Hi All,
Tomorrow night the Daly City Council meets to vote on the Coastal Development Permit for land testing which moves the Religious Retreat Center project forward. We must try to not let this happen!
We could use emails from you all sent to citycouncil@dalycity.org with a cc to: cityclerk@dalycity.org, sstolte@dalycity.org, ahipona@dalycity.org and smaltbie@dalycity.org especially from Daly City residents indicating your opposition to development of Thornton Beach Bluff and your reasons why. Please add in your email "Please read this into the open record" so they will have to read out your letter at the meeting.
Ideally, please send your email before the meeting THEN between 4 and 7pm PST Tomorrow Dec 14th, go to the meeting website and submit it via their form so it will be read out at the meeting. NOTE: If you send your comments any earlier, it will go into the packet for the Council members, but it will not be read out at the meeting.
The meeting website is here:
https://stories.opengov.com/dalycityca/published/9EmZfteR7
Sample email/letter to Daly City Council:
To the Honorable Daly City Council,
I do not support the Olympic Way Retreat Center project and the CDP being issued for testing of the land which moves this project forward.
My reasons are: (1) the land proposed for this project is a sandy, rapidly eroding bluff in an earthquake zone and any building/development would pose a danger to the public. (2) The cost of moving utilities under Skyline Blvd is prohibitive and a would be a drain on scarce city financial resources (3) The intent and nature of this project is not in line with the Local Coastal Plan for Daly City or the California Coastal Act (4) The project is incompatible with the current zoning ordinances as C-1 Light Industrial. (5) This project is opposed by hundreds of Daly City residents (see https://www.change.org/p/california-coastal-commission-save-open-space-for-outdoor-recreation-at-thornton-beach-bluff-in-ca
This land should remain undeveloped as open space.
Thank you for your consideration,
YOUR NAME
P.S. We’ve just passed 6,541 signatures on our petition! Here’s a link to share https://www.change.org/p/california-coastal-commission-save-open-space-for-outdoor-recreation-at-thornton-beach-bluff-in-ca