HomeMy Public PortalAboutCanyon Springs DEIR Public Comment #39 (Poe)Jody Poe
16241 Edinburgh Dr Truckee, CA 96161
Phone: (530) 550-1186 E-Mail: jpoe@mediarecruiters.com
March 3, 2013
Town of Truckee
Community Planning Department
Att: Denyelle Nishimori, Senior Planner
10183 Truckee Airport Road
Truckee, CA 96161
Subject: Canyon Springs Draft EIR
As an adjacent property owner to the proposed Canyon Springs development I would like to register my strong
opposition to the approval of the project. I encourage the Town Council and Planning Commission to adopt
Alternative A: No Project – as outlined in the Draft EIR.
Although the Town has zoned the property for residential development the following should be weighed heavily.
• It is not an easily accessible but isolated piece of land
• It does not provide for infill but instead significantly reduces Open Space in direct opposition to the
General Plan
• It adds nothing to the character of the Town as called for in the General Plan
• It provides little or no benefit to the community
Further, very significant impacts including habitat destruction, increased carbon footprint, noise and increased
traffic on already challenged roadways come with approval. Benefits are few – the proposed trail system connects
to nowhere and pocket parks are not a compelling argument.
This property has set idle for 20+ years while discussion of potential development surrounded it. It was a poor
plan then and it is a poor plan now. The need for development of this property does not exist. The Truckee
community is saturated with unsold lots, half developed neighborhoods and empty promises. Let’s not make the
same mistake once again.
Respectfully,
Jody Poe
Truckee Resident