My concerns regarding the Paoli/Watson Lane Project are several: Have there been any recent air quality reports for American Canyon? Obviously with the increased auto and truck traffic entering American Canyon there will be increased congestion, air pollution and damage to the existing roadways already in terrible condition. GHG emission disclosures, analysis and mitigation is needed to assist California in meeting it's climate goals. American Canyon is part of the California Climate action puzzle. We must do our part to comply not only to keep the standards in check for the law, but for the people who reside in American Canyon and breath the air. My next major concern is with the animal species that will be impacted by the development. There is the western burrowing owl, Swainson's hawk and white -tailed hawk who find this area to be their area of foraging. These birds are either protected or endangered and the concern is their extinction. Animals of any kind cannot just be moved to another "home",down the road, without this causing the animal harm and possibly death.
My request is that members of the Planning Commission listen to my concerns when making decisions for the Paoli/Watson Lane Annexation Project. We must protect the environment at all cost for the people and animals who are here now and in the future. Thank you.
In developing these properties, the questions I ask: Are the mitigations realistic? And, how many mitigations have failed in developing the City of American Canyon? In at least one case, the red-legged frog habitat was destroyed and the developer was supposed to create a habitat up in the Newell Preserve. This was never done. And, the mitigation faded from public scrutiny. Many of these mitigations call for relocations of wildlife. The CDFW policy on the issue of relocations states clearly that they do not relocate animals. Relocations frequently result in death of the animals. The reality is that the Newell Preserve cannot accommodate much of the wildlife whose foraging and habitat land will be destroyed with this development. In reading the EIR's for south county and American Canyon mitigations, many refer to the Newell Preserve, Lynch Canyon and surrounding lands as possible wildlife relocations. Most of the surrounding lands are slated for development. And, Newell preserve can only accommodate a small number of species, and with increasing public access issues, wildlife will soon be beat out of there by humans. Where are these animals to go, and thrive? It's not just the raptors...it's the amphibians, the reptiles, the mammals. All of it. Development is the key reason behind the extinction of species. Without setting land aside for wildlife only, we are effectively the possibility of any wildlife existing at all. When the facts of what truly happens with mitigation are exposed, I expect people might be surprised to hear that it doesn't play out the way it's promised on paper. No one follows through on the mitigation failures. And there are no consequences for developers who don't complete the mitigations, as promised. Do you want all the wildlife to disappear from American Canyon? We need established wildlife corridors, native plantings and land set aside for the other inhabitants of our planet. When we destroy everything, in nature, we will destroy ourselves, as well. Before accepting rote mitigations, we need to consider them in the context of the whole, a procedure and protocols for follow through and consequences for failures. Thank you.
My concerns regarding the Paoli/Watson Lane Project are several: Have there been any recent air quality reports for American Canyon? Obviously with the increased auto and truck traffic entering American Canyon there will be increased congestion, air pollution and damage to the existing roadways already in terrible condition. GHG emission disclosures, analysis and mitigation is needed to assist California in meeting it's climate goals. American Canyon is part of the California Climate action puzzle. We must do our part to comply not only to keep the standards in check for the law, but for the people who reside in American Canyon and breath the air. My next major concern is with the animal species that will be impacted by the development. There is the western burrowing owl, Swainson's hawk and white -tailed hawk who find this area to be their area of foraging. These birds are either protected or endangered and the concern is their extinction. Animals of any kind cannot just be moved to another "home",down the road, without this causing the animal harm and possibly death.
My request is that members of the Planning Commission listen to my concerns when making decisions for the Paoli/Watson Lane Annexation Project. We must protect the environment at all cost for the people and animals who are here now and in the future. Thank you.
In developing these properties, the questions I ask: Are the mitigations realistic? And, how many mitigations have failed in developing the City of American Canyon? In at least one case, the red-legged frog habitat was destroyed and the developer was supposed to create a habitat up in the Newell Preserve. This was never done. And, the mitigation faded from public scrutiny. Many of these mitigations call for relocations of wildlife. The CDFW policy on the issue of relocations states clearly that they do not relocate animals. Relocations frequently result in death of the animals. The reality is that the Newell Preserve cannot accommodate much of the wildlife whose foraging and habitat land will be destroyed with this development. In reading the EIR's for south county and American Canyon mitigations, many refer to the Newell Preserve, Lynch Canyon and surrounding lands as possible wildlife relocations. Most of the surrounding lands are slated for development. And, Newell preserve can only accommodate a small number of species, and with increasing public access issues, wildlife will soon be beat out of there by humans. Where are these animals to go, and thrive? It's not just the raptors...it's the amphibians, the reptiles, the mammals. All of it. Development is the key reason behind the extinction of species. Without setting land aside for wildlife only, we are effectively the possibility of any wildlife existing at all. When the facts of what truly happens with mitigation are exposed, I expect people might be surprised to hear that it doesn't play out the way it's promised on paper. No one follows through on the mitigation failures. And there are no consequences for developers who don't complete the mitigations, as promised. Do you want all the wildlife to disappear from American Canyon? We need established wildlife corridors, native plantings and land set aside for the other inhabitants of our planet. When we destroy everything, in nature, we will destroy ourselves, as well. Before accepting rote mitigations, we need to consider them in the context of the whole, a procedure and protocols for follow through and consequences for failures. Thank you.