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Dear Friends,
Greetings and happy 2016! In this
first newsletter of the New Year, I want to take a brief moment to extend my gratitude once more to
all who contributed to my 4th Annual Holiday Open House Food &
Toy Drive in December. It was a
pleasure to see so many new faces and to visit with many long-time
constituents, community leaders, colleagues and friends. Your tremendous generosity is deeply
appreciated. This event resulted in the
largest collection to date of non-perishable food items, books and toys helping
hundreds of Alameda County children and families enjoy a brighter holiday. Thank you!
2016 promises to be another busy, exciting and productive year in
District 1 and in Alameda County. The
Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Joint Powers Authority reached an agreement
with the Oakland Raiders to continue playing at the Coliseum, remaining here,
where they belong, in Alameda County. We
continue to make strides in our pursuit to launch the East Bay Community
Choice Energy program. February was a busy month – we cut the ribbon
on the opening of the new I-580 Express Lanes in the Tri-Valley, delivering
major improvements addressing traffic congestion in this corridor; I hosted the
second in a series of town hall meetings to discuss dust concerns in Livermore; and I
attended the 2016 National Association of Counties legislative conference in
Washington D.C., where I participated in discussions regarding important
national issues on transportation, infrastructure and economic
development. On March 10, I am honored
to once again speak at the annual State of the East Bay luncheon hosted by the
East Bay Leadership Council. And, April brings my Booster Seat Giveaway
& Family Fair in Fremont.
This is only a snapshot of the programs and projects in store for
District 1 communities and for Alameda County.
Stay informed by visiting my website.
It is my great privilege to represent and serve the constituents of
District 1. Alameda County is recognized
as one of the best in which to live, work, and do business. Indeed, we have much of which to be proud, and
a promising year ahead. As always,
please do not hesitate to contact me regarding County-related issues, and
comments or questions are always welcome.
Reach me at 510-272-6691 or at district1@acgov.org.
Sincerely,
Scott Haggerty
Ever
wonder what your Supervisor does during the weekly Tuesday Board of Supervisors
Meeting? Here are some of the board actions from the last quarter
which impact the residents of District 1:
- On December
1, 2015, the Board of Supervisors approved an automatic mutual aid agreement
between the Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Department and Alameda County Fire
Department for fire protection, rescue and emergency medical services.
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The Board of Supervisors approved the Measure A base allocation of
$31.5 million on December
8, 2015, to community based providers so that they may continue to provide health, behavioral
health, drug and alcohol, senior, dental and public
health services to homeless individuals.
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Supervisor Haggerty proclaimed January 26, 2016 “National Data Privacy Day” in Alameda
County. The proclamation is
important for all Alameda County citizens to be aware of the need for privacy
protection and responsible data management; and parents, guardians, and
educators in schools and colleges are being encouraged to take the time to
discuss privacy and data protection issues with teens and young adults.
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On February
2, 2016, the Board of Supervisors approved a $180,000 contract with the City of
Fremont Youth and Family Services to provide Youth and Family Opportunity
program services. The services include healthy choice/family support programs,
Fremont Youth Empowerment program and support for the Fremont Family Resource
Center.
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The Highland
Hospital Acute Care Tower Dedication Ceremony took place on January 29. The celebration was truly a momentous occasion
in Alameda County history, as the new Acute Care Tower is the central piece to
the campus-wide modernization plan approved by the Board of Supervisors in
2008. Since then, Alameda County has
worked to upgrade the historic Highland Medical Campus with the state-of-the-art
equipment and facilities.
The new nine-story
tower is the second phase of a three-part upgrade to the main campus of the County’s public
health system. The building will provide inpatient care,
including hospital patient rooms, intensive care, a family birthing center, a
neonatal intensive care unit, a lab, and occupational, physical and respiratory
therapy facilities. The tower’s
Diagnostic and Interventional Services Center includes radiology and imaging
services. With the new equipment, a head scan will take 1 ½ minutes, compared
with the current 60 minutes.
“I’m proud of the
taxpayers in Alameda County,” said Scott Haggerty, Alameda County Board of
Supervisors president. “This is a significant moment in Alameda County.”
In 2004, the Measure A sales tax was passed with
the support of more than 70% of voters. The
sales tax was renewed by voters in 2014, in the form of Measure AA, ensuring
support for the public health care system for decades to come. Almost as soon as Measure A was passed,
Alameda County turned its focus to finding ways of ensuring that Highland Hospital
would continue well into the future, improving its level of service and
reputation as the County’s central safety net health care provider
The new tower will
be open for business this spring. For more information
on the project, click here.
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The
inaugural meeting of the newly formed Altamont Regional Rail Working Group was
held last month. Formed by the Livermore
Amador Valley Transit Authority (LAVTA),
the Working Group’s purpose is to plan for the most efficient, cost effective
delivery of BART to the ACE train station in Livermore.
As the first order of business, Supervisor Scott Haggerty was elected Chair of the
Working Group. “I’m honored to be elected by my colleagues to serve as Chair
and lead these vital discussions. The time for waiting and being patient for
BART to come to Livermore to connect with ACE is over. As elected officials I
think it is important that we figure out a way to deliver this project,” he
said.
Focus of the February 10 Working Group Meeting was centered on the decades of planning for BART to Livermore and
the need to have BART go to Greenville Road in Livermore to make the
inter-regional connection with the San Joaquin Valley via the Altamont Corridor
Express. And, upcoming meetings will
continue to focus, on the development of the Working Group’s goals and
objectives, to include examples of successful methods of rail project delivery
from around the nation, potential BART and ACE Rail linkages to better connect
the Bay Area-Central Valley region.
For
more information on the Altamont Regional Rail Working Group please contact
Michael Tree, Executive Director for LAVTA at 925-455-7564.
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East
Bay Community Choice Energy, or East Bay CCE, is the name given to the Alameda
County Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) program currently nearing the end of the initial feasibility study phase. In anticipation
of results which project a positive impact both financially and
environmentally, the East Bay CCE Steering Committee, with Alameda County Councel,
is currently drafting the Joint Powers Authority (JPA) bylaws for presentation
to the Board of Supervisors this June.
Assuming a positive feasibility study result, JPA bylaws and plans will be
presented to city councils this summer for consideration, (and hopeful)
approval and resolution adoption. With each
municipal jurisdiction on board, the program becomes stronger, more efficient
and more fruitful for all Alameda County residents, businesses and agencies who
have made the choice to opt in.
If you wish to
receive updates and notices regarding East Bay Community Choice Energy, please
sign up here. For questions or concerns, please contact Bruce Jensen, Senior Planner with
the Alameda County Community Development Agency at (510) 670-6527.
Also,
the public is encouraged to attend and participate in all meetings of the
Steering Committee. These meetings take
place the first Wednesday of each month at 7:00pm at the Castro Valley Library,
3600 Norbridge Avenue, Castro Valley, CA 94546.
Please view this video for a brief description of Community
Choice Aggregation.
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Planning for Transportation and Land Use
in the San Francisco Bay Area Region – Should these responsibilities be
combined within a single agency?
This
is the question being asked of locally elected and appointed
representatives. Today, two agencies –
the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) and
the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG),
both created by state law, are charged with setting the framework, guidelines
and overseeing their respective planning activities in the 9-county Bay Area
region. The Bay Area region is one of 17
designated within California for the purposes of planning, funding and
implementation of transportation and land use programs and projects. Each of
the other regions have one agency designated with these combined responsibilities,
the Bay Area however, has two. While
control of local land use, transportation planning and implementation reside
with the Bay Area’s individual 101 cities and 9 counties, MTC and ABAG
establish regional strategies, goals and incentives or disincentives for cities
and counties to follow. In light of the
passage of Senate Bill 375 and Assembly Bill 32 in 2008, all of the
metropolitan planning organizations in the state, including MTC, are now
required to develop and adopt an integrated transportation and land use plan,
to be updated every 4 years, with a goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in
California to 1990 levels no later than 2020.
After years of extensive discussion, analysis and some disagreement, MTC
and ABAG adopted the region’s first plan in 2013. This painful exercise led board members of
both agencies (Supervisor Haggerty serves on both) to examine the process of
developing its first integrated regional plan for transportation and land use,
in hopes of improvement for future updates.
It was determined that having two separate agencies involved in this process
may be problematic, which then lead to the decision to hold an external, objective
evaluation of both agencies. The result
will define recommendations for improvement to the regional planning process,
up to, and including, a possible merger of the two agencies. The study website provides
updates on the process and invites the public to weigh in on this important
issue. Supervisor Haggerty welcomes your
comments.
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Saturday, April 16, 2016
10:00am-3:00pm
American High School in Fremont
--Enter event from Alder Avenue--
This event is open to the
public, but in order to be eligible for a vehicle booster safety seat, parents
must provide proof of Alameda County residency and the existing safety seat
must be either outgrown, outdated, or in rare instances, not present due to
lack of means. Both the child and the vehicle must also be present to be
eligible. Booster seats, both of the
high-back and backless varieties, accommodating children four+ years of age, or
weighing approximately 40lbs to 110lbs and measuring 40 inches to 57 inches in
height, will be available FREE OF COST and fitted and installed by certified
personnel.
The event will also include
an information fair offering details regarding Fremont area youth and family
services and programs, as well as those offered by Alameda County and the state.
Representatives will be present to answer questions and assist with enrollment
when necessary. A FREE BBQ lunch will be served from 11:30am-2:30pm, and
family-friendly fun and entertainment will be on site. Residents are invited to come by anytime
between 10:00am and 3:00pm.
Please contact Leah
Doyle-Stevens at 925-551-6995 for additional information.
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 American Diabetes Association Alert Day® is an
annual event held every fourth Tuesday in March. It is a one-day wake-up call asking the
American public to take the Diabetes Risk Test to find out if they are at risk
for developing type 2 diabetes. Type 2 diabetes
is a growing epidemic in the United States, but it can be controlled with
knowledge and healthy behavior. Early intervention via lifestyle changes,
such as weight loss and increased physical activity, can help delay or prevent
the onset of type 2 diabetes.
On Alert Day 2015, nearly 29,000 people committed themselves to taking
the test. Results uncovered an
overwhelming outcome— over 37 percent of those tested that day alone, were
considered high risk for developing type 2 diabetes.
The test takes just one minute to complete, but
doing so can protect people for a lifetime.
Alert Day 2016 will take place on March 22. All Americans are encouraged to take the free risk
test here or by calling 1-800-DIABETES, and share it with everyone they know.
Though Alert Day is on March 22, the Diabetes Risk Test is
available online year-round.
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View the complete guide here.
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