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Russell Williams
I actually live about one half block from the project. I was excited to join the plan as I knew it would greatly benefit the homeowners in our area. About this project -- it will greatly improve the neighborhood and also create 100s of jobs in our area. Despite a few fliers going around objecting to this project I believe the opposite is true in the following ways. First it will provide many jobs in our area and give this neighborhood a shot in the arm. It will make Danny Nunn Park safe and also add value to our homes in our area. It will create a safe place for our kids to play and grow in. It will improve our neighborhood by building much needed bathrooms and have security cameras to protect its citizens at nights.

 
Ellen Nitshke
At the last meeting, some people got up and stated, well, their houses would going to sink if all the gas was taken out. Well, Tokay Park built about 60 years ago and people have been using that water all these years and the properties have not sunk.
Karen Johnson 
My father owned the gas station that is now currently the Jack in the Box. I have called him about this project to ask him, you know, what he felt about it. He said that his gas station actually posed more of a problem than the natural gas that sits in the ground. We've got gas lines going into our house, pumping gas into our homes right now. There's a risk, that you can go turn on your pilot and it can blow up. It's just the risks are small that the need for it outweighs the risk. We carry risk every day.

 


 

Outreach for the Sacramento Natural Gas Storage project has focused on Community Engagement and an inclusive Neighborhood Campaign providing accurate and thorough information from which residents, property owners, businesses, and stakeholders can base reasoned perspectives.

This outreach effort started at the grassroots level involving one-on-one meetings with community/neighborhood leaders. To effectively interface with the neighborhood, SNGS chose to work with small groups in order to identify and respond to key issues, and to refine a larger outreach approach before addressing the general community. Community outreach has included:

    • Outreach started in November 2006
    • Identified 1,600+ person mailing list (residents, property owners, non-property owners and stakeholders)
    • Five (5) project newsletters translated into four (4) languages: Chinese, Vietnamese, Hmong and Spanish
    • Stakeholder meetings including Power Inn Alliance, Glen Elder Neighborhood Association  and Asian Resources
    • Presentations to the following organizations and associations:
      • Southeast Village Neighborhood Association
      • Sacramento Metro Chamber
      • Environmental Council of Sacramento (ECOS)
      • Colonial Manor Neighborhood Association
      • Franklin Boulevard Business Association
      • College Glen Neighborhood Association
      • Fruitridge Manor Neighborhood Association
      • Tahoe Park Neighborhood Association
      • Oak Park Neighborhood Association
      • Tallac Village Neighborhood Association
    • Presentation to the ethnic communities including Hispanic and Mien
    • Individual meetings with neighborhood association members
    • Planning meetings with various City of Sacramento departments and representatives
    • Various neighborhood mailings (property owners, non-owners and all residents)
    • Three (3) Public Open House/Community Meetings
    • Translators for the four languages provided at all Open Houses/Community Meetings
    • Drafted Neighborhood Community Foundation structure and held nine (9) advisory group meetings
    • Hosted and funded Southern California tour of gas storage site under a residential neighborhood (Playa del Rey) for Sacramento Stakeholder group
    • Storage Rights Lease (translated into 4 languages), comprehensive project and lease review required for residents prior to signing a lease 
    • Sixteen (16) months of door-to-door project presentations and project information delivered to residents
    • Hosted neighborhood Thank You Party, Ice Cream Social & BBQ