03-19-10 Friday

7:30 Interim City Manager Bruce Rudd hosted a breakfast at the Downtown Club for all of the department directors.



9:00 We had a meeting with the City Manager and others along with the Housing Authority to discuss progress on the Neighborhood Stabilization Program and to discuss possible changes to the program to speed up its completion.


10:00 The City Manager and others met with the representatives from a local agency that is interested in purchasing land from the City and building a new structure downtown.


11:30 Elliott, Angela Vasquez and I drove out to meet with Jan Minami and Joe Moore from the Downtown Association. We discussed the possibility of partnering on our downtown events.


1:00 Elliott and I met with Council Member and RDA Board Chair Lee Brand and City Building Official Jerry Bishop regarding a potential downtown tenant in an old warehouse building. No seismic work had been done to the structure, so unfortunately it was not an option.

2:00 Our weekly review meeting with the Planning Dept. to make sure that we stay coordinated with the downtown plans.

I left at 3:00 to head up to the foothills above Pine Flat for some camping and fly fishing.  Caught and released 5 beauties.