Friday Update on January 31 2020
All,
Lot’s on the City Council Agenda for Tuesday.
Discussion Items:
- Trash Rates
- Senior Center Grant Application
- Housing Management Agreement with Yolo Housing
- Animal Services
- Housing Element- Request for Consultant Services
Consent Items:
- Redevelopment Agency Dissolution Schedule
- Employee Injury and Illness Prevention Plan
- Civic Spark Fellow Services
- Landfill Monitoring
- Acceptance of Phase IA Improvements- Winters Highlands
A couple items for update:
- A Solano County Judge has ruled in favor of the various Public Agencies involved in the legal disputes surrounding the Phase 3 Putah Creek Project. This summarily ends the years of legal wrangling on the Winters Putah Creek Park Projects. Its nice to move forward!
- Staff had a good meeting with Bob Polkinghorn from the group working on a growth referendum. Overall a very good meeting and a commitment to keeping channels of communication open. We talked about a number of subjects including traffic circulation, impacts on affordable housing, the potential for litigation from various interests, economic sustainability, fiscal impacts, the impacts on overall City planning, infrastructure and services. We are providing Bob with a considerable amount of information for him to share with his group in consideration of what they are proposing. The meeting was productive and I appreciated Bobs time.
- Staff met with Neighborworks, a non-profit housing development firm about the possibility of a “self help” housing project to build 26 units in the Winters Highlands Subdivision. This could be an exciting project for 2020.
- The information from the Community Engagement Workshop is still being compiled and it will be shared over the course of the next few weeks. This and next week are literally “monster” weeks for some of us, so the workload balance has many balls in the air!
- Both the Fairfield Inn and Blue Mountain Terrace Apartments are beginning construction. Look for lots of activity during the break in the weather.
- The Mitigated Negative Declaration on the Walnut 10 subdivision will be out for public review next week.
- The Public Safety Recognition Dinner is scheduled for February 29 2020.
Finally, my Super Bowl LIV Prediction. I am a staunch believer that you win with Defense. The 49ers have, without question the best defensive front 7 in the NFL, rivaling even their greatest years. Kansas City is probably weaker up front on D but overall they are better against the run than the embarrassing Green Bay Packers meaning Jimmy G will need to throw the ball. KC has better coverage from their linebackers and corners than the 49ers have faced in the playoffs which will benefit in dealing with the awesomeness of George Kittle. My favorite 49er is clearly Richard Sherman who will thrive in the Super Bowl atmosphere. Patrick Mahomes will also thrive but I really think Jimmy G who has been to multiple Super Bowls will have a better focus when it comes to the fourth quarter. My prediction is to take the “over” (the current Vegas line is only 54.5) and the 49ers will win the game behind 2 long Robbie Gould field goals, a Richard Sherman “pick 6” and Kittle shredding the weakness of the KC safeties with a couple long TD catches to become the MVP. Niners 39 KC 26
Go Niners!