2024-11-19 CC Agenda - Public Communication - Misc. - Hiltop Park Basin2024-11-19 CC AGENDA
PUBLIC COMMUNICATION - MISC. - HILLTOP PARK BASIN
From: Deborah Deets <deborahallisondeets@icloud.com>
Date: November 19, 2024 at 10:52:09AM PST
To: ALL ELECTED OFFICIALS<ALLELECTEDOFFICIALS@elsegundo.org>
Subject: Hilltop Park Basin Area
subject: PUBLIC RECORD Hilltop Park Basin; CIP development;
Date: 19 November, 2024
To ES Elected Officials,
I have enjoyed living and working in this town for nearly 40 years.
I have always known our Civic leaders to be respectful, responsive and to serve with due diligence
in their park (CIP) development outreach efforts.
We still see this transparency on projects other than at the Hilltop Basin Site on Maryland St.
When we asked about the site and ongoing (current?) construction we were invited to come back
to a meeting to hear about plans for a "grass field".
Irrigated turf may be the plan, but even so, there is still an opportunity to develop the site as a
natural garden where local -children and families can enjoy birds and butterflies without the
parking, use, noise, and traffic impacts of an active recreation area. But this has been discussed
and planned with AYSO.
We are not interested in hearing about a "done deal" that was publicly acknowledged on several
occasions. We do want documents released on all meetings related to the planned AYSO soccer
use at this site.
We will continue to gather feedback as you continue to develop the site without due community
support or acknowledging our preferred opportunities and constraints.
As noted at City Council and Park Development meetings, we will uphold Passive recreation as
more appropriate for this site, and the central location as an ideal location for a fenced nature
garden that can better support the increased housing density you have planned.
We continue to await fulfillment of our online requests for planning documentation on this specific
CIP, and we will continue to collect information from our community on the constraints until you
perform your due diligence and outreach.
Deborah Deets, and
Community Members
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