2021 Design Awards Presentation Ceremony on March 8, 2021

Each year, the City of Piedmont Planning Commission hosts a Design Awards program to recognize design projects completed in the past year. Awards are given to the property owners of projects that not only meet Piedmont’s design and planning guidelines, but exemplify excellence in design.

Design awards will be presented for the following categories:

Excellence in Accessory Dwelling Unit Design               778 Kingston Avenue

Excellence in Historic Restoration                                 55 Craig Avenue

Excellence in a Seamless Addition                                 457 Mountain Avenue

Excellence in Outdoor Living Design                             20 Greenbank Avenue

and Landscaping

Excellence in Architecturally Consistent Design             46 Nace Avenue

Excellence in Integrated Indoor/Outdoor Design            135 Requa Road

The City of Piedmont will host a virtual Design Awards Ceremony on Monday, March 8, 2021 starting at 5:30 p.m. at the Planning Commission meeting. The virtual Planning Commission meeting will be held on Zoom. Anyone interested in celebrating excellence in architectural design is welcome to attend.

To attend the virtual ceremony, please use one of the following methods:

• Computer or smart phone: Click on https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88479798987
• Computer or smart phone: Click on https://piedmont.ca.gov/government/meeting_videos and select the Planning Commission meeting
• Telephone: Dial (669) 900-9128 and enter webinar/meeting number 884-7979-8987
• Television: Watch on KCOM, Comcast Channel 27 or AT&T UVerse Channel 99

– Click below for photos –

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For more information about the Design Awards, please contact Assistant Planner Steven Lizzarago at 510-420-3094 or at slizzarago@piedmont.ca.gov.

Mayor Teddy King stated under Announcements at the end of the March 1, 2021 Council meeting,  her interest and pursuit of the possibility of converting to housing the defunct EBMUD reservoir at the top of Scenic and Blair Avenues.

Having met with the Piedmont Racial Equity Campaign (PREC), who expressed an interest in developing the site for housing, King had requested the Piedmont staff to contact EBMUD to determine if it was a possibility to convert the property to housing.  According to King, EBMUD showed a lack of enthusiasm for converting the site to affordable housing.

King suggested to the City Council that it would likely require the involvement of Piedmont’s elected representatives in the California Assembly and Senate, Buffy Wicks, Assembly and Nancy Skinner, Senate, if the site was to be converted to housing.  King stated her intention of continuing to pursue the conversion of the EBMUD site to housing.

Decades ago, it was determined by EBMUD that the reservoir was not properly constructed to withstand a catastrophic earthquake.  Consequently, the reservoir was fenced off and abandoned as a reservoir.  Mature redwood trees dot the property.  Public access to the area is not allowed.

No discussion or action on the matter was undertaken during the meeting.

Learn about the Linda Beach Park Master Plan and Proposition 68 grant opportunities.

The City of Piedmont needs your ideas for potential California Playscape volunteer projects!

VIRTUAL NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 2021

10-11 AM https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89959577946

Call-in: +1 (669) 900 9128; Meeting ID: 89959577946

For more information contact: Nancy Kent at nkent@piedmont.ca.gov

LindaBeach Virtual Meeting Flier

Piedmont Police Department Press Release –

On February 18, 2021, a jury found Christopher Ware guilty of second degree robbery with personal
use of a firearm, an additional second degree robbery, identity theft, possession of a firearm as a
convicted felon and several other firearms and ammunition offenses.

On July 10, 2020, the defendant followed the victim (a 76 year old woman) from an In-N-Out in East
Oakland to her home in Piedmont. When the victim parked in front of her house, the defendant
forced her driver’s door open and robbed her at gunpoint. The defendant fled the area in his white
Lexus RX300. The victim was able to provide a limited description of the suspect, his vehicle and
the handgun he used. Also, City of Piedmont license plate readers and public safety cameras
recorded the defendant’s vehicle driving behind the victim into Piedmont city limits minutes before
the robbery. This information was shared with other law enforcement agencies in the area.

On July 31, 2020, Oakland Police officers noticed the defendant on Douglas Avenue in Oakland.
Officers watched the defendant get into the driver’s seat of his white Lexus RX300 and detained him
before he could drive away. Officers found an unregistered and loaded black Smith & Wesson .45
caliber handgun next to the driver’s seat. The handgun had multiple distinctive markings on it
consistent with what the Piedmont victim described.

This is another example of the successful collaboration between local law enforcement and the
District Attorney’s office combined with the use of technology to apprehend the suspect in these
crimes.

Anyone with additional information and/or inquiries related to this case are asked to please contact
Detective Jeff Spranza or John Lagios at (510) 420-3013.

A TK Parent Information Night will be held on March 2, 2021 from 6:00-7:00 PM on Google Meet:

https://meet.google.com/ifa-rfmp-hbv