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John and Claudia Lowery JUN -
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812 Daniel Drive. / 2001
Petaluma, CA 94954
(707)762-8765 MAYOR
June 1,2001
Petaluma City Council
• Post Office Box 61
Petaluma,CA 94953-0061
Dear Council Members:
We will be out of town on June 18,2001,and will not be able to,attend the City Council meeting scheduled
for that date. Therefore, we are requesting that this"correspondence:be place on record regarding our
opposition to the approval of the Salvation Army Conditional Use Permit by the Petaluma Planning
Commission.
Please be advised that we feel the permit should not have been approved for all of the reasons stated by
Scot Steel.and Susan.Zanotti of the Eastside Neighborhood Alliance These objections are addressed in a
correspondence we received dated June1,2001,from the City of Petaluma,authored by Betsi Lewitter,
Project Planner.
Also,we object to the Permit for'the"following reasons:
1. The ambitious expansion plans'of the,Salvation Army are not congenial with a residential
neighborhood.
2. Other Salvation Army institutions of this size are locatedin non-residential districts.
3. Many individuals that frequent Salvation Armies have past histories that are not compatible with
children that reside in a residential area.
4. Vehicular traffic created by the expansion of the Salvation Army may exceed the current traffic
capacity. •
5. A.large facility of this type will have,a negative impact on property values,and life styles in our
neighborhood.
6. The original plan for the Salvation Army did not propose such an ambitious operation as approved
by the Planning Commission. What is to prevent the Salvation Army from expanding even further
in the future.
We feel the Planning Commission had prematurely reached a decision-prior to public hearings regarding
this issue. We believe the Planning Commission did not consider our objections and concerns when they
approved the Permit. In closing,we would like to restate our opposition to the approval of the Salvation
Army Conditional Use Permit.
Sincerely, ,/)
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Claudia and John Lowery
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