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Mercy Hospital made a poor decision. As these pictures show, the hospital is using J Street as a loading dock.

Concerned citizens are working with the city and Mercy Hospital to remedy the situation.

ESP and East Sacramento residents have respectfully requested that Mercy develop an on-campus loading dock. Using the sidewalks, red zones, center and driving lanes to move cargo is extremely dangerous. ESP has written to the hospital, the vendors and city to help motivate the hospital to do the right thing.

On the positive side, Bryan Gardener of CHW is listening to the concerns and meeting with the all parties. There is another “on street” meeting on August 17th at  1:30 pm at the corner of 40th and J Streets. We are expecting an update from CHW. Please attend if you can.

The Friends of East Sacramento funded the new monument entry sign at the Frederick N. Evans Memorial Rose Garden in McKinley Park.

The sign is the first phase of the rehabilitation to be completed in the next several months. Further work is expected to begin in September and will include replacement of the failing irrigation system, accessible walkways and replacement of diseased rose bushes. The rehabilitation should be completed in early 2012.

This project is a partnership between the City of Sacramento, the Sacramento Rose Society and community groups such as Friends of East Sacramento.

The rose garden was designed and developed in 1928 by Frederick Evans, a well-known landscape architect and Sacramento’s first Park Superintendent.  In 1946, the City Council named the garden the “Frederick N. Evans Memorial Rose Garden.”

For questions or more information on this project, contact Dennis Day at dday@cityofsacramento.org.

The East Sacramento Screen on the Green is on Saturday, August 20th  – Secretariat, (PG) at East Portal Park.

The above information is from The District 3 E-newsletter.