SAN MATEO — Lacking: A number of 6-foot planks of “good high quality wooden.”
Final seen: In San Mateo park benches and tables.
Police in San Mateo are investigating the theft of a number of wooden planks from park benches and picnic tables in two parks over the span of some days earlier this month.
It began on the morning of March 15, when a metropolis parks worker observed a plank had been faraway from a bench at Ryder Park, at 1801 J. Hart Clinton Drive.
The next day, a further three tables and benches have been discovered to be lacking wooden planks, police mentioned in a press release Monday.
Police then acquired one other theft report on March 19, when it was found planks had been taken out of three picnic tables and two picnic benches at Beresford Park, at 2720 Alameda de las Pulgas.
San Mateo Police mentioned they imagine this unidentified man is accountable for the theft of a number of planks of wooden from San Mateo park benches and tables. (Picture courtesy San Mateo Police Division)
An unidentified man disabled a park safety digicam, however not earlier than it captured his picture, police mentioned. Simply earlier than 1 a.m., cameras recorded a person in each the playground and picnic areas.
“The sunshine-skinned male seems to have brief darkish hair and was carrying a two-toned baseball hat with light-colored entrance emblem, a yellowish plaid button entrance shirt, a greenish jacket with darkish trim, and darkish pants, footwear and gloves,” police mentioned.
The person was carrying a masks and carrying a black bag and cellphone, and police are asking the general public for assist in figuring out him.
“The wooden stolen was good high quality wooden, roughly 6 ft lengthy,” police mentioned.
The theft of the wooden and harm to the safety digicam brought on a whole lot of {dollars}’ price of harm to metropolis property, police mentioned.
Anybody with data associated to the case can submit an nameless crime tip at tinyurl.com/SMPDTips or by calling the police division’s secret witness line at 650-522-7676.
AZTEC — San Juan County entities had a profitable legislative session when it comes to advocating for capital outlay funding. If accredited by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, they may obtain their share of greater than $19.5 million for a variety of infrastructure tasks.
Entities suggest tasks for capital outlay and Legislators choose tasks from the submitted lists to sponsor. Among the many winners this 12 months in San Juan County are bridge and roadway enchancment tasks and money to assist repair a leaky reservoir in Aztec.
The capital outlay invoice handed the Home of Representatives on March 16 with a unanimous vote and later handed the Senate on March 19, additionally unanimously. It now goes to the governor’s desk for last approval.
A full checklist of tasks included within the capital outlay invoice could be discovered at nmlegis.gov. The invoice consists of greater than $517 million in funding for tasks all through the state.
East Blanco Boulevard Bridge
The most important single award for a undertaking in San Juan County went to the Metropolis of Bloomfield for the East Blanco Boulevard Bridge undertaking. The invoice consists of $2.4 million for that undertaking.
The Metropolis of Bloomfield has been engaged on the East Blanco Boulevard Bridge alternative undertaking for greater than a decade. In response to The Each day Occasions archives, the town allotted $33,000 in 2010 for design work on the undertaking. This intensive undertaking has required relocating utility strains and buying proper of the way. Finally, Bloomfield plans to exchange the bridge and rebuild the highway round it.
East Blanco Boulevard is among the main thoroughfares in Bloomfield and hundreds of automobiles cross over the East Blanco Boulevard Bridge every single day. A site visitors research in 2017 counted 3,571 vehicles over a 24-hour interval.
Prior to now, metropolis officers have described the bridge as functionally out of date.
Water storage in Aztec has been extra restricted up to now few years after a leak was present in Reservoir 1, positioned off of New Mexico Freeway 173 close to its intersection with U.S. Freeway 550.
Town drained the reservoir within the fall of 2017 in order that it might dredge the ability, in keeping with The Each day Occasions archives. Whereas it was drained, scientists with the U.S. Geological Survey took sediment samples from the reservoir in 2018 to be taught in regards to the impression of historic mining, in keeping with archives.
When Aztec went to refill the reservoir after cleansing it out, the town found a leak and subsequently took the ability offline. Metropolis officers say it has been greater than two years since that call was made.
Repairing the reservoir and bringing it again to make use of is Aztec’s prime precedence undertaking. Town obtained $2 million for it within the capital outlay invoice.
Reservoir 1 is certainly one of three uncooked water storage reservoirs that the Metropolis of Aztec makes use of for municipal water.
$125,737 for a telecommunication system improve on the eleventh Judicial District Court docket in Aztec
$150,000 for Aztec to buy public security automobiles
$200,000 for utility system development in Aztec
$100,000 to enhance the entry highway to the Beclabito Chapter helipad
$100,000 to assemble the Beclabito Chapter helipad
$500,000 to exchange a flume on the Bloomfield Irrigation District’s ditch, which is the first supply of water for the Metropolis of Bloomfield
$25,500 for renovations on the Bloomfield Senior Middle
$400,000 to restore the Broadway Avenue bridge in Farmington
$175,000 for enhancements to County Street 5500, which embrace chip sealing
$325,000 to exchange the HVAC system in Diné Faculty’s health club on the Shiprock campus
$1.1 million for enhancements to the Diné Faculty agricultural multipurpose heart on the Shiprock campus
$700,000 to assemble a hearth lane on the Diné Faculty Shiprock campus
$200,000 to equip an emergency response unit at Lake Farmington
$250,000 to renovate Lions Pool in Farmington. Metropolis officers say this might assist lengthen the lifetime of the getting older pool
$450,000 to buy automobiles for the Farmington Police Division
$875,000 to put in a safety digicam system in Farmington. Town hopes to put in safety cameras in extremely trafficked areas akin to downtown and the river path
$120,000 to assemble the Gadii’ahi/To’Koi Chapter administration advanced
$150,000 for development of a senior heart within the Gadii’ahi/To’Koi Chapter
$150,000 for enhancements to the Harriet Sammons Constructing in Farmington
$245,000 for the top gate spillway for the Hillside Irrigation Ditch
$125,000 for the Adobe Powerline development for the Huerfano Chapter
$50,000 for the Carson North Waterlines in addition to lavatory development on the Huerfano Chapter
$200,000 to enhance the water system within the Huerfano Chapter
$200,000 for enhancements at Jackson Lake Wildlife Space
$175,000 for development of a warehouse for the Lake Valley Chapter
$157,000 for water system enhancements for the Lake Valley Chapter
$100,000 for enhancements of Major Avenue in Aztec
$207,000 for renovations of the North Farmington Ditch
$900,000 for water storage development for the Navajo Dam Home Water Customers and Mutual Sewage Works Company
$525,000 for enhancements at Navajo Lake State Park
$400,000 for enhancements at Navajo Preparatory Faculty
$475,000 for putting in a safety system at Navajo Preparatory Faculty
$100,000 to enhance Navajo Route 367 in Higher Fruitland
$150,000 to assemble a light-weight on the intersection of Navajo Route 5001 and U.S. Freeway 491 in Newcomb
$100,000 for development of lavatory additions on the Purple Valley Chapter
$150,000 for the five-mile bridge throughout Largo Wash in San Juan County
$200,000 for accessibility enhancements at San Juan County services
$270,000 for renovations at San Juan Regional Medical Middle
$60,000 for gear for the San Juan Regional Medical Middle
$500,000 for constructing development for the San Juan Soil and Water Conservation District. The district broke floor on the brand new constructing earlier this 12 months.
$100,000 to enhance the car parking zone on the Shiprock Chapter senior heart
$100,000 for lighting enhancements on the Shiprock Industrial Park
$500,000 for the Shiprock Judicial Advanced
$39,000 for development of the Shiprock multipurpose veterans heart
$300,000 for infrastructure enhancements at San Juan Faculty
$650,000 for development of a welding facility at San Juan Faculty
$76,000 for lavatory development on the T’iistoh Sikaad Chapter
$80,000 for enhancements to New Mexico Freeway 134 and U.S.. Freeway 134 within the Tooh Haltsoii Chapter
$115,000 for development a WC and waterlines on the Tse Alnaozti’i’ Chapter
$45,000 to buy farm gear for the Tse’Daa’Kaan Chapter
$100,000 for the service heart plan at Tse’Daa’Kaan Chapter
$50,000 for part one of many scattered powerline extensions within the Two Gray Hills Chapter
$75,000 for development of a cemetery in Higher Fruitland
$150,000 to increase powerlines in White Rock Chapter
$75,000 for development of a multipurpose constructing within the White Rock Chapter
Hannah Grover covers authorities for The Each day Occasions. She could be reached at 505-564-4652 or by way of electronic mail at hgrover@daily-times.com.
