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From:Brett Cross <
To:E-mail Council Website; Richard Schmidt
Subject:Re: Agenda Correspondence Night Use general comment
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Dear Council Members,
I whole heartedly agree with the comments Mr. Schmidt has written to you.
Humans don't need to "tread" on every conceivable portion of this planet at any time of their choosing.
I get it. Life isn't fair at many levels. I know, I know, the Lord gave dominion over all the animals and creatures. That may
not have been such a good idea because humans have been doing a darn good job of causing animal extinctions and we
seemingly aren't smart enough to see we're causing are own extinction.
There's ample opportunity to enjoy the area's open spaces. Is it "fair" to the creatures and wildlife that inhabit the area's
open spaces to be impacted by humans at night because it just isn't fair that it gets dark earlier in the Winter and people
have to work and it's just not "fair" that they can't intrude on the animals habitat because- well, "It's just not fair".
Oh, yeah the Environmental review is a joke. No really, it's a joke. One of you needs to ask the staff how many field
studies where done where actual people observed the wildlife occurred. Staff probably knows no one has the money to
take the City to court, so the City is safe from losing a CEQA case. If the City wanted to actually do a real study you'd stop
any night time hiking for 2 years. And I mean actually stop any intrusion into the open space area and then study what the
impacts are to the wildlife.
Well I'm not expecting much, but you never know maybe you'll do what is right and prohibit night hiking and mountain
biking on the City's open spaces.
Sincerely,
Brett Cross
San Luis Obispo
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On Monday, October 18, 2021, 12:41:13 PM PDT, Richard Schmidt <slobuild@yahoo.com> wrote:
Oct. 18, 2021
Dear Council Members,
The earth and life on it teeter in the balance. Humans have become so adept at manipulating the earth for their own
pleasure and convenience that calamity awaits.
No, I’m not talking about the climate catastrophe caused by GHG releases. That is common physics, we all acknowledge
it, and yet we as a city can figure out little more to do than tilting at windmills.
Meanwhile, despite the verbal histrionics of politicians the city continues business as usual (tree cutting, huge
unnecessary carbon-releasing municipal construction projects that lock us into more of the same in the future, designing a
city that locks in vehicular traffic as the best transportation, failing to mandate buildings that capture “free” energy and
don’t need to be grid dependent for everything, etc.).
Lost in all of this is the extinction crisis – the vast destruction of life on earth due to our callous disregard for others. With
the future of millions of species hanging in the balance, the City Council can be on the right side of history, or it can be
part of the problem.
The permanent implementation of night use of San Luis Mountain is part of the problem – one silly little human indulgence
that kills other species for no good reason.
The project’s Environmental Review would have you believe that local extinctions don’t matter. But they do. Every habitat
degradation, every local extinction matters. What is global extinction if not the sum of local extinctions? Is the convenience
of a few selfish people wanting night use legitimate justification for extinction?
I think the answer is obvious. I hope it is equally obvious to you.
Be on the right side of history and kill this project.
Thank you.
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Richard Schmidt
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