City Launches Recycle Reminder of New Every Other Week Pick-up via Sac 311 App

Customers can receive text and email reminders about every-other-week recycle pickup

The City of Sacramento will be changing to every-other-week recycling on July 1, 2013, and a new feature on the existing Sac311 mobile app is designed to notify residents of their recycle week.

Customers can sign up via the Sac311 app to receive a text or email reminder to set out their recycle container for collection. As of July 1, 2013 the city will be divided into an “A week” and “B week” schedule, and the reminder notification will be sent every Friday for the following week’s collection day. Customers can also use the new “Quick Look Up” button to learn their garbage service day, recycle week, council district and other information based on their address.

“Moving to every-other-week recycling service will save the city more than $1,000,000 a year, yet it can be a challenge for customers to remember the correct week,” says Steve Harriman, Integrated Waste General Manager for the City. “This new app will make it easy so residents won’t miss their recycling collection day.”

The Sac311 app is free and available for iPhone, iPad and Android. Residents can also find their recycle week and download a collection calendar at www.sacrecycle.org.

Since its launch last August, the Sac311 app gives citizens and easy way to report an issue or schedule a service appointment without calling the 311 customer service call center. Residents and business owners can use the app to report city related issues – from potholes, traffic signal malfunctions, missed garbage cans on collection day to illegal dumping and stray animals.

“The new features in Sac311 are just part of the public education effort to inform our customers about the changes to containerized yard waste and every-other-week recycling,” continues Harriman. “Along with our web and mobile applications, we are increasing our social media efforts, advertising, direct mail as well as presenting to neighborhood groups and attending community events.”

For more information on changes to recycling, garbage and yard waste services visitwww.sacrecycle.org or call 311.

Below is the latest construction update from Mercy General Hospital. Sadly, the hospital recently sent out an email reneging on their verbal commitment to work on making room for an on campus loading dock to ease J Street congestion. At the last Mercy Hospital Neighborhood Advisory Committee East Sacramento Preservation asked hospital representatives to develop an on site delivery loading area. The hospital said they would work on doing so. The email ESP received on March 24th stated bluntly that the hospital met and exceeded the city approved square footage on campus and the J Street loading zone is legal. There would be no change to the current loading area.

Neighbors are not asking to remove all deliveries from the street, just to expand current on campus deliveries to ease congestion. The complete refusal to discuss this option, reversing the positive steps they were taking, is astonishing. Mercy spokeswoman, Barbara Schor, did not respond to ESP’s request for more information.

Hospital’s Update

The exterior of the Alex G. Spanos Heart & Vascular Center on Mercy General Hospital’s East Sacramento campus is nearly complete, with final touches on the brick work and other details. On the inside, the focus continues to be on painting, flooring and casework installation. MGH staff from a variety of disciplines continue to work on a move-in plan, which will take place once licensing and other steps are completed.

Elsewhere on the Mercy General Hospital campus, the H Street apartment complex is nearly complete. Those interested in leasing information can contact:

Kelly Schultz, ARM
Property Management, Inc.
(916) 617-7622 / (916) 451-1601 Office
(916) 451-1072 Fax

Landscaping has been installed at the quarter-acre park at 39th near H Street. Fencing will remain around the park to let the foliage get established. Details as to the opening will be shared in upcoming e-newsletters.