Pierpont Community Council of Ventura, Calif.
News & Events

National Take-Back Prescription Drug Program
Saturday, September 25
10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m

Discard your expired, unused, unwanted, and potentially dangerous prescription/over the counter drugs for destruction. The service is free and completely anonymous. VPD has two locations available (VPD Headquarters, 1425 Dowell Dr., 93003 and the Westside Resource Center, 110 N. Olive, #K, 93001) where individuals can simply drop off their medications with no questions asked. Additional collection sites in every local community can be found by going to the DEA’s website at www.dea.gov. This site is continuously updated with new Take-Back locations. For additional information and questions we encourage you to visit the DEA’s website or the following link:

 http://www.cityofventura.net/press-release/prescription-drug-take-back

Salute!
Beer & Food Fest
Fundraiser for FOOD Share of Ventura
San Buenaventura State Beach - Saturday, June 19, 2010

Salute! is a beer & food lifestyle event whose success is born from the quality samples generously donated by our invited purveyors of finely crafted beer & food with 100% of the proceeds to benefit FOOD Share of Ventura County.

Find out more of Salute's official website.

Lifeguard Tower Schedule
Summer 2010

The Marina Park and Seaward lifeguard towers will be open fulltime starting Saturday, June 19.  the budget plan identified the late start to match up with the local schools and as a way to stretch our budget.  We similarly shift the hours to make the mosst of our budget.  Both towers will regularly start by 10 AM and regularly stay open until at least 5 PM.

NOTE:  The amount of time saved by opening late and closing early on slow days will be applied to increased coverage and hours when it is busy.

Jack Futoran
State Parks

I will have 4 workers moving sand today.  2 Equipment Operators and the 2 leadworkers will be assisting and overseeing the operation.

Bruce made an assessment of all of the Lanes and the Seaward Parking Lot yesterday afternoon.  About half of the streets will not need any moving.  One street actually had less than 2 shovels of sand on the street.

A few driveways were blocked, as well as a few roads that had excessive sand in spots.  Our task today is to send these guys out and push the sand to the end of the lanes, and that's it - no removal and hauling is necessary, nor will be done today.  The next scheduled removal day is May 13.

The Seaward Parking lot will be open today.  We will have sand pushed to a couple of the spots, and those spots will be barricaded.  The end of the street will not be cleared off unless traffic can not get around.

Since we are not hauling sand - it won't be considered a removal day, and the schedule will remain in tact.  This will be written off a "right of way cleaning day".

Anastasi Formal Design Review Committee
Meeting Scheduled

A formal Design Review Committee meeting is scheduled for the Anastasi project on May 12th at 6:00 PM.  The meeting will be held at City Hall in Council Chambers.

I am writing to you today to encourage you to attend an important budget meeting/workshop taking place this coming Saturday, March 6, 2010, from 10 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at the Poinsettia Pavilion located at 3451 Foothill Road.

The purpose of the workshop is to educate residents and community members about the fiscal challenges facing Ventura in the coming years. At this point, the projected loss in tax revenues indicate the City will need to further reduce general fund spending by more than $7 million for the Fiscal year 2010-2011. This pending reduction is in addition to the $11 million the City reduced in the current fiscal year budget.

As you may know, past budget reductions have resulted in program and service cuts to the police departments that includes personnel to oversee the Neighborhood Watch programs, police storefront operations, downtown foot patrol, and the reduction of seven sworn officer positions. The City now must prioritize further spending reductions that could likely reduce the number of sworn police officers and significantly impact our department’s ability to respond, investigate, and solve criminal activity in our community.

Our Council is conducting this workshop to hear input from community members like you in regards to what should be the funding priorities for the City. I am asking for your involvement in order to help provide a clear voice of support for the high prioritization of police services in our community. I firmly believe this meeting presents us with a unique opportunity to engage Councilmembers, City officials, and members of the community, and to lend our voices to the discussion that public safety staffing and services must remain a priority for this Council.

Please note, there is no need to RSVP, simply show up if you can make it. I look forward to seeing you on Saturday and to working with you.

Sincerely,

Ken Corney
Police Chief 

Forum hosted by VREG (Venturans for Responsible and Efficient Governement) at the Ventura Beach Marriott. 7:00 pm.

There is no cost for this event.

See attached PDF.