Loomis Town News

Re-Elected

2010-12-18T22:26:00.000-08:00

Thanks to all the people that re-elected me. I will continue to represent all the people in Loomis.
The downtown park, more friendly rules for business, programs to attract more people to shop and dine in Loomis and not to change the land use is what I wil ltry to do.
Hope to hear from you
Thanks again
Miguel

Ucovich Re-election Bid

2010-07-20T20:02:00.000-07:00

Ucovich announced today that he will seek a final term on the Loomis Town Council. I wasnt to keep Loomis a small rural town that provides services to it residents at the lowest cost possible said Ucovich

Loomis Garden Club to Form

2009-11-07T09:56:00.000-08:00

In cooperation with High hand Nursery a Loomis garden club will be formed this Spring, If you are interested drop me a line

Loomis 25th Birthday Party

2009-09-11T07:36:00.000-07:00

Loomis will be celebrating it's 25 birthday as a Town this December. Anyone that would like to help plan a birthday party is asked to call Town HAll at 652-1840 to help.
What kind of activities do you think we should have? Let us know

Planning Downtown

2009-08-07T18:20:00.000-07:00

Help plan the downtown in Loomis. TRhe Town of Loomis is holding several meeting to get your opinion on what the downtown should look like. To add your input attend one of the planning meeting, To find the schedule go to the Town of Loomis web site

Free Swim Fridays

2009-06-22T21:26:00.000-07:00

The Del Oro Pool is open every friday from 11:30 am to 3 pm for recreation swimming. This is a free program offered by the Town of Loomis

I LOVE LOOMIS

2009-06-22T21:24:00.000-07:00

dO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE i LOVE lOOMIS PROGRAM?

Deer Hunt in Loomis

2009-06-22T21:22:00.000-07:00

The Placer County Board of Supervisors is considering a deer hunt in Loomis. The reason for this is said to be the number of car accidents that have ocured this past year.
What do you think?

Where should moderate priced housing be built?

2009-05-29T21:01:00.000-07:00

The State of CAlifornia requires Loomis to provide 200 moderate price living units. The Planning Commission has indicated a couple of possible locations, The include on Sierra College Blvd across from the college, next to th KOA camp ground on Taylor Road and Next to Clark Powers School.
What location do you favor or do you have a different location?. The site needs to be a minimum of 5 acres.
Let's hear what you think

State takes Loomis Money

2009-05-29T20:56:00.000-07:00

The State of CAlifornia is planning to take 8% of Loomis property tax to help balance the state budget. Before this more the Town of Loomis had lost $350,000 in revenues because of declining property taxes and reduced sales tax. Now the state wants to farther Loomis financial problem by taking and additional amount of money from the Town.
Enought is enought. Call Ted Gaines in Sacramento and tell him to oppose this idea.

Loomis Hires Park and Open Space Planners

2009-05-29T20:53:00.000-07:00

The Town of Loomis has hired ERM and associates to prepare the town's park, open space and stream plan. This plan will indicate where future parks should be located, How open space can be saved and how the creeks can be used by the whole community.
Work on this plan should begin in July with a series of public workshops. For additional information check the town of Loomis web site.

Best Tennis Players Comming to Loomis

2009-05-29T20:50:00.000-07:00

Some of the top tennis players in the world will be at Del Oro from June 9 to 14. They will be competing for $10,000 in prizes, The best thing is that the tournament is FREE. All the seat are at court side. You can see a tennis ball go over 100 mph. Drop by Del Oro to see this great event

I Love Loomis

2009-05-14T07:39:00.000-07:00

Check out the I LOVE LOOMIS web site, It has all kinds of information about Loomis. It has been made possible by a $5,000 donation from the Town. Local business people like Wild Chicken and Peter Oates are working on it. The purpose of the web site is to attract people to down town Loomis.
What do you think of the site?

Great Nursery Open in Loomis

2009-04-05T21:03:00.000-07:00

Baker Nursery on Taylor Road opened this week. It features tree, plants and veggies at great prices. Not only are their prices great but the quality of the items is wonderful, No need to drive out of Loomis to get your veggie plants for that summer garden, Just stop in at Bakers

Tree Day this Saturday

2009-03-13T09:49:00.000-07:00

Would you like a free tree for your yard? The Town of Loomis will be giving away free trees this Saturday between noon and 4 pm at the Sunrise Park. Stop by and get one

New Business in Town

2009-03-13T09:46:00.001-07:00

The Black Bear Outdoor store has open in Loomis. Located on Taylor Road across from the Blue Goose this upscale sporting goods store carries a line of back packing equipment, rafts and does bike repairs . It also has fishing gear and supplies. Drop in an say "hello"

I love Loomis

2009-03-05T08:29:00.000-08:00

"I love Loomis" has been chosen as the theme by local business for an campaign to attract customers to downtown Loomis. The campaign is being headed by Peter Oates and his firm.
Posters and other material based around the theme will be produced. The Town of Loomis has contributed $5,000 to this project. By a motion by Council member Ucovich the original $2,000
amount was raised to $5,000.

Downtown Business We lattended

2009-01-21T16:25:00.000-08:00

Over 80 people attended the downtown business meeting on Monday January 19 at the Loomis train Depot. A presentation was made on prior plans for downtown and then a question and snswer period was held. A sig-up was taken of people who would like to be on various groups to work on plan for the downtown and improvement of business. The meetin gwas run by mayor Walt Schear.

Openings om Park and Open space committee

2009-01-16T07:05:00.000-08:00

Would you like to be on the Town of Loomis Parks and Open Space Committee? Opening now exist for interested people. For additional information please contact Town HAll at 652-1840

Goals for 2009

2008-12-25T19:54:00.000-08:00

The Loomis Town Council will be setting goals for the 2009 year. I would like to get your ideas on projects or programs that you would like thew Town to do.
Some of the things are:
A park next to the Train Depot
Signs on the freeway directing people to downtown
Design uses for the Union Pacific Property from King Road to Circle Drive that the Town has purchased.
Work on obtaining a train stop on Loomis.
Prepare a study for an on ramp to IS80 at King Road
Have more community meetings to discuss design for future development in downtown Loomis
Obtain funds for additional police services and road maintenance.
WHAT ARE YOUR IDEAS?

Lights in Loomis

2008-12-20T04:38:00.001-08:00

Thre are many homes in Loomis that have decorated for Christmas. Take a drive through Sunrise Loomis and see all the lights, Do you know of a place to look at? Let us know

Town buys Union Pacific Land

2008-12-20T04:33:00.000-08:00

The Town of Loomis has purchase the Union Pacific land from King Road to Circle drive on the East side of the tracks. This includes the land under the Blue Goose Shed. The tOwn will look at community input on how to design this proptery. Items to include are: a park, parking. a walk way . additional shopping places. This will become the central point in an expanded downtown,

Loomis Train Ride

2008-12-08T20:34:00.000-08:00

The ride on the Capitol train from Roseville to Loomis was shared by about 25 people who boarded the train in Roseville for the ride to Loomis. A lot of cheering was heard on the train when the announcement was made that Loomis was the next stop, A crowd of over 300 people were at the train depot in Loomis. MAny of the passengers were greeted by Assembly member Ted Gaines who had come to aprticipate i nthe dedication and tree lighting ceremony.

Christmas in Loomis

2008-11-27T06:44:00.001-08:00

On Friday December 6th at 6PM The Town of Loomis will open the restored train depot. The Sacramento Capitol Corridor train will stop in Loomis at about 6:15 pm. This is the first scheduled train stop in Loomis.
After the dedication the Christmas tree will be lighted and then Christmas music by local groups will be provided at the Blue Goose shed.
Al lare invited to attend this historic event

Loomis Train Stop

2008-11-19T08:59:00.000-08:00

When I was a member of the Placer County Transportation Commission I was able to have them approve a train stop for Loomis in their expansion plans. This year it was hoped that train service from Sacramento to Auburn would be expanded from the present 2 trains a day to 8 trains a day and then the Loomis stop would happen.
UP has stated that they will not allow any more passenger trains on the tracks so the Loomis stop has been put on hold for the present.

King Road 4 lanes

2008-11-11T06:48:00.000-08:00

Before Loomis became a town the county had King Road planned as a 4 lane road. What do you think? Should it be 4 lanes in the future or keep it 2 lanes as it is now?

Rhonda and Gary Liss Win Election

2008-11-05T05:13:00.000-08:00

Well the Loomis Town Council race has finally come to a close with Rhonda and Gary winning the two seats. I would like to thank all the voters who cast a vote for Gary,
Now that the election is over it is time to work on keeping Loomis the great place it is.
WE (the council) need to work with the downtown business and land owners to bring more business to the downtown and to attract more shoppers and customers too.
Again Loomis thanks for voting

Bridge To Raise

2008-10-17T07:52:00.000-07:00

Have you seen the CAl Trans crew around the Horseshoe Bar over crossing? They are in the process of designing the lifting of the bridge over the freeway. While the projext is 2 or 3 years awayn it was a surprise to every one that it is going to happen. The Brace Road Horseshoe BAr and King Road Bridges do not meet Federal heigth requirements.
I knew that some day this would happen but had no idea or did anyone else that it was on CAl Trans work list

Union Pacific Refuses Additional Trains

2008-10-06T21:28:00.001-07:00

Union Pacific has announced that it will not allow any additional commuter trains on the Capitol Corridor. This letter was in response to the State of California offer of 200 million dollars in transportation bond fund to Union Pacific for additional rail service.
The new rail service would of included 4 trains a day to Auburn which would of stopped in Loomis. When I was on the PCTC I convinced the board to include the Loomis stops in any future expansion.
While Union Pacific has refused the offer for now, legislator both in California and Nevada will continue discussions with Union PAcific.

Eggplant Festival

2008-10-02T02:35:00.000-07:00

Hope you all will come to the eggplant festival this saturday in downtown Loomis. Enjoy the food, activities and see the newly restored train depot. See the new cafe at high hand Nursery.

Empty Buildings

2008-09-29T23:12:00.000-07:00

Yes there are a lot of empty commercial buildings. To resolve this problem I asked the council to prepare a downtown action plan that would address this problem. Other cities faced with the same problem have solved it with a action plan.
The council denied my request

Services provided by Town of Loomis

2008-09-16T21:56:00.000-07:00

When the Town of Loomis started about 26 years ago It was told what service it could provide by the Local Formation Agency. The new Town could not provide or take over any existing services.
The existing service were Fire District, Water District, and Sewer District.
The Town of Loomis provides police service along with the other Town services such as planning, building inspections and public works and takes care of the Sunrise Loomis Park as well as some other out door areas.
The park on King Road is a county park and is taken care of by Placer County

Time to build a Park

2008-09-15T16:11:00.000-07:00

If all goes well the park could be ready in two years.
First the Park and Open Space commission must select a park planner. (4 months)
Second they will work with the planner in designing the park (6 to 8 months)
Third the town council will call and award bids (3 months)
Fourth The park will be built (6 to 9 months depending on weather)
Hopefully the park would be ready for the 2010 Eggplant Festival

Loomis First Park Approved

2008-09-10T06:22:00.000-07:00

The Loomis Council approved requesting the Park and Open Space Commission to began the planning process for a downtown park next to the train depot. This will be the first park that the Town will construct in it's history. The town has a state grant of about $220,00 and other grant money to do this project. The park will include a tot lot. water feature, picnic tables and other items . This park will be come the focal point of the downtown.

Loomis Chamber of Commerce

2008-09-03T21:55:00.000-07:00

As a member of the Loomis Chamber of Commerce for about 15 years I can say that it's main function is social. It has monthly mixers so the members can chat among one another. The chamber put on 3 or 4 business lunches where a speaker is brought in. The other main activity of th Chamber is the Egg Plant Festival.
Does the Chamber work to bring in new business? The answer is no. In other communities the chamber of commerce and the local city try to attract new business, Roseville, Auburn and Sacramento are examples of this.
Since a major portion of it's revenue comes from sales tax which business generate the Town must take and active role in attracting new business and keeping exiting business. The time is now for Loomis to do this.

Loomis Tried to Be A good Neighbor

2008-08-30T06:23:00.000-07:00

In the latest Loomis News mayor Kelly failed to point out that he was selected by the Loomis Town Council to meet with Rocklin and try to work out a solution for the developments around Sierra College and IS80. The Loomis Town Council wanted to be a good neighbor with Rocklin ands sent Russ to work something out. The law suit was our last resort because the meetings failed.
Russ forgot to mention this

Highhand Cafe takes Shape

2008-08-24T06:38:00.001-07:00

A very special cafe is coming to High Hand nursery.
Brick ovens, a glass house dinning area set in a sence of plants, flowers and water features will be the focal point of this new feature. Expected to open in a month the cafe will be unique in the Sacramento region.

Does Loomis want PArks and Open Space?

2008-08-20T22:39:00.000-07:00

The question that the Town Council is now faced with is the Town of Loomis ready to pay for the cost of maintaining parks and open space? The town collects money from each home to buy and build parks and buy open space. The question that the council keeps asking is"who is going to pay for the upkeep of them?"
There are several methods that could be used.
One is the Town pays for the cost out of the money that comes into the town.
Another is that the sales tax is increased by 1/2 cent to pay for it.
Or the third is as has been done is that"we do not build parks and give the money to other agencies for their use.
What do you favor?

Hunter Oaks Park

2008-08-15T06:19:00.000-07:00

A year ago I asked the other members of the Town Council to approve the purchase of a lot in Hunter Oaks so that a mini park could be built there. The council on two occasions voted against a park and later the lot was sold and now a house is built on it. This was the last lot that a park could be built on. People in the hunter oaks area paid money toward a park but it was never built for them, instead all park monies have been given to the schools to put a in developments on their schools.

Train Depot

2008-07-19T09:52:00.000-07:00

The train depot will be the new place for the Town council meetings. It has great parking and the building will handle the people much better. It is much larger than the present meeting room and will be have audio video presentations equipment.
As far as the SPMUD building is concerned it will be used as the town hall. When the
Loomis Town Center is developed the Town then can decided if it wants to build a new
Town Hall at that location.

Streets to get one more coat

2008-06-23T22:54:00.000-07:00

The streets i nSunrise Loomis still have one more coat of sealer to be applied. Door hanger will be given out tell the dates that this will be done. It has been between 25 and 40 yrs since the roads have been sealed. This is aprt of the Town of Loomis street maintenance program that was started 5 years ago. Each year sections of Loomis will have street work done.

Town Paves Roads

2008-06-13T15:08:00.000-07:00

The Town of Loomis paved roads in various parts of the Town. The cost this year was over $450,000. Most of this money came from the bonds that the California voters approved. Streets both in the East and West of Loomis were paved.
This is the tar and gravel application on the streets in Sunrise Loomis. This is the first work on these streets in many years..

Summer Concert Series Begins

2008-06-03T08:27:00.000-07:00

Fred Morgan's Big Band will kick off the Loomis Summer Concert Series on June 13 at 7 pm at the Train Depot. Bring your lawn chair and come enjoy the music

Council to discuss goal for 2008-9 Budget

2008-05-12T13:48:00.000-07:00

This Tuesday the Loomis Town Council will discuss goals for the 2008-09 budget. Items such as downtown improvement. putting the council meetings on cable and add a bike lane to Horseshoe Bar road will be discussed.

Should Loomis Allow 6 ft fences and walls?

2008-04-15T22:24:00.000-07:00

The Town of Loomis will have a ordinance which would allow residents to have a 6 ft soild wall 3 feet in from their proptery line in the front yard. Do yo usuppor tthis idea?

Ucovich discusses state budget with Lt. Govenor

2008-04-13T21:03:00.000-07:00

Lieutenant Governor John Garamendi and Loomis Town Council Member Miguel Ucovich discuss the state budget at a dinner held saturday night at the Blue Goose shed

Horseshoe Bar Resturant Opens in May

2008-04-07T21:23:00.000-07:00

The Horseshoe Bar resturant is ungoing remodeling and has proponed it's opening until May.

Train Service to Loomis

2008-03-11T13:35:00.000-07:00

At present there is no plans for train service to Loomis. When i Was a member of PCTC I kept insisting that Loomis have a train stop. It was included in the long range plan as far as I know. I also contacted the Executive of the Capitol Corridor. He assured me that train service was possible and ran some test train from Sacramento to Auburn up the Loomis track If you know the Loomis track is usually only used for trains going West and the Sierra College track is used for trains going East. The test was to show that both East and West bound train could stop in Loomis. You need to check with Loomis current PCTA reprersentative Russ Kelly to see if he is still persusing the train stop.

Council to discuss goal for 2008-9 Budget

2008-03-07T17:09:00.000-08:00

The loomis town council will discuss goal for the up comming 2008-9 budget at their March 11 meeting. My goals for the budget are: improve the business climate downtown by following the suggestions in our General plan which includes signage,advertizing program and more evnts to draw people to our business. Wit hslow economic time I feel that these program are the most important to follow. Other goals are to complete the restoration of the train depot, improve public transportation in times of raising gas pridces, and to keep the public better informed by improving the toiwn web site,prepare and annual report to the itizen's and have our council meeting on cable tv. The meeting starts at 7:30 Pm at Town Hall and I hope you will attend.

Horseshoe Bar Resturant to Open

2008-03-07T17:06:00.000-08:00

I saw one of the owners and he said the resturant should open in April, It will be a nice addition again to the downtown.

Loomis Train Depot Pictures

2008-02-26T19:34:00.000-08:00

Council Members Kelly and Milward discussing what color the train depot should be painted. Kelly wants it green.

Soon this train depot will be restored

First Step to Renovate the Train Depot Begins

2008-02-26T19:21:00.000-08:00

A meeting with prospective construction companies who would bid on renovating the Loomis Train Depot was held today. A large number of companies were present and expressed intrest in bidding on the work. The deadline for submittal of bids is the middle of march at which time the Town Council will award the bid and construction can begin soon afterwards. Mayor Kelly has said"we will get this done by the Eggplant Festival in October"

Possible Farmer's MArket for Loomis

2008-02-24T10:25:00.000-08:00

The owner of the Blue Goose Produce Market is considering a Saturday FArmer's market for Loomis. It would start in the Spring and run throught the summer. It would include produce and arts and crafts from local people. I hope thta all will all support it if it happens. There is a possibility that people who have an excess from thier garden can bring it and they will see it for you. Contact Mark at Blue Goose for farther information. Let's all have a garden this year.

Celebrate Arbor Day

2008-02-23T10:25:00.000-08:00

On March 8th Valley Rock on Taylor Road will be having special events in connection with Arbor Day. Hope you will be able to stop by. There will be demonstrations and drawings

At &T comming to Loomis

2008-02-11T20:28:00.001-08:00

At&T will be providing cable service to Loomis in the near future. This will mean that Loomis will have two cable providers.

Now what for the Loomis School District

2008-02-11T20:25:00.000-08:00

Now that the school bond has failed again, what do you think the Loomis school Board should do?
Not try again?
Re-think the list of projects and only proposed those that are necessary for the health an safety of the students?
Other ideas

Remember to Vote

2008-01-31T18:59:00.000-08:00

Tuesday is election day. I encourage all of you to vote. You can't complain if you do not vote.
I hope you will vote YES on the indian gaming propositions. The State of CAlifornia needs the additional money.
Intresting point is that Thunder VAlley has put in 9 million dollars in the effort to defeat the propositions. Seems that they do not want to pay the State extra when they expand thier casino.

Horseshoe Bar Resturant to Open

2008-01-24T05:33:00.000-08:00

It is been said that Eppie's of Sacramento is going to re-open the Horseshoe Bar and Grill.
Keep your eyes open.

Goals for Loomis for 2008

2008-01-22T03:36:00.000-08:00

The loomis Town Council will discuss goals and programs for 2008 at thier February meeting.
What do you think should be done in 2008?
Come to the meeting.

Loomis School District Bond Measure

2008-01-06T20:47:00.000-08:00

On the February ballot is a bond measure for 17 million dollars to improve facilities in the district.
Wha tdo you think of the measure?

Loomis Hit by Storm

2008-01-06T20:42:00.000-08:00

The worst storm in the 25 years that I have been in Loomis hit the last few days. While the rain was not that bad the wind sure was. A tree went down on our street and took an electric line with it across the street. The Loomis Fire Dept blocked off the street till the power could be shut of thus saving anyone from being electruded. A bi gtree fell across Sanders and those people are still without power. These are jus tsome of the things the storm did. How did u come out?

Fire District Assement Vote Passes

2008-01-03T21:23:00.000-08:00

The voters of Loomis approved the fire assement by a voted of 68% This will allow the fire district to provide a full time professional fire department in Loomis now and in the future.

I want to thank all of the people in Loomis who voted to save our lives and our proptery.

Miguel Ucovich

Clothes lines for Loomis

2008-01-03T11:13:00.000-08:00

On the Jerry Lyons show mayor Russ Kelly said he want to allow clothes lines in people's front yards. Now clothes lines have to be in the back of a yard. What do you think?

Council Goals for 2008

2008-01-02T22:18:00.000-08:00

Here are my goals as your council member for 2008

1. Improve dowtown business
a. Have business owner, land lords, and the community work with a consulant to develop a 5
a five year plan for dowtown loomis.
b. Place directional signs showing how to get to downtown.
c. Encourage and publicize dowtown events. Have a annual garage sale, bring back the farmers market, and support private events downtown

2. Improve means of getting around Loomis and to Sacramento.
A. Push for a King Road On Ramp
B Ask the PCTC to do a study on if the Placer Parkway can be a toll road thus saving the residents 500 million and getting the road built 10 years sooner.
See if commuter train will stop in Loomis.

3 Improve Park and Open Space
a. Fund the park and open space element.
b Look into a free tree program for the residents.

4. Improve communication with the residents.
Bring back the annual town report that was sent to all citizens.
Improve the Town's Web Site
Form the Loomis Team group which will allow citizens to become an active part of Loomis,

What do You want for Loomis in 2008?

2007-12-29T08:34:00.001-08:00

What would you like for Loomis in 2008? I would like your suggestions. Please suggest things that improve Loomis.

Christmas Lights in Loomis

2007-12-29T08:30:00.000-08:00

Check out the Christmas light in Loomis. There are several homes in Sunrise Loomis with a great deal of decorations.
Also rememebr to recycle your live trees at Del Oro by Jan i 2008

Loomis Chamber of Commerce

2007-12-18T08:24:00.000-08:00

Having been a member of the Loomis Chamber of Commerce for over 10 years, it appears to me that the role of the chamber has been more of a social activity for it's members. One of it's main tasks is the monthly mixers. They have had quarterly informational scessions for the local bussinesses. Unlike other chamber that are very pro active for attracting bussiness to thier community, the Loomis Chamber has not been in that role for years. The current staff people are there as office employees and not as an executive director. The last time the Chamber actively tried to improve the bussiness climate in Loomis was then Hazel Hineline was executive director over 15 years ago. Hazel was active in getting new bussiness to come to Loomis.
I have met with the Chamber and they have been helpful in forming a committee headed by Vicki Morris to make suggestions on some things the council might do to help bussiness like downtown directional signs. I am still waiting to hear the response from the other council members of this proposal as it has been delayed for 3 months.

Downtown Needs Help

2007-12-17T07:46:00.001-08:00

I am very concerned about the vacant store fronts. I have made several proposals at the Council meeting to address this problem but have not gotten any support from the rest of the Council. I have proposed meeting with the proptery owners and bussiness owners to see what could be done but was told "this is up to the Chamber of Commerce to do" I suggested directional signs to downtown like Auburn, Roseville and many other cities have but again no response. I asked that we get a Farmer's MArket back as we had. Again no support
I will continue in my efforts to inmprove the bussiness climate in downtown. Sooner or later this will happen

Fire District Assment Vote

2007-12-13T08:25:00.000-08:00

Remember to send in your ballot for the fire district vote

No roundabout for mulit modal

2007-11-08T07:18:00.000-08:00

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

2007-11-08T07:14:00.000-08:00

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

Tree in Middle of Multi Modal Plaza

2007-11-02T20:40:00.000-07:00

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

Street Lights at Horseshoe Bar and Taylor

2007-10-31T06:36:00.000-07:00

Thanks for noticing that the right lights were put in at this intersection. When replacement bulbs were put in the wrong ones were purchased. The result was a very dark intersection. It took a while to get the right lights but they are in now.

Redevelopment Agency in Loomis

2007-10-19T08:42:00.000-07:00

While most cities in Placer County have a redevelopment agency, Loomis does not.
There seems to be no intrest in Loomis to form one.

Train Depot

2007-10-19T08:31:00.000-07:00

Well we are trying to decide which way to go with the train depot.
One side favors tearing down the depot and building a neq replica which would be more energy efficient. The other side favors restoring the existing building thus saving it historical value but maybe not as energy efficient,
Which way do you favor? Pick one please

Fire District Assement Proposal

2007-10-11T09:51:00.000-07:00

The Loomis Fire District will be asking the people in the district if they would approve and additional fee of about $90 a year to keep the fire district operating.
Some of the advantages of the district operating are:

Lower Home Fire Insurance Rates

Best emergency response time in the area 4 minutes or less.

Local control of the department.

WHAT DO YOU THINK FAvor or not?

Park and Open Space Commission Meets

2007-09-26T15:41:00.001-07:00

The Loomis Park and Open space commission held it's first meeting this week. This commission will be charged with developing a park and open space plan for the Town and recommending locations for parks and open space acquistion.

Toll Roads in California

2007-09-18T08:02:00.000-07:00

At a recent conference information was provided about toll roads in Southern California, Currently there are several toll roads in the Los Angles area. Amoung them are the 91,73,133,261 and the proposed 241. These roads are all financed by private funds thus allowing gas tax money to be used on different projects.
The proposed 241 is similar in length to the Placer Parkway in Placer County . Placer Park Way would be a bypass for cars on IS80 going to and from Sacramento as the 241 is a bypass for IS5. Both projects would reduce travel time by the year 2025 from one hour down to 25 minutes. A brief study of the Placer PArkway was done by the Federal Highway Department and those were the results of the study.
If the Placer Park Way was a toll road it would free over 600 million dollars in funds to be used for other needed raod projects.
Would you pay a toll road fee of $3.00 to save 35 to 40 minutes on your comuter to Sacramento?

Should Solid Berms Be Allowed

2007-09-16T21:13:00.000-07:00

The Town Council is reviewing the fence ordinance. Do you favor keeping open fences along the front proptery lines in Loomis ie. fences no more than three feet tall or open fences like a 3 rail fence if taller?
What do you think about solid fences and Earth berms 6 ft high along the streets like on BArton Road?

Loomis Chamber Office

2007-09-13T07:44:00.000-07:00

The chamber of commerce office is complete. They plan on moving in in November. A big thanks to High Hand Nursery for the great landscaping

Down town Development

2007-09-11T16:43:00.000-07:00

A couple of points on downtown development.
Loomis has no redevelopment agency. Why not? Good question. Every time I bring it up no other council member favors it. A redevelopment agency would give the town money to do improvements in that area.
The position by most of the council has been that economic development is a function of the Chamber of Commerce and not the Town Council. I disagree. I asked that a new downtown development plan be done so we would have a road map as what to do. No action by the council.
Many of you have good ideas on what the downtown needs. COME TO A COUNCIL MEETING AND EXPRESS THEM.

New Development Plans Unveiled

2007-08-29T15:13:00.000-07:00

At a join Town Council and Planning Commission meeting the plans for the Loomis Market Place and the Loomis Village was presented to about 100 people who were i nattendance.
The Loomis Market Place is located on the East side of IS80. The plan calls for retail sales,resturants, gas stations and two motels.

The Loomis Village is behind Raley's and is a mixed use development. It call for residential(about 480 homes, offices, a senior housing unit and 45,000 feet of retail sales.

The Council voted 5-0 to proceed with the planning process for these two projects. The planning process will take about two years to complete.

Lights at Horseshoe BAr and Taylor Road

2007-08-23T22:07:00.000-07:00

When the orginal white bulbs burned out over a years ago I brought it to the attention of ther Town staff. It took several months but the bulbs were replaced. One problem was that they ordered sodium vapors light which give off a yellow color and are not very bright. Four months ago I was told new white bulbs were ordered, Today I found out that the wrong bulbs were ordered and now a new order had to be placed. When the bulbs come in we will have again the brighter light so yo ucan see the intersection

Taylor Road improvements

2007-08-15T21:08:00.000-07:00

The town has been trying to buy additional land behind the stores on Taylor Road from Union Pacific. This land would be used for additional aprking, a downtown park and possibility a location for new stores. Today I attended a mettin gwith a represenative of PG&E to discuss the moving of the power lines off of TAylor and next to the railroad tracks. For many years Union PAcific has not been responsive to Loomis's desire to purchase land to improve the downtown. Hopefully they will agree to a resonable price in the near future.
I am workingwith members of the Chamber of Commerce on developing programs that wil lbring more shoppers into downtown Loomis, Some of the merchants such as High Hand Nersery and the produce market at the Blue Goose shed are developing some of these programs to attract more shoppers. I wil lcontinue to work with our merchants i nthis matter. Some of the suggestions are directional signs to downtown. A marketing program based on the theme "back to the 40"s" and other ifeas. Do you have any ideas?

Council Approves Depot Restoration

2007-08-15T21:03:00.000-07:00

Last night at the Loomis Town Council meeting the council voted 5-0 to replace the existing depot with a replica. In the project all usable items from the old depot will be used in the reconstruction. It is hoped that the project wil lbegin in the Spring of 2008.

YOUR IDEAS WANTED

2007-08-05T08:49:00.000-07:00

I really want to hear your ideas on how to improve Loomis. Do you want more shopping opportunities,better traffic enforcement, parks, etc. I have heard about the fact that noting is being done, Now is your chance to speak up.

Fire District Votes for Benifit Assement Vote

2007-08-02T17:56:00.000-07:00

The Loomis Fire District Board of Directors voted to begin the process to have a benifit assement vote for additional funding in order to keep the Loomis Fire District open. More information as it becomes known.

Dissatisfied? Then run for the Council

2007-08-01T21:54:00.000-07:00

If you are dissatisfied with the Town leadership then I would suggest that you run for the Town Council. The next election will be in November 2008.

Thanks for the Help

2007-07-31T19:23:00.000-07:00

I want to thank the person who catches my spelling errors. My mind goes faster than my fingers type. A thinker I am, a speller i am not. Thanks
Miguel

Downtown Center Plan Proposed

2007-07-29T20:51:00.000-07:00

Todd Lowell has submitted his downtown center plan for consideration by the Town of Loomis. This plan covers the proptery from Horsebar Road behind Raley's, the Memorial Hall to Laird Street The proptery is about 60 acreas and was formerly owned by the Gates Family.
The downtown center was orginally in the Loomis Plan when Loomis was part of the County over 25 years ago. About 15 years ago the Town Developed a updated downtown plan which showed this area as a village.
Todd''s plan cause for a variety of uses, In his plan retail,offices. homes and community spaces are proposed, His plan follows the Sacramneto COuncil of Goverments "smart growth" planning whre every thing is within walking distance and people do not have to rely on thier auto.
A lenght review process by the Town is the next step. Upon approval it is hope that construction may begin in sround 2 years.

Planning Commission Approval of Homewood Upheld

2007-07-11T20:35:00.000-07:00

On July 11th The Loomis Town Council upheld the Planning Commission decision to approve
the tenative map for the Homewood Lumber Store at Brace and Sierra College Blvd. The vote was taken after a three hours meeting where comments from the public were heard as well as the items contained in the seven appeals which were filed, Some modifactions to the condtions of approval were made. by the Town Council.

Loomis Is Incorporated

2007-07-03T06:17:00.000-07:00

New Homes In Loomis

2007-07-01T14:41:00.000-07:00

The following are the project that are planned for Loomis. Some will occure in two years others may take up to 5 years to do. All these are in the current General Plan. That is the reason I felt it was not necessary to update the General Plan at this time. Here are some of the projects:

Monserat 60 5 acre homes on BArton Road

Orchard Place 50 homes on Taylor Road at the Alice Fruit Stand

Taylor Road by KOA campground 50 homes plus 10 carriage houses

End of Walnut 50 homes

Behind RAley's 200-250 homes

Dunsomore Development 40 homes off Humphrey by No Name

So in the next 5 years or so Loomis will add around 450 homes if the housing market here remains good. These homes are for the most part all i nthe downtown core or are 5 acre parcels. This will maintain the nature of Loomis and give us a live downtown

Parks in Loomis

2007-06-29T04:36:00.000-07:00

Loomis collects a park fee from ever new home in Loomis. The past policy has been to use this money at school sites. Funds has been used at Powers and Loomis elementary schools to improve the outdoor recreation facilities there. With over 400 new home planned for Loomis in the next 5 to 10 years the town will have over 1,5 million to spend on parks.

Loomis Business

2007-06-01T22:21:00.001-07:00

Some of the members of the Town Council have shown little intrest in attracting business to Loomis. While they all say"we need more business" they do nothing. I suggested a downtown business plan be done to show what needs to be done to attact business but that idea fell on deaf ears. When I suggested a business committee they said that we have a Chamber of Commerce to do that. For several years I suggested a sign on the freeway to attract motorist to downtown, Again no support.
We need a council that wants to help develop business i nLoomis and is willing to put out the effort.;

Tern Limits

2007-06-01T22:17:00.000-07:00

I did respond to this question on the other Loomis web site. Term limits in a small town like Loomis serve no purpose. Few people ever choose to run for the Town Council in the first place.
Term limits would not allowed council members wit hexperience to run after a few terms. If a qualified candidate want to run they can and le tthe voters determine if they should be elected.
An election is coming up next year, I hope that several people choose to run

About Downtown

2007-05-20T08:56:00.000-07:00

For years I have tried to work on projects that helped the downtown. Loomis ahd the first Farmer's Market. The Train Depot has a lot of special events. The Summer Concerts brings people.
These are all things I have worked on. I have asked the Town Council to consider a plan to revitilized downtown but they show little intrest. If you are concerned either write or contact the other Council people with your concerns.

NEED YOUR HELP

2007-05-11T22:12:00.000-07:00

I would love to get more input from the people of Loomis. If you ahve friends that yo ucan send this site to I would appreciate it
Miguel

How much should be spent in 2008

2007-05-09T21:27:00.000-07:00

The Loomis Town Council is looking at adding some new things to the budget. This current year we have about $130,000 surplus.
Some of the proposals for next year are
Funding of Fire District $350,000
Add a zoning enforecemt person $ 75,000
A New General Plan $ 150,000
Redure part of a road 80.000

Total New Programs $630,000 for 2008

This means the town would have to take $500,000 out of the 2.5 million reserved fund. The reserve fund would only last for another 4 years then the Town would have to cut stuff.

As far as a new General Plan my feeling is we do not need it at this time. People in Loomis do not want the Town to change so there is no need to rezone the Town

Thw $350,000 for the Fire District is because they are going broke and are looking to the Town to help them out. The only problem is that idf the Town helps them , then in about 4 years both the Fire District and the Town will go broke. The only way to slove the fire district is the people of Loomis vote for an additional tax assement for the fire district.

Let me know what you think

Thanks Miguel

Whata do you think

2007-04-30T08:47:00.000-07:00

The Loomis Town Council is workin gon the 2007 -08 budget.
Here are some of the projects they are considering:
Restore the train depot
Purchase the Union Pacific Land behind Taylor Road
Look into moderate housing for Loomis

Do you have any Idea?
Let me know
Miguel