Month: June 2009

Public Finally Gets Hearing on Eleven Million Dollar Water Tank

Public Finally Gets Hearing on Eleven Million Dollar Water Tank

By David GreenwaldJune 2, 20095 comments

Last week the Vanguard reported that the Davis City Council had quietly slipped approval of a nearly eleven million dollar water tank project past the residents of the city of Davis.

On July 15, 2008, on the consent calendar, the Davis City Council adopted a resolution authorizing the City Manager to executive a consultant agreement with West Yost Associates for East Davis Water Tank.  The fiscal impact for those consultant fees was expected not to exceed 600,000 dollars.

Developer Trying To Drive Discussion On Covell Development

Developer Trying To Drive Discussion On Covell Development

By David GreenwaldJune 1, 200926 comments
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Last year the Vanguard foiled a plan by the Covell Village developers to rig a community meeting by the Housing Element Steering Committee (HESC) that sought input from the community about its proposed sites for development by 2013.  At that time, the group that brought us Covell Village and the 60% defeat of Measure X in 2005, sent out talking points with explicit instructions on how to fill out the community feedback forms to move Covell Village from a site not being considered for development by 2013 to a priority.

However, the Vanguard with the help of concerned community members intercepted the email and the plot was largely foiled.