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City manager, police and staff outline community events, demolition timeline and public-safety updates
Summary
City staff announced a community center pipe reroute, upcoming tire-amnesty and yard-sale recycling events, an update on the old police station demolition permitting, and police promotions and traffic enforcement results. The council accepted the updates and congratulated staff on outreach efforts.
City staff briefed the Waterford City Council on a series of operational updates, upcoming community events and police activity.
City Manager Lonnie said work has started cutting the floor at the community center to reroute a pipe and staff expect a few weeks’ work before the reroute is complete. Lonnie also announced a tire Amnesty event on Saturday, May 10 (8 a.m.–1 p.m., community center, Waterford residents only; proof of residency required; limit 10 tires per household; no tractor tires or rims accepted) and a community yard-sale/recycle event on May 24 (8 a.m.–1 p.m.; flyer bilingual English/Spanish available online).
On the old police station demolition, staff said contractor paperwork and utility-disconnection scheduling with PG&E and Modesto Irrigation District (MID) are pending; demolition cannot proceed until permits and utility shutoffs are completed. Staff said they have contacted MID and PG&E and will submit the contractor’s permit number to MID to move the disconnect process forward.
Police staff reported two of four distracted-driving operations completed with educational enforcement and three “ice cream with the deputy” outreach events that local deputies used to build positive contacts with youth. The police chief announced that Sergeant Cicero passed promotion testing and will move to a different station as lieutenant; Cicero thanked the community and said he intends to maintain ties to Waterford. The department said recent investigations have resulted in multiple cases closed as unfounded or solved and that two incoming patrol deputies have joined the force.
Council members and staff also discussed exploring improved emergency-notification options; staff noted vendor modules for the GoGov app exist but typically require residents to opt in and that mailing information in billing cycles will be used to reach Hickman residents next week. The council accepted the updates with no formal action required.
