Comments on: A Different Point of View on Desert Discovery Center

By: Lyn Hamacher

Lyn Hamacher — Mon, 23 Jan 2017 20:27:16 +0000

The Preserve is beautiful as it is. We do not want/need to destroy it. The DDC should be ashamed of themselves.

By: Elizabeth Robkoff

Elizabeth Robkoff — Mon, 23 Jan 2017 19:31:58 +0000

I have re-read the 2004 voting packet where we voted to fund the Preserve after reading Ms. Vorhees comment above. There is no mention at all of construction, not one thing. Disappointed long-term resident here.

By: raymond hemmert

raymond hemmert — Sun, 22 Jan 2017 17:51:00 +0000

Agree DDC should not be in preserve.

By: Cheryl dubois

Cheryl dubois — Sun, 22 Jan 2017 03:04:55 +0000

Thank you this article and an “out” for proponents of the DDC. I sincerely hope this council considers this alternative,.

By: Nancy Voorhees

Nancy Voorhees — Sun, 22 Jan 2017 00:49:41 +0000

In reply to Juanita Enkoji.

The only reason they want it there, is to be able abscond preserve fund reserves and use it for building the DDC. These monies were made available by taxpayers primarily for land acquisition; secondarily for building trailhead and minimal maintenance facilities.
Not a tourist attraction, designed to please the tourist industry and hoteliers, and wreck the pristine nature of the environment. The city’s legal eagles appear to be leaning inordinately heavily on the use of the word
“improvements “, which appeared in the language of just a few of the citizen votes.” They construe that to mean they can build build build with that money. A Washington DC lawyer however has indicated that this is happening all over the country , and is up to a COURT to decide; not the city’s legal counsel. The issue is ” what was in the minds of the voters at the time they voted . Were they thinking primarily about land acquisition, and minimal construction for trailheads and maintenance? Or were they OKing a major tourist attraction? Pretty sure how that would come out. So why this breech of trust with the people? It is very disturbing.

By: W.P.

W.P. — Sun, 22 Jan 2017 00:13:01 +0000

The last thing we need is the DDC in the zpreserve.

No DDC in the Preserve!!

By: Lisa

Lisa — Sat, 21 Jan 2017 21:45:30 +0000

Excellent article with numerous salient points. Many of us are against Preserve development where years and thousands of volunteer man hours have gone to protect as well as serve the community’s education needs about flora and fauna. Plus I have not been allowed to vote on what and where my tax dollars are going.

By: Juanita Enkoji

Juanita Enkoji — Fri, 20 Jan 2017 23:28:47 +0000

The DDC must not be located within the Preserve unless there is a public vote approving this.
Voters approved and paid for the creation and maintenance of the Preserve via public votes. The City Council cannot legally violate this Preserve without a vote supporting DDC location within it
for all of the reasons cited in this article. Opening the Preserve to such commercial development would be a travesty in my opinion.