Our Position
Follow the Law
Friends of College Cove is not anti-development. We simply want the County to follow and enforce the law.
In the case of the Homan Major Subdivision project, this means that the developer needs to redesign his project to fix the problems and follow the recommendations identified in our 187 page testimony below.
The County Planning Department is funded by taxpayers to evaluate projects and determine whether they follow all applicable laws and regulations. In the case of the Homan Major Subdivision project, the Planning Department didn't do their job.
Friends of College Cove spent thousands of hours of volunteer time and thousands of dollars doing the Planning Department's job. Only after we submitted our testimony below did the developer withdraw his initial project shortly before the June 3 hearing before the Planning Commission.
We hope that the Planning Department does a better job evaluating the next iteration of the developer's project.
Testimony
| Title | Description | Author | Pages | Size (MB) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Testimony | Friends of College Cove Testimony | Friends of College Cove | 31 | 2.2 | Download |
| Exhibit A | Project at 1228 Stagecoach Road | California Coastal Commission Staff Report | 20 | 1.0 | Download |
| Exhibit B | Visual Character of Area: Setbacks and Trees | Charles Netzow | 60 | 10.6 | Download |
| Exhibit C | Stillwater Sciences, Technical Memorandum | Megan Keever | 15 | 4.8 | Download |
| Exhibit D | Biological Impacts | Dr. Jim Waters and Ms. Virginia Waters | 10 | 0.4 | Download |
| Exhibit E | Wetlands Delineation | California Coastal Commission | 8 | 0.1 | Download |
| Exhibit F | Cascadia Hydrology | Peter Manka | 4 | 1.6 | Download |
| Exhibit G | Siskiyou Forestry Consultants | Greg Blomstrom | 2 | 0.1 | Download |
| Exhibit H | Impacts on City of Trinidad and ASBS | Dr. Chi-Wei Lin | 5 | 0.1 | Download |
| Exhibit I | Geometric Analysis of Project Site: Ridgelines and Slopes | Robert Vogel | 27 | 3.9 | Download |
| Exhibit J | Watershed Issues | Sungnome Madrone | 5 | 0.1 | Download |