Dear Washoe County Board of Commissioners,
Washoe County residents trust you to put their safety above new taxes.
The Lemmon Valley Heights project puts homes downstream at greater risk of flooding. It’s irresponsible to put long standing members of our community at risk because they didn’t take wild future growth into consideration when they bought their property.
How much of the burden for growth will our existing communities have to burden?
The process of making developers meet requirements are there so our community is safe. Our current ideas around flood mitigation are not working. The only sure solution is to stop building in the lake and its flood channels. The liability of water pathways is too great. We have tried retention ponds, barriers, pumping- it seems to have little effect on the level of Swan Lake.
Approval of this project will have immediate consequences for the level of the lake due to the effluent going in. It will create immediate irreparable harm to neighbors downstream.
I support the appeal of the Lemmon Valley Heights project.
Signed,
Lindsy Judd
Lindsy Judd 