The City of Sacramento has several open positions on the new joint Planning and Design Commission.
There are positions for Four (4) city residents nominated by the Personnel & Public Employees Committee. The other positions are appointed by the Mayor or Council person categories A and B.
For full details click here, or visit:
http://www.cityofsacramento.org/clerk/LBetA/documents/CC_AN20120419_PlanningDesign.pdf
For the “at-large positions” these are the criteria
Category C-1
One (1) member shall have a demonstrated interest, training, or experience in master planning;
land use or land use policy; housing policy; large scale construction; urban planning; urban design; or mid-and high-rise urban, commercial, institutional and mixed-use projects.
Category C-2
Three (3) members shall have: (i) Demonstrated interest in urban design, landscape or architectural design, or physical development of the city and; (II) Shall be qualified by training or professional experience and demonstrated leadership in any of the following licensed categories: architect; LEED (or equivalent) architect; landscape architect; contractor or engineer. A minimum of two (2) of these members shall be qualified in different categories.
Ok you City resident Architects and developers, jump in and apply. You can change the process from the inside better than from the outside. They will even pay you $50 a meeting! We should have developers, ASLA and AIA members in all three catagories
Why we allow business like Pick n Pull of auto parts in midle of our city? There are reasons they should not be located in the area where they are now at.
1. Extremly dusty and noisy, air quality is very bad for the health of the residents who living near by, resident can’t go out to their own back yards and can’t open their window when the wind blows in their direction when in opperations. (7 days a week).
2. The dusts must contain some metal, oil or paint particles.
3. Although they drain all oils and toxic chemicals in those junk cars, but no garantee they won’t spill, if they did, then no doubt it wil conteminates near by land even our city water drainage.
4. Overall, it make our city looks bad, because of all the junk cars and the dust. It should be relocated somewhere with litle or no residents near by.
5. The location is good for a shopping mall/center, since it so close the the freeway.
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