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August 15, 2007
MR.CHICO VELO (and perhaps some of his fellow bicyclists travelers involved in the Avenues Neighborhood Plan) is again trying to modify the existing plan for THE ESPLANADE
The recent article in the Enterprise Record (Tuesday, August 14, 2007) indicated that one of the projects considered by the Consultants (costing the City for its services in excess of $100,000) and the neighborhood participants is a desire to make substantial modifications to THE ESPLANADE. These modifications appear to be lead by Mr. CHICO VELO (Manager of a bicycle organization located in Chico) who lives in the neighborhood. He has raised these modifications with the authors of the Boulevard Book (know worldwide), written by 3 University of California Professors of City and Regional Planning when they were recently in Chico. I don’t intend to quote their comment(s), but the polite gist was “why do you want to change what is working?”
Mr. CHICO VELO will not give-up, so the community must “keep-a-close-eye” on the Neighborhood Plan as it moves along to a final document, which will be presented to the City Council in the near future. The Council has indicated that the recommendations of the final plan will not be implemented until the plan is approved by the City Council.
Once again, as I’ve mention in a previous BLOG, it’s about time the bicyclists (I was one for more years than Mr. CHICO VELO has beem alive) start paying their annual license fee and additional fees for the improvements that they continually demand.
I know the City Staff will have some interesting comments and I hope these comments will be widely circulated in the community and fully covered by the local media.
Posted by Fred at August 15, 2007 07:17 AM
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