Quick disclaimer: Devina Douglas is a criminal defense attorney, not a land-use, real estate or city planning attorney. Any information on this page is provided simply for ease of reference, and is not intended to be legal guidance. I am providing this information as a resident of the affected area, and in an effort to disseminate information to allow our community to make an informed decision about the proposed development.
In January 2021, the City once again notified the residents of the area that Trumark Homes was seeking city approval to develop yet another overcrowded subdivision within the Dutton meadows area. We were invited to a Public Comment (via Zoom,) on February 10, 2021. During this Town Hall meeting several residents expressed concerns about traffic, overcrowding, and safety issues.
This website aims to be a collection of information relevant to our fight to Save Dutton Meadows.
If you are interested in being added to our email mailing list, please contact Devina Douglas at Devina@DevinaDouglasLaw.com.
This website aims to be a collection of information relevant to our fight to Save Dutton Meadows.
If you are interested in being added to our email mailing list, please contact Devina Douglas at Devina@DevinaDouglasLaw.com.
Our next meeting is TBD (likely 6/30,) at 6pm.
The tentative agenda (containing the Zoom login) can be found here.
Our documents
If you are interested in the status of our group discussions so far, you can view the meeting notes here (3/8), here (3/23), here (4/6), here (4/21), here (5/5), here (5/19), and here (6/8.). These documents are a great place to start to identify the issues. Please feel free to cut and past and plagiarize as much of that document as you desire to assist you in crafting letters of opposition/concern to be submitted to the City.
If you'd like to help us round up more supporters, you can find the most recent flyers here (in pdf) and here (in Word). Again, if you'd like to hand out flyers, feel free to use these flyer, or use the info on them to create your own. We are working to get these translated into Spanish.
Our final "group" letter in opposition to the Dutton Meadows Subdivision can be found here. Please feel free to cut and past and plagiarize as much of that document as you desire to assist you in crafting letters of opposition/concern to be submitted to the City.
Our final "group" letter in opposition to the Meadowood Subdivision can be found here. Please feel free to cut and past and plagiarize as much of that document as you desire to assist you in crafting letters of opposition/concern to be submitted to the City.
If you are interested in voicing your concerns to the Santa Rosa Community Advisory Board, info about them and their meetings can be found here.
The tentative agenda (containing the Zoom login) can be found here.
Our documents
If you are interested in the status of our group discussions so far, you can view the meeting notes here (3/8), here (3/23), here (4/6), here (4/21), here (5/5), here (5/19), and here (6/8.). These documents are a great place to start to identify the issues. Please feel free to cut and past and plagiarize as much of that document as you desire to assist you in crafting letters of opposition/concern to be submitted to the City.
If you'd like to help us round up more supporters, you can find the most recent flyers here (in pdf) and here (in Word). Again, if you'd like to hand out flyers, feel free to use these flyer, or use the info on them to create your own. We are working to get these translated into Spanish.
Our final "group" letter in opposition to the Dutton Meadows Subdivision can be found here. Please feel free to cut and past and plagiarize as much of that document as you desire to assist you in crafting letters of opposition/concern to be submitted to the City.
Our final "group" letter in opposition to the Meadowood Subdivision can be found here. Please feel free to cut and past and plagiarize as much of that document as you desire to assist you in crafting letters of opposition/concern to be submitted to the City.
If you are interested in voicing your concerns to the Santa Rosa Community Advisory Board, info about them and their meetings can be found here.
Photos/Videos/Studies which demonstrate the issues
This video demonstrates why we feel Aloise is too narrow to support more traffic. Note how close the parked cars are to the curb!! If a car is to park further away from the curb, the gap gets even smaller.
Photos showing how narrow the bottleneck at the entrance of Sally Ann is can be found here and here (that space pictured is 7').
A photo showing how narrow the Sally Ann becomes with even a small car parked t the curb can be found here. That space is 7 1/2 feet.
Studies on how school children can be adversely affected by car exhaust can be found here, here and here.
This video demonstrates why we feel Aloise is too narrow to support more traffic. Note how close the parked cars are to the curb!! If a car is to park further away from the curb, the gap gets even smaller.
Photos showing how narrow the bottleneck at the entrance of Sally Ann is can be found here and here (that space pictured is 7').
A photo showing how narrow the Sally Ann becomes with even a small car parked t the curb can be found here. That space is 7 1/2 feet.
Studies on how school children can be adversely affected by car exhaust can be found here, here and here.
Relevant City Documents (and other area-wide reports)
- The original flyer for the Dutton Meadows subdivision, showing the affected area can be found here. The 2nd neighborhood notification flyer can be found here.
- The City's website containing the collection of documents relevant to the proposed development can be found here. The plans from the 2019 proposal can be found here.
- The City's website containing the collection of documents relevant to the EIRs can be found here.
- The flyer notifying folks of yet another development on Dutton Meadows Rd, Meadowood Ranch, (subdividing 11.34 acres into 90 residential lots,) can be found here. For the full details of that plan, see here.
- A collection of various reports relevant to City-wide projects can be found here.
- Environmental Impact Reports (EIRs):
- I have been unable to find any relevant Traffic Studies, but here are the results of the February 2019 Traffic counts for portions of road which affect us residents:
- With regards to the Hearn/101 overpass, the City's website (as can be seen here) reads "The Hearn Avenue interchange is a critical investment in an area that is underserved and vital to Santa Rosa’s economy. The interchange serves 1) eight out of Santa Rosa’s top ten income and revenue generators, 2) two regionally designated Priority Development Areas where the City is targeting job and housing growth, and 3) the only SB 535 Disadvantaged Community in Sonoma County. Drivers will benefit from the construction of a new bridge that meets minimum vertical clearance required by Caltrans design standards and improves traffic circulation for local roads and U.S. 101. These improvements will enhance the emergency preparedness of this critical evacuation route. The current bridge condition—which lacks continuous bicycle and pedestrian facilities--creates a significant barrier to walking and bicycling. This project aims to make walking and bicycling safe and convenient options for people of all ages and abilities, thus promoting public health and reducing greenhouse gas emissions from transportation. It will also dramatically improve traffic operations, thereby reducing greenhouse gas emissions created by vehicles idling and reduce vehicle miles traveled (VMT)" .
- The CALTRANS report on the proposal, which contains a lot of strong arguments about why this overpass needs to be done before we add more housing, can be found here.
- The SoCo Measure M website, (Measure M funds were supposed to be, in part, the source of the funding for the overpass project,) can be found here.
- Roseland Area/Sebastopol Road Specific Plan and Roseland Area Annexation Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program.
- 2016 Roseland area Masterplan.
-the SW Quadrant Parks for All documents.
- Santa Rosa City Code.
- The Regional Transportation Plan and Sustainable Communities Strategy for the San Francisco Bay Area can be found here.
- The Final Plan Bay Area 2040 can be found here.
The Portrait of Sonoma County can be found here.
Last week (early June 2021,) over 100 Nobel Laureates issued a joint statement alerting the G-7 leaders -- and all of us -- to how our current global crises are closely intertwined. That report can be found here.
- The original flyer for the Dutton Meadows subdivision, showing the affected area can be found here. The 2nd neighborhood notification flyer can be found here.
- The City's website containing the collection of documents relevant to the proposed development can be found here. The plans from the 2019 proposal can be found here.
- The City's website containing the collection of documents relevant to the EIRs can be found here.
- The flyer notifying folks of yet another development on Dutton Meadows Rd, Meadowood Ranch, (subdividing 11.34 acres into 90 residential lots,) can be found here. For the full details of that plan, see here.
- A collection of various reports relevant to City-wide projects can be found here.
- Environmental Impact Reports (EIRs):
- May 2005 Dutton Meadows Project Final Subsequent Environmental Impact Report.
- Previous reports:
- January 2005 Dutton Meadows Project Draft Subsequent Environmental Impact Report.
- December 2004 Dutton Meadows Project Draft Subsequent Environmental Impact Report.
- Appendices to the Draft EIRS.
- Previous reports:
- I have been unable to find any relevant Traffic Studies, but here are the results of the February 2019 Traffic counts for portions of road which affect us residents:
- Hearn Ave, from Santa Rosa Ave to Corby Ave, showing that between the hours of 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. either the west- or eastbound traffic includes approximately 1000 cars per hour, with the 5 p.m. hour topping out at over 2,200 cars in total.
- Hearn Ave, from Corby Ave to Dowd Ave, showing that in the 7 a.m. and 8 a.m, and all hours between 6-7 p.m. both the west- or eastbound traffic includes over 1000 cars per hour.
- Hearn Ave, from Dowd Ave to Dutton Ave, showing that between the hours of 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. both the west- or eastbound traffic includes over 1000 cars per hour, with both the 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. hours topping out at over 1,600 cars per hour.
- Hearn Ave, from Dutton Ave to Stony Point Ave, showing that between the hours of 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. both the west- or eastbound traffic includes approximately 800-1000 cars per hour, with the 5 p.m. hour topping out at over 1,000 cars in total.
- I don't see evidence that data was collected showing the traffic surrounding the Todd Street/ US 101 on/off ramp. But... Here's the data I could find regarding traffic along Bellevue road:
- From Dutton Meadow to Dutton Ave, showing that during morning evening commute hours between 600-700 cars per hour travel the road.
- From Dutton to Moorland, showing that during morning evening commute hours between 600-800 cars per hour travel the road.
- With regards to the Hearn/101 overpass, the City's website (as can be seen here) reads "The Hearn Avenue interchange is a critical investment in an area that is underserved and vital to Santa Rosa’s economy. The interchange serves 1) eight out of Santa Rosa’s top ten income and revenue generators, 2) two regionally designated Priority Development Areas where the City is targeting job and housing growth, and 3) the only SB 535 Disadvantaged Community in Sonoma County. Drivers will benefit from the construction of a new bridge that meets minimum vertical clearance required by Caltrans design standards and improves traffic circulation for local roads and U.S. 101. These improvements will enhance the emergency preparedness of this critical evacuation route. The current bridge condition—which lacks continuous bicycle and pedestrian facilities--creates a significant barrier to walking and bicycling. This project aims to make walking and bicycling safe and convenient options for people of all ages and abilities, thus promoting public health and reducing greenhouse gas emissions from transportation. It will also dramatically improve traffic operations, thereby reducing greenhouse gas emissions created by vehicles idling and reduce vehicle miles traveled (VMT)" .
- The CALTRANS report on the proposal, which contains a lot of strong arguments about why this overpass needs to be done before we add more housing, can be found here.
- The SoCo Measure M website, (Measure M funds were supposed to be, in part, the source of the funding for the overpass project,) can be found here.
- Roseland Area/Sebastopol Road Specific Plan and Roseland Area Annexation Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program.
- 2016 Roseland area Masterplan.
-the SW Quadrant Parks for All documents.
- Santa Rosa City Code.
- The Regional Transportation Plan and Sustainable Communities Strategy for the San Francisco Bay Area can be found here.
- The Final Plan Bay Area 2040 can be found here.
The Portrait of Sonoma County can be found here.
Last week (early June 2021,) over 100 Nobel Laureates issued a joint statement alerting the G-7 leaders -- and all of us -- to how our current global crises are closely intertwined. That report can be found here.
Contacts
Adam Ross, Interim Senior Planner, is the Project Manager for the Dutton Meadows Project.
Susie Murray, the Project Manager for the Meadowood Project.
Magali Telles, Community Engagement Division Director, Community Engagement Office
Eddie Alvarez, City Council member for our area.
To email the entire City Council, send a message here: citycouncil@srcity.org.
Jorge Inocencio- the Community Advisory Board rep for our area
Chris Catbagan, City Associate Engineer who is in charge of the Hearn Overpass project
Nancy Adams, City of SR Transportation Planner (she handles the $$$ side of the Hearn overpass project.)
Bill Rose, Interim Deputy Director of Planning for the City.
Adam Ross, Interim Senior Planner, is the Project Manager for the Dutton Meadows Project.
- Phone: 707-543-4705
- Email: aross@srcity.org
Susie Murray, the Project Manager for the Meadowood Project.
- Phone: 707-543-4348
- Email: smurray@srcity.org
Magali Telles, Community Engagement Division Director, Community Engagement Office
- Phone: 707-543-4634
- Email: mtelles@srcity.org
Eddie Alvarez, City Council member for our area.
- Email: ealvarez@srcity.org
To email the entire City Council, send a message here: citycouncil@srcity.org.
Jorge Inocencio- the Community Advisory Board rep for our area
Chris Catbagan, City Associate Engineer who is in charge of the Hearn Overpass project
Nancy Adams, City of SR Transportation Planner (she handles the $$$ side of the Hearn overpass project.)
Bill Rose, Interim Deputy Director of Planning for the City.
If you have relevant information that you wish to have posted here, please contact Devina Douglas at (707) 408-3529.
