Monthly Archives: March 2011

East Sacramento Preservation Welcomes the SacTown 10

Posted on 03/14/2011 by admin

The Sac Town 10 will wind down M Street

The steps are coming closer. In three weeks the steady patter of both serious and amateur runners will fill the streets of East Sacramento. The Inaugural SacTown 10 Miler is here.

The course runs down M Street and promises to draw top regional runners. SacTown 10 is owned and managed by the Sacramento Running Association, the founder of the California International Marathon.

Inaugural SacTown 10 at a Glance

Date & Time: Sunday, April 3, 2011 at 8:00 AM

Location: 10th Street and Capitol Mall, Sacramento, CA

Course Description:

  • Starts and finishes at the spectacular California State Capitol.
  • Fast, flat, scenic 10-mile out and back course.
  • Course route includes Capitol Mall, Midtown and East Sacramento.

Awards:

  • Runners who achieve sub-50, -55, -60, -65, -70, -75, -80-minute finish times will receive special shirts printed with this accomplishment.  All runners will receive a technical t-shirt.
  • Awards to top three finishers in five-year age divisions.

Registration Info:

  • $45 until closing date/time of March 27, 11:59 P.M. PST.
  • Online registration only. RunSRA.org
  • No race day registration.
  • Entries are nonrefundable, nontransferable, and will not be rolled over to future events under any circumstances.
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East Sacramento Preservation Offers a Possible Solution to SHPS Traffic Problem

Posted on 03/12/2011 by admin

There is a possible solution to this problem

Square footage is the crux of the Sacred Heart Parish School traffic problem. The new school is built on a very small area in the middle of two of the busiest streets in East Sacramento. The school’s designers did not plan for the traffic problems that now beset the neighborhood.

Problem

Chronic gridlock and traffic congestion on 39th between J and H, caused by Sacred Heart Parish School parents dropping and picking up school children.

Possible Solution

  • Ask Sacred Heart Parish Church to provide its parking lot as a student zone for morning and afternoon drop offs. The parking lot has adequate spaces for waiting parents. Employ a crossing guard to help children cross J Street safely.
  • Ask Catholic Health Care West to extend the Mercy Hospital community van service to pick up and drop children from the school loop to the church parking lot.
  • Convene a parent meeting to stress the need for car pooling, biking and walking to school, and offer a small but attractive tuition reduction to parents who pledge to drop their children at the church.
  • Teach and emphasize bike safety in PE and encourage walking.
  • Ask parking control and the SPD to patrol the area at the drop-off time and ticket red zone and double parking violators to reinforce your policy.
  • Close the traffic loop to pick up and drop off during morning and afternoon drop off times once the new system is in effect, unless there is an extenuating circumstance.


These ideas use resources already in place and help SHPS address and try to solve its problem.


How would you solve this problem? Let East Sacramento Preservation know.

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