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HomeMy WebLinkAbout10.2.20 Board Correspondence - FW_ Extension of the Ordinance 53 Campfire Email from Jill Vought From:Schuman, Amy To:Alpert, Bruce;Bennett, Robin;Clerk of the Board;Connelly, Bill;Cook, Holly;Lambert, Steve;Lucero, Debra; McCracken, Shari;Paulsen, Shaina;Pickett, Andy;Ring, Brian;Ritter, Tami;Rodas, Amalia;Sweeney, Kathleen; Teeter, Doug Cc:Hatcher, Casey;Daneluk, Paula Subject:Board Correspondence - FW: Extension of the Ordinance 53 Campfire Date:Friday, October 2, 2020 4:47:09 PM Please see the email correspondence below regarding the Ch. 53 Camp Fire Urgency Ordinance passed 9/29. Amy Schuman Associate Clerk of the Board Butte County Administration 25 County Center Drive, Suite 200, Oroville, CA 95965 O: 530.552.3300 |D: 530.552.3308 | F: 530.538.7120 Twitter | Facebook | YouTube | Pinterest From: Jill Vought <jvought@pusdk12.org> Sent: Friday, October 2, 2020 7:56 AM To: Clerk of the Board <clerkoftheboard@buttecounty.net>; abaedtech@gmail.com Subject: Extension of the Ordinance 53 Campfire ATTENTION: This message originated from outside Butte County. Please exercise judgment before opening .. attachments, clicking on links, or replying. To Butte County Board of Supervisors, I am writing this letter to convey my thoughts and opinions on the Ordinance 4187-Chapter 53 Campfire. I will start by saying I have lived in Butte County since 1984 and in Magalia since 2003 in the Paradise Pines Property Owners Association. Our home with the grace of fire fighters was saved from the Campfire but we lost 99% of our neighborhood to the fire. Having said that, life is not easy just because our home is here. We have been threatened with violence by burned out neighbors, we have been subject to debris and possible carcinogens from the burned homes, we lived through ash blowing everywhere during cleanup, trees dying and dropping and hopefully soon weathering them being removed (more dust, debris and destruction), I have lost 5 jobs through the local school district suffering greatly with students leaving our area etc...the list could go on. With that I understand first hand what is going on around us in the burn scar with housing. However, let me point out some things that are very important... While so many are focused on the ones in RVS let us discuss the affects of them on the homeowners and rebuilders. I will say I have no issue with the good respectful ones who are waiting with 'permits in hand' to have their home delivered or built . Any delays in that process are not within their control. I look forward to celebrating them getting their homes and building back their lives! They should remain and care for their lots and watch their homes emerge. What I can not watch is the abuse of rules, property and lives being ruined by those who do NOT belong, who are NOT rebuilding, who do NOT own the land they are on, who are causing health and emotional and safety concerns for everyone near and far. They are causing financial harm to all property owners and hampering the recovery process ten fold. Owners can't sell their lots, homeowners can't live peacefully or safely or sell, the lots are full of garbage because the county doesn't have a rule about trash pickup! They are causing crime, noise disturbances and violence in our neighborhoods. It is unfair to those of us here or the ones who want to return or to our rebuilding to have this area turn into a ongoing RV park that is delaying and advertising so badly our neighborhood. It is up to ALL OF YOU and ALL OF US owners to be very conscious of this and it is vital that our area rebuild and attract families or our school district won't survive. Jobs and livelihood will not flourish in a slum. We are not immune to the homeless situation but that can't be the focus of our recovery. You owe something to the hardworking tax paying owners here. I believe that making the choice to extend till 12/21 will only encourage more non owners to set up shop, it will not draw people of rebuilding to our area and will depress even further those of us here. I believe you need to see first hand what is really going on here with RVS, druggies etc. You need to speak to the POA about who is permitted already to build and who is not. You need to spend time with homeowners hearing what we are going through without good rebuilding occurring. You need to seriously weigh the extension and what you will be asking of us all. If in two years post fire the only plan you have is to squat, if you didn't have or don't have insurance rebuild money, a grant, or the means to rebuild then it is time to move on. I am watching so many good neighbors go through all the right channels to rebuild and have done it in two years. It is not fair to cater to the illegal ones at the expense of the ones here following all the rules and paying taxes. I am well trained in the effects of PTSD and trauma and understand greatly the mental health crisis surrounding our county etc. However, extended this ordinance will only make that worse. In our first 15 years living here I had cause to call 911 three times for crime...since allowing the RVS and squatters etc I have called at least a dozen times a year! It is unfair to ask us to live amongst felons and squatters and be put at risk daily. Please take this an all information from other owners into consideration. This is our home and it is killing us to watch what it is being allowed to turn into... Sincerely, Jill Vought Find the positive and grow it! Jill A. Vought (Mrs. V.) ParadiseUnifiedSchoolDistrict ParadiseJr/SrHighSchool 530-828-7204(CELL) CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: Thiscommunication and any documents, files or previous e-mail messages attached to it, constitute an electronic communication within the scope of the Electronic Communication Privacy Act, 18 USCA 2510. This communication may contain non-public, confidential, or legally privileged information intended for the sole use of the designated recipient(s). The unlawful interception, use or disclosure of such information is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, or have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by reply email or by telephone and delete all copies of this communication, including attachments, without reading, forwarding or saving them electronically.