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HomeMy WebLinkAboutLetter from Dewsnup and Correa Families BUTTE COUNTY ADMINISTRATION SEP 17 201B Dear Butte County Board of Supervisors, 9/6/2018 0ROVILLE.CALIFORNIA We are writing this letter on behalf of the Dewsnup and Correa families. We wish to inform the Board, of our disappointment of your decision to approve a dangerous and unsightly fence, especially when it is against the code and laws of Butte County. When we elect people, and you run for office,you promise to uphold the laws of the county as they are written. We don't know what promises, if any, or threats, if any, were made to your office to make the Board over-turn the decision that was already made at the first hearing with the Planning Commission. It is decisions like this that go against the laws, that make people fed up and lose trust with politicians and lawmakers. We were sure that this was a black-and-white case because the law states you cannot use sheet metal for fencing material in Butte County and somehow you decided to approve it by going against the County Code. When we were talking with a county employee in the Planning Department he said, that in 2012 the county adopted a code to not have fences made with steel sheeting material. We believe the county has asked junkyards to take down or cover those types of fences. We would like to thank you for now making our homes and the neighborhood look like a junkyard or a pot-grow. We fail to understand why you would approve such a dangerous and also hazardous fence which has razor sharp edges and seams on our side where hands could be sliced and cut. There are many gaps between each piece of sheet metal that are running along approximately 390 feet of the fence and needs to be taken care of. In the Dewsnup and Correa families there are 7 children ages two to fifteen years of age, not including other family and friends children that come over and play. Now, we are always having to watch the children closely and reminding them to stay away from the fence because the fence is near where they like to play. We only hope and pray none of the children get hurt by your neglect of going against your own policies and codes. We will hold you accountable for it. Some of you came to our homes and saw first- hand the dangers of what we are talking about and took pictures of the fence. We gave the Planning Commission several pictures of the flawed areas and we are including some of those same pictures in hopes,that you will have Mr. Corey fix the fence, in a timely manner. We have all grown up ourselves here and have chosen to raise our children in this same neighborhood. It is a part of our heritage. Our family has lived in Gridley since 1906. We have not received any formal letter from the Board of Supervisors or Planning Commission of what you have told Mr. Corey that he has to do to finish the fence. We are of the understanding that Mr. Corey must trim out our side of the fence, the same as his own and to do something reasonable about the glare from the fence, at his expense. Also, what is the timeline that Mr. Corey has to finish the fence and how is it going to be enforced to make sure it is completed in a timely manner. We just thought we would let you know how disappointed we are with your decision. You have done a great disservice to the citizens of the county. We know nothing will come from this letter, in regards to our complaint; but we would like to see the fence completed, as soon as possible. It is too bad you are able to make laws up, as you wish, and not follow county codes and ordinances already in place; since that is what we feel happen in this case. Sincerely, Unhappy Butte County Citizens, The Dewsnup and Correa Families C t 7191 CiLd, 1 ) //' ��> ;y < y