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Marie Sunseri
From:Catherine Davies <cathydavies4@gmail.com>
Sent:Wednesday, November 4, 2020 3:57 PM
To:Marie Sunseri
Subject:For the Good of the Town Comments
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John Davies Comments (Please Read Before Catherine Davies):
John Davies - 16 Fieldstone Drive. You might recognize my name, as both my wife, Catherine, and I attended
every town council and planning meeting regarding the Trumark Homes construction. We know you receive
updates from the planning commission, but we thought that you should have an update from us as well.
Trumark’s “Edendale,” was approved on May 7, 2019. Per Trumark, this was supposed to be a 6 month
project, being completed by January, 2020, but it is far from done. Covid-19 is not to blame as it should have
been done long before the pandemic hit.
Over the past year, we have had many construction-related grievances, however, I want to detail one of the
more egregious issues that recently occurred.
At the May 7th meeting, the town made decisions that went against our’s and the majority of the Valerosa
resident’s wishes, but, there was one consolation, the confirmation from Trumark’s Garrett Hinds that the 3
power poles on the western side of Valerosa would be “gone,” and that the lines would be buried and the poles
removed. We had discussed this previously at other meetings with Mr. Hinds, starting back in September
2018. One of those poles is on our property.
From September 2018 - June 2020, there was no change in the plans to bury the lines and remove the poles,
as committed on May 7, 2019.
Suddenly, June 18, 2020 - John Loney (a PG&E sub-contractor) informs us the Trumark plans do not show the
pole removed. On June 23, we attempted to contact David Crompton multiple times via phone and email with
no reply regarding this issue. On July 9, Trumark’s Gil Calvillo, confirms what John Loney told us.
We were never notified of any of this PG&E connectivity work on our property, including the gas tie-in, and
when we were notified, it was by a non-Trumark representative! Then on September 11, John Loney informs
us that the power pole on our property would be used as the direct power source to the new subdivision We
then hired an attorney, as we discovered we had absolutely no advocate from the town or elsewhere. This was
not something we wanted to do.
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The city attorney reviewed this confirmation by Trumark that the poles/lines would be removed, and agrees it is
on record, but the Town has decided not to hold Trumark accountable for what they committed. Why? What is
the town’s justification for this? Trumark is cheating the resolutions set forth of all lines being buried, by piggy-
backing the lines up the power pole in our yard. That is NOT burying the lines! We have spoken with PG&E
representatives in charge of this project, and they too, agree that the lines should be buried and new plans
should be re-submitted, as Trumark committed.
October 28 - Despite our attorney reaching out to Trumark with a demand letter, Trumark pushed forward and
came on our property to do the work for the power drop, without responding to our attorney. With the town’s
decision not to hold Trumark accountable they have bulldozed right over us without any dialog, consent or
regard for us and our property.
We have gone from having a plain power pole on our property - which was to be removed, to having a massive
power drop for an 18 home subdivision attached to the pole. We are furious!
These lines provide power to only one residence - The Misson residence. They have the easement on the
western edge of our property and those utilities should be buried on their easement. To date, the power drop
is not completed, the road is not paved, the wall between the developments is not constructed. This work
should be done now, not later!
Either Trumark made a false misrepresentation at the May 7th meeting to push this project through to get
approval, or the town finds it acceptable to break their own rules. The power poles should have been removed
in1999/2000 when Valerosa was developed, per the PG&E electric tariff rules, and they certainly should be
removed now. Safety is clearly not a concern. How does the town continually allow developers to get away
with this?
Thank you.
References:
**Please refer to Resolution No. 31-2019, dated May 7, 2019, Item H Infrastructure, #9 & #10.
**The recorded interaction from the May 7, 2019 Town Council meeting can be located at the following website
at 1:49:10: http://danville-ca.granicus.com/player/clip/1088?&redirect=true.
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