This letter was submitted without enough lead time. Possibly why wasn't printed or it was too
negative for a subject that makes the city happy getting back to normal .. tax revenue etc...
On Thursday May 14 it was reported that the San Rafael Planning Commission had unanimously approved the development project for the 185 Room Hotel project in the Canal area and unless someone comes in with an appeal is filed by 5PM on this Friday the 22nd it apparently will go forward.
I respectfully disagree with ‘this good and well thought out project’.
The 61 foot tall hotel complex will be one of the largest structure's in San Rafael. Is it beautiful? Is it ugly? That hardly matters.
The Environmental Impact of Construction We might consider What is the climate action plan of San Rafael or the Environmental Impact of Construction? Does one hand of our city approve projects that harm our environment while the other hand is engaged in children’s education on what they can do to ‘save’ the planet.
The Economics of the Planet have shifted… ’to roll the dice with other people’s money’
Is fine for speculators. For a community we have the next generation to be responsible to.
There now may be no ‘going back’ to the way things used to be only going forward.
With this project will the state have a new dormitory to house the homeless? Our state like the
Federal government seems to be shoveling out money without worrying about where
it comes from.
1918 seems a long way in the past, how about 1906? There’s talk of
Emergency Preparation in San Rafael, there’s been action, but why build something that
may undue your best plans? How will this four or five story building hold up on land fill at
the edges of SF Bay? How many fire trucks and emergency vehicles get dedicated to
this address but not someone else’s in the next ’surprise’ event?
We are at the beginning of a very necessary change of strategy and design for our civilization.
That's a good thing.
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