Commentary: Being Available to Hold Council Meetings on Christmas
I have thought about this issue at another time in a different context, but there is one…
Hate Crimes Strike Davis
There have now been a couple of Hate Crime Incidents that have struck Davis in the last…
Council Approves Small Increase to Developer Impact Fees That Keeps Davis on the Low End of the Spectrum
Last week ago, the issue of developer impact fees came up on the Vanguard in reference to…
Word To The Wise: Anna’s Story
By E.A. Roberts____________ Appearing in the Sunday, December 9th, 2007 Sacramento Bee was a wonderful article about…
Seniors Flood Council Chambers and Council Struggles to Act on their Behalf
As we have reported the Senior living facility, Atria Covell Gardens has said that they will be…
Council Passes Ordinance That Would Allow Renters to Display Political Signs on their Units
The City Council did, at Councilmember Stephen Souza’s motion, pull back the portion of the election code…
Portion of Controversial Agenda Item Pulled From Tonight’s Council Agenda
The Vanguard has learned that part of item 11 on tonight’s agenda has been pulled. This item…
Housing Element Status Report to Be Heard Tonight
In what figures to be an action-packed agenda this evening, the last meeting of 2007, the City…
Quietly… Council Looks to Change City’s Campaign Finance Ordinance
You had to be very alert to notice it, but on the agenda for Tuesday night’s council…
The Latest Installment in ‘As Trader Joe’s Turns’
When the owners of University Mall decided to sue Radiological Associates of Sacramento in an attempt to…
Councilmember Heystek Requests City Help for Covell Gardens Residents
On November 27, the Vanguard reported on Atria Covell Gardens’s increased rents that would raise rent by…
City Budget Plan A Tax and Spend Mirage
If you read the Davis Enterprise’s Wednesday addition you would have seen a small and scant article…
Planning Commission Nixes City Staff Supported Project
As I sat in to listen and observe the City Of Davis Planning Commission meeting, the thought…
Carrots and Sticks in Development Can be Transposed
It was last summer that Yolo County received an offer from developer Angelo Tsakopoulos in exchange for…
City Wants Your Participation in Parks and Rec Master Plan Survey
It is with great irony that I opened an email on Saturday from Chair of the Open…
City Opts to Refinance DACHA to Keep Co-Op Viable and Limited Equity
In June of 2006, members of the Davis Area Cooperative Housing Association (DACHA) came forward with a…
How Much Does Davis Need to Grow Now?
When Measure X was on the ballot, the council majority made it a point to talk about…
Containerizing Green Waste in Davis
When I first came to Davis in the mid-1990s, I was very surprised that in a such…
News and Commentary: City Council Goes Forward with Alternative 3 on Tank House
Depending on your perspective, nights like Tuesday are what make Davis interesting, boring, and/ or at the very least unpredictable. Fifty to sixty people filed into Council Chambers to discuss the future of the Tank House. Ordinary alliances are disrupted for that night and the dispute boils down to two alternatives to the main project.
Alternative 3 is the staff recommended and owner preferred alternative. This alternative calls for a two story building between the Varsity Theater and the Hunt-Boyer Mansion and the Tank House to be demolished, moved, and then reconstructed to the west of a building. Ultimately that project alternative won out by a scant 3-2 vote.
Alternative 5 became the other option on this night. This was Richard Berteaux’s proposal. Quite frankly Rich Rifkin – and the artist rendering – sold me on this alternative, and it became my preferred alternative. This preferred alternative provided a greenhouse-type set up and the broader expanse of open space.
Commentary: Atria’s Increased Rents Imperils Seniors on Fixed Incomes
On November 24, 2007, Margaret Walker, President, associated residents of Covell Gardens, Davis, a senior living facility…