Want to know what’s happening here in the Shores? Come out to the Redwood Shores Annual Community Meeting, hosted by RSCA, and get the latest update on “The State of the Shores”.
(*NOTE: Past Annual Meetings have been held at our local Redwood Shores Library, but the event has outgrown this space! To make more room for attendees, speakers, and guests, the 2024 meeting will be at the Sandpiper Community Center, adjacent to Sandpiper School. Please make note of the change.)
2023 is in full swing, and it is already February, which means it is time for the Redwood Shores Community Association (RSCA) Annual Community Meeting. After a few years of having the meeting via Zoom for safety and other concerns, we finally are able to have this event in person with community of Redwood Shores.
Wednesday, February 8th, 2022 at 6:30-8pm,
at the Redwood Shores Library.
You’re invited to Redwood Shores Community Association’s Annual Meeting
on Wednesday, February 2nd, 2022 at 7-9pm.
This meeting will be held online only (not a hybrid meeting as originally planned).
For more information, please sign up for updates and meeting information at rsca2022.eventbrite.com
You’re invited to review Redwood Shores Community Association’s Annual Meeting that took place on Wednesday, February 3rd, 2021 at 7-9pm.
Redwood City Police Chief J.R. Gamez will be hosting his fourth Town Hall-style community meetings, each held in a different area of the City. These meetings are an opportunity for people to participate along with their neighbors to discuss issues which may be of importance to that specific area. Three previous town hall meetings with the Chief were held in May and June in other neighborhoods of Redwood City.
Meet With Redwood City Police Chief J.R. Gamez
Tuesday evening, Oct. 9, 7:00pm, RWS Library
(corner of Marine Pky & Bridge Pky; click HERE for a map)
“These gatherings are an important way for residents and police to create partnerships, to learn from one another, and to build trusting, cooperative relationships that are the very foundation of a strong, safe community,” says Chief Gamez.” We can only do this if we talk to each other, and that’s what these Town Hall meetings are all about.”
This meeting offers the chance for Shores residents to meet the Chief and his command staff, to create connections between the community and the Police Department, to exchange information, and to engage in small-group discussions around neighborhood issues. From these Town Hall meetings, the Chief and his staff also gain the community’s perspectives and concerns on law enforcement and related issues for each area. The meetings are facilitated by the collaborative group Redwood City 2020, working with Peninsula Conflict Resolution Center.
Join us this coming Tuesday evening, October 9th, 7:00pm.
You can find the Redwood City Police Department’s website at www.redwoodcity.org/police . Residents can learn about the Department, get burglary prevention tips, sign up for alerts and newsletters, report a minor crime online, get police reports, view Redwood City’s crime map online, chat live online with a police officer, and more.
If you haven’t yet joined RSCA for 2012 you probably received a reminder in the mail recently. If by chance you didn’t receive your reminder, or if you misplaced it, just fill in the information on the form at the bottom of this page, and mail it to us along with your check.
Your $35 membership supports most of our community events like Eggstravaganza, the Halloween Walk, community meetings, and other Shores activities.
Be a member, and help us keep the Shores a GREAT place to live and work.
Redwood City’s new Chief of Police, J.R. Gamez, will be joining us on Tuesday, October 9th for a conversation with the Shores community about our law enforcement concerns.
GET THIS DATE ON YOUR CALENDARS NOW!
Tuesday, October 9th, 6:30pm at the RWS Library.
Chief Gamez is an avid listener, and this will be a great opportunity to exchange information and have a dialog about issues that may seem unique to the Shores.
In response to your many comments and suggestions, we are making some big changes this year in our summer Sounds of the Shores concerts in Marlin Park.
First, all our concerts this year will be on SUNDAY afternoons. Second, we’ve moved the time up an hour to 5-7pm. This will hopefully keep us in the warm part of the afternoons before the sun starts to go down and the evenings starts to cool off. We believe these changes allow more people to attend and in a more enjoyable (i.e., “warmer”) time of the day.
We are trying to arrange a few other new things for our summer concerts. If you are on our email list we’ll let you know what’s happening about a week before each concert. If you want to be on our list, go to RSCA.org, on the web and under the “Feedback” tab, just click on the yellow “Join our email list” button.
By the time you receive this month’s PILOT we are just past this year’s primary elections. But many expect a record number of voters to be a part of the national, state, and local elections this fall, Nov.6th.
Shores residents are among the most civic-minded people in this local area. Being a voter is one of the most basic ways each of us exercise our most fundamental right to express our opinions about the politics of our nation, our state, and our local governance.
Being a voter also increases the importance of the Shores with local government officials. They look closely at how many eligible voters actually vote, and the higher that percentage the more influence we have as a community.
With over 5,400 residents and 700 business in the Shores, we use our email list to keep you informed about our community events during the year. If you would like to be on our email list, simply click on the “Join Our Email List” button in the Feedback section of RSCA.org to sign up.
Our Privacy Policy:
Your information is for use only by Redwood Shores Community Association in contacting you. We do not share, sell, or provide our contact list to any other person or organization.
— Harris Rogers, RSCA President
Redwood City Police Chief JR Gamez will be hosting a series of four Town Hall-style community meetings in the coming months, starting on May 1st, 2012. Each Town Hall meeting will be held in a different area of the City, in order to provide the opportunity for people to participate along with others from their own neighborhoods, and to discuss issues which may be of importance to that specific area.
“I’m eager to meet and talk with a lot of Redwood City residents during our Town Hall meetings,” said Chief Gamez, who started the job here in December of last year. “These gatherings are an important way for residents and police to create partnerships, to learn from one another, and to build trusting, cooperative relationships that are the very foundation of a strong, safe community. We can only do this if we talk to each other, and that’s what these Town Hall meetings are all about.”
The meetings offer a way for people to meet the Chief and his command staff, to create connections between the community and the Police Department, exchange information, and engage in small-group discussions around neighborhood issues. From these Town Hall meetings, the Chief and his staff will also gain the community’s perspectives and concerns on law enforcement and related issues for each area.
Each meeting will be facilitated by the collaborative group Redwood City 2020, working with Peninsula Conflict Resolution Center. Community members are invited and encouraged to attend and participate in the Police Chief’s Town Hall meeting for their areas:
* May 1, 2012, 7 – 8:30 pm
Palm Park, Redwood Oaks, and Roosevelt Neighborhood Areas
Veterans Memorial Senior Center, 1455 Madison Avenue
* June 5, 2012, 7 – 8:30 pm
Centennial, Stambaugh-Heller, Friendly Acres, and Redwood Village Neighborhood Areas
Boys and Girls Club, 1109 Hilton Street
* July 10, 2012, 7 – 8:30 pm
Woodside Plaza, Oak Knoll/Edgewood Park, and Farm Hill Neighborhood Associations
Veterans Memorial Senior Center, 1455 Madison Avenue
* October 9, 6:30 – 8:00 pm
Redwood Shores Community Association Area
Redwood Shores Branch Library, 399 Marine Parkway
Anyone who is not sure which neighborhood area they live in can easily find out by visiting www.redwoodcity.org/neighborhoodassociations or by calling 780-7300.
The Redwood City Police Department’s website is at www.redwoodcity.org/police , where residents can learn about the Department, get burglary prevention tips, sign up for alerts and newsletters, report a minor crime online, get police reports, view Redwood City’s crime map online, and more. Visit Redwood City’s award-winning website at www.redwoodcity.org for information about the City and its services, the community, recreation programs, education, and local business. Subscribe to Redwood City’s newsletters and other City documents at www.redwoodcity.org/egov .
Redwood City Police Chief JR Gamez invites you to attend one of these upcoming Town Hall community meetings. Come meet the Chief and his command staff, help create connections between the community and the Police Department, exchange information, discuss neighborhood concerns, and provide your perspectives and opinions on law enforcement and related issues.
Food will be provided, and free childcare is available for participants.
Each meeting will be facilitated by Redwood City 2020, and Peninsula Conflict Resolution Center. You’re invited and encouraged to attend and participate in the Police Chief’s Town Hall meeting for their areas:
• Centennial, Stambaugh-Heller, Friendly Acres, and Redwood Village Neighborhood Areas
June 5, 2012, 7 – 8:30 pm
Boys and Girls Club, 1109 Hilton Street
• Woodside Plaza, Oak Knoll/Edgewood Park, and Farm Hill Neighborhood Associations
July 10, 2012, 7 – 8:30 pm
Veterans Memorial Senior Center, 1455 Madison Avenue
• Redwood Shores Community Association Area
October 9, 7:00 – 8:30 pm
Redwood Shores Branch Library, 399 Marine Parkway
Please note that the number above goes directly to the Redwood City Police Department dispatch center. The response will be quicker than 911. If you see something suspicious, don’t hesitate to call it in.
Lock your cars, and lock your doors & windows. Look out for your neighbors.
On March 1st we posted the preliminary document detailing what we can do about the overpopulation of resident Canada geese in Redwood Shores. That document can be found at RSCA.org.
Also look for the ‘Additional Questions’ at the bottom of that page, and check that page frequently for updates. I suspect there are going to be some small details that we’ll need to resolve as we go through this year.
I did receive one email asking why we wanted to kill the geese. Well, we have never suggested that as a solution. Everything we’ve learned shows that even if we were to find a way to get rid of our existing local population, we would have a new group of settlers within a few months. The things that people enjoy about the Shores also makes our community attractive to Canada geese, and they and the other waterfowl are going to be a permanent part of the ambiance of Redwood Shores.
Anything that kills or even harms the existing geese is strongly prohibited by federal, state, and local laws, and RSCA was the first to call CA Dept. of Fish & Game when we discovered indications just before Thanksgiving that someone had been taking geese from the lagoon (possibly for a Holiday feast?)
We have been working not only to find out what we can do within federal and state laws and regulations, but also to find out what seems to work and what doesn’t. Please take time to read this short document, then work with your local HOA or business property manager on these simple suggestions.
There is no 100% solution, and you won’t see results overnight. But at least we have some guidelines that both the City and private property managers can use in trying to reduce the amount of goose feces left on our walkways and in our parks and open-space green areas.
As I’ve mentioned previously, the #1 recommendation of both state and federal wildlife officials was to quit feeding the geese. One thing that surprised us — and an indication of how seriously this is considered — is the severity of the penalty for feeding ANY wildlife:
You can be fined up to $1,000 and sentenced up to six (6) months in jail for each violation!
It doesn’t matter whether you are on public or private property. The law applies to feeding wildlife anywhere in California.
We don’t want this to become an issue of legal enforcement. We are encouraging each HOA and private property manager to deal with this by posting ‘no feeding’ signs prominently and by informing their residents, tenants, or employees about the law. We would also hope that Shores residents will respect the law and recommendations of the U.S. FWS and CA DFG.
One thing you can do to reduce the problems with the crows is to keep the lid closed on your garbage containers.
The crows appear to be going after open or overfilled containers on garbage collections days. They will rip open any exposed plastic or paper bags to get at the contents, and they can make a big mess for you and your neighbors.
The Shores was from the beginning a planned community. As a planned community, every residential area is governed by a set of Covenants, Codes & Restrictions (CC&Rs).
Those CC&Rs vary between areas, but ALL properties have restrictions as to the type of building, colors & styles, landscaping, and other exterior features allowed within that area. The CC&Rs also define for each area the governing body that approves changes and oversees compliance.
State legislation was passed in 1985 called the ‘Davis-Stirling Common Interest Development Act’ that allowed the formation of new entities called ‘home owners associations’ (HOAs) within existing city boundaries. These local HOAs are responsible not only for the CC&Rs but also for maintenance of ‘common areas’ within that HOA’s limits. These common areas are property jointly owned by all of the homeowners in a given association.
East of Shell Blvd and the other areas that were developed after 1985 were all incorporated as ‘home owners associations’. Almost 80% of residences in the Shores are in our 20+ individual HOAs.
But much of Redwood Shores west of Shell Blvd was built before 1985 so was unable to take advantage of the Davis-Stirling Act and organize into HOAs. But even non-HOA areas west of Shell are governed by a set of CC&Rs.
If you own a home in the Shores and did not receive a copy of the CC&Rs, contact the realtor from whom you bought your home. It is the responsibility of the selling realtor that a set of CC&Rs be given to each homeowner when that home is purchased.
CC&R’s ensure that each homeowner keeps their home and landscaping attractive and in good condition. This is just another of the many things that makes the Shores such a beautiful and GREAT place to live!
With over 5,400 residents and 700 business in the Shores, we use our email list to keep you informed about our community events during the year. If you would like to be on our email list, simply click on the “Join Our Email List” button in the Feedback section of RSCA.org to sign up.
Our Privacy Policy:
Your information is for use only by Redwood Shores Community Association in contacting you. We do not share, sell, or provide our contact list to any other person or organization.
— Harris Rogers, RSCA President