SITE ALTERNATIVE CODEVELOPED BY CITY AND DEVELOPER (see below for additional information)
What Do You Need To Know About The Alternative Plan?
Before you make a decision about the alternative townhouse project you need to understand there are several things we still don't know. We don't know the details of the impact of that alternative. We don't know the traffic impacts. We don't really know the visual impacts. We don't know whether the city can afford to build and maintain the sports field, dog park, and other "goodies". Even if the city is able to pay for these amenities, at the cost of what other uses of the money? What are the maintenance costs that the city would have to bear, and can it afford them (it can't even afford the maintenance costs of fully landscaped medians that have been discussed for the east of end of Mt. Diablo Blvd)? How will the soccer field and dog park be scheduled and controlled? Who will pick up the trash that will inevitably accumulate in the parking lot. Etc., etc. Until we know a lot more, NO ONE should be sounding off about how we should be happy to settle for the townhouse alternative. The city has legal arguments that mean we may not have to settle at all. We should demand a careful and detailed analysis, and we should accept nothing less.