HomeMy WebLinkAboutMacArthur - Prescott PreserveFrom:Steve MacArthur
To:Planning
Subject:Prescott Preserve
Date:Wednesday, July 24, 2024 12:51:17 PM
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I am a resident of Palm Springs.
I am emailing you because I very much hope that the Planning Commission will support the
efforts of Oswit Land Trust to restore and establish Prescott Preserve as a nature sanctuary in
our city. I am glad that your staff have recommended approval of the Preserve. I hope that
you will not make this approval needlessly onerous for Oswit Land Trust.
I enjoy hiking and birding in the Preserve which is just over a mile from my residence. I am
baffled by opposition to this Preserve from certain HOA nearby residents, as a tended nature
preserve seems clearly preferable to a dilapidated golf course. The Preserve already provides
the best birding in the Coachella Valley.
Palm Springs seems to me (I retired here in 2019) a bit too focussed on development. As an
avid hiker and birder, I appreciate how Oswit Canyon Trust has saved the Goat Trails and
Oswit Canyon itself from unnecessary development. Prescott Preserve serves residents and
visitors to our city by providing an easily accessible and freer venue for exercising and
enjoying nature.
Please support Oswit Land Trust and Prescott Preserve!
Steve MacArthur
449 E Arenas Rd #812
913-787-2367
sdmackc@gmail.com