October 13, 2020
On October 13, 2020, the Environmental Council of Sacramento, Habitat 2020 and the Friends of the Stone Lakes Wildlife Refuge, submitted a comment letter on the California Northstate University Medical Center Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR).
Creek Week 2020 was cancelled because of COVID-19, but…
You can still help clean our creeks and other natural areas this fall and beyond! Whether you want to venture out with a small team on your own or join in an organized clean-up, please read and follow the clean-up guidance.
A few organized clean-ups are offered in October. Check dates and locations on the Creek Week website. Registration for these organized clean-ups is open. Receive your Creek Week thank you memento at the clean-up location.
Dates: Any morning in October you choose. Check creekweek.net pages for suggested creek spots or choose somewhere near your home that could use some trash clean-up. Registration not required. Report your clean-up results and receive a Creek Week thank you!
October 9, 2020
New deadline: October 25, 2020
The City of Sacramento is asking residents to provide their thoughts on a plan that will outline how parks and related services will grow over the next 20 years.
The Parks Master Plan 2040 will be created by the City’s department of Youth, Parks & Community Enrichment (YPCE) and guide planners in building new parks and recreation facilities, and youth and recreation programs.
“Beautiful parks, robust recreation and enriching programs are critical to our City’s future,” said Park Planning, Design, and Development Manager Raymond Costantino. “We want residents to dream big and feel empowered to help us develop services and facilities that will give Sacramentans a better quality of life for generations to come.”
The City’s department of Youth, Parks & Community Enrichment is asking residents to take an online survey, called a “Maptionnaire,” which is a map-based survey tool that allows people to share their opinions about parks and programs within various Sacramento neighborhoods. The survey is available in English, Hmong, Simplified Chinese, Spanish and Vietnamese.
Public outreach for the plan will continue over the next several months and will include a youth workshop and a photo contest with prizes.
“Another key outreach component will be virtual panels geared toward underrepresented and underserved communities,” Costantino said.
A Parks Master Plan for Sacramento was last updated in 2009. Since then, the department of Youth, Parks & Community Enrichment has undergone many changes – including a name change – to better prioritize Sacramento’s youth services and life-enriching programs for residents of all ages.
The City of Sacramento Parks Master Plan 2040 is expected to be finalized in 2021.
Your local transit operators and the regional transportation planning agency, the Sacramento Area Council of Governments (SACOG), are looking for comments and suggestions that will help plan and improve transit services in Sacramento, Yolo, Yuba and Sutter counties.
You can share your comments on transit services in the four counties in a number of ways.
Participate in one of the the Unmet Transit Needs hearings via Zoom – click here for the dates and more info: https://www.sacog.org/unmet-transit-needs
OR
Email – transitneeds[at]sacog[dot]org
Online Comments – sacog.org/unmet
Call/Text – (916) 426-3799
Mail -SACOG, Attn: Unmet Transit Needs, 1415 L Street, Suite 300, Sacramento, CA 95814
Deadline: All comments must be received by November 23, 2020.
October 27, 2020 – 2:00pm | Meeting ID – 976 6567 0483, passcode – unmetneeds. Phone access also available at (888) 475-4499.
October 28, 2020 – 2:00pm | Meeting ID – 964 8114 0701, passcode – unmetneeds. Phone access also available at (888) 475-4499.
October 29, 2020 – 2:00pm | Meeting ID – 961 5128 4151, passcode – unmetneeds. Phone access also available at (888) 475-4499.
November 4, 2020 – 6:00pm | Meeting ID – 927 9341 6737, passcode – unmetneeds. Phone access also available at (888) 475-4499.
January 21, 2021 – 9:30am
Let your opinion be heard – Provide your public comments during the SACOG January 2021 Board meeting.
LOCATION: Remote meeting via Zoom
More meeting information will be posted here once available.
Please note – Comments on all four county (Sacramento, Sutter, Yolo and Yuba) transit services will be accepted at this hearing.
Below are each of the flyers.
On September 25, 2020, the Environmental Council of Sacramento submitted comments to Sacramento County in response to their request for community input for forming our County’s long-awaited Climate Action Plan.
The County has broad authority and influence over GHG-emitting activities, including land use patterns and building practices, and has crucial public health responsibilities. I understand that the CAP is a legally-framed document, responding to State GHG-reduction targets. The County needs to more than the legally-required minimum.
– Ralph Propper, ECOS President
We expect to see a draft Sacramento County Climate Action Plan in 2-3 months that the public can review.
September 18, 2020
The environmental review for Aggie Square Phase 1 is being done in a document called the “Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the University of California, Davis Sacramento Campus 2020 Long Range Development Plan Update.” For additional information and to access the Draft Supplemental EIR and Draft 2020 LRDP Update, click here.
Public comments on the Notice of Availability of the Draft Supplemental EIR were due on September 16, 2020. The Environmental Council of Sacramento and its partners submitted comment letters outlining our concerns with the document.
“Our primary concern is that the planned expansion of the UC Davis Sacramento Campus facilities does not cause displacement of low-income residents in the surrounding neighborhoods.”
Environmental Council of Sacramento (ECOS)
Click here to view the letter from the Environmental Council of Sacramento.
“We hope to see a version of Aggie Square that supports the health and livelihoods of existing and future Sacramento residents through the creation of affordable home and job opportunities for communities too often excluded from the economic prosperity and investments elsewhere in the City.”
Sacramento Investment Without Displacement
Click here to view the letter from the Sacramento Investment Without Displacement.
Click here to learn more about this project, and our concerns.
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