Phil 'O Loane was right in opposing Measure W. Why did the then City Council want to have local control over only a small specific area of the larger Tassajara Valley which is zoned agricultural? The reason is the then City Council wanted to do something on those specific properties. A better proposal or action would be for the then City Council to expnad the whole or most of Tassajara Valley into its 'Sphere of Influence' if possible, so that City can have a say in whatever development that happens there or even prevent it. You seem to be too biased against Phil O'Loane.

I am not biased against Phil. I am in opposition to him being reelected because he prevented the city from having local control over the portion of Tassajara valley along our boarder. That's why the City wanted local control over that area, as a buffer to the development of Tassajara Valley by the County.

That's what happened with Doughtery Valley, which was developed by the County and then required the city to incorporate this development. The County permitted higher density and fewer building restrictions than the city would have.

Roz

PS Phil will be reelected anyway, so my opposition is about as effective as a peashooter.

Roz-

Let us say per your wishes W-2 was passed and we get local control of some properties that border our City. Then some more new properties will become the border. What do you do then? propose Measure X, and Measure Y and so on

It wasn't necessary to put moving the boundaries on the ballot for voter approval, but if the County approves high-density building in Tassajara Valley, which they already have on the outskirts of Danville, residents might see that this wasn't an effort by the city to approve more development but to control it.

One project Phil has been opposing is the planned Cemetery in Tassajara Valley. This has been planned for over ten years when Curt Kinney was directed to find a location for a cemetery in this area. It tuned out that living near a cemetery is bad karma for Chinese people and the Dougherty Valley development has a large population of Chinese residents. Phil has encouraged this group to object to the cemetery now.


Roz

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Phil did not encourage to object to the Cemetery in Tassajara Valley. Bill and Holly Newman ( neighbors to the cemetery site) already have a website where in about 3500 people have filed a petition with the County opposing the cemetery project

I know the Newman's. I've been to their house which is next door to the proposed cemetery, but about 100' above the level where the cemetery is proposed. This issue has been going on for a long, long time. I wrote several blogs about the cemetery and the objections to it. I was going to put links to them, but I don't want to start up a new discussion on this an old topic again.

Roz

Why would you like to see Scott Perkins kept on the council?

San Ramoner,

I'm not especially for keeping Scott on the Council, but I don't have any reasons to oppose him either. I'm meeting with Sabina Zafar on Thursday. I'll write a new blog on our meeting tomorrow night.

Roz

I'm not keen on Sabina. She couldn't be bothered to write a first person statement in the election mailer and she uses a lot of buzzwords without much insight into her actual plan. She seems pro-growth, which is okay, but I would like to know how much, how fast, and where. Also, she indicated bringing more companies into San Ramon will help with our local commutes. I'm not sure how that would work. Most people who already live here aren't going to abandon current companies just to work for a company closer to home. Congestion is a serious problem now and I don't see how that will be fixed if we bring in more companies. Bollinger Canyon at San Ramon Blvd is a nightmare come rush hour.
I wish she would have spent more time reaching out to the public.
All of this is just my opinion, of course. :)

Hi Roz!! The thing that most people don't realize is that its a lot harder for new development to be approved in San Ramon, than it is if the county is the controlling body. That is a great reason to have Tassajara Valley in San Ramons SOI.

BobP,

You got that exactly right, and you would know because you were on the Planning Commission for many years. I've been saying that about Tassajara Valley for years now too, but too many residents don't pay enough attention to how things are done and only gripe when they don't go the way they want them to.

Roz