HomeMy WebLinkAbout09SEPTEMBER 2003
City of Chubbuck NEWS
P.O. Box 5604 • 5160 Yellowstone Ave., Chubbuck, ID 83202-0006 • Phone (208) 237-2400
School has started again in our city. Be aware
of children walking and riding bikes to
school. We are aware of the traffic at the
intersection of Hawthorne and Chubbuck
and with council approval will be installing a
traffic light at this location.
PARKS: We have two new parks with newly
planted grass. Bistline and Jerry Rowland Park
in Victorian Village. Caution your children to
keep off the new grass until next season.
Please refrain from motorized vehicles in all
parks. Playground equipment has been
installed in several parks. We have been slow
in accomplishing these projects. Employees
have not been available for this work until the
last couple of weeks.
STREETS: Kings Way Street, and Evans Lane
will be nearly complete when you receive this
letter. Black top is being installed at the
present and sidewalks will follow. North
Hawthorne has been delayed from this fall to
next June. It has been determined that we
need additional water capacity on this street.
It is better to do the job at one time and not
tear up a new street. This project will be built
between June and September of 2004.
CITY OFFICES: Work is progressing but it
seems so slow. Many reasons for the delay.
However, at present the contractor is progress-
ing on schedule.
Be aware of residential speed limits. Twenty
miles per hour. And at many times of the day
this speed is too fast, so drive according to the
conditions of the street which include
children in the area and with winter on the
horizon - snow and ice. There is a Chevrolet
Corvette that comes down Scott Street twice
each work day. I can hear that great engine
rumbling for a block away, but never has that
driver exceeded 15 MPH. I congratulate him.
As a contrast we have a couple of other cars,
that go to Easy and Joy Streets, that often
drive too fast.
TELL IT TO CITY HALL
We encourage you to tell us about any problems so we can fix them for you. There are
also times you might wish to pass on a good word to city workers. We invite you to use
this form to "Tell It To City Hall"
NAME ADDRESS
TELEPHONE DATE
Problem Location (please be as specific as possible)
STREETS:
❑ Holes
❑ Rough
❑ Settled
[]Water stays in low
spots
❑ Bump
❑ Loose gravel
❑ Needs cleaning
❑ Mud in street
❑ Glass or other
trash in street
❑ Manhole cover
rattles
CURBS:
❑ Need cleaning
❑ Need repair
❑ Need painting
ROAD SHOULDERS:
❑ Low
❑ Washed out
❑ Inadequate width
SHRUBBERY:
❑ Blocks traffic sign
❑ Blocks view of
intersection
❑ Obstructs
sidewalk
❑ Overgrown or
noxious
TREES:
❑ Limbs too low
❑ Dangerous limb
❑ Blocks traffic
signal
❑ Diseased or dead
❑ New tree wanted
F-1 Tree stump in
lawn
STORM SEWERS &
DITCHES:
❑ Pipe needed
❑ Pipe blocked
❑ Pipe broken
❑ Odor
❑ Inadequate pipe
size
❑ Needs cleaning
❑ Catch basin
needs repair
❑ Catch basin
needs cleaning
SANITARY SEWERS:
❑ Odor in house
❑ Odor outside
❑ Slow drainage
TRAFFIC SIGNS:
❑ Bent sign
❑ Bent signpost
❑ Missing
❑ Dangerous
❑ Dirty
❑ Hard to read
❑ Unnecessary
❑ Needs repair
❑ New sign needed
STREET SIGNS:
❑ Sign missing
❑ Sign and post
missing
❑ Sign and/or post
needs repair or
replacement
❑ Hard to read
❑ Incorrect spelling
❑ Dirty
❑ Improper location
❑ New sign needed
The City of Chubbuck proposes to contract with PSI Waste Systems for
weekly recycling collection. PSI would provide an 18 -gallon recycling bin.
The cost would be approximately $2.50 per month per customer. The
monthly charge would apply to every customer, whether or nor they recycle.
The average American uses 650 lbs. of paper a year.
Producing recycled white paper creates 74% less air pollution, 35% less water pollution,
and 75% less process energy than producing paper from virgin fibers.
One gallon of oil, when reprocessed, can generate enough energy to meet the electricity
needs of your home for half a day.
The world's largest human made structure is the Fresh Kills Landfill on Staten Island in
New York. It is the only man-made object, other than the Great Wall of China, visible
from space.
Every ton of recycled paper: Saves 17 trees, saves 4100 kwh of energy, saves 7000 gallons
of water, reduces air pollution by 60 pounds and saves 3 cubic yards of landfill space.
An aluminum can thrown away today will still be a can 500 years from now.
Recycling aluminum saves 95% of the energy used to make the material from scratch.
That means you can make 20 cans out of recycled material with the same energy it takes
to make one can out of new material.
Each year, the United States discards enough aluminum to completely rebuild the
American commercial airline fleet and enough steel to completely rebuild the cities of
Chicago and New York.
(Do not respond ifyou did before)
Do you currently recycle?
❑ Yes ❑ No
If you recycle, what items do you recycle?
❑ Glass
❑ Magazines
❑ Newspaper ❑ Tin
❑ Plastic ❑ Cardboard
❑ Aluminum
❑ Other items:
Would you be interested in a low cost, effective curbside recycling program?
❑ Yes ❑ No
Would you be willing to separate your recyclable items from your trash?
❑Yes El No
Would you be willing pay $2.50 a month for unlimited, weekly curbside recycling
which included an 18 gallon recycling bin delivered to your home?
❑ Yes ❑ No
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