HomeMy WebLinkAbout051821 ANDERSON, DAVID
Marie Sunseri
From:Marie Sunseri
Sent:Monday, May 17, 2021 6:11 PM
To:_Town Council
Cc:Joe Calabrigo; Rob Ewing; Tai Williams; Steven Jones
Subject:Public comment for study session CIP
I am forwarding the public comment below for your study session discussion of the CIP.
Marie Sunseri, MMC
City Clerk
Town of Danville
510 La Gonda Way
Danville, CA 94526
925-314-3401
cityclerk@danville.ca.gov
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From: David Anderson <djanderson62@gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, May 17, 2021 7:40 AM
To: Kristine Meidberg <kmeidberg@danville.ca.gov>; Tai Williams <TWilliams@danville.ca.gov>
Subject: Public Comment for Planning Commission and Town Council
If you could please pass the following commentary on to the appropriate people, I would appreciate it. This was my
intended public comment for both the Planning Commission meeting and the general Town Council meeting and I
expect I will be bringing this up again in future meetings to find out the status of this request. Thank you!
Hello, my name is David Anderson and I live at 743 El Pintado Rd in Danville. Thanks for the
opportunity to speak today. I have been a resident of Danville since 1998 and in my 23 years here, I
have not experienced a road in our town with conditions as bad as those of the section of road known
as the “El Pintado Loop”.
Potholes, cracks, uneven asphalt, and crumbling road edges all contribute to a dangerous
environment for the many walkers, bikers and drivers that use the road. The over 250 households that
live on this road and the many roads that feed into it are seeking basic structural maintenance and
upgrades to improve safety and longevity.
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The El Pintado Loop has been left out of the ongoing capital improvement plan for decades. Whenever
residents bring it up to the town, the Town responds with references to some agreement 30 plus years
ago whereby residents of this road supposedly agreed to somehow maintain the road in exchange for
“not widening” the street. Yet when asked to produce this agreement, the Town of Danville has been
unable to do so.
Moreover, no such agreement would seem to have any basis in law or logic. Residents of the El
Pintado Loop have always paid the same taxes as those in the rest of the Town and County and have
never been given any other consideration in exchange for whatever this unknown agreement may have
attempted to do.
Danville takes pride in its road conditions and keeps a close eye on its average road condition index.
Yet El Pintado Road is in a condition that no Town would find pride in.
A number of residents have sent letters recently to the Town council requesting action. We are
requesting that El Pintado Road be included in all future Capital Improvement programs and budgets,
and that a plan of action for repaving and improving the road be a top priority for the Planning
Commision and the Town Council. We are seeking no special treatment, just equal treatment with all
other roads in the Town of Danville.
Thank you for your time and attention.
David Anderson
743 El Pintado Rd
Danville, CA 94526
925-997-8744 (mobile)
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