:: R Street Corridor ::

2008 Olympic Landscape Sculpture Art Competition The American premiere of the award winning models for the 2008 Olympic Landscape Sculpture Competition was unveiled in Sacramento on Tuesday, October 9, 2007. Mayor Heather Fargo will welcomed the exhibition's 65 landscape sculpture models chosen from over 2,600 entries from 82 countries at an opening reception, held at the Sacramento Convention Center. Delegates from the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games (BOCOG) and several of the American artists whose pieces were selected for the exhibit attended the grand opening. This international exhibition, hosted by the Sacramento Convention Center and the Art Foundry Gallery, will be on display at the Convention Center until October 27, 2007, before moving onto New York and London. Make sure to stop by the Sacramento Convention Center to view these exciting works. R Street Night Market On Second Saturday The Art Foundry, the OSSO Art Center, and CADA will host a Night Market in honor of the Beijing Olympic Landscape Art Exhibition from 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm on Saturday, October 13, 2007., The Night Market will take place on R Street between 10th and 11th Streets and feature Chinese Lion Dancing, live music, food, and local art booths! Also, the Art Foundry will have 20 of the award winning Olympic landscape art pieces on display during the event. Please visit the Art Foundry website at www.artfoundryinc.com for more information. We hope to see you there! CADA R Street Area Implementation Plan Draft EIR On October 15, 2007 the Capitol Area Development Authority (CADA) will release the release the R Street Area Implementation Plan Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR). The DEIR considers the environmental impact of the adoption and implementation of the R Street Area Implementation Plan. The Implementation Plan sets forth goals, programs, and strategies to revitalize the CADA portion of the R Street Corridor (9th to 19th Streets). The Draft EIR will be available for public review and comment for a 45-day comment period beginning on Monday October 15, 2007 and ending at 5:00 p.m. on November 29, 2007. The document may be reviewed on the CADA website (www.cadanet.org) or by picking up a copy at the CADA offices located at 1522 14th Street, Sacramento, California. A copy will also be available in the Central Public Library. Additionally, a public hearing before the CADA Board of Directors is scheduled for Thursday, November 1, 2007 at 6:00 PM in the CADA Board Room located at 1522 14th Street. All public comments given at the public hearing will be recorded and included into the Final EIR. For further information, please contact Todd Leon, CADA R Street Development Manger at phone number 916-323-1272. Project Updates R Street SPD Amendments - After four years of development and over a year of public input, the R Street Special Planning District (SPD) Amendments is moving forward for adoption by City Council. In the past two months City Staff has presented the amendments to the Design Review Committee, Preservation Committee, and Planning Commission for comment and approval to forward the amendments to City Council. Most of the amendments proposed at the first community meeting in November of 2006 remain the same. The significant change to the original proposed R Street SPD amendments addresses height within the R Street Corridor. A number of allowed building heights in residential zones were changed to protect tree canopies along Q and S Streets. The proposed height regulations were also changed to help preserve and protect historic districts and properties. R Street Heights within the Capitol Area portion of the corridor were not changed and will allow building heights up to 90 feet. Currently the R Street SPD Amendments are scheduled for the City Council’s Law and Legislation committee on November 6, 2007. The City Council will be asked to adopt the amendments at public meeting scheduled for December 11, 2007. If you would like more information about the amendments please contact Jason Hone (916-808-8013) at the City of Sacramento. The CADA R Street Project Area is generally 9th to 19th Streets and Q to S Streets. If you wish to receive this bimonthly newsletter electronically, please contact CADA at www.cadanet.org to request your name be placed on the newsletter mailing list. For further information contact Todd Leon, CADA’s R Street Development Manager, at (916) 323-1272.