prize is a $500 cash prize. Other prizes will be awarded for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place in the 5-12, 13-17, and 18+ age groups. All entrants currently have their work portrayed on the VCAMN website. The contest winners will have their work receive additional recognition and be shared with public officials.

Winners will be announced online on Earth Day, April 22, 2021.

“Art is another way to communicate what is important. We hope our contest will help raise awareness about how clean air is important to our environment. We also will learn about how people of different ages think about healthy air,” said Dr. Trina Mackie, Associate Professor of Public Health at Touro University California.

How to vote: Go to the VCAMN website: www.citizenairmonitoringnetwork.org Click the link to the online art gallery and voting instructions.

Vote by Tuesday April 20 at 11:59 PM *One ballot per person only.

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Saturday, April 17 from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM, Vallejo Watershed Alliance

1. Pick a day and time that you and

will be planting native California roses

your household or social-bubble-safe

at Lake Dalwigk. Volunteers will meet

friends will pick up trash.

near the Curtola Park & Ride side of the lake. Wear comfortable clothes and sturdy shoes, hats, gloves, masks, and sunscreen. Vallejo Watershed Alliance will provide supplies, water, and refreshments. To RSVP email, info@ VallejoWatershedAlliance.org.

Vallejo Watershed Alliance always partners with Solano County for Earth

2. Email, info@ VallejoWatershedAlliance.org with your preferred cleanup location.

3. Need supplies? Vallejo Watershed Alliance can provide disposable gloves, trash bags, hand sanitizer, waiver and loaner pickers, and will be happy to drop them on your porch.

4. Leave the filled trash bags next to

Day cleanups. DIY Cleanups are

the garbage cans at the park. Once

happening, and they are offering four

your cleanup is complete, let them

different sites so that all Vallejoans can

know how much trash was removed

participate in a nearby cleanup:

(number of bags filled and any other items that are too big for the bags,

North Vallejo: Delta Meadows Park at

and how many people were there).

841 Jack London Drive

They will notify GVRD and they will

South Vallejo: Carquinez Park on Adams

dispose of the filled bags.

Street near Patterson Elementary West Vallejo: River Park at 485 Wilson

The usual rules of COVID apply: Don’t

Avenue

do this if you feel ill or have a fever, face

East Vallejo: Hanns Memorial Park at

coverings are strongly recommended,

198 Skyline Drive

keep at least 6 feet of social distance with people who aren’t in your

You can download the CleanSwell app

household, and sneeze or cough into a

and track what you pick up, or simply

tissue or your elbow.

email Info@VallejoWatershedAlliance. org with the info below: 10

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EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FOR ALL! Are you and your family prepared for a natural disaster or extended power outage? Don’t wait until the last minute to prepare. Now is the time to get ready and take advantage of professional help to avoid serious problems. All are welcome to participate in a FREE Emergency Preparedness for All! event hosted by Independent Living Resources of Solano & Contra Costa County By attending the one hour online training, you will learn how to prepare your emergency kit, receive valuable resources that will support you in a disaster, and have the opportunity to win a prize.

The online training is on Friday, April 30 from 2:00 - 3:00 PM. Click HERE to register.

For more information contact, Ron Halog by phone (925) 421-9246 or via email at ronh@ilrscc.org

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