The City of Chico added Measure H to the November, 2022 ballot. Money from Measure H would be used to support vital city services including: maintaining/repairing streets, storm drains, sidewalks, and fixing potholes; addressing homelessness; protecting 911 emergency response times; preserving the number of on‐duty police officers and fire fighters; maintaining/improving Bidwell Park, neighborhood parks, and funding other general services and essential activity. It is projected to add $24,000,000 annually to the City’s budget.
To see an impartial analysis, including arguments for and against the measure, please link to the Voter Information Guide provided by the Butte County Clerk-Recorders office. For the resolution and full text, see resolution.
While the Chico Avenues Neighborhood is not an advocacy organization and cannot take a stand on Measure H, as an older Chico neighborhood, we certainly have our share of infrastructure issues. Voters will have to decide whether Measure H will address these issues and particularly our many potholes.
The upcoming November 8, 2022 Election will be for the selection of three (3) members of the City Council to serve four-year terms representing Districts 2, 4, and 6. In addition, a two year vacancy needs to be filled for the original District 3 seat, created in 2020.
CANA includes parts of Districts 1, 4, and 5 (see map overlay) so only CANA residents in District 4 will be voting for a council member in the November, 2022 election. Here is the Final District Map if you want to see the district where you reside and your current city council representative.
Two candidates are running in District 4, Addison Winslow and Nichole Nava. Both candidates have web sites and social media presence. For more information about each candidate, their background, and how they stand on the various issues facing Chico, Addison’s web address is addisonforchico.org and Nichole’s is navaforchico.com.
The City Council and Chico Unified School District (CUSD) Candidate Forums, sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Butte County (LWV) are scheduled for Tuesday, September 27, starting at 7:00 PM. The forums will be held at the Masonic Hall, located at 1110 W. East Avenue. See map: Google Maps
The Chico City Council forum will start at 7:00 on the 27th and run for about one hour. After a short break, the CUSD forum will follow at about 8 p.m. Both forums are open to the public. Doors open at 6:30 pm.
The CUSD forum will only include Trustee Areas 1, 4, and 5 (all that are up for election). For approximate CUSD boundaries within CANA, see map. For more specific Area boundaries, see CUSD Trustee Areas.
Also, the forum will not be live streamed but a video will be posted on the League’s website. For more information, including other candidate and local proposition forums, the League of Women Voters Butte County website is at LWV.
If you have not done so yet, you might want to check out the Museum of Northern California Art (monca), located in the Avenues at 900 Esplanade, the former Veterans Hall at the corner of E. Washington Ave. and The Esplanade.
The current exhibition at the Museum of Northern California Art (monca) is Tales of the Tattoo, August 25 – October 9, 2022. The exhibition features over 20 Northern California tattoo and studio artists presenting their work through drawings, paintings, photographs, and original designs along with a history of this art form over centuries and throughout cultures.
Besides the exhibitions, monca might be a good choice for your event. Imagine the possibilities for your wedding, party, meeting or conference in the elegant spaces of the Museum. Surrounding exhibitions create an artistic backdrop for event guests, and exclusive access to the exhibitions builds a truly memorable experience.
For more information about the Museum of Northern California Art and their many programs, the web site is at www.monca.org.
At their October 19, 2021 meeting, the Chico City Council directed staff to begin striping streets and improving signs for parking in the neighborhood around Enloe Medical Center, but did not approve a three phase plan by Dixon Consultants for a preferential parking district.
Phase one of the plan recommended:
Any plan for a parking district, further discussion or approval of the three phase plan will come at a later date.
As of this post, we are told that parking restrictions are not being enforced, no striping or signage has been added, sensors are not in place in the parking garage and there is still no plan to set up a preferential parking district. However, there has been some movement to limit parking times around the perimeter of the hospital, especially near the emergency room.
Avenue Neighbors,
Through the years Avenue residents have become involved in CANA for a variety of reasons. Initially, and probably most importantly, it was because of the Enloe Hospital Expansion, which, by the way, is still not finished.
That said, there many other reasons to stay engaged with CANA. The greater the participation of the Avenue’s residents, the greater the impact that you will have on your neighborhood and its quality of life. As a recognized neighborhood organization, the City of Chico has given CANA a voice so we should use it.
With the goal of improving the Avenues neighborhood, the CANA Board of Directors is open to additional board members who are interested in shaping our future. If you are interested, you can submit your contact information our website or email John Whitehead, CANA Board President, at president@chicoavenues.org.
