City to sponsor three centennial events Plans for Morgan
Hill
’s Centennial year-long celebration are underway and the City
Council has agreed to co-sponsor several events. The city agreed to
devote $10,000 from its General Fund reserves to the big event,
which is slated for next year.
City to sponsor three centennial events
Plans for Morgan Hill’s Centennial year-long celebration are underway and the City Council has agreed to co-sponsor several events. The city agreed to devote $10,000 from its General Fund reserves to the big event, which is slated for next year.
The city will co-sponsor the following centennial events which will be held at the Community and Cultural Center – a New Year’s Eve Gala, scheduled for Dec. 31, 2005; Centennial Days, Aug. 5-6, 2006; and an Incorporation Reception, Nov. 10, 2006.
So far, the City Council has given the centennial committee $104,500 – $54,500 in funds and $50,000 in “in-kind” services to move forward with centennial activities. Funding will go toward marketing materials, design of a Web site, a logo design, stationary and postage, insurance.
Members of the centennial committee are Brad Jones, Marilyn Librers, Jennifer Tate, Lorraine Welk, Janie Knopf, Ellie Weston, and Vivian Varela. Council Services and Records Manager Irma Torrez serves as the city staff liaison to the committee.
Local FFA students have strong showing at county fair
The Santa Clara County Fair ended well for the Live Oak and Sobrato high schools’ Future Farmers of America with six members taking top honors. Live Oak’s Anthony Friebel won the overall showmanship award and Zani Holiday won the novice showmanship. For meat goat, Alisa Nelson took the top animal prize and Sabrina Domiquez won novice and advanced showmanship. Katie McPartland rounded out the prized winning novice FFA horse showmanship.
Work on crosswalks by Britton Middle School will be delayed
Since bids to improve crosswalks by Britton Middle School came out “extraordinarily high,” Public Works Director Jim Ashcraft has recommended that the City Council reject the bids and re-open them within four weeks.
Ashcroft attributed high pricing by developers to a very busy season.
The city was awarded $184,000 in grant funds for the 2004-05 Safe Routes to School Program, in order to improve crosswalks on Monterey Road at Central Avenue, adjacent to the middle school. Improvements include constructing sidewalk bulb-outs on Monterey Road, installing a median on Monterey Road south of Central Avenue, re-striping the crosswalks, including additional traffic warning signs, installing handicap railways and two radar speed displays. The engineer’s estimate for the project is $120,000.
The council relayed its concern about the late start of the project.
Councilman Larry Carr said, “I’m concerned about the timing now of the project. The project was originally scheduled before school (starts).”
Ashcraft said much of the work could be completed maybe this fall, but noted, “Part of the work could be delayed till winter. … It’s all subject to the bidding climate.”
Former planning commissioner recognized
The City Council recognized Charles Weston Wednesday for serving on the Planning Commission the past four years.
Thanking him for his service, Mayor Dennis Kennedy presented Weston with a clock from the City of Morgan Hill.
Weston thanked the council and city officials.
“It’s been a wonderful experience. I hope the effort I put in was just as beneficial to the city,” Weston said.
Weston described staff at City Hall as “tremendous.”
Then Weston said, “I would like to encourage the public to get involved. It does take time. The Planning Commission was a difficult and time consuming job, but I appreciated the time I spent.”
