Water Main Construction on Campbell Avenue (Updated 02/3/2010)
San Jose Water Company’s Contractor, Lewis and Tibbets, will be performing waterline replacement work during the months of January/February on East Campbell Avenue from Railway Avenue to the Highway 17 undercrossing. The Campbell/Railway intersection may be closed at various times and traffic diverted, but access to the downtown businesses will be maintained on Campbell Avenue. Lane closures will also be necessary at certain times during this work to complete the construction. The hours of work will be 8:00 am to 4:00 pm, Monday through Friday. Inclement weather may lengthen the number of construction days required to complete the work. Traffic delays may occur. Your patience is greatly appreciated.

For questions, please contact the Public Works Department at (408) 866-2150.

The Winter / Spring 2010 Activity Guide
The Winter / Spring Activity Guide is now available on-line. Hard copies will be available at the Campbell Recreation Office, City Hall and the Campbell Library starting Thursday, December 10th. Campbell residents can register for classes starting Wednesday, Jan. 6th at 7 a.m. by walk-in, phone-in, on-line, fax, and touchtone. Starting Jan. 7th at 8:00 a.m.registrations will continue to be open to everyone via on-line & touch-tone until programs fill; and by walk-in, phone-in, and fax during normal business hours, Mon-Th 8:00 am to 5:30 and Fri., 8-5 pm.

- Winter / Spring 2010 Activity Guide

Contact Steve Prosser - Associate Planner
Phone: (408) 866-2142
Email:

The City's Fiscal Challenge
The City of Campbell has struggled with budget issues for several years and made significant cuts – about $4 million in adjustments over the past five years, including functioning with approximately 10% fewer employees. Due to projected ongoing budget shortfalls of about $2 million, the City initiated an outreach effort early 2008 to hear from residents. A dozen presentations were made; more than 330 people filled out feedback surveys.

The City Council discussed options last Summer on how to move forward and voted unanimously to place a revenue measure on the ballot. Campbell voters approved Measure O by a 70% margin on November 4. The new tax rate will take effect April 1, 2009. The State's temporary sales tax increase will also be effective on that date.

- For more information, background and an update on this issue, visit our Budget Information page.

RSS on the City of Campbell's Website
City of Campbell RSS (Real Simple Syndication) News Feeds are a new way for us to distribute information and automatically notify interested individuals via our Website. Using RSS News Feeds, we can inform subscribers that new information has been posted on our Website and provide them a summary of the article. RSS feeds contain headlines and hyperlinks to longer articles or Web pages. You can currently subscribe to What’s New, Budget Information and Job Opportunities. We will be adding more topics, such as Agendas and Minutes, over time.

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Community Notification System
The City of Campbell successfully tested the CodeRed Emergency Notification System last week. CodeRED® is a telephone notification system that can dial tens of thousands of telephone numbers in an hour and deliver a recorded message. The City of Campbell is encouraging residents to update their information and also provide an alternative telephone number via our CodeRed Residential Update page.

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