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City commission has a vacancy

The Saratoga Planning Commission is looking for residents interested in helping plan the community. The vacancy was created by the resignation of longtime commissioner Richard Siegfried.

The commission meets on the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month at 7:30 p.m., and considers matters concerning planning, land use and zoning ordinances, as well as design reviews for proposed homes. The commission not only makes legislative decisions but also advises the Saratoga City Council on such subjects.

Applicants must attend a meeting of the commission and then be interviewed by the council. In addition, state law requires the disclosure of certain financial interests of Planning Commission members.

Any resident of Saratoga who is 18 years old or over can obtain an application form at City Hall, located at 13777 Fruitvale Ave. For more information, call deputy city clerk Betsy Cory at 868-1269.

Volunteers needed to bask in the sun

The Special Olympics of Santa Clara County needs chaperones to help with the group's daylong track and filed meet scheduled for May 16. Interested volunteers must be at least 16 years old or be accompanied by an adult for the entire day. Call 267-2734 for more information.

Architects chosen for cottage project

The Design Review Committee announced April 22 the architects chosen to participate in the "Orchard of Artists" project at Villa Montalvo.

Craig Hodgetts and Hsin-Ming Fung, of Hodgetts and Fung of Santa Monica; Jim Jennings, of Jim Jennings Architects in San Francisco; Mark Mack, of Mack Architects in Venice; Adèle Naudé Santos, of Adèle Naudé Santos & Associates in San Francisco; and Dan Solomon, of Solomon Inc., in San Francisco, will each be paired with an artist and work to create designs for 10 new cottages/studios to be built as part of Montalvo's artist residency program.

The artists for the project have not yet been chosen.

Don Stastny, of StastnyBrun Architects in Portland, Ore., is the project's invitational-process adviser and will be the architect of the community complex.

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