I urge you to vote no on the proposal. The Airport South Industrial Annex will increase pollution and traffic in an area that is already impacted. The limited jobs that this project will create does not mitigate the damage that increased traffic will do to the region. Loss of wildlife, lower property values and increased health problems due to higher traffic are just a few of the negative outcomes we can expect if this project is allowed to move forward.
Sincerely, Susan Quiarte

I support the Airport South Development Project. It will create significant job opportunities locally, bring in skilled trades, and use apprenticeship trained labor, expanding our communities local labor pool, and giving our youth not just a summer job, but creating careers of their own. Projects like these don't just build infrastructure, they build people and communities. I strongly support this project.

Ramon Amaral Nor Cal Carpenters Local 152
I'm strongly in support of the Airport South Project Phase 1. This project will generate significant local work opportunities for both journeymen and apprentices carpenters. It supports our local workforce by putting skilled carpenters to work, individuals who have come through a state certified apprenticeship program and are ready to apply the high-quality training they've received. This is exactly the type of project that strengthens our community, our economy, and our skilled labor force.

I am against the Airport South Industrial Project. It will change the feel of our neighborhood, make it harder to walk and bike safely, and create pollution.

Mayor McCarty and Councilmembers,

I’ve lived in North Natomas for many years, and I live close to where this project would go. I’m asking you to please vote NO on the Airport South Industrial Annexation.

Those fields and open areas have been part of our community for a long time, and once they’re gone, they’re gone for good. I’m concerned about what this will mean for our air quality, our wildlife, and the overall feel of our neighborhood. We already have empty industrial land nearby—there’s no need to push into this area.

Please think about the long-term impact on the people who live here, especially older residents like myself who’ve seen how much this community has already changed.

I strongly support this project because of the significant benificant benefits it will bring to our community. These are benefits Sacramento desperately needs. With over 3000 construction jobs and 5000 long term jobs, this project will allow families to work closer to home while providing the city with much needed revenue for the future. The project developer has committed to invest in Sacramento's workforce through good paying union jobs to ensure family stability. In addition, the project will also expand apprenticeship opportunities to ensure worker and community reinvestment. I urge you to move this project forward.

We should all be in support of additional growth and development for Sacramento, along with the increased job opportunities that will come with both the construction and the businesses that will occupy the area.

I strongly support the Airport South Industrial project and respectfully request that the City Council approve this project. The project location is appropriate as it builds on the synergy of the adjacent Metro Air Park and provides access through proximity to the interstate transportation network. The jobs that and financial benefit that the project will create are vital to the continued success and growth of our community and region.

I oppose the Airport South Industrial Project. This huge warehouse development is right next to homes, Paso Verde School, and wildlife areas. It will bring more noise, traffic, trucks, air pollution, and lights into our neighborhood. Only the developer benefits from this project, while residents, especially children, will face health and safety impacts. Please prioritize community health and sensible growth over developer profits.

I strongly support this project and the benefits it will bring to our region. It represents meaningful economic growth, new job opportunities, increased construction activity, and future business development that will strengthen our local tax base. Our community needs expanded logistics capacity, and this site is an ideal location for it.

I’m a long time Sacramento resident who lives in District 4. I’m writing to express my strong opposition to the Airport South Project which I believe will cause irreparable harm if approved. I submitted comments in opposition to the Airport South Project before the November 18th hearing and watched the hearing online. The hearing left me even more opposed to the project than I was before and even more convinced that there is no way to adequately mitigate the damage it will cause if built.

First and foremost, the Airport South project is outside what was supposed to be a permanent Urban Limit Line. That makes it the epitome of sprawl development. If approved, it would set a dangerous precedent for the approval of other developments outside the Urban Limit Line in the Natomas area. Other developers would be able to argue that if Airport South can be built outside the Urban Limit Line, they must be allowed to do the same thing. Sacramento County Board of Supervisors, which has already violated the Urban Limit Line in other parts of the county, make the same argument. Approving any project outside the Urban Limit Line opens the door for other approvals and pretty soon the Urban Limit Line will become irrelevant and what’s left of our open space will be gone forever.

Besides violating the Urban Limit Line, approval of the Airport South Project violates a number of other important agreements. These include the Natomas Basin Habitat Conservation Plan (NBHCP) which was adopted in 1997 to meet requirements of the Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) when North Natomas was opened up for development. (One of the people who testified at the November 18th hearing said that, because of the NBHCP, approving the Airport South Project would require getting federal and state “take” permits due to the risk of killing endangered species due to construction or operations). In addition to violating the NBHCP, approval of the project is inconsistent with Sacramento City and County General Plans, the SACOG Blueprint, the Regional Quality Air Management Plan and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority Plan. Breeching the Urban Limit Line or violating any of these plans makes it harder to meet local and regional goals including increased density and reduction of vehicle miles traveled. It also makes it harder for residents to trust the planning process when we see that carefully developed plans are ignored whe a wealthy developer with a big project comes along and asks for an exception.

As population increases, preserving open land becomes more and more important. Preserving the land outside the Urban Limit Line in the Natomas Basin is especially important for a variety of reasons. It contains some of the richest farm land in our region and is home to small farms that provide us with fresh, delicious produce. It is also home to an exceptionally rich variety of plants and animals, some of which (e.g. the Giant Garter Snake, Swainson’s Hawk) have suffered habitat loss and are classified as threatened or endangered. Because it sits under the Pacific Flyway, it is also a stopping off place for multiple species of migratory birds. At a time when the world is facing a biodiversity/extinction crisis, we simply can’t afford to lose anymore of the habitat that threatened and endangered species depend on. It is critically important to identify and protect places that are rich in biodiversity and that includes the land where the Airport South Project would be built, if it is approved. Preserving these currently protected lands is also important from a climate perspective because rich, healthy soil absorbs large amounts of CO2. It also absorbs large amounts of water during heavy rains and retains moisture better than less rich soils. This is important because Natomas is in a flood plain and because climate scientists predict that, more and more California’s weather will alternate between periods of extreme rain and extreme drought.

In addition to all the reasons stated above, huge warehouse projects like Airport South are known to have very negative environmental impacts on the areas adjacent to them and, if built, Airport South would be adjacent to a neighborhood and and elementary school. It includes a million square ft. of warehouse space surrounded by the large asphalt parking lots that such projects require. It would absorb mass amounts of heat during the summer and radiate that heat out to adjacent properties creating a significant urban heat island effect. There would cause ongoing noise and light pollution. The large number of diesel trucks that a warehouse of its size requires would be an ongoing source of dangerous air pollution. At the November 18th Council meeting there was discussion of buffer zones that could, perhaps, reduce the impact of the heat, noise and light, but air pollution doesn’t stay confined to buffer zones and diesel fumes are a known cause of cancer and other serious illnesses. Sometime in the future, large trucks will run on clean energy and diesel fumes won’t be the problem they are now but, even without the Trump administration’s attack on clean energy, that transition will take many years. . Meanwhile people will get sick and even die from the diesel fumes. Another concern that was raised at the November 18th meeting by a representative from the Natomas School District is the constant noise (he described it as “firing blanks”) that will be required to scare off Pacific Flyway birds that might otherwise land on the site. None of these impacts can be fully mitigated. Some can’t be mitigated at all. Neighbors, many of whom invested their life savings to buy homes in what they thought was a safe, quiet neighborhood with a safe school for their children will either be forced to move at a significant financial loss or be stuck in what is no longer a good place to live

The testimony at the hearing included project proponents as well as opponents. The proponents, who don’t have to live near the project, talked about the economic development benefits and good union jobs that the project would bring (although it should be noted that the good union jobs are for the skilled construction workers who build the Airport South Project, not for the warehouse workers who will be hired once the project is built until they are replaced by AI robots.) Economic development and good jobs are clearly important and needed, but that doesn’t justify locating them in places where they will cause irreparable harm to the environment and to the people who will be forced to live or go to school next to them. There are other less harmful places tp locate warehouses. Several people at the hearing suggested Metro Air Park as an alternate location adjacent to the airport that is not yet built out. Another possibility could be land at Mather Air Force base. There are probably other industrial areas that could accommodate a project like this without causing the irreparable damage the Airport South Project will cause.

I appreciate this opportunity to comment. Please vote NO on this extremely destructive project. Building it may be good for its’ would be developer and the skilled construction workers who would like to build it, but it is not be good for our city, for the Urban Limit Line it would eliminate, the healthy, biodiverse land it would destroy or the neighbors who would have to live with the consequences of building it..

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I support this Airport South Development Project. It will create many job opportunities and support economic growth in the area.

Mayor McCarty and Councilmembers,

I live in North Natomas near the proposed site, and I respectfully ask you to vote NO on the Airport South Industrial Annexation. This project brings significant concerns about long-term environmental impact, reduced air quality, and added pressure on already limited city services. With existing vacant industrial-zoned land available elsewhere, this development does not appear necessary or beneficial for the community.

I urge you to consider the long-term implications for residents as you make your decision.

I support this Airport South Development Project. It will generate significant local job opportunities, including apprenticeships and skilled-trade training that help build the next generation of future builders and keep the funds in the local community.

On behalf of the Sacramento Metro Chamber of Commerce and our member businesses throughout the City of Sacramento, please see attached our letter of support for the Airport South Industrial Annexation project. Thank you for your consideration.

On behalf of the Sacramento Metro Chamber of Commerce and our member businesses throughout the City of Sacramento, please see attached our letter of support for the Airport South Industrial Annexation project. Thank you for your consideration.

I fully support the Airport South Industrial project and belive that this will bring great job opportunities and further growth to this area.

I live in the North Natomas community directly beside the proposed site, and I strongly oppose the Airport South Industrial Annexation. This project would cause irreversible environmental harm, undermine the Natomas Basin Habitat Conservation Plan, and worsen air quality in an already impacted area. With vacant warehouses and unused industrial land nearby, there is no real economic justification. It would only strain already limited city services. Please vote NO to protect our community.

On behalf of the California State Council of Laborers, representing thousands of hardworking men and women who build and maintain the infrastructure that supports communities across our state, I write to express our strong support for the Airport South Industrial Project under Agenda Item #23.

This project represents a significant investment in Sacramento’s economic growth. It will bring hundreds of good-paying construction jobs during development and create long-term employment opportunities once operational. The Airport South Industrial Project will generate local tax revenue, stimulate small business activity, and strengthen the regional logistics corridor connecting Sacramento to broader state and national markets.

Our members—the men and women of the Laborers’ Union—live, work, and raise families here in Sacramento County. They take pride in building projects that improve the community while adhering to the highest safety and craftsmanship standards. This project offers a prime opportunity to ensure construction is performed by a skilled and trained local workforce operating under strong labor standards.

By utilizing local union labor, this project will provide family-supporting wages and benefits that circulate back into the local economy; create apprenticeship opportunities for the next generation of workers; and maintain high safety and quality standards on site.

Beyond immediate job creation, the Airport South Industrial Project supports Sacramento’s long-term economic development goals. It will diversify the city’s employment base, reduce commute times for local tradespeople, and expand industrial and infrastructure capacity necessary for future investment. This project aligns with Sacramento’s vision for sustainable, inclusive, and job-centered growth.

n closing, we urge the City Council to approve the Airport South Industrial Project. This project represents exactly the kind of smart, job-creating investment Sacramento needs—one that is both economically sound and socially responsible. By ensuring local union workers have the opportunity to build it, we can deliver lasting benefits for working families and for the entire region.

Thank you for your leadership and for your continued support of Sacramento’s working families.

Respectfully,
James Thuerwachter
California State Council of Laborers

I support this Airport South Development Project. It will generate significant local job opportunities, including apprenticeships and skilled-trade training that help build the next generation of future builders and keep the funds in the local community.