Feed: Petaluma Asphalt Plant - AggScore: 14.5

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Dutra Asphalt Plant Overview

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Petaluma doesn't stink but people who don't want the Dutra Asphalt Plant aren't understanding the real facts.

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Save Shollenberger Park & Understand the Facts

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http://www.dutrapetaluma.com/asphalt-plant-facts.html The Petaluma Asphalt Plant has undergone nearly 5 years of environmental review by the County of Sonoma, State and Federal agencies through the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) process. Rigorous environmental, health and safety protections are required by multiple governmental agencies. Shollenberger Park is nearby and will benefit too.



The new Petaluma Asphalt plant at Haystack Landing will enable Dutra Materials to continue serving the needs of southern Sonoma County by replacing these older asphalt, aggregate distribution and barge offloading facilities with state-of-the-art, efficient operations that reduce environmental impacts and enhance esthetics. This all adds up to helping save shollenberger park.

Petaluma has had the benefit of a Dutra Materials asphalt plant serving the needs of southern Sonoma County for over 20 years. Without the asphalt plant in Petaluma, the nearest plants are in Santa Rosa and Vallejo. And the source of aggregate rock needed to make the asphalt in Santa Rosa is Vallejo.

Petaluma Stinks?! The Dutra Asphalt Plant Helps

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Get the facts on the Dutra Asphalt Plant

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Dutra Asphalt plant is helping Petaluma get GREEN

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Dutra Asphalt plant is helping Petaluma get GREEN - http://ping.fm/5Tbok

Dutra Asphalt Plant is here to Help Petaluma

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Save Shollenberger Park

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Save Shollenberger Park and Jobs in Petaluma

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The community supports the dutra asphalt plant

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Petaluma Asphalt Plant Community Support

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Community leaders and Petaluma area residents support the Dutra Materials Haystack Project for many reasons. The following are a sampling of quotes from various letters and emails sent by community leaders, companies, organizations, and area residents to the Board of Supervisors and/or the City of Petaluma supporting the project. Click here to add your support

“The City of Petaluma is in a fiscal crisis. It will be a struggle to find the funds needed for road and infrastructure costs while continuing to adequately fund Police, Fire, Parks and other City Departments. Having a local source for aggregate saves the taxpayers millions of dollars per year that can continue to fund Police, Fire, Parks and other City Departments. As long as the environmental impacts are mitigated as reported, you have my support in relocating Dutra to its new site.”

Keith Canevaro, Former Petaluma Councilman

“The barging of materials will reduce truck traffic and vehicle traffic on our highways further reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The approval of this Project will provide a continued local source of asphalt production and recycling for public works and private projects that are important for the community”

Northern California Engineering Contractors Association

“I am writing to express my support for the Dutra Materials project at Haystack Landing. I have been somewhat bombarded this past week with requests to help "Save Shollenberger Park" by very well meaning friends but on this issue I have to take the "other side" so to speak. Many of the statements being made are gravely unsupported by the facts and that does our community a disservice. I urge you to vote YES on the project and thank you for your consideration.”

Lesley Cannan

“As for the life safety of those traveling on Highway 101, our fire house situated at the Dutra site is optimum and must be carefully evaluated as this matter is considered further by the County Supervisors.”

San Antonio Volunteer Fire CompanyRichard Borders & Brian Perry, Members - Board of Directors Jerry Corda, Fire Chief Ron Pomi, Assistant Fire Chief

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“The Dutra Asphalt plant will produce much needed jobs in Petaluma; produce much needed material for road improvements at a lower cost while keeping a business in Petaluma that has proven to be a good community partner. In this economic downturn, we need to help businesses that add to the sustainability of our county thrive and remember that sustainability means providing all the resources needed, be it asphalt or parks or jobs. North Bay Leadership Council supports the Petaluma Asphalt plant because we support improving transportation, wise spending of taxpayer funds and the need to create new jobs.”

Cynthia L. Murray, President & CEO North Bay Leadership Council

"Employers committed to regional prosperity and quality of life." “A vote in favor of this project isn’t anti-environmental or anti-park; it is actually the environmentally responsible thing to do."

Patricia Salyers, Petaluma

“This project is a boon to the community and the environment because it takes trucks off the road reducing Greenhouse Gas improving our air quality. It will help continue to provide low cost asphalt, recycle existing concrete and asphalt we greatly need as well as provide jobs to the local economy. The City Council initially was in favor of the project and wrote a letter of support indicating the great need for the project to serve Petaluma’s infrastructure needs. Now, after last minute political maneuvering, the City Council switches its position. The City Council’s concerns were addressed by the County staff and additional Conditions of Approval. This project has highlighted the worst in Petaluma politics with naysayers who cloak themselves in the guise of environmentalists when in reality are pushing their own private political agenda. With the budget crisis before the City of Petaluma, the Council needs to explain how they intend to come up with the $2.5 million dollars annually to fund the extra cost of trucking in asphalt for roads if the project doesn’t move forward. We, the voters, deserve the answer if they are going to continue to play politics instead of doing what is best to keep Petaluma’s infrastructure up and be fiscally sound.”

Former City Councilman Mike O’Brien

“When the work on 101 in the Petaluma corridor and the widening down toward the narrows, how much will it cost to truck the asphalt from Marin or Santa Rosa. How much added truck time and diesel fumes will be added for each load. At least one hour per load based on a round trip. Not very green. And even asphalt paving in Petaluma and around would have to come longer distances.”

Ed Brush, Petaluma

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“On behalf of North Bay Construction and its 250+ Sonoma County Employees I write you this message to urge you to issue the permit for Dutra Materials Haystack Landing Asphalt Plant in Petaluma. This project has undergone extensive environmental review and is subject to specific conditions and measures that will ensure proper protection of air quality, the ecosystem of the Petaluma River area, adjacent wetlands and species habitat while providing a much needed local source of asphalt products and recycling products required for future public works projects. Again, North Bay Construction and all of its local employees strongly request your support and approval of Dutra Materials Haystack Landing project.”

Steve Geney, President North Bay Construction

“As the City and County face tough budget decisions, it makes fiscal sense to have such a local source when calculating costs for a project. As a citizen and registered voter I would ask no less of my city and county governments.”

Doris Laul. Petaluma

“We need reliable, affordable construction materials to support Sonoma County strategic initiatives. This proposed asphalt plant is one of many needed to help meet the goals of reducing traffic congestion, improving road maintenance, reducing County costs and reducing carbon emissions."

Willie McDevitt President, North Coast Builders Exchange

“I wanted to be a voice for those of us not getting swayed by the hysteria of people in a well organized faction clamoring for the vote against the Dutra Asphalt Plant. Not that I'm a fan of asphalt plants in general, but I don't like the bad information that is being blatantly pushed on the public. I realize that a near-by plant is better than a far away plant for doing local jobs, for hiring local workers, and for contributing to the all important commercial tonnage numbers on the river.”

Alice Forsyth, Petaluma

“I was disappointed to read, in the Argus Courier today, that our city council opposed thebuilding of the Asphalt plant. With the losses of business in our community, I believe thebuilding of the plant in this location is the most logical, and green. It has river access, easy freeway access and would "pave" the way for improving our roads, some of the worst in the country. The provocative full page ad in the paper is full of half truths,"7/24 hour operation", is only one of them.”

Pamela and Peter Bertagnolli, Petaluma

“I am writing you to strongly endorse the approval and full permitting of Dutra Materials' proposed Haystack Landing Asphalt Plant and River Barge Unloading Facility, on the bank of the Petaluma River. My primary reasons for advocating for this project are: (1) It would minimize existing negative environmental impacts, (2) It exemplifies efficiency in bulk materials transport, (3) It will greatly reduce the costs of all public and private road construction and reconstruction projects south of Rohnert Park, and (4) It will be a boon to Petaluma's struggling local economy.”

J. Douglas Hamilton, Petaluma