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HomeMy WebLinkAbout102020 TASSAJARA VALLEY PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION Tassajara Valley Preservation Association www.tassajaravalleypa.org October 19, 2020 To: Council Members of the Town of Danville, CA From: Tassajara Valley Preservation Association Subject: Resolution opposing the Tassajara Parks Development following: The proposed 125 home development is outside the ULL. The county in its 2016 finding stated that there is enough land within the ULL to support housing and job growth through 2036. While the law allows development of 30 acres or less under very restrictive conditions, the actual requires county-wide voter approval. protect portions of the Tassajara Valley from development. The valley is already protected by the provisions of the urban limit line. The Town of Danville would bear the brunt of traffic and additional services generated by the development. To exit the development, traffic must either proceed through Danville to the northwest, or Dublin to the south. Yet the developer asks San Ramon to join in the Preservation Agreement and excludes Danville from this process. Finally, the developer is offering the county a $6.5 million payment for project approval. This is an We urge you to adopt the resolution opposing Tassajara Parks. Our organization has secured petition signatures of over 4,700 residents, both within the unincorporated Tassajara Valley and the Town of Danville, opposing Tassajara Parks. The Greenbelt Alliance and the Sierra Club are also on record opposing Tassajara tassajaravalleypa.org. Thank you for your consideration. Richard L. FischerGretchen Logue Richard L. FischerGretchen Logue Co-founder, Tassajara Valley Preservation AssociationCo-founder, Tassajara Valley Preservation Association 925-200-4574925-786-6973 tassajaravalleyrf@gmail.comtassajaravalleypa@gmail.com September 29, 2020 To: Commissioners, Contra Costa County Planning Commission From: Richard Fischer (Co-founder, Tassajara Valley Preservation Association) Gentlemen: I appreciate the opportunity to speak in opposition to the proposed Tassajara Parks project. Agenda Item 2a: - landscaping integral to the project which could not proceed without these elements. Per Measure L, developments in excess of 30 acres require voter approval to change the ULL. Proceeding with this project plan is against the law. Agenda Item 3a: There seems to be an inconsistency in this proposal. If 721 acres are to be preserved for - 1, planned unit development? Agenda Item 4a; The project should not be approved because it exceeds the 30 acre limitation on developments without voter approval. Agenda Item 5a: provides no additional protection to the Tassajara Valley as the valley is already protected by the ULL. It is the only one of the seven specified exceptions that would allow the BOS to approve this project with a super majority. The agreement itself is flawed because: The Town of Danville which has the nearest nexus to the project and is on record opposing the project, has schools, traffic and shopping. There are two exits from the project: northeast where traffic must proceed through Danville city streets, and south, where it impacts Dublin. No does not limit the jurisdictional power conferred under Article 11, Section 7 of the California Constitution... This means that the county or city cannot contract away their power on land jurisdiction matters. Nothing is -called 30 acre development. $2.5 million is an improper use of funds to influence a favorable vote and gives the appearance that an approval can be bought. Finally, the Department of Conservation and Development is contradicting its own finding in 2016 that concluded: Sufficient Capacity Exists countrywide inside the ULL to accommodate housing and job growth through 2036!The Planning Commissioners should reject this development plan. Tassajara Valley Preservation Association www.tassajaravalleypa.org September 30, 2020 Re: FEIR Tassajara Parks Project and 9/30/20 Contra Costa County Planning Commission Public Hearing Dear Contra Costa County Planning Commissioners, On behalf of the Tassajara Valley Preservation Association we would like to share this FACT sheet with you. 10 facts about the proposed Tassajara Parks high density housing proposal. FACT:The proposed development is seeking approval for high-density housing OUTSIDE OF THE 2006 VOTER APPROVED URBAN LIMIT LINE FACT: PRIME AGRICULTURE SOIL AND IMPORTANT FARM FACT: The voter approved ULL has NEVER BEFORETHIS IS A FIRST. FACT:The proposed development IS IN STARK CONFLICT SUFFICIENT CAPACITY EXISTS countywide inside the ULL to accommodate housing and job growth through 2036 FACT: ALL 17,000 acres of open space outside the urban limit line, including all holdings of FT LAND LLC, is ALREADY AND PROTECTED from urban sprawl by the regular vote of the people. FACT:The proposed development (homes plus surrounding infrastructure) is WELL ABOVE 30 ACRES, (Closer to 50 acres) thereby requiring a vote of the people according to the voter approved ULL (Measure L, 2006) FACT:The proposed development has NO CONFIRMED WATER SOURCE from EBMUD or any other water agency FACT:The proposed development seeks approval for the DESTRUCTION OF NINETEEN CODE ENFORCED Walnut trees that mark the gateway to the Tassajara Valley FACT:Over 4,200 residents have signed a petition OPPOSED to the proposed development and stand in support of the voter approved ULL. FACT:the Sierra Club and Greenbelt Alliance, and several other local environmental organizations are all unanimously OPPOSED to the proposed development and stand in support of the voter approved ULL. This is a decision of MONUMENTAL CURRENT AND FUTURE CONSEQUENCE not only to Tassajara Valley but to the voter approved urban limit line and our remaining open space. This proposal has the attention of our county residents who are watching closely. They are asking you to NOT IGNORE THESE FACTS and to do the right thing for our community, our agriculture lands and our open space. Deny FT Lands LLC (Applicant) approval of an amendment to the County General Plan to modify the boundary of the voter approved Urban Limit Line.