City of Dixon, CA

Winter is coming! You can help cut down on flooding by following a few simple steps. Please remember the street sweeper is not designed to pick-up large piles of leaves. Picking up and disposing of leaves in your green waste bin keeps them from clogging storm drains which can lead to flooding. For your current green waste bin pickup schedule please visit Recology-Dixon’s website at https://www.recology.com/recology-dixon/collection-calendar/ Thank you for your help with reducing and hopefully eliminating flooding! v

In this holiday season, it is nice to be noticed and complimented by the public when good work is recognized. This post was received via FixinDixon/SeeClickFix by a citizen who noticed the hard work of our Public Works crews: jimmy writes: I wanted to take a moment to thank everyone that has been working so hard to keep our city running and looking great I always see your hard work and today I saw a crew cleaning up all the leaves on Pitt School Thank you DPW! Thank you Jimmy for taking the time to recognize the Parks and Building Maintenance Division.

Groundwater is our tap and drinking water source and is important to our community. Local agencies are having an online informational event about our groundwater on December 17 at 5:30PM. The event will be available in English and Spanish and is the best way to learn about the future of our water. Sign up for this Zoom event at bit.ly/3mZVbWv

IT’S HERE... IT’S HERE... IT’S HERE... CAN YOU BELIEVE IT???!!!! The City of Dixon City Council Chambers has loads of new audio/visual equipment, including wireless microphones, speakers, 6 new cameras, 5 new HD monitors and an entirely new control center platform. Finally, the days of microphone frustration have come to an end. Once we are ready to return to the Chambers in the near future, Council and Commission meetings will be easier to view, to hear and to participate. Thanks to EKC Enterprises and Larry Hunt of Larry Logic for their excellent work in bringing this project to fruition. We are in the final stretch with the next steps being final inspection and issuance of a punch list.

City of Dixon Water Utility Customers Now is the time to get involved in a State Water Resources Control Board decision that will have an impact on your future water system and water rates. The discussion involves setting the range of potential hexavalent chromium maximum contaminant levels (MCL) and the associated treatment costs to water systems that will be required to stay within the range to be set by the Board. State Water Board staff are holding two virtual workshops... on Tuesday, December 8, 2020 at 9:30 a.m. and Wednesday, December 9, 2020 at 1:30 p.m. City staff will be in attendance and members of our community are encouraged to get involved! The State Water Board workshop notice is located on the City’s website at https://bit.ly/2L2WE0l. Information about Dixon’s water quality and monitoring may be viewed at http://dixonwaterfacts.org/faqs-and-videos/#josh-hudson.

We’ve received a lot of water questions recently and we recognize a little insight goes a long way. Josh, Water Operator, has taken us on a brief tour of the Fitzgerald Tank Site. Take a look at ongoing maintenance work, and learn about past projects and planned work for the future. Thanks to the Water Operations staff. We appreciate everything you do for us here in Dixon! https://youtu.be/DZvhUoSYpRw

Over the last few months, the City of Dixon’s Water Operations Division has been in the process of updating the Variable Frequency Drives (VFD) at the Fitzgerald booster station facility. The VFD is a type of motor controller that drives an electric motor by varying the frequency and voltage of its power supply. The VFD also has the capacity to control the ramp-up and ramp-down of the motor during starting or stopping. The facility has three booster pumps, one with a 20 hors...epower (hp) motor, and two with 50hp motors. The VFDs for the motors were outdated, faulty, and needed to be replaced. The majority of electrical energy consumed is from electric motors and the new VFD enable more efficient control over the motors. Today’s VFD technology has reduced the cost and size significantly. For example, one of the old drives removed was four feet tall and weighed approximately 200 pounds, while our new drives are about the size and weight of a standard text book. Since being installed the technology in the new VFDs identified a few issues with older motors, and as a result, we currently have one of the pump/motors removed (see picture above) and it is in for evaluation and repair, which will include a complete pump rebuild, and motor windings rehabilitation. While costly, this project was necessary to keep the water system running efficiently and operating properly.

Anyone remember the Dixon Dolly back in August with her quarantine hairdo? Well, she has since had a Glow Up (ever see that movie with Anne Hathaway) and can no longer make time in her schedule for Parks cameos. But all, we have good news! We’d like to introduce you to Dixie May the Dixon Doggy! ::cringeworthy excited face:: Dixie May is Dixon’s own (not borrowed from a toddler who hasn’t yet mastered the skill of sharing) and will continue to make cameos in some of our social media posts. If you see her please be sure to give her a warm welcome.

The City of Dixon invites you to a Water Education Town Hall. You will have the opportunity to ask questions and discuss concerns about your water system, quality, and services. The Town Hall will be held virtually via Zoom Conferencing. You may participate via video conferencing at http://bit.ly/DixonWaterTownHall (https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82514135633) or via teleconference by calling (669) 900-6833, Meeting ID: 825 1413 5633, Passcode: 892151.

Jack Skellington, the Pumpkin King of Halloween Town, has paid ours a little visit. Jack Skellington made his fifth visit to this location. Jack had a great view from this seat. He saw our own Halloween Town décor and we invited him back to see it all lit up for Christmas too. Follow Jack through Halloween and remember all the locations he visited!

Flash Back Friday! Brought to you by The Office of The City Clerk This week we are flashing back to Dixon, October 1992 with some Fun in the Sun! #dixoncityclerksdepartment #flashbackfriday #cityofdixonca #dixonca #dixoncityhall

On October 29-31 and November 2-3, voters can drop off ballots Curbside at the Dixon Senior Center, 201 South Fifth Street. Simply stay in your car, and hand your ballot to pollworkers. This location will be open 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., including Saturday, plus 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Election Day.

Rate payers and utility providers do not always agree. A recent customer survey showed just that. But it's important to take a look at where we DO agree. We're in this together: Building a sustainable water system for the future. Visit www.dixonwaterfacts.org for more information.

The video for the Regular Meeting of the Dixon City Council of October 20, 2020 is now available on the City’s website at https://www.ci.dixon.ca.us/339/Agendas-Videos-Live-Streaming.

Jack Skellington, the Pumpking King of Halloween Town, has paid ours a little visit. Jack Skellington made his third stop to this location. Each of us have our jobs, some of us have to sing carols, others make presents, even the reindeer usually have to pull the sleigh. But this year, we’ve asked Jack if he’d be ok with just riding along with us in one of our tractors. Follow Jack through Halloween and remember all the locations he visited!

Feedback from a recent survey showed water customers want to know, Why does Industrial Well need to be replaced? It’s a great question! Industrial Well was constructed in 1977, which makes it 43 years old. Shouldn’t, municipal wells last at least 100 years? Yes, they should! However, Industrial Well was originally built for agricultural use and is the shallowest well in the water system. There’s more to the story and we’ve created an infographic to explain the reason for needing a new well. Check it out at www.dixonwaterfacts.org/faqs-and-videos.

As I am sure most of you have seen, there has been quite a bit of work being done on North 1st Street by PG&E over the last month or so. PG&E has been rehabilitating some older gas lines throughout the City, but have been pulled away many times in order to help with the wildfires that have been rampant over the last few months. That being said, they are working as fast (and as safely) as they can to make sure that the city’s infrastructure is in tip-top shape! The Engineering Division has been working closely with PG&E to make sure that all the repairs go smoothly and that the restoration of their work areas will meet our standards. Rest assured, the area in front of Luke’s Lounge on North 1st Street, as well as several other locations in Dixon will look good as new in no time.

The City of Dixon Transportation Advisory Commission is meeting this Wednesday, October 21, 2020 at 7pm. Go here: https://dixon-ca.granicus.com/GeneratedAgendaViewer.php to see what items are on the agenda this month, and log on to Zoom to watch the meeting.