Tuesday, April 1, 2025

Clayton City Council - From the Desk of Kim Trupiano 4-1-25

City Council Correspondence: The excerpts below have been sourced from the Diablo Gazette to share with the Clayton Watch Community. You can access the article in the Diablo Gazette's website by following this link: https://www.diablogazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Diablo-Gazette-APR-25-16pg-D1.pdf

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Clayton Community Library Celebrates 30 Years 

Clayton Library
Thank you Joyce Atkinson, Jeanne Boyd (posthumously) and Diana Bauer for dreaming big and making the hope of a library in Clayton a reality over 30 years ago. These women, with the help of the Clayton Branch of the AAUW (American Association of University Women) decide in 1989 that the Clayton community needed to build a library. They formed a steering committee made up of many organizations across the community and in July of that year formed the Clayton Community Library Foundation, created to raise money for the project.

Over the next five years fundraising takes place, including book sales, crab feeds, and a multitude of grant applications resulting in one large grant of $2.8 million from Prop 85 in 1991. A groundbreaking ceremony happened on March 12, 1994, and later that year, the City approved $542,000 for book collection. After all of the demanding work, extraordinary vision and determination, on March 4, 1995, the Clayton Community Library opens its doors.

It is because of the efforts of these three women and lots of other volunteers and donors who supported the library then and continue to do so today, that we celebrate 30 Years of the Clayton Community Library this month.


Today the library is testament to the community and visited by thousands of people a year who will find, besides a vast assortment of books and publications, a variety of activities and classes including Tai Chi, Chair Yoga and Meditation, Story Time for children, Art Classes and Teen events, Book Clubs and so much more.

To coincide with the 30th Anniversary of the library, the City will be embarking on a refresh project later this year that will include new paint, carpeting, improved lighting, furniture and other design elements and CCLF is hoping to have some celebratory events throughout the year to commemorate the anniversary. Also, save the date for the next Book Sale, on May 17 and 18 (May 16 for members only).

The Clayton Community Library stands as a testament to the strength, commitment and caring that so many of our residents perform day in and day out to make our community a better place. Thank you Joyce, Jeanne and Diana for being shining examples of that.

Other City News

Each month the City is awarding an Unsung Hero Award to someone making a significant difference in our community. We honored Linda Pinder for the month of January and Paul Jordan for the month of February. For March, we will be honoring Joyce Atkinson, Jeanne Boyd (posthumously) and Diana Bauer. If you have suggestions about future Unsung Heroes, please feel free to contact me at 925.673.7324 or kimt@claytonca. gov.

11 comments:

  1. We appreciate you keeping us informed. It's wonderful to have a council member who genuinely cares. Now that the political turmoil is behind us, it's clear that the City of Clayton is making progress. Keep up the great work! - Rod and Cindy

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  2. We need four more Kim's on the council. She gets things done. Thanks for the update.

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  3. Keep it going Mayor Trupiano. It great to see someone at the helm that cares more about Clayton than they do about posting pictures on social media.

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    1. Thank you for recognizing the 3 women who got the library built in a little town that has little money. All of the support from volunteers was really monumental!
      CatV

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    2. Those two women that spoke at the council meeting last night were a hoot. They had a great story to tell, and it showed that persistence pays off. Thank you volunteers.

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  4. Wow, a Mayor that gets things done. She has done more for this town in just 100 days than Wolff, Cloven and Tillman did during the two years they were in charge. Clayton now has a bright future.

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    1. All Wolfe, Cloven and Tillman accomplished in their two years of power was to show everyone their true colors. Cloven’s legacy is the guy who started it, passing up people for mayor if he didn’t like them. The best thing to happen to Clayton is that he is off the council.

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  5. With just one meeting - Kim has eliminated all the BS and nonsense Tillman and Cloven clauses at council meetings for years. You go girl! Keep up the good work. Hope to see you at the Mayors Conference this Thursday.

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  6. Professionalism and accountability, thank you Mayor Trupiano!

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  7. What the heck is a mayor’s conference? Where I come from a conference with the mayor is like being called into the principal’s office. Not good.

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  8. Hi Mr. Riley! The Mayor's Conference is a joint meeting of all of the Mayors in Contra Costa County addressing municipal and regional concerns. Each city has an opportunity to host a meeting (in a rotating fashion) and this evening it's Clayton's turn to host. If you would like more information please email me at kimt@claytonca.gov.

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