[OldNorth] Car Problems Green Curbs Alone Do Not Solve

[Eric Stromberg]

Dear Valerie: After our neighborhood meeting we emailed Chief Hyde, who was
quick to ensure prompt attention from Officer Gomez, the downtown business
liason.  Devon, the bike camper who had  streams of visitors, has moved on
for the time. Brian, the original bike camper is still here, but he tends to
be quiet and polite.

John Jones of the VW camper on 6th was taken to a local care facility and
has not been released. He is a long term drinker in very poor health.

There is a woman living in her black honda civic in the center north of the
Co-op.  Brian says she likes to smoke crack and  has grown children who live
in Davis.

-Eric
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Valerie Vann" <valerie at vanngroup.com>
To: "Old North Neighborhood Assoc." <oldnorth at velocipede.dcn.davis.ca.us>
Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2004 4:05 PM
Subject: Re: [OldNorth] Car Problems Green Curbs Alone Do Not Solve


> John Lofland wrote:
> >
> > A few cars are even parked as quasi-living quarters that collect
> > garbage around them. (Check the volvos in front of 405 Seventh and
> > 600 Sixth, and the VW bus on sixth street by 536 G. [Street-dwellers
> > have good tastes in auto brands.])
> >
>
> The VW bus is one the 6th street "campers" (the other is a custom
> bicycle owner who lives on the sidewalk/planting strip next to the
> rear of the COOP.
>
> The COOP considers this 6th St. homeless encampment a growing problem
> (they use the COOP bathroom facilities during the day and the railroad
> right-of-way at night) and are a noise/party/litter problem,
> according to the COOP manager. Eric solicited neighborhood assistence
> at a meeting several weeks ago,but only two of us showed up, so it was
> suggested he ask for a meeting with the city manager (they're not getting
> much help from the police apparently.) I don't know the current
> status of the situation.
>
> >street cleaning
>
> As long as some residences have no off street parking at all, and
> the City insists on street collection of uncontainerized yard
> trash, I don't know what the solution to the sweeping problem is. My
> block tends to get swept Thanksgiving and Spring breaks, and
> that's about it. No Parking on alternate sides of the street works in
> some places, but I don't know if it would here; people would
> probably rather have dirty streets. It is also an environmental and
> drainage problem.
>
> Valerie Vann
>
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