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Central Contra Costa Sanitary District Board Meeting June 7, 2012 (01 mer)
President Nejedly, Board Members!
My name is Ksenija Soster Olmer and I reside at 28 Alta Vista in Orinda
Today I would like to address to issues in support of the appeal:
No. 1 Fire Danger
No. 2. Neighborhood opposition in the form of Petition
1 st issue: Fire Danger Concerns in Upper El Toyonal Area
Ksenija Soster Olmer
28 Alta Vista
Orinda
am very concerned with the fire safety in conjunction with this project. The density of
the old oak groves and Bay Laurel trees in upper El Toyonal area increases the fire
danger and fire can spread very quickly. In the light of what happened in the last big
Oakland fire which was just on the other side of our hill, I am very concerned that
additional development fostered by the sewer would render our evacuation road
blocked. One of the roads that we could take to evacuate from our house has already
been closed due to a landslide, so we are left with only one other evacuation option.
To learn more about the fire issues in our area I had an extensive conversation with
Assistant Fire Marshal of Moraga - Orinda Fire District Kathy Leonard. I paraphrase the
gist of her concerns with increased development:
"The upper Toyonal area was build up at a time when people did not think about fire
fighting logistics and accessibility so it is a very challenging area to fight fires. The fire
hydrants are orange which means of only medium flow. Any additional development
would put in jeopardy the existing residents and our firefighters unless significantly more
water resources and bigger water pipes were brought in."
2nd issue
Neighborhood opposition of Residents and empty Lot Owners
I have taken the time, effort and expense to obtain the Contra Costa County Assessors
maps and the names of all the lot owners in our area. I have personally spoken to every
resident and some lot owners. I was dismayed to find that some elderly residents did
not make their decisions based on accurate information, but initially supported the idea
of the sewer because they thought it will cost $3000 or be entirely free to them. Faced
by the daunting estimated amount in the district's position paper they are now in
opposition. Therefore I would like to point out to you that the support for the proposed
sewer you were let to believe was so substantial is in fact very small. The assumption
was made on part of your engineer that most empty lot owners will support the sewer,
but this is not factual. Additionally some of the empty lots are on slide areas or over
creeks and unbuildable. If you would look at these color coded maps you would notice
that the red areas in opposition outweigh the green areas in support.
BRIEFLY SHOW PAGE 8 and 10
Because of the short notice for this meeting date I was not able to track down and
contact all absent empty lot owners, therefore I am asking for a contingency till the next
board meeting on June 21 st to present the final accurate picture.
Therefore consider the Petition in opposition of the formation of a new Assessment
District as provisional.
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