DONTRA! No Asphalt Plant Next to Our Park!

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DONTRA!
NO Asphalt Factory Next To Our Park!
ROUND TWO!

"Stay The Course"
"It Takes A Community" to protect itself. Judge Chouteau's flawed decision needs to be challenged in a higher court. That's why our justice system has an appellate court.

Preserving wetlands for the good of the planet and all of us living beings leads to a healthy future.

Allowing an industrial factory on the banks of the river is going backwards to the bad old times.

Petaluma doesn't want this factory at its Gateway, but Dutra does. Who wins, who loses? It goes against the 2020 County General Plan guiding principle: The County should cooperate with cities when planning for parcels in their sphere of influence, just outside the city limits.

KNOWN IMPACTS OF THE DUTRA ASPHALT FACTORY:
Judge Chouteau's legal ruling doesn't change the DUTRA Asphalt factory. It's still the same noxious factory.

A FUTURE DUTRA FACTORY:
 Still Smells like hot asphalt
Still Unhealthy and Toxic Operation
Excessive NOX levels that lead to asthma allowed
2.5 particulate matter causes asthma & cancer - not evaluated
Still Creates traffic jams for commuters using 101
Still Impacts Shollenberger's wildlife
egrets and herons
Still impacts nearby residences and businesses:
noise, dust, smells, and lights
Still lowers housing values
Still an Eyesore at the Gateway to Petaluma:
Still Hurts local restaurant, shopping and tourism businesses

WHY WE CAN WIN AN APPEAL AT A HIGHER COURT:

Legal errors in Judge Chouteau's ruling make it possible to overturn it on appeal for reconsideration by a panel of three judges in a San Francisco higher court. Getting the case out of Sonoma County may help our case.

WHAT CAN YOU DO?

Are you with us?
Will you stay the course to protect our park and community?

Call, write, and e-mail your Petaluma City Council Members and Mayor:

1. Commend them for standing together to defend the taxpayers' $4 million investment in Shollenberger Park and the Petaluma Wetlands
http://cityofpetaluma.net/cclerk/council.html

2. Subject line for e-mails and letters: "Stay The Course"
3. Ask them to join the legal appeal to this flawed decision

daveglass@comcast.net
teresa4petaluma@comcast.net
tiff@tiffanyrenee.com
councilman.albertson@gmail.com
councilmemberkearney@me.com
mthealy@sbcglobal.net
mike4pet@aol.com

Chris Albertson
councilman.albertson@gmail.com
POB 61, 94953 707.778.4525 12/14
Teresa Barrett
teresa4petaluma@comcast.net
POB 901, 94953 707.953.0846 12/14
David Glass
Mayor
daveglass@comcast.net
POB 61, 94953 707.778.4345 12/14
Mike Harris
mike4pet@aol.com
POB 751361, 94975 707.773.3196 12/14
Mike Healy
Vice Mayor mthealy@sbcglobal.net
304 Kentucky Street, 94952 707.762.8768 12/12
Gabe Kearney
councilmemberkearney@me.com
POB 61, 94953 707.238.2199 12/12
Tiffany Renée
tiff@tiffanyrenee.com
POB 750536, 94975-036 707.776.6214 12/12

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