Shared infrastructure suspect
Gavilan College continues to use every opportunity to push for
one EIR for the Gavilan/Dividend Homes project on Fairview Corners.
They argue that the projects will have shared infrastructure. Just
what is this shared infrastructure?
As might be expected, the two projects will be separated by a
roadway. Cielo Vista and the proposed campus are separated by
Fairview Road. Ridgemark and the proposed campus are separated by
Airline Hwy. Are Airline Hwy. and Fairview Road shared
infrastructure?
The two projects will get utilities from Sunnyslope County Water
District and PG
&
amp;E. So do Cielo Vista and Ridgemark. Again, is this shared
infrastructure?
There won’t be any shared open space, because the Dividend Homes
project won’t have any. At least according to the maps we have seen
so far.
There won’t be any shared provision for wildlife, because there
won’t be any of that on either project. Instead, they are going to
pay a fee to have wildlife preserved someplace off of the Fairview
Corners property. Or so we have been told.
The shared infrastructure argument doesn’t seem to hold
water.
Robert Huenemann
Hollister
Shared infrastructure suspect
Gavilan College continues to use every opportunity to push for one EIR for the Gavilan/Dividend Homes project on Fairview Corners. They argue that the projects will have shared infrastructure. Just what is this shared infrastructure?
As might be expected, the two projects will be separated by a roadway. Cielo Vista and the proposed campus are separated by Fairview Road. Ridgemark and the proposed campus are separated by Airline Hwy. Are Airline Hwy. and Fairview Road shared infrastructure?
The two projects will get utilities from Sunnyslope County Water District and PG&E. So do Cielo Vista and Ridgemark. Again, is this shared infrastructure?
There won’t be any shared open space, because the Dividend Homes project won’t have any. At least according to the maps we have seen so far.
There won’t be any shared provision for wildlife, because there won’t be any of that on either project. Instead, they are going to pay a fee to have wildlife preserved someplace off of the Fairview Corners property. Or so we have been told.
The shared infrastructure argument doesn’t seem to hold water.
Robert Huenemann
Hollister
DMB project on Titanic course
Ever get an uncertain feeling like maybe you are on the Titanic and full speed ahead toward that collision? I felt that way while attending the Board of Supervisors meeting on Tuesday because there was no steering off collision course by those supervisors (except Pat Loe.) The discussion seemed to be about arranging the deck chairs although it concernced whether to allow DMB to go forward before the revision of the General Plan or after the revision. Ignored slow down warnings ignited a scary feeling in me.
The chairman of the board unable to see through the fog of hot air stayed the course. We have no answers to our questions. Why a general plan if it is ignored? What exactly will DMB contribute to Hollister? And who exactly will be making money? Will the people living there be employed there? And how will construction away from town impact our community? Will those new residents shop in Gilroy or in Hollister?
Since none of us know if there are looming icebergs and we all want to grow our own community into the future, wouldn’t it be a good idea to educate ourselves? Our group is sponsoring a movie, “The End of Suburbia.” This documentary/drama guarantees to be highly informative and thought provoking. The whole community is inivited. Please look for date, time and place to be announced and see you there.
Mary Zanger
Hollister
Thanks to fire crew
The fourth was quiet for me, but the fifth was a hot blast. I was in the bedroom putting on a blouse when I heard someone at my front door saying, “Helen, get out of here.”
I said, “What?”
She said, “There’s a fire.”
I said, “Fire, Where?”
She said, “Coming right toward your house.” It was Carolyn Renz.
I got outside and Jesse Diaz had grabbed my front hose and jumped the fence. He held the fire to one foot away from my house until the CALFIRE came; smoke and all he fought it. Then Firefigher Carolyn Renz went in my backyard and hosed the back until someone from CALFIRE relieved her. She stayed with me until the fire was all out. This whole town was here to help. They came with shovels, hoses, etc. Thank you all. A special thanks to Jesse Diaz and Carolyn Renz, CALFIRE and aircrew. Just great! Even the bikers were here to help. Only in Tres Pinos would this happen!
Helen Gardner
Tres Pinos
Neighbors thanked for fire fighting
We had a near catastrophe out here in Tres Pinos the day after the Fourth while we were away at work. Due to a PG&E transformer, not fireworks, a fire started and the great neighbors of Tres Pinos and non-residents driving by on Hwy. 25 risked getting burned to help put it out.
My brother and I are so thankful, it’s hard to express. Both of our homes were saved, along with our neighbor’s houses, too, and my barn that I would have truly hated to lose and my brother’s oak tree that stands on the upper part of the property, where the grass is burnt within inches of the trunk. I use to play in that tree when I was a kid.
List of heroes that saved not only our property but maybe even the town:
Florian Barth – lost glasses while keeping fire from reaching a house, Some members of Booze Fighter’s Motorcycle Club – bikers ARE good people, Manuel Diaz – thank you, Manuel, for acting so fast, Jesse Diaz, James Flook, Joe Flook, Bob Frusetta, Jaime Frusetta – this woman can run! Thank you for everything, Joe Frusetta, John Frusetta, Michael Gomez, Joel Gomez, Brian Hart, Justin Leisinger, Kerry Maroney, Mike Marxsen, Armando Mayo , Augustine Mayo , Carolyn Renz, Basil Rodriguez, Bill Schnekenburger, Ed Schmidt, Francisco Silva , Juan Silva, Joe Spencer, Tim Stankovich, Eddie Tererro, Rogelio Tererro, “Victor,” a passerby that worked hard for strangers, thank you, Victor!, Bill Yuste , Bob Willis, Bobby Zaucha – wearing sandals, hope your toes are okay, and last but not least, the firefighters, who worked tirelessy even after all the recent fires!
To all the above people and ones I may not have listed that rushed over to fight the flames that spared our pets and property.
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Sue Alvarado
Randy Alvarado
Tres Pinos
