(Last UPDATED 6/21/19) Description of the McKinley Water Vault, an underground storage tank that will hold combined stormwater and wastewater when the City combined sewer system is at capacity. It will be located underneath the George “Butter” Cole Field in McKinley Park. (Original Post) The City of Sacramento (City) held a public meeting on September […]
McKinley Water Vault Public Scoping Meeting
(UPDATED 1/2/2019) On Monday, June 19 approximately 40 individuals braved the triple-digit heat to attend the McKinley Water Vault Public Scoping Meeting at Clunie Center in the Sacramento McKinley Park neighborhood. This was the first of a series of meetings the City of Sacramento will hold on the McKinley Park Vault project. The City of […]
Travel & Leisure Magazine Survey
Did you see the recent (April 21st) Sacramento Bee headline about a Travel & Leisure magazine America’s Favorite Places survey? The headline read “Sacramento is No. 2 city for ugliest people”. Wow! Well, it caught my eye and I thought that I would look into the survey a bit more (without buying the magazine). Travel […]
Downtown Sacramento Specific Plan Survey
All Sacramento residents have the opportunity to participate in the Downtown Specific Plan Survey. You have until Friday, March 10 to make your opinion heard. I filled out the survey and I encourage you to do so also. Filling out the survey is somewhat similar to voting during local, state and federal elections in my […]
Flood Control Back on the Front Burner
(UPDATED 2/25/17) After years of severe drought, an unusually wet winter (to date) and the crisis/near-catastrophe at Oroville Dam have combined to put flood control infrastructure i.e. dams, spillways, levees, etc. back on the front burner of our elected officials – both state and federal. This is a very good thing. While it appears that […]