Documents

save north livermore valley 

•  Letter to Agricultural Advisory Committee re Draft Solar Policy, June 10, 2021
• Petition for Writ of Mandate to Overturn Approval of Aramis Solar Project, April 8, 2021
• Presentation to Board of Supervisors , March 4, 2021 
• Supplemental Brief on Aramis Project, Part 1, March 3, 2021
• Supplemental Brief on Aramis Project, Part 2, March 3, 2021
• Supplemental Analysis of Environmental Impact of Aramis Project, March 3, 2021
• Letter to Alameda County Counsel,  January 19, 2021
• Initial Appeal to Board of Supervisors  , December 4, 2020
• Letter to Board of Supervisors Seeking Discussion of Solar Policies , September 14, 2020
• Letter to Board of Supervisors Requesting County Complete a Comprehensive Solar Policy , August 26, 2020

OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS THAT APPEALED ARAMIS PROJECT TO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

Two non-profit environmental organizations based in Livermore have joined Save North Livermore Valley in appealing the Aramis industrial solar power plant approval to the Board of Supervisors:

Friends of Livermore

• Presentation to Board of Supervisors, March 4, 2021 
• Supplemental Brief on Aramis Project , March 1, 2021
• Appeal, December 4, 2020

Friends of Open Space & Vineyards

•  Presentation to Board of Supervisors, March 4, 2021
• Supplemental Brief on Aramis Project , March 1, 2021
• Appeal, December 4, 2020
• Comment Letter, November 2, 2020

Public agency comments

Every public agency independent of Alameda County that has examined the Aramis project in depth has concluded that the Environmental Impact Report for the project is deficient and that the construction and operation of the Aramis industrial solar power plant will likely injure or kill threatened species:

• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, January 26, 2021
• California Department of Fish and Wildlife, October 30, 2021
• San Francisco Ray Regional Water Quality Control Board, November 23, 2020
• East Bay Regional Park District , October 19, 2020

other Environmental organizations COMMENTS

•  Ohlone Audubon Society, February 17, 2021
• Golden Gate Audubon Society , November 2, 2020
• Save Mount Diablo, November 2, 2020
• Friends of Springtown Preserve, December 2020
• Tri-Valley Conservancy, August 10, 2020

City of Livermore 

• Letter to Alameda County, March 3, 2021
• Letter to Alameda County , August 27, 2020

alameda County Planning Department emails

The following documents were produced pursuant to public records requests:

• Message from Senior Planner Bruce Jensen to Department Director, August 13, 2020
• Correspondence between Planning Department Staff and Marissa Mitchell of Aramis, May 2020

Additonal documents

• Aramis Project Area Farmland Classification, National Resources Conservation Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture
• Greenprint Report for Aramis and Sunwalker solar project areas, Nature Conservancy
• Recommendations of Solar Subcommittee of Alameda County Agricultural Advisory Committee, August 20, 2020