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Seniors -
Free 'Limo Service'
Hey, senior, need a ride? That’s the question the city of
Morro Bay and the Morro Bay Lions Club are asking people through the
city website and a lot of outreach venues around town.
The city says it is exploring the concept of providing a
volunteer-operated "limo service”" for seniors who no longer
drive. You don’t drive much or at all? Then weigh in and tell
them you are interested by saying so in a needs assessment survey.
The service would be door to door and provide transportation for
shopping, medical appointments, local events, government meetings,
etc., the
city's announcement
states. Non-driving seniors would schedule the service by calling 24
hours ahead. The service would be funded by donations, contributions,
grants, etc. Initially the service is envisioned to operate two to
three days a week and expand as needed.
The proposed service will not supplant existing services such as MB
Transit, the Trolley, RTA or Ride-On.” But will be an
invaluable addition to them, the Lions Club and other promoters say.
The city encourages interested residents to complete the survey online
or pick up a hard copy containing the survey at Morro Bay City Hall by
today, Oct. 1, if possible.
City Council member Noah Smukler, who is helping to promote the
transportation plan, said “the ‘Limo’
idea started in 2009 when the recession, and resulting cuts to the
State transit funding, forced the City to change our very popular
‘Dial-a-Ride’ (door to door) program to a
‘Flex-Fixed Route’ system.” He said the
current program has MB Transit buses available on three fixed routes
covering most of Morro Bay with the ability for riders to pick up at
scheduled times/stops or hail a ride at a safe stopping point anywhere
along the route. The program offers a
“Flex/Call-a-Ride” option from the fixed route
within three quarters of a mile of the route and an advanced call, he
added.
Smukler said seed funding has been provided by extra transit funds from
the City but no funds have been spent as we pursue more community input
via the survey.
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Taste and Odor
in Water
Being Combatted
by Jack McCurdy
The
main source of Morro Bay’s water—the Central Coast
Water Authority (CCWA), which gets state water and distributes it to
local cities like Morro Bay—has installed a new powdered
activated carbon (PAC) dosing system that is designed to remove organic
compounds in water, which can cause unpleasant taste and odor in water
used to drink, wash or irrigate. Read More
City of Morro Bay
Rejects Dynegy Wave
Energy Project
by Jack McCurdy
In
a letter drafted by Morro Bay City Council member Christine Johnson,
the Council has unanimously opposed a proposal by Dynegy, the owner of
the defunct power plant here, to build two big wave energy fields in
the ocean, one right in front of Morro Rock and the entrance to Morro
Bay Estuary and harbor.
The
Council said in the letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
(FERC) that is was "opposing Dynegy's Preliminary Permit applications"
to FERC for its proposed Point Estero and Estero Bay Wave Parks (which
some Council members thought should be called fields, instead of
parks). Read More
Soupabration 2014
Love
soup? Wine? Chocolate? Beer? At the annual soup celebration fundraiser
for Pacific Wildlife Care, sample fourteen amazing soups created by
fourteen chefs. Decide if you agree with the winner chosen by celebrity
judges. Chef demonstrations, silent and live auctions, and the Pacific
Wildlife Care Animal Ambassadors--up close and personal. Come and bring
your friends
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