A masterpiece Carlos. Glad you made it out of the basement...ALIVE.

David, such a poignant farewell. Would have expected nothing less. Your way with words will land you somewhere else where a door is opening. Take care.

Great news. I'm sure the competition was fierce for the top job in paradise. Best wishes from Sactown.

Hi, from the City DOT's stand point, there was never any effort to oppose the program. On the contrary, we are excited about the program and can't wait for it to start tomorrow. We followed up on the Councilmember's request to look into car sharing a few years ago. The first time we looked into it, the car share vendors were not interested in pursuing the Sacramento market on our terms. Given some time, we had two vendors respond to a request for bids, followed by contract negotiations on parking spaces and signage. So, welcome Zipcar!

Staffers need not be present to adjust the signal timing. They will only be on hand during peak times to intervene if necessary. The signal timers will be set according to traffic volume. More reliable video detection equipment is being installed, as part of the project, to detect vehicles and will trigger the traffic signal to change so that the situation you described would not occur if everything is operating correctly. Hope that answers your question.

Hi, for the record, four out of the five bidders all from Sacramento or West Sacramento. One of five was from Antioch.

I went to tickets.com and put in Crest Theatre in search and came up with nothing. Also, story doesn't mention what date this is happening...when is it?

The City of Sacramento Department of Transportation is clearing up misunderstandings with tonight's Urban Forestry Committee Meeting, held at 5 p.m. at new City Hall. Given the typical meeting where only committee members attend, the meeting is scheduled in a conference room, which is not conducive to accommodating a large group of attendees. However, City staff will do their best to welcome and make attendees feel comfortable. The committee will be starting its first discussion this evening on whether or not it makes sense to shift responsibility for hearing appeals on applications to remove heritage trees or other trees to the City of Sacramento Planning Commission from the Parks Commission. The discussion is the first and not the only opportunity for the public to learn more about the idea and to weigh in. The outcome of tonight's committee meeting will be presented early next year to the Parks and Rec Commission, and then if necessary to the Law and Legislation Committee and on to City Council. There are multiple opportunities to be heard. The idea arose from some members of the Parks and Recreation Commission because decisions regarding development projects tend to be separated from the project’s impacts to heritage or street trees, when two different bodies are weighing in. Appeals heard by the Planning Commission can make better decisions based on the big picture and not just on the tree or trees itself. What's important to note is that neither the Parks and Recreation Commission nor the Planning Commission have certified arborists as members so neither group is necessarily more knowledgeable about trees than the other. Members of both commissions, regardless of what body hears the appeals, will always continue to uphold or deny an appeal based upon the expertise of the City's arborists in Urban Forestry. And those arborists will continue to generate their findings, which will be posted on the City's Urban Forestry webpage before the first tree hearing. This process will not change. While we encourage the public to learn more about the idea, we want to assure the public that there will be opportunities for the public to get involved and gain a greater understanding of why the idea is being discussed and its merits. Linda Tucker, Public Information Officer, City of Sacramento Department of Transportation