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My View: Council Looks to Change Pacifico, but Leaves Unanswered a Host of Questions

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 18, 2019
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My View: Council Looks to Change Pacifico, but Leaves Unanswered a Host of Questions

The council on Tuesday – faced with neighbors who wanted to demolish Pacifico and build a new facility, h ...

The council on Tuesday – faced with neighbors who wanted to demolish Pacifico and build a new facility, housing a different population – took a decidedly middle ground in their approach seeking a new ...

May 18, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Council Moves Forward with RFP for Changes to Pacifico

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 16, 2019
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Council Moves Forward with RFP for Changes to Pacifico

Facing calls by a handful of neighbors to level Pacifico and rebuild from scratch, the council instead to ...

Facing calls by a handful of neighbors to level Pacifico and rebuild from scratch, the council instead took the more modest step of calling for an RFP (Request for Proposal) and waiting before designa ...

May 16, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Target Pad Discussion Becomes Proxy for Broader Discussion of Target’s Impact on Downtown

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 15, 2019
| (18) Comments

Target Pad Discussion Becomes Proxy for Broader Discussion of Target’s Impact on Downtown

It was a minor item on a long agenda. There are three vacant spots in the pads around Target, but becaus ...

It was a minor item on a long agenda. There are three vacant spots in the pads around Target, but because none of them were 4000 square feet, they did not meet minimum requirements of the development ...

May 15, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Council Looks to Fix Mace and San Marino Intersection

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 12, 2019
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Council Looks to Fix Mace and San Marino Intersection

While the council looked at longer-term fixes for Mace Boulevard back when they met last on April 23, one ...

While the council looked at longer-term fixes for Mace Boulevard back when they met last on April 23, one of the quick and relatively inexpensive fixes will be at the corner of Mace and San Marino, wh ...

May 12, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Council Approves Changes, Will Have Experts Come Up with Design Proposal on Mace

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 24, 2019
| (8) Comments

Council Approves Changes, Will Have Experts Come Up with Design Proposal on Mace

The Davis City Council passed two motions on Tuesday night with respect to Mace Boulevard – the first ask ...

The Davis City Council passed two motions on Tuesday night with respect to Mace Boulevard – the first asking staff to immediately make changes to the Mace and San Marino intersection, along with the t ...

April 24, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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My View: Shenanigans or Not, We Need Workforce Housing *AND* R&D Development

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 23, 2019
| (15) Comments

My View: Shenanigans or Not, We Need Workforce Housing *AND* R&D Development

I get that it is disconcerting to be called out by your councilmember, especially when it’s the affable a ...

I get that it is disconcerting to be called out by your councilmember, especially when it’s the affable and mild-mannered Will Arnold, but Councilmember Arnold got it right on Chiles Road Apartments – ...

March 23, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Council Unanimous in Support of Chiles Road Project, Affordable Housing Stream

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 20, 2019
| (11) Comments

Council Unanimous in Support of Chiles Road Project, Affordable Housing Stream

In the end, neither the changes to the Affordable Housing ordinance, that enabled the council to approve ...

In the end, neither the changes to the Affordable Housing ordinance, that enabled the council to approve the alternative funding stream, nor the project at 3820 Chiles Road proved to be very controver ...

March 20, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Thoughts on Paid Parking

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: March 05, 2019
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Guest Commentary: Thoughts on Paid Parking

By Will Arnold This Tuesday, my City Council colleagues will discuss, and potentially take action, regard ...

By Will Arnold This Tuesday, my City Council colleagues will discuss, and potentially take action, regarding how and where we park our cars in Downtown Davis. By virtue of my wife and I owning a busin ...

March 05, 2019
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Council Vows to Drastically Change Pacifico after Hearing Earful from Neighbors

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 20, 2019
| (90) Comments

Council Vows to Drastically Change Pacifico after Hearing Earful from Neighbors

The council heard more than an hour of public comment on Tuesday, mostly from neighbors and adjacent resi ...

The council heard more than an hour of public comment on Tuesday, mostly from neighbors and adjacent residents complaining about the ongoing nuisance at Pacifico. Mayor Brett Lee did not even wait fo ...

February 20, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Council Discusses Commercial Space Options and Next Steps

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 09, 2019
| (11) Comments

Council Discusses Commercial Space Options and Next Steps

On Tuesday night, the city council heard staff’s presentation on available vacant commercially zoned prop ...

On Tuesday night, the city council heard staff’s presentation on available vacant commercially zoned properties in the city, making it clear that not all properties in the inventory are necessarily go ...

January 09, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Council Passes Ordinance to Limit Number of Delivery-Only Cannabis Retailers to Four

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 19, 2018
| (1) Comment

Council Passes Ordinance to Limit Number of Delivery-Only Cannabis Retailers to Four

Following a very brief discussion, the Davis City Council voted 5-0 to limit the total number of non-stor ...

Following a very brief discussion, the Davis City Council voted 5-0 to limit the total number of non-storefront, delivery-only cannabis retailers in the City to four – the current number that has been ...

December 19, 2018
| by David Greenwald

| (1) Comment

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Council to Look at Vertical Mixed Use Provisions of Affordable Housing Ordinance

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 14, 2018
| (18) Comments

Council to Look at Vertical Mixed Use Provisions of Affordable Housing Ordinance

Back on November 27, the council put forward interim provisions for extending the city’s affordable housi ...

Back on November 27, the council put forward interim provisions for extending the city’s affordable housing requirement. But they also put forward potential changes to the requirements for vertical m ...

December 14, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Council Approves City-County Tax-Sharing Agreement on Nishi, WDAAC

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 05, 2018
| (24) Comments

Council Approves City-County Tax-Sharing Agreement on Nishi, WDAAC

Last night after brief discussion the Davis City Council voted 5-0 to approve the agreed to tax-sharing a ...

Last night after brief discussion the Davis City Council voted 5-0 to approve the agreed to tax-sharing agreement between the city and council related to the Nishi Residential Development and West Dav ...

December 05, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Council Wants to Remove the Vertical Mixed-Use Exemption, but Should They?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 29, 2018
| (37) Comments

Commentary: Council Wants to Remove the Vertical Mixed-Use Exemption, but Should They?

The council got their crack at the affordable housing ordinance and, for the most part, did what was expe ...

The council got their crack at the affordable housing ordinance and, for the most part, did what was expected – they continued the ordinance until June. They left the 15 percent the same. However, t ...

November 29, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Council to Extend Interim Affordable Housing Ordinance; Will Look into Vertical Mixed-Use

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 28, 2018
| 0 comments

Council to Extend Interim Affordable Housing Ordinance; Will Look into Vertical Mixed-Use

The Davis City Council became the third entity in the last two weeks to look at the city’s affordable hou ...

The Davis City Council became the third entity in the last two weeks to look at the city’s affordable housing ordinance. Ultimately, they followed staff recommendations by keeping the 15 percent inte ...

November 28, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Council Backs New Cannery Village Plan Which Has Support of Neighbors

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 14, 2018
| (7) Comments

Council Backs New Cannery Village Plan Which Has Support of Neighbors

Last spring, the Cannery project put up another proposal that went over badly in both the Cannery neighbo ...

Last spring, the Cannery project put up another proposal that went over badly in both the Cannery neighborhood as well as the community as a whole. The proposal for an LA Fitness was opposed by exist ...

November 14, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Council Creates Subcommittee to Look Into Final Form of Plaza 2555

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 17, 2018
| (23) Comments

Council Creates Subcommittee to Look Into Final Form of Plaza 2555

The Davis City Council on Tuesday was unsure of the final form of Plaza 2555, but the councilmembers were ...

The Davis City Council on Tuesday was unsure of the final form of Plaza 2555, but the councilmembers were convinced that the site should be residential rather than commercial, as currently zoned. The ...

October 17, 2018
| by David Greenwald

| (23) Comments

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Commentary: Residential and Mixed Use Seem to Be the Direction for Downtown – but Will the Community Back It?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 13, 2018
| (7) Comments

Commentary: Residential and Mixed Use Seem to Be the Direction for Downtown – but Will the Community Back It?

What we saw emerge on Tuesday night with the first check in by the council on the Downtown Plan was a con ...

What we saw emerge on Tuesday night with the first check in by the council on the Downtown Plan was a consensus on a few points – but the key question going forward is going to be how practical a visi ...

September 13, 2018
| by David Greenwald

| (7) Comments

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Council Listens to Update on Davis Downtown – Focuses on Housing, Economic Development, and Sustainability

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 12, 2018
| (35) Comments

Council Listens to Update on Davis Downtown – Focuses on Housing, Economic Development, and Sustainability

The Davis City Council on Tuesday night received their first update on the Downtown Plan – there was a cl ...

The Davis City Council on Tuesday night received their first update on the Downtown Plan – there was a clear push for things like mixed use and residential in the core, as well as a push for sustainab ...

September 12, 2018
| by David Greenwald

| (35) Comments

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Council Unanimously Approves Davis Live Apartments, Students Push Back against Litigation

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 29, 2018
| (52) Comments

Council Unanimously Approves Davis Live Apartments, Students Push Back against Litigation

Given it is a location surrounded by other student housing, even a seven-story proposed project drew no o ...

Given it is a location surrounded by other student housing, even a seven-story proposed project drew no outright opposition at the council meeting on Tuesday – unless of course you are Soluri Meserve, ...

August 29, 2018
| by David Greenwald

| (52) Comments

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