City of Orinda est 1985
 Orinda Outlook 

For the week of April 6, 2015

       By City Manager  

      Janet S. Keeter

April 7, 2015 City Council Meeting Agenda Topics

 

ITEMS FOR THE GOOD OF THE CITY

  • Announcement of the Wagner Ranch Nature Area Wildlife Festival on April 19, 2015
  • Recognition of Reserve Officer Derek Brown for his 25 years of Service with the Contra Costa County Sherriff's Office and Orinda Police Department
  • Proclamation Recognizing April as Alcohol Awareness Month
PUBLIC HEARINGS
  • Housing Element:  Public Hearing and review of the Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR), the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program (MMRP) and Findings under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and draft 5th Cycle Housing Element (2015-2023 Housing Element Update or Project), including all options for sites to accommodate the Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) for lower income categories.
  • Historical Landmarking:  Public Hearing and Request for local Historic Landmark Designation of the Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Associated Structures Located at 6 Great Oak Circle.
POLICY MATTERS
  • Request to Enter Into a Mills Act Contract for the Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Associated Properties Located at 6 Great Oaks Circle
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Crime Statistics from 3/22/15 to 3/28/15

 

Description

Statistic

Location

Vandalism

3

Miramonte High School

10 block Orinda Way

30 block Orinda Way

Auto Burglary

2

10 block Southwaite Court

Theatre Square

Panhandling Arrest

1

Camino Pablo @ EB Hwy 24

Suspicious Subject Arrest

2

CVS

Moraga Way @ Camino Pablo

Suspicious Circumstance Arrest

1

500 block Moraga Way

Traffic Stop Arrest

1

600 block Moraga Way

Shoplift

1

Safeway

Petty Theft

2

Counter Report at Orinda Station

10 block Theatre Square

Residential Burglary

1

10 block Southwood Drive

10 block Los Amigos

Traffic Hazard Arrest

1

Beverages and More

Grand Theft

1

20 block Redcoach Lane

 

 


Orinda Starlight Village Players Auditions

 

The Orinda Starlight Village Players (ORSVP) are holding season auditions on April 12 at 3 p.m. at the Orinda Community Center Park Amphitheater and on April 13 at 7 p.m. in the Orinda Community Center carpentry room. You will be asked to read from scripts provided.

 

The 2015 season of shows are:
Black Coffee
by Agatha Christie directed by Suzan Lorraine Chessman, which will run Friday and Saturday nights from June 5 through July 4, Sunday June 28 and Thursday July 2;
Madness on Madrona Drive
by Louis Flynn directed by Jill Gelster, which will run Friday and Saturday nights from July 24 through August 15, Sunday August 9 and Thursday August 13; and

Carlo Collodi's Pinocchio

adapted and directed by Malcolm Cowler, which will run Friday and Saturday nights from September 12 (No September 11 performance) through October 3, Sundays Sept. 20 and 27, and Thursday October 1.
 

For more information, call Gelster at 925-528-9225 or email info@orsvp.org.

Adults Learn to Read Free

Volunteer Tutors Needed!

 

Project Second Chance (PSC) is the Contra Costa County Library's adult literacy program.  If you are interested in volunteering to help an adult learn to read, write and spell better, registration is open for the next tutor training class, which begins April 22.  No previous teaching experience is required.  Please  click here for more information or call 925.927.3250.  
Together we can make a difference!

FIGHT SUDDEN OAK DEATH-SOD BLITZ APRIL 11th

 

Help fight Sudden Oak Death this year in the East Bay-On Saturday, April 11th at 10 a.m. come to the Garden Room at the Orinda Library, 26 Orinda Way, for a one-hour session on SOD and the Blitz leaf collection protocol with UC professor and SOD Blitz founder Dr. Matteo Garbelotto, then collect leaves from areas and at times of your choosing through Sunday, April 12, 2015.  Dr. Garbelotto's lab will analyze the leaves for SOD and post the results in the fall on Blitz website map.

 

This is the 10th annual Sudden Oak Death (SOD) Blitz, the annual UC Berkeley-sponsored survey by volunteers in areas of their choosing of trees evidencing possible Sudden Oak Death ("SOD") infection.  The survey provides the data for academic analyses that are making important contributions to understanding, and controlling spread of the disease.  The academic studies are made possible by the high quantity and quality of the volunteers' collections, and are funded by the US Forest Service and State and private sponsors. 

  

Visit the site, www.sodblitz.org, for more information and to see the results of past Blitzes.

  

For space and material planning purposes, please email 
William Hudson at wllhh@ymail.com if you plan to come.
Upcoming Community Activities

Orinda Action Day
Saturday, April 18, 2015

Trivia Bee - Orinda Chamber and Orinda Rotary! 
Save the date:  April 24, 2015

State of the City Luncheon with Orinda Chamber and Orinda Rotary
Save the Date:  April 29, 2015

Click Here for more information! 
Lend a hand to beautify our community!    

Orinda Action Day
of Community Service
Sponsored by Orinda Community Foundation
in partnership with City of Orinda

Lend a hand  Saturday, April 18, 2015 from 9 am to noon for Orinda Action Day of Community Service to beautify our community. Check in at Orinda Library Plaza beginning 9 am; light refreshments available. Volunteers receive free tee shirts. Projects happen 9 am - noon. Report back successes at noon after project completed to Library Plaza, enjoy music and light lunch for volunteers. Click below to sign up as volunteer(s):
 
Volunteer for Projects:
Click Here!  to sign up for a project.


 
Help clean up our community...
    Many are within walking distance of the Library.
     Kids under age 12 are welcome with parent or youth leader supervision.

Projects are available in the following categories.  
*     Downtown Clean-Up
*     BART area
*     School Projects
*     Creeks/Streams/Paths
*     Parks/Gardening
    
Be prepared to lend a hand...
     Don't forget to bring hat, sunblock, water and tools as needed for your project. Wear suitable work clothes and closed toe shoes. Trash bags and light refreshments are provided

Questions?  Email  -  orindafoundation@gmail.com
Janet Keeter
City Manager
  
We would like to hear from you!
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or call 925-253-4291