March General Membership Meeting

Our member, Pedro Guillén with the city of Santa Ana is hosting the March General Membership meeting at his Corporate Yard.  Loriana Hornik (Environmental Specialist) with the city of Huntington Beach will be speaking on the topic "Do's and Don'ts of Construction Stormwater BMP's."  She will do a brief presentation on construction stormwater BMP's.  It will review the do's and don'ts of public and private development construction BMPs, including common mistakes and why planning BMPs is necessary during construction.

Meeting date: March 12, 2019
Pre-Meeting Registration: 11:00 a.m.
Meeting: 11:30 a.m.

February General Meeting & Training Class

The February meeting and training class will be held at the City of Buena Park's, City Yard.  There will be a special AskMSA session lead by Mark Esquer (O.C. Sanitation District) on the topic of "Confined Space" with a focus on "Harness Setup Options."  
Beginning at 9:00 a.m. there will be a two-hour class entitled "Silica Training Class" taught by “Ecologics Environmental Services” where each student receives a “Certificate for Completion” for attending the class. (See below for information on the class.

New OSHA Required Silica Class
Class Cost: $20.00 Per Student
Student Registration Required

Are you aware of the new OSHA silica rule? Come take the New OSHA Silica required workers awareness class. Who needs to take the class? Workers exposed to respirable crystalline silica. OSHA requires a written plan, providing proper training to the workers, medical surveillance, record-keeping and certified HEPA tools. Heavy fines can be imposed if non-compliant with 29CFR1926.1153. Silica is comprised of quartz, found naturally in most rocks, sand, soil, brick and concrete products. Exposure occurs when the following methods are performed on silica building materials: abrasion or sandblasting, cutting or sawing, crushing or demolishing, drilling, grinding, and jackhammering.  It’s relevant to public works streets AND facility workers WHO do tile work, stucco, concrete repairs.

January General Membership Meeting

January's meeting will be hosted by Secretary Elect, Joe Dillman with the City of Irvine.   Joe and select members of his team will be providing instruction and personal/professional stories on “Self-Leadership.”  Everyone is a leader!  Self-Leadership is the foundation to help individuals achieve their personal and professional goals.  The meal at the meeting is free of charge to Agency members and will be hosted by two of our vendor members: Erick Gustafson with Zumar Industries and Scott Givens with Roadline Products.

December Holiday LuncheonOur December General Membership Meeting and Annual Holiday Luncheon will be held on December 11th at the Knott's Berry Farm Hotel. We will enjoy a delicious “Mrs. Knott’s Famous Fried Chicken Meal” with mashed potatoes and gravy, fresh seasonal veggies, buttermilk biscuits, Knott’s preserves and butter, boysenberry pie and coffee and boysenberry punch. (Vegetarian meal is available upon request – Please select Veggie Meal on Registration Form)

As in the past, we will have live music throughout the luncheon and President, Gerry Lopez will be holding the “Annual Awards Ceremony” to honor some well deserving individuals.  A very important part of our luncheon is the “Annual Canned Food and Toy Drive.”  We will be collecting canned food and toys ($15 value or less) that we will distribute to children and families in the Buena Park area.  Let us be very generous in our giving to bless those in need of a blessing during this time of year.

We do ask that vendors donate some great raffle prizes that we can give to our guests to make the time a bit more festive.

To help us in our planning, please submit your “Reservation Form” as soon as possible.  This year we ask that you prepay by credit/debit card to eliminate the long line at the registration table.  The “Credit Card Authorization” form is attached to the meeting flyer for your convenience.

We look forward to seeing you on December 11^th.