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

2.0 LIST OF COMMENTERS AND RESPONSE TO COMMENTS
Response to Comment Letter from Linda Barr
Note: Response numbers correspond to comment numbers labeled in the margin of the
letter.
1) See Master Response Land Use Compatibility.
2) See Master Responses Visual Resources and Noise. For explanation of how Impact
3.13-3 presents and accurate impact evaluation of the Project’s outdoor lighting
plans, see Response to Community Comments – 13.
3) See Master Responses Land Use Compatibility and Oak Tree and Oak Woodland.
Developing the parcel at a lower density does not necessarily reduce the number of
trees removed. The proposed Project concentrates buildings on areas of the site,
allowing other areas to be preserved. If single-family homes were constructed
instead, the spacing of such homes could result in even greater tree impacts.
4) As discussed in Master Response Local Traffic and in Draft EIR Impact 3.13-1,
installation of a traffic light is necessary to reduce delays at the Fountaingrove
Parkway intersection with Thomas Lake Harris Drive. The Project would add an
additional average delay for left turns to Fountaingrove Parkway by 20 seconds
during the AM peak hour and 29 seconds during the PM peak hour at an
intersection with existing conditions below City standards. This is a potentially
significant impact that requires mitigation through installation of a traffic light.
Draft EIR Section 2.4.3 includes a description of how construction vehicle traffic will
access the Project site and where the staging locations will be located. Some of the
offsite improvements (i.e., sidewalk along Thomas Lake Harris, sewer and water
connections) will require temporary lane closures. Some of the onsite improvements
(i.e., retaining walls) may require temporary lane closures. The Project is not
anticipated to require lane closure beyond what is typical for constructions projects.
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