February Board Meeting Thursday |
| The February 2010 monthly meeting of the SCA board of directors will take place Thursday, Feb. 4, from 7:30 till 9 p.m. at Supervisor Gayle Uilkema’s office in the Lafayette Fire Station, 3338 Mt. Diablo Blvd. All are welcome. Click here for the agenda. |
Dec. 10 vote puts SCA
|
| The SCA membership on Dec. 10 overwhelmingly approved a change in the organization’s purpose statement that will allow us to apply to the IRS for 501(c)(3) status. This will enable us to receive tax-exempt donations so we can better serve the Saranap community with expanded programs. It will also exempt us from paying taxes on funds we receive. Click here for details. |
|
Interest
in the SCA’s new service initiatives was widespread in a
standing-room-only crowd at July 9’s annual general membership meeting,
held at Grace Presbyterian Church on Tice Valley Blvd. Between
membership applications and “interest forms” returned at the meeting,
68 people expressed an interest in Neighbors Helping Neighbors, the
SCA’s new mutual-help program, and 40 in the Children’s Toy &
Clothing Boutique.  |
| The annual meeting is also when SCA members vote for members of the organization’s board of directors. The five candidates nominated by the SCA board were reelected and an alternate board member was elected. (Continued) |
|
|
The SCA’s Children’s Toy & Clothing Boutique was featured in an article in the July 7 issue of Woman’s Day “honoring moms who are stepping up to help others in these financially tough times.” Stephanie Monson, chair of the SCA’s Service Committee, was one of three “recession angels” featured in the article. Woman’s Day reaches some 22 million readers nationwide. (Continued) |
|
|
At the SCA’s second Community Meeting on Sufism Reoriented’s land-use permit application to build a sanctuary on Boulevard Way, held Jan. 15, audience members asked a number of questions requiring additional research. We consulted a number of sources, including Sufism Reoriented and the Contra Costa County Department of Conservation and Development, for answers to those questions. (Continued) |
|
| The Saranap Community Association held community meetings on Sufism Reoriented’s proposed sanctuary on Nov. 13, 2008 and Jan. 15, 2009 at Grace Presbyterian Church on Tice Valley Blvd. Following presentations by SCA’s Application Review Committee and Sufism Reoriented, we opened the floor to questions and comments from the audience. Some of the questions were for the county, some for the SCA, and some for Sufism Reoriented. What follows are audience comments from these meetings. (Continued) |
|
| About 150 Saranap residents gathered at Grace Presbyterian Church on Tice Valley Blvd. Jan. 15 for the SCA’s second community meeting about Sufism Reoriented’s proposed Boulevard Way sanctuary and gardens. The meeting served two purposes: to respond to questions raised at the first meeting, in November, and to provide a forum for additional comments. Some of those questions were for the county staff, some were for Sufism Reoriented, and some for the SCA board of directors. (Continued) |
|
| The SCA on Feb. 26 hosted a community meeting about the proposed King Estate development in the hills above Olympic Blvd., near the Tice Valley Blvd. intersection. Work on this project was halted in 2005 because of numerous violations by the contractors during construction, with only two of the six planned homes built. Now the property owner, working with a new team of design consultants, has applied to the county to complete the project. Members of this team presented their plans at the Feb. 26 meeting. (Continued) |
| Following the meeting, the SCA responded to the county’s request to comment on the amended application with a letter recommending approval, with certain requested stipulations. (Continued) |
|
| There are big changes in the works for the Saranap Community Association, and we hope you’ll be a part of them. While the SCA board will continue to work diligently to preserve the unique character of the Saranap, at the same time we’ll be expanding the scope of our work to include a range of new community-service projects to improve the quality of life for those of us who live here. … (Continued) |
|
Saranap Community Needs and Interests Survey. We’re excited about the prospect of launching the SCA’s new community service component. As we begin our planning, we’re asking your help in identifying needs we might target. Please complete the Saranap Community Needs and Interests survey, indicating projects you feel address needs that exist in our neighborhood—and your interest in contributing your time or energy to these or other projects. (If you have other ideas, we’d like to hear about those too.) Complete the survey online. Download the survey to fill out and return by mail. |
Thanks for visiting our new Website! |
| Our goal is to make this a site that’s valuable resource for our Saranap neighbors. In the months to come we’ll be adding articles, links, and contact information for a wide array of programs, services, and activities of interest to our Saranap neighbors. … (Continued) |