City Manager Weekly Update
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Shop and Dine at Open Streets Los Altos
Open Streets Los Altos is continuing through September 28th! Join your favorite downtown restaurants and retailers this Thursday through Sunday for our fourth Open Streets Los Altos. The City will be closing State and Main Streets for businesses to use additional space for outdoor seating and displays. Whether you're walking, biking, or driving your way in, businesses are ready to serve you. If you're ride-sharing and unsure of where to dropped-off let your Uber/Lyft know the official drop-off zones are located at the pins shown on the graphic. Retailers will be open until 8PM so make sure to come out for all your retail needs.
Want to learn more?
Visit us here
! Socially-distant dining, shopping, and strolling, starts at Open Streets Los Altos, and
don't forgot your face covering!
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Town Hall on Los Altos Policing
Thank you to everyone who attended the Town Hall on Los Altos policing! We had over 150 residents attend and make a variety of different questions and comments. The webinar and questions will be posted online and will be emailed out to all attendees. The City Council will be discussing the webinar and the way forward at their next City Council meeting.
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Do You Want To Better Serve Your Community?
Join a commission! This is one of our largest commission recruitments; there are six commissions that are recruiting. These commissions serve as an advisory body for our City Council and allow for more resident input on crucial policy decisions. The following commissions are recruiting:
- Complete Streets Commission
- Design Review Commission
- Parks and Recreation Commission
- Historical Commission
- Planning Commission
- Library Commission
Applicants must be residents of the City of Los Altos to be considered for an appointment. The deadline to submit application is August 19 and interviews will be scheduled for September 1. For more information, visit
www.losaltosca.gov
or call 650-947-2720.
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Are Pests Bugging You?
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
offers effective techniques and less-toxic products for controlling common pests. IPM is a method of controlling indoor and outdoor pests using the least toxic methods available through a combination of mechanical, biological and chemical controls.
If you are thinking about hiring someone to maintain your lawn and garden, check out the
Santa Clara Valley Green Gardener
page. These landscape professionals have been trained on sustainable landscape practices and will maintain your garden without the use of toxic chemicals. When hiring a professional pest control service, consider hiring an IPM Certified pest control company.
IPM Certified practitioners
can effectively manage ants, roaches, flies, spiders, rodents, stinging insects, bed bugs and many other pests with practical, less-toxic techniques that minimize pesticides.
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Plan Bay Area 2050 Draft Blueprint
The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) and the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) are inviting the Bay Area public to provide input on the newly released
Plan Bay Area 2050 Draft Blueprint
, a 30-year regional vision that seeks to create a more affordable, connected, diverse, healthy and vibrant Bay Area for all. The Draft Blueprint is being released today for a public comment period that will run through August 10, 2020.
For more information, as well as links to virtual workshops and telephone town hall meetings,
click here!
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Community Services Agency Fundraiser: Virtual Wine Tasting
Have you enjoyed drinking wine during the quarantine? Have you wanted to make a positive impact on your community? Well, now you can combine the two! Join CSA's Young Professionals group on
Friday, August 7th, from 4:30 to 6:00PM
, for a cause that benefits our community, all while learning more about wine.
This year, we are partnering with
Hook and Ladder Winery
to bring you a fabulous wine tasting event that you can enjoy from the comfort of your home. The tasting will feature three of their estate wines which can be purchased before the event and shipped to your door. Whether you feel you don't know much about wine or you're a pro - the winery will cover the basics and also go deep into the tasting notes for those more experienced. You'll also have an opportunity to meet some of the CSA team working on the front lines and learn more about how CSA's Young Professionals group is making a difference in the community.
For purchases made before the event, Hook and Ladder is generously donating 50% of all proceeds from sales of these featured wines. Not only that, they are offering a shipping discount using the code
CSACARES
at check-out. All three wines will be featured in the event, and there is no minimum purchase. That being said, good wine and 50% being donated back to CSA should be ample reasons to buy more.
Here's how to participate:
Register for a
free ticket here
to get access to the online event and receive event updates.
Go to this special
Hook and Ladder CSA link
to order your wine. Please order by August 4th to allow time for shipping, and make sure to use the special promo code
CSACARES
at checkout for a shipping discount.
Share this event with any wine-loving friends who would be interested in helping those in need in our community. You don't have to be a Young Professional to participate. For more information, please contact
CSAYP@googlegroups.com
.
We look forward to seeing you on August 7th!
P.S.
Even if you can't attend the virtual tasting, you can still purchase wine to support CSA or donate directly to the cause by
clicking here
.
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National Park and Recreation Month
Happy National Park and Recreation Month AND Parks Make Life Better Month! July is the perfect time to see what Los Altos Recreation and Community Services has to offer and share your appreciation for the professionals who provide these essential services! Join the celebration by partaking in weekly activities that will be posted on our social media accounts and use the hashtags #WeAreParksAndRec, #ParksMakeLifeBetter, #LosAltosRec throughout the month of July! We look forward to celebrating with you!
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The Summer Clubhouse
Enjoy fun, themed activities in small groups with other kids your age every
Monday through Thursday from July 6 to August 13.
Reaching for The Stars
The moon . . . the stars . . . the planets . . . they are out of this world! We will have fun exploring the universe through games, songs, science activities, crafts, and lots of sharing. So, strap yourself in and have a BLAST at our “Reaching for the Stars” summer clubhouse.
World Explorers
Are you a trailblazer? Are you itching to travel? Join us as we roam the globe and discover new faces and new places! The “World Explorers” summer clubhouse is your passport to adventure.
Spotlight U
We are each a one-of-a-kind individual! Let us share (and show off) what makes us special, what we like to do, and what we dare to dream. Summer is a terrific time to make new friends and by getting to know each other, we will do just that. What makes you, YOU? Find out at our “Spotlight U” summer clubhouse.
Camp Sessions:
- 3 & 4 years old; 10 to 10:30am; R $51/NR $59
- 5 & 6 years old; 1:30 to 2:30 pm; R $58/NR $66
- 7 & 8 years old; 10:30 to 11:30 am; R $58/NR $66
- 9, 10 & 11 years old; 2:30 to 3:30 pm; R $58/NR $66
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Fun at Home
The City of Los Altos Recreation Department and Community Services Fun@Home Summer 2020 programming starts this week! Stay connected and have fun with friends. Youth Program highlights include our Recreation Leader led Virtual Clubhouse, sports camps, and music lessons. Adult offerings include virtual Qigong, Buff Bones, Yoga-Pilates, and Line Dancing...in the safety of your own home! Check out our website by clicking
here
for #losaltosFunatHome.
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Adult 50+ Program
Senior Connection Hotline
Recreation and Community Services staff are ready to assist seniors (50+) of the Los Altos and Los Altos Hills communities with COVID-19 updates as well as referrals, resources, and information about what services are available while being safe at home.
Staff is available Monday through Friday from 9:00AM to 1:00PM. Call (650) 947-2797 to get connected.
Community Connection Hotline
Recreation and Community Services staff are ready to assist members of the Los Altos and Los Altos Hills communities with Covid-19 updates as well as referrals, resources, and information about what services are available while being safe at home. Staff is available Monday through Friday from 8:00AM – 5:00PM. Call (650) 947-2790 to get connected.
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City Seeks Volunteers to Support COVID-19 Test Site August 13 & September 10
The City of Los Altos will host a County “pop-up” COVID-19 testing site at the Los Altos Youth Center, 1 N. San Antonio Road, on both Thursday August 13 and September 10th. Would you be able to help with line management and other administrative tasks to support the testing staff? Please visit
https://bit.ly/LAYCtesting
to volunteer for a shift—or more!
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City of Los Altos | (650) 947-2700 | www.losaltosca.gov
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