With interest, I note there is a copy of the Baltimore Ravine Specific Plan, dated Oct. 5, 2009, on file at the Auburn Placer County Library.

Auburnites should read this plan and then call for a referendum vote, or minimally, a public survey which might ask pertinent questions:

1. What does development of Baltimore Ravine mean to you, your family and your community?

2. How do you think development of Baltimore Ravine would affect your quality of life?

3. What is the social value of the development area if kept in its natural state as compared to the short-term and long-term value of the proposed development?

4. Will this development pay its way or will area-wide taxpayers be forced to subsidize the planned development?

5. Is a land trust for open space in perpetuity a better alternative than hundreds of homes?

Bart Ruud, Auburn