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East Sacrament Preservation Board Meeting Minutes
East Sacramento Preservation
Board Meeting
Wednesday, June 2, 2021
7:00pm – 8:00pm
Meeting Minutes
Present
Janet Maira
Ellen Cochrane
Martin Palomar
Will Green
Jennifer Cummings
Welcome—Martin Palomar
7:00-7:05
No Rezone—Will Green
7:05-7:10
An active campaign led by Save Our Neighborhoods and the Elmhurst Neighborhood Association to oppose the city’s rezoning proposal continues. East Sacramento Preservation co-sponsored an informational Zoom meeting on the proposal and handed out flyers about the issue. Council Member Harris has not attended Rezone neighborhood meetings. His position on the proposal is unclear. No townhall meeting is planned by his office on this issue.
Sabitre Rodriguez worked on the No on Rezone surveys and informational postings for the Save Our Neighborhoods group.
East Sacramento Preservation Scholarship—Ellen Cochrane
7:10-7:25
Kit Carson International Baccalaureate Principal Santiago Chappa placed East Sacramento Preservation on the Carson June 15th graduation agenda. We will award two scholarships to Carson seniors. The scholarship committee will reconvene in the fall to plan the 2022 scholarship.
July 2019 Estate Sale—Will Green
7:25-7:30
The funds earned from the estate sale will go towards the ESP Kit Carson scholarship.
McKinley Park Irrigation Issues—Martin Palomar
7:30-7:40
ESP President, Martin Palomar, is leading the effort to press our Council Member to help us to address irrigation issues. It is apparent that some repairs have been made. ESP will send updated park pictures to CM Harris. We will continue to monitor.
McKinley Pond and Park – Judy McClaver
7:40-7:50
Judy McClaver is inundated with animal rescues. One hundred and twenty dollars was recently donated to ESP for the park wildlife. We will explore setting up a GoFundMe page to help Judy’s efforts. It was noted that Judy works throughout the city, not just in East Sacramento.
Status of the City of Sacramento’s Youth Corps was discussed. All are interested in this program, but we need to explore the commitment required and how it will be stewarded. We are ready to work with the Corps employees on trash pick-up. Will Green will check for the city contact and report back to the group.
ESP will continue to support Judy and help with her expenses.
ESP Meeting Notes—Martin Palomar
7:50-7:55
All agreed that the meeting notes must be posted on the web site. Ellen Cochrane will post. The web site upgrade is still pending. Website changes TBD
Treasurer’s Report—Will Green
7:55-8:00
The status of our general income and scholarship funds was reported. It was noted that there will be no Pops in the Park in 2021.
Meeting Adjourned
8:00
The next Meeting will be in the fall, 2021. Date TBD
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Coexisting with Coyotes
Friends of the River Bank (FORB) has a wonderful program scheduled about “Living with Coyotes.” Please see the information below. They also gave a shout out to the new East Sacramento Preservation Environmental Committee. Be sure to come to our March 11th meeting to learn how you can be part of the East Sacramento environmental movement.
Robert Sewell caught pictures of this coyote as it caught a vole for lunch on the Sutter’s Landing mound. Predators like
coyotes are critical for a healthy ecosystem.
We are extremely excited to announce that Guy Galante, coyote whisperer and scholar, will share his knowledge of these magnificent creatures on Saturday, March 14, at 10 am. Guy has been studying coyotes for years, including their interactions in urban and wild settings and their importance to native California cultures. He can answer all of your questions and concerns.
Recent coyote sightings in the neighborhood have raised some alarm. What does it take to coexist with coyotes and what should we do to minimize conflicts with these fascinating animals, who have been in our area far longer than we have?
This program is appropriate for all ages. Meet at the Sutter’s Landing parking lot at the very end of 28th St. We’ll walk down to the river and see how it’s doing in this heading-for-drought season. All ages are welcome. Please bring binoculars, water, and snacks for young ones, and leave your dogs at home. We encourage you to walk, roll, or carpool—let’s keep our carbon footprint as small as possible.
Please share this event widely.
For more information, go to friendsoftheriverbanks.org (give us a day to update the website).
New East Sacramento Environment Committee
East Sacramento Preservation is starting a new Environment Committee that will focus on making East Sacramento a model of environmental excellence for the rest of the city. If you live in East Sac, please plan on coming to the initial meeting on March 11, 7:00–8:30 pm @McClaskey Warren Adult Education Center, 5241 J Street. Bring your ideas. For more information, contact Ellen Cochrane, ellencochrane@hotmail.com.
Speak out for the trees
The construction of the new Capitol Annex will remove up to 100 mature trees—all to build an underground parking lot!! The tree victims !include the Moon Tree, whose seeds traveled to the moon on Apollo 14 in 1971.
Here is the Recirculated Draft Environmental Impact Report for your reading pleasure. Public comments are accepted through March 2.
Guidelines for writing responses to Draft Environmental Impact reports are here: https://www.patagoniaalliance.org/writing-comments-draft-environmental-assessments/
send all CEQA comments to: Stephanie.Coleman@dgs.ca.gov
This is an entire website on the State Capitol rebuild project but not user friendly and not advertised well to the public. https://annex.assembly.ca.gov/
Of most importance is to look at this page and click on Project Overview and Sequence Report: https://annex.assembly.ca.gov/content/hearings
and this power point, available directly here: https://annex.assembly.ca.gov/sites/annex.assembly.ca.gov/files/POS%20powerpoint.pdf
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