HomeMy WebLinkAbout1/14/2025 Item 7c, Adler
K L Adler <
To:Jeff Eidelman
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Subject:Re: Funding Priorities for the next 2 years
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Dear Mayor & City Council members: Please pay attention to what the residents of the Alta Vista
Neighborhood are telling you! So many older residents have moved out of this area thereby turning once
lovely homes over to investors who stack them with students for top dollar! For those of us that have
stuck it out, SLOPD response is absolutely vital & satellite fraternity houses need to be on CP’s
campus! Karen Adler - longtime resident & Chair of AVNA
On Jan 12, 2025, at 12:28 PM, Jeff Eidelman < wrote:
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
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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 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.
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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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