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1 City of Highland Weekly Report October 13, 2017 Public Services Used Oil Filter Exchange & Recycling Event JOIN US... Date: October 14th, 2017 Time: 9:00 am to 2:00 pm Location: AutoZone Base Line Highland, CA The San Bernardino County Fire Department s Household Hazardous Waste Program and the City of Highland s Public Services Division are hosting a free Used Oil Filter Exchange and Recycling Event. Keep in Mind 1. Bring up to 3 used oil filters to recycle and exchange for new oil filters 2. Expiration: Saturday, October 14 th at 2pm 3. Valid In-Store Only at the address listed above 4. No exchanges or refunds 5. Recycle oil filter safely: drain for 12 hours and transport in non-leaking container or bag. 6. Bring ID or utility bill for residency verification. Oil filters are composed of steel and are 100% recyclable; if all the filters sold each year in the U.S. were recycled, 160,000 tons of steel would be recovered. Recycling one ton of filters yields 1,700 pounds of steel, 30 gallons of used oil and saves 10 cubic yards of landfill space. Used oil filters can be recycled into new steel products, such as steel cans, cars, appliances and construction materials (for example, rebar). For more information call or Oily Cat ( ) City of Highland ~ Base Line Highland, CA ~ ~

2 J oin the Highland Improvement Team (H.I.T.) on Saturday, October 14, We will be conducting a community cleanup in collaboration with the Open House at Fire Station #3. Volunteers will be helping with minor cleanup and yardwork at the Fire Station and a litter abatement project near Warm Springs Elementary. All equipment and supplies will be provided. Interested volunteers will meet and sign in the day of the cleanup beginning at 7:30am at Fire Station #3, 7649 Sterling Avenue. During the period of October 2, 2017 through October 5, 2017, graffiti was made known to Public Works staff by the following means and removed: Routine observation by Public Works: Old Iron Bridge, Palm Avenue & Pacific Avenue, Palm Avenue & Main Street, Base Line & Osbun Avenue, 3 rd Street channel, Base Line & Palm Avenue, Vine, Base Line, Base Line, Golondrina Drive. & 9 th Street, Base Line & Golondrina Drive. For more information please contact Volunteer Services at extension 203. Volunteer Services FIRE STATION #3 OPEN HOUSE Fire Station #3 is hosting an Open House on Saturday, October 14 th from 9am to 2pm. This is always a fun filled day, both for the kids and adults. Come down and meet your local firefighters, tour the facility and sit in a real fire truck. There will also be important information available to residents regarding fire prevention, games and refreshments. Fire Station #3 is located at 7649 Sterling Avenue. Questions or information, please contact Fire Station #3 at or Volunteer Services at extension 203. We hope to see you there! City of Highland ~ Base Line Highland, CA ~ ~

3 Public Services P lease visit the City of Highland Public Services Division booth during Discover Highland Night on Saturday, October 28, 2017, between 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm in the Lowe s parking lot (27847 Greenspot Rd). This will be a great opportunity to ask City staff any questions you may have regarding solid waste services, recycling, street sweeping and stormwater pollution prevention. A representative from the San Bernardino County Fire Department s Household Hazardous Waste program will be on hand to answer your household hazardous waste questions and concerns. For those of you Do-It-Yourself mechanics, we will be giving away FREE used oil drain pans and filter buckets. For those of you who have home generated sharps, we will have FREE approved sharps containers and information on proper disposal. Feel free to stop by and see us. For more information please contact the Public Services Division at ext. 271.

4 P a g e 4 Administration Emergency Preparedness Maintaining your kit Just as important as putting your supplies together is maintaining them so they are safe to use when needed. Here are some tips to keep your supplies ready and in good condition: Keep canned food in a cool, dry place. Store boxed food in tightly closed plastic or metal containers to protect from pests and to extend its shelf life. Throw out any canned good that becomes swollen, dented or corroded. Use foods before they go bad and replace them with fresh supplies. Place new items at the back of the storage area and older ones in the front. Change stored food and water supplies every six months. Be sure to write the date you store it on all containers. Re-think your needs every year and update your kit as your family s needs change. Check batteries. Throw out any that are corroded or discharged and replace with fresh ones. Check medication and first aid items. Throw out any that are beyond their expiration date and replace. Keep items in airtight plastic bags and put your entire disaster supplies kit in one or two easy-tocarry containers, such as an unused trashcan, camping backpack, plastic tote bin or duffel bag. For more information about disaster preparedness, please visit Volunteer Services VOLUNTEERS NEEDED ~ SPECIAL EVENT CANCELLED Highland s Sound the Alarm Event has been CANCELLED for Saturday, October 14, 2017 and will be rescheduled at a later date. When: Saturday, October 14, 2017 Location: Highland Fire Station # Sterling Ave., San Bernardino, CA Time: 8am to 1pm Please read: with all the recent natural disasters the American Red Cross is committed to and with their recovery efforts they will be postponing our "Sound the Alarm" event on Saturday October 14th. We will look at a new date in the spring. There will be more information to follow. Please contact Volunteer Services for more information at extension 203.

5 P a g e 5 Public Services Saturday October 28 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. is the next National Prescription Take Back Day. In the more than two years since new regulations made the disposal of controlled prescription drugs easier for patients and their caregivers, law enforcement agencies, pharmacies, hospitals and clinics have begun continuous collection of these medications. To visit a collection site between Take Back Days, go to to find your nearest location. The service is free and anonymous, no questions asked. Your San Bernardino County Fire Department also has a great program that will take your Medications (excluding controlled substances, separate liquids from solids), at your local: Household Hazardous Waste (909) or OILY-CAT ( ) 2824 East W Street San Bernardino, CA Monday to Friday 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Back in April of this year, the DEA and over 4,200 of its state, local, and tribal law enforcement partners collected 893,498 pounds of unwanted medicines about 447 tons at almost 5,400 sites spread through all 50 states, beating its previous high of 390 tons in the spring of 2014 by 57 tons, or more than 114,000 pounds. The top five states with the largest collections, in order, were Texas (almost 40 tons); California (32 tons); Wisconsin (31 tons); Illinois (24 tons); and Massachusetts (24 tons). The majority of prescription drug abusers report in surveys that they get their drugs from friends and family. Americans understand that cleaning out old prescription drugs from medicine cabinets, kitchen drawers, and bedside tables reduces accidents, thefts, and the misuse and abuse of these medicines, including the opioid painkillers that accounted for 20,808 drug overdoses 78 a day in 2014 (the most recent statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). Eight out of 10 new heroin users began by abusing prescription painkillers and moved to heroin when they could no longer obtain or afford those painkillers. These results show that more Americans than ever are taking the important step of cleaning out their medicine cabinets and making homes safe from potential prescription drug abuse or theft, said DEA Acting Administrator Chuck Rosenberg. Unwanted, expired or unused prescription medications are often an unintended catalyst for addiction. Take-Back events like these raise awareness of the opioid epidemic and offer the public a safe and anonymous way to help prevent substance abuse. For information on how to properly dispose of medications and other materials that could potentially harm the environment, such as cleaning products, paints, fertilizers/pesticides, automotive products like used motor oil and filters, please contact the City of Highland Public Services Division at ext. 271

6 C alendar of Events October 14, am to 2pm Open House Fire Station #3, 7649 Sterling Avenue November 21, pm Planning Commission, Donahue Council October 17, 2017 Canceled Planning Commission, Donahue Council November 28, pm City Council Meeting, Donahue Council October 24, 2017 Canceled City Council Meeting, Donahue Council December 12, pm City Council Meeting, Donahue Council November 7, pm Planning Commission, Donahue Council November 9, pm Community Trails Committee, Donahue Council November 14, am COPS, Beattie Middle School, Location TBD 6pm City Council Meeting, Donahue Council THE CITY OF HIGHLAND FACEBOOK PAGE The City of Highland has a new and improved Facebook page that we would like for you all to follow us on. This is where you will find important information regarding road closures and construction projects that may affect your travel time, scheduled power outages, emergencies, events such as: Community Blood Drives, Highland Improvement Team projects, Compost Give-A-Way, Used Oil Filter Exchange & Recycling Events and much more. Please "Like" City of Highland - City Hall ( cityofhighland.cityhall) as the official page. Created by: Elena Rodrigues