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Subject: FWD: RE: Speed control stop signs - 2nd St., Rio Linda]
Date: Fri, 03 Sep 2004 11:37:16 -0700
From: Jay O'Brien <jayobrien@att.net>
To: Mark Manoff <xxxxxxx@saccounty.net>, Kathy Long
<xxxxx@rcip.com>
Mark,
Please review the unsigned response I received from Mr. Stosich,
included with this email. I note that he did not send you a copy
of his response to my email letter.
This situation doesn't sound at all like what we heard from you County
folks at the town meeting last week. You folks were reaching out for
community involvement and discussing problem resolution possibilities,
not deciding for us what is best for us. It was a really nice breath of
fresh air and very much appreciated.
I am not opposed to speed control means; I just find it hard to believe
that a stop sign at an intersection that doesn't have a history of
safety problems that is out of sight from the petitioners area will
have an effect. And, the person who prepared the petition said he
agrees with me. However, I'm open to hearing all sides, but BEFORE I
cast a vote, not after.
Shouldn't there be some kind of public outreach before the arbitrary
installation of stop signs by a vote of people not informed of the
specific problem being addressed before they vote?
If the speed laws are being violated, shouldn't there be some effort
put forth to enforce the law before adding to someone's discomfort to
solve someone else's problem?
Can you arrange a public meeting where the problems can be discussed by
all who are involved, including a report on the enforcement effortsthat
must have failed before stop signs would be considered as a
spehttp://www.sacbee.com/content/community_news/natomas/story/10587593p-11506357c.htmled
control measure? Of course the meeting should have been called before
the vote, not after the vote. Asking someone to vote causes them to
take a position they may now wish to defend, rather than approach the
issue with an open mind.
I am most irritated by the process and the apparent attitude of the
County. I haven't seen the petition, but as I understand what it said,
the petitioners really want speed bumps in their part of the road.
Instead, the County proposes a stop sign in my part of the road.
And I can't even get the mailing list the County used to request the
vote.
Maybe the speed bumps would satisfy Joe Leonhart?
(See the Bee article by Dirk Werkman 9/2):
http://www.sacbee.com/content/community_news/natomas/story/10587593p-11506357c.html
sacbee.com -- Natomas -- Goal is to 'take back our town'
Regards,
Jay O'Brien
cc: John Houk (via US mail)
Ms. Kathy Long, President, Rio Linda / Elverta
Chamber of Commerce
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: RE: Speed control stop signs - 2nd St., Rio Linda
Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2004 07:51:37 -0700
From: Stosich. Steve (MSA) <xxxxxxxx@SacCounty.NET>
To: Jay O'Brien <jayobrien@att.net>
1. I'll let you know the results of the survey after September 17th
when all the vote cards are due ( see the note at the bottom of your
card).
2. The "mailing list" is supplied by a service that gathers such
information from the County Recorders office and tax rolls. If the
"mailing address" doesn't match the "site address", then a
"Resident/occupant" letter is sent to the property owner and the
suspected tenant. Since your address was a post office box, we had no
way of knowing if you were a landlord or the resident of the address.
We ask for a name and address to verify these conditions. All property
owners and "residents" that have frontage along Second Street between M
St and Q St were given letters and survey cards.
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: RE: RE: Speed control stop signs - 2nd St., Rio Linda]
Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2004 10:40:11 -0700
From: Manoff. Mark <xxxxxxxx@saccounty.net>
To: Jay O'Brien <jayobrien@att.net>
Jay,
I'm working on this with Transportation. Yes, I will set up a
community meeting. Lupe Rodriguez who is managing the Neighborhood
Traffic Management program is the person I'm working with on
these kind of things. He suggested that because the survey already went
out that we have the meeting immediately after we get the results back.
Also, this will be the topic at the North Area Open House on October 6,
2004 from 6-8:00 at 6040 Watt Ave. See you tonight at the Rio Linda
Chamber meeting.