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Save existing wetlands
Klamath Falls Herald and News
Letter to the editor
Jeld-Wen wants to settle a mitigation debt to the Running Y residents and to the county by substituting other property. I call the wetlands our moveable mitigation, for loss of wildlife at the Running Y. Moveable, so it can be used as continuous bait to sell more home sites in forest and agricultural lands — a sort of moveable open space.
Wetlands are needed and are highly prized here. This was the foundation of the original Running Y Resort’s nature concept, a major reason most residents chose their particular home sites there. It was achieved through Forest Service personnel and promised to Running Y buyers.
Jeld-Wen now wants to scuttle this agreement and do something else — or nothing — at the Running Y: Steal a benefit to some and sell it elsewhere? No matter that this was a bargain made some 12 years ago, and one upon which buyers relied when purchasing land for more than a decade. They are breaching a promise made to the county.
When Jeld-Wen collects for legal damages to these constructed wetlands, where will this money be spent or pocketed? What does it matter what it promised for the Running Y?
On behalf of the citizens of this county, the planning commissioners need to stand up to Jeld-Wen and other developers who deceive the public.
A Jeld-Wen entity has already been punished financially by the attorney general in California for its real estate dealings. Now that portable-movable mitigation is its latest scheme, Oregon’s attorney general needs to take action against its unfair business practices, and land use manipulation. Further, the county has no credibility unless it enforces the rules and promises.
What exactly is Jeld-Wen up to now? Come find out at the next planning commission meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday upstairs at the County Government Building Meeting Room.
Joan Brown
Klamath Falls
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