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<br />'0: City of Pleasant on <br /> <br />Page 1 of3 <br /> <br />Marion Pavan <br /> <br />From: Matt and Cheryl [mlawer1@comcast.net] <br />Sent: Monday, March 06, 2006 3:49 PM <br />To: Marion Pavan <br />Subject: ponderosa Our letter to cityof pleas 2-16-06 <br /> <br />1arion, <br />[ere are more concerns. <br /> <br />0: City ofPleasanton/Neighbors/Ponderosa <br />.e: Selway/Leighman Property development along Cameron Av. <br />'ate: 2-15-2006 <br /> <br />'ow this may not speak for the whole neighborhood however, here is a partial list of some concerns, in no order of <br />nportance or severity. These concerns and statements are in no way meant to cause harm or disparage on any parties <br />lvolved and if they are inaccurate, it is up to others to authenticate; they are curious insight and concerns and fall <br />ong freedorn of speech and ideas, so don't take offense. Poll the neighbors for topics if too general : <br /> <br />traffic <br />~hildren's safety riding bikes on the streets <br />~hildren and parents and adults walking the streets, safety <br />llternate routes to school thru new neighborhood-insisted by neighbors <br />~nvironmental impacts <br />;top sign placement and if wanted <br />,Iacement of new streets in front of houses and stop sign-both unwanted <br />lnanimous decision of all neighbors at Lawer's house rneeting that the Ponderosa plans do not come close to being <br />Iything that the people at the rneeting wanted <br />louse design doesn't match neighborhood at all <br />louses cover up view of Mt. Diablo <br />louses sitting lower and higher than some <br />nore 2 story houses that first thought and shown on plans <br />,lacing of neighbor against neighbor <br />uining the fabric of neighborhood <br />)issy attitudes of neighbors to neighbors <br />~eelings that Ponderosa's inconsistencies' and inaccurate statements and failures in relaying consistent information <br />om one neighbor to another <br />;eems like Ponderosa's wants, have separated the neighborhoods and individual neighbors <br />:eemingly purposeful inconvenient neighborhood meetings called on by Ponderosa and lack of notice and failure to <br />:ep commitments to have neighborhood meetings. Results are no intentional neighborhoods group meetings called by <br />mderosa (the neighbors had to organize the group meeting with 23 people on short notice-I day, and we surprised the <br />mderosa representatives (who didn't properly introduce themselves as people filtered in and to Lawer's (seems <br />eakyish). <br />eel of new neighborhood vs. Cameron/Courtney/Trenery/Martin homes <br />:0 one acre home lots or even 2/3 acre home lots as in the Cameron/Courtney/EquestrianlMartin and other streets. <br />amb full neighborhood <br />10 park <br />leighbor vs. neighbor <br />tie of property should be the Cameron Ave. project not Trenery and Martin project <br />'big obvious and the small talc type micro" dust control and enforcernent, measurement, seemingly irnpossible-is the <br />y/developer setting up 24/7 cameras and keeping film on file for years for the project to address concerns? <br />n entire area of the city seemingly giving up two summers of new construction and probably two rnore for back yard <br />d pool remodel construction so that vary few can profit from it. What is the benefit to the neighborhood and pitfalls <br /> <br />~/2006 <br />