The City of Rancho Cordova posted a Facebook announcement for their next City Council meeting on Monday, December 1, 2014 and provided a link for the agenda.
I followed the link and discovered in reading the agenda for their SPECIAL MEETING (a CLOSED session held prior to the REGULAR meeting) included this item:
SPECIAL MEETING ITEM
3.1 Subject: Upcoming Zoning Code Amendments – Process and Schedule Overview.
Recommendation: Consider the project information and provide direction relative to public outreach as appropriate.
Result of Recommended Action: Staff is in the process of preparing various amendments to the Zoning Code that will clarify and enhance the standards and procedures within the Zoning Code, consistent with the scope of work presented herein. This discussion will provide Council direction on the appropriate level of public outreach and Council Study Sessions to be conducted within this update process. Council. The Zoning Code Amendments are anticipated to be presented for Council action in Spring 2015.
Staff Report: Jessica Jordan, Principal Planner.
Advances Goals: 1, 2, 6.
There were TWO links to .pdf documents providing additional information for this SPECIAL MEETING ITEM, and they are:
http://ccmeetings.cityofranchocordova.org/sirepub/view.aspx?cabinet=published_meetings&fileid=87677
This one includes:
"There are three major policy areas within the Zoning Code update that would benefit from public input and staff is requesting Council direction of the best approach and level of involvement for these topic areas. These topics include:
· Regulation of gun-related uses (zones where gun related uses should be allowed, indoor versus outdoor ranges, retail sales of guns and ammunition)
· Brewery, winery, distillery, brew pub (clarify and streamline review process, distinguish between tasting rooms and bars/nightclubs)
· Mixed Use Zoning (primary focus on how and when residential should be allowed in office and commercial mixed use zones)"
WHAT YOU - OUR RANCHO CORDOVA PARENTS/NEIGHBORS/FRIENDS CAN DO!
Please, please, please write letters and/or e-mails to the Rancho Cordova City Council and ASK them to include in their Zoning Codes amendments that ANY indoor or outdoor shooting range, and/or retail gun store, should be PROHIBITED from opening within 1,000 FEET of any school.
In addition, that neighborhoods, specifically like the neighborhood of Routier RD between Old Placerville Rd and Folsom Blvd, should be re-evaluated on their zoning code status as OIMU (Office Industrial Mixed Use), which is a carry-over from the Sacramento County Zoning Codes that the City of Rancho Cordova adopted when they incorporated as a City in 2003, and have NOT been updated to reflect the true character/nature of what the neighborhood exists as NOW.
Here is the list of Rancho Cordova City Council members AND their e-mail addresses:
- Mayor Dan Skoglund - e-mail: 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
I would also include:
- City Manager Brian Nakamura - e-mail: bnakamura@cityofranchocordova.org
- Planning Director Paul Junker - e-mail: pjunker@cityofranchocordova.org
The snail mail address for the City of Rancho Cordova is:
2729 Prospect Park Drive Rancho Cordova, CA 95670
The phone number for the City of Rancho Cordova is: 916-851-8700
The second link provides the long range planning for this process, which includes a Pubic Review scheduled for March 2015.
http://ccmeetings.cityofranchocordova.org/sirepub/view.aspx?cabinet=published_meetings&fileid=87676
I'm thinking START our letters now to the City of Rancho Cordova - let them know the strength of OUR interest and our resolve.
Thank YOU so much. We'll update and/or provide additional information as it becomes available.
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