Please vote NO as presented unless the full impact analysis is on the record.
Single-egress corridors across Lake County need confidence that policy changes will be based on complete, transparent analysis. The Article 27 package in the packet includes real changes: larger setbacks, canopy limits, operating hours, riparian and scenic buffers, application and denial edits, and a small “restoration” bond. Labeling these edits as having no possibility of significant environmental effect while moving a broader rewrite in parallel raises trust concerns, given the long history of odor and water complaints and the day-to-day realities on our roads.
The materials also describe a program-level EIR framed primarily around odor. A programmatic EIR can be useful, but if it focuses on odor alone, other high-impact topics risk being pushed to case-by-case review later. The public needs clear confirmation on the record that the EIR will also analyze water demand and groundwater, cumulative corridor traffic and evacuation on single-egress roads, and enforcement practicality, so adopted standards are enforceable in the field, not just on paper. Because topography and weather decide what neighbors actually breathe, please also state what odor threshold will be used and how inversions, terrain, and wind patterns will be reflected.
A five-thousand-dollar bond does not credibly address abandonment or remediation on large rural sites. Communities have seen stalled projects; that figure leaves neighbors, shoulders, culverts, and riparian areas exposed. An accelerated schedule into mid-November further narrows the community’s opportunity to review meaningful changes unless the analysis and commitments are unmistakably clear on the public record.
This is life-safety, not housekeeping. On single-egress roads, inbound heavy trucks and outbound families share the same narrow geometry at the same time. That is evacuation reality, and it must be addressed at the corridor level, not as an afterthought. The community needs a voice in how these rules are written and enforced—and that voice belongs on the record, not behind closed doors.
Public confidence depends on the County measuring the real impacts and applying standards evenly.
Please hear the community and put our health, safety, and well-being first.
Please vote NO as presented unless the full impact analysis is on the record.
Single-egress corridors across Lake County need confidence that policy changes will be based on complete, transparent analysis. The Article 27 package in the packet includes real changes: larger setbacks, canopy limits, operating hours, riparian and scenic buffers, application and denial edits, and a small “restoration” bond. Labeling these edits as having no possibility of significant environmental effect while moving a broader rewrite in parallel raises trust concerns, given the long history of odor and water complaints and the day-to-day realities on our roads.
The materials also describe a program-level EIR framed primarily around odor. A programmatic EIR can be useful, but if it focuses on odor alone, other high-impact topics risk being pushed to case-by-case review later. The public needs clear confirmation on the record that the EIR will also analyze water demand and groundwater, cumulative corridor traffic and evacuation on single-egress roads, and enforcement practicality, so adopted standards are enforceable in the field, not just on paper. Because topography and weather decide what neighbors actually breathe, please also state what odor threshold will be used and how inversions, terrain, and wind patterns will be reflected.
A five-thousand-dollar bond does not credibly address abandonment or remediation on large rural sites. Communities have seen stalled projects; that figure leaves neighbors, shoulders, culverts, and riparian areas exposed. An accelerated schedule into mid-November further narrows the community’s opportunity to review meaningful changes unless the analysis and commitments are unmistakably clear on the public record.
This is life-safety, not housekeeping. On single-egress roads, inbound heavy trucks and outbound families share the same narrow geometry at the same time. That is evacuation reality, and it must be addressed at the corridor level, not as an afterthought. The community needs a voice in how these rules are written and enforced—and that voice belongs on the record, not behind closed doors.
Public confidence depends on the County measuring the real impacts and applying standards evenly.
Please hear the community and put our health, safety, and well-being first.