Fountaingrove Environmental Impact Report - City of Santa Rosa ...

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Mr. Galbraith,
After reading the Draft EIR for the Fountaingrove Lodge Project Volume I, we
have concerns.
Figure 2-1 Regional Map is incorrect as the Project location is depicted on the
West side of Highway 101 and Figure 2-3 Project Layout of 2006 is incomplete
since it does not show the Oaks Development built out as Figure 3.1-1 Project
Site and Vicinity Location Viewpoints does, of 2006. Could not these erroneous
maps put in question other information presented in the EIR?
The 242 parking spaces planned for the Lodge is inadequate for a project of this
size given the number of visitors to the facility, resident vehicles, cars and trucks
for other purposes. The description of the planned parking is different throughout
the EIR: page 2-8, page 2-11 Parking and Transportation and page 3-157. Why?
Approximately 97 construction workers will temporarily be working at the site,
where will their vehicles be parked?
2.4.3 Project Construction states approximately 8 acres of land will be affected
by grading, would this not infer that a great many more trees would be removed
than 66% as stated in the EIR?
A CH2M HILL wildlife biologist conducted a reconnaissance survey on
March 30, 2007. Why weren't the surveys conducted on different days and
months of the year and why were no protocol surveys conducted? This brief
study was inadequate to make a valid wildlife survey.
3.9 states the Project is not expected to conflict or affect negatively the character
of the residential neighborhoods. How can this not negatively affect the
neighborhoods when there will be expected trip rates of:
40 trips due to employee housing, 382 trips due to visitors to the facility, 68 the
assumed remaining number of workers living offsite and would contribute 1 trip
per day, 4 delivery truck trips (only 4?), additionally transportation services
would be available to residents requiring medical attention or other purposes.
Are these figures for round trips or one-way trips?
The addition of 494+ vehicles added to the existing traffic on Thomas Lake would
negatively affect the area and cause a great inconvenience to the Stonefield
Development.
3.13-1 under Mitigation Measures it states that drivers also have the option of
using the nearby Fir Ridge Drive intersection for signalized access to the
Fountaingrove Parkway. This statement shows a lack of judgement for the
following reasons: 1. the statement infers if traffic does use the FRD intersection
TLHD would not be able to handle the traffic congestion that would occur with