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December
26, 2001
To:
Honorable SMC Board of Supervisors
From:
Oscar & Andrea Braun
Subject:
Stable/Affordable Housing Appeal of PLN-1999-00079
The purpose of this letter
is to respectfully request that the Board of Supervisors uphold the SMC Planning
Commission’s legalization of our horse stable and affordable housing without
conditions or mitigation measures. We request that the Board also take into
consideration the following track record of the appellants during their review.
On December 6, 1995, Lenny
Roberts told the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors that they are “partners”
with the Committee for Green Foothill and Sierra Club for implementing the 1994
Coastside Protection Initiative. Ms. Roberts directed the Board of Supervisors
to instruct the Planning Commission to begin the legislative process contained
in their 1994 initiative. The Board was further instructed that the Planning
Commission focus only on the
specific amendments contained in their initiative and not broaden the proposal
beyond that. These specific amendments included: Reduction of government
expenditures; reduction of costs to San Mateo County taxpayers for roads, law
enforcement, fire protection, and other government services for scattered and
remote development (aka Rural Lands).
The initiative defined perceived
“Development Treats” and claimed that pressure for extensive development on
the Coastside was severe, especially with proposed construction of increased
water supplies, additional sewage treatment facilities, and larger
highways.
The official public record
shows what accomplishments the 1994 Coastside Protection Partnership has brought
to the voters of San Mateo County and the quality of life on the Coastside.
In closing, as stated on the
record before the Planning Commission: Applicants do not concur with the
Mitigation Measures for Case #PLN 1999-0079, a project to legalize Moon Acres
agricultural structures. San Mateo County Environmental Services Agency, at
the direction of Lenny Roberts, has conducted a four year campaign of unlawful
punitive retaliation against the Braun family in response to their “lawful
whistle blowing” complaints brought by the Half Moon Bay Coastside Foundation’s
Watershed Posse against the County. Environmental Services has coerced and
unlawfully compelled the Brauns to sign the mitigation agreement document. The Brauns have suffered significant
financial damages from the actions of the San Mateo County Environmental
Services Agency and are not precluded from now giving their notice of intent
(NOI) to file a criminal complaint with the U.S. Attorney for violations under
the U.S. anti-racketeering and environmental protection statutes.
In our opinion, as long as the San Mateo County Board of
Supervisor’s supports the agenda and purpose of the Anti-Community Alliance’s
(Committee for Green Foothills, Sierra Club, Peninsula Open Space Trust,
Mid-Peninsula Open Space District) 1994 Coastside Protection Initiative, the
quality of life, health and safety of all communities in San Mateo County will
continue to be at risk.