Analysis: Will the Council Approve Both Hotels?
Believe it or not, tonight may mark the first real test of the Davis City Council. Unless…
Monday Morning Thoughts: URP Game Changer on the Hotel Issue Too?
A week ago if you have asked me about the hotel issue, the calculation was simple. The…
Guest Commentary: Why the Hyatt House Proposal Should Be Rejected by the Davis City Council
by Carl Boyd, Alan Pryor, Lisa Sanders, Gregg Schwab, Levi Souza, and Carol & Tennis Tollefson (all Rosecreek…
Guest Commentary: What Does the Zoning Say?
By Mark West We have had a number of discussions here on the Davis Vanguard (DV) about…
Why Staff Recommends Hyatt House after Denial by Planning Commission
The city of Davis planning staff is recommending approval of the Hyatt House, despite the 4-3 vote…
Staff Recommends Approval of Both Proposed Hotels
City Manager Dirk Brazil announced at last night’s council meeting that the city had already posted the…
Monday Morning Thoughts: A Lot of Uncertainty about Hotel Projects
In a little over a week, the Davis City Council will be asked to weigh in on…
A Tale of Two Hotels: Why We Need Both
By Shane Tucker The City Council will consider two hotel projects at its October 25 meeting –…
Sunday Commentary: What Should the Council Do about Additional Hotels?
In the past month, the Planning Commission voted down the Hyatt House and unanimously approved the Marriott…
Sunday Commentary: We Live Under a False Sense of Permanency in Davis
A city that has been unable to develop on the periphery for two decades, starved for tax…
My View: Will an Updated General Plan Solve This Crisis?
One of the issues that came out of Wednesday’s Planning Commission meeting was the need for a…
Commentary: City Needs to Change Planning Staff Dynamics – and Fast
Wednesday night brought another avoidable debacle from the city’s planning staff. We will get into some of…
Planning Commission Votes Not to Move Ahead with Hyatt House
It was another situation with the developers of the Hyatt House attempting to better address the neighbors’…
Sunday Commentary: Is Good Planning Even Possible in This Toxic Atmosphere?
For years the issue of land use seemed to disappear from the radar of the city. The…
Hotel Developers Unveil Plan to Address Privacy; Planning Commission Hears More Concern From Neighbors
A special meeting of the Davis Planning Commission at 8 am, out on the greenbelt near the…
Analysis: A Look at the Fiscal Analysis of Davis Hotels
Coming out of the planning commission meeting, it was obvious that there is serious neighborhood concern regarding…
My View: The Cost of Raising Tough Issues
It is perhaps ironic that this year marks the 10th year of the founding of the Vanguard…
Fact-Checking Concerns about the Hyatt House Hotel
On Sunday morning the Vanguard walked around the proposed Hyatt House site and the adjacent neighborhood with…
Sunday Commentary: The Davis Dilemma
The Hyatt House hotel is only the most recent example of the difficulty of doing infill in…
Staff Recommends Planning Commission Approval of Hyatt Hotel Project
City staff is recommending that the planning commission approve a proposed Hyatt House hotel project in South…
