[OldNorth] ON Walkabout; City Planning Staff

[sheryl lynn gerety]

Old North Neighbors:

        For your information. . .
       
          On December 20th, Esther Polito led seven members of the City 
of Davis planning staff on an afternoon walkabout of Old North.  As I 
understand, their route included observation or visits to the 530 F St 
second unit, Z's home, the Braunschweig/Melton remodel on D St, Scott 
Neeley's renovation of basement space in his D St home, Sheryl and my 
partially constructed (602 C St) guest cottage, other cottages on the 
C-D St alley, and the site of the proposed accessory unit development 
at 539 E St.  I believe they discussed other projects along the route.  
The idea was to give planners a chance to see the outcome of their 
work, learn about the neighborhood, and to discuss R2-CD Zoning and the 
Residential Design Guidelines in situ.
        Esther contacted me in advance about the plans for the outing 
and I offered to make up a packet of information for each of the 
planning staff participants.  That packet included a copy of:
        (i)     John Lofland's book, Old North Davis (with the Picture 
Map Supplement);
        (ii)    The ONDNA leaflet; and,
        (iii)   The color map prepared by John depicting and briefly 
describing the high density of recent remodels, additions and accessory 
unit construction in the neighborhood.
        I briefly met the group when they visited our cottage near the 
end of the tour.  The planners virtually all expressed appreciation for 
the printed materials and the willingness of the various ON households 
visited to host and talk with them.
        I'm sure the tour was informative for them and ultimately that 
it will be good for ON.  Next time you see them, please thank Esther 
for organizing this and John Lofland for doing much of the work that 
made the printed materials so useful with respect to the history, 
defining features and current transformations of ON.
               
                  Bruce   

Bruce Winterhalder
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