What's Happening! Parks & Recreation Newsletter- December 2023

What's Happening! Parks & Recreation Newsletter- December 2023

Check out our Fall Guide 2023!

Check out this past fall's activity guide, as we gear up for the winter/spring guide.

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Scotts Valley Working to Make Town Center a Reality

You may have noticed that a new fence has gone up around the future home of Scotts Valley’s town center off Mt. Hermon Road. In November 1,400 tons of contaminated soil were removed from the site, and with it, one of the reasons the town center hasn’t hap...

Scotts Valley is Blessed with Community Volunteers

The City of Scotts Valley is lucky to have many generous individuals and organizations supporting the City so that more services and amenities are available to the community. This article highlights a few of the wonderful actions recently taken by local r...

New Staff Members

Strategic Work Plan Q1 Results (July-September 2023)

Strategic Work Plan Q1 Results (July-September 2023)

New Police Officers Join Scotts Valley

Scotts Valley works hard to maintain a full complement of community-oriented Police Officers. This article introduces recently hired Police Officers Seavana Patzke and Vitani Harrison.  It was my great pleasure to recently spend time getting to k...

Housing Element Update for 2023-2031

The City is currently in the process of updating its Housing Element for the 2023-2031 planning period. To comply with State Law, the City’s Housing Element must be updated to ensure that Scotts Valley’s policies and programs can accom...

Mayor Jack Dilles' Monthly Message

Scotts Valley became a city 57 years ago on August 2, 1966.  Scotts Valley is still a young city and still evolving.  The city’s population has grown from approximately 3,600 in 1970 to about 12,000 residents living in some 4,6...

Mayor Jack Dilles' Monthly Message

The Fiscal Year 2023-24 city budget includes cautious revenue assumptions as we continue to face inflation and economic uncertainty. The last year has been marked with rebuilding and resilience as we fully emerge from the global pandemic, while experienci...

Mayor Jack Dilles' Monthly Message

The official beginning of summer welcomes warmer weather, longer days and many opportunities to be active. Being outdoors makes us feel good and, as we have learned during these past few COVID-filled years, it benefits both our mental and physical health....

Mayor Jack Dilles' Monthly Message

National Public Works Week was celebrated from May 21st to 27th, so let’s take a look at what Public Works does here in Scotts Valley. We have around 20 staff in Public Works who caretake wastewater, streets, parks, engineering, and recreation s...

CruzAware Launch Press Release

CruzAware Press Release 06-02-2023

2022-23 Strategic Plan - April 2023 Update

2022-23 Strategic Plan - April 2023 Update

Mayor Jack Dilles' Monthly Message

Students face challenges beyond the pressure to succeed academically. Parents hear about many of these issues as their children move through middle school, high school and beyond. These challenges include peer pressure, drugs, harassment, bullying, discri...

Mayor Jack Dilles' Monthly Message

Why is everyone talking about housing? Housing is too expensive and there are not enough homes. Many Scotts Valley workers cannot afford to live here, which increases traffic and makes it harder for businesses to hire and keep good staff. Some residents w...

Mayor Jack Dilles' Monthly Message

Setting goals is essential for the City to be successful.  The City Council discussed and approved nine strategic goals for 2023/24 to allow Scotts Valley to focus on the most important issues we face. Seven of these goals follow. Others will be ...

2022-23 Strategic Plan - January 2023 Update

2022-23 Strategic Plan - January 2023 Update

Mayor Jack Dilles' Monthly Message

Rain! Rain! Rain!

On January 14^th, Scotts Valley joined other local jurisdictions when City Manager Mali LaGoe issued a Proclamation declaring a local emergency, which was ratified by the City Council on January 18th.  This declaration w...

Mayor Donna's Lind's December Monthly Column

As we celebrate the holidays, I am very thankful for our Community, Scotts Valley City Staff as well as our various Commissioner and fellow Council Members. I look forward to continuing the good work that has been accomplished through the pandemic includi...

Mayor Donna Lind's November Monthly Column

This month I’m responding to inquiries about Scotts Valley parks and street maintenance and repairs. City Hall improvements are also in process.

2022 has largely been a rebuilding year in Public Works.  In late 2021 the City reinstated the Mainten...

Mayor Donna Lind's October Monthly Column

I was honored to participate in a long-standing Scotts Valley tradition recently, the Annual Scotts Valley Police Formal Inspection. This tradition that began in 1978 and I’m thankful it has continued all these years later.

The Annual Inspection ...

Mayor Donna Lind's September Monthly Column

Scotts Valley Strategic Plan Update

This spring, City Council held public workshops to discuss the City’s long-standing strategic goals. City Manager, Mali LaGoe, led the Council through a series of questions and discussion topics to update and p...

Mayor Donna's Lind's August 2022 Column

We’re celebrating the generous and supportive community of Scotts Valley! There were real questions if Scotts Valley could bring back the annual Independence Day Fireworks Celebration this year after a 3-year absence due to the pandemic. Because of the ge...

Mayor Donna Lind's July 2022 Monthly Column

With the recent tragic shootings across the Nation including Uvalde Texas, there is encouragement with the historic bipartisan action taken by Congress. It’s been challenging to balance an individual’s 2^nd Amendment rights while protec...

Scotts Valley Police Department 2022 AB 481 Annual Report

In 2022, Assembly Bill 481 required all California Law Enforcement to declare any equipment categorized as Military Equipment.  Furthermore, agencies were required to get permission from their governing bodies to possess and utilize that equipmen...