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By Ian Thompson
SUISUN CITY - Some mixed use development, a restaurant and improvements to the boat launch area if possible were what residents said they would like to see happen to the waterfront area south of Delta Cove.
These were some of the preferred uses that came from a Monday night brainstorming session to help Suisun City planners determine what the best use would be for one of the last undeveloped areas on the Suisun Slough's west side.
"It would be a good revenue source," said Suisun City waterfront resident Steve Lessler of a possible waterfront restaurant.
More than two dozen residents showed up for the two-hour session to first digest three conceptual alternative plans for the area before supporting the parts of the plans they liked and discarding the ones they did not.
The designs ranged from minimal changes that had much of the open land turn into parkland to more intensive changes that had the Adams Marine building moved, docks extended south and considerable development built up.
This all sprung from several possible ideas city planners had sketched out and presented to the City Council in September 2006.
Design, Community & Environment of Berkeley, hired in December to undertake the design effort, took in all the comments, which they will turn into a proposed land use plan that will go to the City Council this spring.
The idea of putting in development which would include a restaurant received support from those present who stated a restaurant, especially a high-end one designed to take advantage of its waterfront location, would bring more people to the area.
Suisun City has been approached on this idea by two interested developers during the past two years, but the proposals have gone nowhere in City Hall.
A suggestion by Design, Community & Environment to move the Adams Marine building was shot down with residents saying it would be too expensive and that the building is just fine where it is.
Boater John Scaff strongly recommended improvements in and around the boat launch area be made to allow large boats to be pulled out, repaired and maintained in Suisun City.
"We have no pull-out facility," Scaff said. "We haul them over to other places for repair and maintenance, and this city is losing money."
Suisun City can't do much to the boat launch because any changes are heavily restricted by a California Department of Boating and Waterways grant.
The city does have the option of "buying out" the grant to allow it more leeway in what it can do with the boat launch area.
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
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Suisun City police chief search continues
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By Ian Thompson
SUISUN CITY - Suisun City has received a half-dozen applications from law enforcement officers who want to be the city's next police chief - and the final day to apply for the job is still more than two weeks away.
The city is looking for someone to replace Suisun City Police Chief Ron Forsythe, who announced a month ago that he was going to retire March 7 because of ongoing medical problems.
"We are advertising at this moment and will be closing applications on Feb. 5," Suisun City Manager Suzanne Bragdon said.
If everything goes according to plan, the applicants will be interviewed in mid-February and a decision will be announced by mid-March, Bragdon said.
Bragdon is pleased with the number of applications and said that is because of "the direction the department is taking is very exciting and that filters through the police ranks."
Bragdon referred to last year's campaign to put the department back on the job around the clock after several years of contracting with the Solano County Sheriff's Office to patrol the city during the early morning hours.
City officials spent much of the year refilling the police department's depleted ranks, increasing the number of officers on the force and instituting new community law enforcement programs.
Forsythe's medical problems sidelined him for most of the last six months and the department's daily activities were overseen by acting police chief Commander Ed Dadisho.
Dadisho will continue as acting police chief and can also apply for the permanent job if he chooses, Bragdon said.
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By Ian Thompson
SUISUN CITY - Suisun City has received a half-dozen applications from law enforcement officers who want to be the city's next police chief - and the final day to apply for the job is still more than two weeks away.
The city is looking for someone to replace Suisun City Police Chief Ron Forsythe, who announced a month ago that he was going to retire March 7 because of ongoing medical problems.
"We are advertising at this moment and will be closing applications on Feb. 5," Suisun City Manager Suzanne Bragdon said.
If everything goes according to plan, the applicants will be interviewed in mid-February and a decision will be announced by mid-March, Bragdon said.
Bragdon is pleased with the number of applications and said that is because of "the direction the department is taking is very exciting and that filters through the police ranks."
Bragdon referred to last year's campaign to put the department back on the job around the clock after several years of contracting with the Solano County Sheriff's Office to patrol the city during the early morning hours.
City officials spent much of the year refilling the police department's depleted ranks, increasing the number of officers on the force and instituting new community law enforcement programs.
Forsythe's medical problems sidelined him for most of the last six months and the department's daily activities were overseen by acting police chief Commander Ed Dadisho.
Dadisho will continue as acting police chief and can also apply for the permanent job if he chooses, Bragdon said.
Suisun City after-school programs to increase
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SUISUN CITY - More after-school programs at Suisun City schools and increasing community use of the Joe Nelson Community Center will be among the main goals of Suisun City's Parks and Recreation Department this year.
"Suisun City has a lot of great programs and we can do more," said Kelly Davis, the recently hired director of the Joe Nelson Community Center.
Davis comes on board to oversee all the activities at the Community Center and work to expand Suisun City's after-school programs.
Her position is financed by a federal Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs Program grant. When the grant runs out, the position will be funded with city funds.
Recent tight budgets had kept the Suisun City Parks and Recreation Department from putting a person in place to specifically concentrate on expanding the center's activities.
Davis, who has experience with recreation and after-school programs in Napa, Vacaville and Dixon, arrived this month from her last job in Dixon which included starting after-school programs.
She will spend this month learning the ropes of running the center and then start work fine-tuning programs to better meet residents' needs, increasing the frequency of room rentals to local groups and increasing the number of after-school programs.
Now with the people-power he needs, Suisun City Parks and Recreation Department Director Mick Jessop is putting out surveys and talking with residents to see what they want and working on ways to better market the present programs.
"We want to look at how we can show the quality of this facility to the community," Jessop said.
Suisun City is planning to expand the after-school program at Crystal Middle School and start after-school programs at its three elementary schools, Jessop said.
State grant funds are already available to start the program at Suisun Elementary School. The city is appealing to the state to get funding to start programs at Dan Root and Crescent elementary schools as well as expand the three-year-old Crystal program.
The programs will allow students to stay after school to study, get assistance with homework and test preparation, and take part in enrichment programs, Jessop said.
"We are working with the YMCA for staffing the programs," Jessop said.
The Suisun Elementary School program, which could hold 80 students, is expected to start Feb. 6. Jessop will find out on Feb. 1 if the city gets funds for the programs at the other schools.
Jessop is also working with several local nonprofit and civic groups to help with other recreation programs "because we need to stretch whatever funding we have."
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By Ian Thompson
SUISUN CITY - More after-school programs at Suisun City schools and increasing community use of the Joe Nelson Community Center will be among the main goals of Suisun City's Parks and Recreation Department this year.
"Suisun City has a lot of great programs and we can do more," said Kelly Davis, the recently hired director of the Joe Nelson Community Center.
Davis comes on board to oversee all the activities at the Community Center and work to expand Suisun City's after-school programs.
Her position is financed by a federal Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs Program grant. When the grant runs out, the position will be funded with city funds.
Recent tight budgets had kept the Suisun City Parks and Recreation Department from putting a person in place to specifically concentrate on expanding the center's activities.
Davis, who has experience with recreation and after-school programs in Napa, Vacaville and Dixon, arrived this month from her last job in Dixon which included starting after-school programs.
She will spend this month learning the ropes of running the center and then start work fine-tuning programs to better meet residents' needs, increasing the frequency of room rentals to local groups and increasing the number of after-school programs.
Now with the people-power he needs, Suisun City Parks and Recreation Department Director Mick Jessop is putting out surveys and talking with residents to see what they want and working on ways to better market the present programs.
"We want to look at how we can show the quality of this facility to the community," Jessop said.
Suisun City is planning to expand the after-school program at Crystal Middle School and start after-school programs at its three elementary schools, Jessop said.
State grant funds are already available to start the program at Suisun Elementary School. The city is appealing to the state to get funding to start programs at Dan Root and Crescent elementary schools as well as expand the three-year-old Crystal program.
The programs will allow students to stay after school to study, get assistance with homework and test preparation, and take part in enrichment programs, Jessop said.
"We are working with the YMCA for staffing the programs," Jessop said.
The Suisun Elementary School program, which could hold 80 students, is expected to start Feb. 6. Jessop will find out on Feb. 1 if the city gets funds for the programs at the other schools.
Jessop is also working with several local nonprofit and civic groups to help with other recreation programs "because we need to stretch whatever funding we have."
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