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Two dozen trees saved on El Camino By Daniel DeBolt
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ate last year the city marked for removal 28 red oak trees planted in the 1970s on El Camino Real. The oaks were lifting and cracking sidewalks between Grant Road and Castro streets. The city was able to save all but three. “We did everything we could to preserve those trees,” said Bruce Hurlburt, the Mountain View’s parks and open space manager. The trees had to be cut during a sidewalk replacement project that finished in May. The three trees that couldn’t be saved had too much of their roots above sidewalk level. Only 15 percent of the root mass of each tree can be safely removed, Hurlburt said. The trees that were saved usually had to have portions of their roots cut back before sidewalk cement could be poured, sometimes with iron bars reinforcing the concrete or a layer of steel plate sandwiched between the roots and the cement to prevent lifting and cracking. The trees that were removed were replaced with a new, 24-inch box tree, which is required for every large tree removed on public or private property in Mountain View. This winter a similar sidewalk replacement project is set for Shoreline Boulevard, between El Camino Real and Villa Street. Some of the magnolia trees there are lifting and cracking the sidewalk and may be tagged for removal. V
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all county parks, in hotels and motels, and at retail stores that exclusively sell tobacco and smoking products, as well as smoking within 30 feet of any outdoor service area, such as a ticket line. Smoking is also now banned in duplexes, condominium and townhouse complexes, and apartment buildings. The cities of Campbell, Gilroy, Cupertino, Milpitas, Palo Alto and Sunnyvale are also studying the possibility of bringing tobacco retail license ordinances to their respective city councils. Last year the Santa Clara County Public Health Department was awarded a $6.9 million federal grant from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for tobacco prevention efforts. The department will use the grant to decrease the prevalence of smoking in the community and conduct efforts to prevent teens from taking up smoking.
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NEW HEAD FOR CSMA’S MUSIC4SCHOOLS The Community School of Music and Arts recently appointed Hector Armienta as its Music4Schools director, who will help develop CSMA’s off-site music education programs. Armienta’s responsibilities include program and curriculum development, hiring, supervising and training of faculty and developing collaborations with schools. “Hector’s diverse professional experience will be pivotal to CSMA continuing to build partnerships to ensure that music is part of every child’s education,” said CSMA Executive Director Moy Eng in a press release. Armienta’s diverse background includes more than 10 years of nonprofit experience as an arts educator, program director, cur-
riculum specialist and teaching artist. Organizations he has worked with include San Francisco’s Music in Schools Today, Young Audiences of the Bay Area and more. His professional experience also includes working as the artistic and managing director with Opera Cultura, San Jose. From the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Armienta has a master’s degree in music and music composition, and a bachelor’s degree in fine arts from the California Institute of the Arts, Los Angeles. Armienta now joins the faculty of the nonprofit arts education center, CSMA, to help make the arts accessible to all. At its Finn Center campus in Mountain View, CSMA offers art classes, free concerts and community outreach events. In the community, it provides programs at more than 30 schools in Santa
Clara and San Mateo counties.
NEW DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR NAMED The Community School of Music and Arts recently appointed Lisa R. James as its new development director to oversee a departmental staff of three. She will also be responsible for fundraising, donor cultivation, recognition activities and select special events. “Lisa James comes to CSMA with more than 20 years of senior-level development experience and an exceptional record of accomplishment in fundraising and donor cultivation, strategic planning, and organizational management,” said CSMA executive director Moy Eng in a press release. James’ experience includes five years as director of development at
the San Francisco Opera, the second largest opera company in the Americas, where she lead a fundraising campaign that resulted in $34 million of operating support during a period of financial restructuring. Additionally, James held positions such as vice president for advancement at the San Francisco Art Institute and director of development at Opera Colorado. James also has development experience in various non-profit sectors and has been an active presenter, panelist and site evaluator for arts organizations. James holds a master’s degree in business and arts administration from the University of WisconsinMadison, and a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Denver. CSMA is the largest non-profit provider of arts education programs in the region. —Hannah Kim
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—Bay City News Service AUGUST 5, 2011 ■ MOUNTAIN VIEW VOICE ■
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