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Home My WebLink AboutItem No. 15 Addendum to Letter in Opposition_Redacted10/24/2017 Alma Quinn Lake Elsinore CA 92530 City of Lake Elsinore 130 South Main St. Lake Elsinore CA 92530 Lake Elsinore City council, This letter is an addendum to the letter I submitted to the council on 10/13/2017. 1. I attended the planning commission meeting on 10/17/2017. I watched now the 3rd version of the Cottages presentation. As you watch the presentation tonight, please take note how the city planner addresses my concerns of concentrated areas of low income housing at the lower elevations of the city or near the lake. He zooms in and does not provide a view of the entire city. As you can see below, the low income apartments are clearly isolated towards the lower elevations of the city. Why not disperse them throughout the city? What about Alberhill ranch, Rosetta Canyon, Canyon Hills etc…? This is poor city planning and a disservice to those families in need of the affordable housing. These families should blend seamlessly in any neighborhood so that they don’t feel different. Schools and communities benefit from having a variety of different socioeconomic levels. Studies show that when children from lower socioeconomic backgrounds where placed in schools with higher socioeconomic levels, it had a positive impact and raised their education levels. Keeping concentrated areas of lower incomes only segregates people 2. Another area of concern is that the city planner feels he can justify using an outdated 2008 environmental impact study from the senior citizen “Colony” project. The average number of persons per household is not the same. Neither is the impact each development would create. This report is misleading and subjective to the city planner’s opinion that there would be no additional impact. See Environmental Analysis of exhibit “F” starting on pg. 23, specifically the items 6.12 - 6.16 relating to noise, public services, recreation and transportation and traffic. We deserve an objective analysis so that the city and developer can work together to mitigate any negative impacts this project may cause. 3. The city and developer needs to research and report the accurate AMI levels for this project. Will they be using the counties or Lake Elsinore’s to determine eligibility? I have seen the AMI levels changed about 3 times on these presentations. 4. The city needs to adopt a standardized way of notifying the public. I was repeatedly told that the city and developer would do plenty of public outreach but this wasn’t the case. You can’t pick or choose what projects have to post physical signs on the property and which ones don’t. The city knows that most people don’t read the newspaper or read the notices posted in libraries. The most effective way for people to get informed is on social media or a physical sign that is posted on the proposed land. Below is the timeline of events to support my statement, that there was not enough and inconsistent public outreach for this project. TIME LINE OF EVENTS:.  5/10/17 Steve Manos attended an informational meeting at the Links to explain the Mission Trails low income housing project. He assured us that the Cottages project was way out in the distance. The developer had not even submitted application yet, and had little experience in low income housing amongst other reasons why it wouldn’t pass.  6/29/17 Grant Taylor, Director of Community Development came to Summerly to speak about the East Lake Specific changes. I got the same response, when I asked about the Cottages project that Steve Manos gave me.  8/8/2017 The city council approved $25 million in bonds! All before even going to planning commission! When I objected, city council told the developer to do community outreach and keep the public informed. Later I discover that $5 million dollar loan commitment to the developer had already been approved on 6/13/2017.  9/8/2017 Civic partners came to speak to Summerly residents. Nobody else was invited as this was a courtesy meeting. They assured me once again that we would get plenty of notice to the public before this moved forward.  10/11/2017 City gave a public informational meeting. Only people that lived within 300 feet of the project got notices and some local businesses, they also posted a notice (in small print) on the back page of the newspaper, library and cultural center. Ace Vallejos, Brian Tisdale, one other person from the developer was there and I. Once again, I raised an objection because I was told by the city planner they were going to post a public wooden sign on the property so more people could see it. I was told that the sign was supposed to go up on 10/13. (4 days before planning commission meeting)  10/17/2017 Planning commission meeting, still no sign on the property and city planner NOW tells me that there actually would be no sign because they already sent out the required notices and the sign is just a courtesy. Project passes with no question and is up for approval today. The following names are from residents in opposition to this project. The names in RED are new to the list and were not included on the first letter. Alma Quinn , Lake Elsinore CA 92530 Matt Quinn , Lake Elsinore CA 92530 Sharon Quinn Lake Elsinore CA 92530 Amber Ritchie ., Lake Elsinore CA 92530 Shannon Popovich , Lake Elsinore CA 92530 Valerie Popovich , Lake Elsinore CA 92530 Kara Shultz , Lake Elsinore CA 92530 Renee Rolander , Lake Elsinore CA 92530 Rick Durae , Lake Elsinore CA 92530 Nick Elliott , Lake Elsinore CA 92530 Esmeralda Elliott , Lake Elsinore CA 92530 Gloria Barnes , Lake Elsinore CA 92530 Lorraina De La Torre , Murrieta CA 92562 Sherry Walker Powers , Lake Elsinore CA 92530 Kent Powers , Lake Elsinore CA 92530 Betty Flores , Lake Elsinore CA 92530 Emmanuel Flores , Lake Elsinore CA 92530 Freddy Garabay , Lake Elsinore CA 92530 Vanessa Garabay , Lake Elsinore CA 92530 Paul Gravell , Lake Elsinore CA 92530 Marylyn Gravell , Lake Elsinore CA 92530 Dave Gravell , Lake Elsinore CA 92530 Jessica Morrison , Lake Elsinore CA 92530 David Morrison , Lake Elsinore CA 92530 Denise Fitzsimmons , Lake Elsinore CA 92530 Kevin Fitzsimmons , Lake Elsinore CA 92530 Kenny Devor , Lake Elsinore CA 92530 Mario Perez , Lake Elsinore CA 92530 Arturo Fuentes , Lake Elsinore CA 92530 Zamequa Fuentes , Lake Elsinore CA 92530 Tammy Gutierrez . Wildomar CA 92530 Drew De La Torre , Murrietta CA 92562 Victoria Lopez-Russel , Lake Elsinore CA 92530 Arielle Martinez , Lake Elsinore CA 92530 Rich Martinez , Lake Elsinore CA 92530 Richard Collins , Lake Elsinore CA 92530 Leanne Collins , Lake Elsinore CA 92530 Dr. Anryce M. Zurick PhD,EBC , Lake Elsinore CA 92530 Heidy Thomas , Lake Elsinore CA 92530 Tyquan Thomas , Lake Elsinore CA 92530 Audrey Hunt . Lake Elsinore CA 92530 Shelby Hunt Wildomar Rd. Lake Elsinore CA 92530 Wanda Hunt Wildomar Rd. Lake Elsinore CA 92530 Gary Hunt Wildomar Rd. Lake Elsinore CA 92530 Adrian Cerda , Lake Elsinore CA 92530 Frank Cerda , Lake Elsinore CA 92530