CODE RED ACTION ALERT
Letters Needed by June 22
Many of you have been sending in a comment letters to the
Carnegie SVRA planning team in support of the Draft EIR for the proposed
Carnegie State Vehicle Recreation Area (SVRA) General Plan Revision (GPR). THANK YOU.
However, while you were sending in comment letters - the
Alameda County Board of Supervisors placed the Carnegie SVRA General Plan on
the agenda for their June 23, 2015 board meeting. The board will be taking public comment on
the draft comment letter (see link below) prepared for them by county planning
staff. This item is expected to be heard at 11 a.m.
at the following address:
Alameda County Board of Supervisors
Board Chambers, 5th Floor
1221 Oak Street, Oakland
Tuesday, June 23, 2015
Please attend if you can.
A large turnout is needed to show the voter/political support for
Carnegie SVRA. If you cannot attend,
please send in a comment letter stating your support for Carnegie. Please include your name, address, and email
or phone number.
Agenda
Draft Letter Prepared by County Staff
The HQ has crafted up a short letter that you may use as
a template and please include personal information about how your family enjoys
Carnegie SVRA. If you are a SxS or 4WD
owner, you may want to voice your support for the new opportunities being
afforded you on the 3,100 acre expansion area.
Scott Haggerty, President, Board of Supervisors
c/o Alameda County Planning Department
224 West Winton Avenue, Room 111
Hayward, CA 94544
RE: Draft EIR for the proposed Carnegie State Vehicle
Recreation Area (SVRA) General Plan Revision (GPR), State Clearinghouse Number
2012052027
Dear President Haggerty and Fellow Board Members:
After reviewing the draft letter on the Carnegie SVRA
General Plan Revision prepared by Alameda County Planning staff for the board at
its June 23, 2015 board meeting, I am concerned about its biased nature and lack
of objectivity.
I don’t believe county staff included important
information related to how State Parks used legislatively appropriated OHV
Trust Funds to acquire an additional 3,100 acres of neighboring lands to
provide expanded OHV recreation opportunities.
I don’t believe county staff informed the board about how
this plan will help meet the regional demand for managed OHV recreation and how
the expansion area will provide new and important touring and backcountry type
experiences for 4WDs and SxSs on sustainable trails.
I don’t believe county staff informed the board about how
this project complies with existing statutes (SB 742) and subsequent revisions
which authorizes and directs California State Parks to implement and administer
a program to manage and enhance off-highway motor vehicle recreational uses,
and motorized off-highway access to non-motorized recreation (Public Resources
Code, Sections 5090.01 et seq.)
I don’t believe county staff informed the board regarding
OHMVR’s ongoing cultural resource protection program at Carnegie SVRA and how
those efforts might reduce or mitigate impacts to cultural and historic
resources
I don’t believe county staff informed the board regarding
OHMVR’s ongoing resource protection program at Carnegie SVRA and how those
wildlife monitoring and restoration programs might actually help the county
maintain or enhance biological diversity in East County.
Based on the lack of important information, I urge the
Board to table a vote on this issue until county staff addresses our concerns
and reissues a more objective report and/or recommendation. I also ask for the Board’s support for this plan
when it is taken up for a vote.
Thanks in advance for your review of my concerns.
Respectfully submitted,
John Doe
123 Lane
Any town, USA
__________________________________________________________________________
I hope to see many of you there and, once again, thanks for your efforts on behalf of responsible OHV recreation at Carnegie SVRA!
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