Comments on: Workshop April 23rd on Revised Economic Analysis http://www.sbcouncil.org/railyard/?p=280 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:09:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Denny Dickinson http://www.sbcouncil.org/railyard/?p=280&cpage=1#comment-573 Denny Dickinson Fri, 15 May 2009 17:30:16 +0000 http://www.sbcouncil.org/railyard/?p=280#comment-573 I would like someone to tell me when are the Town Planning Dept, Council, and Planning Commission going to start talking about the Trout Creek Restoration Project. This is a fifteen million dollar project that must be a part of the planning process. There can be no Railyard development unless a mountain is moved, a road realigned, three bridges are installed, the creek widened and deepened, and the flood plains filled in. All of that has to happen in order to move the balloon track. Who is going to pay for all this? There are NO EIR comment letters from, Lahontan, Ca Dept of Fish and Game, or the Corps of Engineers concerning moving millions and millions of cubic feet of dirt to accommodate the Ralirayd Master Plan. Why not? The Draft Railyard Master Plan states that the beaver (Castor canadensis) was observed with several dams located in the Trout Creek. I have walked Trout Creek and counted 31 dams. Trout Creek is a critical component of the Railyard development. The Trout Creek Restoration is a major project moving mountain of materials. The entire habitat that is there today will have to be destroyed to widen and deepen the creek bed. This is being done to change the FEMA flood plain map and allow the moving of the balloon track. The beaver colonies there now will have to be moved. Should the beaver be allowed back after the Trout Creek Restoration Project is completed? The draft EIR does not address this issue. I would like someone to tell me when are the Town Planning Dept, Council, and Planning Commission going to start talking about the Trout Creek Restoration Project. This is a fifteen million dollar project that must be a part of the planning process. There can be no Railyard development unless a mountain is moved, a road realigned, three bridges are installed, the creek widened and deepened, and the flood plains filled in. All of that has to happen in order to move the balloon track. Who is going to pay for all this? There are NO EIR comment letters from, Lahontan, Ca Dept of Fish and Game, or the Corps of Engineers concerning moving millions and millions of cubic feet of dirt to accommodate the Ralirayd Master Plan. Why not?

The Draft Railyard Master Plan states that the beaver (Castor canadensis) was observed with several dams located in the Trout Creek. I have walked Trout Creek and counted 31 dams. Trout Creek is a critical component of the Railyard development. The Trout Creek Restoration is a major project moving mountain of materials. The entire habitat that is there today will have to be destroyed to widen and deepen the creek bed. This is being done to change the FEMA flood plain map and allow the moving of the balloon track. The beaver colonies there now will have to be moved. Should the beaver be allowed back after the Trout Creek Restoration Project is completed? The draft EIR does not address this issue.

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