This Week in Your Government

Monday, June 21 – Friday, June 25, 2010

Summer Solstice is upon us; Monday has the most daylight of year.  Though summer is in full swing, your government representatives continue working on your behalf.

Davis Sports Park EIR NOP Scoping Meeting June 30, 2010
From the city of Davis website:

On November 5, 2009, the Davis City Council adopted an Updated Housing Element for the General Plan. Included in the Housing Element Update were designation of the Civic Center ball field and Davis Little League Complex as future infill housing sites in the General Plan. Concurrently, the city of Davis is preparing an EIR for a Sports Park on the periphery of town at one of three locations. The locations are County Roads 105 and 32A, property north of Covell Boulevard and east of Wildhorse and the Old Davis Landfill on County Road 102. Because the Sports Park provides replacement fields for both Civic and Davis Little League the city is required to address the environmental impacts that would be associated with the fields being converted to housing.

Once a decision is made to prepare an EIR, the lead agency must prepare a Notice of Preparation (NOP) to inform all responsible and trustee agencies that an EIR will be prepared (CEQA Guidelines Section 15082). The City of Davis is also soliciting comments on the scope of the EIR from interested persons. The City of Davis is hosting an EIR NOP Scoping meeting for the Davis Sports Park on June 30, 2010 at the Davis Police Station Community Room located at 2600 Fifth Street. The purpose of a scoping meeting is to review what the city intends to study in the EIR and provide the public with an opportunity to suggest additional environmental issues which should be studied. After preparation of the Draft EIR and subsequent release to the public for review and comment, the City Council will be provided with the EIR, including responses to all public comments on the DEIR, disclosing what the impact to the environment will be before taking any final action on rezoning either Civic Center ball field, Davis Little League fields or approval of a Sport Park alternative.

The scoping meeting will be in a workshop format so participants may drop in any time between 7:00-9:00 pm. Representatives from the various youth sports groups involved in the Sports Complex, city staff and EIR consultant will be available to answer questions. Comment sheets will be available at the workshop. Comments may also be submitted to Anne Brunette, Property Management Coordinator, 23 Russell Blvd. Davis, CA 95618 or abrunette@cityofdavis.org. Comments should be submitted by no later than July 16, 2010, 5PM. A copy of the Notice of Preparation and Initial Study can be found on the City’s website.

The following are your opportunities to participate in the public process this week.  Click on links for locations and full agendas.  As always, if important events have been overlooked, add them as a comment.

Monday, 21 June 2010

7:00 pm – CITY – Social Services Commission

7:30 pm – Davis Joint Unified School District Board of Education - second reading and possible adoption of homework policy and administrative regulations; closed session discussion of public employee appointment for Interim Superintendent/Acting Superintendent/Superintendent and conference with agency negotiator regarding contracted employees: Associate Superintendent of Human Resources and Secondary Education and Assistant Superintendent of Instructional Services and Elementary Education.

(Note: The BOE has extended their usual June meeting schedule.  The next meeting is Wednesday, June 30 at 6:00 pm to adopt the final 2010-11 budget.)

Wednesday, 23 June 2010

7:00 pm – CITY – Planning Commission

Thursday, 24 June 2010

3:30 – COUNTY – Waste Advisory Committee

6:30 pm – CITY – Human Relations Committee