PLEASE JOIN US AT THE RANCHO CORDOVA CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON OCT. 6TH

Please join us at the next Rancho Cordova City Council meeting on Monday, October 6, 2014 at 5:30pm.

Rancho Cordova City Hall is located at 2729 Prospect Park Drive. The nearest cross street is Gold Center Dr. It is just off the Zinfandel Dr. off-ramp from Highway 50.

If you would like to address the City Council, please try to be there BEFORE 5:30pm, as you need to fill out a public comments card, and TURN IT IN before the City Council meeting begins.

We would LOVE to have as many concerned citizens there for a show of public and moral support.

Again, this is for the CONTINUING protest of the Rancho Cordova's approval of the new business, Sacramento Gun Club, moving into the Routier RD neighborhood, within 252 FEET of an existing high school (George Washington Carver School of Arts and Sciences).

It is also in very close vicinity to the Lincoln Village Park, the Neil Orchard Senior Citizens Center, the Quail Pointe Apartments, the Mayhew Community Baptist Church, and a "high density" of single family homes.

Looking forward to seeing YOU there!

Thank you!

PLEASE SIGN OUR ONLINE PETITION - PROTEST NEW INDOOR SHOOTING RANGE MOVING INTO NEXT TO AN EXISTING HIGH SCHOOL!

PLEASE SIGN OUR ONLINE PETITION!

We're protesting the new business, Sacramento Gun Club, a 40,000 square foot indoor shooting range and retail gun store, moving into 3443 Routier RD, in Rancho Cordova, CA.

This address is within 252 FEET of an existing high school, the George Washington Carver School of Arts and Sciences at 10101 Systems Parkway (at the corner of Routier RD and Systems Parkway).

Directly ACROSS the street from the Sacramento Gun Club is Lincoln Village Park, with its swimming pool, children's play area, tennis courts, bbq area, and the Neil Orchard Senior Citizens Center.

Just north of the Sacramento Gun Club is the Quail Pointe Apartment Complex, and north of the apartments, is the Mayhew Community Baptist Church.

Plus, this neighborhood has a "high density" (according to the City of Rancho Cordova) of single family homes.

The Sacramento Gun Club is presently scheduled to be open from Monday through Sunday, from 9am to 9pm.

According to the Rancho Cordova City Planner, this new business is a legal business and it required no special notice or opportunity for public comment BEFORE it was approved.

A neighbor find out by accident that the new business was moving in, and notified the neighbors about the situation.

The GWCarver students (and their parents); teachers and administrators; and the neighbors have formed an action group to protest this new business moving in.

Please, if you haven't already had the opportunity, sign our online petition at:

http://fb.me/1uPM3SxCE

Tell YOUR elected officials how YOU feel about guns and schools. Please show YOUR support and make YOUR voice be heard!

Thank you!

CITY OF RANCO CORDOVA PLANNING DIRECTOR NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

I found a scan of a Notice of Public Hearing on a social network for neighborhood communities (NextDoor).

Here's the scan of the Notice of Public Hearing:

This Notice of Public Hearing was mailed out on August 22, and it concerns a new business at 9980 Horn Rd (Rancho Cordova), for training batting cages and a cafe INSIDE an existing warehouse.

The Sacramento Gun Club is moving into 3343 Routier RD (Rancho Cordova), into an existing building (an office complex that's been vacant for seven years, and used to house offices for both the State of California and the County of Sacramento). The building is owned by Fite Development Company, which owns quite a few properties in the City of Rancho Cordova.

The training batting cages and cafe are ALSO moving into an existing warehouse on 9980 Horn RD (which is in the same neighborhood of Fite Development and FITE MAY own that warehouse as well).

Interesting that this type of business would REQUIRE a Notice of Public Hearing - but NOT an indoor shooting range and gun store - within 252 FEET of an existing high school.

Concerned about the Sacramento Gun Club (an indoor shooting range - with 34 lanes, 12 of them rifle lanes - and retail gun store) moving into the Lincoln Village neighborhood on Routier RD? Within 252 FEET of George Washington Carver School of Arts and Sciences? With Lincoln Village Park and the Neil Orchard Senior Citizens Center directly across the street? And the Quail Pointe Apartments and the Mayhew Community Baptist Church just north of the Sacramento Gun Club?

If you are concerned, and if you haven't already had the opportunity, please sign our petition of protest.

Thank YOU!

THANK YOU TO VOLUNTEERS WHO PHONE BANKED ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2014!

A hearty Thank YOU to all the students, teachers, parents and neighbors who helped phone bank on Saturday at George Washington Carver School of Arts and Sciences.

Your efforts are greatly appreciated.

I enjoyed meeting the new volunteers, especially the grandparent who drove all the way from Berkeley to assist! So a big shout out to Norman Ross Powers!

And if you haven't had the opportunity to sign our petition, here's the link:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1BnWjejj_4cAZfCQjElPdWMd4uPdomEtY5rPcKp_lpcI/viewform?c=0&w=1&usp=mail_form_link

Happy Sunday everyone.

Best wishes.

WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP - PART TWO!

WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP!

* PLEASE sign the online petition at: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1BnWjejj_4cAZfCQjElPdWMd4uPdomEtY5rPcKp_lpcI/viewform?c=0&w=1

* Please volunteer to participate in the phone banking scheduled for Saturday, September 27, 2014, between 10am and 4pm. We are NOT asking that you stay the entire time, perhaps a two hour block of time. Please bring a FULLY CHARGED cell phone, and either a pen or pencil, to:

- George Washington Carver High School, 10101 Systems Parkway, Sacramento, CA 95827



* Write letters of concern regarding the Sacramento Gun Club opening within 252 FEET of an existing High School

- Certified Letters are the best option (you get a receipt back that your recipient has received your letter),
- Standard (snail) mail is the next best option,
- E-mail is also an option

LOCAL OFFICIALS

City of Rancho Cordova, 2729 Prospect Park Drive Rancho Cordova, CA 95670

- Mayor Dan Skoglund - email: dskoglund@cityofranchocordova.org
- Vice Mayor Robert McGarvey - e-mail: rmcgarvey@cityofranchocordova.org
- City Council Member Donald Terry - e-mail to: dterry@cityofranchocordova.org
- City Council Member Linda Budge - e-mail to: lbudge@cityofranchocordova.org
- City Council Member David Sander - e-mail to: dsander@cityofranchocordova.org

COUNTY OFFICIALS

- Don Nottoli, Sacramento County Board of Supervisors, District 5 - e-mail: nottolid@saccounty.net

STATE OFFICIALS

- California State Assemblyman Ken Kooley, District 8
- NOTE: The State Senator, Darrell Steinberg, is retiring. Candidates for District 6 include Dr. Richard Pan and Roger Dickinson.
- California State Attorney General Kamala Harris
- California State Governor Jerry Brown

FEDERAL OFFICIALS

- Senator Barbara Boxer
- Senator Dianne Feinstein
- Congressman Ami Berra
- President Barack Obama

* Please plan on attending the Rancho Cordova City Council meeting on Monday, October 6, 2014 at 5:30pm, 2729 Prospect Park Drive Rancho Cordova, CA 95670.

We will NOT be on the Agenda.

To address the council, you will need to complete a public comment card (available at City Hall), and turn it in PRIOR to the beginning of the City Council Meeting.

You will have three (3) minutes to speak.

Thank YOU!

PLEASE VOLUNTEER TO JOIN US FOR SATURDAY PHONE BANKING ON SEPTEMBER 27, 2014!

PLEASE VOLUNTEER TO JOIN US FOR SATURDAY PHONE BANKING!

Please join your fellow George Washington Carver students, parents and teachers; and neighbors, on Saturday, September 27, 2014 from 12PM through 4PM as we phone bank.

(You don't have to stay the full four hours, any time you volunteer will be greatly appreciated.)

We are calling Rancho Cordova citizens to conduct a two question poll regarding the LOCATION of the new Sacramento Gun Club within 252 FEET of the George Washington Carver School of Arts and Sciences.

Please bring with you a fully charged cell phone. You will only need to call out ONCE for this process. Once you connect with the computer, the computer will dial all the outgoing numbers, and connect you to ONLY live voices.

Please also bring a pencil or pen to keep a running tally for your responses.

The address for George Washington Carver School of Arts and Sciences is 10101 Systems Parkway. It is located at the southeast corner of Systems Parkway and Routier RD in Rancho Cordova (just north of Old Placerville RD).

Thank YOU!

Oh - and if you haven't signed our online petition, here's the link:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1BnWjejj_4cAZfCQjElPdWMd4uPdomEtY5rPcKp_lpcI/viewform?c=0&w=1&usp=mail_form_link

THANK YOU VOLUNTEERS!

Thank YOU to all the George Washington Carver School of Arts and Sciences students, teachers and administrators; parents and neighbors who responded to our call for volunteers today on our first day of phone banking.

We worked our way through the learning curve, and now we can look forward to phone banking on Saturday!

Best wishes to everyone, and again, thank you for your help.

REMINDER - PHONE BANKING ON THURSDAY, SEPT. 25, 2014

REMINDER -

The phone banking begins Thursday (Sept. 25) at 1:30 pm (through 4pm) at George Washington Carver School of Arts and Sciences.

We would LOVE to see additional volunteers during our first session, PLEASE.

You will need to bring a cell phone with you. You would make ONE phone call to connect with the computer, then the computer will make ALL the phone dialing, and will connect you with a LIVE voice.

We're asking ONE (1) main question, and depending on the response, one (1) follow up question.

We're also phone banking on Saturday on Carver.

For more information, please follow the link to our online petition:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1BnWjejj_4cAZfCQjElPdWMd4uPdomEtY5rPcKp_lpcI/viewform?c=0&w=1&usp=mail_form_link

Thank YOU and hope to meet you there.

SATELLITE PHOTO OF LINCOLN VILLAGE NEIGHBORHOOD

This is a satellite photo of the Routier RD neighborhood (Rancho Cordova, CA), between Vanguard/Ellenwood to the North, and Lincoln Village Dr/Systems Parkway to the south.

I have identified the George Washington Carver School of Arts and Science, the Neil Orchard Senior Citizens Center, and the Mayhew Community Baptist Church.

There are also single family homes, and an apartment complex in the neighborhood.

I also identified where the new Sacramento Gun Club is moving into, and the vacant field between that facility and the George Washington Carver School of Arts and Science.

Please note that not only is the distance less than 1000 FEET between the Sacramento Gun Club and the George Washington Carver School of Arts and Science, it is within 250 FEET of the school!

KEEP GUNS AWAY FROM OUR SCHOOLS - PART TWO!

KEEP GUNS AWAY FROM OUR SCHOOLS!

I attended the September 2, 2014 Rancho Cordova City Council meeting and addressed the City Council about the new Sacramento Gun Club moving into the vacant office complex at 3443 Routier RD, within 250 FEET of an existing high school

Here is the address I gave (with minor editing):

"...I live at the Quail Pointe Apartments at 3435 Routier RD in Rancho Cordova. To the north of my complex, is the Mayhew Community Baptist Church. Directly across the street is Lincoln Village Park and the Neil Orchard Senior Citizens Center. Directly south, at the corner of Routier RD and Systems Parkway, is the George Washington Carver Charter High School.

I'm here to address the City Council about the new business, Sacramento Gun Club - an indoor shooting range and gun store - moving into the vacant office complex at 3443 Routier RD.

There is a Sacramento Regional Transit bus stop for route 72 directly in front of this address, and another bus stop directly across the street in front of the park.

I'm here because I'm curious as to the thinking/reasoning process behind the City's decision(s) in approving this new business to move in. I'm curious as to why this new business was NOT discussed in either the Planning Department's Administrative Hearings, or the City Council Meetings?

I'm curious as to how this new business fits within the City of Rancho Cordova's "Strong Neighborhood" initiative.

Will the Sacramento Gun Club "improve our quality of life?"

Will the Sacramento Gun Club "increase the local homeowners property values?"

Will the Sacramento Gun Club "enhance our community?"

Unfortunately time will only tell on these facts, but the inclusion of such a business WITHOUT apprising the existing neighbors in advance, is in my opinion, not only cowardly, but also deceitful.

In the era of local governments (city, county, state) and the federal government using "transparency" as their watchword, this action by the City of Rancho Cordova approving this business to be placed in a residential neighborhood, within 1000 feet of a High School, a Senior Citizens Center, a park, an apartment complex, and a Church, seems to be the exact opposite of "transparency."

Your action comes across, in my opinion, as insensitive to the needs and the requirements of the existing neighbors. I feel betrayed by the City of Rancho Cordova by approving this business as a fait accompli to move in within 1000 feet of an existing High School.

Thank you for listening to my comments tonight. "

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PLEASE, please, please attend the NEXT Rancho Cordova City Council meeting on Monday, October 6, 2014 at 5:30pm. Rancho Cordova City Hall is located at 2729 Prospect Park Drive Rancho Cordova, CA 95670.

We are NOT at the agenda (at this time).

To address the council, you will need to complete a public comment card (available at City Hall), and turn it in PRIOR to the beginning of the City Council Meeting.

You will have three (3) minutes to speak.

We (concerned citizens) look forward to seeing you there, showing solidarity in our cause. We look forward to hearing your comments.

Thank YOU!

WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP!

WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP!

* Sign the online petition at: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1BnWjejj_4cAZfCQjElPdWMd4uPdomEtY5rPcKp_lpcI/viewform?c=0&w=1

* Sign up for the phone bank to survey local residences

- Thursday, September 25 from 9am to 4pm
- Saturday, September 26 from 10am to 4pm
- At George Washington Carver High School, 10101 Systems Parkway, Sacramento, CA 95827



* Write letters of concern regarding the Sacramento Gun Club opening within 250 FEET of an existing High School

* Certified Letters are best (You get a receipt back that your recipient has received your letter)
* Standard (snail) mail is the next best option.
* E-mail is also an option

City of Rancho Cordova, 2729 Prospect Park Drive Rancho Cordova, CA 95670

- Mayor Dan Skoglund - email: dskoglund@cityofranchocordova.org
- Vice Mayor Robert McGarvey - e-mail: rmcgarvey@cityofranchocordova.org
- City Council Member Donald Terry - e-mail to: dterry@cityofranchocordova.org
- City Council Member Linda Budge - e-mail to: lbudge@cityofranchocordova.org
- City Council Member David Sander - e-mail to: dsander@cityofranchocordova.org

Plan on attending the Rancho Cordova City Council meeting on Monday, October 6, 2014 at 5:30pm, 2729 Prospect Park Drive Rancho Cordova, CA 95670.

We will NOT be on the Agenda.

To address the council, you will need to complete a public comment card (available at City Hall), and turn it in PRIOR to the beginning of the City Council Meeting.

You will have three (3) minutes to speak.

CITY OF RANCHO CORDOVA CITY COUNCIL MEETING

CITY OF RANCHO CORDOVA CITY COUNCIL MEETING

WHERE: 2729 Prospect Park Drive Rancho Cordova, CA 95670

WHEN: Monday, October 6, 2014

TIME: 5:30PM

We are NOT on the Agenda for this city council meeting.

If you would like to ADDRESS the City Council regarding the Sacramento Gun Club (indoor shooting range and gun club) that is opening at 3443 Routier RD (within 250 FEET of an existing high school), you MUST complete a public comments card BEFORE the City Council meeting starts.

You will have three minutes (3) of speaking time.

We look forward to seeing concerned citizens at the City Council Meeting.

KEEP GUNS AWAY FROM SCHOOLS!

KEEP GUNS AWAY FROM SCHOOLS!

Our online petition is available here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1BnWjejj_4cAZfCQjElPdWMd4uPdomEtY5rPcKp_lpcI/viewform?c=0&w=1

A new 40,000 sq. foot shooting range and retail gun store is being installed at 3443 Routier Rd. in Rancho Cordova, CA

DIRECTLY NEXT DOOR FROM GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER HIGH SCHOOL

-Across the street from A.M. Winn Elementary School -New Orchard Senior Activity Center, and Lincoln Village Park -Near New Life Preschool -Mayhew Community Baptist Church -Quail Pointe Apartments

According to the City Planner, because this gun range is a legal business it required no special notice or opportunity for public comment before it was approved.

-JUST BECAUSE ITS LEGAL DOESN'T MAKE IT RIGHT.

Concerned citizens were told at a recent Rancho Cordova City Council meeting that because this is a legal business, and a because "significant amount of financial investment has already gone into developing this facility" by Fite Developers, there is nothing that can be done to change the location of this gun store and shooting range.

Nothing can be done to protect our kids? Fite Developers owns several other plots in our region and should not have invested in such a central location without more community partnership. Fite can find another site.

-JUST BECAUSE ITS LEGAL DOESN'T MAKE IT RIGHT.

-Kids come first -Gun stores and shooting ranges don't belong near schools -Fite can find another site.

Our online petition is available here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1BnWjejj_4cAZfCQjElPdWMd4uPdomEtY5rPcKp_lpcI/viewform?c=0&w=1

George Washington Carver School of Arts and Science

George Washington Carver School of Arts and Science is located at 10101 Systems Parkway (corner of Routier RD and Systems Parkway) in Rancho Cordova, California.