resolution for Thursday's meeting should be amendedFrom:Steve Pomerance
To:OSBT-Web
Subject:Re: resolution for Thursday"s meeting should be amended
Date:Wednesday, February 21, 2024 11:07:18 AM
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Correction — Apparently the name of the place is Frasier Meadows
Retirement Community
On Feb 20, 2024, at 3:41 PM, Steve Pomerance <stevepom335@comcast.net>
wrote:
P.S. In case you don’t know, Frasier Meadows Manor, which was
the big safety concern in the 2013 flood because of all the seniors
living there, had flood-proofed almost all their buildings, as of the
last time I looked, which was a few years ago. And the one big place
that wasn’t done could easily be protected with a wall around the
street side, or so it appeared.
On Feb 20, 2024, at 3:31 PM, Steve Pomerance
<stevepom335@comcast.net> wrote:
To the OSBT:
RE the motion proposed by the City staff for the CU
South flood project, such as it is, the 4th paragraph
currently reads as follows:
4. The Transfer Area will revert to Open Space and Mountain
Parks Department management if the Flood Project is not
fully permitted or otherwise able to be constructed, or if the
Transfer Area is no longer used or needed by the Utilities
Department in the future.
You all should amend this draft motion to DELETE the
second part of the motion:
, or if the Transfer Area is no longer used or needed by the
Utilities Department in the future.
The land should revert to the OSMP department if the
Flood Project fails to gain the necessary approvals or
cannot be constructed….end of discussion.
There is ZERO reason to allow the Utilities Department
to “use” or “need” the land for any purpose other than
the flood project. Who knows what they will come up
with? How about gravel storage? Or???
So it’s clear, I think that this whole flood project is the
WRONG thing to do:
1) It won’t really protect the areas downstream when the
next big flood hits, because the next flood likely will be
bigger than this design is able to contain, because of
climate change.
2) It won’t protect the areas from floods from the Viele
Lake area and runoff from surrounding land, because this
water will completely bypass this dam.
3) It would be far cheaper, more secure, and better for
everyone to flood-proof the buildings, install early
warning systems, and have evacuation plans to the extent
necessary, and totally avoid the development of CU South.
4) And CU South is a huge, Downtown-sized development
that will destroy an important natural area’s beauty and
create a lot of unnecessary housing demand, which it will
not satisfy.
Regards,
Steve Pomerance