Thursday, August 25, 2005

Mosque spire contemplated and Mormon spire in process

Two other structures are either being built or in the planning stages of which we need to be aware.

The first is a mosque being build in Folsom, which will, according to today's Bee article (located on the front page of today's paper - also online here: http://tinyurl.com/7f8yb) be approximately 70 feet tall.

The second is the tower currently under construction near AeroJet General's property. It's being built by the Mormon church. Here are a couple of pictures.


Here are more details about this construction:

http://www.lds.org/temples/main/0,11204,1919-1-170-2,00.html

FYI, I've sent some email to the Sacramento Bee reporter jdowning@sacbee.com, as well as the Mormon Church via their website http://www.lds.org/newsroom/feedback/1,15329,3884-1,00.html.

I urge you to do the same!

1 comment:

Jonathan said...

FYI, here's the letter I sent to the Mormon Church:

Hello,

I represent an organization called the Friends of Arden Bluffs. Our mission is to protect the community enviroment of Lake Natoma and the surrounding community in which we live. Many of us live on the bluffs overlooking Lake Natoma within sight of the construction project in Rancho Cordova.

I'm writing because we have noticed that your church is building a temple in Rancho Cordova, which is quite visible from our community. We would very much appreciate knowing how you are planning on mitigating the visual impact of the structure, since the tower is well above the tree line.

http://www.lds.org/temples/location/1,11219,1922-1-170-2,00.html

For your information, there have been several articles in the Sacramento Bee related to this issue:

http://www.sacbee.com/content/community_news/folsom_cordova/story/13469251p-14310147c.html

http://www.sacbee.com/content/community_news/orangevale_fair_oaks/story/13405577p-14246833c.html

Also, we have a website and a blog dedicated to our community:

http://www.sailnow.com/ardenbluffs
http://ardenbluffs.blogspot.com/

We would appreciate your consideration and comments on this matter.

Regards,
Jonathan