Wal-Mart plans remain up in air

<p>It's been four years since Wal-Mart announced plans to build in Santa Rosa, two years since it won approval to do so and two weeks since a judge put those plans on hold.</p><p>Today, the status of the corporate giant's 106,000-square-foot store planned for the Stony Point Shopping Center remains in limbo as Wal-Mart officials decide what their next step will be.</p><p>The project's future was put in question when Sonoma County Superior Court Judge Robert Boyd issued a final ruling that said the $169,000 environmental impact study done on the project, and on which city officials partly based their approval, did not sufficiently address several key issues, including noise and parking requirements.</p><p>Several attempts to contact Wal-Mart officials have been unsuccessful.</p><p>Chuck Regalia, Santa Rosa's community development director, said it's Wal-Mart's call on how to proceed. "It's their issue. It's up to them to decide if they want to appeal," he said.</p><p>Wal-Mart has 60 days from the final ruling to make that decision.</p><p>City Attorney Caroline Fowler said her office is attempting to set up a meeting with Wal-Mart representatives "to see what they want to do."</p><p>"They basically have three options. They can appeal the decision, redo the environmental impact report or take their project somewhere else," she said.</p><p>-- Mike McCoy</p>