Steve May 23, 2013 at 09:27 am
No voter approval would be needed for a plan to be put in place. Public meetings are required to…Read More have the council vote on expenditures over $50,000. Internal staff discussions do not constitute a plan. Go to the city website to signup for all council agendas and you can also watch all council meetings on their Video-on-Demand section.
Karyne Ghantous May 22, 2013 at 11:01 am
Thanks for the "prose" compliment Steve! If you read my original blog above, I gave the…Read More basis for my facts and clearly articulated that the City was contemplating this plan. If you have doubts that the City was in fact considering such a plan, you might want to scroll up to Mr. Creaven (this forum's Editor)'s comments. You will see he references a story they ran on this very plan recently. My blog explains that Mr. Low likewise explained that most of the City's discussion on this was "internal." If you are curious about the specifics you can always draft a request for information to the City Clerk and ask for any of these internal documents. Do you seriously think I imagined some kind of City plot against the trees and coincidentally came up with the identical numbers Councilman Hudson provided in his email to me before I notified my neighbors on the City's contemplated plans?
While I agree that a decision of this magnitude would need voter approval, this Council nearly elected to remove 100 trees on Bollinger without bothering to provide notice. It took an organized effort to fight for those trees and we still have not won that fight with the developers continuing to add thousands of additional homes there while the Council ignores the City's rights to enforce the DVSA. I wasn't going to sit back and wait for the ball to be in motion before alerting the San Ramon residents of their contemplated plans after I had personal conversations with the City on their plan to remove thousands of trees in our neighborhoods. I trust you understand.
Steve May 22, 2013 at 10:44 am
Jeff,
While Ms Ghantous prose may be fine, her facts are not. A plan of this magnitude and scope…Read More could only be approved at a council meeting. This would be on an agenda and discussed in the public forum. No such agenda item has been presented and there is no plan.
The concrete barriers on Bollinger Cyn Rd are on loan from a local construction company. A permanent fix would have to be presented to the council and a plan approved at a public meeting.
Sign up for council agnedas on the San Ramon web site to get the real information.
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All Boards » Christopher Michael Lee May 15, 2013 at 11:05 pm
Thank you so much Ms. Marcia Parker. It would be my pleasure to offer in any way I can. I must…Read More admit, I am not the most adept blogger, however, I am more than willing to try!
Marcia Parker (Editor) May 15, 2013 at 11:12 am
Congrats Christopher. We'd love to have you blogging on San Ramon Patch!
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