2019/05/24 - OTHER - (NA) - Correspondence

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My name is Suzanne Vitale. I live in the Town of Wood River. As a director of the Concerned Citizens of Big Wood Lake, I have become aware that someone at the county has given the Kinsellas a green light to begin operating the camp without a conditional -use permit — in direct violation of your committee's own request for an environmental impact assessment. Apparently, that person at the county is taking a letter from the Converge Great Lakes group that previously owned the camp at face value. Their letter states that the camp was "maintained" as a camp all the way through the purchase date. The law requires that the camp be "operated" as a camp, not "maintained." The last time the camp had any sort of event was in January of 2018 —16 months ago. It was used for shooting practice for a law enforcement unit. To my mind, that doesn't count as "operating" as a Bible camp, either. I also need you to know that the camp was NOT properly maintained during that time. Members of our group were explicitly told by the Kinsellas themselves that the chapel and the office buildings were filled with mold and unable to be used. That is not my definition of being "maintained." That is my definition of NEGLECT by the Converge Great Lakes group. The Kinsellas gutted and repaired both buildings. It appears they did all this work without any sort of work permit from the county or the town. If any permits have in fact been issued, I'd like to see them! There is no way that the camp can be considered as in "operation" if the buildings had to be gutted and repaired. Someone at the county is giving the Kinsellas permission to operate. That person is taking the decision out of the hands of our elected representatives. He or she is overstepping his or her authority. ask that you put a stop to that. Our elected representatives should be making decisions such as this. �% : 3 So 7� 'f 07 3 3>