Hospital a bad neighbor
I would be interested to know if any one of the San Benito
Hospital District board members would like the new, invasive
building in their back yard (see picture). It shows total
disrespect for neighbors’ privacy. The building is directly behind
our home, 50 feet from our back fence and stands three-and-a-half
stories tall. It overlooks our pool and yard as well as other
residents’ yards, destroying the privacy that we once had. Along
with the invasion of our privacy, we are being subjected to
delivery truck traffic and garbage trucks passing just feet from
our rear fence 24 hours, seven days a week.
We, as well as our neighbors, have never been contacted
regarding the building plans. Calls to Ken Underwood, the district
CEO, have not been returned.
Does The Pinnacle have the backbone to print these concerns we
have with incumbent members of the hospital board, as well as the
actions of the hospital administration?
Henry C. Petersen
Charlene C. Petersen
Hollister
Wrong choice for the EIR
I am profoundly concerned about the decision of the San Benito County Board of Supervisors to award the contract for the El Rancho San Benito environmental impact report to David Powers and Associates. David Powers did the draft EIR for the Fairview Corners project. This draft EIR is completely deficient.
The San Benito County Planning Department has found that the Powers firm made a long list of errors in interpreting San Benito County zoning ordinances, regulations, traffic studies and the like. It remains to be seen whether these errors will be adequately addressed in the final Fairview Corners EIR. I would suggest strongly that it is premature to award the El Rancho San Benito EIR to this firm.
El Rancho San Benito has the potential to double the population of San Benito County. Errors in this EIR could be catastrophic for the county. I suggest that the Powers firm should be directed to do no work on the El Rancho San Benito EIR until they have demonstrated that they can do an adequate EIR for the much smaller Fairview Corners project.
Robert Gilchrist Huenemann
Hollister
Hospital a bad neighbor
I would be interested to know if any one of the San Benito Hospital District board members would like the new, invasive building in their back yard (see picture). It shows total disrespect for neighbors’ privacy. The building is directly behind our home, 50 feet from our back fence and stands three-and-a-half stories tall. It overlooks our pool and yard as well as other residents’ yards, destroying the privacy that we once had. Along with the invasion of our privacy, we are being subjected to delivery truck traffic and garbage trucks passing just feet from our rear fence 24 hours, seven days a week.
We, as well as our neighbors, have never been contacted regarding the building plans. Calls to Ken Underwood, the district CEO, have not been returned.
Does The Pinnacle have the backbone to print these concerns we have with incumbent members of the hospital board, as well as the actions of the hospital administration?
Henry C. Petersen
Charlene C. Petersen
Hollister
Build from the inside
We just read the article on lowering the low market rate housing from 30 percent of new housing to 20 percent of new housing. This is purportedly in response to the construction downturn and an attempt to encourage builders.
We are wondering about Mr. Botelho’s remarks in the Pinnacle about exempting areas of the county that are “in the sphere of influence of the city” which we assume means land in the county that is contiguous to the city of Hollister. Mr. Botelho states that “We’ve got to encourage apartments, rental and condo” development. We agree that we need more affordable high-density housing, but is Mr. Botelho proposing that this high density housing be in the county rather than in the city of Hollister? If he wants “well planned growth” shouldn’t the high density affordable housing be infill in the city of Hollister rather than sprawl in the county?
Measure Y will facilitate the development of housing and businesses in areas of the city that are now in danger of blight. If we want Hollister to be a city of the future where people can walk, bicycle or drive short distances to work, we need to concentrate on building within the city limits.
Mary Zanger and Natasah Wist
Hollister
