2021-04-02 FleuryFriday, April 2, 2021 at 09:38:12 Pacific Daylight Time
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Subject:A"n: Nicole//Re: Coral Mt. Resort water usage
Date:Friday, April 2, 2021 at 8:42:40 AM Pacific Daylight Time
From:Bobbie Fleury
To:Bobbie Fleury
Good Morning Nicole, Mayor Evans, and Council Members Fitzpatrick, Pena, Sanchez, and Radi -
My le"ers of opposiRon to the Coral Mt. Wave Park Resort have been on file with the city since 2019 when the story
first appeared in the Desert Sun.
My other emails addressed various aspects of the environment that will be negaRvely impacted by this project. But
today's email will address the most precious
commodity we have in the desert - WATER.
The quote below is from Thursday's Desert Sun. Our state is headed for another drought. That means potenRal water
restricRons on all of us like we had in 2015/2016
when, among other measures, city fountains were drained and lawn watering was restricted. At that Rme, the City
Council proposed water reducRon strategies including
the following: "the raising of the city's development standards to restrict use of future development."
So how irresponsible
would it be to allow for this wave pool to suck millions of gallons of water from our underground resources, and
watch it evaporate in the dry desert air as the
wave curls overhead? And what happens if it's constructed and can't be filled or used due to state water limitaRons?
Then we have a half mile long empty ditch!
At Tuesday's Scoping MeeRng, an arRcle by Surfrider InerRa was read staRng that the European Surf League does not
support wave pools due to their lasRng effect on the
environmental footprint of our planet earth, and that they represent irresponsible water consumpRon. Since
Meriwether Corp. doesn't seem to have a conscience about
this, it behooves the rest of us to take a stand on preserving our natural resource.
A hotel with sports ameniRes that might even include a sandy beach by the pool, a la the Renaissance Esmerelda in
Indian Wells, doesn't represent the same
magnitude of environmental disrupRon as this proposed wave pool.
Therefore, in closing, I respecaully ask you to consider this most important issue and deny a permit for the pool.
Thank you -
Bobbie Fleury
81586 Desert Willow Dr.
On tap in Calif.: Another drought
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
The state appears in the midst of
another drought only a few years after a
punishing 5-year dry spell dried up rural wells,
killed endangered salmon, idled farm fields
and helped fuel the most deadly and
destructive wildfires in modern state history.
“We’re looking at the second dry year in a
row. In California that pretty much means we
have a drought,” said Jay Lund, a civil and
environmental engineering professor at the
University of California, Davis.
In fact, the entire West is gripped in what
scientists consider a “megadrought” that
started in 1999 and has been interrupted by
only occasional years with above-average
precipitation. In California, the heaviest rain
and snow comes in the winter months, but not
this year – about 90% of the state already is
experiencing drought conditions, according to
the U.S. Drought Monitor.