The Tassajara Parks Housing Project is on the move (again)... and this one really matters! The County has hastened a summer hearing and we need to make our stand together NOW.
Date: this Wednesday, June 9th, 2021
Time: 6:30 pm
Where: ZOOM https://cccounty-us.zoom.us/j/85432605117 (If you experience connection issues DON’T GIVE UP! Go to Agenda and follow the County’s instructions.)
This is a critical County planning hearing to vote on the Tassajara Parks development that aims to change the Urban Limit Line. EVERY VOICE MATTERS. This will be a zoom meeting and ALL ATTENDEES will have the opportunity to make comments. We now have over 4,800 petition signers, let’s mobilize together.
Attached are 10 FACTS everyone should read about the proposed
Tassajara Parks development before Wednesday!
Tassajara Valley Preservation Association Letter to the Planning Commissioners
Thank you for your support of our voter approved Urban Limit Line!
Richard Fischer co-founder TVPA
Gretchen Logue co-founder TVPA
www.TassajaraValleyPreservationAssociation.com
10 FACTS everyone should know 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: The proposed development site is classified as “PRIME AGRICULTURE SOIL AND IMPORTANT FARM LAND” within CC County’s District 3 (represented by Supervisor Diane Burgis).
FACT: The voter approved ULL has NEVER BEFORE been “breached” for development. THIS IS A FIRST.
FACT: The proposed development IS IN STARK CONFLICT with the Contra Costa County’s own 2016 Urban Limit Line Mid Term Review which concluded “SUFFICIENT CAPACITY EXISTS countywide inside the ULL to accommodate housing and job growth through 2036”
FACT: ALL 17,000 acres of agriculture and open space outside the urban limit line, including all holdings of FT LAND LLC, is ALREADY 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 4,800 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.