Join us on Saturday, October 5 from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm for the Public Safety Fair! You'll learn about safety services and education, including fire prevention, crime prevention, and available local resources for public health and safety.
Fire and police vehicles and equipment, including our fire engines, patrol cars, the mobile command vehicle, SWAT vehicle, just to name a few, will be showcased. Kids can practice safe bicycling and scooter riding at the Bike Rodeo where they will walk, ride, and roll through “Safe Moves City” with intersections, crosswalks, bike lanes, traffic signs and more!
The Alameda County Mosquito Abatement District has received a number of concerns about aggressive daytime-biting mosquitoes in Fremont. They have provided information on how they are treating areas throughout Fremont.
Mosquito Update from Alameda County Mosquito Abatement District
The mosquitoes you're seeing throughout Fremont, Aedes dorsalis, are native to California and they do not transfer diseases that are harmful to humans. They are incredibly irritating and make outside unappealing to visitors and residents. The Alameda County Mosquito Abatement District is setting traps around the area to decrease the amount of mosquitoes, but since these mosquitoes produce in the marsh, it is more effective for their team to prevent them from flying away from the marsh rather than to trap them inland. Mosquitoes need standing water for their life cycle, and unfortunately these mosquitoes reproduce in the marsh where there are strong restrictions on what we can do.
The areas for treatment are in both federally and locally protected marshlands that limit which products can be used in their environmentally sensitive locations. They have treated for Aedes dorsalis and have lowered their numbers, however due to the large size of the marsh, including areas overseen by other counties, they are unable to cover every single possible location. The District expects the mosquitoes to recede a bit after the heat wave passes in a few days.
You will see the Alameda County Mosquito Abatement District in the marsh throughout the year treating for Aedes dorsalis and other seasonal mosquitoes. If you start noticing small black and white spotted or striped mosquitoes, please let the district know, as those could be invasive mosquitoes. For more information about their work, see their website, mosquitoes.org.
At next week’s City Council meeting on Tuesday, October 8, 2024, which begins at 7:00 pm, the meeting agenda will include a Parking Enforcement Authority Ordinance:
- Introduce an Ordinance Amending Section 10.05.550 and Adding Section 10.05.555 to the Fremont Municipal Code to Enhance Parking Enforcement Authority - proposes revisions to Fremont Municipal Code parking regulations.
- The proposed code amendments are intended to make enforcement of existing rules prohibiting long term street parking more effective and to prohibit the parking of large vehicles in residential areas under most circumstances.
Visit our Agenda Center to view the meeting agenda and how to attend and you may also watch the recording from last week's meeting.
 Apply to be a City of Fremont Commissioner or Advisory Board Member
Looking for a way to make a difference in the Fremont community? Consider serving the City of Fremont as a commissioner or an advisory board member! Current board and commission vacancies include the following:
Art Review Board
- Vacancy: One Representative
Building Appeals Board
- Vacancies: Three Representatives Board Members must have specific expertise/experience related to building construction and State and local Building and Fire Codes. Board members need not reside in Fremont.
Environmental Sustainability Commission
- Vacancy: One Development/Construction Representative
George W. Patterson House Advisory Board
- Vacancy: One At Large Representative
- Vacancy: One Mission Peak Heritage Foundation Representative
- Vacancy: One Washington Township Historical Society Representative
Human Relations Commission
- Vacancy: One Representative
Library Advisory Commission
- Vacancies: Two At-Large Representatives
- Vacancy: One Friends of the Library Representative
Recreation Commission
- Vacancy: One Representative
Rent Review Board
- Vacancy: One Tenant Representative
Senior Citizens Commission
- Vacancy: One Representative
The City Clerk’s Office welcomes applications for all Boards, Commission and Committees throughout the year. For more information about each board and commission, or to download an Advisory Body application, visit city.fremont.gov/boardsandcommissions. You may also obtain an application from the City Clerk’s Office at 3300 Capitol Ave., Building A. For more information contact 510-284-4060 or cclerk@fremont.gov.
 New Building Appeals Board for Fremont
On September 17, the Fremont City Council adopted a new ordinance for Fremont that creates a Building Appeals Board to hear and decide appeals of orders, decisions, and determinations made by the City's Building Official and Fire Marshal related to building and fire codes. This is in response to a court ruling that determined that the City’s existing appeals process—which is currently managed by a single hearing officer—does not comply with the California Building Code.
The ordinance allows for a three-member Building Appeals Board appointed by the City Council. Members do not have to be Fremont residents. They are required to have special knowledge of state and local building and fire codes. The City’s Building Official or designee serves as the secretary to the board but does not have voting rights. A fee of $2,101 is associated with any appeal to the board, and the fee becomes effective November 18, 2024.
The ordinance also establishes the City's Planning Commission as the hearing body for post-entitlement appeals pursuant to California’s Housing Accountability Act.
For more information about the Building Appeals Board, including how to apply to serve on the board, visit the Board’s webpage.
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