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Our City Leaders
Have Coffee
with the Council
Public invited to weigh in on Downtown Specific Plan
A comprehensive plan to guide the development of the City’s entire
downtown and foster an urban village concept with mixed-use,
transit-oriented neighborhoods has been completed and Redlands
residents are being encouraged to weigh in on the plan.
A draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the Downtown
Specific Plan was released in March for public review and comment.
The Downtown Specific Plan covers an area south of Interstate 10
from Texas Street on the west to Church Street on the east,
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Mayor Pete Aguilar
Mayor Pro Tem Paul Foster
Council Member Jon Harrison
Council Member Jerry Bean
Council Member Bob Gardner
City Manager N. Enrique Martinez
As part of the City’s continuing
efforts to increase interaction with
residents and promote transparency in
City affairs, the City Council holds a
monthly “Coffee With the Council.”
The informal meetings are held from 8
to 10 a.m. on the third Saturday of each
month, rotating among three local
restaurants – Augie’s Coffee House, at
115 N. Fifth St.; Stell Coffee & Tea
Company, at 1580 Barton Road #A; and
Redlands Family Restaurant, at 107 E.
Colton Ave.
Mayor Pete Aguilar suggested the
meetings as a way for residents to ask
questions or share concerns with
Council members outside the formal
setting of a City Council meeting.
Council members rotate attendance,
with two members at each meeting.
A schedule of meeting dates and
locations follows.
April 16 – Redlands Family Restaurant
May 21 – Augie’s Coffee House
June 18 – Stell’s Coffee & Tea
July 16 – Redlands Family Restaurant
Aug. 6 – Augie’s Coffee House (First
Saturday of the month)
Sept. 17 – Stell’s Coffee & Tea
Oct. 15 – Redlands Family Restaurant
Nov. 19 – Augie’s Coffee House
Dec. 17 – Stell’s Coffee & Tea
See SPECIFIC PLAN, Page 5
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While it’s still early 2011, Redlands’ residents have already
seen a number of improvement projects to local roads and
infrastructure. The first quarter of 2011 saw the Municipal
Utilities and Engineering Department (MUED) construct
or begin construction on sidewalk projects, road projects,
park projects, reservoir projects and even environmental
projects.
MUED began construction on two Community
Development Block Grant (CDBG) funded sidewalk
projects that brought almost two linear miles of sidewalk
and 50 new handicap accessible ADA curb ramps to the
City. The Church-Alessandro-Center Resurfacing project,
which was funded through Proposition 1B, constructed
seven lane miles of City streets, while also constructing or
rehabilitating 60 ADA curb ramps. The Terrace Park
Improvement Project brought an upgrade to the linear park
through the planting of almost 50 new trees and
groundcover, and installation of monument signs at the
entrances of the park. Country Club Reservoir #1
Replacement project replaced the old one million-gallon
concrete tank, built in 1924, with a brand new one million-
gallon steel tank. Finally, MUED began installation of a
photovoltaic array at the City’s wastewater treatment plant
which will generate power through the use of solar panels
to help run that facility.
MUED will continue its construction-heavy project load in
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the second quarter of 2011 with a renewed emphasis on
roadway projects. In the upcoming months, the City will
begin construction on three different roadway projects. The
2010 Resurfacing Project, funded through the voter-
approved Measure I, began in March and will resurface 15
lane miles of City streets in various locations throughout the
City. The 2011 Resurfacing Project, also funded through
Measure I, will resurface approximately 12 additional lane
miles of City streets. Finally, The 2011 Citywide Utility
Patch Project, funded through the Water Fund, will repair
approximately 350 street patches made throughout the City.
The street patches will repair cuts made to the street in order
for City to make repairs to water and sewer lines.
MUED will also soon begin construction on two additional
sidewalk projects, in effort to continue to remove pedestrian
barriers. Caltrans Safe Routes to School Program Grant,
Cycle 5, will construct approximately 5,400 linear feet of
sidewalk and 107 handicap accessible ADA ramps. CDBG
2010-11 will construct approximately 2,600 linear feet of
sidewalk with an additional 900 square feet to be repaired.
Twenty-six driveway approaches will either be removed and
replaced or constructed to accommodate the new sidewalk.
The project will also pave 12 alley segments with asphalt
concrete.
None of the projects use money General Fund money.
Spring brings a host of road improvements
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Report issues directly from your smartphone
with Redlands 311
Smart phone users now have a new way to report a variety of
issues to City employees quickly and easily thanks to Redlands
311, a new app for smart phones.
The free app, which is available for various platforms, including the
iPhone, Android, BlackBerry and Windows Phone 7, allows users
to snap a picture of issues such as potholes or graffiti, add a
message and send it directly to City personnel. The application
uses geo-tagging technology to automatically provide the
problem’s location, simplifying the reporting process for users.
In the first month of use, 45 issues were submitted through the
phone app, including graffiti removal, street lights out, sidewalk
issues, illegal dumping, potholes and water leaks.
“This is an example of how City staff continue to work, in
conjunction with local partners, like Esri, to improve service to our
residents, reflecting our motto, ‘A City That Works,” said City
Manager N. Enrique Martinez.
Using the Redlands 311 app, smart phone users will be able to
report problems including:
• Abandoned bicycles, vehicles and shopping carts
• Loose, dead or biting animals
• Graffiti
• Potholes
• Flooding
• Homeless encampments or nuisances
• Illegal dumping
• Illegal fires
• Illegal signs
• Parking violations
• Overgrown or problem trees and plants
• Roadway or sidewalk dangers
• Non-working streetlights
• Polluting vehicles
Smart phone users can download the app by searching for the words
“Redlands 311” in their phone’s app store.
Through a partnership with GIS technology innovator Esri, the City
received a deep discount as an early implementer of the technology.
Redlands is one of only four cities in California currently using the
technology. The others are San Francisco, Los Angeles and Glendale.
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Photovoltaic array will provide renewable energy to City wastewater treatment plant
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Construction began in March on a photovoltaic array that
will provide a renewable source of energy to the City’s
wastewater treatment plant.
The photovoltaic system will provide a source of
renewable energy to the wastewater treatment plant,
located at the northern end of Nevada Street, through the
use of solar panels, leaving the City less reliant on power
from Southern California Edison. The use of energy
generated by the photovoltaic array will lower the City’s
annual CO2 emissions by an amount equivalent to the
burning of 63,000 gallons of gasoline and save the City
more than $36,000 annually in energy costs.
Funding for construction of this project comes through an
allocation grant from the Energy Efficiency and
Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) Program, an
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
funding source. An additional source of funding for the
photovoltaic array will come in the form of the California
Solar Incentive Program. This program has allocated up to
$250,000 worth of rebates based on the levels of energy
produced by the photovoltaic array over the first five years
of its existence.
Construction is expected to be completed in early May.
The project is consistent with the Community
Sustainability Plan, adopted March 1 by the City Council,
and will help further one of the City’s Core Values in
“seeking sustainability.”
For questions about the construction please contact
construction manager Bassam Alzammar at (909) 798-
7584, ext. 2. For general project questions, please contact
project specialist Danielle Garcia at (909) 798-7655.
In February, Southern California Edison, with help from Redlands Mayor Pete Aguilar, flipped the switch on arrays of solar panels atop three large warehouse buildings owned by Prologis in northwest Redlands, capable of generating 7 million watts of power. The three projects, along with four others in Ontario, will produce enough energy to serve more than 8,000 Inland area homes. The solar projects created 120 construction jobs in Redlands.
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SPECIFIC PLAN FROM PAGE 1
available at the Redlands Development Services
Department, 210 E. Citrus Ave., and at the A.K.
Smiley Public Library, 125 W. Vine St. The Draft EIR
can also be viewed at the City’s website at
www.ci.redlands.ca.us.
Under state law, the public must provide comments by
May 5. Comments should be sent to Robert D.
Dalquest, AICP, Assistant Development Services
Director, City of Redlands, Development Services
Department, 210 E. Citrus Ave., PO Box 3005,
Redlands, CA 92373.
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encompassing several streets along the southern
boundary, including Brookside and Citrus avenues,
Olive Avenue, Eureka, Vine and Cajon streets, and
San Gorgonio Drive.
The plan envisions a pedestrian-friendly, amenity-
rich mixed use environment for both the immediate
and long-range future.
The intent of the plan, according to Development
Services Director Oscar Orci, is to provide a
downtown that meets all the shopping,
entertainment, commercial, and service needs of
residents, with easy pedestrian and non-motorized
access. The plan also takes future rail line
development into consideration, promoting mass
transit over driving.
Elements of the plan create a Transit Village
Overlay, extending a quarter-mile radius from the
future Downtown transit station. Other portions
designate a bicycle route through the downtown
from New York Street east past Wabash Avenue.
“We want to create the living room for the
community,” said Orci, “a place that will meet all
the residents’ needs.”
By expanding the boundaries and bringing the entire
downtown under one set of regulations and
development standards, Development Services
officials say the plan will become an economic
development tool, streamlining the review process
and compliance with the California Environmental
Quality Act (CEQA), and encouraging a cohesive,
vibrant development of downtown.
With the publication of the draft EIR this week,
Redlands residents are encouraged to review the
plan and provide input to the Development Services
Department before proposed public hearings begin
later this year.
“In 2004, the public was asked to participate in the
Downtown Master Plan; a collaborative community
plan that pro-actively identified and prioritized the
vision for development and that examined such
things as parking, development, amenities and
facilities,” said Orci. “This is the next step to
implement the concepts.”
City staff will consider and respond to all comments
to create a final EIR which will go to public hearings
of the Planning Commission and City Council.”
Copies of the EIR and all relevant documents are
In our continued efforts to bring efficiencies to all aspects
of city government, the City’s Department of Innovation
and Technology recently deployed a solution for the city’s
pothole repair crew within the Quality of Life
Department.
A laptop computer has replaced the traditional paper
work, communicating with the City’s work order system
to provide the day’s work orders electronically to the
crew.
Additionally, the pothole crew will be able to record
results of their efforts back into the system via the laptop.
The new system keeps workers in the field longer. The
crew will no longer have to drive to City Hall to pick up
their paper work orders at the beginning of each day, nor
have to drive to City Hall to drop off their work order
results at the end of the day.
Quality of Life administrative staff will no longer have to
print out the work orders, nor have to re-enter the results
from the field as this will be done all through the laptop
computer. This will allow the crew to spend more time
out in the field performing their core work, which will
result in more potholes being repaired in the same amount
of time.
Technology solutions bring new efficiencies to City pothole crew
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City of Redlands employees, who stepped up last year
with a successful Peanut Butter and Jelly Drive to benefit
the Redlands Family Services Association, came through
for Family Services again this winter.
Family Services Volunteer Coordinator, Nicholas Fisher,
recognized a growing need in their free clothing shop --
menswear.
“Have you ever been to a thrift store and noticed the
unequal ratio of men’s clothing to women’s,” asked
Fisher. “Historically donations centers such as ours don’t
receive many menswear items but the need is greater
than ever. Our male clients are preparing for interviews
and need professional attire to get jobs and sustain
them,” he pointed out.
Collection bins were set up at many locations around the
Civic Center and the City Yard. City employees stepped
up and cleaned out their closets of gently used or in some
cases, brand new clothing that they no longer wanted or
needed.
Within a week bins were overflowing with shoes, hats,
suits, ties and jackets. The success of the drive didn’t take
long to reach the media and the event was covered on the
local news, drawing even more participation from the
greater community.
People drove from as far away as Beaumont and the
desert to donate clothing. One gentleman donated six
suits that he no longer needed due to a recent retirement.
Kuwi Fernandez, a local reporter from KCAL 9, donated
multiple dress shirts that didn’t fit him any longer due to
a 50 pound weight loss.
In an email thanking City employees for their
participation in the drive, Tabetha Johnson wrote,
“Please take a moment to pat yourselves on the back for
actively participating in this unique opportunity to
donate items that will help men in our community look
professional and feel confident as they interview and
begin down new paths.”
Over 250 pieces of clothing were donated throughout the
month of February.
City Employees Spearhead another Successful Community Outreach Drive
Volunteers, City will team up for pair of projects on Community Service Day
For this year’s Community Service Day on April 30, from
8am – noon, the Mormon Helping Hands and the Redlands
Service Club Council have partnered to complete two
projects for the benefit the City and the community. One of
these projects will be a restoration and refurbishment at the
Redlands Bowl, the other will be the landscaping of the
median along two miles of Redlands Boulevard from Fern
Avenue to Ford Street.
Preparation work has begun at the Bowl in anticipation of
the community-wide work day. Skilled workers are in the
process of restoring the dressing rooms behind the prosellis,
fixing water damage to the roof, and painting the wrought
iron fences and gates, and replacing broken or cracked
benches. On April 30, volunteers are needed to help refresh
the paint on each of the benches in the Bowl seating area
and various other clean up projects.
Already irrigation systems have been laid in preparation for
the landscaping and beautification of the median of
Redlands Boulevard that serves as the eastern gateway into
our City. On the the Community Service Day, volunteers
are needed to help lay river rock, plant vegetation, lay
ground cover and water the plants.
On April 30, all across the State of California, groups of
volunteers with the Mormon Helping Hands will be
participating in service projects in their various
communities. A map of the state with pins representing
each of the more than 160 projects can be viewed on
www.mhhcalifornia.org.
Here, in the City of Redlands, the Redlands Joint Service
Club Council has been able to partner with the Mormon
Helping Hands in reaching out and involving even more
members of the community. Members of the service clubs
have come forward to help spearhead and organize the
project efforts.
Following the projects this year, members of the Service
Clubs will serve lunch for the volunteers in Sylvan Park.
There will be live music and a celebration of the successful
completion of this year’s projects.
If you or your organization would like to donate or
participate, please contact Tabetha Johnson, City of
Redlands Volunteer and Intern Resources Coordinator at
[email protected] or (909) 798-7540.
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The Redlands Fire Department would like to recognize the
contributions of our volunteer Fire Corps and Fire Explorer
members. We are fortunate to have 36 Fire Corps
volunteers working daily to help the RFD provide the best
service possible. While the RFD has had close to 20 active
volunteer radio operators for 17 years, we have added
volunteers to many other functions in the last year.
Several administrative volunteers help deal with the piles of
paperwork that is behind the scenes. One of the best
examples of our office volunteers is Mrs. Helen McVey.
Helen spends four hours a week in our office going over
incident reports with a fine-tooth comb. Helen and others
like her work diligently for 4 to 6 hours a week and their
assistance makes a difference. These willing volunteers put
in approximately 30 staff hours a week and help us keep on
top of many different programs. In addition, we have
unpaid professionals working on community educational
videos on a number of topics. Videos dealing with what to
do when you see lights and hear sirens, to home fire safety
tips are in the works.
Our Fire Prevention efforts also benefit from volunteer
support. Expect to see volunteer fire inspectors in the field
insuring we visit each business at least once a year.
One of our most committed volunteers is Pastor Steven
Kay who serves as the Fire Department’s chaplain. In
addition to helping at events, and being there for our
personnel, Steve responds to significant incidents to help
residents deal with the trauma of a fire, illness or untimely
death. The emotional first aid Chaplain Kay offers is most
welcome.
Approximately 120 committed volunteers have completed
32 hours of training to attain their Community Emergency
Response Team (CERT) certificates. CERT members are
trained and ready to be part of the response to disasters
with a focus on serving their neighborhood in those terrible
hours and days after a major disaster.
Fire Corps volunteers and CERT members are not the only
unpaid personnel helping the department and their
community. The Redlands Fire Department has a vibrant
Fire Explorer program that currently includes 38 of
Redlands’ finest young people. These troops consistently
work to support the department logistically and at
community events. The Explorers are there when the
department needs them to lend a hand in support of both
routine and emergency logistical activities.
We are so very grateful for the selfless service of these
nearly 200 quality residents. Their daily labors help the
Redlands Fire Department and make Redlands a safer
place to live and work.
If you are interested in joining the Fire Corps, please feel
free to get more information on the City’s Volunteer and
Intern Program (VIP) at our website or call (909) 798-7540
for more information.
Volunteers make Redlands Fire Corps a reality
The Redlands Police Department
recently honored several volunteer
pilots for their service to the
department’s Air Support Unit.
Since creation of the Redlands
Police Department Air Support Unit
in 2007, volunteers have donated
more than 8,600 hours of their time
piloting and co-piloting the Cessna
172 airplane used by the
department for patrol, surveillance
and emergency response. Lt. Shawn Ryan and Officer
Justin Jimenez, who supervise the unit, presented silver
stars to 11 volunteers for every 250 hours individually
donated.
The following volunteers were
recognized:
Terry Harbison: 914 hours
Marc Tilson: 672 hours
Mike Manning: 695 hours
Marty Kusch: 264 hours
Peter Rohl: 266 hours
Peter Krok: 321 hours
Bill Angliss: 327 hours
Erick Escobar: 430 hours
Merrick Cohn: 436 hours
Scott Gibbons: 458 hours
John Quigley: 489 hours
Larry Savaglio: 461 hours
Redlands Police Air Support Unit honors 11 volunteer pilots
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The In-N-Out Burger reading program, “Cover to Cover”
has begun! Children ages 4-12 who read five library books
by April 16 will earn a free hamburger, cheeseburger, or
grilled cheese sandwich.
In the story corner of the Young Readers’ Room each
Monday night we offer an English/Chinese bilingual story
time from 7 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday evenings is Pajama story
time for children, some of whom even arrive for bedtime
stories dressed for bed, in their jammies! Thursday
mornings we offer two separate story times in the Assembly
Room. The Tiny Tot Story time is from 10:15-10:30 a.m.
for ages 2 and 3. Preschool Story time from 10:45-11:15
a.m., is designed for children ages 4 -6. Saturdays from
10:15-10:45 a.m., we offer English/Spanish story time for
all ages, in the story corner of the Young Readers’ Room.
Saturday, April 9, is Craft Day. Join in creating crafts on
“Hansel and Gretel in the Candy House” at 10:30 a.m. in
the Assembly Room. Sign up in the Young Readers’ Room
today to secure your spot! We have space for 40 children.
Our next Book Club for kids will be held Monday
afternoons at 3:30 p.m., beginning April 18. We will spend
four weeks reading the Warriors: “Power of Three” book 6,
“Sunrise”. Please sign up today to reserve your child a spot
at the table. We will read through the book together, have
an activity and a snack at each session.
The Young Readers’ Room will celebrate Children’s Book
Week from Monday, May 2, through Sunday, May 8. Each
child who checks out a book will receive a bookmarker!
May 2 will be our Saturday Craft Day. Featuring crafts with
the “Once Upon a Time” theme, your child will have the
opportunity to create fun and exciting crafts to take home.
This activity will take place in the Assembly Room, from
10:30-11:30 a.m. Please check for the sign up sheet soon.
“Under the Sea” will be featured for the next Saturday Craft
Day on May 14. The Assembly Room will be bursting with
waves of creativity from 10:30–11:30 a.m. Please join us for
a fun filled morning at the library!
Our Summer Reading Program begins June 13. Sign your
child up to participate in exciting programs with fun prizes!
Each Tuesday afternoon at 3:30, the library is pleased to
present an enjoyable and entertaining program in the
Assembly Room. Please check the library webpage, or our
Facebook page, call the Young Readers’ Room @ (909) 798-
7674; or email us at [email protected]. We will be happy to
answer any questions you may have.
Smiley Library donors surpass fundraising challenge At the beginning of February, an anonymous donor pledged $1,000 to the A.K. Smiley Public Library with the promise that if the Library were to publicize it and reach $28,000, he would give an additional $1,000 to cover the $29,000 mid-year budget cut. Local GIS company Esri offered to join in the match, and along with Christian & Jaden Gilbert (donated proceeds from a garage sale), the Assisteens of Redlands ($4,000), and 79 anonymous donors who gave varying amounts, $39,713.26 was raised. At right, the board members of the Assisteens of Redlands hand Library
Director Larry Burgess a check for $4,000.
Spring activities in the Smiley Library Young Readers Room
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roof designs and significant setbacks.
The 1975 Crown Ladder Truck is one of two the department
currently owns and is used as a reserve to a 1998 Seagrave
Ladder Truck. Once the 36-year-old Crown is
decommissioned, the Seagrave will be moved to reserve
status.
While provisions of the grant will prohibit use of the
decommissioned truck in emergency operations, it will likely
be sold to a collector or for an alternate, non-emergency
function.
The Fire Department anticipates delivery of the new truck
before the end of the year.
The primary goal of the Assistance to Firefighters Grants
(AFG) is to meet the firefighting and emergency response
needs of fire departments and nonaffiliated emergency
medical service organizations. Since 2001, AFG has helped
firefighters and other first responders to obtain critically
needed equipment, protective gear, emergency vehicles,
training, and other resources needed to protect the public and
emergency personnel from fire and related hazards.
In February the Redlands City Council accepted a federal
grant of more than $600,000 for a new ladder truck to
replace the Fire Department’s current 36-year-old
apparatus.
The Fire Department was notified in December by
Congressman Jerry Lewis’ office of the $636,000 award
from the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s 2010
Assistance to Firefighter’s Grant. The grant will cover 80
percent of the purchase of a new ladder truck, with a 20
percent match from the city. The grant was among the
highest awarded nationally and will allow the
decommissioning of the 1975 aerial ladder that has served
the city with distinction for 36 years.
Fire Chief Jeff Frazier committed his department to raising
the 20 percent matching fund requirement. “A full fledged
fund raising effort has already swung into action to find the
$159,000 and prevent a negative impact on the City’s
general fund budget and our partner departments,” Frazier
said.
The ladder truck’s primary function is to facilitate rescue
and fire suppression operations in structures over two to
three stories high. Redlands’ many historic Victorian
homes and other buildings necessitate the demand for an
aerial ladder because of the height of the structures, steep
Fire Department receives $636,000 federal grant to replace aging ladder truck
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Community Recycling, Clean-Up & Tire Amnesty Day – Saturday, April 9
The City’s Fall Community Recycling, Clean-Up and Tire Amnesty Day events will be held as a one-day affair from 7 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 9, at the City's Corporate Yard, located at 1270 W. Park Ave. (This event closes promptly at noon. To ensure service, please arrive no later than 11 a.m.) Upon proof of residency, Redlands residents will be able to recycle all of their unwanted large appliances, water heaters and various scrap metals of all types. Old furniture, concrete, green/yard waste, lumber (painted and untreated), and other household refuse will be collected as well. Residents will also be able to recycle old car or passenger tires (with and without rims) during this event. No heavy equipment or tractor tires will be accepted. This project is partially funded by a grant from the California Integrated Waste Management Board. Some restrictions apply:
! This event is open to Redlands residents only.
! Maximum trailer size is 8 feet in length.
! No commercial size vehicles or commercial waste will be accepted.
! If load appears to be excessive, you will be diverted to the County Landfill or One Stop
Landscape on San Timoteo Canyon Road. For the City event, please remember to bring proof of Redlands residency (such as a driver's license or utility bill), and separate green waste, lumber, and recycling items in your load. This will assist in unloading and promote recycling of mixed loads. Cover your loads while traveling to the sites or landfill. City events are open to Redlands residents only. No commercial waste will be accepted!
The San Bernardino County Free Clean-Up & Recycling Day is also April 9. The County of San Bernardino will host its free County Clean-Up Day on Saturday, April 9, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at all of its landfill facilities. County residents may bring regular household trash to any SWMD landfill site free of charge. For more information, call the County of San Bernardino Solid Waste Management Division at (800) 722-8004 or visit: www.sbcounty.gov/dpw/solidwaste.
At the City’s discretion, excessive loads may be diverted to the County Landfill.
Reduce...Reuse...Recycle… For more information, call Solid Waste Customer Service at (909) 798-7529.
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Friday, April 1 – City Offices Closed
Tuesday, April 5 City Council Meeting
5 p.m. Closed Session | 6 p.m. Open Session
City Council Chambers, 35 Cajon St., Suite 2
Agendas available online -
http://www.ci.redlands.ca.us/clerk/meetingagenda.htm
Friday, April 8 – City Offices Closed (Furlough Day)
Saturday April 9 Community Recycling, Clean Up & Tire Amnesty Day
7 a.m. to 12 noon (closed promptly at noon, to ensure service
arrive no later than 11:00 a.m.)
With proof of residency, Redlands residents may recycle
unwanted large appliances, water heaters, scrap metal of all
types, old furniture, concrete, green/yard waste, lumber and
other household refuse as well as car or passenger tires
For information visit www.redlandssolidwaste.org
County of San Bernardino Free Clean-Up Day
8 a.m. – 5 p.m. at all County landfill facilities
San Timoteo Landfill - 31 Refuse Road, Redlands
For information call 800-722-8004 or visit
www.sbcounty.gov/dpw/solidwaste
Sunday, April 10 28th Annual “Run Through Redlands”
USATF Certified 5k, 10 & ! Marathon presented by The
Kiwanis Club of Redlands and the Redlands Daily Facts.
For information call 909-748-0637 or visit
http://www.redlands-events.com/RTR1.htm
Friday, April 15 – City Offices Closed
Saturday, April 16
12th Annual Redlands Easter Eggstravaganza
The free event begins at 10 a.m. at Sylvan Park with activities
and crafts and runs until 1 p.m
Call 909-798-7547 ext 5 for general Community Center
information
R.A.Y.S. Youth Art Show
Free event sponsored by the Redlands Cultural Arts
Commission, 8 a.m. to noon, East State Street between
Orange and Seventh streets.
8th Annual Orange Muffin Festival
Plymouth Village Retirement Community – 120 E. Palm Ave
10 a.m. – 1 p.m. $3
For more information call 909-793-9195
Calendar of Community Events
Throughout the Year
Youth and Senior Programs View classes and programs available at
www.ci.redlands.ca.us/recreation/community_center.htm
Redlands Community Center – 111 Lugonia St. – 909-798-
7572
Redlands Senior Center – 111 Lugonia St. – 909-798-7579
Joslyn Senior Center – 35 Grant St. – 909-798-7550
It’s Story Time - Tuesday evenings from 7-7:30 p.m. (Age
5+)
Wednesday mornings from 10-10:30 a.m. (Ages 2-3),
10:30-11 a.m. (Ages 4-6)
Children’s Room at A.K. Smiley Public Library
For information Contact 909-798-7674 or www.akspl.org
Redlands Chamber of Commerce “Rise N’ Shine” - 7-8 a.m. (monthly, First Friday) For information Contact 909-793-2546 or
www.redlandschamber.org
Redlands Market Night Thursdays, Year Round 6- 9 p.m.
Presented by Downtown Redlands Business Association
(DRBA)
Farmer’s Market, Food, Vendors, Entertainment, and fun
for the whole family.
For information contact 909-798-7548 or
www.redlandsmarketnight.com
Saturday Morning Farmer’s Market Saturdays, Year Round 7-10 a.m.
Farmer’ Market
Adjacent to Ed Hales Park, State St.
Contact 909-798-7548 for information
Hazardous Waste and Electronic Waste Disposal Site Saturdays, Year Round 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
(closed holiday weekends and/or rainfall)
City of Redlands Corporate Yard - 1270 W. Park Avenue
(enter from Kansas St. north of Park Ave.)
For more information visit
http://www.ci.redlands.ca.us/fire/hazardous_waste.htm
APRIL
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Saturday & Sunday, April 16 & 17 99th Annual Flower Show, Garden Tour & Plant Sale
Presented by the Redlands Horticultural & Improvement
Society
ESRI – 380 New York St.
Saturday 2 p.m. - 6 p.m.
Sunday 10 a.m. – 5 p.m
Adults $8 for both days, children 13 and under are free
For information, please contact 909-884-5526 or email:
www.rhis.org
Uncommon Plant Sale: Prospect Park 9 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Tuesday, April 19 City Council Meeting
5 p.m. Closed Session | 6 p.m. Open Session
City Council Chambers, 35 Cajon St., Suite 2
Agendas available online -
http://www.ci.redlands.ca.us/clerk/meetingagenda.htm
Friday, April 22 City Offices Closed (Furlough Day)
Saturday, April 23 Compost Bin and Rain Barrel Truckload Sale
9 a.m. – 3 p.m. at Sylvan Park 730 Chapel Street
Earth Machine Compost Bin $49 | Systern Rain Barrel $60
For information, contact Quality of Life Department at
909-798-7655 or SB County Solid Waste Management
Division at 909/386-8914
Friday, April 29 City Offices Closed
Friday, April 29 Vintage Redlands – walking wine tour through Historic
Downtown Redlands
6:00-9:30 p.m.
Proceeds to benefit the Citrograph Scholarship Fund
For information call 888-494-9044 or visit
www.vintageredlands.com
Saturday, April 30 Community Service Day
Under leadership of the Redlands Service Club Council
several projects will be undertaken including landscaping
the median of Redlands Boulevard, from Ford Street to
Fern Avenue
Volunteer workers are needed.
For information or to get your service group involved
contact George Barich, RSCC President, 909-793-9683 or
Danielle Garcia, City of Redlands Quality of Life
Department, 909-798-7655.
MAY
7th Annual Redlands Shakespeare Festival
Shakespeare’s plays in the Redlands Bowl
Begins Thursday, May 12 8 p.m. - Free of Charge
For information visit www.redlandsshakespearefestival.com
Great All-American Youth Circus Annual Show
Coble Gym at the Redlands YMCA
Fridays: May 6, 13 & 20 at 7 p.m.
Saturdays: May 7, 14 & 21 at 5 p.m.
Sundays: May 8, 15 & 22 at 3 p.m.
Tickets will be available at the Redlands YMCA beginning
April 18.
Adults $14, Children 3-12 $9, Under 3 Free if child sits on
parents lap
For Information call 909-793-9622 or visit
http://ycircus.org/
Tuesday, May 3 City Council Meeting
5 p.m. Closed Session | 6 p.m. Open Session
City Council Chambers, 35 Cajon St., Suite 2
Agendas available online -
http://www.ci.redlands.ca.us/clerk/meetingagenda.htm
Thursday, May 5
15th Annual Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast
Presented by Redlands Area Interfaith Council
7 a.m. Orton Center, University of Redlands
$9 – mail to RAIC Po Box 789, Redlands, CA 92373
For information 909-793-1233 x1600, 909-583-7565 or
Friday, May 6 City Offices Closed
Saturday May 7 – Sunday May 8 Art in the Park – presented by Redlands Art Association
outdoor art show. Over 50 artists will be displaying their art ~
a variety that includes fine arts & crafts
Smiley Park – Cajon & Vine Streets
9am – 5pm Saturday | 9am – 4pm Sunday
For information 909-792-8435 or visit http://redlands-art.org
Friday, May 13 City Offices Closed
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Tuesday, May 17 City Council Meeting
5 p.m. Closed Session | 6 p.m. Open Session
City Council Chambers, 35 Cajon St., Suite 2
Agendas available online -
http://www.ci.redlands.ca.us/clerk/meetingagenda.htm
Friday, May 20 City Offices Closed
Saturday, May 21 Redlands Optimist 19th Annual Car Show & Chili Cook-
off
Sylvan Park 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
For information contact 909-821-3287 or visit
www.redlandsoptimistclub.org
Sunday, May 22 Make Memories Together
Free event hosted by San Bernardino County Museum and Kiwanis Club of Redlands
10 a.m. – 5 p.m., 2024 Orange Tree Lane Come have fun with art and activities as you make family memories together! For information call 909-748-0637
Friday, May 27 City Offices Closed
Monday, May 30 (Memorial Day) City Offices and A.K. Smiley Public Library Closed
JUNE
Friday, June 3 City Offices Closed
Tuesday, June 7 City Council Meeting
5 p.m. Closed Session | 6 p.m. Open Session
City Council Chambers, 35 Cajon St., Suite 2
Agendas available online -
http://www.ci.redlands.ca.us/clerk/meetingagenda.htm
Tuesday, June 7 Annual Strawberry Festival
at Plymouth Village Retirement community
4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
819 Salem Dr.
$5 – fresh strawberry shortcake and beverage
For information call 909-793-9195
Saturday, June 18 Young Eagles Free Fly Day
9 a.m. – noon – Redlands Municipal Airport, 1745 Sessums Drive Redlands Chapter of the Experimental Aircraft Association
Opportunity for young people (ages 8 to 17) to experience the thrill of flying For information contact 909-907-1364 or 909-425-1346
Friday, June 10 City Offices Closed
Friday, June 17 City Offices Closed
Tuesday, June 21 City Council Meeting
5 p.m. Closed Session | 6 p.m. Open Session
City Council Chambers, 35 Cajon St., Suite 2
Agendas available online -
http://www.ci.redlands.ca.us/clerk/meetingagenda.htm
Friday, June 24 City Offices Closed
Friday, June 24 87th Redlands Bowl Season
Opening Symphony concert: James Darren, Vocalist; Frank
Fetta, Conductor
Performances on Tuesday and Friday evenings at 8:15 p.m.
through August 19
For information contact 909-793-7316 or visit
www.redlandsbowl.org
Tuesday, June 28 Redlands Bowl Summer Music Festival
Winners of the 2011 Young Artists Auditions
Performance at 8:15 p.m.
JULY
Friday, July 1 No Redlands Bowl Summer Music Festival Performance
Monday, July 4 4th of July Celebration Community Activities and Parade – Sylvan Park
Fireworks Show – University of Redlands
For information visit www.redlands-events.com/July4.htm
Tuesday, July 5
REDLANDS CONNECTIONS SPRING 2011
City Telephone Numbers 24-Hour City Hotline (report graffiti, illegal signs, street lights out)............... 335-4715
Animal Control ...................................................798-7644 City Clerk ...........................................................798-7531 City Council........................................................798-7533 City Manager’s Office.........................................798-7510 Employment Hotline...........................................798-7645 Fire Department Administration .........................798-7600 Hazardous Waste Program................................798-7600 Housing Programs .............................................335-4755 Market Night.......................................................798-7548 One Stop Permit Center.....................................798-7551 Police Department (non-emergency) .................798-7681 Quality of Life Department .................................798-7655 Recreation..........................................................798-7572 San Bernardino Community Services Information Line ..........................................................211 Utility Billing........................................................798-7516 _____________________________________________________________________________________
Important City Websites City
www.ci.redlands.ca.us Redlands Redevlopment Agency
www.redlandsrda.org
Chamber of Commerce
www.redlandschamber.org
A.K. Smiley Public Library
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Redlands Connections Redlands Bowl Summer Music Festival
Highland Way & Kevin R. Blandford Memorial
Pipe Band
Performance is at 8:15 p.m.
Friday, July 8 Redlands Bowl Summer Music Festival
Los Angeles Children’s Choir
Performance is at 8:15 p.m.
Tuesday, July 12 Redlands Bowl Summer Music Festival
United States Coast Guard Band
Performance is at 8:15 p.m.
Friday, July 15 Redlands Bowl Summer Music Festival
Pacific Dance Company
Performance is at 8:15 p.m.
Tuesday, July 19 Redlands Bowl Summer Music Festival
Barrage
Performance is at 8:15 p.m.
Friday, July 22 Redlands Bowl Summer Music Festival
Second Symphony Concert: Esther Keel, Piano;
Frank Fetta, Conductor
Performance is at 8:15 p.m.
Tuesday, July 26 Redlands Bowl Summer Music Festival
Dress Rehearsal: Rodgers & Hammerstein’s
“Cinderella”
Performance is at 8:15 p.m.
Thursday-Saturday, July 28-30 Redlands Bowl Summer Music Festival
Rodgers & Hammerstein’s “Cinderella”
Performance is at 8:15 p.m.
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