Rasmussen Pond is the only "natural" area in Cameron Park and surrounding regions consisting of grassland, oak forest, high chaparral, riparian and fresh water ecological environments that is readily accessible to the local community. Together with the adjacent land owned by the Pine Hill Preserve(40 acres) and El Dorado County is has 6 miles of "social" trails. (See Map)

This is now an area for Planned Housing Subdivision - Cameron Meadows. The Plan shows 104 of the 161 lots are less than 0.20 acre(8714 sq ft) - equivalent to 5 lots per acre, and 54 of these 104 lots are less than 0.17 acre (7260 sq ft) - equivalent to 6 lots per acre.

We are homeowners and residents of El Dorado County, California. Our community in Rescue, is under threat due to the plans for two halfway-house projects for mental health and substance abuse treatment off Deer Valley Road, with a third facility slated for Shingle Springs. These developments will drastically alter our peaceful rural lifestyle and have huge impacts on the surrounding area.

The proposed projects will bring about major impacts on our community. We are looking at dangerous traffic increases on our quiet roads, urban-style commercial structures that do not fit into our rural landscape, limited water sources, noise pollution and parking headaches that we are ill-equipped to handle. Moreover, these projects seem to be an end-run around local planning and zoning laws which were designed to protect communities like ours.