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HERROD LEADS CITY COUNCIL TOWARD SAFE GUN STORAGE ORDINANCE
Healdsburg, California Healdsburg, California
1865 –May 11, 2023 Date, Date, 20202020
PUBLIC COMMENT, PERSONAL STORIES SWAY ARGUMENT By Christian Kallen
Photo by Christian Kallen
While deadly mass shootings in the U.S. occur almost daily so far in 2023, many families are disrupted and damaged by less visible tragedies in the home caused by readily available, unprotected firearms. People in Healdsburg and elsewhere are frustrated that they seem powerless to stop the widespread availability of firearms, and a “gun culture” that normalizes open carry and assault weapons. At the April 3 City Council meeting a month ago, first-year Council Member Chris Herrod brought up the idea of Healdsburg passing a “safe firearm storage ordinance,” having been encouraged to do so by “several of his constituents,” he said.
WET OIL Under Pacific Gas and Electric Company contract, workers perform required slurry-seal street restoration
on Fitch Street on Tuesday morning, May 9.
City Manager’s Update Gets New Look PLANNING COMMISSION OPENINGS, SLURRYSEAL SCHEDULE AND MORE By Christian Kallen
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After arguing that there is a precedence for such an ordinance in communities nearby, Herrod persuaded Mayor Ariel Kelley and Councilmember Evelyn Mitchell to put the item on a forthcoming agenda for discussion. On May 1, that ➝ Gun Storage, 5
As summer approaches, Community Services efforts are spotlighted, such as the Dollar Days Swim Program at the high school pool and an Activity Assistance Program to help area families take part in camps, youth sports and other activities through sliding-scale pricing. The Slurry Seal Street Restoration project currently underway is resurfacing many downtown streets where PG&E gas line upgrades have been installed. The project concludes next week, according to the schedule in the Update, with permanent paving legends and street striping tasks. Also detailed are plans for improvements of the entrance to the Healdsburg Senior Center, at 133 Matheson St., to include automatic sliding glass doors at both front and back entrances. Construction is set to begin on May 15 and last through June 5. During construction all classes and activities at the
RECYCLE E-WASTE OVER 3-DAY WEEKEND TVS, COMPUTERS, STEREOS AND GAME CONSOLES WELCOME by Christian Kallen
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E-WASTE Mixed electronic waste ready for recycling at the
Zero Waste Sonoma event in Healdsburg, May 12–14.
Old televisions, computers and tablets, outdated cell phones and any number of other electronic devices that have passed their useful lifespan can be recycled at a three-day EWaste Disposal event this weekend at the Healdsburg Community Center. “Electronic devices contain a variety of
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Chris Herrod, seen here at the City Council dais in January, persuaded the council to take up a ‘safe firearms storage’ ordinance at their May 1 meeting.
There are two openings on the city’s Planning Commission, a slurry-seal project to resurface downtown Healdsburg streets is now underway and the City Council unanimously adopted the 6th Cycle Housing Element, as required by state law. These and other informational items about the work being done by the City of Healdsburg’s staff are outlined by City Manager Jeff Kay in his newest bi-monthly report, the City Manager’s Update (formerly the Friday Update). On the cover: the city’s sustainability booth at the recent Climate Fest, held on Earth Day, April 22 at the Plaza. Previously delivered to inboxes as a single scrolling message with graphics
and illustrations to each item, with the current May 5 issue the Update is newly revised and redesigned as a page-through online PDF magazine that’s just a click away from the recipient’s email or the Healdsburg.gov home page. New Administrative Analyst Allison Mattioli helped format the regular city manager’s report into this new presentation. A Sonoma County native, she joined the city staff in November after most recently working on special projects and communications in the City Manager’s Office in Vallejo. This issue—marked as Vol. 23, Issue 9, in newspaper style—includes overviews of several key city projects currently underway: the 2023 Local Hazard Mitigation Plan, the Climate Mobilization Strategy and the Housing Element update. QR codes are used to enable readers to link to deeper content on the website where appropriate.
CLIMATE FEST Healdsburg’s Utility Conservation Analyst
Terra Sampson, at right, with Rincon Consultants’ Erica Linard, spread the word on sustainability at the Earth Day Climate Fest. The image is the cover of the latest City Manager’s Update.
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materials, including metals that can be recovered for recycling,” advises Zero Waste Sonoma, the public name of the Sonoma County Waste Management Agency. Recycling waste electronics saves resources, it maintains, because new metals don’t have to be mined. “In addition, electronic devices contain high enough levels of certain materials, such as lead, to render them hazardous waste when disposed [of ]. Hazardous wastes cannot be disposed of in the garbage,” ZWS adds. The agency posts a helpful list of materials that it accepts for recycling on its website at zerowastesonoma.gov, as well as a downloadable PDF guide in both Spanish and English. Some common examples include TVs, office equipment, cell phones, tablets, printers, desktop computers and
laptops, stereos and game consoles, including cords and medical equipment such as CPAP and Bi-PAP machines. “I know garbage is not a hot topic, but it should be. It’s definitely part of our way to help reach climate goals,” said City Councilmember Evelyn Mitchell, who serves as Healdsburg’s representative on the ZWS board. “Zero Waste Sonoma is a great organization, doing a lot to help keep dangerous and bulky items out of our landfill, which directly helps reduce GhG [greenhouse gasses].” The recycling event will be open from 9am to 6pm on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, May 12–14. The Healdsburg Community Center is located at 1557 Healdsburg Ave. Residents are asked to use the driveways on Healdsburg ➝ Recycle E-Waste, 4