We need the buffer...privacy and weather barrier. I'm a lineman for snohomish County PUD. Brother to brother....your bigger problem is on the water not the shore.
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Lori Davies
10 years ago
the green grass and cleared areas are a huge aspect of being fire wise and need to be kept as they are at Sunland, I would imagine the fire department would agree
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Ed Tobiason
10 years ago
I have been a homeowner in Sunland for over 40+ years and want to continue for anothe 40 years so please do not take away our current green defendable space. Clean Green and Lean is the best defense you can have and we already have that. Please put in you plan that existing FireWire planting not be removed for new firewise planting that will take years to establish and maintain.
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Steve Bean
10 years ago
No responsible or sound land use plan would aggressively rip up and remove existing green fire barriers in Central Washington. State, Federal and local officials (especially GCPUD) should want and encourage fire mitigation measures, not belligerently destroy those already in place. Green lawn, watered and maintained by citizens, is NOT contrary to public use or perceived access. Public parks, community sports fields and open green spaces are examples and the existing green fire barriers in Sunlands are no different. Grant County PUD has mis-prioritized its execution of their FARC plan and put "appearances" over "fire safety and protection of public and private property". That is a huge and tragic mistake and we strongly request your help correcting that with your direct and personal intervention.
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Chris Sarles
10 years ago
With the wildfires that have occurred in the Northwest I am at a loss for why the PUD would look to decrease the fire buffer that is currently in place and has taken years to create. The landowners of the area have not only created a beneficial safety buffer, but they also continue to maintain it through out the community at their own expense.
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Stacy Carter
10 years ago
The devastating fires this year demonstrate the importance of buffer zones to protect life and property. I urge the Grant PUD to reconsider this decision.
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Joy Bean
10 years ago
With all the wildfires in Washington this year, that had such dramatic loss of property and life, I find it makes no sense to take away safe fire buffers around the homes in Sunlands. It's such a remote community, that would possibly be devastated before fire crews could reach it. Please reconsider the plans that would put so many natural fuels so close to the homes. Please work with the owners, who have been paying for & maintaining areas that are keeping their homes safe.
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Andrew
10 years ago
Let us keep our grass
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Jon Ruscoe
10 years ago
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Why would you decrease a fire buffer? As a person that works in the fire prevention industry I know the cost and man power it takes to fight wild fires. This makes no sense.
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Gary R Strand
10 years ago
Grant PUD recognizes the importance of a green buffer as they are allowing it at Desert Aire because the HOA Board there has agreed to be responsible for monitoring it for encroachments and other violations. They will allow it at Sunland as well if the HOA Board will assume the same responsibility. This is GPUD land and GPUD is too lazy to monitor their own property....even though they have installed a road at Sunland that will give them easy access to the buffer. (Gary Strand).
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Gary R Strand
10 years ago
The 30 ft green buffer is recommended by the Nat'l Fire Protection Association. The most respected fire safety resource in the country.
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Curtice L. Chenoweth
10 years ago
Sunland home owner
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Jack Willits
10 years ago
Sunland home owner
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Gary Wheatley
10 years ago
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With the fires in Lake Chelan barely out I find it puzzling why a govt agency would want to reduce a fire buffer to a community removed from quick county fire response. The policies seem to endanger the property and the families that live in Sunlands.
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Larry Lewis
10 years ago
I hope Grant County Emergency Management and GCWPP Steering Committee will endorse the NFPA "Firewise Guide to Landscape and Construction" recommendations.
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Cristina Wheatley
10 years ago
This plan makes no sense, is a waste of money. It is inviting a fire disaster in Sunlands.
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Laurence Mason
10 years ago
Please stop this plan
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Parrish Lockwood
10 years ago
Sunland Estates HOA member
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Josh Kulchin
10 years ago
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Please help us keep our community safe.
The GPUD's plan to destroy existing green defensible space and replace it with native grasses and wildflowers (aka fuel for a fire) simply makes no sense.
Thank you very much for your concern and help on this matter.
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Skip and Anne Koch
10 years ago
PUD has no commen sense when it comes to Sunland. If a fire starts with the wind blowing we will lose a large section of Sunland
We need the buffer...privacy and weather barrier. I'm a lineman for snohomish County PUD. Brother to brother....your bigger problem is on the water not the shore.
the green grass and cleared areas are a huge aspect of being fire wise and need to be kept as they are at Sunland, I would imagine the fire department would agree
I have been a homeowner in Sunland for over 40+ years and want to continue for anothe 40 years so please do not take away our current green defendable space. Clean Green and Lean is the best defense you can have and we already have that. Please put in you plan that existing FireWire planting not be removed for new firewise planting that will take years to establish and maintain.
No responsible or sound land use plan would aggressively rip up and remove existing green fire barriers in Central Washington. State, Federal and local officials (especially GCPUD) should want and encourage fire mitigation measures, not belligerently destroy those already in place. Green lawn, watered and maintained by citizens, is NOT contrary to public use or perceived access. Public parks, community sports fields and open green spaces are examples and the existing green fire barriers in Sunlands are no different. Grant County PUD has mis-prioritized its execution of their FARC plan and put "appearances" over "fire safety and protection of public and private property". That is a huge and tragic mistake and we strongly request your help correcting that with your direct and personal intervention.
With the wildfires that have occurred in the Northwest I am at a loss for why the PUD would look to decrease the fire buffer that is currently in place and has taken years to create. The landowners of the area have not only created a beneficial safety buffer, but they also continue to maintain it through out the community at their own expense.
The devastating fires this year demonstrate the importance of buffer zones to protect life and property. I urge the Grant PUD to reconsider this decision.
With all the wildfires in Washington this year, that had such dramatic loss of property and life, I find it makes no sense to take away safe fire buffers around the homes in Sunlands. It's such a remote community, that would possibly be devastated before fire crews could reach it. Please reconsider the plans that would put so many natural fuels so close to the homes. Please work with the owners, who have been paying for & maintaining areas that are keeping their homes safe.
Let us keep our grass
Why would you decrease a fire buffer? As a person that works in the fire prevention industry I know the cost and man power it takes to fight wild fires. This makes no sense.
Grant PUD recognizes the importance of a green buffer as they are allowing it at Desert Aire because the HOA Board there has agreed to be responsible for monitoring it for encroachments and other violations. They will allow it at Sunland as well if the HOA Board will assume the same responsibility. This is GPUD land and GPUD is too lazy to monitor their own property....even though they have installed a road at Sunland that will give them easy access to the buffer. (Gary Strand).
The 30 ft green buffer is recommended by the Nat'l Fire Protection Association. The most respected fire safety resource in the country.
Sunland home owner
Sunland home owner
With the fires in Lake Chelan barely out I find it puzzling why a govt agency would want to reduce a fire buffer to a community removed from quick county fire response. The policies seem to endanger the property and the families that live in Sunlands.
I hope Grant County Emergency Management and GCWPP Steering Committee will endorse the NFPA "Firewise Guide to Landscape and Construction" recommendations.
This plan makes no sense, is a waste of money. It is inviting a fire disaster in Sunlands.
Please stop this plan
Sunland Estates HOA member
Please help us keep our community safe. The GPUD's plan to destroy existing green defensible space and replace it with native grasses and wildflowers (aka fuel for a fire) simply makes no sense. Thank you very much for your concern and help on this matter.
PUD has no commen sense when it comes to Sunland. If a fire starts with the wind blowing we will lose a large section of Sunland