howard and langton is a 0.23 acre garden located in western part of sonoma. park's entire area is dedicated to a 40-plot community garden. access to the park is for community garden plot owners and associate members and requires a key. staff tells me there's about 80 people who hold keys. the park also has monthly work days that anyone can attend the last sunday of every month. park features include pathways, planter beds, seating areas and a toolshed, and i recently learned a chicken coop. the corner of the howard and langton mini park will be briefly affected during the early morning hours from fall to spring by net new shadow from the proposed project. new shadow would be present for up to 45 minutes, with an average daily duration of just over 21 minutes. new shadow would fall along the northern quarter of the park, including the park's entry and some of the arbor and seating area. the largest new shadow was occur on november 1 at 7:37 a.m. and cover 3% of the park and last for about 4 minutes. now to the quantitative aspects of the new shadow. as the par