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Residents press council on Sebastiani property: fire risk, density and land‑use protections urged
Summary
Several residents used a non‑agenda comment period to urge the City Council not to change agricultural land‑use designations for the roughly 22‑acre Sebastiani property, citing newly designated high fire hazard severity, a traffic study that showed evacuation-time concerns, and the lack of a final 'Sonoma mixed use' definition.
Multiple residents spoke during the non‑agenda public comment period about land‑use proposals for the roughly 22‑acre property commonly referred to as the Sebastiani site east of the plaza. Speakers raised safety, evacuation, density and community‑character concerns and asked the council to protect agricultural parcels and open space.
Janet Boyle, who said she lives across from the property on Brazil Street, focused on safety and fire risk and noted that surrounding parcels were recently reclassified to a "very high" fire hazard severity zone. Boyle cited a traffic study for a separate project that she said showed an additional four and a half hours could be required for evacuation in an emergency; she said that lengthened evacuation time is worrying and asked that the city not change the land‑use…
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