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Letter to City Council on Planning Transportation in Alameda

April 16, 2012
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Mayor Gilmore and City Council members, I’m writing with concerns about the Prioritized Transportation Project list being presented at the City Council meeting on Tuesday night The list’s methodology is opaque, and the listed projects themselves are unknown and have not been discussed by the community or boards/commissions, so if the council adopts this list…

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Park Street Tree Post-mortem

November 10, 2011
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Last night’s Park Street Tree meeting was really invigorating (depressing as well). Below is the twitter comments at #alamtg. Before I get there, I want to share some brief thoughts now that it’s 12-hours later. The meeting was a perfect example of how public involvement,…

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2/3 of Park Street Trees rated “Good” or better

November 4, 2011
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A quick post in advance of the City’s Nov. 9th meeting about the Park Street Trees. According to the arborist hired as a part of the creation of the Tree Master Plan, two-thirds of the 21 trees that were removed in the 2nd phase of…

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Getting the Public back in Alameda Public Works

November 1, 2011
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In what ended up being a big coincidence, I was planning on writing about issues of public notice and involvement with major Public Works projects, including the Transportation Commission, last…

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Petition for Alameda’s Trees

October 25, 2011
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Petition for Alameda’s Trees

Alameda had a rude awakening last week when on Thursday and Friday, with no real notice, the city clear cut all the trees on the south end of Park Street.…

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So you’re going to the Alameda Planning Board

October 24, 2011
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Tonight the Planning Board will hold a public hearing on scoping for a possible EIR on the proposed reconfiguration of the City’s golf courses and land swap. Because of the…

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