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Residents urge new environmental review and city briefing on Esmeralda development
Summary
Multiple Cloverdale residents told the council that the Esmeralda proposal differs materially from the 2009 environmental review and urged the city to require a subsequent EIR and hold a city-led public Q&A before any approvals.
A string of residents at the Cloverdale City Council’s March 25 meeting urged the city to require a new environmental impact review for the Esmeralda development and asked the council to present a detailed, city-led explanation of the process.
Jennifer Sullivan, who identified herself as a Cloverdale resident, told the council that Esmeralda "is not an average development" and that relying on the 2009 EIR with a third addendum is not sufficient for a project on a parcel with deed restrictions and known contamination. "Using the 2009 EIR with the third addendum to approve Esmeralda is not a minor technical update," she said,…
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