Fountaingrove Environmental Impact Report - City of Santa Rosa ...
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From: Galbraith, Joel [JGalbraith@ci.santa-rosa.ca.us]<br />
Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 1:20 PM<br />
To: Gerut, Mary/BAO<br />
Subject: FW: <strong>Fountaingrove</strong> Lodge EIR<br />
From: Sue Dibble [mailto:sue.dibble@gmail.com]<br />
Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 10:49 AM<br />
To: Galbraith, Joel; scott@hallandbartley.com<br />
Subject: <strong>Fountaingrove</strong> Lodge EIR<br />
To: Joel Galbraith, Supervising Planner and Scott Bartley, Chair Planning Commission<br />
From: Dr. Suzanne L. Dibble & Dr. Jeanne F. DeJoseph<br />
We are priority members and future residents <strong>of</strong> <strong>Fountaingrove</strong> Lodge and we wanted to add our<br />
comments in support <strong>of</strong> the EIR. Our two biggest concerns had been the need for removal <strong>of</strong> trees<br />
and the increased traffic.<br />
After readingthe EIR on the website, we were very pleased to note that significantly<br />
moretrees would be planted than would be removed. We are also pleased that thetrees that will be<br />
planted will not be oaks since "sudden oak death" is presentin Sonoma County. We do have a<br />
little concern about keeping oak trees that arein poor quality (e.g. trees 16, 19) since poor quality<br />
oak trees provide a setup for the virus. We believe that <strong>Santa</strong> <strong>Rosa</strong> has been at the forefront<br />
inresponsible community planning to decrease greenhouse gasses, and this increase<strong>of</strong> trees would<br />
support that plan.<br />
We were also concerned about traffic from the standpoint <strong>of</strong> safety. The proposed traffic light at<br />
Thomas Lake Harris Drive will provide an opportunity to control the flow <strong>of</strong> traffic and increase<br />
the safety <strong>of</strong> all <strong>of</strong> the residents <strong>of</strong> that area, not just those <strong>of</strong> <strong>Fountaingrove</strong> Lodge. Additionally<br />
although we currently have two cars, when we move to <strong>Santa</strong> <strong>Rosa</strong> we plan to sell one, and<br />
purchase an electric car for local travel.<br />
We are grateful to Aegis for providing this type <strong>of</strong> senior housing. And, having toured<br />
Varenna, we are looking forward to living in a home designed and built with the quality that<br />
Aegis clearly provides for residents <strong>of</strong> its properties.<br />
We are also grateful to the Planning Commission for releasing the draft EIR, and hope<br />
that you will proceed with all due speed. We are currently completing a renovation on our home<br />
in San Mateo in preparation for sale when <strong>Fountaingrove</strong> is complete. We are so looking forward<br />
to becoming active, participating members in our new community <strong>of</strong> <strong>Santa</strong> <strong>Rosa</strong>..<br />
Thank you.<br />
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