City of Clayton, California

Meet Officer Stroski: Officer Stroski has been with the Clayton Police Department for 2 years and is currently working dayshift patrol. Officer Stroski responds to calls for service and spends time each shift working traffic enforcement to ensure the safety of the residents of Clayton, as well as the other drivers on the road. You will most often see Officer Stroski driving one of the last 2 Crown Victoria patrol vehicles left in our fleet. ... In Officer Stroski’s off time, he enjoys hunting, fishing and spending time with his chocolate lab dog - Remi.

Clayton Featured Employee of the Week - Jennifer Giantvalley Jennifer has been with City since 2012 and lived in Clayton since 2003. She has one son, 25, Nick, Union Journeyman/Foreman Millwright, who attended school in clayton since 2nd grade. Jennifer played bocce since the opening in Clayton in 2014 on the DeBoccery team. Her husband Eric, owns Big O Pittsburg, and they have been married for 28 years. She has been a CBCA member since 2004, and served as the treasurer. Jennifer volunteered at the library and VIPS, she love animals, has 1 dog Shelby , 2 spoiled cats, Loki and Sam, and a fish. She also loves gardening, riding her bike around Clayton trails and she feeds the birds here at work with a feeder on the her office window.

Clayton Fun Fact Friday Clayton's Ghost Walk started as a school field trip to downtown in 1979 and drew hundreds of people each year thereafter who were interested in local ghost stories. Clayton historian Richard Taylor led the tours at night on Halloween and wrote "Ghosts and Other Celebrities of Clayton" in 1992, which catalogs spooky local lore. Read the complete ghost stories at www.claytonhistory.org.

Clayton Community Park closed through this evening in order to complete some needed repairs. Thank you for your patience. City Staff

CITY HALL OFFICES CLOSED Contra Costa County is now in the purple tier, which is the most restrictive tier for Covid-19 pandemic. For the safety of the public and staff, City Hall Building will be closed until further notice. City Hall functions and services will remain available. Please continue to call the 925-673-7300 number for general inquiries and leave your name, number, email (if possible), and message. Staff will get back to you as soon as possible. Should a mee...ting be needed, please leave your name, email, availability, and message so that staff can coordinate a zoom meeting. Should a zoom meeting not be possible and an in-person meeting is the only option, please leave your name, number, email, availability, and message so that staff can coordinate an in-person meeting with all safety protocols being implemented, which include but not limited to face covering, social distance of at least 6 feet, outdoors or a well ventilated location, and any other safety protocol needed. For the safety of all involved, we are encouraging and requesting that any and all meetings be done through zoom. Thank you for your understanding during this unusual time we are all going through and please remain safe. See more

More businesses and community activities can reopen beginning today in Contra Costa after the county’s data indicators for COVID-19 transmission showed improvement in October. California today reassigned Contra Costa to the less-restrictive orange tier of its Blueprint for a Safer Economy, allowing for larger local gatherings for indoor worship services and dining, and the reopening of indoor pools, bars and bowling alleys. Click the link below for more details: https://covid19.ca.gov/safer-economy/

Clayton Featured Employee of the Week The featured employee of the week is Jeff Miller. Jeff is a Maintenance Worker 1 for the City. He has been employed with the City for nearly five years. He enjoys working for this community. Jeff's hobbies are air brush art, fishing, motor cycles and most outdoor activities. Thank you Jeff for your hard work and dedication to this community

To learn more about Contra Costa County Fire Protection District and what they are doing to keep us all safe during fire season, join their 5th Annual Open House, Virtual Tour on Saturday October 31, 2020 at: www.cccfpd.ord

Meet Sergeant Marchut Sergeant Marchut grew up in Clayton and attended Mt. Diablo Elementary, Pine Hollow Intermediate, and Clayton Valley (Charter) High School. Sergeant Marchut joined the Clayton Police Department as an Explorer in 1996. He attended the police academy in 1998 and was a Reserve Officer until hired full time in 2000. Sergeant Marchut currently works as a graveyard shift supervisor, and his responsibilities include: the department’s communications systems, police duty equipment, patrol vehicle equipment, fleet ordering, the City’s fixed location License Plate Reader network, the City’s video camera network, and the Neighborhood Watch program. Sergeant Marchut is very proud to be able to serve the community he grew up in, and when not at work, he enjoys spending time with his family.

Community Development Department Monthly Newsletter Volume 1 Issue 1: https://ci.clayton.ca.us//2020%20OCTOBER%20CDD%20MONTHLY.p

Clayton Fun Fact Friday Since 2002, Clayton's Oktoberfest, organized by the Clayton Community and Business Association, has taken place in historic downtown each year and draws over 20,000 guests. The event features an authentic biergarten, German food, arts & craft vendors, live music plus a full size traveling carnival. Grab your stein and we'll see you next year!

The City Council voted unanimously to direct staff to begin the RFP process to hire a consultant to assist the City with an community engagement process to discuss the future of the City owned property at Clayton Road, Oak Street, and Main Street. The scope of work will include community meetings, charrette sessions, and study sessions with the Planning Commission and City Council. The community outreach process should commence in early 2021.

Keep yourself safe from Scams! Scammers are out in force trying to steal your money and identity. We have seen an uptick in this type of crime, and unfortunately, some of you have fallen victim to these predators. Recently, Clayton residents have reported receiving phone calls from what appears to be the Clayton police department’s non-emergency phone number, (925) 673-7350 with the caller threatening to arrest the person unless they send money. If you receive a call like th...is, hang up and call our non-emergency line at (925) 673-7350, we will be able to validate that the call is a scam. Scammers might pretend to be law enforcement or a federal agency. They might say you’ll be arrested, fined, or deported if you don’t pay what they demand right away. The goal is to scare you into paying. Real law enforcement and federal agencies won’t call and threaten you. Law enforcement will NEVER ask you for money to avoid arrest. More information can be found at: https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0208-phone-scams

City Contractors completed the removal of the rock and gravel from the box culvert under Clayton Road behind the Library to alleviate dam build up and prevent future flooding in the Down Town area.

Featured Employee of the week, Dan Johnston Dan has been employed in the Maintenance division with the City of Clayton for 20 years. He has a great work ethic, enjoys his job and is a very familiar face in Clayton. Dan’s Hobbies are snow skiing, riding his Harley Davidson motor cycle, and camping. Dan has three grandsons and he enjoys weekly visits with them. He has been married to his wife Patty for 29 years.

Clayton Fun Fact Friday As parks begin to reopen, did you know there's a hidden public garden in downtown Clayton that features historic farm equipment, the town's original jail, and a 2-seater outhouse? Open to the public, head over to 6101 Main Street with the kids to checkout a bit of local history.

The City Council will be discussing a community process to explore the future use of the city owned property downtown at Clayton Road, Oak Street and Main Street next Tuesday, October 20, 2020. Please see the link below for the agenda and consider joining us virtually to provide input and/or hear the discussion. https://ci.clayton.ca.us//a/council/10.20.20%20Packet.pdf

Clayton Community Park/Feral Pig Update We are making progress in our trapping efforts of the feral pigs who have made Clayton their home at the moment. Additionally, maintenance staff have begun the clean-up of the damage to the park and are planning to reseed the park once the pig problem is solved to avoid a costly repair and then potential recurring damage by the pigs.