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See Report to
Planning Commission on Issues Raised November 15th
Final Environmental Impact Report & Revisions
– comments to
Kraig.Tambornini@cityofsanrafael.org
-- next Meeting Jan 24th 2012
Download the REVISION’S
doc. - (in MS Word -- with words like "Clapper Rail", "light", "noise",
"mitigate" .... highlighted to search, copy and paste from )
(better conversion of STRIKETHRU text)
Download the
FEIR in MS Word. (Here is the original PDF:
http://acm.cityofsanrafael.org/Government/Community_Development/San_Rafael_Airport.htm
)
Download the
RESPONSE LETTERS (in MS Word) --you can search it for your name ( for
instance) - 803 pages!
Some gems
from the Revisions doc:
Page 91(87)
could build a noise wall
instead of closing the
outdoor fields at 9 p.m.
Page 90(86) and
page 11
a noise wall along the
southern boundary of the
parking lot and soccer warm up
areas.
Page 86(83)
In order to provide for one foot of freeboard elevation above the base 1 00 year flood elevation
of .L6.0
NGVD,
the
portions of the building below +7.0 NGVD
shall be flood
proofed.
Page 80(78)
Outdoor parking lot lights and outdoor
soccer field lights, in particular, should be
shielded so that
they do not
aim above
the horizon. Additionally,
outdoor lights should be
flight checked at
night to ensure
that they do not create glare during
landings and takeoffs.
Page 78(77)
, elements of
the Project have heights that
would extend into the navigable air-space above
the San Rafael Airport
Limit height of proposed structures to assure clearance of the 7:1 Transitional Surface
" Design the row of parking stalls nearest to airfield for compact vehicles
and/or add signs along
the fence-line notifying drivers
not to back-in their vehicles
people may find it difficult to move out of harm's way if
an aircraft accident should occur.
Add obstruction lights to the following features to make them more
conspicuous to pilots:
The highest estimated concentration of people in
a single-acre area on the Project site would be
216,
which slightly exceeds the
single-acre criterion of
200 people
Page 63(63)
,
four-foot black mesh exclusion fencing shall be installed along the outside edge
of the creek buffer zone
(100
feet from the North Fork
of Gallinas Creek)
to prevent sensitive species,
such as Clapper rails and black
rails,
from entering the
work areas.
:
Nocturnal Lighting. Lighting of the outdoor soccer field at the proposed recreational facility at night for evening games could
result in potentially
significant impacts to wildlife species and habitat in
the North Fork
of Gallinas Creek
Page 58
Impact Bio-2: California Clapper Rail and
California Black Rail.
The proposed Project will not
impact marsh habitats or adjacent upland habitats along
the North Fork of Gallinas Creek;
therefore, there will be no direct impacts to the
California Clapper rail or the
California black rail
Page 58 and page
17 and page 3
Security level lighting shall
be set to
turn off in parking areas and pedestrian walkways
one-half hour after
close of the facility, e.g.
by 12:30 a.m.
Page 47
restrictive
covenants were
recorded for the
airport site in December 1983
,
the proposed Project is not consistent with the current Planned Development District and Master Use Permit
established for the airport site.
As part of the submitted application for development, the Project Applicant has included
an
application for an amendment to the PD District and Master Use Permit
Page 46
"The existing Declaration of
Restrictions allow for
"private and public recreational uses-;" but not
a recreational facility."
"This
alternative assumes that the outdoor soccer field and warm-up area that are
currently proposed would
conform to the existing
PD District and
Master Use Permit, however, the indoor
soccer/dance/gymnastics
facility would not."
Page 42
Therefore, for For
the reasons discussed above,
there are no
significant cumulative impacts as
a result of
this Project."
"The Project conforms to the airport's Master Use
Permit
and underlying restrictive covenants
Page 41
Thus, the Project would not contribute
to any significant cumulative noise
impacts.
The Project would not make a cumulatively considerable contribution to a
significant cumulative impact related to hazards
Page 40
Thus, the Project would not make a cumulatively considerable contribution to
any significant cumulative biological impacts.
Page 14
Clapper Rail sightings aerial
photo
Page 12
As part of the
Master Use Permit, the
applicant has requested the
flexibility to replace soccer, dance and
gymnastics
with other
recreational uses over
time.
Page 1
"The fence will
be a minimum of
ten-feet tall (which may
consist of a
standard 6-foot tall
cyclone fence with a 4-foot
netting extension) for the
purpose of preventing balls from the soccer
fields from entering the
marsh."
They are anticipating
considerable noise - which could be compared with Sat+Sun mornings at
McInnes Park right now.
It is likely that the noise is going to exceed the decibel threshold that
requires a SOUND WALL.
Perhaps a decibel measurement of today's soccer activity might be a good
indicator.
They reckon a 10ft fence will stop balls from entering the marsh (REVISIONS page
1).
That fence and a long sound wall are what we will be looking at -- as well as
the building.
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