HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THIS KIND OF HOUSING. THIS IS ONE OF FOUR PROPERTIES IN DRY CREEK THAT ARE A PART OF A REZONING INITIATIVE BY PLACER COUNTY TO BUILD MULTIFAMILY, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, A PLAN THAT RAISED CONCERNS AMONG HUNDREDS OF RESIDENTS. WE’RE NOT AGAINST MULTI FAMILY HOMES. WE’RE NOT AGAINST LOW INCOME HOMES. WE JUST WANT THEM PUT IN THE RIGHT PLACES. PLACER COUNTY DOESN’T HAVE ENOUGH LAND ZONED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO MEET STATE REQUIREMENTS. THE REZONING WOULD ALLOW DEVELOPERS TO BUILD. BETWEEN 20 AND 30 AFFORDABLE UNITS PER ACRE, BUT LONGTIME RESIDENTS SAY THE RURAL COMMUNITY. IS NOT DESIGNED FOR THAT KIND OF GROWTH. THERE’S NO BUS ROUTES HERE, THERE’S NO STREET LIGHTS. THERE’S NO SIDEWALKS HERE, KIDS THAT LIVE HERE OR LIVE ON THE OTHER PARCELS OVER ON EAST, UM, THEY HAVE TO WALK DOWN THIS ROAD WITH CARS WITH NO SHOULDER. YOU HAD NO SHOULDER. YOU GOT NO SIDEWALK. JAMES WALLACE, WHO LIVES CLOSE TO ONE OF THESE PROPERTIES, PREDICTS THIS WILL IMPACT HIS FAMILY’S LIFESTYLE WHEN LARGE POPULATIONS COME IN, NEXT COME THE COMPLAINTS. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE DON’T WANT TO HEAR ROOSTERS CROWING AT 430 IN THE MORNING WHEN THEY’VE GOT TO GET UP AND GO TO WORK AT EIGHT. WE BELIEVE THE DEVELOPMENT IS INAPPROPRIATE. AT A COMMUNITY MEETING WEDNESDAY NIGHT, PEOPLE VOICED THEIR CONCERNS. WE’RE ALSO LOOKING FOR AREAS THAT ARE CLOSE IN PROXIMITY TO SCHOOLS CLOSE TO RETAIL AND SHOPPING OPPORTUNITIES, AND CLOSE TO OTHER SERVICES, THE PLANNING DIRECTOR SAYS. THE COUNTY AND STATE STILL HAVE TO APPROVE THE PLAN, AND HE REMINDS PEOPLE THIS IS A ZONING CHANGE, NOT A BUILDING APPLICATION. THERE ARE NO CURRENT DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS TO ACTUALLY BUILD ANY OF THESE, ANY OF THESE DEVELOPMENTS. HOWEVER, SOME RESIDENTS WARNED THOSE DEVELOPMENTS WILL HAPPEN IF THE ZONING ALLOWS FOR IT. THEY WANT COUNTY LEADERS TO ASK FOR AN EXTENSION AND CONSIDER THEIR VIEWS BEFORE MAKING A DECISION THAT COULD CHANGE THEIR WAY OF LIFE. FOR THEM, IT JUST IT’S A CHECK MARK AND IT JUST IT GETS IT, YOU KNOW. OH, WHO GOT THAT DONE. LET’S MOVE ON. BUT FOR US IT AFFECTS US FOREVER. THE PLACER COUNTY SPOKESPERSON TELLS ME AFTER THE STATE FINISHES REVIEWING THEIR PROPOSAL, THE NEXT STEP IS TO TAKE IT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THEN TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, WHO WILL MAKE A DECISION IN MID-MAY.