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Subject: FW: Canyon Springs DEIR
From: Reenie McMains [ rmcmains @truckeecharterschool.org]
Sent: Sunday, March 03, 2013 9:25 AM
To: Denyelle Nishimori
Subject: Canyon Springs DEIR
To : Deynelle Nishimori, Senior Planner
10183 Truckee Airport Rd
Truckee, CA 96161
Re: Comments for Canyon Springs DEIR
Dear Deynelle,
As a Glenshire resident and an educator in our community, I would like to share several of my concerns regarding the
adequacy of the DEIR for the proposed Canyon Springs housing development, specifically the implications for land use
and wildlife habitat.
I moved my family to Truckee from Nebraska in the summer of 2011. Two of the primary reasons we purchased a home
in Glenshire were the tenets of the General Plan allowing for open space and the consideration of preserving habitat and
wildlife corridors for the local animals. Our family believes in the inherent necessity of free, wild, and open spaces for
quality of life — both ours and the animals' whose land we share. We moved here specifically to benefit from a town and
a community that appeared to promote the value of nature through intentional planning.
The proposed Canyon Springs development is in direct conflict with two land use goals outlined Land in the General
Plan: COS 9 and CC -1 P1.3. The project constitutes urban sprawl — not clustering housing in accordance with the Land
Use designation for rural areas effectively reduces the amount of desirable open space. The DEIR does not allow for a
trail system linking open spaces within Glenshire or connecting them to the larger town of Truckee's trail system. In
addition, the DEIR disregards any consideration of an established deer migration corridor through the proposed
development area. The development would destroy and reduce habitat for a variety of local animals through
fragmentation. The intent of General Plan COS -4 P4.2 is to protect our wildlife habitat from this type of destructive and
intrusive activity.
I find this disregard of a greater community vision in favor of a sprawling, habitat - destroying housing development
alarming and I thank you for the opportunity to express my views regarding adequacy of the DEIR for Canyon Springs.
Please feel free to contact me with any questions about my comments and concerns.
Quite sincerely,
Reenie McMains
15879 Wellington Way, Truckee, CA 96161
reeniemcmains @Rmail.com <mailto:reeniemcmains Rmail.com>
402.936.0684<te I :402.936.0684>
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"Stress reduction, greater physical health, a deeper sense of spirit, more creativity, a sense of play, even a safer life —
these are the rewards that await a family when it invites more nature into their childrens' lives."
- Richard Louv, author of Last Child in the Woods