HomeMy WebLinkAboutLetterAddress to city council re. leaps 2011 0
I HEARTILY RECOMMEND THAT YOU RESPOND PROMPTLY TO
THE NOTICE OF PREPARATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
REPORT TALEGA- ESCONDIDO/ VALLEY- SERRANO 500 KV
INTERCONNECT PROJECT (LEAPS).
THE LEAPS PROJECT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR OVER 10 YEARS,
AND WE ALL THOUGHT IT WOULD GO AWAY, BUT IT HASN'T. IN
FACT, NEVADA HYDRO (WITHOUT E.V.M.W.D. ) HAS GOTTEN
THIS FAR BY SHEER PERSISTANCE, CERTAINLY NOT ABILITY, AS
THEY HAVE BEEN TURNED DOWN FOUR TIMES ALLREADY.
THEY HAVE REQUESTED THE RIGHT TO PLACE INFASTRUCTURE
IN OUR VALLEY, IN OUR HILLS, AND IN OUR LAKE WITH NO
BENEFIT WHAT -SO -EVER TO OUR COMMUNITY, BUT WITH
SUBSTANTIAL DETRIMENT TO OUR COMMUNITY, TO OUR CITY
COFFERS, TO OUR RESIDENTS AND TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
THEY ASK ALL THIS WITHOUT ADEQUATE PREPARATION OF
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS AND IN SOME AREAS WITH NO
IMPACT COMMENT AT ALL.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO ALL QUESTION
OF A WATER SOURCE, A SUBJECT THAT THEY HAVE TOUTED AS
THE PRIMARY BENEFIT TO THE CITY: ELEVEN YEARS LATER,
THEY STILL HAVE NOT LOCKED DOWN A GUARANTEED
SOURCE OF WATER. INSTEAD, THEY IN A NEBULOUS, ROUND
ABOUT WAY SAY: GIVE US THE AGREEMENT AND THE MONEY
AND THEN WE WILL LOOK FOR A SOURCE OF WATER!
THE CITY SHOULD BE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT A CLOSURE OF
THE LAKE WHILE THEY CONSTRUCT A COFFER DAM, WHICH,
BY THE WAY, WOULD MAKE OUR LAKE KIDNEY SHAPED AND
DECREASE THE CAPACITY.
THE CITY SHOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT A STIR UP OF
SEDIMENTS DUE TO RAPID INFLOW AND OUTFLOW TO THE
LAKE. ALGAE BLOOMS AND FISH KILLS ARE THE LIKELY
RESULTS.
THERE ARE OTHER IMPACTED PARTIES AS WELL: FOR EXAMPLE
THE FLOOD CONTROL DISTRI " WAS UNAWARE THAT THE
PICKUP AND INFLOW PIPES (17 FOOT DIAMETER) ARE SHOWN IN
THE FLOOD CONTROL'S RIGHT OF WAY, BUT THEY WERE UN-IN
FORMED!
WELL, YOU GET THE IDEA: THIS GROUP OF SELFISH FORMER
ENRON EMPLOYEES WILL TAKE US FOR A LONG HARD RIDE IF
WE ARE NOT DILIGENT, AND THE TIME IS RIGHT NOW!
LEMSAR, LAKELAND VILLAGE ASSN. AS WELL AS INDIVIDUALS
HAVE WRITTEN LETTERS OF CONCERN IN A TIMELY FASHION;
AFTER THE FACT DOES NOT COUNT.