Post by Kip Duff, admin on Sept 23, 2016 19:40:32 GMT -8
Altamira Update
It has been a very frustrating week and a half trying to sort out what actually happened on Sept 13th, and what we can do. For those that haven’t heard, it was a non-vote. If they had actually voted, there may have been a 2 to 2 vote (one was absent), which for some reason would have meant the appeal won/no project. But they raised a fuss and they definitely achieved their goal of scuppering the vote, and are clearly laying every obstacle they can in our path, now. They “continued” the hearing to Sept 27th. THIS IS IT, if we stop them here, we most likely avoid years more of effort, and a lot of money in court.
There is no public testimony. They just posted on the Board of Supervisors’ website with the agenda, at 4:00pm. They were completely muddled and unclear about public testimony/new findings, etc., on the day. All very convenient ways to quiet down the public with confusion. We DO need to show them we mean business, and the main way to do that is to physically be in San Bernardino on Tuesday, and to flood their inboxes with emails.
The hearing is this coming Tuesday, Sept 27, at 10am. It is unclear if they need all 5 Supervisors there, or not, to proceed. They don’t seem to know, themselves. So, there is a bit of risk. It sounds like they decided not to bother preparing the negative findings. That was their excuse for scuppering the vote, that there had to be negative findings. There was dialogue, on the 13th, telling the County Staff Planner to write them. Apparently, once we were out of earshot, they stopped that process.
What IS clear is that we need a PRESENCE at the meeting, WAY preferably at San Bernardino, itself. They “acknowledge” that there are people at the Joshua Tree site, but ‘out of sight, out of mind’, unfortunately. If we are all together, at San Bernardino, they WILL SEE US. If you can only go to JT, then please do.
I had conversations with another community with similar battle history, and they WON against two developments, based on their community plan, purely because people showed up, all wearing the same color shirts. That is just the reality of the situation. SO PLEASE COME OUT on Tuesday. I can’t emphasize it enough.
We also need LETTERS: WE NEED TO FLOOD THEIR INBOXES! This time please send them to the Supervisors, and to the Clerk.
PLEASE make sure that your letter is in their inbox by first thing Monday morning. If you wrote one last time, please resend (with any additions you like) to the Supervisors. Make it VERY clear that you are against the proposed Altamira project in Joshua Tree at the top. It is a bit confusing: For the appeal/Against the project. Thanks!!!
supervisorrutherford@sbcounty.gov
supervisorhagman@sbcounty.gov
supervisorramos@sbcounty.gov
supervisorgonzales@sbcounty.gov
supervisorlovingood@sbcounty.gov
COB@sbcounty.gov
It has been a very frustrating week and a half trying to sort out what actually happened on Sept 13th, and what we can do. For those that haven’t heard, it was a non-vote. If they had actually voted, there may have been a 2 to 2 vote (one was absent), which for some reason would have meant the appeal won/no project. But they raised a fuss and they definitely achieved their goal of scuppering the vote, and are clearly laying every obstacle they can in our path, now. They “continued” the hearing to Sept 27th. THIS IS IT, if we stop them here, we most likely avoid years more of effort, and a lot of money in court.
There is no public testimony. They just posted on the Board of Supervisors’ website with the agenda, at 4:00pm. They were completely muddled and unclear about public testimony/new findings, etc., on the day. All very convenient ways to quiet down the public with confusion. We DO need to show them we mean business, and the main way to do that is to physically be in San Bernardino on Tuesday, and to flood their inboxes with emails.
The hearing is this coming Tuesday, Sept 27, at 10am. It is unclear if they need all 5 Supervisors there, or not, to proceed. They don’t seem to know, themselves. So, there is a bit of risk. It sounds like they decided not to bother preparing the negative findings. That was their excuse for scuppering the vote, that there had to be negative findings. There was dialogue, on the 13th, telling the County Staff Planner to write them. Apparently, once we were out of earshot, they stopped that process.
What IS clear is that we need a PRESENCE at the meeting, WAY preferably at San Bernardino, itself. They “acknowledge” that there are people at the Joshua Tree site, but ‘out of sight, out of mind’, unfortunately. If we are all together, at San Bernardino, they WILL SEE US. If you can only go to JT, then please do.
I had conversations with another community with similar battle history, and they WON against two developments, based on their community plan, purely because people showed up, all wearing the same color shirts. That is just the reality of the situation. SO PLEASE COME OUT on Tuesday. I can’t emphasize it enough.
We also need LETTERS: WE NEED TO FLOOD THEIR INBOXES! This time please send them to the Supervisors, and to the Clerk.
PLEASE make sure that your letter is in their inbox by first thing Monday morning. If you wrote one last time, please resend (with any additions you like) to the Supervisors. Make it VERY clear that you are against the proposed Altamira project in Joshua Tree at the top. It is a bit confusing: For the appeal/Against the project. Thanks!!!
supervisorrutherford@sbcounty.gov
supervisorhagman@sbcounty.gov
supervisorramos@sbcounty.gov
supervisorgonzales@sbcounty.gov
supervisorlovingood@sbcounty.gov
COB@sbcounty.gov