Lot line adjustment comes to an end
Bob Binkley's quest for a lot line adjustment is over. A year after the adjustment between two parcels of land on Pierce Road had been approved by the Planning Commission, the City Council approved the amendment to Saratoga's general plan March 19.
Binkley's lot line adjustment, approved by voters in November, was the first case in the city subject to Measure G, the city's growth-control initiative passed in March 1996. The case involved moving the lot line between a nine-acre parcel and a half-acre parcel to increase the size of the smaller parcel by half an acre. Because the two parcels were in two different land-use zones, one "residential-hillside conservation" and the other "residential-very low density," the City Council deemed the issue subject to Measure G in June 1996.
Rotary Club funds heart education
HeartPower!, the American Heart Association's new educational kits, will be in public and private schools of Saratoga, thanks to the Saratoga Rotary Service Fund.
The Rotary's $4,481 grant is from the proceeds of the Saratoga Rotary Art Show each May.
HeartPower! tells youngsters, "You can have a healthy heart, it's as easy as 1, 2, 3! Eat healthy stuff, move around enough, live tobacco-free!"
Heart disease begins in childhood and manifests itself in adulthood, says cardiologist Ada Koransky. "We can do something to help prevent heart disease by learning from the earliest years to make heart-healthy choices."
CHP seeking volunteers
The California Highway Patrol office in San Jose is launching a senior volunteer program, in which seniors volunteer a few hours a week to assist with various duties, such as typing, filing, form processing, answering telephones, assisting in school bus driver testing, fingerprinting and copying accident reports.
Each volunteer will be asked to work at least one four-hour shift per week. The minimum age for volunteers is 55, with no maximum ages. Any seniors interested should call the CHP at 277-1800.
Love is in the air
The arrival of spring means that love is in the air. And that means now is the time to get the furry four-legged lovers in our lives spayed or neutered. The Humane Society of Santa Clara Valley offers the routine surgery at a low cost. For more information, call the Humane Society's Spay and Neuter Clinic at 727-3383, ext. 827.
This article appeared in the Saratoga News, April 2, 1997.
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