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Below is an email that was sent to the BANA email list. If you did not receive this email and you are an owner or resident within Bayside Acres, you are potentially missing very important local and timely information. To be placed on our email list, please contact webmaster@baysideacres.org and provide your name, email and…

Below is an email sent to all those on our BANA email list. If you did not receive this via email, too, please send your email address to webmaster@baysideacres.org to be put on our list. Thanks,Alan SchaevitzBoard Member and Webmaster

Two news flashes from your Bayside Acres Firewise Team (BAFT): Chipper Day and Eucalyptus removal. Chipper Day June 21 (actually, Chipper Week) In the Bayside Acres community, FireSAFE Marin crews served 25 residents. Their available reservation slots were sold out, and our community alone accounted for almost a quarter of all work completed that week in the our general area. Between those…

Some insurance companies are beginning to recognize the value of a community obtaining this certification and offer modest discounts. Some may require it to avoid insurance cancellation. If you insurance needs to see the Bayside Acres Firewise USA certificate, go to the Firewise Certificate page to see and download it.

Our first Chipper Day on August 27, 2020 was such a huge success with over 21 residences participating that Firesafe Marin offered a second day on October 7, 2020 (which ended up being October 8). We had over 25 residences registered for this second event. All of this debris being chipped and removed adds to…

The Chipper Day last August 27th was a rousing success! It was so successful that Firesafe Marin has offered a second Chipper Day for our community on October 7, 2020. Registration is open as of today. Go to the Firesafe Marin Chipper Day web page to sign up. You can place a pile up to…

Thank you to all the residents who signed up for Chipper Day held on August 27, 2020. There were over 21 residences that participated. Your preparation for and participation in this effort to improve defensible space has gone a long way in protecting our subdivision against a potential wildfire. Please keep up the good work.…

When: Friday September 11, 2020 at 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm Where: Zoom link http://caasm.zoom.us/j/92673382000 While this is billed as an Orinda virtual town hall meeting, it is open to everyone and could be informative to you. More information in the flyer below:

Young volunteers from AmeriCorps’ St. Louis emergency response team plus the Civilian Community Corps and an Wildland Fire Crew battled rain and poison oak to clear brush and dead logs on Bayview Drive in late December 2019. The week-long project was spearheaded by the Bayside Acres FireWise Committee formed by our BA HOA to help…