Comanche Trail Road Work (Monday 10/24 - Friday 10/28)
Comanche Trail will be closed near Nez Pierce Trail
from Monday (10/24/2011) through Friday (10/28/2011) for scheduled maintenance work.
Lexington School Closure Information
October 15th 2011
Dear LGUSD Parents:
Please join the Board of Trustees and Administration for the Board meeting on October 18th in the Fisher Multipurpose Room at 6:30 p.m. as we continue to discuss scope of work, timeline, and implications for Lexington School. This topic is for Board discussion and action.
Click here for more information: www.lgusd.k12.ca.us/board/viewpacket.php?id=203
Sincerely,
Diana Abbati
Superintendent
Los Gatos Union School District
Please attend the school board meeting this Tuesday, 18th at 6:30pm to hear the latest and have your voice heard. The board meetings location has been changed to the Fisher Middle School Multi-Purpose Room. [ Fisher Middle School Directions ]
Resources:
- Lexington Elementary School Offical Website http://www.lex.lgusd.k12.ca.us/
- Los Gatos Communitiy members have created a "Save Lexington" website http://www.savelexington.com/
Related News:
- What Should We Do About Lexington Elementary School?[Patch]
- Los Gatos Schools Near Capacity [Patch]
- Downsizing Lexington School plan? Board will discuss it at workshop [Mercury News]
- Lexington School to Cost $21 Million [Patch]
Oktoberfest at Chemeketa Park
Join Us for a Community Get-together
- Meet your neighbors.
- Meet your board members.
- Check out our amazing community garden!
- Learn about our new community website.
- Learn about defensible space to keep our community safe!
- Find out about the new water tank and our upcoming land purchase.
DATE:
Sunday, October 16th 11:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. We will provide BBQ’s for grillin’ stuff along with all the condiments and paper products/utensils you need, plus beer, water and lemonade
BRING:
Something to grill – meat or vegetarian Side dish to share. Chairs for relaxing.
MEET YOUR WATERMASTER!
Tyler Boswell, our Watermaster, will be offering a tour of the water plant. Meet at the park at 2:00 p.m. and we’ll walk down to the water plant together.
A Special Thanks to Richard Buxton
9.7.2011
Many thanks to Chemeketa Park resident Richard Buxton for his contribution in helping to clean up the park by trimming weeds around the clubhouse and along Apache.
Community Garden
9.7.2011
If you participate in the Kalapuya community garden and/or would like to learn more about the method of gardening used there, check out these workshops on Oct,1st.
GROW BIOINTENSIVE Workshops offer an excellent opportunity to acquire a wealth of information on the most efficient gardening method we know. This information has been gathered from over thirty-five years of research, and is currently in use in over 130 countries around the world.
John Jeavons has been the Director of the GROW BIOINTENSIVE Mini-Farming program for Ecology Action since 1972. He is the author of How to Grow More Vegetables and Fruits, Nuts, Berries, Grains, and Other Crops Than You Ever Thought Possible On Less Land Than You Can Imagine, the primer on sustainable Biointensive Mini-Farming, which is currently available in English, Spanish, German, French, Arabic, Hindi and Russian.
GROW BIOINTENSIVE®
Complete Diet Mini-Farming
Morning Class (10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.)
GROW BIOINTENSIVE®
Bed Preparation and Double-Digging
Afternoon Class (2:00 - 4:00 p.m.)
Palo Alto, CA
Common Ground Garden Center
Saturday, Oct 1, 2011
To register: http://www.johnjeavons.info/workshop-main3.html
Green Tips and Conservation
7.10.2011
Take a look at our new Green Tips page for information and methods to conserve water and even control slugs and snails in your gardens.
Have some green tips of you own? Please let us know.
Tree Preservation and Removal Requirements
8.27.2011
Chemeketa Park residents have been violating the Santa Clara Tree Preservation Ordinance and must be reminded that they cannot cut large redwoods without a permit.
To find out more, or to obtain a tree removal permit please call Rob Salisbury at the Santa Clara county office:
Rob Salisbury
(408) 299-5785
Read the ordinance:
The County of Santa Clara recognizes the significant value of its tree population. Trees provide aesthetic and scenic beauty, prevent erosion of topsoil, protect against flood hazards and the risk of landslides, counteract air pollution, and can be valuable historical and community assets. They provide wind protection, shade, climatic balance, privacy, and wildlife habitat. In addition, studies have demonstrated that trees increase property values.
[ read more ]
Open letter from Rick Parfitt on the recently passed Assembly Bill, X1 29.
7.31.2011
July 29th, 2011
Dear Friends and Neighbors,
As mountain residents we are all vulnerable to wildfire. We should all be thinking about the recently passed Assembly Bill, X1 29. This bill assess an annual $150 fee per habitable structure. Who will have too pay this fee and how the money will be used is unclear. For those of us living in the Lexington Hills area, we pay through our taxes for both Cal Fire Protection and County Fire Protection. Is this new fee the right way to go? I have many questions and concerns. Cal Fire has been tasked with collecting comments from residents. Please make your voice heard.
You can send comment letters and emails to the board of forestry and they should have “SRA fees” in the subject line. Comments may be addressed to the California Board of Forestry and Fire Protection, Attn: George Gentry, Executive Officer, P.O. Box 944246, Sacramento, CA 94244-2460. Comments may also be faxed to (916) 653-0989 or emailed to board.public.comments@fire.ca.gov
The deadline for comment submission is 5 p.m., Monday, Aug. 22, 2011. After that, the forestry board will forward its recommendations to the legislature for review and vote.
While I am an Officer and Director on the Santa Clara County FireSafe council, the views expressed here are my own.
Rick Parfitt
1 More information on Assembly Bill, XI 29 can be found here.
2 Rick Parfitt is an Officer and Director of the Santa Clara County Firesafe Council.
3 Mr. Parfitts statements on this matter do not reflect the views of the SCCFC.
Highway 17 Wet Pavement Project
6.5.2011
Beginning in June 2011, the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) will begin a project to improve safety along State Route 17 (SR-17) from .1 mile south of Summit Road to 1 mile south of Bear Creek Road overcrossing, in Santa Clara County.
The project will construct drainage systems and resurface the existing pavement in order to reduce wet pavement related accidents during wet weather conditions. The entire pavement in both directions southbound and northbound lanes will be resurfaced. In addition, the median concrete barrier and the outside metal beam guard rails (MBGR) will be upgraded.
Construction activities will occur at night Monday through Sunday. During the weekdays, work will typically begin at 9:00 p.m. and end at 6:00 a.m. the following day. Weekend work will start as early as 9:00 p.m. and end as late as 10:00 a.m. the following day. Specific ramp and connector closure details will be posted on our website as information becomes available: http://www.dot.ca.gov/dist4/17wetpaving/
Caltrans Wet Pavement Fact Sheet
Caltrans SR17 Wet Pavement Project Flyer
Caltrans Traffic Advisory Notice
*Be sure to check the SR-17 Wet Pavement Project page for the latest information.
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