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Contents:
NAG Agenda for Monday, June 15,2009
Sacramento City Community services HERE FOR YOU!!
Counting All Californians in 2010
Police Release Composite of Sexual Assault Suspect
Hearing on Proposed Bus Route Changes
Burgler Hits Area Businesses
Proposal to change the Zoning Code for R3 and R3a Parcels
Brazen Burgler
Sacramento Press article
?? Sacramento Country Day School To Expand Into The Grid??
New - Just for fun!
Urban Farm Stands to begin for the Summer
Raccoons - Pets - Distemper ALERT ! Re-issued April 30,2009
Grow Healthy With Your Neighbors - Form A Crop-Swap
Fight the bite-drain after every rain
Time Magazine's 10 Sites You Can't Do Without
Our Most Recent Event - needs volunteers
Invitation to Join NBNA
We welcome the "Sacramento Press"

Hello neighbors.
Please see the following announcement from RiderShip for the Masses, a community-based organization committed to improving public transportation for all Sacramentans:

The Regional Transit Board is holding a public hearing on June 8, 2009 at 6 PM at the RT Auditorium, 1400 29th Street to hear comments on Bus Service Cuts for September 2009.

Bus routes that may be subject to reduction, realignment or elimination are:

5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 13, 16, 18, 20, 24, 28, 34, 36, 37, 47, 54, 61, 62, 63, 65, 73, 74, 82, 83, 94, 95, 106, 107, 140, 141, 205, 249, 251, 261

Comments must be received in writing at the regional Transit Planning Department PO BOX 2110 Sacramento 95812-2110 or email to: servicechanges@sacrt.com by 5:00 PM June 8, 2009 - or - attend the Regional Transit board meeting to give your comments in person.

Please pass this on to others who may be interested. To learn more about RiderShip for the Masses, please visit: www.rftm.info .

News Release May 14, 2009
Burglar Hits Area Businesses

Proposal to change the Zoning Code for R3 and R3a Parcels

On April 21, 2009, the Law and Legislation Committee of the Sacramento City Council consented to forward to the full Council, a proposal to change the zoning code under the umbrella of the 2030 General Plan. The date for the full Council review of these changes is not yet known. While the proposal contains some positive changes, including a provision that enables the city to enforce conditions of special permits, we anticipate the provision to expand allowed commercial uses on R3 and R3-A zoned parcels will heavily impact residents in Midtown and downtown, and will likely impact surrounding older neighborhoods as well. The intent of zoning is to limit incompatible uses in a neighborhood. These changes eliminate this protection.

This proposal makes significant changes to the R-3 and R3-A zones, expanding allowed commercial uses on residential parcels. Midtown Neighborhood Assn has posted what we know to date on the www.sacmidtown.org website on the 'news & updates' tab with a link to the full 68 page document. Some of the expanded uses include convenience stores, restaurants, food & deli, and commercial services. To our knowledge no outreach was conducted on this. We have asked city staff to bring this to the next Area 1 Neighborhood Advisory Group meeting on May 18th to address resident concerns before this goes to the City Council. MNA will keep residents posted on outreach efforts as we learn about them.

The zoning code defines “commercial services” as "establishments providing services or entertainment, as opposed to products, to the general public for personal or household use, including eating and drinking places." This change means bars and restaurants can locate on a residential parcel next to existing homes. Regarding this and the other proposed uses, anyone who has lived near a restaurant, bar, or convenience/ grocery store knows well the impacts on parking, trash removal and the noise it creates, as well as other noise and nuisance problems associated with these uses.

Again, the intent of zoning is to limit incompatible uses in a neighborhood. These changes eliminate this protection. If these changes go into effect, your neighbor can open a bar, restaurant, or convenience store on their residential parcel. .

Sacramento Police Department – 5770 Freeport Boulevard, Suite 100 – Sacramento, California 95822

Sacramento Country Day School to expand into the grid?

by Jonathan Mendick, published on April 11, 2009 at 8:43PM
Click here for the story:
http://www.sacramentopress.com/headline/5852/Sacramento_Country_Day_School_to_expand#5852

Also read:

http://my.hsj.org/Schools/Newspaper/tabid/100/view/frontpage/schoolid/642/articleid/268581/newspaperid/618/Default.aspx

Sacramento Country Day School
Coming To
The Newton Booth School ??

New! Just for Fun...

And finally…. A CAT NAMED LUCKY...

If you are you expecting a heart-wrenching story

about a cat that got run over by a truck,

lost a leg and dragged himself 100 kilometers

after being bitten by a snake?

W R O N G!

Meet Lucky

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Raccoons - Pets - Distemper Alert !
Re-issued April 30,2009

Hello Neighbors: Please read below and share with all our pet owners.

Animal Care Services has received calls from concerned citizens about daytime raccoon sightings. The raccoons appear to be ill. Our Shelter Vet, Dr. Warner, has examined one of the animals and concluded that it had distemper.

Many of the symptoms displayed by an animal with distemper are very similar to symptoms displayed by a rabid animal (only testing of brain tissue can determine if an animal is rabid). The raccoons are showing symptoms of lethargy, nasal/eye discharge, drooling, confusion, eyes

glazed over and have a foul odor.

Distemper is contagious and lethal to other animals (especially dogs), but poses no threat to humans. However, anyone bitten or scratched by a raccoon should seek medical attention. Raccoons are colony animals and live together thus infecting the group.

A healthy animal may contract distemper from direct contact with an infected animal or its bodily secretions and waste. Under mostenvironmental conditions, the virus does not survive long outside the

body; therefore, transmission requires close interaction between animals to enable direct contact or aerosol exposure.

Infected animals may shed the virus starting approximately five days after infection, for a period of as long as six weeks or until death. Unvaccinated dogs are susceptible to contracting the disease.

Pet owners are reminded to keep their pet vaccinations up to date.

If a citizen has concerns about their petâ€™s health, please refer them to their petâ€™s veterinarian.

If an injured or ill raccoon is sighted, ask the citizen to notify City Animal Care Services at 808-PETS (7387) or 311.

Please see the attached for additional tips in dealing with distemper and distribute this information in your District mailings, if interested.

Thank you,

Rhea Serran

Public Information Officer

City of Sacramento - DGS

Animal Care Services

2127 Front Street

Sacramento, CA 95818

916-808-1869 (office)

916-402-5091 (mobile)

916-808-5386 (fax)

rserran@cityofsacramento.org

Grow Healthy with Your Neighbors... Form a Crop Swap!

Meeting to discuss forming neighborhood crop swaps will be held Tuesday, March 3, 2009 and Tuesday, April 7, 2009 at 6:30 pm at the Sheppard Garden and Arts Center locaterd at 3330 McKinley Ave. This is a way to trade excess produce and fruit that is grown in back yards and front yards in the Sacramento area. Bring a few of your neighbors to this meeting to find out more about this effort and to learn how your neighbors can get FREE seeds to start this effort. Special presentations to neighborhood groups can also be arranged. Contact Bill Maynard with the Sacramento Area Community Garden Coalition for more information at sacgc@ulink.net or by phone at (916) 508-6025.

Don't Throw Out Those Unwanted Plants...Call Plant Rescue!

The Sacramento Area Community Garden Coalition is recycling unwanted plants and finding them new homes at area greening projects including community gardens, school gardens and green space projects. Small trees, shrubs, and bulbs will be picked up by appointment. Also, unwanted garden tools, and related garden items and equipment can be donated. Contact Bill Maynard at sacgc@ulink.net or by phone at (916) 508-6025.

Thank you,

Janine Martindale

Neighborhood Resources Coordinator

Serving Council District 3

Neighborhood Services Department

921 10th Street, 5th Floor

Sacramento, CA 95814

Office (916) 808-8193

Fax (916) 808-6534

Fight the Bite….Drain After Every Rain!

Standing water is a fertile breeding ground for mosquitoes. Protect your family! Follow these smart tips to reduce mosquitoes around you home this winter:

 Drain any container that may hold water for more than a few days. Pay special attention to backyard sources such as buckets, tires, cans, flowerpots, pet dishes, toys, birdbaths.

 Keep your street gutters clean! Do not dispose of any leaves, grass or other garden materials in the basin. Doing so creates favorable mosquito breeding conditions.

 Check your roof gutters and clear them of debris.

 Cover your pool or spa so mosquitoes cannot enter.

 Fill tree holes with sand. This will prevent water from collecting in the holes and producing mosquitoes that cause dog heartworm disease.

 Eliminate all standing water from around your home.

For a free inspection from a field technician or to report a mosquito source, call the Sacramento-Yolo Mosquito and Vector Control District at (800) 429-1022, or visit www.FIGHTtheBITE.net

Time Magazine's 10 Sites You Can't Do Without

http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1812202_1812206,00.html?iid=336x280_specials

1.Wikipedia - http://wikipedia.org/

2.Yahoo!Finance - http://finance.yahoo.com/

3.Craigs List - http://sacramento.craigslist.org/

4.ESPN - http://espn.go.com/

5.Yelp - http://www.yelp.com/

6.Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/

7.Digg - http://digg.com/

8.Google - http://www.google.com

9.TMZ - http://www.tmz.com/

10.Flickr - http://flickr.com/

           Need volunteers for Maintenance for the traffic circle at 26thand"S"
If you would like to help out with the circle, through plant donations, being one of the watering crew, or contributing materials contact bud@newtonbooth.org.

BE IN THE KNOW!!! - get the latest information about your neighborhood - To sign up for the latest e-mail announcements go here : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NBNA_Members/ SIGN UP NOW!!!

Ongoing Issues:

Street Lights: If your streetlights are out or going on and off frequently, contact the Street Lighting Shop at 808-6313 with the address that the light is closest to. Please notice if there is a single light out or if several are out. We are working on trying to get additional street lights in our neighborhoods, however our first step is to get all existing lights functional.

An invitation to join our Association

The neighbors who currently belong to the association would like to extend an open invitation to all neighbors, property owners, renters and business owners, to join the Newton Booth Neighborhoods Association - Have a say in what happens in your neighborhood. Have fun at our special events - block parties - National Night Out and more. Get involved with issues that interest you and make a difference in the safety, comfort and enjoyment of living in one of the Newton Booth neighborhoods. A membership application is available at Membership - print one out.

membership.html

We welcome the "Sacramento Press"
Expanded neighborhood coverage

Check it out:
http://www.sacramentopress.com/

Megan's law:
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Be in the know - get the latest information about your neighborhood - To sign up for the latest e-mail announcements go here : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NBNA_Members/ Sign up now!!

Sacramento Country Day School to expand into the grid?

by Jonathan Mendick, published on April 11, 2009 at 8:43PMClick here for the story:http://www.sacramentopress.com/headline/5852/Sacramento_Country_Day_School_to_expand#5852Also read:

by Jonathan Mendick, published on April 11, 2009 at 8:43PM
Click here for the story:
http://www.sacramentopress.com/headline/5852/Sacramento_Country_Day_School_to_expand#5852

Also read: