City of Orinda est 1985
 Orinda Outlook 
For the week of April 7, 2014

 By City Manager

Janet S. Keeter

Health Matters for Boomers & Beyond   

 

April 11 is the second free Health Matters event for Boomers & Beyond hosted by the City of Orinda, the Orinda Library and Friends of the Orinda Library. Guest speakers Shirley Krohn and Dr. Andrew Scharlach will be covering topics about preventing elder financial abuse and what makes a community aging friendly with low impact fitness demonstrations in-between speakers. Welcome and check-in begins at 9:00am in the Library Art Gallery, morning treats will be served. For event details click here!

 
Parks & Recreation
 
This summer the City's Park and Recreation Department with funding from the Orinda Park and Recreation Foundation will be hosting four outdoor movies in Orinda Community Park.
We would  like you to help us choose the movies that we will show by taking a quick survey.
Please click this link and choose your top 5 movies https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/outdoormovies.

 

 

The first Senior Trip for spring to the San Francisco Flower and Garden Show was a success! Participants viewed the many gardens and art exhibits. Senior Trips for summer are now open for registration and are filling up quickly. We will be visiting Sausalito for the Heath Ceramics Tour, taking a boat tour to see the Bay Bridge Seismic Safety Presentation and Tour, walking the Tilden Botanic Gardens and more!

 

This June the City's Summer Enrichment Camp is returning for children in grades K-5. This year's theme is Rainforest Adventure and will feature curriculum centered on one of the world's most interesting yet least understood places. Students will build, paint, draw, cartoon, write about, craft, sing, dance learn languages and math as they journey from the canopy down to the understory of the rainforest. The enrichment camp is in its 3rd decade and is taught by Orinda Union School District teachers. Each grade specializes on age specific curriculum to prepare students for the coming school year. Space is a hot commodity as over half of the registrations have already been filled.

   

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Nixle Comes to Orinda!

  


The Orinda Police Department is now using Nixle to alert and notify the Orinda community on advisories, events and emergencies that affect the City of Orinda.  The alerts arrive via text messages and email. 

 

Nixle is a free, opt-in communication service providing notifications using the subscribers location-based information to send relevant notifications involving: 

  • Alerts on emergencies/breaking news                                    
  • Advisories on road closures, accidents, and construction activity that may impact traffic  

Nixle is currently used by many of our neighboring Police Departments including Moraga and Lafayette.

 

The notifications subscribers receive are Customizable; you decide what information you want and how it is received, including:

  1. SMS/text message (standard text messaging rates apply)
  2. Email
  3. Nixle website, subscribers Nixle homepage (once a login is established)

The sign up process is quick and easy.  On your computer or from your smart phone, go to www.nixle.com or, Click Here and enter information such as your name, cell phone number and the geographical areas whose notifications you would like to receive.  A confirmation text will be sent to your cell phone. Simply reply to the text and you will be registered.

      

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Orinda Action Day of Community Service  

 

Volunteers are needed to participate in Orinda Action Day sponsored by the Orinda Community Foundation on Saturday, April 19 from 9 am to 12 pm. The City is in need of assistance completing a number of projects including landscaping clean-up, trash pick-up, spring planting, and washing tables and chairs.If you want to sign up for a project click here.
 
On March 28, 2014 a local Daisy Scout Troop was provided a tour of the Orinda City Hall and the Police Station. Officer Lisa Cook facilitated a tour of the Police Department and fielded many insightful questions.
     


Public Works and Engineering Services

  

Road and Drainage Repair Plan (aka 10 Year Plan) Staff has been working with the Citizens Infrastructure and Oversight Commission (CIOC) to revise the plan per the comments received at the March 12th CIOC meeting and the March 19th City Council meeting. CIOC will conduct a final review at their meeting on April 9th and then the Plan will be presented to the City Council on April 22nd for their review and approval.

 

Public Works

  • Repaired a 20 ft. x 10 ft. section of failed roadway in front of # 4 El Camino Moraga
  • Cleared storm drains throughout the city during this week's storm event
  • Removed a fallen tree at # 90 El Toyonal
  • Hydro flushed a 12" storm drain on Scenic Drive at Overhill Road 
  • Filled numerous potholes on Calvin Drive and Lind Court
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Planning Department Updates

Planning Commission

April 8, 2014

  • 238 Sundown Terrace - Design review for a remodel and large addition
  • 138 Oak Road - Design review for a 4,572 sq ft  new single family residence - request for a continuance

 April 22, 2014

  • 4 Sager Court - Design review for a 1,473 square foot addition including a new second story - continued from January 18, 2014
  • 21 Big Leaf Way - Design review for a new 3,964 single family residence at Wilder
  • 23 Big Leaf Way - Design review for a new 3,376 single family residence at Wilder

Zoning Administrator 

Projects Posted:

  • 109 Lombardy Lane - Design review for a 1,458 sq ft addition

 New Projects Received -

  • 15 Altarinda - Design review and exception permit to increase roof height
  • 7 Oak Knoll - Design review, exception and elevated deck for a new single family residence
  • 621 Miner Road - Design review and exception for a new single family residence
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 Statistics for the week:
        • Warrant Arrest                      Southwood Drive/Davis Rd
        • Warrant Arrest                      WB 24 at Orinda Offramp
        • Residential Burglary             Hacienda Circle
        • Residential Burglary             Bates Blvd.

  INVESTIGATIONS

Prepared two felony cases for preliminary hearings

Packaged and filed seven misdemeanor cases to the D.A.'s office

Attempted to contact residential burglary suspect in San Jose

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PLEASE JOIN US TO CELEBRATE
THE 100th  ANNIVERSARY OF THE
ORINDA LIBRARY
SATURDAY, MAY 17, 2014 3:00PM - 5:00PM
LIBRARY PLAZA
CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION  
13th Annual Earth Day/Wildlife Festival

Sunday, April 27, 2014, 1:00pm - 4:00pm

Wagner Ranch Nature Area Adjacent to Wagner Ranch Elementary, 350 Camino Pablo Road, Orinda

For more information click here or go to http://www.fwrna.org

Family Story Concert
At the Orinda Library

Come join us for a Family Story Concert on Saturday, April 19, at 3.30 p.m. Ann Riley, Terry Stokes, and Dana Sherry will take you around the world on the wings of folk tales. This trio of storytellers will perform stories to delight audiences ages five and up.  

 

For more information, contact Lin Look at llook@ccclib.org
Janet Keeter
City Manager
  
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