With only 320 square feet being dedicated to healthy foods, what is planned to be provided in this area of the store specifically? I find it hard to believe that 320 square feet will resolve the issue of this area being food desert or raising the health index score when nearly 90% of the store will be dedicated to alcohol sales and food or beverages that would not qualify as being ‘healthy’ - increasing access to these other unhealthy products products. What will be sold in the other 1969 square feet, roughly 70% of the store, has not been specified. What will the rest of the majority of the shelves be stocked with to help enhance health in the area?
Outside of the fact that this will not resolve any issues regarding the area’s status as a food desert, it is more likely to drastically increase crime rates. Multiple studies have found a correlation between the density of alcohol outlets and violent crime rates among teens and young adults aged 13 to 24. Other known factors that contribute to youth homicide rates are poverty, drugs, availability of guns and gangs. These are all factors present in the area, and can be clearly seen through crime data for Sacramento. In just the last month, two separate shootings with three victims occurred at the Alder Grove complex, just a half mile walk from the proposed liquor sales. Do we really need to add another factor known to increase crime rates to the area?
I feel passionately about this area and the community members who reside here, and in the surrounding neighborhoods. Resources need to be brought into the area that enhance livability and health. As mentioned in the proposal, the nearby Muir Mini Market already provides the area with unhealthy items and alcohol. What this area needs desperately is a store within walking distance in which a person can buy fresh fruits and vegetables, meat, dry goods, baby food, and diapers at a reasonable price. I am not opposed to the sale of alcohol for off-premise consumption, however I am opposed to a plan in which it is clear that the main purpose of the store is to sell alcohol for off-premise consumption and do the bare minimum to appear to be providing a useful service.
Although I appreciate getting something to open in this spot, I’d like to get a more detailed description of the types of “healthy food” they are referring to, compared to the types/brands of alcohol. I oppose any Singles quantities (including Tall Boy single beer cans and small/single size liquor bottles), as that will only contribute to the continued blight and crime in this area. We have no food options without having to walk over busy streets, and that’s ultimately what’s needed in this area. I’d be open to the proposal with a bit more detail around the food options. Also, what will be stocked in the other large area of the store that doesn’t have beer/wine/healthy food? Is that junk food?
I write in opposition to the conditional use permit. It makes no sense locating what appears to be nothing more than a liquor store in a residential neighborhood. Yes, the "market" promises "healthy" food as part of the store but how much healthy food (which, according to the background information, includes dry vegetables, which one can surmise is nothing more than potato chips, corn chips, etc) can there be when the square footage set aside for liquor is nearly twice as much as the square footage set aside for the "healthy" vegetables. I fail to see how this business qualifies as anything other than a liquor store. In addition, why is the city even considering such a business in the middle of a residential neighborhood? I don't believe anything like this would be considered in the middle of Land Park, Curtis Park, East Sacramento or the Pocket. A better location would be in an already-existing commercial corridor, such as Broadway. Finally, the location proposed is also adjacent to the Marina Vista low income housing development so I would hope this is not another attempt by a government to place such a business close to a low income neighborhood.
This notice did not provide enough information and no comprehensive plan from the applicant. As it is worded, it sounds like the applicant is seeking a license for a liquor store camouflaged with the promise of healthy food to gain approval. Please explain how this is not going to turn into a 2800 sq.ft. space with 19% dedicated to alcohol and 71% assigned to junk? Is it a supermarket? Is it a liquor store? Miur Way Market already provides that need with packaged processed goods and alcohol to go.
This area is a food desert. However, a liquor store that so happens to sell some food is not what is needed here. It will be to the detriment of a neighborhood that this city has turned a blind eye to in favor of Bardis, 29th Street LLC, and their developer partners after many broken promises. What is needed in this area is a grocery store in the place of the shrimp packing building that the city allowed to catch fire 14 times before taking action to demolish. We do not want a liquor store here.
With only 320 square feet being dedicated to healthy foods, what is planned to be provided in this area of the store specifically? I find it hard to believe that 320 square feet will resolve the issue of this area being food desert or raising the health index score when nearly 90% of the store will be dedicated to alcohol sales and food or beverages that would not qualify as being ‘healthy’ - increasing access to these other unhealthy products products. What will be sold in the other 1969 square feet, roughly 70% of the store, has not been specified. What will the rest of the majority of the shelves be stocked with to help enhance health in the area?
Outside of the fact that this will not resolve any issues regarding the area’s status as a food desert, it is more likely to drastically increase crime rates. Multiple studies have found a correlation between the density of alcohol outlets and violent crime rates among teens and young adults aged 13 to 24. Other known factors that contribute to youth homicide rates are poverty, drugs, availability of guns and gangs. These are all factors present in the area, and can be clearly seen through crime data for Sacramento. In just the last month, two separate shootings with three victims occurred at the Alder Grove complex, just a half mile walk from the proposed liquor sales. Do we really need to add another factor known to increase crime rates to the area?
I feel passionately about this area and the community members who reside here, and in the surrounding neighborhoods. Resources need to be brought into the area that enhance livability and health. As mentioned in the proposal, the nearby Muir Mini Market already provides the area with unhealthy items and alcohol. What this area needs desperately is a store within walking distance in which a person can buy fresh fruits and vegetables, meat, dry goods, baby food, and diapers at a reasonable price. I am not opposed to the sale of alcohol for off-premise consumption, however I am opposed to a plan in which it is clear that the main purpose of the store is to sell alcohol for off-premise consumption and do the bare minimum to appear to be providing a useful service.
Although I appreciate getting something to open in this spot, I’d like to get a more detailed description of the types of “healthy food” they are referring to, compared to the types/brands of alcohol. I oppose any Singles quantities (including Tall Boy single beer cans and small/single size liquor bottles), as that will only contribute to the continued blight and crime in this area. We have no food options without having to walk over busy streets, and that’s ultimately what’s needed in this area. I’d be open to the proposal with a bit more detail around the food options. Also, what will be stocked in the other large area of the store that doesn’t have beer/wine/healthy food? Is that junk food?
I write in opposition to the conditional use permit. It makes no sense locating what appears to be nothing more than a liquor store in a residential neighborhood. Yes, the "market" promises "healthy" food as part of the store but how much healthy food (which, according to the background information, includes dry vegetables, which one can surmise is nothing more than potato chips, corn chips, etc) can there be when the square footage set aside for liquor is nearly twice as much as the square footage set aside for the "healthy" vegetables. I fail to see how this business qualifies as anything other than a liquor store. In addition, why is the city even considering such a business in the middle of a residential neighborhood? I don't believe anything like this would be considered in the middle of Land Park, Curtis Park, East Sacramento or the Pocket. A better location would be in an already-existing commercial corridor, such as Broadway. Finally, the location proposed is also adjacent to the Marina Vista low income housing development so I would hope this is not another attempt by a government to place such a business close to a low income neighborhood.
This notice did not provide enough information and no comprehensive plan from the applicant. As it is worded, it sounds like the applicant is seeking a license for a liquor store camouflaged with the promise of healthy food to gain approval. Please explain how this is not going to turn into a 2800 sq.ft. space with 19% dedicated to alcohol and 71% assigned to junk? Is it a supermarket? Is it a liquor store? Miur Way Market already provides that need with packaged processed goods and alcohol to go.
This area is a food desert. However, a liquor store that so happens to sell some food is not what is needed here. It will be to the detriment of a neighborhood that this city has turned a blind eye to in favor of Bardis, 29th Street LLC, and their developer partners after many broken promises. What is needed in this area is a grocery store in the place of the shrimp packing building that the city allowed to catch fire 14 times before taking action to demolish. We do not want a liquor store here.