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Your comments may be posted here much like a letter to the editor of a newspaper. As an interested Granite Bay resident, I attended the so-called “Workshop” last night and completed the survey provided by the Placer County Planning Department and felt it necessary to make a public comment. It was less of a “Workshop” and more of an opportunity to complete a survey. Of the four sections, the first two: 1. Goals and Policies and 2. Proposed changes were so broadly worded that it would be of no real use to a serious effort to assess the opinions of the residences. The phraseology of most of the questions lacked clarity and specificity that would yield a response that is both thoughtful and definitive. Almost all questions were multifaceted and left one speculating on the thrust of the question. In fact, any interpretation of the results could be used to justify just about any position on the continuum of possible responses. This is perfect political fodder and nothing more! But perhaps that was the original intent?. .......GB Granite Bay
2/24/09 Purposed Intersection Improvements I am truly sorry I haven't been paying closer attention to what is on the Granite Bay Council's agenda. The intersection improvements on Mooney and Douglas are a completely unnecessary waste of money. I live at the corner and there have been no traffic issues what so ever there that would warrant this. I am disappointed on the destruction of the foot path, a very attractive feature to living here. I will pay closer attention to whom is on the council, because this is just wasteful and unfortunate. .......CW Granite Bay
9/26/07 Dial-A-Ride Service in With the increasing cost of gas and pollution problems
brought about by fuel emissions, I [am a] believer that there is an urgent
need to provide Granite Bay residents with an alternative mode of
transportation in commuting to/from our place of work. At present, there is a
Dial-A-Ride Service in 9/1/07 Stanton Estates I was wondering if there is anything that the county could
do to improve the appearance of the stretch of land fronting the Stanton
Estates development. The closest intersection is Christy Lane and
Douglas. Many years ago (1980 ish) Roger
Hatch, functioning as Designer Homes, deeded this area back to the
county. The rusting metal fences, dead vegetation and general lack of
maintenance are a real eye sore at one of the primary intersections in Granite Bay. Several
years ago the county improved the appearance along Douglas with the addition
of sound walls and landscape. For whatever reason this section was
overlooked. Do you think there is any chance that this area might
receive some attention?.......VR
6/4/07 Opposition to Verizon Wireless's Horseshoe Substation We are NOT scientists, just concerned residents. There are still critical questions
concerning the health effects and safety of radiofrequency electromagnetic radiation (RF). There is still an ongoing controversy over
many aspects of RF health effects. While the
experts don’t disagree that serious health hazards occur when living cells in
the body are heated, as happens with high intensity RF
exposure (just like in a microwave oven), scientists are currently still
investigating the health hazards of low intensity exposure. Low
intensity exposure is exposure which does not raise the temperature of the
living cells in the body. A quick
search of the Internet reveals a long list of disturbing scientific
information that points to the existence of nonthermal
effects of microwave radiation. At
this time, it appears that the experts simply don't know the potential health
consequences of long term, low level exposure to RF
- the type used by the proposed Verizon Wireless antenna. No one knows—the data just isn't
there. The only reasonable and responsible course
is to “play it safe” until there is definitive scientific information
that RF is safe. ....... 1/4/07 Concern about
Safety on I have a child at
9/27/06 New Traffic Light Timing Questioned In late August, a new traffic
light was installed at
8/15/06 Trading Density Units Reeks of Hypocrisy It is noted in the minutes of the
July MAC meeting that the MAC supported a proposal to transfer residential
density units from the south side of
7/3/06 "Stupid Prices" unacceptable name I am appalled that a store named,
“Stupid Prices” will be coming to
5/22/06 Two Items of
Concern:
5/1/06 Burned out
House on If you live in
the area - you cannot miss it. You can view the partly burned down structure
from both
12/16/05 Several Car Break-ins in the East Roseville/Granite Bay area Wednesday
night there were several car break-ins in the East Roseville/Granite Bay area
in which windows were smashed and they took whatever they could within a few
minutes. Is there any way to publicize this so that residents are aware? Its
my understanding that even if you are in a "gated" community, that
this can happen. Can you please publish the statistics and crimes that are
going on in our community on this website so we can look out more for each
other? Thank you and Merry Christmas! Have any of these criminals been
caught? .....NM
12/1/05 Concern about
traffic around I am wondering
if there are any plans to improve the traffic that GBHS
creates during the work week between 7:15-7:45am. It can take up to 15
minutes just to turn left onto E.Roseville (from Treelake) and then another 5-10 minutes waiting to get
through E.Roseville towards
You can forget
your quiet and privacy now. A 2500 square foot event center located across
from Los Lagos was just approved on November 17, 2005 by the Placer County
Zoning Administrator. What next a strip mall and beer and bait in this
residential neighborhood? Imagine 300 cars on this small narrow
residential street..... I read the
news from the last MAC meeting and I can't believe there was no opposition to
the proposed residential units east of Longs. 50-60 homes on two current
commercial lots is just a tremendous increase in density and drastic change
in zoning. When you have that dense of a residential area it completely
changes the character of the area. Longs has not had a negative impact on
traffic or density, 50-60 homes right behind Longs is a different story! The
homes just to the east of this location on the north side of
9/15/05 Do we really need a 30 bed care facility in the middle of our residential neighborhood? I am a long
time resident of
5/21/05 Landscaping at It seems to be taking the owners of that portion of the shopping center a very long time to make renovations and landscape the area. Isn't there something the county can do to get the owners to finish soon? That shopping center really looks terrible. CO Granite Bay
5/21/05 Weeds Need Attention Just wanted to
remind you about the weeds that need to be cut down on the strip of land
bordering
4/8/05 Fire Administrative Officers Association Vice President Questions Promotion Process The South
Placer Fire Administrative Officers Association is very happy for Karl Fowler
and Lawrence Bettencourt for their promotions; however, we also want to
comment on the promotion of Fire Marshal Lawrence Bettencourt to Battalion
Chief. This promotion was not part of the reorganization plan that was
adopted. The position of Fire Marshal was created to replace the position of
Fire Marshal/Battalion Chief to make the position more efficient by shifting
the operational responsibilities to the newly created Shift Battalion Chief
positions. Due to the lack of operational responsibility that the position
has, there was no rank assigned to the job description as is other positions
such as Fleet Manager, Accountant Tech, or Administrative Secretary. During
the reorganization, the Fire Marshal / Battalion Chief was given a choice of
being a Battalion Chief OR Fire Marshal. In addition, the arbitrary promotion
did not follow the proper channels because it was created for one individual
while other qualified candidates did not get the same opportunity. There are
four other individuals that are on the Battalion Chief promotional list. None
of them were allowed to compete for this promotion. This promotion was not
disclosed to the public until after the fact. Even though we are happy for
Lawrence Bettencourt, we do not support the process by which he was
promoted. .....
4/4/05 Another Resident Opposes Proposed Development I am writing
regarding the project that Dan Pastor is proposing to develop on We are also
dealing with increased traffic from Dan Pastor
presented 39-43 homes on this plot of land with the main entrance coming
right on to
3/23/05 Residents Oppose Proposed Development I oppose the proposed
1/20/05 Concerned With New Noise Ordinance
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