PC036 Keith Stracchino 09-17-2015From:Keith Stracchino
To:Christina Janssen
Subject:in re: SUB-2015-0011/PRD-2015-0001
Date:Thursday, September 17, 2015 12:07:02 PM
I wish to register my strong objection to the planned high-density housing development to be
constructed at the current Painted Hills golf course site. I have lived in the Ponderosa area since
the Fall of 1983, in the elapsed time I have seen 'development' after development rammed
through by local and county government over the objections of the local residents. In each case
the population density of the area has been increased, with little or no consideration being given
to the effects of greatly increased road traffic, increased fire evacuation difficulty due to restricted
access, school over-crowding, all despite the obvious need. I have watched as a seasonal
wetland was converted into a golf course, and now it is to be converted into yet more paved over
environmental degradation. A creek, which at one time ran through my property, vanished long
ago when it was blocked off during the Painted Hills golf course construction. It would appear that
in the minds of local and county government officials the wishes of the so-called property
developers are, per se. superior to the wishes of the local population, the same local population
which inevitably inherits the incidental costs of providing the support infrastructure for the new
development via taxes.
It is my understanding of democratic government that it represents the interests of ALL of the
populace of a nation, state on locality, not just a favoured sub-set. Kindly consider in a fair and
balanced manner, the interests of the general public in this case. Good town and country
planning requires a sensible balance between built-up area and open space, our local and county
government appears to consider open space to be nothing other than vacant building land.