The Community First Committee, chaired by Gail Jonas, will ask the members of the city council to set up an official committee to look into a requirement that community impact reports be filed for large developments. Community impact reports differ from town to town (San Diego, San Jose, Petaluma, for example), so that they can meet local needs. That's why we are asking our council members to shape the requirement.
If we had had a community impact report on Saggio Hills, we might have had a more focused and quicker discussion.
Note that CIRs are much shorter and less expensive than Environmental Impact Reports. They look at whether change will help or hurt a town. I'll give one example. Let's say that Home Depot decides it would like to build a megastore in Healdsburg. Will the sales and taxes generated by Home Depot add to the taxes provided by the existing stores in town, or will the sales and taxes at Home Depot come at the expense of the older stores, adding no new income to the town?
If you are free, come to the meeting of the City Council at 6 on Monday, September 21. Our presentation will have to be brief (those are the rules), and you should be able to leave by 6:30.
Note that CIRs are much shorter and less expensive than Environmental Impact Reports. They look at whether change will help or hurt a town. I'll give one example. Let's say that Home Depot decides it would like to build a megastore in Healdsburg. Will the sales and taxes generated by Home Depot add to the taxes provided by the existing stores in town, or will the sales and taxes at Home Depot come at the expense of the older stores, adding no new income to the town?
If you are free, come to the meeting of the City Council at 6 on Monday, September 21. Our presentation will have to be brief (those are the rules), and you should be able to leave by 6:30.
Thank you, Gary, you've added a lot of important information.
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