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Marie Sunseri
From:Catherine Davies <cathydavies4@gmail.com>
Sent:Wednesday, November 4, 2020 3:58 PM
To:Marie Sunseri
Cc:John Davies
Subject:For the Good of the Town
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Catherine Davies Comments (Please read after John Davies)
Catherine Davies - 16 Fieldstone Drive, Danville.
As my husband, John mentioned, throughout this entire ordeal, Trumark has not been transparent or
forthcoming about the scope of this project and the impact that it would have on our property in particular.
The construction is on a 5 acre site, but unbeknownst to us, our property is the hub of the major construction
activity and PG&E connectivity for this new development.
In the early discussions with Trumark, we were told there would be a wall built and a drainage basin on the
development side of that wall. That is it.
We know there will be construction activity, but it was never disclosed to us that there would be massive and
continual earthmoving and deep trenching over and over again, day after day, week after week, month after
month about 25 feet from our home, and about 2 feet on the opposite side of our fence.
They never disclosed to us that all the major piping was going to run along our property; that the gas tie-in was
going to be connected at our property, and their plans to put a massive power drop on our property for their 18
home subdivision on a pole that we were told would be removed!
All of this undisclosed activity on and next to our property has led to significant damage to our home to over
$120,000 in estimated costs to fix damages and clean, and the construction is far from over. Some of these
damages include:
-Consistent earthquake-level shaking leading to cracks on our outside concrete, indoor floor and ceiling.
-Excessive rodent burrowing damage from their habitats being disrupted.
-Broken pipes inside and outside.
-Shifting in window and door thresholds that will not close properly.
-Extreme dirt from the lot being exposed for months.
-Overall deterioration of our yard as we wait for the work to be done to do improvements.
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Not to mention the extreme stress it has placed on us. We have lost all sense of peace and privacy and we
have had to deal with continuous disruptions and inconveniences. We have been held hostage in our home -
not by the pandemic, but by the construction. Now more than ever, when your home should be your haven, we
have not been able to enjoy our yard, outdoor living space, pool/spa. We have had to keep our home closed
up because of all the noise and dirt. We can’t leave because we cannot trust the activity around our home. We
cannot trust Trumark due to what we’ve encountered.
We have been more than patient and accommodating and yet we have had no empathy of what we have been
enduring all this time, or assurances from Trumark that they would take care of the damages that they caused.
We have tried to have conversions with Trumark about these issues to no avail. They have no regard for us or
the regulations that the town has mandated, and the power pole is just one example of many that
demonstrates how they will step over us without concern.
When we left the May 7, 2019 Town Council meeting, we had the Resolutions providing the rules of
construction put in place by the Town for the Trumark Construction. In those resolutions were protections for
trees, Indian artifacts, birds/wildlife, but there were no real protections for the residents like us, in the
immediate construction area.
Also, the resolutions call for rodent control, dirt control, cleaning requirements, construction activities of
equipment passing through our neighborhood, work start time requirements. None of these resolutions has
been enforced, or just minimally.
If there are resolutions in place for protection, but they are not enforced, what good are they? When
construction activity is literally feet from a residence, shouldn’t there be protections in place for citizens who
live there? We did not ask for this, but we have suffered the consequences of it, both personally and
financially. Where is our protection? We would like for the town to put protections in place for us.
Thank you.
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