11/29/2009: A1: PROJECT OF THE FUTURE: Codding Enterprises' Sonoma Mountain Village in Rohnert Park will be developed following the terms of an agreement with the Accountable Development Coalition, a network of advocacy groups, that sets environmental, labor and housing requirements.PC: Sonoma Mountain Village is Codding Enterprises environmentally sensitive project built on the former Agilent campus in Rohnert Park. The mixed use project will include office, retail and residential space that is pedestrian friendly.

Sonoma Mountain project goes before Rohnert Park council

A proposed $1 billion mixed-use project described as being on the cutting edge of environmentally sustainable development goes to the Rohnert Park City Council at 7 p.m. Tuesday.

Sonoma Mountain Village would be on 175 acres at the city's southeast corner, on property formerly owned by Hewlett-Packard and Agilent.

The Codding Enterprises project envisions 1,900 homes as well as retail, commercial and office space. It also includes a "village center," grocery store, fire station and movie theater.

It is designed as a so-called "One Planet Community" which, among other environmentally progressive features, provides 100 percent of its heat, power cooling and lighting with onsite renewable energy sources.

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