3/11/2010Although not required by state law, the City of Roseville, a chartercity, has historically reviewed and amended its charter every tenyears. The Charter Review Commission was appointed in January 2009 andhas worked for the last year examining the City's charter in order tomake recommendations to improve city government operations. The reviewwill conclude in coming weeks. Read More...
3/4/2010As a business owner, compliance with ADA regulations can protect youfrom lawsuits, which can be costly and time-consuming. Whether it's anisolated incident or your business is targeted by a full-time litigant(a growing problem in the Sacramento region), you can’t afford tooverlook ADA compliance.
Learn from certified building experts about understanding federal ADAregulations, checking for compliance, preparing an accessibility planand phasing improvements.
7-9 a.m., Tuesday, March 23 Maidu Community Center, 1550 Maidu Drive $30/$15 for Roseville Chamber of Commerce members Read More...
3/2/2010Want to do your part for a cleaner Sacramento Region? You can help by going electric when mowing your lawn, with a new, cordless electric mower. Read More...
The City of Roseville Multi-Hazard Mitigation Committee is working to update the City of Roseville Hazard Mitigation Plan. Roseville’s original Plan was adopted by the City Council in July 2005. The mandatory five-year Plan update must be adopted by the City Council in July 2010. The Plan details the risks of both natural and manmade hazards in Roseville and includes programs and projects that can help reduce the exposure of City residents and businesses should an event occur in Roseville. The Plan also makes the City eligible for federal pre-disaster and post-disaster assistance.
2/24/2010Roseville Electric is concentrating rebate dollars on energy-saving measures this spring to help residents reduce energy consumption with the Double My Dollars program.
Beginning March 1 you can receive double rebate amounts on qualifying items (click on linked text to learn more):
All program requirements and financing options still apply. Please read individual rebate applications for details. Double rebates are available on complete applications received between March 1-May 31, or until funds are depleted, whichever comes first. Read More...
2/24/2010Since 2006, the City of Roseville RedevelopmentAgency has been working in conjunction with the United States PostalService (USPS) to acquire their property at 330 Vernon Street. Thissite is directly adjacent to the old City Hall annex building.
Recentlya local news station reported that the intent of this purchase was torelocate the USPS operations, and implied the retail component would bemoving out of the downtown area, which is not the case.
Although the City Council has yet to acton this acquisition, the intent of this proposed purchase is to createa viable future development site and retain the retail component of theUSPS operations within the downtown.
In the past, the postaloperations at this location have included a distribution center and aretail component. As part of the proposed acquisition, the retail component would remain on-site or be relocated to a nearby space within the downtown.
2/24/2010Can't you hear us now? Those who enjoy listening to Roseville Police and Fire Department radio traffic at home may be experiencing problems with their home radio scanners. That's because the City of Roseville has rebanded its 800 MHz public safety radio frequencies. Rebanding is a federally mandated nation-wide project aimed at fitting more public safety radio frequencies into a limited bandwidth, conserving and making the best use of a public resource.
For more information about the nation-wide rebanding project, and links that will help you reprogram your scanner to pick up the newly rebanded frequencies, please click on this radioreference.com link.
1/28/2010On November 2, city voters will select two members of our community toserve on the Roseville City Council. The two Council seats arecurrently held by Mayor Gina Garbolino and Councilmember Jim Gray. Both Garbolino and Gray are ineligible to be candidates in the nextelection as the Roseville Charter stipulates that no member shall servemore than two (2) consecutive four (4) year terms and both have servedtwo consecutive terms.
Local campaign finance reform was implemented in Roseville in 2000. Anordinance aimed at lowering campaign costs and slowing the increase incampaign spending was adopted by the City Council. Read More...
1/25/2010As storms continue to hit the Roseville area this week, city staff ismonitoring the effect on the residents, businesses, and infrastructure of theCity.
1/11/2010The Roseville Housing Authority needs your help in maintaining current rental information. If you are a renter within Roseville or Rocklin, please fill out this Housing Survey. There are only 12 questions and the survey is completely confidential. Read More...
1/4/2010Jan. 4 - The City of Roseville was recently awarded $1.3million through the State-administered Neighborhood StabilizationProgram (NSP). These federal funds were made available through theHousing & Economic Recovery Act of 2008. The intent of this specialfunding opportunity is for jurisdictions to assist income-qualifiedpurchasers in the acquisition of bank-owned homes.
The City is currently soliciting interested first-time home buyers(which means you have not owned a home in the past three years) tocomplete an interest form which is located online. Read More...
The State of California reached a budget deal last week, but it's no deal for cities and counties. This spring, voters rejected proposed tax increases, demanding that the State find real solutions. But instead of addressing its budget deficit with a long-term sustainable approach, the State is taking money from its municipalities, hampering our ability to maintain healthy communities for residents and businesses.
The State has a history of taking local funds to deal with its problems. Not only is this a flimsy approach to the State budget deficit, it’s reckless. It hurts our citizens, our businesses, and our ability to recover from the economic damage that’s already been done.
7/17/2009As reported in the July 17 Sacramento Bee, Jim Wasserman explores the new-home sales in Roseville and compares them to the surrounding region. From April-June of this year, 25 percent of new homes sold in the Sacramento area were in Roseville.
On June 14, the City of Roseville’s Grants Advisory Commission made its annual presentation of grants after a competitive process, awarding $614,162 to approximately 35 local nonprofit organizations.
The needs have never been greater. Particularly this year, as families and businesses struggle economically, we are humbled by the generosity of those who make this unique community-grant program possible. And we recognize the challenging financial environment in which non-profits are trying to fulfill their mission in a community that needs their services now more than ever.
