S.R. City Council Agenda, Oct 23rd

Greetings!

Thanks once again yo our friend, Anne Seeley, of Concerned Citizens For Santa Rosa, for her analysis of this week's City Council agenda.


Friends:

  There is a study session starting at 1PM, before the business meeting at 4PM.

13.1 Jennings Avenue Rail Crossing. If it feels like this controversy has been dragging on forever, it's because it has!   The City got an agreement from the California Public Utilities Commission (CalPUC) to have an at-grade crossing over the SMART tracks at Jennings Avenue, a popular east-west connection just south of Coddingtown. 

They communicated this to SMART, which agreed to commence planning.  Now SMART has issued a statement that it no longer supports an at-grade crossing.

   The alternative is a hugely expensive overpass that, in order to comply with ADA requirements would have to be extensive so as to allow wheelchair users to access it.

   Some cool heads need to find compromise.

 3.2 Climate Action Plan Activities.  Staff will give information about recent activities.

4PM

   Please understand that there are always preliminary matters on the agenda that I don't report on each week, such as reports by Council members, the City Manager and City Attorney. Lately, there is always a Fire Recovery and Rebuild Update.

12 Consent

  12.2 Rejection of all bids for the Fulton Road reconstruction from Occidental Road the West Third Street. The lowest bid was 70% over the Engineer's estimate

  12.3 Contract agreement with a Professional Arborist, American Tree Medics, Inc. in the amount of $102,036, to provide a report on street trees damaged by the fires last year.

There is one report item on possible release of a City easement to the County to build a new Behavioral Health Unit to serve the Adult Detention Facility.

See you there!

Anne