Difference between revisions of "Friends of Livermore"
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| − | According to their website, "Friends of Livermore is dedicated to preserving Livermore's distinct heritage and hometown culture by advocating a moderate growth plan that emphasizes a vibrant city center and the preservation of surrounding scenic and agricultural resources"[http://friendsoflivermore.org]. | + | According to their website, "Friends of Livermore is dedicated to preserving Livermore's distinct heritage and hometown culture by advocating a moderate growth plan that emphasizes a vibrant city center and the preservation of surrounding scenic and agricultural resources"[http://friendsoflivermore.org]. Committees incorporating the "Friends of Livermore" name are periodically created to raise money for specific causes, usually with political advocacy goals. |
| − | ==Historical | + | ==Historical Issues and Positions== |
===2001 Livermore Urban Growth Boundary=== | ===2001 Livermore Urban Growth Boundary=== | ||
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===2009 Regional Theater=== | ===2009 Regional Theater=== | ||
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| + | ===2011 Doolan Canyon=== | ||
===2016 Campaign against "Lennar" development plan=== | ===2016 Campaign against "Lennar" development plan=== | ||
| + | The 2016 version of the [[Stockyard (Old Lucky's Parking Lot) Redevelopment#LVPAC|Stockyard Redevelopment]] was viewed as having too many houses and not enough public open space. | ||
===2018 Campaign for "West Side Hotel" development=== | ===2018 Campaign for "West Side Hotel" development=== | ||
| + | After Lennar was eliminated, public workshops were convened to gather community input. One overwhelming preference of participants was to build a hotel to the west of Livermore Avenue/South of Railroad. This was due to the fact that the principle alternative location next to the Bankhead Theater was not large enough to accommodate the necessary parking. Instead, some of the cars were expected to park across Railroad Avenue. Ingress/Egress could also not be designed without negative impacts. Traffic congestion and downtown parking availability was a very high priority during outreach. | ||
| + | ====Referendum==== | ||
| + | After Council voted on September 10 2018 to rezone for the east side hotel, Friends notified the City that they would be filing a referendum. | ||
Revision as of 17:38, 29 September 2018
According to their website, "Friends of Livermore is dedicated to preserving Livermore's distinct heritage and hometown culture by advocating a moderate growth plan that emphasizes a vibrant city center and the preservation of surrounding scenic and agricultural resources"[1]. Committees incorporating the "Friends of Livermore" name are periodically created to raise money for specific causes, usually with political advocacy goals.
Contents
Historical Issues and Positions
2001 Livermore Urban Growth Boundary
2002 Alameda County Urban Growth Boundary
2005 Bankhead Theater
2009 Regional Theater
2011 Doolan Canyon
2016 Campaign against "Lennar" development plan
The 2016 version of the Stockyard Redevelopment was viewed as having too many houses and not enough public open space.
2018 Campaign for "West Side Hotel" development
After Lennar was eliminated, public workshops were convened to gather community input. One overwhelming preference of participants was to build a hotel to the west of Livermore Avenue/South of Railroad. This was due to the fact that the principle alternative location next to the Bankhead Theater was not large enough to accommodate the necessary parking. Instead, some of the cars were expected to park across Railroad Avenue. Ingress/Egress could also not be designed without negative impacts. Traffic congestion and downtown parking availability was a very high priority during outreach.
Referendum
After Council voted on September 10 2018 to rezone for the east side hotel, Friends notified the City that they would be filing a referendum.
