Dear FANS
CRITICAL DATES TO REMEMBER !!!!
COMMENT PERIOD ENDS TODAY, AUGUST 16TH AT 4:00PM
End of period for written comments on the DEIR to be submitted. After this time, all comments are responded to in preparation of the final EIR by the Planning Staff. In a month or more, the Final EIR will be released for acceptance and approval to Planning Commission, at which time another public hearing will be scheduled to accept the final EIR.
****** PLEASE NOTE ******
The proposed Safeway project is not an “Approved Project”
unless the Planning Commission takes a vote and rules in favor of it.
UNTIL IT IS APPROVED, IT IS ONLY A PROPOSAL.
And, with your help, we plan to convince the Commission that this proposal is too big for the neighborhood. The decision of the Planning Commission can be appealed to the City Council.
What can you do? Please be active!!!
1. WRITE A LETTER!
CLICK HERE FOR A LIST OF TOPICS! New!
We are now in the comment period for the DEIR – this runs to 4:00 PM on August 16th. Review the document (see link below) and write a letter telling the Commissioners why you think it is deficient. Be sure to be specific about the things in the DEIR that bother you the most. This is not the place to say "I don't like the new design", or "it will block my view". Instead, concentrate on items like traffic, air quality, and parking, and the impacts of a very large store on the neighborhood. Send your comments to:
Pete Vollman, Planner III
City of Oakland
Community & Economic Development Agency
250 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Suite 2114
Oakland, CA 94612-2031.
Phone is 510-238-6167
Fax is 510-238-4730
Email is pvollman@oaklandnet.com
Reference Case Number ER09-0006 in all communication.
(If your prefer to email all the individuals listed below with one email message, click here. Your email system should populate with the email addresses of all those individuals listed below.)
Copies are to be sent to the following Planning Commissioners:
Vien Truong, Chair vienv.truong@gmail.com
Sandra Galvez, Vice Chair sgalvez@phi.org
C.
Black Huntsman Blake.Huntsman@seiu1021.org
Michael Colbruno michael.colbruno@gmail.com
Madeleine
Zayas-Mart mzmdesignworks@gmail.com
Jonelyn Whales jaw1123@aol.com
Chris
Patillo Pattillo@pgadesign.com
Copies are also to be sent to the following people:
Oakland Mayor Jean Quan jquan@oaklandnet.com
Oakland District 1 Councilmember
Jane Brunner jbrunner@oaklandnet.com and zwald@oaklandnet.com
Oakland District 2
Councilmember Pat Kernighan pkernighan@oaklandnet.com
Oakland District 3 Councilmember
Nancy Nadel nnadel@oaklandnet.com
Oakland District 4 Councilmember Libby Schaaf lschaaf@oaklandnet.com
Oakland District 5 Councilmember Ignacio de La Fuente idelafuente@oaklandnet.com
Oakland
District 6 Councilmember Desley Brooks dbrooks@oaklandnet.com
Oakland District 7
Councilmember Larry Reid lreid@oaklandnet.com
Oakland At-Large Councilmember Rebecca
Kaplan rkaplan@oaklandnet.com
Berkeley Councilmember Gordon Wosniak gwozniak@ci.berkeley.ca.us
And
please send a copy to Susan @ Fansco susan@fansco.org
2. VOLUNTEER!
We need people to join us at the intersection of 63rd and College to explain to people what is going on and how they can help. We are also phoning people in the neighborhood to inform them of the issues. Click here to email Susan to find out how you can help.
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