Thursday, November 8, 2007

No roundabout for mulit modal

On a 3-2 vote the Loomis Town Council did not approve the spending of $15,000 to place a round about at the train depot in downtown Loomis. A propsal for the project was requested by Council members Millworth and Kelly. The purpose of the project was to be able to place a christmas tree in the middle of Horseshoe Bar road in front of the train depot. The problem with the project is that it would eliminate buses from using the multi-modal as they currently do. The High school and ther Placer County bus system pick-up passengers at the bus stop in the multi-modal.
The council did vote to allow a hole to be place where the Christmas tree could go during the holiday season thus saving the Town thousands of dollars and allowing the buses to continue to pick-up passengers at the multi modal as it was designed to do.

Church Fire on King Road


The classrooms at the church on King road were destroyed by fire on Tuesday. This fire is being investigated as an arson and the FBI is involved in the case

Friday, November 2, 2007

Tree in Middle of Multi Modal Plaza

At the special Council meeting on November 6 Council members Kelly and Millword wil lask the council to award a $14,000 bid to place a round about in the middle of the multi- modal plaza. The round about will hold a cut christmas tree during the holidays.
I think this is poor planning as well as a waste of tax payers money. This area was designed as a plaza to be used for community events. The space is used for the Eggplant festival and for the summer concerts. Not only will it cost 14,000 but it will take out about 400 sq ft of colored concrete that cost over $8,000 to install,

This round about will not allow school buses to use this as a means to access Taylor Road in the morning as they now do as a bus will not be able to turn in this area.

There is a Xmas tree planted next to Wild Chicken. This was planned to be used as the Town tree and the plaza as a plaza.
I do not favor this idea