LAPS MOA

[Amanda Bonnie]

Dear Board:

I live on North Mesa near  LAMS.  I am opposed to the development of this land for the following reasons:

1. LAPS, to my knowledge has not had an attorney, financial expert or some other professional review the MOU. Pluses and minuses need to be evaluated by an expert and that needs to be released to the public.

2, It will add 1000 people to North Mesa. That is way over the capacity for the roundabout. Traffic during school drop off and rush hour will be horrible and not safe for the students. Emergency evacuation would be a nightmare. I also cannot imagine getting out of my neighborhood as I'm on the school zone side (coming out of Camino Uva). 

3. The proposed project is high density low income housing. There are already 2 such projects on North Mesa. They are where they fit in with the surrounding neighborhood. This project is in an area of single family homes and open space, it will not fit in.

4. We already have low water pressure and power outages. What is going to happen if we add 1000 people?

5. LAPS is supposed to act in the best interests of the students. The Board has a fiduciary duty to do that. Leasing this land to the County is not in the best interests of the students. The Lab is hiring a lot of people, most of whom will have families. LAPS will need this parcel, it is last one LAPS has, to build a new school, maybe a sixth grade academy.

6. This MOU is way too vague, it allows the County to do almost anything it wants.

9. If the Board wants to provide income for LAPS from this land and not save it for a new school, has selling it to a developer been considered?

Please do not take away my wonderful neighborhood I moved into. It will be not only unfavorable to all of those of us who live on North Mesa, but those who move into these new homes as well. 

Lets invest in what we have and improve the areas we do have available. While this is the largest area to develop in the options it does NOT make it the best location. Please reconsider.

Thank you for your time, 

-Amanda