City Manager Weekly Update

January 31st, 2020

City Council

Council Goal Setting Retreat

The City Council will be having their Council Goal Setting Retreat soon! Join us on February 5th at 4pm in the Los Altos Youth Center (LAYC) to watch the Council set their priorities. These priorities will guide the new Council over the next year and set the focus of the City. Our current priorities are: Traffic Safety, the Community Center, Housing and Land Use, Downtown Visioning, Community Engagement, Public Safety, and our City Assets. If you want to see our progress on these current priorities, visit us at www.losaltosca.gov/citycouncil/page/city-council-priorities

City Manager's Office

The Los Altos City Council invites Los Altos residents to apply for appointment to the following Commissions:

Complete Streets Commission: 4 Seats; (Four terms expiring in March 2020; four eligible incumbents)
Environmental Commission: 3 Seats; (Three terms expiring in March 2020; two eligible incumbents)
Public Arts Commission: 1 Seat; (One vacant)
Senior Commission: 3 Seats; (Three terms expiring in March 2020; three eligible incumbents)

DEADLINE TO SUBMIT APPLICATIONS: WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27th, 2020

INTERVIEWS SCHEDULED FOR: TUESDAY, MARCH 3rd, 2019

Applicants must be residents of the City of Los Altos to be considered for an appointment. Submit applications to the City Clerk’s Office at City Hall, located at 1 North San Antonio Road or online. For more information, visit www.losaltosca.gov or call 650-947-2720

Community Development

New Accessory Dwelling Unit Regulations From State

There have been some significant changes to how a City can regulate Accessory Dwelling Units, which are also referred to as ADU’s. Planning staff is in the process of developing a community workshop to explain how these new laws apply the City of Los Altos and how the City’s ADU rules will need to be changed to reflect these new State mandates. More to come in the near future. If you want to learn more about ADUs, visit us at www.losaltosca.gov/ADUs

Mixx Fitness Ribbon Cutting

We invite everyone to join the Mayor of Los Altos and the Los Altos Chamber of Commerce at Mixx Fitness for their ribbon cutting on Thursday, February 6th, 2020 at 4 pm. Mixx Fitness is located at 640 Fremont Avenue in the Rancho Shopping Center. This studio prides itself on breaking through your plateau in a group setting to get better fitness results. Visit them at: https://mixxfitnessconshy.com/

Emergency Preparedness

Upcoming Emergency Preparedness Classes

Have you been meaning to improve your family’s emergency preparedness? Sign up for these upcoming free training classes from Santa Clara County Fire Department:

Personal Emergency Preparedness : When disaster strikes, it may be days before emergency medical, police and fire arrive in your neighborhood. This class informs and prepares individuals to be self-sufficient after an area-wide emergency. Join us on Wednesday, February 5th from 6:00pm – 9:00pm at the Los Altos Hills Town Hall. Sign up today at this link .

Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) : Learn the skills you’ll need to help your family and your neighbors safely after an area-wide disaster. CERT training academy runs from March 9th till March 28th. Graduates are invited to join the Los Altos or the Los Altos Hills CERT teams, who work to strengthen neighborhood resiliency and will work together as a team to provide essential services to their community during and after a disaster. Evening classes begin Monday March 9th at the Los Altos Hills Town Hall and wrap up on Saturday March 28th with a hands-on exercise practicing your new skills. For more information and to register, click on this link .

Engineering

Foothill Expressway Widening Project

This City of Los Altos would like residents to attend an Open House meeting next Tuesday, February 4th from 6:00pm - 8:00pm in the Los Altos Council Chambers at City Hall to learn about the upcoming Foothill Expressway Widening Project expected to begin in March 2020.

The $4.9M construction project will widen Foothill Expressway between San Antonio Road and El Monte Avenue and include both operations and mobility improvements at both intersections. The City and County are working together to host a community outreach meeting on February 4th to help reintroduce this project into the community prior to construction. During construction, traffic will be impacted. If you want to learn more about this project, visit the county's website .

Sanitary Sewer Video Inspection

The City will be performing an inspection of our sanitary sewers with a remote camera. This work is to ensure that our sewers are working properly and to prioritize future work.The pipes that will be inspected are located throughout southern Los Altos. Work is anticipated to begin in the next few months. Each inspection should take around an hour and residents should be minimally impacted.

Finance

City of Los Altos Receives Excellence Award in Budgeting

The City of Los Altos is very excited and proud to announce that we have received the Excellence Award in Budgeting from the California Society of Municipal Finance Officers (CSMFQ). This is the first time the City has achieved this award. To receive the award, the City Budget is reviewed by outside reviewers and must pass over 45 different criteria. A special thank you to Chris Jordan for his leadership, and the Finance Department for all your efforts to make this a success.

Recreation

Dog Park Workshops

Attention Los Altos Residents! The Parks and Recreation Commission is hosting workshops to get resident feedback on a potential dog park. The Commission is getting feedback on two fenced-in dog park locations and two off-lease pilot program locations. This information will be used to inform the Commission's recommendation to the City Council.

City Staff will be hosting four workshops on two separate days. The first two workshops are on February 12th from 7pm - 8pm and 8pm - 9pm at Garden House (400 University Ave.). If you want to learn more, visit us at www.losaltosca.gov/dogpark. We hope to see you there

2020/2021 Tiny Tots Deposits

Los Altos Tiny Tots is an award winning recreation program that has been a Los Altos treasure for generations. This program is extremely popular so make sure to put a deposit down. Deposits will be opening up for all Los Altos residents on February 6th. Visit us at www.losaltosrecreation.org to learn more about the program. Los Altos Recreation will be hosting open houses for residents that are interested in seeing the Tiny Tot program in action. Swing by the San Antonio Club on January 29th/30th and February 4th/5th for the open houses.

Adult (18+) Recreation Basketball League

Registration is now open for our Spring Adult Basketball League. All games will be played at Egan Junior High Gym (100 W Portola Ave. Los Altos). The season will be 10 games with tip-offs at 7:10pm, 8:05pm, and 9:00pm. The team entry fee is $775 per team. Each team must have two City of Los Altos registered volunteers who will commit to set-up or take down, and to keep the Score and Time Clock for the games. We hope to see you out there!

Senior Programs

Senior Commission Meeting

There will be a Senior Commission Meeting taking place on Monday, February 3rd, 2020 at

3:30pm. This meeting will be taking place in Los Altos Hills in their Council Chambers.

Movie on The Big Screen

There will be a Movie on the Big Screen taking place on Friday, February 7th, 2020 at

1:00pm in Room 2. Free/Members and $1/Non-Members. For more information see staff or call (650) 947-2797.

Reminders

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