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Caring for People, Environment & Neighborhoods

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By David Buckingham

From helping low-income utility customers, to announcing new water conservation measures, and adopting updated residential design guidelines, the City Council took important action last week to care for our residents, improve environmental stewardship, and better define our regulations for property owners and developers. Here’s a summary of a few items of import to many of our residents:
Utility Discount Program
The Council approved a water and sewer rate discount for our most financially challenged residents, providing an opportunity for perhaps one-fifth of our ratepayers to see up to a 10 percent reduction in their monthly utility bills. Morro Bay will use water and sewer fund penalty fees, non-sufficient check charges and Continue reading Caring for People, Environment & Neighborhoods →

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Looking At A Busy Year Ahead

David Buckingham New MUGA View From Harbor Street
By David Buckingham

What a great Fourth of July in Morro Bay! It was wonderful to see more than 750 residents, guests and visitors at the ribbon cutting for our new bridge and start of the bike parade.
The new Morro Creek Bridge represents a bridge to our future in some ways, so I thought I’d use this column to provide the community a quick update on a bunch of the objectives our City Council has set for this year.
Public Works: We will award the facilities master plan contract for our new Water Reclamation Facility next week. We are now moving decisively forward toward construction of a regional facility operated by the City of Morro Bay that will clean our wastewater and recover the 1 million gallons of treated water we dump into the ocean.   Continue reading Looking At A Busy Year Ahead →

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Parking, Recreation and Smart Water Meters

David Buckingham New MUGA View From Harbor Street
By David Buckingham

Summer is here! And with it, tremendous opportunities, challenges, and decisions for each of us individually and for the City of Morro Bay collectively.
From parking to recreation to water meters, we are looking forward to your thoughts and concerns.
Parking
City staff continues to keep a close eye on parking especially in the Downtown Business District. To that end, we conducted another fairly scientific assessment on June 5, a sunny pre-summer Friday in Morro Bay.   Continue reading Parking, Recreation and Smart Water Meters →

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Fourth of July, the Budget, and Citizen Surveys

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By David Buckingham

Summer is starting in Morro Bay! From the 2015 4th of July Celebration, to the general plan update and the 2015/16 City budget, here’s some notes on a few important community items:
4th of July! Start planning now for the 2015 4th of July Family Fun Day in • Morro Bay. As publicized already, the committee that has run “Morro Bay 4th” for many years has  “retired.” The City is planning the 2015 event — a resident-focused, family-friendly, daytime event at Tidelands Park.
The old favorites are all on tap: Morro Bay Mile Skateboard Race (10 a.m.); Red, White and Blue Bike Parade (noon); and 5 hours of bands, games, children’s activities and fun from noon to 5 p.m. at Tidelands Park.   Continue reading Fourth of July, the Budget, and Citizen Surveys →

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Improving Our Service

David Buckingham New MUGA View From Harbor Street
By David Buckingham

Your City Staff is here to serve you. Whether working on the streets and parks, providing great sports leagues for our kids, assisting with building permits, processing business licenses, providing medical assistance, keeping neighborhoods and businesses safe through community policing, or providing safe harbor for our commercial fishing fleet – we exist to serve.
While our residents can  — and should — communicate directly with the City Council, your staff welcomes the opportunity to connect directly with you. Have a question, a comment or a complaint about City services? Consider starting with the staff member who can most quickly and efficiently improve our service. Either contact a department head below or use our full staff directory at: Continue reading Improving Our Service →