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Dear Honorable Council Members, Please leave a portion of the outdoor Left Bank and Bistro Vida areas in place but open up a car-width section on a permanent basis for cars. Also, while you are reviewing this area, please create a more pleasing “park-like-space” in that portion in front of Wal...
Thanks Mary. I am the corporate secretary for a board and was unable to get tonights meeting rescheduled. ....so, cannot attend tonight. Would someone please text me about the Councils action tonight. Thanks all! Carol On Tue, Jan 14, 2025 at 1:27 PM Mary Gilles <m.gilles@ggsir.com<ma...
Dear Honorable Council Members: There is substantial opposition to your plan to declare the downtown parking lots as surplus land. This valuable land which has been utilized for decades to foundationally support the local businesses is hardly surplus by any stretch of the imagination. Along wit...
Dear Honorable Council Members, Clearly, I am no scientist. After having discussion with my family, I would like to replace all reference to the ozone layer below with greenhouse gas emissions ! In any case, you get my point. I would like to express my opinion that the idea of banning gas in...
Dear Honorable Council Members, I would like to express my opinion that the idea of banning gas in people’s homes is over-reaching and is a direct infringement on an individual’s right to private property. But, even more importantly, where is the scientific evidence that indicates the ban of gas...
. Honorable Council Members, I wanted to thank you for assisting our local restaurant owners by allowing them to expand out onto Santa Cruz Avenue. I find the current design to be quite workable in terms of driving downtown and love the expansion of the restaurants out into the street. If we c...
. Honorable Council Members I agree with Ron Shepherd’s idea that the city sell the MP water department. Please investigate this. It has great merit. Consolidation and reducing pension costs should be at the forefront of the city’s agenda. Please stay focused on our local issues an inner w...
Dear Honorable Council Members, A friend of mine alerted me to the fact that you will be conducting labor negotiations tonight. I urge you to reduce the exponential rise of financial burden on the residents with respect to employee pension benefits. Labor contract negotiations in our cities, counti...
Hi Jen, I’m on your Parents for Safe Routes distribution list and applaud your efforts. I am very sorry to learn of your spill. You were so very lucky to escape more significant damage to your body as I have relatives who have broken limbs and received concussions on minimal spills from their bikes....
Dear Honorable Council Members, There is one additional subject that is very closely related to high rents in our area. It is the lack of housing. There is compelling evidence that the state of California is on its way to becoming more than 50% a renter state. Please see the attached slides from a p...
