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Dear Mayor Stewart and Council members,
I second the motion!
We were up till 2 a.m. last night after the party started in the Longview alley. We called the Police at 10:30
and they were kind, but this is a repeated problem after 46 years of living here, 24 years at my home on
Kentucky Street. WE need more police available to respond to these incredibly loud parties. You all know
Cal Poly only gives lip service. What about you? With all do respect, I know some of your personally and
I’ve met all of you at one time or another. I’m in my 70’s now. I don’t want to move again, for many
reasons, particularly financial. I implore you to please take the reins, please care about what goes on in
Alta Vista neighborhood. Come spend a night in my ADUas my guest and see and hear for yourselves. It is
not pleasant on the nights of the eruptions! I beg you!
Jeff Eidelman
SUBJECT: Item 7c, 2025-27 Budget Foundation
Dear Mayor Stewart and Members of the Council,
Residents for Quality Neighborhoods requests the following items be included in the 2025-
27 Budget/Financial Plan for the reasons provided. We further request these items be
consolidated under a “Neighborhoods” umbrella and considered a Major City Goal.
A. Add Community Development positions.
1. Add two Code Enforcement Officers to effectively carry out proactive enforcement.
Discussion.
Several residential developments have been added since code enforcement staffing was last
reviewed and increased. And the number of fraternity main houses and satellite houses
located in the city’s neighborhoods has also increased with concomitant code enforcement
issues. The Community Development Director has stated there is insufficient Code
Enforcement staff to handle the workload. Thus additional staffing is required to address
current code enforcement problems throughout the city and its neighborhoods.
2. Add one staff position to oversee the enforcement process for fraternity and sorority
use of residential properties.
Discussion.
Identifying residential properties as fraternity or sorority houses and addressing their code
violations is a long and arduous task, especially since Cal Poly has removed all the street
addresses from their AB 524 (2022) Report (Campus Recognized Sorority & Fraternity
Transparency Act). In addition, only a few of the fraternity main houses and satellite
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houses have the required Conditional Use Permits. The appropriate paperwork must be
properly completed, but in the past this has not always occurred; a subject-matter expert
performing quality control would alleviate this.
3. Revive the Neighborhood Services Manager position and locate it in the Community
Development Department.
Discussion.
The Neighborhood Services Manager position was previously located in the Police
Department; however, that position has been modified and is now the Police Public Affairs
Manager. Also, previously one of Community Development’s planners was designated as
“the Neighborhood Planner.” This planner was a resource for residents, providing
information when a proposed or new state law would affect neighborhoods or assisting
residents with problem-solving. A new Neighborhood Services Manager would be able to fill
both needs and should also act as an advocate - much like the City’s Bicycle Coordinator,
DEI Manager and Sustainability Manager do.
B. Add two Community Service Officers (42K’s) to the Police Department for noise
enforcement.
Discussion.
Add two Community Service Officers dedicated to enforcing noise complaints from Thursday
through Sunday. The City of Davis utilized these enforcement officials to curb their student
party noise in neighborhoods and it was very successful. The additional enforcement
personnel will enhance existing enforcement efforts and free up police officers for higher
priority crime response.
C. Following St Fratty’s Day 2025, have the City Manager form a task force to address
concerns surrounding the event.
Discussion.
Cal Poly formed a task force after the 2024 event which gave them a year to put into place
new policies and procedures to address the destructive behaviors that had occurred, and to
train the appropriate personnel on what they were to do. Our city may be able to benefit
from this level of engagement by including personnel from various departments as well as
city residents, and by putting new policies and procedures in place before the next year’s
event occurs.
Request you will favorably consider these recommendations and include them in your Major
City Goals.
Thank you for your time and your consideration.
Sincerely,
Sandra Rowley
Chairperson, RQN
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