Item 8 - Public CorrespondenceFrom:Jeffrey Schmidt
To:City Clerk; City Council
Subject:Agenda items 8 and 10, Sage at old coach
Date:Tuesday, June 13, 2023 2:54:14 PM
Attachments:June 13.docx
EXTERNAL EMAIL
Please find attached a short comment letter about agenda items 8 and 10
Jeffrey.W.Schmidt@hotmail.com
Phone: 858-692-7664
June 13, 2023
In regards to Sage at Old Coach, Agenda Items 8 and 10.
I recommend that these two items be tabled un�l the related historical informa�on can be provided to
the public and reviewed. In par�cular:
- The FEIR for the OCGESP is not available in the atached agenda items for review.
- The original tract map for Sage at Old Coach is not included in the agenda packet.
- An area of the open space preserved is not divulged in the agenda packet.
- The subject of brush management was inten�onally le� out of the discussion which could affect
the wildlife corridor.
Because of these missing documents there is no way to for the public to be able to verify that no
significant changes and changes or impacts requiring subsequent supplemental environmental review.
A couple of points of concern:
Why wasn’t the proposed degraded open area near houses 1-5 used for home site 6?
Why wasn’t the new home site 6 considered for restora�on to open space which would enhance the
wildlife corridor?
Thank you for your considera�on.
Jeff Schmidt
How Can We Do a Better Job Protecting Poway’s Endangered Habitat,
Wildlife and Wildlife Corridors?
Blue Sky-Mt. Woodson Wildlife Corridor
Sycamore Creek Wildlife Corridor from Blue Sky Preserve to Camp Pendleton
Lot 6- next to Sycamore Creek Wetlands and Wildlife Corridor Connecting Blue Sky-Mt. Woodson to
Camp Pendleton.
Area for Lot 6 next to the Riparian Wetlands and Wildlife Corridor (gray and
green areas)
Lot 6 next to OS-RM (Open Space-Resource Management)
Lot 6- at the top of image
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Map of vital wetland creeks in North Poway
Residents are worried investors, developers, builders, biologists and others are not following rules and procedures to
protect endangered habitat, wildlife, wildlife corridors and open space in Poway.
How is the city going to ensure the Sycamore Creek corridor remains wide and open to wildlife? Is there going to be a
lot of clearing around lot 6, similar to Chinmaya Mission’s clearing near Van Dam Peak’s Ecological Preserve?
How is the City of Poway going to ensure state and federal law, Poway’s Habitat Conservation Plan and the Natural
Resource Element are properly followed on this project? Residents have witnessed laws and rules broken.
*May 2022- clearing without a city permit at
Larchmont on Twin Peaks with endangered species
* February 2023- 45 mature trees cut with raptors
at Holly Oak during nesting season