January 18, 2024
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Last spring, the Alameda City Council unanimously approved a $75,000 hiring incentive for police officers, the highest-in-the-nation. Since then, the City has successfully turned recruitment trends around without lowering standards. By June, the Alameda Police Department’s entire patrol division will be filled, reversing a 30 percent deficit in officers and improving response times, community outreach, traffic safety, and crime prevention. Interested people can view available jobs and apply today!
Construction taking place:
- With the East Bay MUD water main project complete, the Sherman/Clement/Atlantic intersection is being updated with buffered bike lanes and a new intersection design, removing the "bump" that caught some drivers by surprise and replacing it with concrete wheel stops and vertical delineators to prevent vehicles from entering bike lanes.
- Five intersections along Ralph Appezzato Memorial Parkway and Atlantic Avenue are receiving signal improvements and a combination of safety improvements along the Cross Alameda Trail.
- Traffic calming construction on Clement Avenue from Grand Street to Broadway will start this month!
Construction just finished:
- Traffic safety improvements on Main Street near the Ferry Terminal, including new striping and adding a half-mile of bike lanes.
- Safety improvements at Willow and San Antonio, including new high visibility crosswalk markings, signage, and daylighting.
- Heat pumps can help keep your home warm while saving money on energy bills, and AMP customers are eligible for a $1,500 rebate!
- Insulation and air sealing play a crucial role in ensuring comfort during the winter, and BayREN rebates can save Alameda homeowners a bundle.
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Now through February 21, Alameda homeowners are eligible for $3,000 grants to help strengthen homes against earthquake damage, including seismic retrofits that brace crawl space walls and bolt houses to their foundations.
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Kazu Kibuishi, author of the bestselling Amulet graphic novel series, is coming to the Alameda Free Library to launch the latest (and final) book: Amulet #9: Waverider.
WHEN Monday, February 12, 6:30 pm
WHERE Stafford Room, Main Library, 1550 Oak Street
Mr. Kibuishi will discuss his new book and sign copies after the presentation. The event is free but you must pre-register. Because seating is limited, please register only if you plan to attend. Books Inc. will be on site selling a selection of Mr. Kibuishi’s books. Purchase of a book is not required to attend the event.
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We put together a top-10 list with highlights from the last 12 months. Here's a snapshot, and you can read the full list here!
10. Returning to in-person meetings
9. Strong new leadership under City Manager Jennifer Ott
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8. Constructing and occupying Dignity Village, a supportive housing project serving individuals experiencing homelessness
7. Approving the largest police officer incentive program in the nation, resulting in a record number of qualified, diverse, and ready-to-serve candidates
6. Alameda’s CARE Team became a permanent program, providing a 24/7 alternative response to nonviolent individuals facing a mental health crisis
5. Launching Alameda’s guaranteed income program, preventing poverty and reducing economic instability
4. Revitalizing Alameda Point with transportation improvements at Spirits Alley, the activation of outdoor events at Radium Runway, and planning for De-Pave Park
3. Approving the Alameda Point West Midway and RESHAP development plans, which will provide more than 300 affordable housing units
2. Launching $3.4 million in grant-funded adaptation sea-level rise efforts to reduce flooding at the Webster/Posey Tune area, Bay Farm Island, and along Doolittle Drive
1. Transportation improvements across the island, including expanding the City’s free AC Transit Pass for seniors and people with disabilities to over 15,000 rides per month, completing the paving and restriping on Encinal Avenue between Broadway and Sherman (including traffic calming measures and new bike lanes), and looking forward to Woodstock, Alameda's new water shuttle coming this spring, connecting our west end with Oakland’s Jack London Square area.
Saturday, January 20, 11:30am: De-Pave Park Community Meeting, Bayport Community Center
Tuesday, January 23, 7pm: Alameda Backyard Growers meet & greet with ARPD Director Justin Long
Thursday, January 25, 5am: Point In Time Count taking place in the City of Alameda and in cities across Alameda County
Saturday, February 3, 12-3pm: 3rd annual Storytelling and Drumming Festival, Mastick Senior Center
Friday, February 9, 6pm: Family Snowball Dance Party, O’Club
Sunday, February 11, 10am: Adult Learn to Ride A Bicycle Class, Alameda Point
Tuesday, February 13, 6pm: Biking in Wet Weather 1-hour Class, Alameda Main Library
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