HomeMy Public PortalAboutCanyon Springs DEIR Public Comment #58 (Benites)Nedra Benites
POB 1450
Truckee, CA. 96160
February 22, 2013
Dear Denyelle Nishimori,
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The Canyon Springs development plan is bad idea on many levels. I know of no one who
thinks this development is a good plan except those real estate developers trying to push
their agenda for financial gain. The Draft Environmental Impact Report is inaccurate. The
negative impacts of this project are numerous and would affect many.
Those of us who have lived in this community for years understand the dangers of
driving Glenshire Drive on a daily basis and know that the road would not be able to
handle the additional vehicles. Presently, there are accidents on this road almost daily
during normal winter weather conditions, and it is often closed while emergency
personnel work to remove wrecks or to plow and sand certain curves and areas where ice
makes safe passage nearly impossible. There are only two ways out of this neighborhood
and this makes it completely unsafe for emergency evacuation as it is, let alone with an
additional population of cars and construction vehicles on its one road.
All of the runoff from disruption of earth, air and noise pollution from construction
vehicles and the waste of building materials all contribute to Canyon Springs being a
detrimental development.
Those of us who have chosen this neighborhood have done so for its character. We have
worked hard to own a modest home in a safe, family oriented neighborhood with open
space where wildlife can survive. We do not want to see its degradation into another
unwanted suburban sprawl, where property values decrease and beauty is ruined by
tearing up wildlife habitat in favor of empty lots or useless, uninhabited houses.
Glenshire already has a development like this at Elkhorn Ridge, it has remained
unchanged for years, nobody wants it! What would make Canyon Springs any different?
Please exercise your conscience and do what is right for the safety of homeowners and
wildlife in this area.
Thank you for your considerations.