Comments for Developers make Cristallago pitch to Lakeport Council at http://lakeconews.com , comment 1 to 9 out of 9 comments http://lakeconews.com Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:06:28 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://lakeconews.com/content/view/6402/919/#comment-9205 This country is based on free enterprise for some reason lake county would rather have everyone siting on welfare of selling drugs than letting large corp. come in and provide large numbers of jobs to help the economy. This project and many other projects deserve the right to come in and build. We are a resort area it is not the drug addicts and poor that come to visit it is the rich. They like to golf and buy 300,000 dollar homes that they can come stay in for the summer. We can not stay in the dark ages. This county has a few people that seem to want to keep the area back in the 70\'s where people shop at little stores and stayed in railroad car shaped rooms for the summer. This county is full of run down hotel and second hands stores that no one with money will shop at. Even as residents you have to go to Santa Rosa to shop for school clothes for your kids. Stop living in the past and start letting big company bring in jobs for people even if they are low paying ($8.00 per hour) it is better than the dudes begging for beer money in front of the gas station store. - angisangels Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:38:48 +0100 http://lakeconews.com/content/view/6402/919/#comment-9202 What this town REALLY needs is a Monorail!!!! Thats right, Monorail. How about it Buzz? I\'ll set it up on my powerpoint? Please?? I\'ll give you a cut. - jmadison Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:32:36 +0100 http://lakeconews.com/content/view/6402/919/#comment-9181 Bruns is a small-time crook who either doesn\'t know how goverment works or doesn\'t care, since he\'s been in it long enough to know I guess we know what\'s the answer to that question. You ruined this town Buzz, it\'s broke/broken-down and you\'ve got the cops chasing dogs while you\'re greasing the wheels for your out-of-county pals-no sane person will miss your sorry behind when you\'re finally gone! - smurf Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:10:19 +0100 http://lakeconews.com/content/view/6402/919/#comment-9180 the developers say their plan is based on \'A marketing plan completed for the county several years ago [which] pointed to the need for a destination resort in the north county.\' How many years ago? Is it still valid, considering the vast changes going on in our economic system? Also, how can they say they\'re using \'smart growth\' principles when a basic of smart growth is avoiding creation of sprawl? - Grace OMalley Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:29:08 +0100 http://lakeconews.com/content/view/6402/919/#comment-9175 So Cristallago\'s drinking water is going to come from Clear Lake? Where\'s the water treatment plant, and who is going to pay for it? Attempts by these same developers to expand capacity in North Lakeport in order to service some of their other projects WITHIN the growth boundaries (the Cristallago site is outside) had to be abandoned last year, so there\'s little reason to suppose that the much larger and more expensive capacity expansion needed to service Cristallago would be feasible. Although it\'s true that the county\'s "immediately adjacent" can service some additional hookups, major (and again very expensive) expansion would be needed to handle the load of this subdivision \"resort\". Also thanks to Cheri Holden for bringing up the project\'s Environmental Impact Report, which is now available for public comment. If the city of Lakeport wants to express an opinion, councilors and staff should start by examining this massive tome in order to learn what the issues actually are and speak from the basis of knowledge rather than slick PowerPoint salesmanship. Copies of the EIR are available for review at the Lakeport branch of Lake County Library, the Supervisors office on the first floor of the courthouse, and the Community Development Department on the third floor. Written comments, which should be submitted to CDD Director Richard Coel, Community Development Department, 255 North Forbes Lakeport, CA 95453, faxed to (707) 263 221 or sent by email to richardc@co.lake.ca.us, are due December 29. The county Planning Commission will also conduct a public workshop at 11AM on Thursday December 11 in order to learn more about the project\'s impacts and give members of the public an opportunity to ask questions and share their concerns. To learn more about the project, visit [url]http://www.lakelive.info/cristallago[/url]. To receive email updates as the process moves ahead, send me an email (vbrandon@lakelive.info) and I\'ll be glad to add your name to the list. - vbrandon Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:00:19 +0100 http://lakeconews.com/content/view/6402/919/#comment-9178 [b]Elitism[/b] [i]NOUN: 1. The belief that certain persons or members of certain classes or groups deserve favored treatment by virtue of their perceived superiority, as in intellect, social status, or [u]financial resources[/u]. 2a. The sense of entitlement enjoyed by such a group or class. b. Control, rule, or domination by such a group or class.[/i] Dear Reader, consider the following from the above article; [b]Lame Duck Mayor Bruns - “If we think it\'s good for our city we can give \'em the go-ahead – the blessing, let\'s put it that way,”[/b] All without the benefit of the other Councilmembers or the Public having had the opportunity to study the matter? Please, Mr. Mayor. Have you ever heard of the Ralph M. Brown Act? [b]\"Burns said the county – which has had unsavory associations such as [u]trailer trash[/u] and methamphetamine pinned to it – will be transformed by those projects.[/b] Thanks you, Mr. Burns. You, your employeers, and your wealthy man\'s project are just what we \"trailer trash\", drug abusing Lake County residents need. You\'re the elite few that will save us from ourselves! [b]\"Burns said the subdivision will create 670 new jobs, and by itself can reduce the county\'s unemployment from 10 percent to 6 percent. Of those jobs, 110 will be construction and 560 will be permanent.\"[/b] First, anyone with a brain knows those numbers are greatly inflated and, second, that the vast majority of any of those \"permanent\" jobs created will be service jobs; low paying and catering to those who can afford million dollar homes and exclusive membership into your country club/golf course/resort. [b]\"Bruns said .... Cristallago . . . . won\'t be just for the rich, with some units available for around $300,000.[/b] Some units? Exactly how many would that be? What is the percentage of the entire project and during what phase of construction would they be built? Also, how many affordable housing dwellings (the kind required by law) would be built? Are those the $300,000.00 units you mentioned? I could go on picking Mr. Burns\' presentation apart. I could also go on about the sneaky, underhanded, improper way the matter was presented to the City Council, but will conclude by asking a simple question. Where is the very detailed, very significant EIR that such a project requires and why wasn\'t it presented to the City Council and the Public for review BEFORE Mayor Bruns \"asked his fellow council members if they wanted to take any action\" on an informational item that wasn\'t properly agendized for either consideration or action? - CLO Resident Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:49:48 +0100 http://lakeconews.com/content/view/6402/919/#comment-9176 if anyone that thinks this is good idea has tried to find a parking spot anywhere in the relative vicinity of Safeway lately. Concur smurf, pretty low class way of putting it on the agenda. But Kudos to the council for not doing the usual rollover for the CofC. Do they ever show up without hat in hand? - Donna Christopher Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:16:34 +0100 http://lakeconews.com/content/view/6402/919/#comment-9174 Lots of anti-development shots continue to be fired at this plan. Lets investigate in thoroughly of course, but keep an open mind. Growth is going to happen -- it can be unplanned one house at a time -- or it can be well planned via significant developments such as this. The houses will be built and filled over 20 years -- it won\'t happen instantly. The main concern should be to ensure the funding and market exists to fulfill the business plan -- if it is valid and done properly it sounds wonderful. :D - number1 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:08:39 +0100 http://lakeconews.com/content/view/6402/919/#comment-9172 to our political system, the way the cristalago item was agendized was typical of the low-level criminality that he thinks is the way to run the city. If just half the families that move into Cristalago had two kids in school they would need to build an entire new school, which they can\'t come even close to doing with the developer fees. Get water from the lake for 650 homes AND a large resort? You got a permission slip from Yolo? Nice try at being a developer errand boy as you head out the door Bruns, this will be your legacy, along with getting sued for being a crook! - smurf Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:54:31 +0100