The latest updates of the city’s 2030 general plan were outlined for City Council members Thursday, including enhancements to the green development code and efforts to reduce community-wide greenhouse gas emissions. Long Range Planning Manager Tom Pace told the council that updates to the green development code will provide more flexibility in development standards, making it easier to develop smaller urban infill lots. The city’s climate action plan, which was adopted in February, includes a number of ways the community can reach a greenhouse gas emissions target of 15 percent below 2005 levels by the year 2020, according to Pace. A new part of the climate action plan is Sacramento’s p

The City of Sacramento invites residents and those who work in the City to complete a web-based survey to provide community input on living and working here. The survey results will be used as part of the city's 2030 General Plan annual report and help capture the community's perspective on livability and quality of life in Sacramento. To complete the survey, follow this link. The survey will be available through Monday, February 13. “Every year, we invite the community to tell us how they feel about living and doing business in our city,” says Tom Pace, long range planning manager. “Hearing from the public helps us ensure we are on the right track as we carry out the vision of the city’

The Newton Booth Neighborhoods Association (NBNA) is honoring Mike McKeever, Executive Director of the Sacramento Area Council of Governments (SACOG), with the organization’s 2011 Growing Together Award for his role earlier this year as the volunteer mediator in a neighborhood development controversy. The NBNA represents the Poverty Ridge, Newton Booth, and Alhambra Triangle neighborhoods in Sacramento’s District 4. The award will be presented to McKeever Thursday, November 10th, at Newton’s Night Out, a neighborhood event to be held at Revolution Wines, 2831 S Street, from 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm.  McKeever will be in attendance. The Growing Together Award, established in August 2011, is gi

Interim City Manager Gus Vina responded to questions from six neighborhood activists in an April 9 interview with The Sacramento Press. The following are Vina’s responses to questions from three neighborhood activists. Read Vina’s responses to questions from three other involved citizens in an April 12 story at The Sacramento Press.  Question from Sacramento resident Dale Kooyman: (Ray Kerridge) felt residents did not know what was best for their quality of life when it came to communicating with city staff, historic preservation, streets, sidewalks, traffic, transportation, planning projects and related early notification, neighborhood-serving businesses, fiscal matters, entertainment a

The poor economy is causing city departments to delay work on planning projects in several areas, including historic preservation and code enforcement. The planning projects being slowed by the economy are outlined in the city’s “general plan” for 2030. The general plan is used as a roadmap for city growth. In March, the City Council approved the 2030 general plan. Staffers from the Community Development Department presented a Nov. 10 report to the City Council on the general plan. It notes that city departments are having mixed results with implementing projects in the general plan. Projects that were completely funded are going well, according to the report. “Staff has reported progres