[OldNorth] ON Target Statement Draft

[sheryl lynn gerety]

Old North Residents:

	This is a draft of a statement being considered by the ON Board, 
concerning the Target EIR (environmental impact report) now coming  
before various City agencies.  At our last meeting we decided that it 
was important to support our Mace Ranch neighbors.  Rather than focus 
on the desirability of Target as such, we have chosen to raise the 
issue of the fairness and effectiveness of the way in which the site 
has been chosen.
	
	I encourage you to express your individual opinions about Target to 
members of the City Council and please, if you have comments on the ON 
statement, to share them with the Board.  You can reach the Board list 
via the address on the ONDNA web site (http://www.oldnorthdavis.org).
	
	Thanks,
	
		Bruce

>
> 	We encourage you to please reconsider the proposal to place a Target
> and associated retail outlets adjacent to homes in the Mace Ranch
> neighborhood.  We are not taking a stand on the wisdom of trying to
> attract a Target store to Davis, as such.  We wish rather to draw
> attention to the question of its siting.
>
> 	It would be a more transparent and certainly a fairer planning process
> to set out a short list of potential (feasible) locations and then
> compare them for impacts.   Neighborhood concerns should weigh heavily
> in the evaluation.   This kind of comparison is in fact the only way we
> as a town could make an informed choice that mitigates impacts,
> environmental and social.  A simple up-down vote on a single location
> does not afford a comparable opportunity for informed decision-making
> because it eliminates all possibilities of judging greater and lesser
> consequences.
>
> 	We encourage you to step back from the current process and take a
> broader look at retail development in Davis, one that avoids
> concentrating impacts on only one part of our community.