What's Happening in Piedmont

On Saturday, February 6th at 11:00 AM, the Piedmont City Council will hold a special meeting to discuss the progress of construction and the status of funding of the Piedmont Hills Underground assessment district. The meeting will be carried live on KCOM (Comcast Channel 27) and will be streamed live over the web. Click to read the Agenda, Staff Report, Financial Documents, Work Stoppage Costs, and Correspondence for this meeting.

Click here to view the Post Election Update #2 from the 02/02/10 Piedmont Municipal Election. These are the final results to be posted on election night. Further updates, if any, and an Official Final Count will be provided when completed by the Registrar of Voters Office later in the week.

The League of Women Voters of Piedmont cordially invites you to a tea party to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the foundation of the League of Women Voters of the United States. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and Carrie Chapman Catt, early leaders in the cause for women’s suffrage, will be present to talk about their lives and their work. (Thanks to Stagebridge Theater).

Piedmont Fire Department, in cooperation with Alameda County Household Hazardous Waste, has begun to accept compact fluorescent lamps for safe disposal. CFL’s may be dropped of at the Fire Department business office between 9 AM and 5PM.

The city is looking for a few talented volunteers for vacancies on city committees and commissions. Interested residents may download the Application for Appointive Vacancy and mail or hand deliver it to city hall prior to the deadline of March 5, 2010.

As the first step in the EIR process for the Moraga Canyon Sports Fields Project, a Scoping meeting was held on Tuesday, December 8. Interested parties are encouraged to read the Notice of Preparation and the Initial Study prepared for this project as well as the project timeline. Comments on the Notice of Preparation and Initial Study are due by December 18th. Background on this project, including plans, staff reports and public comment can be accessed by clicking here.

The City of Piedmont has developed a Draft Climate Action Plan (CAP) and encourages residents and business owners to review the plan. In conformance with the California Environmental Quality Act, the City of Piedmont posted a Notice of Intent to adopt an Initial Study and Negative Declaration for the CAP. For those without a computer, [...]

The Piedmont Recreation Department wants to help you keep up to date on events, programs and open classes by providing a bi-monthly newsletter. Starting this month, Recreation Highlights will focus on some of the many programs available here in Piedmont and give you a reminder about time sensitive events. Take a look and let us know what you think.

Piedmont is in the process of updating its General Plan, a State-mandated document containing the city’s official long-range policies for land use and development. Its policies affect a wide range of topics, including transportation, housing, natural resources, parks, public services, community design, and infrastructure. This is the first update in ten years.