for Wednesday February 23rd

Wednesday at 11:00 am this truck was unloading. The bed on this truck measures 8ft wide. From the curb to the outside of the bed measured 9 ft. (Approx).

The inside of the white striping measures 7' 8". The truck's bed was sticking out past the inside of the white markings 1' 4", and crowding the cars into the center lane.

Also the truck was well into the red zone. And the truck had a cooler engine and I could smell the fumes.

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Today at the fire lanes. They should be clear and empty all the time.
All jammed up. We are posting this blog to let Mercy know we don't want this activity along our property line. The EIR weights about 5 lbs and doesn't talk about these situations. I think a new EIR is in order. (Environmental Impact Report)

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Last night there was a long and spirited meeting with the Mercy people and their neighbors.

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Mercy's answers boiled down to they can only control what is on the campus.

My reply was you have created the problems. You need to solve them. It is not up to the neighborhood to police smokers, all your freight trucks, buses parked in red zones, fumes,etc.

A question I kept asking was: "Why do none of these problems exist at UCD, Sutter General, and Sutter Memorial?" "Why?"

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What really bothers me about all this, I finally realize the truth, Mercy has no plans to change anything right up to 2013 when the construction is scheduled finished and well beyond this date. Evidently the campus is just too small to operate as they are doing. For instance Mercy's on-site loading dock closes at 2 pm. It should stay open later. Trucks are street unloading till 6 pm sometimes. Sutter Memorial has a phone number truckers can call for after hours and weekend delivery.