First Name | Susan |
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Last Name | Zahnter |
Email Address | 3pointsliebremountain@gmail.com |
Affiliation | Three PointsLiebre Mountain Town Council |
Subject | AB 617 CAPP, Grant Proposal Results |
Comment | To whom it may concern: Our town council submitted a letter of support to the Association of Rural Town Councils, located in the Antelope Valley, to seek a small portion of the grant monies offered by CARB, through the Community Air Protection Program. We were dismayed and disappointed when the selection of worthy program areas did not include ours, especially since metrics evaluated met or exceeded those of communities that were chosen. Antelope Valley's residents experience the worst health outcomes for cardiopulmonary and respiratory illnesses, and childhood asthma across Los Angeles County. Moreover, Antelope Valley residents are nine times more likely than other county residents to contract Valley Fever--whose fungal spores are carried on fugitive dust. It is crucially important to be able to assess particulates in our air, since there is no evidence that our area even complies with state or federal air quality standards for PM 2.5. We have one air quality monitoring station for 2,200 square miles. To address this problem, we need more monitors to actually classify air quality, locate the areas worst affected, and apply solutions to reduce particulates there, and ultimately, across the whole of our Antelope Valley Community. We seek your assistance in learning how grant proposals are evaluated and what information we can provide that was perhaps overlooked, so we can ultimately help our valley provide healthier places to live, work, and play. |
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Date and Time Comment Was Submitted | 2018-09-24 14:46:14 |
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