Tuesday's letters: Suburban sprawl isn't sustainable

I applaud the mayor’s proposal to increase the costs to develop suburban communities.
I worked for several years with the Sierra Club’s smart growth campaign as a volunteer. We found it can take up to 25 years to recoup the costs of large suburban development.
The city also commissioned a study to identify the many natural areas in danger of disappearing due to the rapid approval of urban expansion as well as the loss of Class 1 farmland.
Every development application was approved an