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"[  | MetroActive Central |  ]Sprawl Bustin'By Bruce RobinsonSCATTERED AMONG the army of local candidates, various bond measures, high-profile statewide policy initiatives, and local school district elections that jam the upcoming ballot are some key planning decisions that voters are also being asked to make. Those are issues that, both sides agree, will have far-reaching implications for the quality of life here well into the next century.Urban growth boundaries, often abbreviated as UGBs, are on the ballot in Healdsburg (Measure I), Sebastopol (Measure O), Santa Rosa (Measure G), and Rohnert Park (Measure N), while voters throughout the county face an interlocking vote on Measure D. A related decision awaits the electorate in Windsor, where Measure Q offers local residents a chance to decide the fate of the controversial Wal-Mart development proposed at Highway 101 and Shiloh Road.If most or all of the UGBs win approval, Sonoma County would become the first county in the United States to have a coordinated, organized network of urban growth boundaries,\" says Christa Shaw, the North Bay coordinator for Greenbelt Alliance."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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