[OldNorth] Polito Reassignment

[sheryl lynn gerety]

Old North Neighbors:

	At our last monthly meeting the Board Members of the ONDNA voted to 
send the following letter to Davis City officials.  I am posting a copy 
to the full neighborhood list so that you will be aware of it.
	
	I encourage any of you who know and have worked with Polito to express 
your own views, to City Officials and, if you wish, to the neighborhood 
organization.  If you have questions, please contact any member of the 
Board.

		Bruce Winterhalder

1 November 2004

Mayor Asmundson; Council Members: Greenwald, Puntillo, Souza,  and 
Saylor; City Manager, Jim Antonen; and, Community Development Director, 
Bill Emlen:
	
  	We were distressed to learn that Esther Polito has been relieved of 
her duties as the City of Davis Planning Staff member with lead 
responsibility for the  Conservation Districts and historic 
preservation, and as liaison with the Historic Resources Management 
Commission.

  	Esther has been invaluable in helping our Old North neighborhood in 
discussions regarding growth, development, and preservation issues.  
She has shown a  singular ability to balance the opportunities of 
responsible development  with the need to preserve the character from 
which arises such high quality of life as Davis offers.

  	She has always conducted City business with scrupulous attention to  
fairness and balance. The issues that she has worked on can often be  
contentious - but while she has her own opinions about development and  
preservation, as do many of us, Esther is far better than most at 
separating her personal opinion from her official duties.  We fear that 
her dismissal is a signal that preservation is being given diminished 
importance by the City in legitimate debates about the pace, place and 
form of development in Davis.

  	Esther Polito has made great contributions to Davis through her work. 
  This action appears to be unfair to her skills and conscientious 
effort; it reflects badly on our City.  We, the Board of the Old North 
Davis Neighborhood Association request that this action be 
reconsidered.  We will sorely miss Polito’s dedicated efforts to help 
us all understand one another and arrive at fair and well-considered 
solutions to problems of zoning, in-fill, preservation and development, 
and other issues of great concern to the people of Davis.

	Passed unanimously, Thursday, October, 28th, 2004,  Board, ONDNA (Dan 
Braunshweig, Dennis  Dingemans, Dan Quickert, Steve Tracy, Andy 
Wallace, Angela Willson, and Bruce Winterhalder)


Bruce Winterhalder
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