05/08/2023 Climate Action Commission Meeting
Climate Action Commission Meeting
Monday, May 8, 2023, 6:30 p.m.
318 First Street, Abbey Street Conference Room Entrance
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May 23
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05/04/2023 Hispanic Advisory Committee Meeting
City of Winters Hispanic Advisory Committee
City Hall Downstairs Conference Room
318 First Street, Abby Street Entrance
Thursday May 4, 2023, 6:30 p.m.
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Apr 23
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04/28/2023 City Manager’s Update
Please see the pdf copy: Friday Update, 04/28/2023
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04/26/2023 City of Winters / WJUSD 2×2 Meeting
CITY OF WINTERS/WINTERS JOINT UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
2X2 MEETING
909 W GRANT AVE WINTERS CA 95694
Wednesday, April 26, 2022
5:00 PM
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04/17/2023 Natural Resources Commission Special Meeting
Natural Resources Commission Special Meeting
Monday, April 17, 2023, 6:00pm
In Person Meeting Only at City Hall Downstairs Conference Room
318 First Street, Winters, CA 95694
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04/10/2023 State Highway 128 in Yolo County Closed in Both Directions / 23-017a UPDATE
Good morning. Boating season is upon us and Caltrans has updated news about the repairs to Hwy 128. Please see below and attached. The road will be closed for about three weeks to stabilize the road. Once stabilized, Caltrans will install temporary traffic signals for one way traffic. When it does, please watch for slowing and stopped vehicles as you head to the lake, and be careful out there. I’ll provide updates on the construction activities when available.
Best, Kathleen
Date: April 7, 2023 #23-016a
District: District 3 – Marysville,
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (pdf)
State Highway 128 in Yolo County Closed in Both Directions
From Pleasant Valley Road (Road 86) to Solano County Line for Emergency Repairs
YOLO COUNTY— Caltrans is alerting motorists about an ongoing full closure of State Highway 128 for emergency work.
Wet weather and saturated soil caused an early-morning slip underneath the roadway on Saturday, April 1, resulting in the closure of the eastbound and westbound directions at different locations.
An emergency contractor will bring in heavy equipment for slide removal and slop-stabilizing work at postmiles 1.75 and 2.24. The closure is estimated to last about three weeks from today. One-way traffic control will begin once it is determined to be safe.
The permanent repair will require a soldier pile wall, and the work will be impacted by the weather. Motorists will not have access into the closure area unless they have proof of local residency and then will be escorted to their homes.
Caltrans District 3 is responsible for maintaining and operating 4,385 lane miles in 11 Sacramento Valley and Northern Sierra counties. Caltrans issues updates about road conditions on Twitter @CaltransDist3 and on Facebook at CaltransDistrict3. For real-time traffic, click on Caltrans’ QuickMap quickmap.dot.ca.gov/ or download the QuickMap app from the App Store or Google Play.
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04/07/2023 City Manager’s Update
Please see the pdf copy: Friday Update, 04/07/2023
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04/07/2023 Gas Odor
Good morning, all. We were notified last night that PGE would be releasing gas today at their Dixon facility as part of infrastructure work. Please see the information below.
PG&E will be releasing natural gas from two sites in Eastern Yolo County as shown on the map. This will be safe however the smell of gas depending on winds and or an atmospheric inversion can be detected from great distance. This release is planned for tomorrow, Friday 4/7/23 from 0600-1400 approximate.
We anticipate increase calls for service from our Gas Service Reps who answer gas service call requests.
Dixon Reg Station
Davis location
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04/10/2023 Climate Action Commission Meeting
04/10/2023 Agenda
Climate Action Commission Meeting
Monday, April 10, 2023 6:30 p.m.
18 First Street, Abbey Street Conference Room Entrance
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04/12/2023 Winters Senior Commission on Aging Meeting
Winters Senior Commission on Aging Meeting
City Hall Downstairs Conference Room
318 First Street, Abby Street Entrance
Wednesday, April 12, 2023, 6:30 p.m.
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Grand Opening of Three Oaks Park, Saturday, April 8, 2023, 9:30 a.m.
Three Oaks Park is opening! The fence will come down Wednesday and Thursday of this week. We will cut the ribbon this Saturday, April 8 at 9:30 a.m. on the sidewalk in front of main park sign on Taylor Street.
The WJUSD high school students have coordinated an Easter Egg Hunt in the south lot (where the play equipment and shelter are) for two age groups: toddler to 5 in one section and 6 – 10 in another section at 10 a.m. Please join me in thanking the ASB for helping us inaugurate the park. Fingers crossed the weather holds.
Best, Kathleen
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04/03/2023 Hispanic Advisory Committee Meeting
- 04/03/2023 Agenda
City of Winters Hispanic Advisory Committee
City Hall Downstairs Conference Room
318 First Street, Abby Street Entrance
Monday, April 3, 6:30 p.m.
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03/17/2023 Notice Inviting Bids (Due 4/20/2023)
Notice Posted 03/17/2023 – Bids and RFP’s
Notices of Requests for Proposal and Bid Opportunities:
- 22-23 STREET REHABILITATION PROJECT (PROJECT NO. 030-22) / Final Questions Due 3/30/2023 @2pm PST / Bid Due Date: 4/20/2023 @2pm PST
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03/10/2023 City Manager’s Update
City Manager’s Update (full doc/pdf)
March 10, 2023
Greetings, all. We have another round of storms ahead of us with a strong potential for flooding downstream of the Sierra Nevada. Flooding is NOT supposed to be like the floods of 1997. For those of you who weren’t here then, like me, click here. Rain begins again tomorrow… click here for the forecast. Flood watch through Sunday morning in the Sacramento Valley.
Don’t Miss Out!
- The last Open Mic night at the Opera House is March 16 beginning at 6 p.m. Wear your green for St Patty’s Day. Beginning in April, Open Mic Night will occur on Saturday nights on Main Street in the closure area. For more information, please visit https://wintersopenmic.org/.
- The Winters Senior Foundation speaker’s series is back! On Thursday, March 23, 2 – 4 p.m. at the Community Center, topics include “Matter of Balance / Fall Prevention,” and “Lift Strong and Safe.” The session is free and open to the public; refreshments will be served.
- Youth Day is selling ducks! Buy bulk ~ become a sponsor ~ increase your chances of winning one of the jackpots. Click here for more information. The Duck Derby is Friday, April 28, at the trestle bridge. Saturday festivities kick off with a Rotary pancake breakfast at the Community Center and then the parade, the best hometown collection of cars, floats, walkers, and kids.
- It’s Women’s History Month, and Yolo County Library’s exhibit “Herstory 1 & 2: The Legal History of Chinese American Women,” is available at County libraries through May. The curator Dr. Chiu Chang will discuss her books and the exhibit at 11 a.m. on Saturday, March 25, at the Davis Branch Library. For more information, visit yolocountylibrary.org. The event is free.
- Related to Women’s History Month, Winters’ residents Gloria Lopez and Corinne Martinez will share stories and recipes from the book “American Paella,” on Saturday, March 18 beginning at 11 a.m. in Woodland. Tickets are $20. More information is here.
- March 25, from 9 a.m. – 12 noon, Senior Commissioner Mark Rowan is coordinating a litter clean up event as part of the CalTrans’ Adopt a Highway program and his volunteer effort Beautiful! Winters. Supplies are provided; bring gloves; you must wear sturdy, closed-toe shoes. Volunteers should be agile, enthusiastic, and able to carry a garbage bag with trash. Please join Mark at 9 a.m. in the Lorenzo’s parking lot. 18 years and older please; no minors. Please email is.beautiful@gmail.com for more information or to rsvp.
Please Note:
- The Yolo County Community Services Action Board is seeking input on how to better address the needs of low-income individuals and families that reside in Yolo County. The feedback provided will help establish service priorities for the 2024-25 Community Services Block Grant funding cycle. Examples of currently funded services include emergency food and shelter, housing, and homeless prevention. To provide input on service priorities, Yolo County residents are invited to participate in following survey: English survey is linked; or Spanish is here.
- The Sacramento-Yolo Mosquito & Vector Control District has notified the City that it may spray larvicide and / or adulticide applications to waters of the US. To sign up for spray alerts, please visit fightthebite.net.
- NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Health) Yolo County is looking for a board member to represent the Winters area. For more information on this wonderfully supportive organization, please visit namiyolo.org and the board recruitment packet here. NAMI advocates, supports, educates, and increases public awareness related to mental illness, helping individuals and families build better lives.
- Yolo County is offering FREE compost at the central landfill March 1 – April 30. Residents need to show proof of residency and bring their own bags and shovels. More information is here.
- The Yolo-Solano Air Quality District is sponsoring an art contest for school aged children (K-12) in support of the 2023 Clean Air Contest. Submissions are due March 31st, and should illustrate on of the four themes for this year related to Walking & Biking to School, Turn the Key and Be Idle Free, Spare the Air – Leave your Car at Home, and Clean Air is Important to Me Because…More information is here.
Public Health Information
Winters participates in wastewater testing for communicable diseases. The below table shows recent changes in disease levels in regional wastewater. For those data geeks our there…
Upcoming Council Meeting
The next Council meeting is March 21st, 6:30 p.m. in the Chamber. Zoom is offered as a convenience to the public.
The City Council is also meeting on March 22nd for goal setting, which will have identify priorities, near and long term for the City. The meeting begins at 9 a.m. in the large conference room at City Hall, Abbey Street entrance.
Woot Woot!
Our Public Works employees are out rain or shine, even when many of us get to stay warm and dry inside. Our crews were out recently in the pouring rain jetting sewer lines because they had rented the equipment and needed to get the work done. A hearty thank you to these employees who work hard every day maintaining our utility systems, picking up trash, mowing lawns, fixing irrigation, digging trenches, saving puppies from storm drain pipes and fishing keys, phones, rings and all sorts of things from places many of us don’t want to stick our hands. Thank you, Public Works!
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03/13/2023 Climate Action Commission Meeting
Climate Action Commission Meeting
MeetingMonday, March 13, 2023 6:30 p.m.
318 First Street, Abbey Street Conference Room Entrance
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03/09/2023 PG&E Storm Response
Good morning, all. As you are likely aware, another onslaught of weather is upon us. Please see the information below from PG&E. Regionally, Yolo OES has met to prepare as well. The local weather forecast is available here. The biggest concern relates to heavy rain with warmer temperatures on top of historic snow levels, so significantly more run off.
Locally, sandbags and sand are staged outside the Public Works Corps yard at the end of East Street adjacent to Yolo Federal Credit Unions parking lot. Please bring your own shovel.
The town seems to handle a lot of water pretty well. However, for emergencies, dial 911. To reach Public Works during business hours (we are open tomorrow) for downed limbs or damage in streets or on public property, please call 530-795-4910. After hours and over the weekend, please call the non-emergency dispatch number at (530) 795-4561.
Safety officials are recommending that people avoid traveling into the foothills or mountains and to be aware of rising waters. Do not enter flooded streets or highways, especially if there is a current.
Stay safe out there. It’s time for another good book and a pot of soup.
Best, Kathleen
PG&E Mobilizing for Powerful Winter Storm Expected to Arrive in
Northern California Thursday, Spread to Rest of the State Friday
Warm Weather Event May Lead to Flooding
OAKLAND, Calif. – Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) is mobilizing personnel ahead of a significant winter storm that will arrive Thursday afternoon and move across much of Northern and Central California Friday, bringing with it significant rain, snow levels rising to 6,000 to 8,000 feet north to south in the Sierra, as well as strong wind gusts.
The incoming adverse weather could result in trees, limbs and other debris falling into powerlines, damaging equipment and interrupting electric service. PG&E’s meteorology department is warning of another challenge for customers and PG&E crews – flooding due to melting snow.
“The upcoming storm will be a strong and much warmer event. Significant rain, which could total three to seven inches in the mountains, on top of the existing snowpack, will present flooding risks,” said Scott Strenfel, PG&E Director of Meteorology and Fire Science. “The wind combined with heavy rain and flooding risks can lead to access issues for our crews if trees fail and roadways flood, which can result in longer outage durations for some customers.”
Poised to respond to outages are PG&E electric crews, troublemen, distribution line technicians and system inspectors who serve as the utility’s first responders, along with personnel who will monitor electric incidents for public safety.
In addition, PG&E has opened its Emergency Operations Center and local operations emergency centers in impacted regions to more efficiently allocate crews, materials and other resources to restoration efforts.
The company is using its storm outage prediction models that help determine the potential timing, location, and number of power outages. The models allow the company to have extra crews on standby to deploy to areas hard hit by the storm. PG&E is also prestaging power poles, powerlines, transformers, and other electric equipment at yards throughout its service area to restore power to affected areas safely and as quickly as possible.
Predictions for Incoming Weather
Warmer and wet conditions are expected to return to the region Thursday as a moderately strong atmospheric river storm takes aim at the territory. Precipitation and wind then look to pick up in intensity Thursday afternoon and evening across Northern California and will spread southeast across the remainder of the state into early Friday.
Moderate to heavy rainfall with breezy to gusty winds and possibly isolated to scattered thunderstorms are expected to continue through Friday. Winds, and thunderstorm threats will then diminish during the afternoon and evening, with scattered precipitation continuing into early Saturday.
Snow levels look to raise above 5,000 feet across the North and possibly up to 8,000 to 10,000 feet across the central/southern Sierra Thursday evening into Friday. This could lead to a major snowmelt event across the state on top of flash flooding threats from new rainfall.
Keeping Customers Informed
Customers can view real-time outage information at PG&E’s online outage center and search by a specific address, by city or by county. This site has been updated to include support in 16 languages.
Additionally, customers can sign up for outage notifications by text, email, or phone. PG&E will let customers know the cause of an outage, when crews are on their way, the estimated restoration time and when power has been restored.
Storm Safety Tips
- Never touch downed wires: If you see a downed power line, assume it is energized and extremely dangerous. Do not touch or try to move it—and keep children and animals away. Report downed power lines immediately by calling 9-1-1 and then PG&E at 1-800-743-5002.
- Use generators safely: Customers with standby electric generators should ensure they are properly installed by a licensed electrician in a well-ventilated area. Improperly installed generators pose a significant danger to customers, as well as crews working on powerlines. If using portable generators, be sure they are in a well-ventilated area.
- Use flashlights, not candles: During a power outage, use battery-operated flashlights and not candles, due to the risk of fire. And keep extra batteries on hand. If you must use candles, please keep them away from drapes, lampshades, animals and small children. Do not leave candles unattended.
- Have a backup phone: If you have a telephone system that requires electricity to work, such as a cordless phone or answering machine, plan to have a standard telephone or cellular phone ready as a backup. Having a portable charging device helps to keep your cell phone running.
- Have fresh drinking water and ice: Freeze plastic containers filled with water to make blocks of ice that can be placed in your refrigerator/freezer to prevent food spoilage.
- Turn off appliances: If you experience an outage, unplug or turn off all electrical appliances to avoid overloading circuits and to prevent fire hazards when power is restored. Simply leave a single lamp on to alert you when power returns.
- Safely clean up: After the storm has passed, be sure to safely clean up. Never touch downed wires and always call 8-1-1 or visit 811express.com at least two full business days before digging to have all underground utilities safely marked.
Other tips can be found at: Safety and Preparedness, Storm Safety, and Safety Action Center.
About PG&E
Pacific Gas and Electric Company, a subsidiary of PG&E Corporation (NYSE:PCG), is a combined natural gas and electric utility serving more than 16 million people across 70,000 square miles in Northern and Central California. For more information, visit www.pge.com/ and http://www.pge.com/about/newsroom/.