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

2.0 LIST OF COMMENTERS AND RESPONSE TO COMMENTS
Response to Comment Letter from Elizabeth Anderson and Thomas Toth, MD
Note: Response numbers correspond to comment numbers labeled in the margin of the
letter.
1) Potential impacts related to the scale of the Project are addressed in Section 3.1,
Aesthetics and Visual Resources, and Section 3.9, Land Use and Planning, in the
Draft EIR. Compatibility with surrounding land uses is further discussed in Master
Response Land Use Compatibility of this Final EIR. Potential impacts of the Project
on loss of trees/wildlife, noise, and traffic are described, respectively, in Sections 3.4,
3.10, and 3.13 of the Draft EIR. Impacts to the surrounding areas will be less than
significant with the implementation of mitigation measures.
2) The Project is an allowed land use on the site and is consistent with applicable land
use regulations, as described in Section 3.9 of the Draft EIR and in Master Response
Land Use Compatibility of this Final EIR document. No significant land use impacts
will occur as a result of the Project.
The parcels around Round Barn Drive are potentially large enough to fit the Project
but are currently owned by private parties. As discussed in Section 5.5 in the Draft
EIR, other locations for the Project were evaluated; no alternative locations were
identified that could meet the Project objectives.
3) Potential impacts of the Project on views are described in Section 3.1 of the Draft EIR
and in Master Response Visual Resources of this Final EIR document. Potential
impacts of the Project on land use are described in Section 3.9 of the Draft EIR and in
Master Response Land Use Compatibility of this Final EIR document. As noted in
Master Response Visual Resources, the visual simulations were done correctly and
present an accurate depiction of the Project. As noted in Master Response Land Use
Compatibility, the Project is an allowed land use on the site and is consistent with
applicable land use regulations. Impacts to land use and views will be less than
significant with the implementation of mitigation measures.
4) The Project site is unrelated to previous developments that have been implemented
on ridgetops in the City. Mitigation required for completed development projects on
ridgetops in the City will have been previously implemented and no further
mitigation for those projects would be required. A Fountaingrove Lodge Project
substantially reduced in size and scope would not meet the Project objectives. The
Project site is generally too narrow to accommodate one of the larger buildings at the
location currently planned for the cottages/duplexes.
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