January  2009 

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Top Reasons to Bring Polo Arena to Coto- Equestrian Perspective

 

Posted by: CotoBlogzz | 12/19/2008 04:25 PM

1. Property rights: Cannot understand why a property owner who has been paying taxes all these years on their property and want to improve it with an existing and approved use would take three years and lots of money to get approved.

Not to mention that that thanks to the largesse of the CZ Master association residents, the infrastructure comes free:  Residents have seen three dues increase in the last five years, for example! - refer to exponential function.


2. Equestrian: We need equestrian to remain in Orange County. It is part of our history and roots. It provides a great learning and growing experience for our children. At a time in our history when equestrian is being eliminated, it is essential that an existing equestrian center be allowed to add one more arena on its own property especially in a community which prides itself as an equestrian community.

Of course, there is the Griffith Park Arena alternative – but that may be an inconvenient truth.


3. Employment: If it takes three years for as simple a project as one more horse corral at an existing equestrian center to get approved how many other real estate projects are stuck in the morass of the Orange County Planning Department. How many construction workers are out of work because the Orange County Planning Department won’t do their job??

4.  The Coto de Caza Specific Plan provides that the Coto de Caza Community Improvements are for the entire populace of Orange County. As a member of that community and an equestrian, we demand that Arena # 7 be approved at the Coto Valley Equestrian Center.


Should you wish to express your support and or opposition, contact:

  • Ron.Tippets@rdmd.ocgov.com - Coto’s Polo Arena case worker
    Chip.Monaco@ocgov.com - Supervisor Bates’ office
    Michael.Wellborn@rdmd.ocgov.com - Zoning Administrator hearing officer

We have tried to reach  Tippets, Monaco and Wellborn for an updated status - no response to date. 

 

 

 

Comments

Yep, we are a bunch of saps for putting up with the fiscal mismanagement that has gone on in CZ for years.   I still say we need to buy the tar, feathers and pitch forks to run these incompetent CZ Board Members out of town.  They raise our dues three times in five years, fail to properly go out to bid for major services to cut expenses, make a mess of Coto de Caza Drive, fail to implement a strategic plan for landscaping replacement, fail to properly fund Reserves, fail to bring direct popular elections to Coto etc. etc.  That is a lot of failure for one Board of Directors.   Perhaps, they should all apply to be Board Members for General Motors where failure is commonplace and management there has also made a big mess of things.  Joe Morabito

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