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…
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2/3 of Park Street Trees rated “Good” or better
by jknoxwhite • • 1 Comment
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…
Getting the Public back in Alameda Public Works
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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 week. Then the department managed to prove my point exceedingly…
Comparable to the Mif?
by jknoxwhite • • 2 Comments
There is a lot of information out there about the Alameda Golf/Mif Swap unfortunately much of it is pretty bad which causes the discussion to wend its way out of control and into the absurd. That said, I think the…
Comments for tonight’s Alameda Sunshine Ordinance
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Mayor Gilmore and Councilmembers, At tonight’s meeting of the City Council you will hear the first reading of the draft sunshine ordinance. I want to thank staff for their hard work on this important ordinance. For the most part, their…
Open Government Ordinance returns to Alameda City Council
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Tomorrow night, the Alameda City Council will hold the first reading of the draft Sunshine Ordinance. The ordinance was originally presented to the City Council back in January and sent to city staff for comment. It returns pretty much intact.…
The new Alameda Youth Sports complex, slightly more realistic version.
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So HBIA, aka Ron Cowan, has hired a consultant to produce a minute and a half video of what building sports fields in the middle of a business park looks like. The only problem is that the cheesy music gives…
Alameda’s Crown Beach tragedy: community gets answers
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On Tuesday night, during the City Council meeting to receive and discuss the tragedy that ended with the death of Raymond Zack, after 9 Alamedans stood and asked questions about (or in some cases called into question) the independent report…
Updated: A Swing and a Mif
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Updated: 9/26 @12:30-ish – The City has decided to continue the 10/4 Mif item until 10/18 and go out for additional appraisals for the Mif. A victory for common (and political) sense. Kudos to the council members who stepped up…
The sunshine is shining in Alameda
by jknoxwhite • • 0 Comments
Sunshine in government is a really important tool for effecting better decision-making as well as encouraging greater, more meaningful participation in the public process. Yesterday, something momentous and good occurred. The City Council and ARRA agendas came out…10 days prior…