Commentary: Planning Commission Meeting Shows the Mess We Are In
The Vanguard has been an equal opportunity critic lately of the planning process. The Vanguard was very…
Planning Commission Unable to Act on Key Provisions of Trackside Proposal
Confused over the requirements under the Design Guidelines and frustrated at the lack of access to staff…
Key Questions that Trackside Raises about Design Guidelines and Core Area Specific Plan
Tonight the latest iteration of Trackside goes before the Davis Planning Commission. The Planning Commission will not…
Trackside Goes Back to Planning Commission
Back in July, the Davis Planning Commission was set to hear and make a recommendation on the…
Sunday Commentary: What Do Trackside and Davis Ace Have in Common?
Back in June there was a lengthy discussion over a proposed parking project by Davis Ace Hardware. …
Monday Morning Thoughts: What Should We Do about Trackside?
From the start, Trackside has been a lightning rod for criticism. The initial project was seen as…
Monday Morning Thoughts: More on Trackside and the Core Area Specific Plan
Yesterday’s column argued that the city may need to update its Core Area Specific Plan (CASP) before…
Sunday Commentary: Trackside Debate Illustrates Need for CASP Update
I have mixed feelings on the need to do a new General Plan. Or at least a…
Trackside to Hold Public Hearing on Initial Study
Next week, the Davis Planning Commission will conduct a public hearing on the Trackside Center project, as…
Commentary: Would a New General Plan Mean More Growth for Davis?
The view has floated around for years – the idea is that the reason people are pushing…
Commentary: Where Can We Go with Economic Development?
In my preparation for yesterday’s commentary about the downfall once again of the hotel conference center, I…
Sunday Commentary: What Should Davis Do about the Downtown?
This week a discussion and debate over the Davis Ace parking lot proposal became an entry point…
Commentary: What We Have Learned from the Parking Discussion
The appeal of the Davis Ace parking project led to one of the more unique occurrences on…
Council Allows Ace Parking Project to Move Forward
It spawned a far broader and far more important debate than the decision over a simple project…
Commentary: Thoughts on Parking and Core Area Specific Planning
For the last several weeks a council item on in-lieu parking fees, and now an appeal of…
Staff Recommends Council Deny Appeal of Ace Hardware Decision
On May 10, the Davis Planning Commission approved a Conditional Use Permit for a parking lot with…
When East Is West and North Is South
By Michael Bisch “On-site parking shall not be placed in front of buildings along sidewalks; there shall…
Commentary: Parking As a Generational Issue?
For much of the last week or so, key Vanguard discussions have focused around the issue of…
Appealing the Planning Commission Decision to Approve Redevelopment at Ace Hardware
by Mark West On May 10th, the Planning Commission approved revisions to a previously approved redevelopment project…
Rethinking Parking
“We don’t want developers to build surface lots. And our zoning, still to this day, is based…
