Dear Say No to Ofland Supporters,
Thanks for signing our petition!
This is the now or never moment!!! There was an overflow crowd at the Planning Commission meeting. Let’s do it again! Your voice is crucial and numbers count. Can you attend the City Council meeting on Tuesday, July 22 at 6pm? The location is the Freedom Plaza Community Center and Gym at 6547 Freedom Way in Twentynine Palms? If you cannot attend, can you email a letter?
To help everyone present effective arguments, we’ve prepared a list of talking points specifically directed to Council for this meeting. NOTE: It is not effective to simply say “I”m against it” – please use the limited amount of time provided to make a specific argument. A pdf of the talking points can be downloaded here.
If you are able to speak in public comment at the City Council meeting on July 22, be prepared to limit your points to no more than 2 minutes in length, and know what you’ll need to cut to get to 1 minute if our time is reduced.
This is a legal hearing, so please be sure to email your full length comments to the following list by noon on July 22, noting that you are commenting on Agenda item #7 in the subject line:
Mayor Steven Bilderain: sbilderain@29palms.org
Mayor Pro Tem Daniel Mintz: dmintz@29palms.org
Councilmember April Ramirez: aramirez@29palms.org
Councilmember Octavious Scott: oscott@29palms.org
Councilmember McArthur Wright: mwright@29palms.org
CC: City Clerk Cindy Villescas: cvillescas@29palms.org
Email us at saynotoofland@gmail.com if you have any questions on the points or the process!
Here are our top three points (in case the big pdf list is overwhelming):
1. An independent unbiased Environmental Impact Report is needed (not prepared by Ofland contractors NV5 or Terra Nova)
2. City Council should bounce the Ofland project review back to the Planning Commission with specific direction for making it a better fit for the Indian Cove neighborhood.
3. The change in zoning and the accelerated process is playing favorites for one developer and is unfair to others who might have built on that property had they known how lax the City might be with its zoning. It’s also unfair to residents who’ve invested in a quiet rural neighborhood.
Thanks for your support!!
On Behalf of the Say No Ofland Executive Committee.
Cindy Bernard, Rich Good, Heidi Heard, Tonya Jones, Dana Longuevan and Kat and John Talley-Jones