" Angwin would Become Berryessa Estates II if the Triad PUC subdivision plan were to be approved. Rural, remote, low income folks being asked to fund the infrastructure to run a small city. PUC walks with millions....Triad calls it green and the residents of Angwin are left with a multimillion dollar water and sewer and road maintenance agreements that can not be paid for by the new sub division! Who do you think will carry the costs of this sprawl? Not long till us poor folks are leaving Angwin too, because we cant afford to flush our toilets. (Thanks to Ms. Gitelman for allowing this batttle ship to leave the dock) your neighbors living in the affordable community of Aggwin will soon be forced out!

Was there some thing about housing retention in the Housing element? Oh, never mind, let them play golf in Pope Valley! "

" While you are certainly entitled to not like a particular proposed project, blaming the Planning Department for processing an application in accordance with the law is pretty stupid. "

" Isloated developments will always have problems like this. It is a shame that the developer is long gone leaving the burden on a limited number of home owners and ultimately the public. That is what Napa Pipe and Angwin have in common, public burden building new services for outlaying communities, one for school bus service and the other for a new, straightened road up the hill. Why should I have to pay for unwise isolated developments away from urban centers? "

" It's a bad idea, altogether, allowing developers to come in, build up these dense rural developments and then allowing them to walk away after delivering the burden to taxpayers. I live in Angwin but I pay for the costs and maintenance of my OWN well and septic system which the county or college are not responsible for maintaining. And if the Berryessa homeowners think $15,000 is hefty, they ought to take a look at my costs to install a well and septic system and maintain them. For example, my water is very acidic and I installed a system to make the water more alkaline. My well pump went out not too long ago. Talk about costly!

I do not object when the county allows houses to be built in rural areas which have some degree of self sufficiency. Putting dense homes in a rural area without any guarantee built in for future maintenance is what's stupid. So it's ok for the planning dept. to approve these developments without taking future maintenance into consideration? If the costs are passed onto me (remember I am already responsible for my own maintenance costs), I will be incredibly mad.

I've heard a few Angwin residents dependent on these systems say "I don't like this development but at least I can't SEE it". You may not SEE it but you WILL FEEL it in your pocketbook, especially if you are dependent on Angwin's water/sewer systems. Someone will pay; if not you, it will be county taxpayers. So, for any of those apathetic Angwin residents who are too lazy or intimidated to become vocal about this project, don't say you weren't warned. The county has no interest in protecting YOUR interests. "

" Diane Dillon can only lament that it was a mistake to develop Berryessa Estates 50 years ago? I think our county deserves better representation than that. There is an answer to solve this problem and it is not blaming someone's actions 50 years ago. Ms. Dillon is the area supervisor and it is time for her to start earning her paycheck and all the fringe benefits. "

" I sympathize with the B.Estate residents because it was built as a low income community so these folks are not in a position, say, for example, like Meadow Wood folks would be, to pay for these costly upgrades. It makes no sense to build rural developments for the "lunch pail" folks who commute and live pay-check-to-ay-check. This is exactly what PUC/TRIAD wants to do in Angwin. It is BLASPHEMY.

I too have and maintain my own well and septic system. I budget for these things but what concens me is what will happen to my water table when the proposed suburb is built. I suppose I will be told to join the suburb water system and pay through the nose like everyone else. Angwin residents not on their own well already pay upwards to $200.00 mo. for water. This proposed development is BLASPHEMY. That is the only word I have for it; and BERRYESSA ESTATES IS THE CANARY IN THE COAL MINE. ARE YOU LISTENING MS. GITELMAN, ET AL? Are you interested in the residents and the environment or only in following the big money and running from PUC/TRIAD's "pulling-the-religious-card stunt? I pray you do the right thing. "

" No doubt about musicluver….I still can’t understand her voting on land issues when she is both an advocate and consultant for special interest groups that are anything but friendly to rural homeowners…..there very well could some litigation in the near future on this issue.

The county should reduce the assessed values on Berryessa Estate homes to the absolute minimum land value and give them a dollar for dollar credit the infrastructure costs…..these folks get few county benefits but are paying the same rate as us…..besides the elitist SC, NCLT, UCD and BOR ruining Lake Berryessa in turned ruined a lot of home values all around the lake…. "