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News Briefs
City takes Heritage Orchard survey
The second quarterly issue of the city's newsletter, the Saratogan, will contain a tear-out survey, which asks whether residents would be willing to use part of the Heritage Orchard for anything other than an orchard. It asks if Saratoga needs more playfields for soccer and baseball or another gymnasium, and whether residents would support using the orchard for either of these two uses. Finally, the survey asks whether residents would support a bond measure to finance more playfields or a gymnasium. The tear-out card will have paid postage, said Bill Norton, interim city manager. Norton hopes that Saratogans will receive the newsletter by June 1.
Interim clerk says good-bye to city
May 17 was Carol Butler's last City Council meeting as the interim city clerk here. Butler was hired in February, when former Saratoga City Clerk Susan Ramos resigned.
"It's been a great assignment," she told the council at the meeting's end. "Thanks for your support, you have a great staff."
Cathleen Boyer, who was a deputy town clerk for Los Gatos, is Saratoga's new city clerk, as of May 8.
Butler, who is retired, says she plans to enjoy her summer and probably will not take another job in government until next year. Her temporary assignment in Saratoga, while unexpected, was a great experience, she said.
Butler had been the city clerk in Sunnyvale for 30 years before retiring in July. A San Jose native, she has 35 years of government work under her belt.
Sisters stand against the death penalty
The Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur of the California Province, located on Bohlman Road in Saratoga, have adopted a corporate stance against the death penalty.
In a petition, the majority of the 160 women of the California unit, as well as associates, call for its abolition. The Sisters' stance accepts life imprisonment without possibility of parole as a feasible alternative to the death penalty.
The Sisters have started and staffed more than 30 schools in this state and in Washington. They are also involved in pastoral and social-services ministries.
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