2021-07-20 CC Castro1
From:Alena Callimanis
Sent:Tuesday, July 20, 2021 12:37 PM
To:City Clerk Mail
Cc:Monika Radeva; Lisa Castro
Subject:Presentation by Lisa Castro for public comment session for July 20 City Council Meeting
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Here is the document that Lisa Castro will be using while speaking during the public comment
period at today’s City Council meeting at 4pm.
Lisa will be in person.
Thank you very much.
Alena Callimanis
CITY COUNCIL MEETING - JULY 20, 2021 - WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENTS BY RESIDENT LISA CASTRO
PUBLIC COMMENTS ON MATTERS NOT ON THE AGENDA - OPPOSING THE WAVE PROJECT
Good Afternoon Honorable Mayor Evan, Council Members and Staff. My
name is Lisa Castro and I am a resident at First I would
like to thank Alena for the pictures and videos she showed you from my
house. The videos just record the lack of noise from my house and that
you can slightly hear a car on Madison. Think of HOW many cars will come
and go through the night in a rezoned area.
The point is that the wave basin is closer to me than Madison so if I can
hear the car, just think of the noise every night - not just the waves
crashing as the promo for the developer says and the noise of the wave
machinery, but the people noise - surfing, jet skis, music etc, etc. …
the “people noise” that a rezoning change will allow. And the people
noise at night will increase exponentially in the summer because it will be
too hot for them to “surf” during the day!!
Also, water will be so hot during the summer months because it is only six
feet deep at its maximum on a concrete pool. And the evaporation alone is
enormous.
I am a little more than halfway up the unpaved Avenue 60 toward Coral
Mountain. I have lived there for 30 years.
Guillermo and I are the closest houses to this development. It is fair to say
the driveway into the development as well as parking areas are right next to
my house.
I have spoken to Garrett Simon the developer many times at my house.
During the latest meeting he told me that I will not be impacted by light and
noise.
I asked Garrett to please sign a document to that effect and he said no. I
told him that I would be severely impacted by the dust and dirt during
construction, that I have asthma, and that my pool and air conditioners
would get clogged with dust and dirt.
CITY COUNCIL MEETING - JULY 20, 2021 - WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENTS BY RESIDENT LISA CASTRO
PUBLIC COMMENTS ON MATTERS NOT ON THE AGENDA - OPPOSING THE WAVE PROJECT
His colleague with him told me to move away during construction.
How insulting is that! Garrett told me that the grading on the property
would be done in six weeks. I know that it is closer to six months. My
family was in the grading business. Is he thinking he can push me
around because I am alone?
I am also concerned about the constant vibrations caused by the waves due
to the tremendous weight and force of 18 million gallons of water. I am only
around 600 feet from the wave pool. All the seismic records were done at
the wave pool at Lemoore California which has totally different soil
composition. We are above the aquifer on sandy soil. So the developer has
no idea of the impact of the wave motion to our area.
I can attest to the fact that I am in a wind tunnel. The wind whips around
from the Quarry and I have clocked the wind at 60 mph. When I
mentioned this to Garrett he acted like he didn’t believe me.
That will also add to extreme evaporation.
Maintenance and construction trucks will be lined up outside my house
because of the restrictions that they can’t start working until 7AM. Since
the wave is operating from 7AM to 10PM every day, 365 days a year, they
will probably need to do maintenance during the night. And what about the
heavy chlorination they will need to do during the heat? I will
be exposed to chlorine in the air everyday.
This project is a disaster for me as well as for our neighbors.
Please do not approve the zoning change that will allow all of this to happen.
Thank you very much.
CITY COUNCIL MEETING - JULY 20, 2021 - WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENTS BY RESIDENT LISA CASTRO
PUBLIC COMMENTS ON MATTERS NOT ON THE AGENDA - OPPOSING THE WAVE PROJECT