Danville's Classic Car Show is celebrating it's  20th year!  The last show for the summer  is Thursday, August 14. Show hours are 4:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., with car staging at 2:00 p.m. 

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In addition to the District 2 vacancies listed below, Supervisor Andersen would like to draw your attention to the following list of countywide advisory bodies that currently have At Large Seats available, such as the Advisory Council on Aging, Advisory Council on Equal Employment Opportunity, Affordable Housing Finance Committee, Agricultural Task Force Committee, Countywide Bicycle Committee, County Connection Citizen Advisory Committee, Economic Opportunity Council, Emergency Medical Care Committee, Family & Children's Trust, Fish & Wildlife Committee, Hazardous Materials Commission, Homelessness Advisory Board, Local Child Care & Development Planning Council, Managed Care Commission, Public & Environmental Health Advisory Board, Commission for Women, and the Workforce Development Board.

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Board of Supervisors Actions  

Ever wonder what your Supervisor does at that weekly Tuesday Board of Supervisors Meeting? Here are some of the board actions from the month of July which impact the residents of District 2:    

Recognized July 13-19, 2014 as Pretrial, Probation and Parole Supervision Week in Contra Costa County.

Held a hearing on the award of a construction contract with Team-Solar Inc. for the installation of photovoltaic solar systems at six County facilities.

Adopted a position on SB 1319 (Pavley), as amended 6/18/14, Oil Spills: Oil Spill Prevention and Response, a bill that makes various changes to existing law related to oil spill prevention, planning, emergency response, including transportation of oil by rail. 

Approved response to 2013/14 Civil Grand Jury Report entitled, "The Public Records Act in Contra Costa County"; Directed the response be sent to the Superior Court no later than July 15, 2014. 

Adopted a Resolution regarding compensation and benefits for the County Administrator, County Elected and Appointed Department Heads, Management, Exempt, and Unrepresented employees to reflect changes.

Declared a two-way stop controlled intersection at Hemme Avenue and La Sonoma Drive/La Sonoma Way, Alamo. 

Allocated $20,000 from the Dougherty Valley Regional Enhancement Fund to implement the San Ramon Valley Street Smarts Program for FY 2014/15; Authorized expenditure of $10,000 to add to contributions by the City of San Ramon, the Town of Danville, and the San Ramon Valley Unified School District to implement the Program; Authorized a Memorandum of Understanding and contribute $10,000 to the Town of Danville for program-related administrative services. 

Appointed Aron DeFerrari to the Alternate Seat on the Alamo Municipal Advisory Council, as recommended by Supervisor Andersen. 

Adopted a position on AB 1621 (Lowenthal), as amended: Emergency Medical Services: Data and Information System, a bill that requires the Emergency Medical Services Authority to adopt a single statewide standard for the collection of information regarding pre-hospital care to determine and monitor the quality and effectiveness of the statewide emergency medical services system, and to develop regulations for electric patient care records by local agencies.

Authorized a letter to the California Natural Resources Agency presenting the County's comments on the Draft Bay Delta Conservation Plan and associated Draft Environmental Impact Report and Environmental Impact Statement; Direct staff to submit the letter and detailed comments to the California Natural Resources Agency prior to the July 29, 2014 deadline.

Approved/Authorized a contract with the California Agricultural Commissioners and Sealers Association to reimburse the County for non-mandated pesticide use reporting activities.

Authorized County participation in the 2014 Spare the Air Program, a program that encourages people to take steps to protect air quality on days when smog levels are expected to exceed the state and federal air quality standards.

After reaching an agreement between the parties, denied the appeal of the County Planning Commission decision to approve variances for 1.5-foot front and side yard setbacks for construction of a 7.4-foot tall retaining wall approximately 150 feet in length, located at 229 Miramonte Road, Walnut Creek.

Acting as the governing body for the Wiedemann Ranch Geologic Hazard Abatement District (GHAD), approved the annexation of the Elworthy Ranch Development into the Wiedemann Ranch GHAD and approved the Elworthy Ranch Development Annexation Plan of Control.

Received an update regarding efforts to address the approval process of Project Labor Agreements (PLA); and on a 3-2 vote (Supervisors Andersen and Piepho opposing, and instead requesting that the $1 million threshold be revisited) found that PLAs have become a routine aspect of County capital projects, the referral to the Internal Operations Committee was suspended until interest arises in further examination or amendment of the existing policy.

Approved response to Civil Grand Jury Report entitled "AB 109 in Contra Costa County...So Far So Good" and forward the response to the Superior Court no later than September 4, 2014.

Approved response to Civil Grand Jury Report entitled "Contra Costa Detention Facilities" and forward the response to the Superior Court no later than September 4, 2014.

Approved response to Civil Grand Jury Report entitled "County Emergency Operations...Ready or Not" and forward the response to the Superior Court no later than September 10, 2014.

Provided salary adjustments for Elected Department Head classifications (excluding the Board of Supervisors), effective August 1, 2014.

Confirmed the Final Report for CSA EM-1 (County Service Area Emergency Medical Services) and declared intent to levy specified assessments to be collected with the Fiscal Year 2014/15 property taxes.

Approved the sale of 2,192 square feet of real property located within the Iron Horse Corridor adjacent to 1554 Manning Lane, Alamo; Authorized the Real Property Sales Agreement; and executed the Grant Deed on behalf of the County, Alamo.

Approved the third extension of the Subdivision Agreement for a project by Jennifer C. Doherty, Alamo.

Accepted completion of public improvements for subdivision (Gardenia Street, Irisview Place, Butterfly Creek Road and Crocus Hill Court) by Shapell Homes, San Ramon-Dougherty Valley.

Approved the Final Map and Subdivision Agreement for subdivision by Shapell Homes, San Ramon-Dougherty Valley.

Confirmed the Fiscal Year 2014-2015 Final Annual Report and levying the charges set forth in the report for County Service Area M-30 and Area T-1, Danville.

Recognized Darrell R. Lee upon his retirement from the Moraga-Orinda Fire District, as recommended by Supervisor Andersen.

Appointed Gary Kingsbury to the District II-A seat on the Alcohol and Other Drugs Advisory Board of Contra Costa County, as recommended by Supervisor Andersen.

Approved Appropriations and Revenue Adjustment authorizing new revenue in the amount for County Service Area P-5 (Round Hill) and certain County Service Area P-6 Zones for fiscal year 2013/14 and appropriating it for the provision of extended law enforcement services.

Approved/Authorized the County Probation Officer to apply for and accept the Intensive Probation Supervision for High Risk Felony and Repeat DUI Offenders grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety for the supervision of certain felony DUI offenders in the County.

Approved/Authorized the District Attorney to submit an application and execute a grant award agreement with the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services, Criminal Justice/Emergency Management & Victim Services Branch, for funding of the Victim/Witness Assistance Program.

Approved/Authorized the Sheriff-Coroner to execute an amendment to the California Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) 2013 Emergency Management Performance Grant, to increase the grant amount to purchase additional equipment to prepare for, mitigate, respond to and recover from emergencies and disasters.

Approved/Authorized the County Probation Officer to execute a contract with STAND! For Families Free of Violence to provide parenting training for participants ages 14-25 who are involved with the criminal justice system.

Approved/Authorized the Health Services Director to execute a novation contract with the Jewish Family and Children's Services of the East Bay to provide Mental Health Services Act prevention and early intervention services.

Approved/Authorized the Health Services Director to execute a contract with Contra Costa Crisis Center to provide Mental Health Services Act prevention and early intervention services.

Approved/Authorized the Health Services Director to execute a contract with Meals on Wheels and Senior Outreach Services of Contra Costa to provide home-delivered meals for the Senior Nutrition Program.

Approved/Authorized the distribution of $3.05 million in Measure WW funds by initially allocating $610,000 to each Supervisorial District, and continue to work with each Supervisor's office to facilitate the development of a list of park projects to be submitted to the Board of Supervisors for approval prior to submitting the list to the East Bay Regional Park District for final approval.

Declared/Accepted the results of the Primary Election conducted on June 3, 2014 as on file in Contra Costa County Elections Division, as recommended by the Clerk-Recorder/Registrar of Voters.

Referred to the Internal Operations Committee the triennial update of the Contra Costa County Emergency Operations Plan.

Acknowledged that the County is in compliance with the Bay Area Commuter Benefits Program (SB 1339); Directed staff to develop and implement strategies that increase employee use of the vanpool program and to report back periodically on the outcomes from all the County's Transit Demand Management strategies to ensure continued compliance with SB 1339.

Authorized polling for the Contra Costa County Flood Control and Water Conservation District in order to determine customer expectations to better implement the plans and policies and provide optimal service to the residents of Contra Costa County.

Set the special tax levy for County Service Areas P-2 Zone A (Blackhawk), P-2 Zone B (Alamo) and P-5 (Round Hill) for fiscal year 2014/2015.

Set the special tax levy for police services within Zones of County Service Area P-6 for fiscal year 2014-2015.

Authorized the issuance and sale of "Contra Costa Community College District General Obligation Bonds, Election of 2014, 2014 Series A" by the Contra Costa Community College District on its own behalf.

Recognized the ConFire District's fire investigators for arrest and seizure of illegal fireworks.

Accepted a report from the Fire Chief providing a status summary for ongoing ConFire District activities and initiatives.

Approved/Authorized a purchase order with NuSpective Solutions for the purchase of a Cisco integrated system with VMware to update the 911 Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) system infrastructure in the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District.

Danville Hot Summer Nights 

Hot Rod & Classic Car Show

Danville's Classic Car Show is celebrating it's  20th year!  The last show for the summer  is Thursday, August 14. Show hours are 4:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., with car staging at 2:00 p.m. 

There will be fun for every member of the family.  The event is located on Hartz Avenue in the heart of beautiful historic downtown Danville. The show stretches from Faz's restaurant on Hartz Avenue, proceeding north to San Ramon Valley High School and extends to many of the side streets as well.  To learn more click here.   

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Volunteers Needed to Sit on
District 2 Advisory Boards

In addition to the District 2 vacancies listed below, Supervisor Andersen would like to draw your attention to the following list of countywide advisory bodies that currently have At Large Seats available, such as the Advisory Council on Aging, Advisory Council on Equal Employment Opportunity, Affordable Housing Finance Committee, Agricultural Task Force Committee, Countywide Bicycle Committee, County Connection Citizen Advisory Committee, Economic Opportunity Council, Emergency Medical Care Committee, Family & Children's Trust, Fish & Wildlife Committee, Hazardous Materials Commission, Homelessness Advisory Board, Local Child Care & Development Planning Council, Managed Care Commission, Public & Environmental Health Advisory Board, Commission for Women, and the Workforce Development Board.

To apply for any of these seats, you can click on this link: click here.  

•  Alcohol and Other Drugs Advisory Board -  click here.

•  In Home Support Services Public Authority Advisory Committee - click here.

• County Library Commission (1 Alternate Seat) - click here.

•  Alamo Municipal Advisory Council (1 youth representative-Alamo resident) - click here.

•  County Service Area P-5 Citizens Advisory Committee (1 Alternate Seat - Residents of: Roundhill, Regency Woods or Windsor Green)

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