HomeMy WebLinkAboutLerma - Re_ Mesquite Urgent -7.24.2024 Agenda Item Oswit Land TrustFrom:Claudette Lerma
To:Planning
Subject:Re: Mesquite Urgent -7.24.2024 Agenda Item Oswit Land Trust
Date:Wednesday, July 24, 2024 3:29:35 PM
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My name is Claudette Lerma. Together with my husband Jesse Lerma, we share ownership of condo
G44 that immediately fronts onto the former Mesquite Golf Course. Since the golf course was sold
to Oswit two years we have seen the land grow fallow, unsightly and dangerous because of
predators that now have free reign to roam throughout the landscape.
Per Oswit's own website (https://oswitlandtrust.org/prescott-preserve-the-restoration-plan-news/)
"From the beginning our goal is to keep the Preserve open during restoration. Sometimes trails may
change, sometimes areas may be closed off and sometimes it will be prettier than other times, but in
the end, it will be spectacular!" None of these promises have yet to be fulfilled.
Further and to the point of Qswit's request for a "minor amendment to PDD 153 to convert the
former Mesquite Golf Course to a nature preserve.... This is a massive project" contravening their
claim of minor alterations. It is totally premature to permit permanent changes to the landscape
until such time as all legal and contractual matters have been settled.
Claudette and Jesse Lerma
From: aknappstar@hotmail.com
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Sent: 7/24/2024 7:12:37 AM Pacific Daylight Time
Subject: Mesquite Urgent -7.24.2024 Agenda Item Oswit Land Trust
It is URGENT if you want to give input on the Oswit agenda item tonight where
Planning Comm will consider approving Oswit Land Trust Minor Landscape
Modification, that you email Planning prior to 5:30 pm CA time. Email Address is
planning@palmspringsca.gov
ACT has sent around 40 letters supporting approval tonight according to the Planning
website. I believe it is premature due to reasons I cited in my letter to City which I
have attached. I did PDF due to length of my comments. If you agree with anything I
have written, feel free to use it in your own email. If you had a chance to review the
email attachment sent by the Board yesterday, The Planning Dept. report, you will see
26 outstanding items for Engineering alone. Some are minor, but many are costly and
time consuming, not to mention the nearly $200,000 cash bond required.
Best,
Angie Knapp
Phase 1