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Month: February 2018

  • On the Cannery, Housing, and Davis’s Small-Town Feel

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    Source: Davis LocalWiki

    At its February 20 meeting, the City Council was supposed to review a proposal to bring a large, corporate gym to the Cannery, a change to the original proposal that the developer is asking for. The Council decided at the request of the developer to delay the item until March 13, but a number of people gave public comment anyway.

    I found many of these comments to be heartfelt, insightful, and persuasive, but one resonated with me in particular because it was so similar to my own experience, and also because I think it has very far-reaching implications:

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  • Some Reflections on Truth and its Importance

    Starfish_smlrby Jim Leonard
    When you don't know whether whether what you "know" is true or not, valid decision-making becomes impossible.
    And, any decisions made with information of such low quality cannot be monitored as to their effects, which are possibly disastrous; for example, it is unknown whether an enemy has launched missiles or not, the urgency might still trigger a response, whether valid or not. The situation becomes chaotic.
     

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  • Thrifty at the SPCA

    SPCA_smlr2A second hand item.

    Second to what?

    Second to none other than

    That voice inside your head.

    As if somehow box store items

    Are pristine in their past.

    Untouched by experience.

    As if that whisper of “that’s so mine”,

    Knows the difference between new or not new,

    You know when it’s yours,

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  • Proposed revisions to the Cannery project will NOT be heard by the City Council tonight

    From: "City of Davis eNotification" <webmaster@cityofdavis.org>

    City Council Agenda Update – February 20, 2018

    Date: February 20, 2018 2:18 p.m.

    PLEASE NOTE:
    Agenda Item 5 – Public Hearing on The Cannery Marketplace Project Revisions will not be heard at tonight's City Council meeting. The item will be opened and continued to the City Council meeting on Tuesday, March 13, 2018. Discussion of the item will take place at the March 13 meeting.

    We apologize for any inconvenience.

  • Dear Bright Davis Neighbor,

    Green CobraDespite erroneous media and staff reports to the contrary, the streetlight issue is not resolved.  

    The Council will hear the item tonight, Tuesday night, February 20th at 9:15pm.  

    If you still have streetlights that glow orange and are bowl-shaped on the bottom, those lights are scheduled to be replaced soon with PG&E’s streetlight brand-of-choice.  The Council needs to hear from residents of the older neighborhoods, where these replacement lamps will be installed.  

    Write if you cannot be there:   citycouncilmembers@cityofdavis.org


    PROGRESS

    We commend PG&E for listening and making progress.  They have agreed to go with a 2700k light rather than a 3000k light.  That number is good, but it is not the light that Davis residents chose in the 2014 field survey,  and despite what the staff report implies, color temperature is NOT the primary issue here.

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  • On Civil Discourse

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    With discussions over the June elections heating up, it is perhaps not surprising that discussions about what does and does not constitute civil discourse are also heating up in Davis.

    Luckily for us, these rules have long been established, so we need only take this opportunity to remind ourselves of what they are. The devil is in the details, but the basic idea is this: do not commit the ad hominem fallacy. That is, do not attack the person. Criticizing their arguments or actions, however, is legitimate.

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  • The Cannery’s Latest Development Proposal Has Many Deficiencies and Again Leaves Davis with More Traffic But Without Funding to Pay for Ways to Reduce Impacts

    by Alan Pryor and Rick Heubeck

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    Four years ago three members of the Davis City Council (Lucas Frerichs,  Rochelle Swanson, and Dan Wolk) voted to approve a Development Agreement between the City of Davis and the New Home Company (the Cannery site developer) that granted entitlements to the New Home Company to construct 547 residential units and a Commercial District on the 100 acre former cannery site. Then Mayor Joe Krovoza and Councilmember Brett Lee opposed the project

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  • Downtown at Raja’s

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    As your nose reaches the top most step,

    An aroma of Tandoori yumminess  

    wafts into your hungry self.

    A smile may begin to appear

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  • The Yolo County District Attorney race is contested for the first time in years – and voters should pay attention

    Last month, Dean Johansson declared his candidacy for Yolo County district attorney (story here).  This is the first time since 2006 that the election has been contested.  But are Yolo County voters paying attention?

    Seems as if they should, if this a recent Facebook post from the campaign is even remotely accurate. 

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  • Can Davis grow its way to affordable housing?

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    Can Davis grow its way to affordable housing?

    In short, no. And you should be highly suspicious of anyone who is claiming that it can. They are either wishful thinkers, misinformed, or being deliberately misleading.

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