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“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, .. . .”

Dickens’ opening line from “A Tale of Two Cities” comesto mind describing Sacramento in 2009. Even as the worsteconomic slump since the Great Depression struck withfury, the State raided local tax funds and property and salestax revenues continued to decline, we nonetheless manageda few highlights in our quest to be the

 most livable city in America. 

District 3 Highlights

(Strong Neighborhoods and

Business Districts)

East Sacramento/River Park/ 

Sacramento State • Staged 14th Annual Pops in the Park concert series,

and 5th Annual Screen on the Green outdoor movieseries.

• Mediated stakeholder compromise on Master Plan forMcKinley Rose Garden.

• Adopted amendment to East Sacramento “McMansion

Ordinance” to address front yard setbacks.• Partnered with stakeholders to save Corti Brothers.• Installed measures proposed by neighbors in Meister

Terrace Neighborhood Traffic Management Plan

(NTMP).• Partnered withneighborhoods,community groupsand businesses toraise funds to save

pool hours at GlennHall, BerthaHenschel WadingPool and CluniePool.

• Partnered with East Sacramento Chamber, MENA andESIA to install seven“Welcome to East

Sacramento” signs.• Raised funds for

River Park youth

baseball and soccer,

East Sac Little

League and Soccer,

and East Sac Babe

Ruth through Popsin the Park and othergrants.

Midtown/Central City

• Opened Sutter’s Landing off-leash dog park, rivertrail and small boat launch.

• Partnered with Alley Activation Committee totransform select Midtown alleys from garbage bins andcrime magnets to vital living and retail spaces.

• Sponsored alley naming standards for the CentralCity.

• Raised funds for back to school supplies to 250students at Washington Elementary.

• Partnered with AT&T to adorn their 14th&J buildingswith historic photos.

• Partnered with neighbors to approve back-in angled

parking in Alkali Mansion Flats historicneighborhood.

• Staged Screen on the Green, outdoor movie series andpartnered with NAG on Jazz Concerts.

Hagginwood/Ben Ali/Swanston Estates/Sierra Oaks/ 

Campus Commons

• Installed measures proposed by neighbors in

Hagginwood NTMP.• Partnered with SHRA to develop Ben Ali and

Hagginwood Strategic Neighborhood Action Plans.• Secured $330K in City funding and Council approved

Agreement with Twin Rivers USD to construct park/ 

playground at Plover School in Ben Ali.• Screen on the Green in Babcock Park.• Partnered with Nepenthe Neighborhood Association

and City’s Urban Forest staff to develop policy forassessing, pruning and removing diseased trees.

 2010 State of the District Report

Councilman Steve Cohn 

Councilmember District 3

Steve Cohn was first elected to the Sacramento City Council in

1994. He was re-elected in 1998, 2002 and 2006, and was

elected as Vice Mayor by his peers in 1998 and 2008. Steve

also serves as the Chief Assistant General Counsel for the

Sacramento Municipal Utility District, where he has worked 

since 1992. Steve and his wife Catherine Travers have two

children, Nicole and Adam. They live in McKinley Park 

neighborhood of East Sacramento.

Printed on recycled paper

 Installed 2009

Sutter’s Landing Dog Park

Pops in the Park 2009

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CITYWIDE HIGHLIGHTS

• As RT Chair, adopted Transit Master Plan for fullydeveloped regional transit system, with light railextensions to Airport and Elk Grove, streetcars/shuttlesystems connecting Central City, West Sac, SacState/65th St, and Point West, bus rapid transit on

major corridors, and neighborhood shuttle service.• Started SACOG rail working group.

• Charter member of Central Valley rail work group toaccelerated Sac’s High Speed Rail connection.

• Broke ground on Phase I “Green Line” light rail fromDowntown to River District.

• Secured $20 million in federal funds for track

relocation and expansion of Sacramento Valley

Station; $8 million for City road resurfacing; and $20million for RT’s transit operations. 

• City opened 2-way street conversions on 9th & 10th(E to I) and N Street (21st-28th).

• Secured $12 million in Federal funds for 35 new City

police officers for 3 years and $2.5 million in newequipment.

• Significant progress on modifying Folsom Dam to

attain 200-year protection, while new Folsom Dambypass road opened.

• City opened new library in South Sacramento.

• Mayor’s National Education Summit.

• Partnered with Sac Youth Commission to found VIBE

afterschool lounge.

• Council adopted first City General Plan in 20 years, a

blueprint for sustainable growth.• Secured $4.7 million in Federal Energy Efficiency

funds, in partnership with SMUD which received$127.5 million in Smart Grid funds, to complement“Sacramento Solar Access” program, and bolster City’sClean TechIncentive Zonenear Sac State.

• Council adoptedCity’s firstcomprehensiveWater

ConservationOrdinance.

• Secured $21 million in federal funds for PublicHousing, homeless prevention and Block Grants.

• City/County increased Homeless shelter beds by 219.• City completed several new libraries, community

centers, parks, streetscape and waterfront projects.• Mel Rapton Honda opened on City-owned property

along Business 80 at Fulton. 

• Nearly completed work on Crocker Art Museum expansion, while adopting financial plan to expand anrenovate Community Center Theater with no newtaxes.

• Sponsored the 8th Annual French Film Festival, 11tAnnual Jewish Film Festival at the Crest Theater,Annual Jazz Concert at Grant Park and Arts in

River Park.• Second Saturday and Midtown art galleries and

restaurant scene featured in New York Times Sunda

Travel page on 11/1/2009.

• Closed $50 million budget gap and adopted balanced

budget with no new taxes and without reducing sworpolice officers or firefighters.

• Reduced city utility rate hike to 9% (vs. staff recommendation of 20+%).

• Chair of Council’s new Audit Committee, overseeinthe hiring and operation of City’s first independent

Auditor. • Council established a Charter Review Committee to

advise Mayor/Council and public on need foramendments to City Charter. 

• Full year of “311” call center with 24/7 customerservice.

State of the District January 20

Sacramento Valley Station

Crocker Art Muse

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STEVE’S TOP PRIORITIES FOR 2010

• Groundbreaking on track relocation/ expansion of Sacramento Valley Station.

• Open RT Green Line Light Rail Extension to

Richards Blvd.• Start of construction on museums, shops and

housing in Railyards and Township 9, firstphase of more than 15,000 housing units inCentral City (30,000 new residents).

• Groundbreaking on RT South Lineexpansion to Consumnes River College.

• Develop funding plan to implement RT

Transit Action Plan.• Grand Opening of the Crocker Art

Museum expansion• Design competition for Sacramento’s signature street, 

Capitol Mall. • Complete next phase of Sutter’s Landing Park, with

bocce/basketball courts and landscaping.• Partner with Sac State to update plan to build campus

village and clean tech center.• Partner with community stakeholders to complete new

elementary school, replacement housing, and new

plazas/landscaping next to Mercy Hospital.• Install neighborhood traffic management measures 

for neighborhoods surrounding the Mercy/SHPS project, Crescent Park near Folsom Blvd. andSunshine Tract in North Sacramento.

• Attract Solar PV Farm to Sutter’s Landing Park.• Resurface McKinley Park tennis courts.•

Adopt McKinley Park Rose Garden Master Plan.• Construct new park/playground in Ben Ali 

neighborhood at Plover School.• Adopt park plan for 19th and Q Streets.• Adopt names for Central City Alleys.• Construct alley activation pilot between L and

Capitol, 17th and 19th Streets.• Install new street lighting in Midtown.• Adopt 65th St. transportation circulation plan.• Complete 2-way conversion on J St. (30th-

Alhambra).• Establish quiet zones on City’s remaining 14

railroad crossings. • Complete construction

of  Alhambra &

Stockton Mixed Use

Residential

Project.• Complete Responsible

Hospitality Process by adopting

strategies to enhance the night-time economy, publicsafety and quality of life of residents.

• Partner with SCUSD to adopt plan to open new ele-

mentary school in Midtown and keep open otherneighborhood schools.

• Develop solution for Sac High/”Consent Decree”.• Open VIBE afterschool

lounge in Central City.• Complete K Street

streetscape on 700/800blocks.

• Sponsor French Film

Festival, Jewish Film

Festival and Jewish

Heritage Festival.

•

Stage 15th Annual Popsin the Park concert se-ries and 6th Annual Screen on the Green movie series.

• Meet City’s Sustainability Master Plan goals.• Expand volunteer containerized green waste program

citywide.• Adopt balanced budget that doesn’t compromise pub-

lic safety or quality of life.• Adopt financing plans for new Studio for the Per-

forming Arts at 14th & H, Capital Unity Center at16th & N, and new B Street and Children’s Theater on Capitol Ave.

•

Make substantial progress on Folsom Dam and leveeimprovements needed to achieve 200-year flood pro-

tection on Sacramento and American Rivers.• Increase number of Police officers.• Keep all fire stations open.• Adopt Swanston LRT Station Transit Village Plan.• Partner with UCDMC, Midtown Business Association

and neighbors to start ZipCar Car Sharing program.• Partner with East Portal Bocce Club to resurface bocce

courts.

State of the District Printed on recycled paper 

 East Portal Bocce Courts

 High Speed Rail

 Alley Activation

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2010 Pops in the ParkSaturday, June 5th“Whiskey Dawn”

East Portal Park, 51st & M Streets Saturday, June 12th

“Because”, a tribute to the Beatles 

Glenn Hall Park, Sandburg Drive & Carlson Drive 

Saturday, June 19th

“SwingMasters”

Bertha Henschel Park, 45th Street & Brand Way ESIA Sydney Pope & Onion Awards 

Saturday, June 26th

The Q-Balls

McKinley Park, H Street between Alhambra & 33rd Street 

 All Concerts begin at 6:00 p.m.

Screen on the GreenSaturday, August 7th

Grant Park, 21st & C Streets 

Saturday, August 14th

Babcock Park, 2498 Cormorant Way 

Saturday, August 21st

East Portal Park, 51st & M Streets

Saturday, August 26th

Glenn Hall Park, Carlson Drive & Sandburg Drive 

 All Movies begin at sundown

District 3 Arden Fair, Ben Ali, Cal Expo, Campus Commons, Downtown, East Sacramento, Hagginwood,

 Mansion Flats, Midtown, Point West, River Park, Sacramento State, Sierra Oaks, Swanston Estates

www.eastsacpopsinthepark.com

www.sacscreenonthegreen.com

Contact Information 

Steve Cohn, Councilmember, District 3Phone: 916-808-7003scohn@cityofsacramento.orgDistrict Director, Sue Brown: 916-808-7235sbrown@cityofsacramento.orgExecutive Assistant, Anne Romo: 916-808-7003aromo@cityofsacramento.org

Address:City Hall, 915 I Street, 5th FloorSacramento, CA 95814FAX number: 916-264-7680

Website: www.cityofsacramento.org/council

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