PC356_Andrea_Sangray-Friedman_11-15-2018From:Andrea Sangray-Friedman
To:Lori Barlow
Subject:Painted Hills Development Environmental Impact
Date:Thursday, November 15, 2018 9:41:57 AM
I'm submitting my comments on the environmental impact of the proposed Painted Hills
Development. I am opposed to the development in such a large scale since it will have
significant environmental impact. My concerns include the following.
1. Loss of wildlife habit. With such close proximity to the Dishman Hills Conservation
areas wildlife frequently travel through the Painted Hills Golf course during migration
and looking for food. This development will severely limit there natural areas that are
left in the south valley.
2. Negative impacts on our Aquifer. This area has been a natural way for mother nature to
allow surface to naturally filter back down into the aquifer during Spring runoff and
heavy rains. If you build the development as proposed this will severely limit that
natural process. Even huge catch basins, dry wells, and small retention ponds will never
be as effective as the natural ground spread across a large area. We already now the
Aquifer is be depleted during hot and dry summer faster that it is refilling. This will only
contribute the problem. We might notice the problem but generstions down the road
will!
3. Flood Plain reshaping. If there is 330K cubic yards of material brought in my concern is
how the flood plain is reshaped and where is all that storage capacity going to be
diverted to? Since I live within .2 of the Development will be house now be in a
floodplain? I cant imagine dry wells, culverts, and small ponds ever being able to handle
the water that could happen from a 100 year floodplain. Is it fair that the new houses,
buildings, and apartments would be safe and everybody in the surrounding area could
now have floodwater on there properties.
4. Environmental Impact of having all the additional vehicles on the roads in the Valley
during construction and after.
Here are other concerns I also have: Pedestrian safety, school congestion and safety, access
for emergency vehicles around the South Valley, Traffic issues with multiple intersections in
the Valley not being able to handle the increase of traffic, damage to roads from that many
heavy haul trucks bringing in fill.
The Valley needs to take a really hard look at its identity and not just approve every single new
development especially Apartments! This beautiful and vibrant community will soon be
destroyed by overbuilding! I could go on for days listing the negatives of this development
and don't see any positives. The Valley is at capacity for housing!
Thank you for your time!
Andrea Friedman