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From cienfuegos at igc.org Wed May 2 13:00:52 2007 From: cienfuegos at igc.org (Paul Cienfuegos) Date: Wed, 2 May 2007 12:00:52 -0700 Subject: [Manila] to Manila neighbors re Riley dev't public hearing this Thursday eve... Message-ID: To neighbors across Manila and beyond, The ad-hoc group of Manila Neighbors which has been meeting for a number of months now to challenge the inappropriate Riley 17-unit subdivision in our neighborhood wants to invite all of you who receive these emails to come on out tomorrow evening, Thursday May 3rd at 6pm, for the Planning Commission meeting where the Riley proposal will be on the agenda for the first time. It's a very packed agenda, so we're not guaranteeing that our issue will be heard Thursday night. Nevertheless, we hope that dozens of concerned residents across the Humboldt Bay area will recognize the importance of this meeting, and that we're able to pack the chambers with articulate voices of opposition. This is NOT just a Manila issue - and NOT a NIMBY issue. it's about what kinds of development the residents of Humboldt Bay wish to allow in our communities in the future, and how these critical decisions should be made. If you'd like to attend, but don't want to sit through hours of other issues, please consider doing one of the following: 1) Email me your home or cell number (no later than 5pm Thursday), and we'll give you a call from the meeting once our agenda item is about to be heard, or 2) Watch the meeting on Cable Access Channel 10. Either way, as soon as our agenda item comes up, we need each and every one of you to be standing there with us in the Supervisors Chambers in the Courthouse building. If our agenda item gets tabled, it will be continued to the meeting on Thursday, June 7 at 6pm. And if you can't make either meeting, please consider writing a letter to your Supe or to the Planning Commission. And please cc a copy of your letter to us at . THANKS! Now, here's details of the Riley development, in case you haven't seen them yet..... ----------------------- Local Manila resident Scott Riley is proposing a 17-unit very dense subdivision of 2 and 3 story homes on 3.4 acres of his 8.5 acre property, which is mainly healthy intact willow wetlands and significant coastal dunes at the edge of Manila, about 1/4 mile south of the Manila Community Center, at 1521 Peninsula Drive (Parcel# 400-131-05). Zoning would have to be changed as he has requested a Planned Unit Development (PUD) which the neighborhood actively opposes. The development could be precedent-setting county-wide in a number of harmful ways. None of us are opposed to this property being "developed" as long as it matches the existing neighborhoods low density, and doesn't destroy any of the existing dunes. That would probably require that only a very small number of homes get built, all with Peninsula Drive frontage, as is the norm in the rest of the neighborhood. The main issues of concern about this development are: * 17 two and three story houses squeezed onto 3.4 acres of mostly dune-covered wildland - an unprecedented density in our village - in a Planned Unit Development (PUD) which throws out the existing zoning requirements. Some lots would be smaller than 4000 square feet when existing zoning requires minimum lot sizes of 20,000 sq.ft. And property frontages of as little as 27 feet while current zoning requires 75 foot wide minimums. * 6500 cubic yards of dunes (about 650 dump truck loads) to be bulldozed and moved (described as "dune restoration" in the proposal!). * Storm runoff from the new street, sidewalks, rooves, would be directed into the adjacent wild intact wetlands. * Project is being marketed as the county's first solar/green subdivision. Amazingly, John Ash Group is the primary architect, which we thought had a higher standard of environmental responsibility in the projects they agree to participate in, as we believe this project is mostly a green scam. * 30+ cars all coming out of one cul-de-sac driveway multiple times each day, on a narrow road with no sidewalks or walkable shoulders in a quiet rural neighborhood. This is not a NIMBY issue. No developer should be allowed to place a densely packed subdivision of large homes on top of a wild dune ecosystem adjacent to a healthy willow wetland in a rural neighborhood on a narrow road. To get involved, or for more info about the ongoing efforts of Manila Neighbors to stop this development, please contact any of the core members of our neighborhood group: Aryay Kalaki, Tim Ayres, Michael Fennell, Colleen Clifford and Ian Davidson, Dan Edrich, Gordy Anderson, Amanda Pollock & Trinity Fales, Ray Grosveld, and myself, Paul Cienfuegos. Any one of us would be happy to hear from you, if you know some of us personally. Or write to us at . From fennell3 at suddenlink.net Wed May 2 22:54:11 2007 From: fennell3 at suddenlink.net (fennell3 at suddenlink.net) Date: Wed, 2 May 2007 21:54:11 -0700 Subject: [Manila] Planning Commission mtg. Message-ID: <20070502235411.XWEVK.16109.root@Web03> Just a reminder to everyone about the meeting Thurs. May 3,6 pm at the Supervisors Chambers. At stake is a 17 house development on 3.4 acres on rolling dunes adjacent to a wetlands. The project is 4th on the agenda so it may get heard latter in the evening or possibly even continued to the June Meeting. Please consider speaking to the commissioners, even if you only say a few sentences. If approved, Manila will look and feel very different in the future. Thanks, Michael From artstreetgallery at sbcglobal.net Sat May 19 22:35:01 2007 From: artstreetgallery at sbcglobal.net (Joy Dellas) Date: Sat, 19 May 2007 21:35:01 -0700 Subject: [Manila] MCSD Agenda Message-ID: Hi All, Since we haven't received any agendas or other communication from Manila Community Services District lately to post here, I am wondering if the board has decided not to have them posted electronically anymore; or if the new manager does not know of this policy. I was almost certain that the board recently made it part of an ordinance or something that the agendas, and other important public information relative to the services district area would be posted electronically. I'm not sure what the requirements of the Sunshine Act or the Brown Act entail, but it is certainly all the less convenient to stand in front of the closed Manila Market and read the multi-page agendas from the plywood boarded up windows. Does anyone have any comments, knowledge, about this? I am sending this email to the district office email address as well, in case they aren't on this listserv. Joy Dellas From manilacsd1 at aol.com Tue May 22 12:33:36 2007 From: manilacsd1 at aol.com (manilacsd1 at aol.com) Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 14:33:36 -0400 Subject: [Manila] MCSD Agenda In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <8C96AB6D83E6C56-1204-5F1@webmail-mf17.sysops.aol.com> Hi Joy, The agendas for the last few meetings have not been emailed, but they will start back up again hopefully with the next meeting. We have undergone staff changes and computer problems, all of which should be corrected by then. Thanks for your patience. Mark Dubrow Interim General Manager -----Original Message----- From: Joy Dellas To: manila at coastcleaners.com; manilacsd1 at aol.com Sent: Sat, 19 May 2007 9:35 pm Subject: [Manila] MCSD Agenda Hi All, Since we haven't received any agendas or other ommunication from Manila Community Services istrict lately to post here, am wondering if the board has decided not to have them osted electronically anymore; or if the new manager oes not know of this policy. was almost certain that the board recently made it part f an ordinance or something that the agendas, and other important ublic information relative to the services district area ould be posted electronically. 'm not sure what the requirements of the Sunshine Act r the Brown Act entail, but it is certainly all the less convenient o stand in front of the closed Manila Market and read the ulti-page agendas from the plywood boarded up windows. oes anyone have any comments, knowledge, about this? am sending this email to the district office email address s well, in case they aren't on this listserv. Joy Dellas ______________________________________________ anila mailing list anila at coastcleaners.com http://coastcleaners.com/mailman/listinfo/manila_coastcleaners.com URL: http://coastcleaners.com/pipermail/manila_coastcleaners.com/attachments/20070522/73f02f5e/attachment.html
