The City of Oakley wants to honor the graduating class of 2024! You have worked so hard for this moment and it’s your time to shine! Submit your senior portrait below to be highlighted on the Oakley Civic Center marquee.
The deadline for submissions is April 7th. Senior portraits will be displayed one day per week from April 15th and May 18th. You will receive an email indicating what day of the week your submission will be displayed by April 15th.
*If you do not have a Google account, please email the requested information (name, school, and photo) to rec1@ci.oakley.ca.us.
Photos with watermarks will not be accepted. Please review your image before you submit. Changes to the photo’s size and contrast may be changed to fit the display of the Marquee. Photos with a small file size will appear blurry on the large screen.
The City of Oakley learned on Thursday afternoon, February 22nd, that it was subject to a ransomware attack. The Information Technology Division (IT) is coordinating with law enforcement and cybersecurity professionals and actively investigating the severity of the issue.
Emergency services (911, police, fire, and ambulance) are not impacted.
The City is following industry best practices and developing a response plan to address the issue. In an abundance of caution, the City Manager has declared a local state of emergency, the City’s Emergency Operations Center has been partially activated, and IT has taken affected systems offline while we work to safely secure and restore services. While this work is being done, the public should expect delays in non-emergency services from the City. We are actively monitoring the situation and will provide updated information as it becomes available.
The City of Oakley has taken another step forward to bringing a new, state of the art library to the community. In July of 2022, Baker Tilly, now Management Partners, was hired to help the City prepare an initial feasibility analysis which was presented to the City Council on January 24, 2023. The City Council directed staff to focus on an option that would explore higher density, multi-family housing on the City block bound by O’Hara Avenue to the west, Acme Street to the north, 2nd Street to the east and Ruby Street to the south. The purpose of the housing portion of the project is to allow the City to utilize a Public Private Partnership (P3) model, which in this case would allow a developer to provide the City a public facility as part of a private development project. The new library would be located on the Civic Center campus, approximately in the location where the current City corporation yard sits.
The initial analysis was promising, and in an effort to continue with that work, the City hired a consulting team led by Urban Field Studio with Economic Planning Systems and HKIT Architects to further study how we can best create the most value for the O’Hara parcel and site plan the future library on the Civic Center campus. The focus of the secondary analysis was to explore further both the residential component of the project and how much realistic residual value the City could generate to help fund the construction of the new library. A variety of densities and product types were analyzed, and that information was presented to the City Council in November of 2023.
The City Council directed staff to continue to explore the project in addition to seeking funding opportunities. As part of this next phase of the project, our consultant team has prepared renderings of what the Oakley Library could look like as well as a conceptual site plan to give an idea of the potential floorplan of the facility. These renderings will be used by the City and supporters of this library effort, like the Friends of the Oakley Library, to gain support and secure funding for this exciting project.
The City Manager presented the 2023 City of Oakley Annual Report to the City Council on January 23, 2024. The Annual Report snapshot gives a general overview of the various services areas and types of work that occurred during the 2023 calendar year.
The City will hold its first Leadership Academy since 2019 this year. The Oakley Leadership Academy is a free, interactive civic education program for Oakley residents interested in learning about City operations. Click here for more information and to register.
The Oakley Recreation Division is seeking your input! Tell us what types of movies you would like to see more of at our Movies in the Plaza events. Take the survey below to share your thoughts with us.
The Junior Recreation Leader Program is designed to give students, ages 13 – 15, a chance to gain first hand experience in the recreation field, which can prepare them for a variety of jobs in several fields.
The City of Oakley wants to honor the graduating class of 2023! You have worked so hard for this moment and it’s your time to shine! Submit your senior portrait below to be highlighted on the Oakley Civic Center marquee.
The deadline for submissions is April 9th. Senior portraits will be displayed from April 17th and May 20th You will receive an email indicating what day of the week your submission will be displayed by April 16th.
* If you do not have a Google account please email the requested information to rec1@ci.oakley.ca.us. We are unable to accommodate photo changes after you click submit.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE SUBMISSION DEADLINE IS APRIL 9, 2023. IF YOU ARE SUBMITTING AFTER APRIL 9, YOUR PHOTO WILL BE ADDED BUT WILL NOT BE POSTED BY APRIL 16.
The City currently utilizes an at-large election system, which means that the electors from the entire City choose each of the five Councilmembers. The Councilmembers are eligible to hold office no matter where in the City they reside. A district-based election system, in contrast, is one in which the City is delineated into separate districts, each with one councilmember who resides in the district and is chosen by the electors residing in that particular district. To learn more about Districting and learn how you can be a part of it visit the Districting page by clicking here.
Twin Oaks Update
The Twin Oaks Senior Apartments project, located just east of Oakley Town Center (Lucky shopping center), is a private development, mixed-use, affordable senior housing apartment complex. For those interested in leasing a unit, please visit the Twin Oaks Senior Apartments website at: https://twinoakssenior.com. Please note that City of Oakley Staff are unable to answer questions related to applying for potential residency.