During the Fraud Prevention Meeting hosted by The Santa Clara DA’s office in conjunction with the D10 office, SJPD discussed a new camera rebate program currently available to SJ residents. The program details available at the SJPD website.
LPNA Free Street Trees Project
Hello, Neighbors. The message below is from LPNA Treasurer, Barbara Canup…
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We’ve planted the first batch of street trees under LPNA’s BeautifySJ grant, and we have some applications in the pipeline, but that leaves us with funding for a couple of additional trees.
We want to hear from you now if you have a spot in the park strip in front of your house (between the sidewalk and street) with space for a tree to thrive! We need to plant during the rain and before the grant runs out in March. Send an email to gardener@lospaseosneighbors.com. Please include your name and street address in the email.
We will send you the Tree Stewardship Application from Our City Forest, along with instructions. Then we will guide you through the process with OCF, and LPNA will pay the $250 fee and help with the planting.
(Note that the space cannot be close to a lamppost or right beside a driveway. If there is a tree already there, or the spot currently has cemented bricks, rocks, or other “hardscape”, an additional permit for removal would be required, and the cost to remove would be your responsibility.)
Barbara Canup
LPNA Treasurer
Here’s a newly planted tree with LPNA President, Greg Peck, and Pat and Vicki from Our City Forest:
Quarterly Meeting for Q4 2023
Hello, Neighbors, see the Zoom link and the Meeting agenda below…
Topic: LPNA Qtrly Mtg – Thursday, December 7, 2023, 7 pm
Time: Dec 7, 2023, 07:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
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AGENDA…
Join our meeting to learn about the goings-on here in our neighborhood and in other parts of the City, and learn about recycling and hazardous waste processes.
The LPNA quarterly meeting (December 7, 2023. 7 p.m. Zoom) agenda is:
- LPNA update on events and LPNA projects.
- LPNA Officer elections.
- Los Paseos Park– update on ten trees planted in December with the help of Our City Forest, update on non-chemical weed abatement (working with PRNS and neighborhood volunteers), update on native plant garden planted in 2021.
- Parking strip trees– Trees from Our City Forest for Los Paseos residents who lost a parking strip tree. LPNA and OCF will help with permits and planting. Six trees were purchased with funds from the Cycle 5 BeautifySJ grant.
- Holiday Event held on December 2, 2023, at the Los Paseos HOA clubhouse.
- District 10 Council office update – Councilmember Arjun Batra, Michelle Dexter
- SJPD update for our area – Captain Donohue’s update on Los Paseos statistics and other local and city information.
- San Jose Recyclingand Santa Clara County Hazardous Waste: goals, process, and how to do it best. We want to help the neighborhood have less impact on the environment. – Linden Skjeie, M.S. (CSJ), and SCC HW inputs
Regards,
Greg Peck
President, LPNA
Video of LPNA Meeting on December 9, 2021
For those unable to attend the last meeting due to the other commitments, we are posting the video here for your viewing.
00:00 Meeting start (LPNA Business)
00:50 Election of LPNA board
02:40 LPNA Grant update
04:10 LPNA Project updates
07:20 District 2 update – Vanessa Sandoval
25:05 SJPD update – Sgt Hernandez
30:15 Water-wise gardening – Anita Rosen, Master Gardener, US Master Gardeners of Santa Clara County
1:52:25 Composting law – Smita Patel
Zoom chat logs from meeting
Water-wise Gardening presentation with notes
Links to stories about the new composting mandate to go into effect January 1, 2022:
Quarterly Meeting for Q4 2021
Our quarterly Zoom meeting is on December 9, 2021 7:00-8:30PM
December 9 LPNA General Meeting Agenda
- LPNA budget update – Barbara Canup
- Election of LPNA board (no current nominations to challenge current board members) – Barbara Canup
- D2 Update – Vanessa Sandoval *
- Redistricting in San Jose – how the proposals affect D2 boundaries
- Encampments in District 2 near Los Paseos area
- Opportunity Housing status in San Jose
- SB 9 and SB 10 – information as these bills relate to SJ actions at this time
- Homekey update – Residence Inn (San Ignacio Ave), other sites
- other
- Presentation – Anita Rosen, Master Gardener, UC Master Gardeners of Santa Clara County
- Water-wise gardening – a presentation of water-wise gardening and drought tolerant plantings
* Links related to D2 update:
- Redistricting (see Meeting Schedule):
- Charter Review:
- Opportunity Housing
If you would like to attend our meeting, you can request the Zoom meeting information via the Contact Us page. Otherwise, if you’re on the LPNA mailing list, check your email for meeting information.
Electrification Expo on October 12
Meet with experts, residents, and manufacturers for a full-day of education and resources on home electrification at the Bay Area Home Electrification Expo. The Expo takes place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 12, at the Tech Interactive. This is a FREE, family-friendly event with a raffle and prizes! What is electrification? It’s switching from fossil fuels to clean electricity for transportation, cooking, water-heating, space-heating and drying clothes. Electrification is critical for California to reach its climate goals.
When: Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019
Where: The Tech Interactive (formerly the Tech Museum)
Time: 10 a.m. – 4 p..m.
Here’s what you can expect at the expo:
- Hear from industry experts on ways to make your home cleaner, greener and safer
- Learn about rebates that help you save money
- Meet with manufacturer representatives and learn about technologies that can add value and comfort
- Chat with residents and experts about the benefits of shifting to electricity
For additional information or if you have questions about the expo, please contact the Environmental Services Department at energy@sanjoseca.gov or 408-535-8550.
Aaron Kinney
City of San José | Environmental Services Department
Communications Division
408-975-2561
Using the proper coolant within your HVAC
While cleaning up the stack of mail from my kitchen counter I came across the latest Angie’s List publication. Within was an interesting article by Paul F.P. Pogue regarding HVAC scams to load counterfeit coolant in your air conditioner. Give it a read and learn how to protect yourself from this type of HVAC scam. His article is entitled “Is Your A/C System Using Counterfeit R-22?”