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HomeMy WebLinkAboutLetter from Thurston Swanson - TSM17-0001 Stanley Avenue Subdivision Menchaca, Clarissa From: Thurston Swanson <tswan60298@aol.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2018 5:41 PM To: Icgrundmann@gmail.com;jacquechase@gmail.com; rockdonati@aol.com; Pjohn7179 ©aol.com; Michelena, Mark; Fossum,Tom; Clerk of the Board; Mendoza, Louie Subject: TSM 17-0001 Attachments: Nels Leen Project.pdf 1 July 24, 2018 Dear Sir/Madam My name is Thurston Swanson and my family has lived on Stanley Ave. since I946. I am writing to you with concerns on the proposed Nels Leen Project File #TSMI 7-0001. First the proposed cluster development of 20 houses does not fit in with the character of the neighborhood. This area has generally been lots of at least I acre yet the proposed development the lots are less than a '/2 acre. This area was once a farming community and the county roads reflect that the usage was such.Narrow tree lined roads that now have waste containers lining them which make passing an oncoming truck or car sometimes challenging. Now we add 20 more homes with 2 cars per home. I can only foresee an accident waiting to happen at the intersection of Dayton Rd. and Stanley Ave with the increase of traffic. Proposing to widen the road will mean the removal of many of the trees that were fully grown when I was a child living here 75 years ago. What a shame. Chico City of the Trees. Profit for the few over preservation for all. On Stanley Ave. we still have almond and mandarin orchards being actively farmed that coexist with wildlife living along Edgar Slough and introducing 20 new homes within a stones throw of said area will greatly impact the environment of which I understood California and Butte County where so concerned. It would be a shame to lose animals that habitat the area for the sake of monetary gain by some housing developer. And then we have a community septic tank for 20 homes and a storm drainage system being proposed that can only lead to further damage to our water table which many on Stanley Ave, still draw drinking water from through there wells. The waste water contaminates will eventually seep into Edgar Slough which will end up polluting other areas of wildlife habitat. In conclusion I understand that there is to be a proposed vegetative barrier to be planted between the ag buffer zone and proposed development although no one has informed me or others what it will consist of or what it will look like. Who will maintain this proposed barrier? I firmly support progress and development but truthfully this seems to be a poorly thought out development by some one looking to make a profit on a parcel of farm land that directly impacts the farmers and present residents of Stanley Ave. Therefore I must go on record of strongly opposing the proposed development; Thurston Swanson 1329 Stanley Ave. Chico, California 95928 530-487-8392