Saturday, April 18, 2009

Households submitting written concerns

· Of 159 homes in the 3 nearest developments to SJF, 71% expressed written concerns (letters or signed petitions) to the RPV Planning Commission +/- City Council:
o Island View 73% (69/95)
o Valley View 87% (27/31)
o Mela Lane 52% (17/33)
o Total=71% (113/159)

· 4% expressed written support:
o Island View + Valley View + Mela Lane = 4% (7/159)

· When the 6 surrounding homeowners’ associations are included, 13 letters were sent in support of the project, while 107 letters were sent indicating strong concerns (89% of the submitted letters).

· In contrast, only 4% of parishioner households (131 of 3,000 parishioner families) submitted letters in support.

· 90% of letters of support for the project came from outside the 6 closest developments to SJF.