District Consolidation (unification)

KPOA continues to work with our elected officials to pursue reorganization of Kensington’s local governmental structure. KPOA advocated for a joint-district board meeting on district unification (consolidation), which occurred in April 2023 with Lou Ann Texeira, the county director of the Local Agency Formation Commission. Ms. Texeira has been a past speaker at KPOA Annual…

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Public Safety Building

Kensington Property Owners Association

This letter from the board of the Kensington Property Owners Association was sent on March 8, 2023 to the directors of the Kensington Fire Protection District (KFPD) and the Kensington Police Protection and Community Services District (KPPCSD). It is reprinted in its entirety. Dear Directors of the KFPD and KPPCSD, In early January we renewed…

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2023 KPOA Annual Meeting

Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82871707451 Meeting ID: 828 7170 7451Phone in: 669-444-9171 or 669-900-6833 KPOA Annual Meeting Set for June 3 The Kensington Property Owners Association (KPOA) will hold its annual membership meeting by Zoom on Saturday June 3, at 10am. Planned topics and expert speakers include: wildfire evacuation planning and alerts with Fire Chief Eric Saylors…

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Tree View Ordinance

Kensington Property Owners Association

Adopted in 1984, the County’s Tree Obstruction View ordinance includes a process to resolve the loss of a view (due to tree growth) that existed at the time a property owner purchased their home.  Recently draft amendments have been made to the ordinance with the input of a steering committee of Kensington residents, including two…

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2022 KPOA Annual Meeting

The Kensington Property Owners Association will hold its annual membership meeting by Zoom on Saturday May 21, 2022 at 10am. Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84087072242 Speakers include: Richard Berkson, economic consultant to special districts to improve financial and economic plans, LAFCO (Local Agency Formation Commission) Executive Officer Lou Ann Texeira on special district reorganization proposals; wildfire evacuation…

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Station Access and parking Survey – El Cerrito Plaza BART station

Kensington Property Owners Association

BART is conducting a survey to determine how people were accessing the El Cerrito station (pre-pandemic) and gathering opinions on options for accessing the station as they move toward developing housing on the parking lots. Please complete the survey if you ever use BART, especially if loss of parking will impact your ability to access…

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2021 KPOA Annual Meeting

Kensington Property Owners Association

Below are links to the recording of the 2021 KPOA Annual Meeting. The recordings are broken up into sections and will open in a new window in YouTube. Click the links under the descriptions to view the recordings for that section. Sheryl Drinkwater, Oakland Fire Safe Council member and architect talks about Effective Home-Hardening Practices…

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Hardening Your Home for Wildfire Season

Kensington Property Owners Association

Below is the list of resources that Sheryl Drinkwater referenced in her Hardening Your Home talk at KPOA’s 2021 Annual Meeting. Watch the video of the presentation: Part 1, Part 2, Q&A Resource List in Presentation: Assoc. of Fire Chiefs (IBHS list)Univ. of CA Cooperative ExtensionUS Forest ServiceSustainable Defensible SpaceTwo MoreReady For WildfireUSDA Wildfire Risk…

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Utility Under-grounding

Kensington Property Owners Association

Taken from The April 2016 Outlook Kensington Learns about Undergrounding Utilities On April 20, the Kensington Property Owners Association (KPOA) and the Kensington Improvement Club (KIC) sponsored an educational forum on undergrounding utility wires, featuring Rocco Colicchia of Harris and Associates, Mary Halle from the Contra Costa County Public Works Department, and Supervisor John Gioia.…

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