We continue to find the proposed Ascension Heights Project unacceptable. The recent changes have, by and large, failed to adequately address our serious concerns:
- the high density of houses doesn’t conform to natural contours,
- 11 of 19 houses are built on 50% slopes (10 will be made even steeper by grading)
- stormwater retention system has no fail-safe mode, inundating Parrott homes
- non-existent creek bed used as a safeguard against flooding Parrott homes
- lot designs adjacent to Parrott homes not consistent with neighborhood
- new design proposal looms over Parrott homes with no analysis or modeling
- CEQA standards repeatedly ignored and inadequately observed
We fully support the comments made by the Baywood Park Homeowner’s Association (link attached). We won't be able to attend the Planning Commssion Meeting on October 14th 2015, but we still want to urge the Planning Commission to deny the Ascension Heights Development as currently proposed and to decline to certify the EIR.
Baywood Park Homeowner's Association Comments: Ascension Heights Development
Updates
October 14, 2015
The developers are still ignoring the risks to our neighborhood and the damage their plan will cause to the slope stability. Read the Baywood Park Homeowner's Association findings linked at the bottom of our page. Send those document highlights to your representative tonight to demand that they deny this project.
October 14, 2015
The scale of this response proves the developer cannot ignore the risks to our neighborhood homes. Email your local representative today and demand they reject the current Ascension Heights proposal before the next commission meeting.
38 Comments
As a physician and home owner on Parrott drive, I am very worried about the health aspects and potential land slides associated with this development project.
We have two young toddlers who would be at risk of asthma exacerbations with the development project and ask that the project be stopped!
I do not feel the Ascension Heights development is in alignment with the declared intents of the County of San Mateo in its General Plan. In the General Plan, the County declares it will protect and enhance the natural visual quality of the County, minimize adverse visual impacts of developments, minimize the removal of visually significant trees and vegetation, promote aesthetically pleasing development, promote a balance of development and open space, and protect the health and safety of its residents. The Ascension Heights development does not meet these goals.
The proposed Ascension Heights Project still proposes 19 lots that would require extensive grading, resulting in medically hazardous air pollutant levels, particularly for the high number of elders and small children in the existing neighborhood. It is evident to the public that the Commissioners had already signal at the last meeting to reject the proposal, but the developer used a procedural excuse to convince the staff to postpone the official vote. Since the major issues with the proposal still exist, please do not let this procedural postponement change your mind. Please reject this proposal at the upcoming meeting.
We continue to be against this aggressive, dense land development project- we are not against construction in that area but need to have responsible plan with fewer homes that enhance the neighborhood. We are grateful for your continuing response to the concerns of our neighborhood and hope that a resolution can be achieved.
Please DO NOT allow this development to move forward!
Vote to deny the development of the Ascension Heights project
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We continue to find the proposed Ascension Heights Project unacceptable. The recent changes have, by and large, failed to adequately address our serious concerns:
- the high density of houses doesn’t conform to natural contours,
- 11 of 19 houses are built on 50% slopes (10 will be made even steeper by grading)
- stormwater retention system has no fail-safe mode, inundating Parrott homes
- non-existent creek bed used as a safeguard against flooding Parrott homes
- lot designs adjacent to Parrott homes not consistent with neighborhood
- new design proposal looms over Parrott homes with no analysis or modeling
- CEQA standards repeatedly ignored and inadequately observed
We fully support the comments made by the Baywood Park Homeowner’s Association (link attached). We won't be able to attend the Planning Commssion Meeting on October 14th 2015, but we still want to urge the Planning Commission to deny the Ascension Heights Development as currently proposed and to decline to certify the EIR.
Baywood Park Homeowner's Association Comments: Ascension Heights Development
Updates
October 14, 2015
The developers are still ignoring the risks to our neighborhood and the damage their plan will cause to the slope stability. Read the Baywood Park Homeowner's Association findings linked at the bottom of our page. Send those document highlights to your representative tonight to demand that they deny this project.
October 14, 2015
The scale of this response proves the developer cannot ignore the risks to our neighborhood homes. Email your local representative today and demand they reject the current Ascension Heights proposal before the next commission meeting.
38 Comments
We agree with all of the comments -- and are very concerned not only about the proposed water drainage system but slides and navigation of trucks on Bel Aire and Parrott Bob and Rosemarie Thomas
As a physician and home owner on Parrott drive, I am very worried about the health aspects and potential land slides associated with this development project.
We have two young toddlers who would be at risk of asthma exacerbations with the development project and ask that the project be stopped!
I do not feel the Ascension Heights development is in alignment with the declared intents of the County of San Mateo in its General Plan. In the General Plan, the County declares it will protect and enhance the natural visual quality of the County, minimize adverse visual impacts of developments, minimize the removal of visually significant trees and vegetation, promote aesthetically pleasing development, promote a balance of development and open space, and protect the health and safety of its residents. The Ascension Heights development does not meet these goals.
The proposed Ascension Heights Project still proposes 19 lots that would require extensive grading, resulting in medically hazardous air pollutant levels, particularly for the high number of elders and small children in the existing neighborhood. It is evident to the public that the Commissioners had already signal at the last meeting to reject the proposal, but the developer used a procedural excuse to convince the staff to postpone the official vote. Since the major issues with the proposal still exist, please do not let this procedural postponement change your mind. Please reject this proposal at the upcoming meeting.
We continue to be against this aggressive, dense land development project- we are not against construction in that area but need to have responsible plan with fewer homes that enhance the neighborhood. We are grateful for your continuing response to the concerns of our neighborhood and hope that a resolution can be achieved.
Please DO NOT allow this development to move forward!
Vote to deny the development of the Ascension Heights project
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We agree with all of the comments -- and are very concerned not only about the proposed water drainage system but slides and navigation of trucks on Bel Aire and Parrott Bob and Rosemarie Thomas