INSIDE CITY HALL Here are some decisions...

INSIDE

CITY HALL

Here are some decisions coming out of Tuesday’s City Council

meeting.

BACK BAY SCIENCE CENTER

The council, in its study session, got an update on plans to build

a water-quality testing laboratory and educational center at

Shellmaker Island. The center, formerly called the Marine Studies

Center at Shellmaker, will be a joint facility for city, county and

state agencies. It will include a laboratory operated by the county,

facilities for workers from the state Department of Fish and Game, a

wetlands restoration area, interpretive stations and other

water-related facilities. The project is now in the architectural

planning process.

WHAT IT MEANS

The presentation was just an update for the council, so no action

was necessary.

RESERVOIR COVER

Also during the study session, the council heard a presentation on

plans to install a plastic cover over the Big Canyon Reservoir. Staff

hope that that the nine-month construction can begin late this year

or early next year.

CONSTRUCTION NOISE

In response to a resident who said that workers are storing

equipment too close to a residential area, city staff will ask the

workers to be more sensitive to neighbors. The roadwork equipment for

workers on Jamboree Road is being stored near a corner of the Bayview

Terrace development. A resident reported that, though city rules

prohibit work from beginning before 7 a.m., workers are retrieving

the equipment as early as 5:45 a.m. and making noise.

WHAT THEY SAID

“This is just a matter of simply courtesy. It’s easy to be

considerate.”

-- Compiled by

June Casagrande