Shea Parkside Multimedia Archive

• Potential biological evidence for the Coastal Commission:
• Wetland vegetation at Parkside - see the many different species of wetland plants that can be found growing on the Parkside property
• Ponding at Parkside - see the wettest spots from 1958 through 2006
  
• Goodell habitat impacted by more Shea grading - see how regrading of one of the Shea farm access roads has negatively impacted the adjacent D.E. Goodell property via vegetation destruction and the filling of a small ponding area.
• Habitat destruction from Shea grading - Shea is prone to doing extensive grading under the guise of "farming" in order to destroy incriminating wetland habitat evidence.  See the before, during, and after pictures here.
• Spiders at Parkside - all sorts of spiders, from tiny to humongous.
• Butterflies and moths at Parkside - including wandering skippers, a federal Species of Concern.
• Birds at Parkside - many different species.
  
• Potential methane at Parkside - see the very suspicious bubbling that occurs in ponds after rainstorms.
  
• PowerPoint presentations with associated speaker notes:
• The long version -- covers all significant issues, suitable for 1-on-1 meetings with public officials.  An HTML version is also available.  The embedded video clips are available separately:
• Graham & Glenstone traffic congestion
  
• Glenstone U-turns
• North Graham viewed from Kenilworth
• South Graham viewed from Kenilworth 
• Presentations for the September 10th 2002 HB Planning Commission public hearing:
• Mark Bixby - traffic (PPT, HTML, video clip)
• Julie Bixby - fire response (PPT, HTML)
• Robert Harrison - water quality (PPT, HTML)
• Presentations for the September 24th 2002 HB Planning Commission public hearing:
• Mark Bixby - multiple issues (PPT, HTML)
• Julie Bixby - fire/medical response (PPT, HTML)
• Monica Hamilton - wetlands (PPT, HTML)
  
• City Council individual member lobbying presentation used in advance of the October 21, 2002 public hearing (PPT, HTML).  CAUTION to dial-up modem users -- the PPT file is 220 MEGABYTES due to many hi-res images.
• Presentations for the October 21st 2002 HB City Council public hearing:
• Mark Bixby - wetlands (PPT, HTML)
• Julie Bixby - unanswered questions (PPT, HTML)
• Monica Hamilton - subsidence (PPT, HTML)
• Robert Harrison - water quality (PPT, HTML)
• 1st Annual Parkside Update for the City Council on October 20, 2003 (PPT, HTML).  Caution -- the PPT file is 32 megabytes in size.
  
• HB City Council video clips
  
• October 21st 2002 Connie Boardman's strong anti-Parkside speech
  
• November 6th 2002  comments on Parkside by Shirley Dettloff
• November 18th 2002 comments on Parkside by Shirley Dettloff and others
  
• Tour the property - see it as it exists today from ground level
• Aerial imagery - see the property in various aerial views from 1993 through 2001
  
• Bartlett Park - a possible model for the future of the Shea property as a multiple-use park / wetlands / flood control retention basin
• Talbert Regional Park - another possible model for the future of the Shea property if tidal gates could be inserted into the Wintersburg Channel.
  
• Natural revegetation - see how natural vegetation reclaims the property when it lies fallow
• Traffic conditions on Graham Street - under both peak and non-peak conditions
• Hydrological aspects - standing water on the property, erosion of the Wintersburg Channel, the Slater Pump Station, and more
• A tour of the Wintersburg Channel from Graham to Gothard, featuring substantial silt accumulations and lush wetlands.  I have notified FEMA that the Shea flood study may be understating the flood risk if it did not account for the presence of this silt and vegetation.
• Information about the city's plan to divert the dry-season Wintersburg Channel flow into Talbert Lake, Shipley Nature Center, and Huntington Lake:
• August 2, 2004 - city council meeting introductory presentation (video clip)