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From: Menchaca, Clarissa
Sent: Monday, February 11, 2019 9:17 AM
To: Schuman, Amy
Subject: FW: Open Space
Correspondence.
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From: Karen Sipple<ksipple@hotmail.com>
Sent:Wednesday, December 12, 2018 8:45 AM
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Subject: Open Space
To the Above:
Because of Supervisor Lambert's decree, our community wasn't allowed to make our presentations on the
TSM17-001 Open Space issue to the extent that had previously been granted. We had been led to believe by
past precedent that we would have 3 minutes to speak, instead we were restricted to 1 minute and made
aware of that only after the meeting began. The assumption that we would speak to anything off topic was
presumptive and misleading and designed to sabotage our presentations. Our community realizes the need
for housing after the Camp Fire tragedy and as such had relinquished our quest to reduce the number of
houses for the subdivision. Our efforts today were directed toward the maintenance and enforcement of the
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open space. Supervisor Connelly's unprofessional comments were directed toward chastising us for not
buying the property ourselves, a sentiment offered more than once by several Board members. His ignorance
of how the property was zoned showed his disdain for our concerns. As such I am submitting my letter that 1
would have read because it is my/our first amendment right to be heard even if some choose to forbid
it. Thank you Maureen Kirk for treating us with respect and kindness.
"In the upcoming days you will be faced with how to deal with the current issues about housing and
development in our County. All we have ever asked is that urban growth be a considerate partner to
rural existence. Neighborhoods and people need to be involved; development shouldn't mow over
existing neighborhoods by ignoring those that live there. Community participation should be required,
because it's the decent, moral and ethical thing to do. We realize that the Developer didn't have to
talk to us, but he should have. So many things could have been solved through open
communication. I believe that if he hadn't received assurances early on from Planning and Ag, that
he would have walked away from the deal and looked elsewhere to develop. It is this original sin that
has brought us all to this point.
The open space management plan as it has been submitted is nothing but boiler plate text from
earlier reports that hold no person or organization accountable for the specifics regarding the
maintenance of the area. The report is designed to be vague and open ended so that neither the
County, the developer nor the engineer are held to any measurable standard of maintenance or
enforcement. What assurances are there that the space won't simply remain a fire hazard and a
toilet? During the Camp Fire, there weren't any of us that weren't afraid that the dry brush field
behind us would spark and burn. One of the lessons of this tragic fire is that better planning and
standards for maintenance need to be established early on and enforced. Dayton Road was at a
standstill when traffic was redirected because of the fires and the flooding. It was almost impossible
to get in or out of any of the streets off of it. Infrastructure growth needs to be purposefully designed
to anticipate and enhance any development, instead of hopelessly lagging behind it. Your plans so
far are pretty much wait and see...and then figure out if we can afford it.
As public servants you have a responsibility to your community, to be fair and equitable in all matters
and to diligently, competently and honestly perform your duties. From our perspective your efforts
have been guided by profit and revenue while our concerns were either dismissed condescendingly
or ignored.
Your mission and ours are to be a positive influence on society and to leave your world better than
you found it. Sticking us with this inappropriate development and a fire hazard flanked by a giant toilet
is simply a middle finger to all of us. I hope you are proud of your legacy because that is how we will
remember you."
Regards,
Karen Sipple
1336 Stanley Avenue
Chico, CA
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