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What's New!
The City of Sunnyvale has participated with Santa Clara County in updating its Local Hazard Mitigation Plan. This plan is an annex to the ABAG regional Hazard Mitigation Plan (see link below). The public review draft of the Santa Clara County Local Hazard Mitigation Plan 2011 Update and City of Sunnyvale Annex are now available for comment.
Your comments and questions may be directed to the County's consultant: Corinne Bartshire at (916) 380-3776 or
cbartshire@dewberry.com.
Link to Hazard Mitigation Plan Review Draft
With a grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the Santa Clara County Office of Emergency Services has coordinated with the incorporated cities to develop this update. The planning process has involved thirteen incorporated cities, the Santa Clara Valley Water District, and major employers in Silicon Valley. The 2011 updated local hazard mitigation plan is an annex to the regional plan titled "
Taming Natural Disasters: Multi-Jurisdictional Local Hazard Mitigation Plan for the San Francisco Bay Area" which may be viewed at:
http://quake.abag.ca.gov/mitigation/
The Neighborhood Enhancement Action Team (NEAT) works with residents, businesses, property owners and neighborhood groups to identify and resolve quality of life issues.
NEAT’s goals are simple:
- Build strong working relationships with neighbors.
- Engage and empower community members to take action that enhances the quality of life in their neighborhood.
NEAT works inter-departmentally to leverage resources and take a holistic approach to problem solving. Public Safety, Office of the City Manager, Public Works, Community Development and Community Services are all working together to keep our community safe and beautiful.
For more information please visit Neighborhood Preservation web site.
MedDrop is a pharmaceutical disposal program designed to encourage environmentally-safe disposal of unneeded, expired, and unused prescription and over-the-counter medicines. This service is provided to citizens of Sunnyvale by the Department of Public Safety to facilitate a convenient and safe means of ridding our Community and our environment of unused medications.
On September 22, DPS personnel brought their mobile MedDrop bin to the Sunnyvale Senior Center as part of Pollution Prevention Week. They joined staff from the Water Pollution Control Plant who were providing a Mercury Fever Thermometer exchange.
Residents can bring their expired pharmaceuticals to any Sunnyvale Fire Station for disposal. Sharps or illegal drugs are not accepted. For disposal information about other items, please visit www.earth911.com
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Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety (DPS) has joined forces with TipNow to allow police to accept text messages and e-mail communications anonymously from the public. TipNow collects and manages e-mail and cell phone text messages and forwards them anonymously to DPS. When a text message or e-mail is sent to SVTIP@tipnow.org, TipNow provides an automated notification to police. TipNow does not replace 9-1-1 service, but is best used to send tips regarding non-emergency suspicious activity or crimes under investigation. The key aspect of TipNow is its ability to encrypt the tipster’s cell phone number or e-mail I.D., thereby guaranteeing the anonymity of the user.
Challenge Team Sunnyvale is a collaborative effort that brings community members, school administrators, non-profits, interested individuals, and Public Safety staff together once each month to focus on issues that affect our youth. The Challenge Team just completed its second year as an organization. The accomplishments include the presentation of parenting classes for “at-risk families;” the establishment of a formal mentoring process for Sunnyvale youth; collaboration between City departments, non-profits, and Sunnyvale School District; a soccer camp that focused not only on soccer, but on education, and personal growth as well; and a joint venture with the cities of Mountain View and Los Altos to sponsor a 25-mile bicycle ride to encourage fitness and family bonding.
For more information, click here.
California laws and the Sunnyvale Municipal Code require the licensing of any bicycle having a wheel diameter of at least twenty (20) inches and owned and operated within the City. Licensing is performed at ALL Sunnyvale Fire Stations daily from 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Licensing cost per bicycle is $6. (Cash only payments and please bring exact change)
The purpose of the bicycle licensing is as follows:
1. Provide an opportunity to inspect bicycles for required safety equipment.
2. Provide an opportunity to introduce riders to traffic laws and safe riding practices through lectures and/or literature distribution at time of licensing.
3. Provide means of identifying ownership of bicycles and thus deter theft of bicycles, facilitate return of bicycles to owner, aid in prosecution of theft cases.
License Expiration: Bicycle licenses expire on December 31st of the second year following the year of registration.