WEBSITE FOR: Community Action Airplane Noise Sonoma County (CAANSC)

THIS PAGE: CAANSC SEPTEMBER 28, 2024 ACTION EMAIL
With helpful information about effectively participating in the key Oct. airport workshops

Welcome to this new public email list for CAANSC
(Community Action Airplane Noise Sonoma County)

Our goal is to stop or reduce the new airplane noise over West Sonoma County -- and the routing change that caused it -- by sharing information about useful actions we can all do.

When we join our power together in strategic and informed ways, we increase our ability to succeed at our shared goals.
These changes were made for the FAA's internal reasons — without proper notification or any apparent consideration for the people or communities being impacted on the ground.

So now is a critical time for us to speak up for ourselves and our neighbors! We have rights — but need to stand up for them!

Here are some key action ideas for you today:

1) Plan to attend the CRITICAL upcoming official airport meetings next Wed. and Thurs. It's essential that the officials see and hear from those who are being impacted by this noise/energy intrusion in our lives. Now is the time! It will only get worse if we don't take action.
Attending in person is ideal, though Zoom attendance is also useful.
More information about the format and access options are at https://stsgoodneighbor.com/study

Wed. October 2nd, 2024, 6-8pm
 Analy High School Theater, 6950 Analy Ave., Sebastopol
Thurs. October 3rd, 2024, 6-8pm
 Vintners Resort, 4350 Barnes Rd, Santa Rosa

2) Inform and encourage others to participate in these workshops and this issue in general. This includes inviting them to join this handy low-volume email alert list! For more information about action on this issue and joining this list, see www.healthyworld.org/CAANSC-09Flyer.html.

3) Prepare your feedback for the October events. This is important and makes your participation much more impactful! Feedback at the event will be recorded, so bring your specific comments! There will also be online ways to give feedback.

Key suggested talking points:

a) Object to the departures flying low and loud over our previously-quiet homes. (The airport's study focused on approaches (landings), which are generally not what's impacting us in West County.)

b) Object to the change in routing planes to the RREHD route (said "redhead"), and with lower flights, which is what is strongly impacting our lives. 

(The RREHD route is the new route (aka jet freeway) that has brought a steady stream of planes over Graton out to Occidental.)
c) Share a few powerful sentences about how it's impacting you and your life (for example, repeatedly interrupting peace and quiet, conversations, concentration, health, property values, etc.);

d) Emphasize that there are alternate routes that can be used plus the option of higher elevations. Complaints to the airport skyrocketed after this change. The prior routes did not have this kind of harmful impacts.

e) Encourage them to care about the lives of the people that these changes have harmed.

More input on possible talking points is at www.healthyworld.org/CAANSC-09Flyer.html
NOTE/OCT 4: For my updated and expanded talking points suggestions, see www.healthyworld.org/CAANSC-10ActionCommentWorkshops.html.

4) I welcome your thoughts and suggested topics to send to this list!


I am grateful for the other people also taking action on this issue, and the opportunity to be working collaboratively with them on this!


In community -


Patricia Dines

Community Action Publications