Bomb Shelters and Aggie Research Campus.

Unprecedented Push for Development in Uncertain Times

City of Davis Commissions directed to focus on huge development project as top USA officials describe this week as "the hardest and saddest", "Pearl Harbor… our 9/11 moment" and "shocking to some".

Davis family discusses Aggie Research Campus DEIR prior to participation in Commission meetings.

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"This is going to be the hardest and saddest week of most Americans' lives, quite frankly," U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams told "Fox News Sunday." "This is going to be our Pearl Harbor moment, our 9/11 moment, only it's not going to be localized. It's going to be happening all over the country."

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said bluntly on CBS's "Face the Nation" show, "This is going to be a bad week. It's going to be shocking to some." – Globalsecurity.org, April 5, 2020.

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City of Davis Staff monitors virtual meeting for Zoom bombers.
Photo credit: http://sites.austincc.edu/caddis/versailles-to-pearl-harbor-2/

SO then why is the City of Davis continuing the process to review the huge, far-reaching Aggie Research Campus proposal this week? The Bicycling, Transportation and Street Safety (BTSSC) and Open Space and Habitat (OSHC) Commissions – all volunteers – are being tasked to review and thoughtfully comment on hundreds of pages of documentation for meeting this week – the OSHC meeting is at 6:30pm today – while they are essentially being asked to "stay in their cellars", "evacuate the children to the countryside or England" (WWII references) and monitor the email/social media of family and loved ones to see who is dying. And then no one can attend funerals.

The City Council clearly recognizes the urgency of COVID-19 as it has declared an emergency and created protections for renters, mortgage holders and others. Its meeting tomorrow will focus on COVID-19. I am happy to continue proposing ideas and so on to the City (and County) and focus on that. (I’ve gotten some helpful responses, too, from Rental Resources and Supervisor Provenza.) It's not only difficult to focus on anything else, to be asked to do so is cruel.

Davis City Council: Please immediately postpone the process for ARC. It's an abuse of community process, and it's an abuse of Commissioners, their families and loved ones… some of whom will not be with us in one week.

• Todd Edelman (member of BTSSC – only for identification purposes)

Davis Children (in the same family) watch President Trump watch Commission meetings.
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Please also see Roberta Millstein's March 17 letter to the City Council., "Need to focus on essentials for City's COVID-19 Emergency"