An article, “Piedmont residents perplexed about undergrounding” written by Linda Davis in the Piedmonter discusses delays in removing telephone poles from the Piedmont Hills Undergrounding Utility District.
On January 3, 2011, the Piedmont City Council will consider a resolution forming the 2011 Municipal Tax Review Committee and authorizing Interim City Clerk John Tulloch to open recruitment for the committee.
In the past, the City has formed a Municipal Tax Review Committee of independent citizens to provide an assessment of the city’s financial outlook prior to placing a municipal services parcel tax on the ballot. The current parcel tax, Measure D, will expire June 30, 2013. > Click to read more…
A letter from Kathleen Quenneville, a Piedmont resident, on good governance and gifts:
I am writing to ask that the Council not certify the Environmental Impact Report for Moraga Canyon at its December 6 meeting. Regrettably, what should be an adult conversation has been turned into a circus by the proponents. > Click to read more…
The following expresses the personal opinions of the author. All statements made therein are the opinion of the author and not necessarily those of the Piedmont Civic Association.
Opinion by Rick Schiller, Piedmont resident
Regardless of which way the Piedmont City Council eventually votes on the proposed Blair Park project, the issue of litigation costs must be addressed now. The City of Piedmont has received letters from an attorney retained by Friends of Moraga Canyon. A respected expert, Richard Grassetti, has provided a scathing report on the Moraga Canyon Sports Fields Project Environmental Impact Report (EIR). > Click to read more…
Piedmont residents with cable TV can watch KCOM programs through Comcast on Channel 27, but as more people switch to watching TV programs and movies on their computers, what will this mean for the future of our local cable TV station? Is this good news or bad for the programming produced in the basement of City Hall? By Denise Bostrum. > Click to read more…
An analysis of the City’s bidding process for the Piedmont Hills Utility Undergrounding District (PHUUD) construction project which cost Piedmont taxpayers $2 million in cost overruns. By Rick Schiller.
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