Carol Silva, Livermore
In 2000, voters passed Measure D to enhance agricultural land and to protect it from the fragmentation of development.â¯
It is the duty of elected officials to honor voter-approved measures.
The Alameda County Supervisors will hear the appeals pertaining to Intersect Powerâs Aramis Solar Power Plant on March 4. Prior to this meeting, I hope that the supervisors will take a second look at all the excellent letters addressing peoplesâ concerns of this project.â¯The concerns include, but are not all-inclusive, violation of Measure D, inadequate draft and final EIRs, lack of a solar policy for Alameda County, destroying North Livermore Avenueâs Scenic Corridor, having an industrial facility in an agricultural-zoned district, risks of new wildfires both from high gusts of wind bringing down transmission lines and from trailer-truck size lithium-ion battery stations, the ugliness and biological harm to birds of overhead electricity lines in multiple locations, some 10 stories tall, and harming native biological diversity, habitat for native species, and local ecosystems in eastern Alameda County.