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“public parks” and that any cannabis operation must meet the same setback requirement as other parks
– 1,000 feet, with a very limited exceptions.
Better yet, come to the Board
of Supervisors’ meeting on the morning of December 11, when
the Board will decide this issue. Let the Supervisors know that you want Regional Park Trails to be designated parks. The exact times will be posted on the agenda of the Board’s website on the Friday before the meeting.
Lynda.Hopkins@sonoma-county.org David.Rabbitt@sonoma-county.org James.Gore@sonoma-county.org Susan.Gorin@sonoma-county.org Shirlee.Zane@sonoma-county.org
TOT Distribution
street much narrower and harder to traverse than ours. He told me that his neighborhood is entitled to two of the large green bins, just for the asking. I cannot imagine why we are such second-class citizens that we don’t have any service at all while they can have two bins.
Emails for the supervisors are:
(Supervisors Approve Winter Homeless Shelters, Update County’s Temporary Rental Tax by Will Carruthers - Nov. 13, 2018 Web only)
There are a few hard-to-reach areas in western Sonoma County that don’t currently have compost (green cart) service. We inherited them this way, and we are actively working on route optimization/adding routes to be
able to provide compost service to them. I forwarded this letter to our Operations Manager in the hopes that he could provide an updated timeline on the project to me. I will keep you posted.
Please CC Reg.Parks Director:
Bread spread THICK
with FRESH - LOCAL
GUIDE, Nov. 2018
Hi Vesta, Thank you for the bread and butter guide. I was surprised to find out that there is such a thing as vegan butter. Yay! However, I just want to add that the list would not be complete without adding Nightingale Bread in Forestville. Check out their rye bread, it is the best.
I love Nightingale RYE as well...they may not have been there on Wednesday (Rye Day) but you can see a Nightingale label on the bread photo so I know they picked up bread! ~ Vesta
I am now drafting my third letter to you, the previous ones going out in Feb. and April of this year. I talked to one of your staff following my April letter, and his main message was “be patient.” Well, more than
an additional six months have now passed and those of us on Harrison Grade Rd. and other nearby areas STILL have no green bin service.
Bert.Whitaker@sonoma-county.org Sincerely, Chris Stover
Regarding Carolyn’s other letter that is attached – I can help to clarify. The SCWMA Board was selecting
a new compost facility proposal. Recology submitted a proposal
along with eleven other companies. They ultimately selected Renewable Sonoma (same owner – Will Bakx – as the former Sonoma County compost facility that was shut down a few years ago). We fully support their decision and have been working with Will Bakx to prep for his facility to open in the next couple years. All that said, the hauling of the compostable material was never in question – just the facility. We are still the contracted hauler.
Supervisor Rabbit comment about TOT distribution says a lot about his outlook on the west county.
Dear Rabbit: it is not a “slippery slope” to reconsider tax revenue distribution policies at the county level - in fact that is exactly the kind of consideration you are paid so well to do on our behalf. Perhaps we should reconside.
Please explain. Sincerely, Carolyn Sell
Thanks to the Gazette and the author for keeping us in the loop.
RESPONSE from Recology
Beef Mcwin
(Jackalope Gardens Proposed Cannabis Operation in Graton FAQ for Concerned Residents. Nov 8, 2018 Web Only)
Jackalope Gardens
Just curious. How did you pick the name Jackalope Gardens? Jackalope
is a very nice, high-end THC strain. Do you have other places where you grow Jackalope? Do you plan to grow any here?
Remember that who an applicant is is irrelevant in that use permits run with the land no matter who owns it. The actual submitted plans and the associated issues are what one wants to address on any project, especially in this case and with this industry. Google anything about the cannabis industry in Oregon for example. They can’t give it away. As cannabis prices per pound approach zero, which is where they are heading, many areas will be left with empty facilities covering up agricultural land forever.
Cary Fargo
Camp Meeker Players
Thanks for telling your readers about Camp Meeker Players, Tom! (Tom Austin, Camp Meeker Beat) If only the creativity and energy of our 20s in Camp would return, we’d have another play!
Carol Benfell
in Graton
~ Amy Calhoun
Recology Green Bins
Thank you,
Celia Furber
Waste Zero Manager
OPEN LETTER to Timber Cove
Community about Fire Risk
I am working with my entire community to prepare our properties with Defensible Space as outlined by the local and state Fire Departments. We are required to do major pruning as well as clearing out dried plant debris around our homes. Once again, we have no place to put this plant debris! As Butte County now burns,
I am even more disturbed that we do not have weekly green bin service so that we can get rid of our plant debris on a timely basis, rather than making big piles of flammable kindling all around our homes.
I urge everyone in the Timber Cove Community to inspect the power lines in our neighborhood. Years
ago I insisted that PG&E sleeve the bare lines over Pine Court with a protective insulation. I am glad I did, as the pines and firs nearby drop branches on a regular basis.
A branch on an insulated line is not a problem. A branch across the bare conductors is a direct short circuit, causing the wire to burn-through and drop, igniting anything nearby.
Lyndi Brown
One of the colleagues I am working with on fire safety lives on Joy Rd., a
I must alert the population of
the uninsulated, bare high voltage overhead power lines that cross Highway One at the South entrance to Lee Drive. These bare power lines run up through the forest to the lines on Timber Cove Road.
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