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THE PROMISE: tiered, planted retaining walls as seen in developer's original proposal

THE REALITY: Mostly FLAT - 38 foot high retaining walls. Lots of fill! SE, along Walnut Creek channel

THE REALITY: flat, NOT tiered 25 foot retaining walls in progress; looking NW 8'25

Area of Kinross Entrance and "Adirondack Hill" (adjacent to top of existing Adirondack Way neighborhood). 5'25

Western overview 5'25

Wall edge altered -

closer to wetlands

Construction next to existing wetland -NW end 5'25

Construction next to existing wetland -central area 5'25

Start of retaining walls east of wetlands, looking NE; Construction roadway abutting wetlands in foreground 6'25 (Reference 4)

5'25 Area where bridge will cross SE end of wetlands

Seven Hills Ranch wetland BEFORE construction. 8'24 (Google Earth)

Wetland AFTER 13 months of grading. 9'25 (Google Earth)

Wetland AFTER 13 months of grading. 9'25

Installation of bridge beams over wetlands. 9'25

Kinross entrance clearing 4'25

3'25 Kinross Entrance clearing

Leveling of hills for future site of the 400 unit apartment complex for the affluent elderly. End of Kinross Drive. 10'25

Leveling of hills for future site of the 400 unit apartment complex for the affluent elderly. End of Kinross Drive. 4'25

Seven Hills Ranch, 30 hilly, pastoral acres dotted with 350 "protected" oaks, before destruction. 8'24 (Google Earth)

Hills and trees GONE to make way for Spieker's "Glen at Heather Farm". 13 months AFTER construction/destruction start. (Google Earth) 9'25

Aerial view looking southwest 5'25

Aerial view looking west 5'25

Obliterated hills of the rare, precious and potential 30 acre open space next to the Heather Farm City park. 9'25

GONE FOREVER. You can't get it back. SE, along Walnut Creek Channel. 2024