[OldNorth] Fwd: Please send your comments NOW to save our parks and to oppose locating a sports complex on the toxic former landfill site (Comment deadline is July 16, 2010)

sheryl lynn gerety winterety at sbcglobal.net
Wed Jul 7 20:00:08 PDT 2010 

Please read the letter below, especially the paragraph relating to the  
proposed sale of the Civic Center Field on B Street between City Hall  
and MLK High School.

Below I've forwarded a letter concerning a City of Davis staff project  
that is just now gaining momentum.  Please take the time to:

Examine the issue spelled out below -- it does express a particular  
point of view but it also is a relatively detailed account of the  
staff proposal:  you will find formal proposals http://cityofdavis.org/pgs/press-releases/repository/2010-07-06.cfm 
  with other documents available as they are put up on the site.  The  
number of comments and strength of comments coming from our  
neighborhood will be important in the final determination of the  
future of Civic Field and other city parks.

Prepare comments, no matter how brief or from which position.   
Particular issues for comment might be:  what you like or dislike  
about the sites proposed for new ball fields; the city of Davis  
selling off its parks; the loss of a common greenspace for the area  
between 5th and 8th and roughly Park and G; the likelihood that the  
ball field would be field developed into mid- to high density housing;  
whatever you might identify as worthy of comment?

Thanks for your consideration,
Sheryl Gerety
Secretary, ONDNA Board



Begin forwarded message:

> From: "Pam Nieberg" <pnieberg at dcn.org>
> Date: July 7, 2010 3:33:30 PM PDT
> To: <Undisclosed-Recipient:;>
> Subject: Fw: Please send your comments NOW to save our parks and to  
> oppose locating a sports complex on the toxic former landfill site  
> (Comment deadline is July 16, 2010)
>
> I am forwarding this as is as time is of the essence.
>
> Pam
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Eileen M. Samitz
> Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2010 1:11 AM
> Subject: Please send your comments NOW to save our parks and to  
> oppose locating a sports complex on the toxic former landfill site  
> (Comment deadline is July 16, 2010)
>
> Hi All,
>
>  I need to bring your attention to a very important and disturbing  
> issue which has evolved recently which needs your input now. The  
> City is taking comments for the Notice of Preparation for an EIR for  
> a Sports Complex. There are three sites to be studied including the  
> Howat Ranch (700 acres which the City owns and is just 1 mile east  
> of the City), the Shriner’s site (which the City owns and is just  
> east of Wildhorse) and, unbelievably, the former toxic landfill site  
> (which the City owns and is just north of the Covell Village site)  
> which has known toxics. The Notice of Preparation (NOP) for the  
> Sports Complex EIR is taking comments due by Friday, July 16, 2010  
> at 5pm (only 10 days away) and your comments are needed now (see  
> email address below for Anne Brunette who is the City staff member  
> assigned). The toxic landfill site makes no sense for a sports  
> complex for children. It also makes no sense because of  the  
> traffic, night lighting, and noise impacts (PA systems and crowd  
> noise) would significantly impact the nearby neighborhoods. A sports  
> complex was proposed in the Covell Center project in 1997 and was  
> strongly opposed by the nearby neighborhoods and others who reviewed  
> the damning data on the traffic and other impacts as well as the  
> fiscal studies which revealed the financial infeasibility of the  
> sports complex then in this vicinity. The sports complex and Covell  
> Center were not approved by the City. Yet, the city seems to have  
> lost its memory of this history, and lost its sense of reason.
>
> Another issue of concern is that the NOP is suggesting that the city  
> sell off some of its parks like the downtown Civic Center Field (in  
> back of City Hall) and the Little League Field (at F ST. and Covell  
> Blvd.) to generate revenue to help pay for a sports complex. Since  
> the Civic Center Field is the only downtown recreation field this  
> proposal  is unacceptable. In fact NONE of our parks should be sold  
> off.
>
> The July 5, 2010 Vanguard covers the concern about the serious  
> toxics on this site and raises the very same concerns that I  
> expressed at the City public meeting last week. Please see the link  
> for the Vanguard article and please feel free to post comments as I  
> have at the web link:
>
> http://davisvanguard.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3555:how-concerned-should-we-be-about-a-sports-complex-on-a-former-landfill-site&catid=53:land-useopen-space&Itemid=86 
> .
>
> I URGE YOU TO PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR COMMENTS NOW INCLUDING THE POINTS  
> BELOW ON THE NOTICE OF PREPARATION (NOP) FOR THE SPORTS COMPLEX EIR  
> TO THE CITY TO: ABrunette at cityofdavis.org  BY FRIDAY JULY 16, 2010   
> AT 5PM (THIS DEADLINE IS ONLY 10 DAYS AWAY.)
>
> 1) OPPOSE CONSIDERATION OF THE TOXIC FORMER LANDFILL SITE FOR A  
> SPORTS COMPLEX.
>
> 2)  OPPOSE THE CITY SELLING OFF OUR PARKS LIKE THE DOWNTOWN CIVIC  
> CENTER FIELD AND THE LITTLE LEAGUE FIELD.
>
> 3) SUGGEST THAT THE HOWAT RANCH SITE BE CONSIDERED IF THE SPORTS  
> GROUPS CAN RAISE THE FUNDS TO BUILD THE COMPLEX AND MAINTAIN IT  
> SINCE THE CITY OWNS THIS SITE AND IT WOULD CREATE THE LEAST IMPACTS.
>
> For more information the Vanguard has covered this sports complex  
> issue in two other recent articles which can be web linked at:
> >From July 1, 2010:
> http://davisvanguard.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3545:city-takes-public-input-on-sports-complex-neighbors-concerned-about-plans-to-sell-civic-fields&catid=53:land-useopen-space&Itemid=86
>
> >From June 19, 2010
> http://davisvanguard.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3514:city-of-davis-prepares-eir-on-sports-park&catid=53:land-useopen-space&Itemid=86
>
> PLEASE HELP WITH YOUR INPUT NOW ON THIS CRITICAL ISSUE FOR THE  
> SAFETY OF OUR CHILDREN AND TO DEMAND A STOP TO THE ILLOGICAL  
> PROPOSALS IN THE NOTICE OF PREPARATION FOR THE SPORTS COMPLEX EIR.
>
> NOTE: THE DEADLINE IS IN ONLY 10 DAYS ON FRIDAY JULY 16, 2010 AT 5PM.
>
> If you have any questions please call me at 756-5165.
>
> Take care,
> -Eileen
>
>
>
>

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