Sad to report that the Alameda County Planning Director administratively approved the development of the first 4-story residential building in Castro Valley on top of the wildlife habitat at Ruby Meadow. He agreed that the project is EXEMPT from environmental analysis and that it is fine to cut down 87 trees and pave over a riparian meadow for 109 parking spots that are NOT near transportation. He also thought it was fine to not put housing on two designated housing sites on A Street where there were already homes. There is so much wrong with this project that it was easy to appeal his decision.

Seven community organizations signed onto the appeal: Grove Way Neighborhood Association, Cherryland Community Association, Padres Unidos de Cherryland, Friends of San Lorenzo Creek, Ohlone Audubon Society, Eden Community Land Trust, and the My Eden Voice! Parks & Open Space Committee. Please write or call with your comments about why Ruby Meadow should be preserved to nisha.chauhan@acgov.org (510) 670-6541 by 7/30/2020 so the commissioners have time to read them. Comments may be submitted up to and at the meeting as well. Documents such as previous support letters are posted at saverubymeadow.org 

Please attend the 8/3 zoom meeting and share! Every person may speak for 2-3 minutes! At 3 PM on Wednesday August 3rd log in to zoom meeting ID# 95946946292 at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/95946946292  OR you can phone in at (669) 900-9128

County documents are located at https://www.acgov.org/cda/planning/landuseprojects/currentprojects.htm  and the Castro Valley General Plan and EIR (which does not address development at Ruby Meadow => insufficient) are located at https://www.acgov.org/cda/planning/generalplans/index.htm

Thank you for helping to save ruby meadow for peace, for the future, and for life itself. Restoration works.