Parkmoor Post Office Closing – Public Hearing

Thursday October 20, 2011

The United States Postal Service wants to relocate the retail services of the Parkmoor Post Office, currently located at 1545 Parkmoor Avenue in San Jose, California. The Postal Service will host a public meeting to gather input on the community’s postal needs, including site suggestions for the retail relocation. We hope you will attend the meeting – your comments and suggestions are important.

PUBLIC MEETING INFORMATION

• Date: Thursday, October 20, 2011
• Time: 6:00 – 7:00 p.m.
• Location:
• City of San Jose City Hall
• 200 E. Santa Clara St., Wing Rooms 118‐119
• San Jose, CA 95113‐1903

If you are unable to attend this meeting but would like to provide input, please mail your written comments no later than November 3, 2011 to:

• Postmaster Office
• 1750 Meridian Avenue
• San Jose, CA 95101‐9998

Traffic Signal, Parking Restrictions at Moorpark/MacArthur

Public Hearing Monday June 6, 2011, 6:00 PM

Santa Clara Valley Medical Center together with County Roads and Airports is developing the Moorpark Avenue Improvement Project in conjunction with the planned signalization of the new traffic light at Moorpark/Ginger – MacArthur intersections.

County Roads and Airports will introduce an ordinance restricting parking on portions of Moorpark and MacArthur Avenues impacted by this project.

A meeting will be held on the Valley Medical Center campus to present the project and to address questions and receive comments from the community.

• Date: June 6, 2011
• Time: 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
• Location: Valley Specialty Center (VSC) Conference Room, BQ160
• 751 South Bascom Avenue, San Jose, CA

Download the event poster (PDF file)

For more information contact:
Hong Cao, Board Aide to Supervisor Ken Yeager
(408) 299-5040 (phone) or (408) 299-2038 (fax)
hong.cao@bos.sccgov.org

Second Public Hearing on revised I280/I880 Project

Wednesday May 4, 2011 – 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.

Location: Castlemont Elementary School
3040 East Payne Avenue, Library
Campbell, CA 95008
This location is served by VTA Bus Route 60.

Agenda

Open House: 6:30 - 7:00 p.m.
View project exhibits and discuss the Draft EIR/EA with project staff.
Presentation & Public Comment: 7:00 p.m.
The presentation will be followed by an opportunity to enter formal comments into the public record.

Community Meeting to Create a Community Risk Reduction Plan

Thursday, March 24, 2011

The City of San Jose’s Planning Division would like to invite you to attend a community meeting about a proposed Community Risk Reduction Plan. During this meeting you will have an opportunity to learn about the proposal and to provide feedback on the plan.

The City of San Jose in partnership with the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) is developing a Community Risk Reduction Plan (CRRP). This plan will promote strategies to protect potentially vulnerable populations such as children, the elderly and people with chronic health problems from the harmful effects of air pollution and will identify policies to use when new or modified development occurs in areas in areas where air toxics and air pollution could be found.

Location: Room W-120 Council Chamber/Wing Building
City of San Jose City Hall,
200 East Santa Clara Street,
San Jose, CA 95113
Date: Thursday, March 24, 2011
Time: 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.

If you have any questions before the meeting or during the process, please contact:
City of San Jose: Rebekah Ross, Planning Project Manager, PBCE, Planning Division, Environmental Review
Email: crrp@sanjoseca.gov
Phone: (408) 535-8448

Download the PDF announcement here

UC Master Gardeners 17th Annual Spring Garden Market and Plant Sale

Sustainable Gardening Showcase and Vendor Fair

• Saturday,   April 2 ~ 9 a.m - 2 p.m.
• History San Jose (Kelley Park),
• 1650 Senter Road, San Jose
• More info: 408-282-3105
• website: http://mastergardeners.org/spring-garden-market
• Free!

The Spring Garden Market is a day when you can learn about sustainable vegetable gardening, soil and irrigation, composting, native plants, succulents, beneficial insects, waterwise gardening, and much more. Master Gardeners abound and are easy to spot in their blue aprons, so bring your questions as well as your hand-cart to the market.

• Gardening Seminars (40 minutes) – Growing Tomatoes ~ Gardening With California Native Plants ~ Raised Bed Gardening
• Ten Minute Talks – Tomato Varieties ~ Growing Peppers in a "Salsa Garden" ~ Good Insects in Your Garden ~ Succulents ~ Growing a Cutting Garden of Ornamental Flowers ~ Peppers - "Salsa Garden" ~ Eggplant, Melon, Beans and More ~ Bon Apetit! Using Culinary Herbs ~ Stevia, The Sugar Plant ~ All About Basil ~ MG Favorite Tools ~ Container Gardening ~ Turning Trash to Treasure ~ Citrus, New and Best Varieties for Santa Clara County ~ Identify Critter Damage in Your Garden ~ Protecting Today's Investment in Plants (What to do)
• Sustainable Gardening Showcase ~ Hands-On Displays All-Star Arboretum Plant Picks ~ Native Plants and Beneficials ~ Waterwise Plants ~ Growing and Reproducing Succulents in the Garden ~ How to Successfully Include Succulents in Your Garden Design ~ Container Gardening ~ Drip Irrigation ~ Composting ~ Worm Bins ~ Pest Management ~ Tool Care
• Hotline LIVE! and Plant Clinic – Drop by with all your gardening questions.
• Animal Pest Control – Got gophers, moles, voles or other critters? Drop by for advice.
• Green Elephant Sale – From our garden shed to yours! Bargains on pots, tools, and gardening items of every sort.
• MG Favorites – Table Books, tools, gloves and gardening items that are Master Gardeners' favorite companions.

Spring Garden Market 2010 YouTube Video (3 mins 39 sec)

Interviews with Spring Garden Market 2009 attendees (4 mins 4 sec)

Friend of the Bascom Library – Community Center Meeting

Saturday, April 2, 2011 at 950 S Bascom Avenue, Suite 2118

The Friends of the Bascom Library and Community Center (FOBL&CC), invite you to a meeting to discuss the ongoing progress and challenges faced for getting both facilities open by the September 2011 target.

Location: Meeting Room
950 S Bascom Avenue, Suite 2118
San Jose, CA 95128
Date: Saturday, April 2, 2011
Time: 10:30AM to 11:30AM

Please RSVP to Michael LaRocca, mlroo1@sbcglobal.net, so we will have an accurate count for room set up.

Coffee with Assemblyman Jim Beall

Friday March 4, 9 AM, Orchard Valley Coffee

Assemblymember Jim Beall, Jr Invites You to Discuss Your Ideas, Questions and Concerns About Legislative Issues

Coffee with Jim

• Friday, March 4th, 2011
• 9 a.m. - 11 a.m.
• Orchard Valley Coffee
• 349 E. Campbell Ave in downtown Campbell

RSVP at: www.asm.ca.gov/Beall
or Call (408) 282-8920

BCA Meets Tuesday January 18, 2011 — VTA will discuss I280/I880

The Burbank Community Association will hold its next general meeting Tuesday, January 18, 2011, at the Luther Burbank School, beginning at 7 PM. The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) will send a representative to discuss the I280/I880/Stevens Creek Interchange project. If you missed the CalTrans/VTA Public Hearing on this project, this is your chance to talk to the VTA about it.
 

I280/I880 Public Hearing December 8, 2010

The draft Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Assessment (EIR/EA), outlining the effects the I–280/I–880 Interchange project may have on the environment, is now available to the public for review from November 5 through December 20, 2010.

A public hearing will be held on December 8, 2010, from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Castlemont Elementary School, Campbell, to give the public an opportunity to view project exhibits, discuss the Draft EIR/EA with project staff, and enter formal comments into the public record before the Final EIR/EA is prepared and the final design is selected.

The public can review the draft EIR/EA at the VTA’s Administrative Office in San Jose, the San Jose Public Library – Rose Garden Branch in San Jose, and the Santa Clara Public Library in Santa Clara. The document is available online at www.dot.ca.gov/dist4/envdocs.htm. For a copy of the document, the public can call Caltrans at 510-286-5705 or VTA at 408-321-5789.

The public is welcomed to make comments on the draft EIR/EA for this project at the hearing or mail, fax, or email written comments until December 20, 2010 to:

For more information about the I–280/I–880/Stevens Creek Blvd. Improvements Project, please visit http://www.dot.ca.gov/dist4/280880stevenscreek/.
 

San Jose City College Facilities Master Plan – Wed Nov 10, 6 PM

San Jose City College will be holding a community meeting on Wednesday November 10 at 6 pm in Room SC-204 of the Student Center to share their preferred option for their 2025 Master Plan. This will be your opportunity to see what they would like the campus to be in the future. Please attend this meeting to share your thoughts and ideas.

For more information phone (408) 564-2374.
 

Saturday, August 21, 8 AM - Noon — Neighborhood Cleanup ("Dumpster") Day

This is the day to clean out the garage and storage areas. Take your old furniture, rugs, appliances, wood waste, etc. (but no TVs or Computers or Refrigerators) to a dumpster near you. Look for the large Recology Silicon Valley bins at the following locations:

• Scott St between Patton Ave and Bradley Ave
• Scott St between Wainwright Ave and Halsey Ave
• Ginger Lane and Maywood Ave

Items not accepted: 

• Refrigerators/Freezers
• Televisions/Computers*
• Matresses
• Tires or Engine parts
• Paint/Chemicals
• Batteries

To learn about Hazardous Waste Disposal call 408-299-7300 or visit www.hhw.org.

A good site for electronic product recycling information is the eWaste page of the California State Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle).

For more information about recycling call 1-800-533-8414 or visit www.RecycleStuff.org

Wednesday, May 5, 2010 — Calif High Speed Rail Informational Open House

Attend an Informational Open House on the alternative alignments under consideration for the area south of Diridon to Coyote Creek in San Jose. Learn more about the High-Speed Train alternatives being considered for the San Jose area, including new information on a shallow tunnel alignment currently under evaluation. The meetings will be held in an open house format, where attendees can view maps and exhibits, learn more about tunneling technologies and talk with members of the project development team.

For more information, please call 1-800-881-5799, or visit www.cahighspeedrail.ca.gov.

Wednesday, May 5, 2010 Gardner Community Center 520 West Virginia Street, San Jose 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.

Monday April 19, 7 PM — Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren speaks at the BCA meeting

The Burbank Community Association is pleased to welcome congresswoman, Zoe Lofgren to our meeting on Monday, April 19, 2010, in the Burbank Elementary School Library. Here is the agenda for the meeting.

• 7:00 p.m. – 7:05 p.m   Administrative Business
  • Welcome and Introductions
  • Attendance Count/ Quorum
  • Approve January 2010 Meeting Minutes
  • Treasurer's Report
• 7:05 p.m. – 7:15 p.m. Reports/ Discussion
  • Sherriff’s Report
  • Hong Cao (Supervisor Yeager’s Office)
  • San Jose Telephone Tax
• 7:15 p.m. – 7: 50p.m.
  • Speaker,  Representative Zoe Lofgren
• 7:50 p.m. – 8 p.m.
  • Comments for the Good of Burbank
• 8:30 p.m. Adjournment

Monday, April 19. Luther Burbank School, 4 Wabash Ave.

Saturday April 17 — United Neighborhoods of Santa Clara County (UNSCC) 2010 Conference, San Jose City College, 8 AM - 3:30 PM

United Neighborhoods of Santa Clara County (UNSCC) is a coalition of neighborhood associations and home owner's associations in Santa Clara County who have come together for the purposes of education, communication and common action.

• Registration - 8:00 AM
• Welcoming - 8:45 AM
• Start of Educational Training/Workshops & Forums - 9:10 AM
• Resource Fair / Lunch - 11:20 AM
• BRICC Awards & Networking -12:45 PM
• End of Educational Training / Workshops & Forums-3:30 PM

Saturday, April 17. 2100 Morpark Avenue. For more information go to the UNSCC 2010 Conference website.

Thursday March 11, 6:30 PM — Sherman Oaks Neighborhood Association (SONA)

San Jose Library Director, Jane Light, speaks on the fate of San Jose Libraries.

Thursday, March 11, 2010 at 6:30pm, Sherman Oaks Community Center, 1800 Fruitdale Avenue on the corner of Leigh and Fruitdale. Park in the lot on Fruitdale.

Bascom Avenue Library and Community Center to be delayed?

Many Burbank residents are users of the San Jose City Library System. Many are eagerly anticipating the opening of the new Bascom Avenue Library and Community Center, scheduled to open in August, 2010, at 1000 S Bascom Avenue. With the financial difficulties of the City, will that opening be delayed? See the BCA website's Library page for a description of the Bascom Library and Community Center project.

From the SONA press release:

"This will be one of the few chances neighborhoods have to get together before this month's council meetings regarding upcoming budget cuts. Whether you have an existing library or one in the process of being built, this year's budget will affect your ability to obtain services at our branches. Rather than discuss rumors, you can hear directly from Jane how the budget will affect service delivery."

See the SONA web site at http://www.sona-sj.com/. Once there, click on the March 2010 Newsletter link on the right side to view a PDF of the newsletter that discusses the Library issue in more depth.

Report: At the March 11 meeting, Jane Light and Councilman Pierlugi Oliverio confirmed that the Bascom Library and Community Center is unlikely to open on schedule. Furthermore, all San Jose City Libraries may cut service to 3 days per week due to budget constraints.