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Project Linus reaches 10,000 blanketsDiscovery Bay is a tight-knit community with many
generous residents.In February, some of those residents reached an impres-
sive milestone - the local chapter of Project Linus has do-nated its 10,000th blanket.
“I was so pleased when I realized we were approaching such a milestone,” said Discovery Bay resident Lynda Myers. “Considering that we do almost 100 blankets a month, and that is usually with about 20 or so regulars, (the fact) that we are there in only nine years is just amazing.”
Myers, who coordinates the group’s efforts, has been part of this chapter of Project Linus since its beginning in 2007.
“We made a special blanket to commemorate the event,” Myers said. “At Make a Blanket Day in February, everyone attending tied at least one knot (on the blanket), and we have been working on tying one each at every meeting since. The blanket was designed by two of our ‘blanketers.’ I’m not quite sure where it will end up once completed, but that has been a very fun project, and it reminds the women about what they have accomplished in the last nine years.”
Myers admits that when she began volunteering her time with Project Linus, she did not know much about sew-ing. Over time, the women she saw each month at the meet-
ings passed on their knowledge to her, and she now crochets and quilts.
“A monster was born,” laughs Myers. “I love making quilts and have an entire room devoted to quilt making.”
She also collects and stores donated fabric pieces and yarn that the group turns into what they call ‘little hugs’ for children in need. Donations are always appreciated, and nothing is wasted; material pieces too small for blankets are
used to make dog beds that are donated to shelters. The group donates their creations to many local or-
ganizations that help children in need, from Martinez to Brentwood. Carol Harrison, another volunteer, derives satis-faction from using her sewing, knitting and crocheting skills for good.
“I love Project Linus, because I love making items that will make kids happy,” Harrison said. “I love delivering blan-kets to people involved with the well-being of children and hearing their praises for our blankets.”
Volunteering their time is part of the benefi t, as well. “I love meeting once a month with friendly women,”
Harrison added. “(We have) skills in common, share our cre-ativity and help one another get better at what we do.”
Project Linus is a national organization that began in Illinois, in 1996, donating hand-made blankets to children in need. The organization has since spread to all 50 states, with hundreds of blankets donated each month.
The Discovery Bay Project Linus Chapter is always looking for donations of sewing tools, material and yarn. For more information or to donate, contact Lynda Myers at 415-602-9961 or [email protected], or visit http://www.projectlinus.org.
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Earlier this year, the local chapter of Project Linus donated its 10,000th blanket. The organization donates hand-made blankets to children in need.
Photo courtesy of Lynda Myers
by Dawnmarie FehrCorrespondent
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Cheryl Puglisi, left, and Discovery Bay Garden Club President Aprill McGrath, recently delivered 150 small pots of fl owers, in honor of May Day, to Meals on Wheels clients in the area. Organizers expect
this fi rst-time project to become an annual community project. For more information, call 925-516-9191 or 925-308-4582.
May Day flowers
Photo courtesy of Aprill McBeth
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NOTICE INVITING BIDS 1. Bid Acceptance. The City of Brentwood (“City”), will accept sealed bids for its 2016 Pavement Management Program and Trail Pavement Management-Rebid, CIP Project Nos. 336-30836 and 352-52413 (“Project”), by or before Tuesday, May 17, 2016, at 2:00 p.m., at its City Clerk’s offi ce, located at Brentwood City Hall, Third Floor, 150 City Park Way, Brentwood, California 94513. The bids will be publicly opened and read aloud at Brentwood City Hall, 150 City Park Way, Brentwood, CA 94513. 2. Project Information. 2.1 Location and Description. The Project is located at various sites throughout the City, and is described as follows: grinding and overlay of certain roads and placement of slurry seal. 2.2 Construction Time. The planned timeframe for beginning and completion of construction of the Project is: 40 working days. 2.3 Engineer’s Estimate. The City Engineer’s estimate for the cost of construction cost is approxi-mately $940,000. 3. License and Registration Re-quirements. 3.1 License. This Project re-quires a valid California contrac-tor’s license for the following classifi cation(s): “Class “A” or combination of Class “C” Special-ty Contractor’s License(s)”.
3.2 DIR Registration. City will not accept a Bid Proposal from or enter into a contract with a bidder without proof that the bidder and its subcontractors are registered with the California Department of Industrial Relations (“DIR”) to perform public work under Labor Code Section 1725.5, subject to limited legal exceptions. 4. Contract Documents. Bidders must obtain an electronic copy of the Contract Documents directly from the City of Brentwood. The Contract Documents may be ob-tained at no charge by sending an email to: [email protected] or by calling 925-516-5420. The City may reject a bid submitted by a bidder that did not obtain the Contract Documents from the City as required. 5. Bid Proposal and Security. 5.1 Bid Proposal Form. Each Bid must be submitted using the Bid Proposal form provided with the Contract Documents. 5.2 Bid Security. The Bid Pro-posal must be accompanied by bid security of ten percent of the maximum bid amount, in the form of a cashier’s or certifi ed check made payable to the City of Brentwood, or a bid bond ex-ecuted by a surety licensed to do business in the State of California on the Bid Bond form included with the Contract Documents. The bid security must guarantee that upon award of the bid, the bid-der will execute the Contract and submit payment and performance bonds and insurance certifi cates as required by the Contract Docu-ments within ten days after issu-ance of the notice of award.
6. Prevailing Wage Require-ments. 6.1 General. This Project is subject to the prevailing wage requirements applicable to the locality in which the Work is to be performed for each craft, classi-fi cation or type of worker needed to perform the Work, including employer payments for health and welfare, pension, vacation, apprenticeship and similar pur-poses. 6.2 Rates. These prevailing rates are available online at http://www.dir.ca.gov/DLSR. Each Con-tractor and Subcontractor must pay no less than the specifi ed rates to all workers employed to work on the Project. The schedule of per diem wages is based upon a working day of eight hours. The rate for holiday and overtime work must be at least time and one-half. 6.3 Compliance. This Contract is subject to compliance monitor-ing and enforcement by the DIR, under Labor Code Section 1771.4. 7. Performance and Payment Bonds. The successful bidder will be required to provide per-formance and payment bonds for 100% of the Contract Price. 8. Substitution of Securities. Substitution of appropriate secu-rities in lieu of retention amounts from progress payments is per-mitted under Public Contract Code Section 22300. 9. Subcontractor List. Each bid-der must submit the name, loca-tion of the place of business, and California contractor license number, DIR registration number, and percentage of the Work to be
performed for each Subcontrac-tor who will perform Work or ser-vice or fabricate or install Work for the prime contractor in excess of one-half of 1% of the bid price, using the Subcontractor List form included with the Contract Docu-ments. No more than 50% of the Work may be performed by Sub-contractors. 10. Instructions to Bidders. Ad-ditional information is provided in the Instructions to Bidders, which should be carefully reviewed be-fore submitting a Bid Proposal. City of Brentwood /s/ Margaret Wimberly MMC, City Clerk; Dated: April 26, 2016. Brentwood Press No: 02-1273/69738. Publish Dates: April 29, May 6, 2016.
PROPOSED ORDINANCE 970 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD REQUIRING THAT POTABLE DOMESTIC WATER SERVICE CUSTOMERS RE-DUCE CONSUMPTION FROM THE AMOUNTS USED IN 2013 BY 28 PERCENT AND THAT POTABLE IRRIGATION WATER SERVICE CUSTOMERS REDUCE CONSUMPTION FROM THE AMOUNTS USED IN 2013 BY 35 PERCENT; ADOPTING REGULA-TIONS FOR CITY WATER SER-VICE CUSTOMERS TO PROHIBIT CERTAIN ACTIVITIES SO AS TO PROMOTE WATER CONSERVA-TION; ELIMINATING USAGE PEN-ALTIES; AND REPEALING ORDI-NANCE NO. 965 THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE was introduced with the fi rst reading waived at a regu-lar meeting of the Brentwood City
Council on the 12th day of April, 2016, by the following vote: AYES: Barr, Clare, Stone-barger, Taylor NOES: None ABSENT: Bryant ABSTAIN: None And was adopted at a regular meeting of the Brentwood City Council on the 26th day of April, 2016, by the following vote: AYES: Barr, Bryant, Clare, Stonebarger, Taylor NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None ATTEST: Margaret Wimberly, MMC City Clerk The above is a summary of the major highlights of the ordi-nances; reading the ordinances in its entirety may be necessary to obtain a full understating of all changes. A copy of the full text of the ordinances is on fi le and may be read in the City Clerk’s of-fi ce located at 150 City Park Way, Brentwood, and/or a copy may be obtained from that offi ce based on the City’s actual cost for du-plicating. Brentwood Press No: 02-1273/69739. Publish Date: April 29, 2016.
PROPOSED ORDINANCE 969 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD ACCEPTING AND APPROVING A WATER RATE STUDY, IDENTIFYING USER CHARGES FOR WATER SER-VICE INCLUDING AN OPTIONAL DROUGHT SURCHARGE, ADOPT-ING REVISED MONTHLY USER CHARGES FOR WATER SERVICE FOR FISCAL YEARS 2015/1616
TO 2017/18 AND SUBSEQUENT YEARS, AND REPEALING ORDI-NANCE NO. 922. THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE was introduced with the fi rst reading waived at a regu-lar meeting of the Brentwood City Council on the 12th day of April, 2016, by the following vote: AYES: Barr, Clare, Stone-barger, Taylor NOES: None ABSENT: Bryant ABSTAIN: None And was adopted at a regular meeting of the Brentwood City Council on the 26th day of April, 2016, by the following vote: AYES: Barr, Bryant, Clare, Stonebarger, Taylor NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None ATTEST: Margaret Wimberly, MMC City Clerk The above is a summary of the major highlights of the ordi-nances; reading the ordinances in its entirety may be necessary to ob-tain a full understating of all chang-es. A copy of the full text of the ordi-nances is on fi le and may be read in the City Clerk’s offi ce located at 150 City Park Way, Brentwood, and/or a copy may be obtained from that offi ce based on the City’s actual cost for duplicating. Brentwood Press No: 02-1273/69740. Publish Date: April 29, 2016.
PROPOSED ORDINANCE 968 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD APPROV-ING A REZONE (RZ 15-007) TO AMEND CHAPTER 17.474 OF THE BRENTWOOD MUNICIPAL CODE
TO INCLUDE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR THE TRUE LIFE COMPANIES PROJECT SITE, LO-CATED ON AN 18.5-ACRE PAR-CEL WEST OF SELLERS AVENUE, EAST OF THE POLICE DEPART-MENT, NORTH OF THE ECCID MAIN CANAL, AND SOUTH OF LA PALOMA HIGH SCHOOL (APN 010-160-043). THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE was introduced with the fi rst reading waived at a regu-lar meeting of the Brentwood City Council on the 12th day of April, 2016, by the following vote: AYES: Barr, Clare, Stone-barger, Taylor NOES: None ABSENT: Bryant ABSTAIN: None And was adopted at a regular meeting of the Brentwood City Council on the 26th day of April, 2016, by the following vote: AYES: Barr, Bryant, Clare, Stonebarger, Taylor NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None ATTEST: Margaret Wimberly, MMC City Clerk The above is a summary of the major highlights of the ordi-nances; reading the ordinances in its entirety may be necessary to obtain a full understating of all changes. A copy of the full text of the ordinances is on fi le and may be read in the City Clerk’s of-fi ce located at 150 City Park Way, Brentwood, and/or a copy may be obtained from that offi ce based on the City’s actual cost for du-plicating. Brentwood Press No: 02-1273/69741 Publish Date: April 29, 2016.
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vendors is not tracked, but Underwood said her department receives many phone calls about them. The county responds to each complaint, but the vendors are often hard to track down, because they frequent-ly move around. Moreover, the county only occasionally conducts sweeps for the vendors, and not often on weekends.
When they are caught, the vendors’ produce and materials are usually seized, but that is just a glancing blow, since the root of the problem is much deeper. Often, companies – some of which presumably bring produce into the country without inspection – hire unsuspecting employees to work street corners by themselves, Un-derwood said.
Under state rules, the county has authority over roadside vendors and can take action against them, but the supplier is considered a wholesaler, which requires the state and federal authorities to act to-gether.
“(Street corner workers) oftentimes
don’t even know they are doing something illegal, and it’s the overarching person we would like to get,” Underwood said.
The situation is complicated further by the fact that many purchasers are not aware of the risks associated with the il-legal fruit. In fact, many believe the fruit comes from East County, Underwood said.
“I try to avoid buying from those men and women, but it’s tempting,” said resi-dent Sara Jacques, as she walked near the bus stop on Second Street in Brentwood. “It looks no different than what you get at the farmers market or the store.”
If buyers are sickened by produce pur-chased at corner vendors, it’s hard to pin-point the culprit, let alone track down the vendor, Underwood said.
“We have to have several people who ate the same thing in order to say, ‘Wow, the only thing they have in common is some fruit they got by a stand,’” Under-wood said. “Then, we have to go, ‘OK, now how are we going to fi nd that corner
stand person, where (the food) came from and where it is going today and tomor-row?’ If one batch is contaminated, often-times you have others.”
Aside from potentially harming the health of consumers, fl y-by-night stands also snatch business away from local mer-chants, who are subject to steep fees and rigorous rules to operate legally.
“(Corner venders) don’t go through the proper permitting process when ev-erybody else does, and local farmers are
trying to go by the book and have all the local permits and pay the proper fees, so it affects their bottom line,” said Steve Gur-sky, president of Harvest Time, which pro-motes the U-pick farms, roadside stands and agricultural retail marketing outlets in East Contra Costa County.
He advises those seeking fresh pro-duce to purchase it at certifi ed farm stands and farmers markets, which are regulated. The California Department of Health also advises consumers to ask questions of your supplier regarding what food-safety standards and guidelines they expect of their suppliers and growers, and to not buy produce from sellers who cannot provide a physical business address in case follow-up is needed.
For a list of offi cial U-pick farms, roadside stands and agricultural outlets, visit harvest4u.com. For more produce safety tips, visit bit.ly/1rioiqV.
Suspected illegal operations can be re-ported to the county at 925-692-2500.
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“ I don’t know if we know the risk … but you don’t know where the produce is coming from.
”Marilyn Underwood,
county director of environ-mental health
Kevin Graves expressed concern that this plan may take too long to help the district.
“This is a big deal, and it’s a dif-ficult sell,” Graves said. “The district only has about a year of funding.”
Bray emphasized that while no one would give up money easily, he and his group were committed.
Following Bray was Gus Vina, Brentwood’s city manager, who gave a presentation on the Fire and Medi-cal Services Task Force (FMSTF) and their efforts to educate the public and gather input on the fire district’s plight.
“We’ve created a website, an online destination, where people can sign up and become part of the discussion,” Vina said. “We need (the board’s) help
in communication with the public, so wherever you have connections, we are going to ask that you please join us and help us get the word out.”
Graves suggested that the FMSTF website be put on the town’s website, as it was not in competition with ECVEP’s efforts. CSD President Bill Pease agreed.
“I agree, I think that timing is every-thing, and that since you are ready to go, we should put it on our website,” Pease said.
Bray told the board that a web-site outlining his plans for reallocation would soon be up and running.
Pease added that it would also be included on the town’s website when it was ready. He also asked staff to pres-ent a report at the next CSD meeting on the hurdles involved in reallocation
of property taxes to the fire district. Following the presentations, several
members of the public stood up to com-ment. Jack Weir, president of the Con-tra Costa Taxpayers Association, said in no uncertain terms that his group would fi ght any parcel-tax measures on
the November ballot. He was followed by ECCFPD Chief Hugh Henderson, who said that the district’s legal depart-ment was working on its own solution, with a time frame of a couple weeks to fi nish. Discovery Bay resident Bob Mankin then spoke against reallocation efforts, saying that the ECVEP had over simplifi ed matters.
“I don’t oppose reallocation,” Mankin said. “(But), I think that some pertinent details are being ignored, and false hope is being promised.”
For more information on the efforts to reallocate property taxes, visit www.facebook.com/EastCountyVoters. For more information on the FMSTF’s ef-forts, visit www.ourfi reservices.org.
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Fire from page 1A “ I agree, I think that timing is everything, and that since you are ready to go, we should put it on our website.
”CSD President Bill Pease
