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Subj: Fwd: Pedregal Explosion on 12121/07
Date: 12/27/2007 1:50:12 P.M. Pacific Standard Time
From: Richardkay2233
TO, steve.pougnet@palmsprings-ca gov
CC: martha edgmon@palmsprings-ca.gov
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Subj: Re: Pedregal Explosion on 12/21/07
Date: 12/27/2007 1127:05 A.M. Pacific Standard Time
From: Richardkay2233
To: adward robertson@palmsprings-ca gov
CC: stefanie.firth@thedesertsun com, stevep@ci palm•springs.ca.us, rick@nckhutcheson.com
Dear Sirs,We of the CCNO wish all staff members a Happy Holiday Season I
On Friday the 21st of Dec. 2007 an unannounced "controlled" explosion occurred on the
apron of the Chino Canyon at the Modern Homes construction site. This supposedly con-
rolled explosion resulted in a 10"x 6"shard of granite being hurled up and through the
roof and ceiling of Dr. Anthony Streutker's home located at 2798 Girsol Drive. This pro-
jectile came crashing through the ceiling at a high rate of velocity narrowly missing the
head of Ms. Victoria Tyhurst,Dr. Streutker's live-in gilfriend. By the grace of God no one
was killed
Werthe residents of Chino Canyon demand an immediate"STOP WORK ORDER"
on the above mentioned project-We also ask the City Council to put a Moratorium
on all future hillside construction in Palm Springs until a through investigation can
launched into these life-threatening construction practices.We cannot allow this
folly to continue one more day 11 Please help us before somebody is maimed or
killed 1 Yours Truly, Jeff Welshans/Richard Kay
2233 Milo Drive
(760) 320-4645
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Public Comment: January 9th, 2008
Dana L. Stewart and James F. McKinley,and the Palm Springs Public Counsel, Palm Springs
Good evening to our new City Council, and a Happy New Year to one and all.
A holiday miracle was a parting gift from last year,and we hope it will inspire you to take concrete actions
on behalf of your constituents.And,a new approach to development in Palm Springs.
The household of Dr.Anthony Streutker, his visiting brother, his housemate Victoria,and a workman,
were traumatized when a t0-pound boulder shard,from exploding a boulder, at the open-pit mining
Pedregal project, came crashing through their roof and ceiling.Victoria came within one inch of being
killed!
Just what will it take to getyouur undivided attention to our concerns?!
For over S years,the Chino Canyon and Little Tuscany neighborhoods, conservation organizations,
experts and authorities, have come before Council and begged, cajoled, referendized,and sued,for
attention to the multitude of concerns that are the result of such hazardous developments.
Hearing after hearing has yielded nothing but approval after approval of exceptions to the rules. How is it
that"State air quality laws are routinely waived?! We trust that our new City Council will lead us to fully
engage in the new millenium of eco-architecture and design (Mr. Mills),and the very substantial rewards
of eco-development and eco-tourism for our ecosensitive lands.
Green'Witding from the ground up.
You cannot rearrange the mountains to suit flat-land cookie cutter homes. Not just the obvious banning
of rock crushing and explosives must be addressed. Rock removal, on just the minor scale of Tuscany
Heights and Pedregal,threaten land destabilization. The seismic, air,and noise pollution are unbearable.
These issues have been brought forward time and again, and have been ignored and unresolved. Please,
address the warnings in the reports of the many experts and impacted citizens.
Without notification, or negotiation, property lines are changed, views are obliderated, permits are
violated, destabilizing mass-grading and terracing continue. Because they can. Please address the
property rights of the current residents. The values of their homes have been ruined.
A Moratorium.
We plead for your immediate stop-work order on ALL such dangerous developments, approved,
underway, or proposed; and for you to provide independent assessments that health and safety are
assured.
It would certainly make for a Happy New Year for us!
Hope it's a great 2008,
Thank you.
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