Friends of Mill Valley

Dear Mr. Moore,

I am extremely disappointed with the quality of the Draft EIR and in our own City staff for allowing this document to be released to the public. We expect our City to represent and protect the citizens of Mill Valley.

It seems that every resident who attended Monday night’s meeting believes that developing the proposed project on this site would result in significant impacts to traffic, safety, and aesthetics that would be difficult if not impossible to mitigate. Yet somehow our environmental consultant failed to identify these obvious risks or too quickly dismissed others with minor mitigation measures. The report is just not credible to the public.

The EIR is also required to consider a range of alternatives, and it’s not clear why only the proposed 20 unit project was considered.

There were so many substantial comments, questions, and omissions discussed at Monday night’s meeting, that it is hard to believe that a Final EIR can be prepared without providing “significant new information” requiring public recirculation.

Sincerely,

Mitch Wortzman

25 Laurelwood Avenue
Vice President, Parkwood Association of Neighbors