Gas stations and drive-thrus are not the benign background components of urban life we think they are.

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IT’S NOT JUST THIS PROJECT! We became involved with this specific mix-use project project proposed for a site at Wells Road and Darling in Saticoy just because we thought that the gas station and the housing looked too close together. However, none of us are experts.

But as we researched the issues, it became clear that our city is woefully out-of-date on the effects of these types of businesses on nearby sensitive uses, such as housing and schools. In fact, according to our city planners, they treat gas stations like any other storefront – like yogurt shops or art galleries. Not only does modern science show that they can poison people living close-by with benzene fumes, but they are also possible threats to our water supply, which would affect all of us.

NOTE: This is not a developer issue – he appears to be coloring within the lines he’s been given – but a city issue, where the people in charge of creating safe neighborhoods for our residents are not paying attention.

We are demanding that our city call an immediate moratorium on such projects at any stage of approval until qualified experts, using the most up-to-date data and standards, can ascertain that we are maintaining safe setbacks from homes and schools. Since earthquakes can cause dangerous leakage from gas stations, we are also demanding that no gas stations ever be placed in high hazard zones, in corrosive soil, in soil prone to liquifaction, or near local water sources. All these conditions occur at the Saticoy project site.

A group from Saticoy for Sensible Development has met with each city council member separately, along with City Manager and staff from Assemblymember Bennett’s office and now we need your voices as well. We’ve attached below some of the Powerpoint slides that we showed to our elected officials.

ACTION #1: Write to Ventura City Council members and communicate to them your thoughts about this proposal and all future developments involving gas stations and drive-thrus.

At minimum, ask for a moratorium on all new gas stations and drive-thrus until such time that the City of Ventura engages environmental experts, who, after studying the most up-to-date scientific findings, can inform our city of minimum safe setbacks for such projects from sensitive uses like homes and schools.

Email all council members directly: council@cityofventura.ca.gov
Public comments for meetings: cityclerk@cityofventura.ca.gov

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