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Published: July 19, 2010
Pay Attention to Canyon Springs
I’m writing this letter as a concerned resident of the Martis Peak area regarding the proposed Canyon Springs development.
On June 3, a plan for the development was submitted to the Town of Truckee. The property encompasses 284 acres, and the project would include 185 lots allowing a minimum of 213 dwellings. The proposed development could have significant adverse impacts on us and our neighbors in Olympic Heights, Glenshire/ Devonshire, Cambridge Estates, the Bluffs, Juniper Hills, and the Meadows related to traffic, fire safety, emergency evacuation, property values, population density, and wildlife.
I encourage you to become informed and involved with protecting our area from excessive rural sprawl. Here’s what you can do: Request to be updated on the project by going to townoftruckee.com, then click on “eNotifications Sign Up” for planning projects. Contact your respective homeowners association and advise them of any concerns you have, and ask that they represent your area during the draft environmental impact report process. Donate, volunteer, and support sosglenshire.org.
If we don’t express our concerns now, it won’t help to complain later when all is said and done.
~ Marianne Ryan, Martis Peak
Please Respect the Cemetery
We all are enjoying our glorious summer weather in the Sierra, and everyone is looking for places to soak up the sun and to play. However, people need to know that a cemetery is not one of those places. In recent weeks at the Sierra Mountain Cemetery (aka the Truckee Cemetery), we have had to ask several visitors to stop playing soccer, tell their children to stop running over graves, and remove their dogs.
A cemetery is a place for people to pay respect to those who have died or to spend time in quiet reflection. As tempting as it may be to play on the spacious lawn, the cemetery is not a sports field or park.
Everyone is welcome to visit the Sierra Mountain Cemetery to honor those that have passed before, but please do not use the cemetery grounds for recreation.
Thank you for keeping your visits respectful.
~ Anne DeVoe, Clare Aguera, Sharon Arnold, Marilyn Colquhoun, and Katie Holley, Truckee Cemetery District Trustees
Graffiti Removers Get Their Due
This is in response to the letter in your June issue that thanked the people who removed the graffiti from the granite off of Highway 40. Those that voluntarily removed it with a sand blaster were the students at Sugar Bowl Academy, with the motivation and help of their instructor and Nordic coach Ambrose Tuscano. The kids at the school were so upset that some fools got their kicks by ruining the granite that they came up with the idea of removing it themselves. A big thanks needs to go to Ambrose.
~ Suzy Habibi, Truckee
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