CC 06-21-2023 Item No. 2 Restoration and Potential Future Development of the Lehigh Quarry_Written CommunicationsCC 06-21-2023
Item #2
Restoration and
Potential Future
Development of the
Lehigh Quarry
Written Communications
From:Cathy Helgerson
To:Salisbury, Robert; Supervisor Joe Simitian; Loquist, Kristina; cindy.chavez@bos.sccgov.org;
supervisor.lee@bos.sccgov.org; supervisor.ellenberg@bos.sccgov.org; district1@bos.sccgov.org; City Clerk; Hung
Wei; Sheila Mohan; Liang Chao; J.R. Fruen; Kitty Moore; John Marvin; McCann, Lisa@Waterboards
Subject:Re: EIR scoping meeting for SCQ Use Permit and Reclamation Plan Amendment application
Date:Saturday, June 17, 2023 6:09:45 AM
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Hello,
Regarding the Notice of Preparation of an Environmental Impact Report for the Stevens Creek
Quarry Use Permit and Reclamation Plan Amendment Project dated May 25, 2023
I have read this notice. I do believe that the public has a right to view the new use permit
application 2024 and the new reclamation plan amendment 2024 proposed by Stevens
Creek Quarry Inc. The Stevens Creek Quarry has been operating without a use permit for way
too many years and it is time to end the life of the quarry and the operations that
have polluted the Air, Water, and the Soil. The Steven Creek Reservoir, Rattlesnake Creek and
Swiss Creek have been polluted and it seems that it is up to the public to voice their
concerns in order to put a stop to this ASAP. They have been in violation of may regulations
and with the pollution that this quarry and the recycling of concrete it needs to be closed
down.
Robert Salisbury representative in charge says that he wants from the public their input and
comments by June 29, 2023 pertaining to an Environmental Report and this
EIR - Environmental Impact Report will be prepared by Santa Clara County. How so?
The Notice of Preparation states that Santa Clara County will prepare the use permit and the
reclamation plan amendment and the EIR - Environmental Impact Report the question is what
has
Stevens Creek Quarry submitted? The use permit application (new) and the reclamation plan
amendment (new) should have been submitted to Santa Clara County and that the public
should
have been allowed to review the paperwork and comment. Usually EIR's come in after all that
has taken place and the State Regional Water Quality Control Enforcement Division and the
Bay Area Air Quality Control Division are involved in the EIR process and have a set of rules
and regulations that adhere to this process. I have included the BAAQMD & SRWQCED
persons in
this e-mail in order to notify them that the public wants complete transparency regarding the
Steven Creek Quarry and any future developments that may come up.
I do not understand what is really taking place here Santa Clara County (Robert Salisbury)
want to know what the public wants in the EIR - Environmental Impact Report the standards
that
pertain to EIR's should be obvious based on the rules and regulations that the SRWQCED and
the BAAQMD have in place and they should be the ones overseeing the EIR to determine
what goes in it and how the pollution clean up is conducted in order to protect the public from
any further harm.
I have tried over the many years of commenting and complaining about the Steven Creek
Quarry all these years and it seems my comments and concerns have gone unheard and so now
you want more comments where is this all getting anyone in the long run. Will Santa Clara
County even look at the comments that the public submits and will they even add anything
said
by the public to the use permit and the reclamation plan with EIR requirements? We the public
want no more of this continued lack of enforcement and there's no way that SCQ can
justify its existence. Human lives are more important than Steven Creek Quarry mining and
recycling of concrete. I would also like to add that the City of Cupertino's compost are on
Stevens Creek Quarry land be closed down and the State Regional Water Quality Control
Enforcement Division has mentioned this compost area in its writings and the know pollution
in
this is the time to stop providing compost to the public that is mixed with overburden from
SCQ.
I did not attend the Public Scoping/Community Meeting because it was at night and I felt
Zoom was not to be an option. I feel that meetings now need to be in person. The evening
meetings
are right in the middle of commute time and it is also difficult for senior persons to attend
these meetings in the evening. I will attend meetings held in the day time and ask that SCC
conduct
these meetings in the day time to accommodate the public as a whole.
I will be commenting as soon as I get a reply from SCC regarding my concerns and as soon as
I can review the paperwork that needs to be provided to the public as I stated above prior to
the EIR issuance. Please provide a location of the information I requested on the web and see
that the public and agencies receive this information.
Thanks,
Cathy Helgerson - Environmental Enforcement Advocate
CAP - Citizens Against Pollution
408-253-0490
On Tue, May 30, 2023 at 6:00 PM Salisbury, Robert <Robert.Salisbury@pln.sccgov.org>
wrote:
Stevens Creek Quarry Interested Parties:
The County of Santa Clara is preparing an Environmental Impact Report for the Stevens
Creek Quarry Use Permit and Reclamation Plan Amendment application, and an EIR
scoping meeting via Zoom has been scheduled for this project on Tuesday, June 6 at 6 PM.
At this meeting, we will provide a brief overview of the project and then hear comments
from the public and stakeholders on the topics that the required EIR should analyze. If you
would like to provide input on the EIR for the project, please attend the scoping and/or send
your comments to me via email, no later than June 29, 2023, at 5 PM.
Please see the attached Notice of Preparation for further details.
Kind regards,
Robert Salisbury, Principal Planner
County of Santa Clara Planning Office
70 W. Hedding Street, East Wing, 7th Floor
San Jose, CA 95110
email: Robert.Salisbury@pln.sccgov.org
Phone: (408) 299-5785
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From:Rhoda Fry
To:City Clerk; City Council
Subject:Agenda Item #2, Lehigh 6/21/23
Date:Tuesday, June 20, 2023 4:01:26 PM
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Dear City Council,
Agenda Item #2, Lehigh I ask that the agreement be amended so that the cancelation provision is
extended from 60 days to 6 months and happens through a vote of the city council.
Thanks,
Rhoda fry