The Moraga Canyon Sports Fields Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) is finally out, and the City of Piedmont is taking comments on it until Aug. 9, 2010.  Now is the time to speak up – in person, by email or letter. The DEIR can be viewed or downloaded from the city’s website. Copies may also be available at Piedmont City Hall.

As the DEIR stands, it has identified six areas in which the project has significant and unavoidable impacts that cannot be mitigated. However, there are many additional areas where the DEIR itself is incorrect or incomplete, as described below. It is critical that the community provide detailed feedback on these deficiencies in the DEIR in order to ensure that the final EIR is complete and accurate. Issues that are not raised now will not be considered in the final project decision.

FOMC has identified an extensive list of issues that have not been properly addressed in the current DEIR. In your comments, please focus on the issues of particular interest and concern to you and include your personal experience on how they impact you.  It is essential that the City hear from as many people as possible. Please respond!

The City Council held an initial public hearing for comments on the DEIR on July 19, and will hold a second public hearing on Monday, Aug. 2, 2010, at 7:30 p.m. at City Hall.   You may send comments by mail to the City of Piedmont, 120 Vista Avenue, Piedmont, CA  94611 (to the attention of Ann Swift, City Clerk), or by email to aswift@ci.piedmont.ca.us.  All comments on the DEIR must be submitted by 5 p.m. Monday, Aug. 9, 2010.

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