The third community workshop to update the Albany Parks, Recreation & Open Space Master Plan will be held outdoors and in-person at Memorial Park. This workshop will ask participants to evaluate and prioritize all of the projects identified throughout the master plan process and collected over months of gathering community feedback. This workshop will be in an outdoor gallery format where community members will be tasked to prioritize projects, add new project ideas, and provide general input.

Drop in when you can any time Saturday, August 14^th between 12 - 4pm. Facilitators will be on site to assist and provide more information on the master plan process itself and any of the projects that are being considered for the master plan update. Free raffles and prizes will be available to those who participate and complete the workshop activity, come join the fun! The workshop will be implemented with precaution regarding any additional changes in public health guidelines that may be issued by Alameda County Public Health regarding local health concerns.

Follow @albanyparksmp on Instagram for the latest updates, and stay in the loop through www.albanyparks.com.

You can receive Master Plan updates through "Albany Parks Master Plan" eNotifications.

City of Albany’s Public Works department is hard at work doing maintenance, repair and improvement work around Albany. But we could use your help!

Have you seen any of the following around town?

Please report these issues using our handy Service Request Portal so that City staff can help keep our roads, parks, and business districts as clean and safe as possible.

We are proud and excited to partner with Urban Tilth to maintain and restore the City’s beautiful natural areas! This includes multi-year maintenance and restoration of Albany Hill, Cerrito Creek, and Codornices Creek.

Urban Tilth is a non-profit based in Richmond, which teaches community members about the relationships between natural ecosystems, food, health and justice, and has many educational programs. This includes a Watershed Stewardship Program for young adults, where exceptional graduates go on to become members of Urban Tilth’s staff on the Watershed Stewardship Field Crew.

Since April of this year, the Stewardship Field Crew has worked with City staff in all three of Albany’s natural areas to reduce fire hazards and help native plant communities by mowing grasslands, pruning along pathways and fire roads, weeding around native plantings, and removing invasive plants. In addition, the team installed a job site box at Codornices Creek for storage of tools and supplies for Friends of Five Creeks volunteers.

Future work will include trail repair and maintenance, thinning young oak trees, removing excess accumulations of bark and downed wood, and watering and planting of native plants.

SPECIAL VACANCY NOTICE - CLIMATE ACTION COMMITTEE OPENING

Residents of Albany, including high school students, are encouraged to apply for one of the two vacancies on the Climate Action Committee.

The Climate Action Committee shall serve as a technical advisory committee regarding matters related to climate action and to advise Council on matters related to reducing greenhouse gases; and adapting to climate change.

If interested, please complete an online application or contact the Albany City Clerk Office at 1(510) 528-5710 for more information.

Albany's newest elementary school campus is reopening! Please come to the ribbon cutting and take a self-guided tour around this beautiful new school. All are welcome, this is an all-ages event and we hope that people throughout Albany will join us.

Saturday, August 14, 2021, 2:00–4:00 pm.

Please note—the first day of school for Albany students is Tuesday, August 17.

With cases of COVID-19 rising locally and increased circulation of the highly transmissible Delta variant, the Counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, and the City of Berkeley recommend that everyone, regardless of vaccination status, wear masks indoors in public places to ensure easy verification that all unvaccinated people are masked in those settings and as an extra precautionary measure for all.

The Alameda County Public Health Department has provided additional information:

Find a vaccination clinic near you or call 510-208-4VAX (510-208-4829). Residents can drop by a location near them and don’t need an appointment at County-supported vaccinations Points of Dispensing (PODs) and most pop-ups.

Counter services at City Hall, the Community Center, and Senior Center are available in-person to the community. Appointments are highly encouraged. Masks are required for those that are unvaccinated and recommended for those that are vaccinated.

The Albany Recreation Department has a fabulous line-up of engaging Summer camps to enrich your child's days.

This Young Rembrandts workshop is full of possibilities! Join us for five days of pastel fun as we learn about a new medium and explore art history by studying different artists and their work. Each day we will create one large drawing in pastel chalks. We will create wonderful artwork while being inspired by Edvard Munch’s The Scream, Pablo Picasso's Woman in Hat, Vincent Van Gogh’s Chair, Wassily Kandinsky’s Bavarian Market Square and Claude Monet’s Regatta at Argenteuil. The daily results will be truly frame-able! No experience necessary. Please wear an old shirt or smock to class each day.

Follow the link below to sign-up!

The objective of the Bay Area Wildcats RUN-N-SHOOT basketball camps are to teach student athletes the real skills of the game and provide them with the opportunities to improve their skills while playing in a competitive capacity. Camp staff will promote the concepts of self-confidence, discipline, and teamwork. Learn the fundamentals, basketball skill development, and HAVE FUN!

Follow the links below to sign-up!

August 9 – 13

Albany Senior Center Social Classes are a great opportunity to meet people with similar interests. Fee $1 drop-in. Senior Center classes are implemented with precaution regarding any changes in public health guidelines that may be issued by Alameda County Public Health regarding local health concerns including social distancing and recommendations/requirements on mask covering for all participants.

The Albany Library is excited to announce expanded visiting hours starting the week of August 1.

Sunday, August 1: Closed

Monday, August 2: Closed

Tuesday, August 3: 12 – 7 pm

Wednesday, August 4: 10 am – 5 pm

Thursday, August 5: 10 am – 5 pm

Friday, August 6: 10 am – 5 pm

Saturday, August 7: 10 am – 5 pm

AC Boost, the countywide Down Payment Assistance Program, is now accepting applications through August 30, 2021 for financial assistance to middle-income working households to purchase a home in Alameda County. The program offers shared appreciation loans of up to $210,000 to first-time homebuyers who live in, work in, or have been displaced from Alameda County.

Of the $45 million available for direct loans to AC Boost homebuyers, the program has already originated over $9 million in loans helping over 70 households buy their first home in Alameda County with an affordable mortgage.

To sign up for AC Alert go to http://ACAlert.org

Sign-up for the City of Albany’s E-Notification system and get information and updates going on Around Your Block.

City meetings are virtual until further notice. Please see the City Calendar for all public meeting attendance and viewing options.