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Evelyn Ellis
From: Cooper, Claire <ccooper@ci.petaluma.ca.us>
Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2018 10:13 AM
To: Crump, Katie; Heather Hines; Evelyn Ellis
Subject: FW: NO to Safeway gas station
From: JoAnn McEachin <joannmceachin@gmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2018 9:50 AM
To: - City Clerk <-CityClerk@ci.petaluma,ca.us>
Subject: NO to Safeway gas station
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To Petaluma City Council members,
I would like to address an issue that I have not heard comment on before: specifically, the delay of access to the only hospital and emergency room in
Petaluma, which will only be exacerbated by the more than 5Q0 vehicles per day that Safeway has (conservatively) stipulated it expects to attract to its S.
McDowell and Maria Dr. location.
The E. Washington and S. McDowell intersection, just one block north of the proposed Safeway gas station site, is recognized now as the most congested
intersection in all of Petaluma. This already traffic -plagued intersection is a mere 4/10ths of a mile from Petaluma Valley Hospital and Is an integral part of
the primary route to that hospital.
Consider all the non -Petaluma vehicles that, when Safeway advertises its "cheap gas" is available at its new location, will get off of and back on to Hwy. 101
at E. Washington at all hours of the day to go to Safeway. We cannot delude ourselves that this isn't exactly what Safeway is hoping for, however gently and
quietly they propose this beneficent "fuel center" for our community.
Safeway cleverly made an effort in the Health Risk Assessment it presented to the Planning Commission to point out that the added traffic at its proposed
site would not detrimentally affect the Petaluma airport. Strategically, however, Safeway made no mention of how the added traffic would affect access to
the hospital and its emergency room.
I consider this a significant impact that City Council must recognize and address. City Council must require a full Environmental Impact Report be done
before any further decision be made about the viability of any gas station that Safeway wants to impose on Petaluma at this site.
Sincerely,
JoAnn McEachin
1512 Sierra Dr.