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2006-04-26 Here's a somewhat unusual issue to come up in the big box hearing. The Friends of Placer County Communities, which has been fighting big box sprawl in the Auburn, California area, has put out a release about their latest confrontation with Home Depot. "The FPCC is notifying the people of Placer County that the Planning Commission is about to take an action that is potentially illegal because it could endanger the health and safety of county citizens. We have learned that the Planning Commission has been asked by the County to bring the Home Depot project forward for approval of the Conditional Use Permit and Certification of the Environmental Impact Review. But the public has not been told that there is insufficient WATER FLOW for fire protection on this project. Our quiet investigation that started on April 13, 2006 has shown us that this is indeed, the situation. There can be no project approval without the proper water source being fully in place. We asked the Placer County Water Authority for a copy of their "will-serve" letter and only got two letters from 2001 and 2005 that clearly stated that the WATER FLOW for fire protection could not be provided by PCWA. The 8-9-2005 letter said: "The Agency does not reserve water for prospective customers and this letter in no way confers any right or entitlement to receive water service in the future." FPCC contacted the Consolidated Fire Department, and they confirmed that the PCWA does not have sufficient water supply with the current services to provide the fire protection pressure and water necessary. The NID does have water nearby, so some negotiations have taken place to try to get the two of them to work together, but these are apparently not very far along. The fact that the County was trying to push this through without having completed all the necessary work to assure the health and safety of the people of the area is an extremely serious matter. The decision makers in their quest for money cannot put people in jeopardy. Human health and safety cannot be traded out for anything. Our quest to get to the bottom led to sending an urgent fax to Nevada Irrigation What you can do: For examples of serious fires at Home Depots and Lowe's contact info@sprawl-busters.com. |
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