HALT DESTRUCTION OF EAST SANTA ROSA CANYON

I have lived in Santa Rosa for 58 years, growing up in Rincon Valley. We have friends on Fawn Drive and have enjoyed walking in the canyon for many years. Their view is breathtaking and such a gem for all around to enjoy. I also grew up with the Stashak Family and Dr. Stashak (who brought me into this world) would be so disappointed with his family (if he was still living) for allowing access to the countryside he preserved under the Williamson Act Agreement...but money talks. Can you imagine how many animals lived in that canyon and are now without a home or dead....it took my breath away when I visited the area last week, just devastating.

This project is in violation of the California Conservation Act. Please stop until the a environmental review is conducted.

I would like to see the legal documents that back up this land rape. if this was legal, where all the back taxes paid by the owners of the Wiliamson Act land. I truly believe this was a back room deal between developers APM Homes and the City of Santa Rosa. building a road over a creek is just a bad idea in general and was a traffic report ever done for the increased traffic on Yerba Buena Road. Also the clain the City makes regarding the Williamson Act changes is bogus, how can you call $$$million dollar homes a "public improvement"? see below quote The city cited exemptions to the typical Williamson Act contract revision, for cases where “there is no other land within or outside the preserve on which it is reasonably feasible to locate the public improvement.

As a 15 year resident of the Skyhawk Community, I have enjoyed many a quiet evening walk through this canyon, often enjoying native wildlife including deer, rabbits, birds, and the occasional wild cat. The entire allure of the Skyhawk community is its commune with nature, as exemplified in the popularity of the Skyhawk Creek trail and Skyhawk Park. This canyon represents the last true wild space on this side of town, connecting our neighborhood to the bordering hills. From a city planning perspective, the question it comes down to is: what is the most beneficial use of the space? At a time when people are relearning to appreciate nature, do we really need more tract housing?

I live right next to the construction. This project is destroying one of the only rural areas in santa rosa that feels like "country side".

This project has not been properly reviewed, is in violation of the Williamson Act, and must be stopped.

I have lived on Fawn Drive for the past 17 years in a house that directly faces the canyon. I grew up playing, hiking and walking my dog in that beautiful open space. Nowadays, I feel it's so rare to see pieces of land in Santa Rosa that have yet to be developed on and would hate to see our neighborhood canyon be housing developer's next victim. I have felt blessed my entire life that I have access to this open backyard. My family, my neighbors and those who have witnessed and embraced the beauty of the canyon will be devastated if it becomes another housing development. California cannot afford to waste anymore water or money for these houses, and they will bring more resentment than gratitude for all if this housing development is carried out.

This project has not been legally approved by county/city. There has been a "pass the buck" and pass it on attitude which has allowed it to proceed without adequate environmental protections. Stop this project.

Please halt further development until the governmental agencies responsible for oversight of this project conduct the proper review.

County of Sonoma is allowing 2 streets to be paved across a protected agricultural preserve in order to support construction of 35 luxury homes in violation of California Conservation (Williamson) Act. No environmental review ever conducted. Formal processes ignored.