City Manager Weekly Update
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Emergency Preparedness: For Teens, By Teens
Teens teaching teens is a great way to make them aware of emergencies and what they should do if they are home alone. Join Girl Scouts Isha and Taylor on Saturday, October 26th, 11:00am - 11:30am at Garden House (Shoup Park) to better equip your teen for an emergency. Do you have younger children too? This event is a family-friendly event, so feel free to bring the whole family. Based on the Girl Scout Silver Award project, the workshop uses animation and interactive discussion to teach the curriculum. Registration link:
https://teenep.eventbrite.com
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Fremont Avenue Rehabilitation Project Input
The City of Los Altos is planning on repaving Fremont Ave. between Grant Rd. and the City limit. During this project, we are reaching out to residents to gather feedback and ideas about potential pedestrian, bicyclist, or street improvements along Fremont. These improvements include street restriping, bicycle lanes, pedestrian pathways, and potentially more. We hosted an Open House this week and we have a survey that residents can use to inform and guide project designers. Please help us make a more resident-friendly avenue by providing your input. Visit us at
www.losaltosca.gov/FremontAvePavementRehab
to learn more about the project.
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Street Sign Clearance
The Los Altos Maintenance Team wants to remind all Los Altos residents about keeping street signs clear of vegetation. It is every resident's obligation to trim and maintain any private trees, bushes, or shrubs on their property that are currently blocking any street signs. Residents should clear a significant perimeter around the signs to ensure that there is max visibility.
Keeping street signs clear help first responders identify streets faster and help motorists, bikers, and pedestrians stay safe. By having our residents trim their private trees, we can ensure that the community is safer as a whole. If you have any questions, contact Maintenance at
https://www.losaltosca.gov/maintenanceservicerequest
or
(650) 947-2785.
The City of Los Altos, the Maintenance Department, and the Police Department thank you for your help!
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Carving With A Cop
Community members are invited to bring their pumpkins for an afternoon of fun with Los Altos Police Officers! We will be carving pumpkins at the Los Altos Youth Center on October 26th from 3:00pm – 5:00pm. We will be answering questions alongside fellow jack o’ lantern enthusiasts during this fun, FREE, family-friendly event.
We only ask that residents
RSVP
for planning purposes. We hope to see you there!
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Halloween Window Painting Contest
The 56th Annual Halloween Window Painting Contest has come to an end. The City wanted to thank all 43 very talented artists that participated this year! We also wanted to thank all the merchants, Los Altos Village Association (LAVA), and the Los Altos Chamber of Commerce who showed their support by providing all the windows for the artists to paint and by getting the word out to the community. Lastly, a big thank you goes out to the following commissioners for taking the time to judge the contest:
- Young Yeh, Parks & Recreation Commission
- Boladale Erogbogbo, Youth Commission
- Hilary King, Art Commission
- Chris Nagao, Senior Commission
- Janet Harding, Senior Commission
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Halloween Window Painting Contest Special Addition
Our Halloween Window Painting Contest is getting a special addition this year. We are going be adding a Fan Favorite Vote. This will be separate from our normal judging and will take place only on our social media pages. We are encouraging businesses that are participating in the Halloween Window Painting to submit a vote for their favorite painting. To vote, we are encouraging people to take a selfie with or take a photo of their favorite painting and send the photo to us. You can tag us (#losaltosrec), email us, DM, or stop our office and tell us!
The winner of this contest will have a picture of their painting as the profile picture for all the Los Altos Recreation & Community Services social media pages for the month of October 2020. Voting will open on Monday, October 21st and close on Wednesday, October 30th. We will announce the winner on Thursday, October 31st.
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Senior Center Programs
HICAP
On Tuesday, October 29th, HICAP has additional appointments with Nancy starting at 12:00pm in Room 3. This activity is free.
MINI Trip
On Thursday, October 31st, there will be a Mini Trip to Allied Arts in Menlo Park. The cost for this trip is $62 for members and $67 for non-members. Please meet at LAYC at 10:00am if you will be going on this trip.
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City Council Open Office Hours
Interested in speaking with your elected officials about a specific topic or issue? If so, please plan to attend City Council Open Office Hours for an opportunity to personally connect with a member of the Los Altos City Council. One City Council member will be available to the public for a two-hour period to answer questions, receive input and discuss topics of interest to community members. All are welcome to attend. City Council Open Office Hours are scheduled as follows:
Wednesday, November 13th, 2019
3:00pm - 5:00pm
Grant Park Community Center, Room 3
1575 Holt Avenue, Los Altos
Thursday, December 5th, 2019
12:00pm - 2:00pm
Grant Park Community Center, Room 3
1575 Holt Avenue, Los Altos
Friday, December 20th, 2019
4:00pm - 6:00pm
State of Mind Public House and Pizzeria
101 Plaza N, Los Altos.
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City of Los Altos | (650) 947-2700 | www.losaltosca.gov
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