Saratoga News

NEWS BRIEFS

City Council seeks volunteers to fill parks & recreation vacancies

The Saratoga City Council is seeking residents to fill vacancies on the Parks and Recreation Commission. The commission, which has seven members, meets on the first Monday of each month at 7:30 p.m. Any adult with experience or interest in recreation or parks, including those with young children who use the parks, is encouraged to apply.

Applications are available at City Hall, 13777 Fruitvale Ave., and are due back by Aug. 1. Applicants will be asked to attend the Aug. 5 Parks and Recreation Commission meeting and will be interviewed in early August. For more information, call the deputy city clerk at 867-3438.

New Saratoga Area Senior Coordinating Council officers installed

Newly elected officers for the Saratoga Area Senior Coordinating Council were installed by Councilwoman Ann Marie Burger on June 17. The officers, who will assume leadership for Saratoga Senior Center and Saratoga Adult Care Center, include: Dane Christensen, reelected president; Charles Thompson, vice president of finance: Betty Eskeldson, vice president of Senior Center; and Lane Tronson, vice president-at-large. Mildred Simmons was re-elected recording secretary and Hugh Hexamer, M. E. Buck Sample and Warren Lampshire were reelected directors-at-large. Roy Cook was newly elected to be a director-at-large. Charles Metcalf will continue as development director. Retiring board members are Doris Ziegel, director, and E. Vernon Griffith, Adult Care Center Advisory Board vice president.

New city sign identifies specific business, parking

A new sign to be used to identify specific business and parking areas was unveiled at a June 25 Business Development Council meeting. The brown signs are about two feet square and feature the city's logo--a golden oak tree--instead of the name "Saratoga" for identification. The city is encouraging business areas to incorporate the golden oak symbol into their new sign programs to promote uniformity.

The signs cost about $210 each and the city installs them for free. Quito Village and the Chamber of Commerce have already ordered several of the new signs. They are available to anyone, but city staff must approve the installation locations.