Compilation of proposals from RCA Annual Meeting
April 27, 2010
The following is a verbatim transcript (exact as possible, with emphasis kept as much as possible) of the ideas people offered at the “Future of Rosemont” workshop at the annual Rosemont Community Association meeting on April 27, 2010. Some 100 people broke into groups of 3-7 each, wrote their ideas about the things they though the Rosemont community needs, and then shared the ideas among themselves, then with larger groups, and finally with the entire group. At the end of this report is a copy of the actual form people filled out, and a brief description of the process they followed. All were invited to fill out multiple forms with different ideas. Not all people filled out forms, and not all turned them in. However, the following appears to be a good representation of the most common ideas that people were sharing that evening. Most ideas included author’s names and contact information; however, that information has been removed from this listing to preserve privacy. The ideas are presented here grouped into general categories for easy of getting a sense of the community’s thinking, in order of most responses in a category. Some ideas could fit into several categories. (The numbers on the items are irrelevant in this summary and should be ignored; they were used simply to track the ideas in the original report.)
Summary of final group reports of the one key idea of each of the four groups (drafter unknown)
Appearances and Amenities
2. What: maintenance of unoccupied/foreclosed home – blight situations
Who: the owning bank or real estate company should be responsible (vested interest)
Resources: enforced regulation. If owner does not cooperate, fine them or seize property
6. What: Establish a community garden, share veggies & flowers
Who: volunteers from Rosemont; students at all levels
Resources: CA Native Plant Society-local chapter; Soil Borne Farms in RC
Help: I’ll research local community gardens
8. What: Sound wall Hwy 50 west of Mayhew
Who: CalTrans
9. What: Businesses – Bradshaw/Old Placerville SE corner (tech not in Rosemont but critical to our area); clean up our main street (Kiefer); businesses-keep them filled (deal with owner)
Resources: willing to take on assement that was an open (sic)
Help: volunteer
11. What: Bring back cabana club?
Who: interested residents
Resources: rent HS pool?
12. What: Take better care of what we have – our property
Who: The owners/renters PROBLEM: owners that do not live in Rosemont
Resources: businesses, hardware, residents
Help: force non-resident owners to take care of property
13. What: Street cleaning / weed abatement
Who: work furlough
Resources: County volunteers helping Sheriff
25. What: Try to encourage residents with un-kempt yards to improve appearance – also sidewalks with overhanging plants and vines, weeds along roads and sidewalks (9340 Zambra-landlord needs to include lawn care in his rent)
Who: work release crews
Resources: County jail inmates and work release teams
26. What: keep parks, parking lots, & streets clean and landscaped
Who: residents
Resources: scouts, kids, high school students and adults willing to do community service
27. What: continue to enhance appearance of entrances to neighborhoods and thoroughfares
Who: Teichert (Watt Ave/LR properties; County work crews (community service); neighborhood volunteers for clean up
Help: I’ll help with occasional Saturday cleanup days
31. What: Help keep front yards mowed and cleaned up (in yards of elderly, disabled, etc.)
Who: residents
Resources: scouts, kids and adults willing to do community service
41. What: Ensure that yards of abandoned/foreclosed homes are kept from becoming overgrown with weeds
Who: Lawn care by businesses that would be contracted by financial institution that has the mortgage
Resources: contact finance/mortgage company that has these
45. What: Retail: i.e. dining, stores & movie theater; tenant for Ralphs’ and Hollywood video
Traffic: lights and road extensions
Community involvement: garden, rec center, events and better advertisement
Annexation to Rancho Cordova
46. What: Enhance bike and pedestrian availability/safety via dedicated bike lanes and better pedestrian connectivity
Who: public/private partnership with Sacramento County, private donors (local biz/employers) and RCA
Resources: County funding / grant money? Corporate sponsorships
Help: Do stakeholder coordination/ communications/ outreach/ media support
47. What: Street lights: Manlove to New Dawn to Rosemont Dr. to Huntsman to Kiefer to So Watt; speed bumps/tables
Who: County in conjunction with SMUD for lights; County Dept of Transportation for speed bumps/tables
48. What: Upkeep of homes and yards (this could go hand in hand with Neighborhood Watch)
Who: We can accomplish this by helping those that cannot help themselves (elderly, out of work, etc.)
Resources: Perhaps this can be done by block (each one collecting for those who have given to those who do not have)
Help: Willing to work by myself, clean yards, paint houses, etc.
52. What: Book store (Borders or Barnes & Noble)
53. What: Find tenant for Ralph’s store
54. What: Get a Trader Joe’s and more retail
55. What: We need a movie theater!
57. What: Identify & aid properties that have fallen into disrepair to improve deficiencies
Who: create a core group of volunteers to invest the property owner & to coordinate volunteer improvements
Resources: maybe municipal, non-profit, utility grants in aid?
Help: by volunteering time and expertise (carpenter & construction supt.)
.
61. What: Water sprinklers at Teichert quarries to help reduce dust in Rosemont
62. What: Community garden
Who: All of us
Resources: local land owners not using some land, public land such as parks
Help: contribute time, supplies, knowledge
63. What: More businesses, dining, shopping
Who: All of us and the County
Resources: work together to create incentives to attract businesses; open more areas to develop new complexes, centers
Help: willing to visit these businesses, dining, shopping
65. What: better biking infrastructure
Who: not sure who/what entity would handle that; county supervisor
Help: contribute time for volunteering
66. What: less high density housing
Who: planning dept.
69. What: Clean up days - Kiefer Blvd; garbage
Who: Various individuals and groups; volunteers assembled to gather as neighbors and beautify Rosemont
Resources: individuals’ tools; small budget for supplies
Help: willing to help organize
Government Services and Organization
5. What: Annexation by Sacramento or RC
Who: City, Rosemont, LAFCO
Help: Willing to be on RCA board, committee, etc.
15. What: We have to look at what Rosemont wants to do regarding joining other areas such as the City of Sacramento, RC, or staying where we are at. What benefits are there to seek above changes.
Who: We have to look at all the alternatives and what is best for the area.
Resources: At this time who knows. We surely do not need more government
16. What: Annex to RC or Sacramento – research pros and cons of both, costs involved so an intelligent decision could be made
Resources: look into police, fire parks, school districts, garbage, sewer, all services
20. What: What is the process to incorporate Rosemont, like Rancho Cordova?
21. What: More local business, small business; maker Rosemont more than just a bedroom community; generate more tax dollars for community improvement. Against annexation to either RC or Sacramento
23. What: No annexation!
30. What: DO NOT INCORPORATE WE ARE SACRAMENTO COUNTY HAVE LIVED HERE BECAUSE WE ARE NOT A CITY-lived here 40 years
35. What: Annex to Rancho Cordova
36. What: Annex Rosemont to Rancho Cordova
37. What: Annex to Rancho Cordova
Who: We can
Resources: by vote
50. What: annexation to Rancho Cordova
Resources: RCA?
Help: willing to be committee volunteer
51. What: Annex to City of Rancho Cordova
Resources: RC has a plan to do it
67. What: increase County income for use in our community
Who: many people
Resources: public sources and residents
Help: by promoting
68. What: Start a business improvement district similar to Power Inn Alliance. This entity can be an advocate for the community, help assemble a vision, and provide a funding mechanism to implementation; annex
Who: business owners
Resources: parcel tax
71. What: Annexation to RC or Sacramento; maintain property values; levels of service pre-budget fiasco – e.g. build a police/fire substation; assessments to make improvements; volunteer
Police/Public Safety/Traffic
4. What: Safety issues – build fire/police substation at Watt & Manlove; City of Sacramento annex; code enforcement – yards
Will help by construction/engineering
7. What: Rosemont Center loitering enforcement
Who: school officers, parking enforcement patrol
Resources: the above are already in the area
Help: I’ll call in incidents
14. What: traffic plan
Who: Sheriff – traffic enforcement crime prevention
Help: I’ll help in any way possible
18. What: Neighborhood Watch; put bathrooms in parks
Who: We can do it!!
Resources: People!!
Help: I join Neighborhood Watch
19. What: Mayhew on-ramp; speed bumps
28. What: With decreasing patrols, the need for neighborhood watchfulness is greater
Who: block of neighbors form community Neighborhood Watch groups
Resources: commitments by neighbors & time for occasional meetings
32. What: crime prevention & protection
Who: Sheriff and citizens
38 What: New/better approach to bullying in schools; enough is not being done- classes in school maybe a semester to discuss do’s and don’ts-even trip to Juvenile Hall
39. What: traffic problems by Sequoia School, other areas
40. What: We need better control of speeding
49. What: My main area is security – what can be done to increase security – most of the homes in our area have been broken into.
Help: willing to do neighborhood get-together to meet neighbors, set up Neighborhood Watch
60. What: Make Mayhew go through to Jackson Hwy.
64. What: Security
Who: Sheriff or police, Neighborhood Watch
Help: willing to become more active in Neighborhood Watch and get to know more neighbors
72. What: Traffic plan (traffic enforcement, speed bumps, etc.); restrooms in parks; Mayhew on-ramp; can we become incorporated or annexed?; street lights-in original Rosemont area
Code Enforcement
1. What: Enforcement of vehicle parking laws; Enforcement of building codes
Who: parking enforcement; building and safety
resources: both agencies are revenue producing
3. What: Parking RV and commercial vehicles on our streets and driveways
Willing to help by calling in locations
17. What: Cleanup the area from crime and homeless groups; get people to maintain their homes and yards
Who: more availability of police ad community service groups
Help: I’m not sure what I alone could do – help get businesses involved?
22. What: enforce regulations in community- parking on lawns, boats & RVs in front yards
Who: anyone can report
Resources: rules or regulations emphasized or published for all to know about; put them on the RCA (web page?)
29. What: Get more volunteers involved with the Sheriff’s Dept, to assist with monitoring parking abuse
Who: community members with time, retired folks
Resources: fundraise to buy disposable cameras; some basic training on [proper report writing to meet court requirements
Help: I’ll participate
34. What: Keep graffiti clean up
42. What: Rosemont needs to enforce the codes on keeping up the appearances of their properties
43. What: Enforce property blight problems
Who: All ready in place
Resources: All ready in place
Help: I’ll continue top pay my taxes!!
Activities
10. What: continue to have occasional community events
Who: joint efforts between organizations – churches, scout troops, schools, service & non-profit groups, etc.
Resources: use a different group of organizations as sponsors for each event
Help: I’ll serve on a committee for one event; I’m involved in RHS music boosters, a non-profit
24. What: Like 50th anniversary party – community event days, joined with clean up days or homecoming parade, etc. Purpose: community-neighbor relationships; so strong relations can help with crime prevention and crime deterrent
Who: RCA organize volunteers, various groups
Resources: RC – individuals, pockets of neighborhoods, RCA dues
Help: I help organizing, getting volunteers
33. What: Better community communications (in addition to RCA newsletter and web site)
Who: RCA; pother volunteers; school students-community service projects
Resources: pot cards and flyers for notice of community events
44. What: Activities for teens; after school programs
Who: Parent involvement; community involvement; school
56. What: Community activities such as Rosemont Run/Walk, Halloween Dance, etc.; Better advertizing of activities
Who: Parents, RCA
Resources: Park & hall space
Help: willing to attend meeting and provide support
58. What: Establish community involvement opportunities to bring neighborhoods together with others in the Rosemont community – 1) making the lighting competition a neighborhood event-Raley’s gift card? maybe a SMUD energy certificate to help pay the bill? 2)have a neighborhood beautification competition 3) landscaping of the month-solicit Home Depot or Lowe’s
Who: RCA
Resources: Newsletter; enhance the community bulletin board at the “mall”
Help: willing to work on a committee
59. What: Community youth center. I think Rosemont needs a community/youth center. Using an existing building and volunteers we could create a space where people could mingle and meet.
Who: the Community Assn. for a start
Resources: sponsors, fundraisers, grants
Help: Willing to volunteer time, graphic design/art teacher
70. What: Annual community event days – purpose to build relationships (like the 50th anniversary party) can combine with cleanup days, parade
Who: various individuals and groups
Resources: RCA dues and volunteers
Help: willing to help organize event
Sample of the ideas form used:
One thing I think the Rosemont community needs to do to enhance itself in the next 5-10 years, and how that might be accomplished is:
Who can do it?
What resources might be available to do it?
I would be willing to help by:
Name (print)_______________________________________________________
Contact (email or phone #): __________________________________________
Sample of process description given participants:
Rosemont Community Association
The Future of Rosemont Workshop
Step 1
On the forms provided, clearly write your ideas (one idea per form) for making Rosemont a more desirable community and how that might be accomplished.
Step 2
In small table groups, briefly share your ideas so all at the table know what each other’s ideas are.
Then each table selects the 4 topics the group thinks are the most important to work on ASAP.
Step 3
Then within each of the several “color area” groups of about 6 tables, each table will share its 4 most important ideas/topics.
The “color area” group then selects the 3 topics it thinks are most urgent for RCA to address in the next 5-10 years.
Step 4
The “color area groups” will briefly share these 3 ideas with the entire gathering. By this time the most agreed on important ideas should be apparent, and suggestions for action should be identified.
With this step the workshop will conclude. You are urged to stay and continue sharing ideas with your neighbors and RCA so action steps can be developed.
