From: Sandra Simile
To: Mary Gourley
Cc: Lavine Marcia & Chuck
Subject: Fw: Bodega Avenue Housing Project
Date: Thursday, May 12, 2022 3:12:57 PM
Dear Mary,
I wrote this letter to Sarah in August of 2021 concerning the impact of the Woodmark Housing Project.
I am asking if you could forward my thoughts to the city council.
I am writing this sitting in my office, by the window, on Nelson Way, and in the time it's taken me to compose this short amount, there have been 2 couples and 2 single (elderly) persons walking by. This is a minute amount of the foot traffic that we have on our street. Children going to and from school, people walking their dogs or walking to town to shop or run errands.
There are, of course, many other issues concerning this project that are being addressed by other residents in Sebastopol.
I thank you for your time,
Sandra Simile
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From: Sandra Simile
To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 3, 2021, 03:01:47 PM PDT
Subject: Bodega Avenue Housing Project
Dear Sarah,
I'm sure you are receiving many letters about the proposed Bodega Avenue Housing Project.
I will not list all of my concerns as my neighbors have already done so in previous letters (noise, congestion, why such a huge development for such a small parcel in our very small town etc.) only one, from a "next door neighbor" of said project.
I am writing concerning the traffic issues, specifically the impact this will have on the small streets surrounding this project and our quality of life.
I live on Nelson Way which, if there is only a right hand turn permitted onto Bodega Highway from the proposed apartments, will exponentially increase the traffic on our small and heavily pedestrian neighborhood as cars try to quickly get to the downtown area and beyond.
Nelson Way is the main pedestrian walkway for seniors going into town as Bodega highway is too trafficked and noisy. They cross over Bodega Highway at the new traffic light, head down Nelson Way and usually turn right on Washington and then on into town on Huntley and/or Dutton. Also, I see numbers of children walking to school down my street as well as numerous people all day and evening as they go out walking for recreation and to walk their dogs. There is more pedestrian traffic than cars most times of the day. We cannot put our friends and families in danger with what will be a radical increase in traffic on these small streets or destroy the quality of life we have by making it unpleasant to walk.
A large part of the joy of living in our beautiful small town is being able to walk.
Respectfully,
Sandra Simile
Sebastopol