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STAFF REPORT
CITY COUNCIL
CITY CLERK
File #150-80
May 15, 2012
Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers
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Report on 2012 Dublin Pride Week Activities
Prepared by Martha Aja, Environmental Coordinator
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
The City Council will formally recognize the contributions made by various individuals and
organizations that helped make the 2012 Dublin Pride Week a successful community event. The
City Council will also recognize the Dublin Pride Week Poster Contest and Essay Contest
winners.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
Sufficient funds were included in the Fiscal Year 2011-2012 Budget. In-kind donations were
provided by the following organizations: Amador Valley Industries, Dublin Lion's Club,
Dublin/San Ramon Women's Club, Dublin San Ramon Services District (DSRSD), Pete's
Coffee, Mimi's Cafe, and Zone 7.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council receive the 2012 Dublin Pride Week activities report,
recognize the sponsors and the poster and essay contest winners.
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DESCRIPTION:
Dublin Pride Week was celebrated from Saturday, April 28 to Saturday, May 5, 2012. A number
of activities and projects were conducted and are summarized below.
Dublin Pride Week Poster Contest
All students from both public and private schools in the City of Dublin were invited to participate
in this year's Dublin Pride Poster and Essay Contests. The students were asked to create
posters that reflected topics including clean-up projects, recycling, volunteering or any other
idea that reflects taking pride in our community. This year an essay contest was also included.
The essay theme was "Why My City is An All-America City." As in previous years, the
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Dublin/San Ramon Women's Club volunteered to coordinate the poster and essay contest,
which included distributing the materials, judging the posters and essays, and distributing the
certificates of participation.
Each of the Poster Contest and Essay Contest participants will receive a Certificate of
Appreciation. The City awards first and second prizes to individuals from each of the following
grade categories: Kindergarten-1St grade, 2nd grade-3rd grade, 4t" grade-5t" grade, 6t" grade-8t"
grade, and 9t" grade-12t grade, as well as an overall grand prize winner. The grand prize
winners will receive a $100 Target gift card, the first prize winners receive a $25 Target gift card,
and second prize winners receive a $15 Target gift card. The grand prize, first prize, and second
prize winners also have their posters and essays displayed at the Civic Center and will be
presented with Certificates of Merit. Additionally, a Classroom Award is given in the amount of
$200 to the teachers of the Grand Prize Winners of the Poster Contest and Essay Contest to be
used in their classrooms.
The Poster Contest winners are as follows:
Grand Prize Winner
Racheal Ko 8t" Grade
Classroom Award
Adair Anderson Teacher
Kindergarten-1St Grade Categorv
First Prize Winner:
Amanda Ng 1St Grade
Wells Middle School
Wells Middle School
Dougherty Elementary School
Second Prize Winner:
Jayden Ng Kindergarten Dougherty Elementary School
2nd _ 3rd Grade Categorv
First Prize Winner:
Olivia Russo 3rd Grade Valley Christian Elementary
Second Prize Winner:
Kristy Lee 3rd Grade Valley Christian Elementary
4t"- 5t" Grade Categorv
First Prize Winner:
Alexandra Cobbe 4t" Grade Quarry Lane School
Second Prize Winner:
Praise Wong 4t" Grade Valley Christian Elementary
6t"- 8t" Grade Categorv
First Prize Winner:
Rebecca Hoffnan 7t" Grade Wells Middle School
Second Prize Winner:
Cherrie Kim 6t" Grade St. Philip Lutheran School
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9t"- 12t" Grade Categorv
First Prize Winner:
Camille Richey 10t" Grade
Second Prize Winner:
Vivian Hernandez 11 t" Grade
The Essay Contest winners are as follows:
Grand Prize Winner
Roy Tsong-Yi Lin 4t" Grade
Classroom Award
Julie Moylan & Bea Flory Teacher
Kindergarten-1St Grade Categorv
First Prize Winner:
Amanda Ng 1St Grade
Valley High School
Quarry Lane School
John Green Elementary School
John Green Elementary School
Dougherty Elementary School
Second Prize Winner:
Khushi Sharma 1St Grade Dougherty Elementary School
2nd _ 3rd Grade Categorv
First Prize Winner:
Michael Matey 3rd Grade St. Philip Lutheran School
Second Prize Winner:
Luke Wu 3rd Grader Kolb Elementary School
4t"- 5t" Grade Categorv
First Prize Winner:
Neha Harpanhalli 5t" Grader Dougherty Elementary School
Second Prize Winner:
Mallika Pajjuri 5t" Grader John Green Elementary School
6t"- 8t" Grade Categorv
First Prize Winner:
Karah Pedregosa 6t" Grader Fallon Middle School
Second Prize Winner:
Taarini Madusudan 6t" Grade Fallon Middle School
Volunteer Day
Approximately 600 community volunteers donated significant time and energy to community
cleanup and beautification projects on Volunteer Day, Saturday, April 28, 2012. Volunteers met
at 8:00 a.m. at the Heritage Park to receive instructions and supplies for the various projects
throughout the community. Mayor Sbranti began the event with a welcoming address and word
of thanks to the volunteers. Volunteers were given reusable shopping bags which contained $4
in carrot cash, a seed bookmark provided by AVI, and Fitness Challenge Forms. Snacks were
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also provided including muffins donated by Mimi's Cafe and coffee donated by Peets. At the
completion of the projects, all volunteers were invited to a free barbecue provided by the Dublin
Lion's Club.
Volunteer Day consisted of the following projects:
Senior Projects: There were approximately 150 volunteers that made up the Senior Project
Teams. The teams were able to assist 31 senior homes with a variety of activities that ranged
from cleaning windows to minor home repair. These projects were coordinated by the Senior
Support Program of the Tri-Valley, which assists the City in finding Dublin seniors who are in
need of some assistance.
Frederiksen Elementary School: Approximately 20 volunteers were sent to Frederickson
Elementary to do weeding, planting and trimming, as well re-painting the red curbs.
Fallon Middle School: The Fallon School's California Junior Scholarship Federation (CJSF) Club
worked on improving the Fallon Middle School landscaping by cleaning out flower beds, pulling
weeds and trimming. The CJSF group totaled more than 50 individuals.
John Green Elementary School: Approximately 20 volunteers were sent to John Green
Elementary to help with weeding and trimming as well re-painting the red curbs and staining the
garden fence.
Wells Middle School: Approximately 75 volunteers were sent to Wells Middle School to help with
painting, spreading mulch, weeding and trimming.
Non-Profit Assistance Projects: Approximately 20 volunteers were sent to the Easter Seals
Kaleidoscope School to help with window and floor washing, weeding, sweeping, spreading
mulch, and trimming.
City Park Projects: Approximately 250 volunteers assisted with beautification and clean-up
projects at various park locations within the City. For example, many volunteers assisted in
wood chip spreading at Ironhorse Trail (near BART), at Fallon Sports Park and on Central
Parkway between Grafton Street and Chancery. Several other groups of volunteers helped with
painting projects, which included the fountain near the play area at Shannon Park, the seat walls
at Shannon Park, the benches in the Civic Center Courtyard, and a bathroom at Emerald Glen
Park. Another group of volunteers completed a planting project at Ted Fairfield Park. Volunteers
also painted benches, cleaned buildings, swept pathways, pulled weeds and spread wood chips
at the Heritage Center and Historic Park, which included the cemetery.
City Creek Cleanups: Approximately 20 volunteers were sent to pick up litter at two of the City's
creeks (South San Ramon Creek and Alamo Creek North). Approximately 7 garbage bags of
trash were removed from these two creeks.
Food Drive: This year, Dublin Pride Week included a Food Drive organized by City Staff and
Pride Week Committee members. Collection bins were set up at the two Safeway grocery
stores, Sprouts Farmer's Market and Grocery Outlet to collect non-perishable food items during
Dublin Pride Week. Collection bins were also set up at Volunteer Day. This year, a record
amount of food was donated. The City was able to collect approximately forty 32-gallon bins of
food. All food collected was donated to the Dublin Children's Emergency Council and the Well
Christian Community.
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Fitness Challenge
This is the second year in which Dublin Pride Week included a fitness challenge. The Dublin
Pride Week Committee decided to promote the challenge more and to create a simpler form for
students to use. The fitness challenge forms were distributed in the reusable bags distributed to
all of the volunteers on Volunteer Day. Additionally, the City distributed the fitness challenge
forms to all of the schools in the City. The program centered on collecting points for various
fitness or good health related activities that are completed throughout Pride Week. Residents
and students were asked to keep a daily total and submit it to the City at the end of the week. All
participants will be entered into a raffle drawing for a chance to win prizes, which include a
backpack donated by REI and gift cards donated by Sports Authority.
Farmer's Market Grand Opening
The Grand Opening of the Farmer's Market was held on Thursday, May 3, 2012 from 4:00 p.m.
to 8:00 p.m. at Emerald Glen Park. The opening night was a great success and was well
attended. The Dublin San Ramon Services District and Zone 7 Water Agency sponsored a
"Water Conservation Zone" at the Farmers Market where residents were able to apply for
money-saving rebates, enter awater-efficient landscape contest, and take home free, practical
information on water-wise living.
Bike Flat Tire Repair Clinic
A Bike Flat Tire Repair Clinic was held on Saturday, May 5, 2012 from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
at the intersection of Amador Valley Boulevard and the Ironhorse Trail. Individuals at the clinic
received a free bike check-up and instructions for minor bike repairs.
Household Hazardous Waste Event
The City sponsored another successful household hazardous waste drop off event, which was
managed by Amador Valley Industries and held at the MicroDental parking lot on Arnold Drive
on Saturday, May 5t". The City's annual household hazardous waste event ensures that
materials such as paint, used oil, batteries, pesticides and other harmful chemicals are disposed
of properly. In total, there were 500 residents that participated with approximately 500 bags of
compost given away. This is the second year in the row that all of the appointments have been
filled.
2012 Dublin Pride Week Committee
At the forefront of this year's activities was the Dublin Pride Week Committee. The Committee
comes together each year to plan and organize each Pride Week activity. This year, the
Committee was made up of various community members and organizational representatives.
Special thanks and appreciation go to the following individuals for serving on the Pride Week
Committee and helping to make this year's events a success:
• Mayor Tim Sbranti
• Councilmember Don Biddle
• Debbie Jeffries, Amador Valley Industries
• Brian Fritz, Dublin Unified School District
• Renee Olson, Dublin San Ramon Services District
• Bonnie Brewer, Zone 7 Water Agency
• Valerie Barnes, Dublin/San Ramon Women's Club
• AI Edge, Diane Bonetti & Carol McGeary, Dublin Senior Foundation
• Claudia Ambrose, Resident -Volunteer Coordinator
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• Gloria Gregory, Resident -Volunteer Coordinator
2012 Dublin Pride Partners
The 2012 Dublin Pride Week events could not have been accomplished without the City's key
partners:
• Amador Valley Industries
• Dublin Unified School District
• Dublin San Ramon Services District
• Dublin Lions Club
• Dublin/San Ramon Women's Club
• Dublin Senior Foundation
• Senior Support Program of the Tri-Valley
• Zone 7 Water Agency
These Dublin Pride Partners, as well as the other major contributors previously mentioned, will
be recognized by the City Council with a Certificate of Appreciation.
NOTICING REQUIREMENTS/PUBLIC OUTREACH:
None.
ATTACHMENTS: None
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