GRAND TERRACE Festival Goes Green
GRAND TERRACE - The Grand Terrace Days Parade and Festival is going green.
Thanks to a donation from American Lighting Supply Co. of San Diego, the first 300 visitors to the city booth at Saturday's festival will receive a free compact fluorescent lamp.
Compact fluorescent lamps last 10 times longer and save more than $45 of energy over the life of the bulb compared to a regular incandescent bulb.
The city is developing a comprehensive energy policy that includes a "green" element to its updated General Plan.
The parade starts at 9:30 a.m. at the corner of Barton Road and Canal Street with San Bernardino County Sheriff Gary Penrod as the grand marshal and the San Bernardino County Rangers leading the parade.
The festival runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Rollins Park, at the corner of Mount Vernon Avenue and DeBerry Street.
For more information, visit http://www.cityofgrandterrace.org/.
Gramps Let Us Review:
GT Goes Green or is GT Yellow?
How nice that the City allows a Commercial Interest to Give away 300 Light Bulbs and take credit for going GREEN? No that is Yellow Politics and or Yellow Journalism.
The City should not be considered Green for the following reasons.
1: Codes Encourage Maximum Water Use for Lawns and Landscaping
2: Codes Prohibit or Discourage the use of Solar and Wind Power Supplies Owned by Home and Business Owners on the basis of "Ascetic Issues", and does not require SCE to buy back surplus energy generated. Code Requires you to be hooked to the Power Grid.
3: City Pays 200.00 per month for Auto Use by Council Members. In this town they could have an official Electric LEV or NEV. There is no need for Council Members to travel out of the City using NON PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.
4: The city allows dust fields owned by Edison and there is NO Effort to convert these a green use, either a field of natural short grass, neighborhood farm, or Orchard of Oxygen Producing Trees.
5: The City has not Reduced the Maximum Speed in Town to 35 MPH to discourage Rapid Acceleration between starts and stops, and allow the Use of LEVs, NEVs to access all quarters of GT. The Speed Limit on Mt. Vernon and Barton Road was established PRIOR to there being Stop Signs and Stop Lights at every Intersection. THE DRIVING CONDITIONS HAVE CHANGED so THE SPEED LIMIT SHOULD CHANGE.
6: All lights in City Hall should be Energy Efficient:
7: The Thermostat at City Hall should be set at 85 degrees for Summer and 72 degrees in Winter.
8: The City Should have a collection point for USED Florescent Light Bulbs so they can be recycled.
9: The City Should have a collection point for Batteries, and Electronics. (Now that Salvation Army is recycling Electronics perhaps they could put up a collection point again.)
10: The City's Maintenance Staff should be using recharging Electric Equipment and hand tools, and the Recharging should be done with Solar PV Electricity.
11: Street Lights, and Park Lights Park Snack Bars should all be Solar Powered.
12: Pool Filter should be powered with Solar Panels.
13: Solar Ovens should be installed in all parks...
14: City Bicycle Racks with Solar Powered charge stations for Ebikes
15: Public Restrooms at Bike Rest Spots...
16: Use of Goats for Weed Abatement on the Mountain and Hills
17: Use of Fruit Bearing Trees that Produce both Food and Shade for the water used.
18: Discontinue the Sale of Fireworks and allowing their Use. Fireworks are NOT GREEN in ANY WAY.
Then.... perhaps the City could be considered Going Green....
From the EMail Inbox:
19: Code Required Green Building: Solar PV Electricity, Green Roofs, Green Materials, Landscape, in all CITY PARTICIPATION CONSTRUCTION./ DEVELOPMENT like Blue Mt. Senior Villas, Town Square, and ANY RDA involved development.
20: Code Clarification regarding Riding Bikes on the limited sidewalks, and Building Safe Pedestrian paths/trails, and sidewalks between schools and businesses and housing.
21: Develop Gage Canal Bike and Pedestrian Path and Dog Park.
22: Re-Establish California Walnut Trees, and other nut trees that will grow with minimal watering.
GRAND TERRACE - The Grand Terrace Days Parade and Festival is going green.
Thanks to a donation from American Lighting Supply Co. of San Diego, the first 300 visitors to the city booth at Saturday's festival will receive a free compact fluorescent lamp.
Compact fluorescent lamps last 10 times longer and save more than $45 of energy over the life of the bulb compared to a regular incandescent bulb.
The city is developing a comprehensive energy policy that includes a "green" element to its updated General Plan.
The parade starts at 9:30 a.m. at the corner of Barton Road and Canal Street with San Bernardino County Sheriff Gary Penrod as the grand marshal and the San Bernardino County Rangers leading the parade.
The festival runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Rollins Park, at the corner of Mount Vernon Avenue and DeBerry Street.
For more information, visit http://www.cityofgrandterrace.org/.
Gramps Let Us Review:
GT Goes Green or is GT Yellow?
How nice that the City allows a Commercial Interest to Give away 300 Light Bulbs and take credit for going GREEN? No that is Yellow Politics and or Yellow Journalism.
The City should not be considered Green for the following reasons.
1: Codes Encourage Maximum Water Use for Lawns and Landscaping
2: Codes Prohibit or Discourage the use of Solar and Wind Power Supplies Owned by Home and Business Owners on the basis of "Ascetic Issues", and does not require SCE to buy back surplus energy generated. Code Requires you to be hooked to the Power Grid.
3: City Pays 200.00 per month for Auto Use by Council Members. In this town they could have an official Electric LEV or NEV. There is no need for Council Members to travel out of the City using NON PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.
4: The city allows dust fields owned by Edison and there is NO Effort to convert these a green use, either a field of natural short grass, neighborhood farm, or Orchard of Oxygen Producing Trees.
5: The City has not Reduced the Maximum Speed in Town to 35 MPH to discourage Rapid Acceleration between starts and stops, and allow the Use of LEVs, NEVs to access all quarters of GT. The Speed Limit on Mt. Vernon and Barton Road was established PRIOR to there being Stop Signs and Stop Lights at every Intersection. THE DRIVING CONDITIONS HAVE CHANGED so THE SPEED LIMIT SHOULD CHANGE.
6: All lights in City Hall should be Energy Efficient:
7: The Thermostat at City Hall should be set at 85 degrees for Summer and 72 degrees in Winter.
8: The City Should have a collection point for USED Florescent Light Bulbs so they can be recycled.
9: The City Should have a collection point for Batteries, and Electronics. (Now that Salvation Army is recycling Electronics perhaps they could put up a collection point again.)
10: The City's Maintenance Staff should be using recharging Electric Equipment and hand tools, and the Recharging should be done with Solar PV Electricity.
11: Street Lights, and Park Lights Park Snack Bars should all be Solar Powered.
12: Pool Filter should be powered with Solar Panels.
13: Solar Ovens should be installed in all parks...
14: City Bicycle Racks with Solar Powered charge stations for Ebikes
15: Public Restrooms at Bike Rest Spots...
16: Use of Goats for Weed Abatement on the Mountain and Hills
17: Use of Fruit Bearing Trees that Produce both Food and Shade for the water used.
18: Discontinue the Sale of Fireworks and allowing their Use. Fireworks are NOT GREEN in ANY WAY.
Then.... perhaps the City could be considered Going Green....
From the EMail Inbox:
19: Code Required Green Building: Solar PV Electricity, Green Roofs, Green Materials, Landscape, in all CITY PARTICIPATION CONSTRUCTION./ DEVELOPMENT like Blue Mt. Senior Villas, Town Square, and ANY RDA involved development.
20: Code Clarification regarding Riding Bikes on the limited sidewalks, and Building Safe Pedestrian paths/trails, and sidewalks between schools and businesses and housing.
21: Develop Gage Canal Bike and Pedestrian Path and Dog Park.
22: Re-Establish California Walnut Trees, and other nut trees that will grow with minimal watering.
From the EMail InBOX:
GREEN GT? iF GT WAS GREEN IT WILL NOT GO FORWARD WITH AES POWER PLANT>>> BUT THIS CITY COUNCIL WILL NOT PUT THAT ON THE AGENDA. THIS CITY COUNCIL WILL NOT PASS A PROCLAMATION AGAINST THE PROPOSED AES POWER PLANT.
