Drop off old meds @San Mateo PD – 4/30 from 10a-2p, or anytime via SMPD’s Drop-Bin

PRESS RELEASE / COMMUNITY ALERT
CITY of SAN MATEO POLICE DEPARTMENT
200 Franklin Parkway, San Mateo, CA 94403
www.cityofsanmateo.org

NATIONAL TAKE-BACK INITIATIVE
SAN MATEO POLICE DEPARTMENT PARTNERS WITH
THE FEDERAL DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION (DEA)
TO ASSIST WITH A NATIONWIDE CAMPAIGN

Disposal of Pharmaceuticals also available 24/7 through SMPD’s Drop-Bin

Saturday, April 30th, 2011
10:00 am to 2:00 pm
San Mateo Police Department – 200 Franklin Parkway – San Mateo, CA

On Saturday, April 30th, 2011, DEA will coordinate a collaborative effort with state and local law enforcement agencies to remove potentially dangerous controlled substances from our nation’s medicine cabinets. Collection activities will take place from 10:00 a.m. through 2:00 p.m. at sites established throughout the country. The National Take-Back Day provides an opportunity for the public to surrender expired, unwanted, or unused pharmaceutical controlled substances and other medications for destruction. These drugs are a potential source of supply for illegal use and an unacceptable risk to public health and safety.

This one-day effort is intended to bring national focus to the issue of increasing pharmaceutical controlled substance abuse.
• The program is anonymous.
• Prescription and over the counter solid dosage medications, i.e. tablets and capsules accepted.
• Intra-venous solutions, injectables, and needles will not be accepted.
Illicit substances such as marijuana or methamphetamine are not a part of this initiative.

Please Note: Disposal of Pharmaceuticals is a Service Available Anytime at SMPD:
San Mateo Police Department has a secured pharmaceutical disposal bin located outside the front doors of the Police Department building for anytime disposal of unwanted or unneeded pharmaceuticals.

If you have any questions about the National Take Back Initiative program, you can visit the DEA’s drug diversion website –

http://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/drug_disposal/takeback/index.html

– Local Agency Contact for San Mateo Police – Community Services Sergeant Dave Norris

Sergeant Dave Norris
San Mateo Police – Community Services
650-522-7626 (office)
mailto:dnorris

This ‘Press Release / Community Information’ is being sent to you by The Public Information Office of the San Mateo Police Department. We at the SMPD take pride in alerting our community partners about activities and current events relevant to neighborhood incidents.

Construction at College Park Elementary

Anyone passing by will have noticed all the work going on at College Park Elementary and the adjacent vacant lot. It’s all part of the long awaited rehab and remodel of the elementary school, courtesy of the Measure L funds that we San Mateans voted for a couple years back.

The school we be getting a major redo that will include a new admin building and lunch area as well as a new school bus stop (see below) on the El Dorado side for all the kids taking the bus to other elementary and middle schools.

New Date for Poplar Community Workshop! Wednesday, May 18, 2011 Main Library’s Oak Room — Registration at 5:30pm, Presentation and Small Group Discussion: 6pm-7:30pm

The City of San Mateo has been looking at ways to improve the Poplar Street on/offramp access to 101, and we have a new date for the workshop originally scheduled for February 23rd. The new community workshop date is:

Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Main Library’s Oak Room
Registration: 5:30pm
Presentation and Small Group Discussion: 6pm-7:30pm

To recap, at the May workshop, we will be reviewing the various project options and their impacts. The upcoming workshop will allow more time to better understand the options and to offer more opportunity for discussion.

For those who would like to take extra time to review the updated traffic analysis prior to the workshop, you will be able to find the document posted online no later than 5pm on Friday, May 6th.

Here’s the project Web site and workshop details Folks just engaging in the process can also find the recap of past workshops and Public Works Commission (PWC) meetings on the Web site.

Please call or email Sheri Costa-Batis at 650.522.7334 if you have any immediate questions.

Thank you very much.

Department of Public Works

Youth Service Learning Day , May 1, 9-3 at San Mateo Central Park

Date: May 1, 2011
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 3:00 PM
Description: Parks & Recreation offers a FREE youth volunteer program for youth enrolled in grades 9-12. See the Teen Central page of the Spring Activity Guide or contact Tracy Stuhr at 522-7476 or tstuhr@cityofsanmateo.org Space is very limited.
Address: Central Park
San Mateo, CA 94403
Location: Central Park, San Mateo
Contact: (650) 522-7476
Email: tstuhr@cityofsanmateo.org
Cost: FREE!
Link: See Page 9 of our Spring 2011 Activity Guide

Additional Dates 5/14 and 6/11 at Beresford Rec Center

Monthly Fresh Food Giveaway from Samaritan House

Know anyone having a rough time making ends meet in this economy? Samaritan House is giving away free fresh produce monthly — here’s some of the info from a Daily Journal article about it

The fresh-food giveaway is scheduled to take place on the fourth Monday of each month, from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m., in the city of San Mateo parking lot outside of the Worker Resource Center, located at 400 E. Fifth Ave. in downtown San Mateo.

Pre-registration is required. For additional information contact the Samaritan House Client Services Office at 347-3648. Here’s the Samaritan House website

Want to help out this worthy organization? You can donate online or buy tickets to the Samaritan House Dinner Dance Gala here

Día de los Niños / Día de los Libros — Day of the Child / Day of the Book at the Main Library April 30th 2-4 pm

An afternoon of fun with stories, crafts, light refreshments, free books and Latin American music with Rafael Manríquez.

San Mateo Main Library
55 W. 3rd Avenue
San Mateo, CA 94402

Downtown San Mateo retail survey results and May 4th retail forum

HI, All, I filled out the Downtown retail survey and, look! here are the results. There’s a meeting on May 4th from 9-11am at the Astaria Restaurant at 50. E. Third to discuss the future development of downtown. — HANCSM web person, Karen Jensen

Greetings,

You are receiving this email due to your response to the recent Downtown San Mateo Retail online survey where you indicated you wished to receive a copy of the results and find out more information about our downtown retail project. First, on behalf of our Leadership San Mateo/Foster City/Burlingame/Hillsborough class project team, thank you for completing the survey and sharing your perspectives on this topic. As we indicated in the online survey, this was part of a community leadership project to assess the current state of retail shopping in downtown San Mateo and future opportunities. We received 177 responses to our survey and attached is a summary of the results of the multiple-choice questions. The open-ended responses are not included here due to their number and extent, but I’ve attached an analysis of commonly-used words and phrases from these open-ended questions to help identify key trends. This survey data will be used to help evaluate retail shopping opportunities in downtown.

In addition, given your expressed interest in this topic, we wanted to invite you to attend an upcoming forum related to our class project. This forum is entitled “The Future of Retail Revitalization in Downtown San Mateo” and will be held on Wednesday, May 4 from 9:00-11:00 a.m. at Astaria Restaurant (50 E. Third Avenue). The invitation-only forum will feature a panel of experts who will share perspectives on the future of retail recruitment, retention, and diversification in downtown. Attached is a flyer with additional information about the forum. To RSVP, please send an email by April 29 to leadershipretail11.

Thank you again for your input and please feel free to let me know if you have any questions or would like further information.

Matt Bronson
Assistant City Manager
City of San Mateo
330 W. 20th Avenue
San Mateo, CA 94403

(650) 522-7000 (main)
(650) 522-7003 (direct)

mbronsonwww.cityofsanmateo.org

SurveyResults_04212011 Summary.pdf
DSM Retail Text Analysis Final.pdf
WEDmay4thLeadershipretail.pdf

Support San Mateo & Foster City Schools by attending Giants game May 25

Help raise money for San Mateo & Foster City Elementary & Middle Schools.

The For Kids Ed Fund wants to take you out to the ballpark!

Like the 2010 World Champion San Francisco Giants, our kids need our support. Before the World Champions take the field, our kids will perform the national anthem! Performance space will be reserved on a first come, first serve basis for the on-field action, so hurry and order your tickets today.

Click here to go to the For Kids! site to buy your tickets or bid on auction items Hurry seats are limited!