Friday, May 18, 2012
New rates to start on July 1.
Mark your calendar for July 1. That's when garbage and water rates are scheduled to increase for Livermore residents, according to a report by the Valley Times Newspaper. The new rates were unanimously approved by the city council on Monday. Officials said the rate hikes are needed due to residents consuming less water and recycling more trash, according to the report. Further details from the article by Bay Area News Group Reporter Robert Jordan: View the full article on the Valley Times website.
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Report provides details on latest projected budget.
The city is projected to end this fiscal year (July 1) with additional money, which is planned to go toward adding additional police officers, according to a report from the Contra Costa Times. Further details in the article by Bay Area News Group Reporter Robert Jordan, who quotes Assistant City Manager Troy Brown: According to a staff report presented at a May 8 special meeting, the city expects to end the fiscal year with a positive position in its roughly $76 million budget. Additionally, the two-year budget the city could approve in June will include the addition of four new police officers starting July 1 and three more officers on July 1, 2013. The department has lost 18.5 full-time position over the last five years. Livermore plans…
Officials hold ceremony for new monument sign at Robert Livermore Community Center.
A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held Tuesday afternoon for a new monument sign in front of the Robert Livermore Community Center.
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
City officials on Saturday will host a community compost giveaway.
Here's an announcement from the City of Livermore: On Saturday the City of Livermore Public Works Environmental Services Division and Livermore Sanitation will be hosting a Community Compost Giveaway. When Livermore residents put food scraps, grass clippings, and leaves in their Organics cart, the contents are processed into a rich soil called compost. This healthy compost will be made available to Livermore residents. The event will be held in the Maintenance Service Center parking lot at 3500 Robertson Park Road, from 9 a.m. to 12 noon, or until the supply of bagged compost has been depleted. Limit two bags per Livermore household, ID required. Information on home composting and obtaining home composting bins will also be made …
Sunday, May 13, 2012
Learn more about Chris Pareja, a candidate for the open seat in the 15th Congressional District.
Join San Ramon Patch Editor Patrick Creaven at 1 p.m. Monday for a live online chat with Chris Pareja, a conservative running for Congress in the 15th Congressional District. Pareja will answer questions from Creaven, and readers will be able to comment and post questions as well. You can also submit questions ahead of time via the comments section below. On Friday, Patch live chatted an interview with Eric Swalwell, which you can read here.
Friday, May 11, 2012
Join now to submit questions for Patch's interview with Swalwell, who is campaigning to represent the 15th Congressional District.
Join San Ramon Patch Editor Patrick Creaven now until 4 p.m. for a live online chat with Eric Swalwell, Dublin City Council member and candidate for the 15th Congressional District. Swalwell will answer questions from Creaven on the campaign, his political philosophy and local and national issues. Readers will also have an opportunity to ask Swalwell questions. On Monday, Patch will live chat an interview with congressional candidate Chris Pareja at 1 p.m.
Park district trustees approve adding full-time teacher to before- and after-school program.
Here's information provided by the Livermore Area Recreation and Park District: At a regular meeting Wednesday night, the Board of Directors for the Livermore Area Recreation and Park District approved adding a full-time teacher to the Extended Student Services program. The new teacher would be added to the Sunset Elementary School ESS program, which currently has a waitlist of more than 70 students needing before/after-school child care for the 2012-2013 school year. There are already 115 children enrolled, which is the maximum that can be served with the current space and staffing. Adding a full-time ESS teacher to assist in day-to-day operations, in addition to required part-time staff, will allow LARPD to increase program size from 115…
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Construction of two synthetic turf fields is underway and expected to be completed in September.
Here's information provided by the Livermore Area Recreation and Park District: The Livermore Area Recreation and Park District held a groundbreaking ceremony on Tuesday, May 1, for the future synthetic turf fields at Robertson Park. The LARPD Board of Directors, Fusion Soccer League and Tri-Valley Bank participated in the ceremony, which included a check presentation to the District to help with the cost of construction. The ceremonial groundbreaking took place with construction by Goodland Landscape Construction already visible on the fields. In November 2009, LARPD entered into an agreement with the Livermore Youth Soccer League (now known as Fusion Soccer) that involved the league paying forward $600,000 in future field use fees at a …
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Sign up now for an email reminder to join Patch's live online interview with Congressional candidate Eric Swalwell.
Join San Ramon Patch Editor Patrick Creaven at 3 p.m. Friday for a live online chat with Eric Swalwell, Dublin City Council member and candidate for the 15th Congressional District. Swalwell will answer questions from Creaven, and readers will be able to comment and post questions as well. You can also submit questions ahead of time via the comments section below. On Monday, Patch will live blog an interview with candidate Chris Pareja at 1 p.m.
Friday, May 4, 2012
Water Agency to hold public workshop on Senate Bill 1337, which legislation officials say would allow Zone 7 to move forward in changing its service areas.
UPDATE 5 p.m. Friday — this meeting has been canceled. Here's an announcement from the Zone 7 Water Agency: At 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 10, there will be a public briefing on Senate Bill 1337 at Zone 7’s office in Livermore. This is legislation Zone 7 Water Agency has “sponsored” that was introduced in the California State Senate by Senator Mark DeSaulnier, with Senator Loni Hancock and Assemblymember Joan Buchanan as co-authors, on February 24. The purpose of the legislation is to align Zone 7’s current scope of authority with the actual territory served, including the 15,000 residents in Dougherty Valley (part of Contra Costa County), by enacting a new enabling statute that would clearly establish Zone 7 Water Agency’s operations as …
Trader Lu
6:31 pm on Friday, May 18, 2012
Maybe the Zone 7 Water District could save money by leasing or sub-letting a portion of the very large building that they occupy near Costco. more ›