Why you should attend: this county project affects you.
Dutra Materials proposes a 24-hour business with nighttime operations, continuous noise, emissions, dust particles, odors, and an assured change to life as all users of Shollenberger Park have known. The county planning staff has recommended approving the environmental impact report, which contains impacts that cannot be reduced to an acceptable legal degree: noise, emissions, cumulative impacts, etc.

Shollenberger Park, wildlife, and the Petaluma River are threatened by this large asphalt plant and recycling operation directly across and upwind from Shollenberger. The heron and egret rookery is very seriously threatened.

We can make a difference for Shollenberger Park and the wildlife, and we must. Your mere presence will say volumes about your support.

On 16 October the Sonoma County Planning Commission approved Dutra's asphalt plant proposal with minor modifications; the commissioners sent the modified plan to the County Board of Supervisors for their decision in December.

It is very important that everyone come to the hearing of the Board of Supervisors in December. Your input is important in getting minimal negative impacts from this project. If you cannot attend the meeting, please write the board of supervisors, particularly Mike Kerns, with your concerns. We recommend that you demand that the board requires Dutra to provide "Complete Containment" to the plant and operate under Alternate "C" as defined in the EIR, which eliminates asphalt recycling on site, nighttime operations, cuts total production to 70% of maximum, and makes minor modifications on building placement. This is the minimum negative option short of not building the plant on this site.
Posted by: Madrone Audubon Society Board of Directors

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