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EDITOR,

I am angered at the complete disregard for public and environmental health that the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors is displaying by continuing to support the high-density housing proposal in Felton.

The application submitted by South County Housing should be made to follow the same requirements the rest of us must adhere to, and for a good reason. This development jeopardizes the quality of life for residents and species of Felton, Lompico, Zayante, Mt. Hermon and other downstream communities, when you  look at the environmental impacts. No matter how much money SCH wants to throw at it, this is simply a very poor site for a development. 

If you have ever been at the Safeway parking lot when the sewage treatment has failed, imagine multiplying the smell exponentially — that’s what you’ll get if this development is permitted to go through. The site simply cannot tolerate this project. 

You come to Felton to smell the redwoods, not sewage. We want to be known as Felton — not Smellton.

Sheryl Grover, Felton

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Got that right!
written by Malani, September 13, 2008

Everybody who lives here knows about the septic problems at Safeway. The characters who support this development MUST have an ulterior motive. What is it?

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Here Here !
written by Rickey Tave, September 14, 2008

Thank you, Sheryl. Hired gun consultants and fancy developer talk cannot overpower common sense.

Malani, the ulterior motives are tax free profits to fund the next project and the next, and to fund the salaries of the officers and employees of South County Housing, Inc.

If the project is built, and when the water system, storm drainage system, and sewage system problems begin, South County Housing Inc. and the County will likely use Live Oak/Soquel Redevelopment money to try and fix the problems and to make a legal defense against the inevitable lawsuits. Poor Felton, poor Live Oak, poor Soquel.

I wonder when someone in power at the County will have the guts to stand up and say "Enough! Stop! This is a bad idea!" I wonder who it will be. Who has the courage?

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SCH proposes the Home Owner's Assoc. for development will pay for septic plant
written by Beth Hollenbeck, September 15, 2008

Actually, Rickey, SCH has stated that the Home Owner's Association that will need to form from this high-desnity housing development will be responsible for monthly dues and maintenance for the septic treatment plant. If it fails, they will have to come up with the money to fix it...and fast or it will be exactly as Sheryl describes. At least that is what they stated at a community meeting when these very questions were addressed.

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