Monday, April 16 City Council Meeting –

The City Council will consider a variety of issues on their Monday, April 16 meeting starting a 7:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers, 120 Vista Avenue.

The Council will review Piedmont’s newly revised Draft Sanitary Sewer Asset Implementation Plan dated 4/16/12, which is due to be submitted to the EPA in July 2012.  It will lay out Piedmont’s plan for rehabilitating, monitoring, and reporting on the city’s sewers during the next 10 year period. It must include new reporting and monitoring requirements (at a cost of $164,000 per year). The plan does not require the replacement of all sewer mains within the ten year plan period. > Click to read more…

An Open Invitation to Residents –

A Listening Tour for all Piedmont residents will be held during April and May.  The tour will include 4 evening talks featuring an opportunity for residents to share thoughts on the Piedmont community and keeping it a great place to live.  The events will be held in the homes of local residents on the evenings of April 23, April 26, May 1 and May 2.  There is no fee to attend.

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An Open Invitation to Residents –

A fundraiser to benefit the League of Women Voters of Piedmont is scheduled for Sunday, April 29, at 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm.  The event will feature local political columnists Andy Ross and Phil Matier for an afternoon of commentary and insights into the political life of the Bay Area, the state of California, and the presidential election. This fundraiser will be held at the Piedmont Center for the Arts, 801 Magnolia Avenue, in Piedmont.  Tickets are $25, payable to the LWV Piedmont Educational Fund.

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Moraga Avenue was re-opened Saturday, April 14 around 6 p.m.  – pictures below

 A landslide and downed power lines and trees closed Moraga Avenue between the eastern city limit with Oakland and Red Rock Rd. (also known as Coaches Field) at approximately 7:00 AM on the morning of Friday, April 13th.

It took longer than anticipated to de-energize the power lines and remove the trees and other plant debris that were dislodged as a result of the slide. This process was made more difficult by the grade of the slope and the electrical, telephone and cable wires that remained in place. PG&E has restored power to affected residents.

The City has remove the debris from Moraga Avenue after assuring that the slope above the street was stabilized. As the slide came from private property, the City Engineer coordinated with the property owner to minimize the possibility of additional debris falling on to Moraga Avenue as well as limiting as much as possible damage to private property. Once the hillside was stabilized and the City determined that no further damage was likely to occur by the removal of the debris, the roadway was cleared and reopened.

The debris has been placed in Blair Park on a temporary basis.  Public Works Director Chester Nakahara and City Clerk John Tulloch were seen late Saturday afternoon overseeing the work and directing traffic.

  Also see Patch article.

Residents may request to be on the email list for future public safety dispatches from the City of Piedmont at publicsafetydispatches@ci.piedmont.ca.us

The newly appointed Budget and Financial Planning Committee (BAFPC) held their first meeting on April 10 in the Emergency Operations Center of the Piedmont Police Department.   Bill Hosler was nominated as the Chair by Steven Hollis and his election was unanimous.

The members of the BAFPC are Mary Geong, Steven Hollis, Bill Hosler, Tom Lehrkind, and Tim Rood.

The committee discussed a work program and their role of advising the City Council on City expenditures and budgets.

The next meeting is April 17, Tuesday, at 6:00 p.m. in the Emergency Operations Center of the Police Department.  Meetings are not broadcast via KCOM nor the web due to the chosen location of the meetings.

All meetings are open to the public.  No online video is available.

On Tuesday, April 10, 2012, starting at 7:00 p.m. Piedmont’s new fiscal advisory committee will meet.  The meeting will take place in the Emergency Operations Center of the Piedmont Police Department.  Web and KCOM broadcasting will not be available. > Click to read more…