Contra Costa County is completing its Envision 2040 process to update our County’s General Plan.    

Rezoning and Housing Densities are key issues of importance to Alamo residents as the number of housing units proposed and where they will be built will significantly impact Alamo. 

Alamo Improvement Association (AIA) has done analysis showing a potential maximum housing number as high as 3100 additional units for Alamo, concentrated along Danville Blvd and the downtown area. Please sign this petition if you are concerned about Envision 2040's proposed housing densities for Alamo.

EIR:  We are informed that the County is preparing a master Environmental Impact Report for 1,500 property locations in the County for new housing.   Of these 1,500, we have been informed that 80 are in Alamo.   The County is to release this information soon. However, it is not clear that the County will provide additional information such as population numbers for the unincorporated areas of the County to compare with Alamo’s population to determine if Alamo is becoming a target for more than its “fair share” of new housing.

Housing Densities: The County is proposing housing densities of up to 75 residential units per acre together with commercial/retail uses in Alamo’s downtown. This would increase land values and incentivize the owners to demolish at least portions, possibly substantial portions, of our shopping areas for midrise, Walnut Creek-style residential towers.  Such development and its traffic demands would dramatically change our downtown.

The County’s proposed increased housing densities of up to 17 units per acre at several places along Danville Blvd., together with future land use changes it would likely cause, would irrevocably change the low-density, tree-shaded beauty of the Boulevard and its desirability as a neighborhood of homes.

Diversification: There is a common misunderstanding being voiced by County Staff and others that Alamo is not “diverse enough” as underlying reasons to change Alamo through rezoning and housing density.  US News and World Report cites our local schools’ minority enrollment at over 30%. The University of Virginia’s ranking of Alamo, CA on a national scale of diversity is a diversity score of 80 out of 100, making Alamo, CA much more diverse than other US cities. The most diverse area within Alamo's proper boundaries is to the northeast of the city. The least diverse areas are located in the south parts of Alamo.

We need your help in making sure the County Staff and Officials consider accurate information as Envision 2040 goes forward.  

Please visit www.AlamoCA.org and www.AlamoVision2040.org for more information with a detailed map and how to contact County Staff and Officials, what this means in terms of impact to traffic, infrastructure, law enforcement, fire protection, school services and more. For easy reference, we’ve also put a sample letter and contact information below.

Sample Letter to send to County Leaders:

1/we ask County Staff and our District Supervisor, Candice Andersen, to address the lack of consultation with our Alamo community in preparing the Envision 2040 General Plan as it applies to Alamo, CA, and that the State’s Housing Requirements (and Penalties for failure to meet requirements) be made public. 

1/we ask that any rezoning for Alamo be moderate and reasonable, not maximized, be limited to the downtown area, and not extended along Danville Blvd. or Stone Valley Blvd.

Further, common sense needs to guide these efforts in recognizing our Alamo Community’s history and unique features that need to be retained.

We are adamantly opposed to many hundreds, even thousands, of residential units or midrise buildings in our downtown and isolated, high-density development that imposes on our Danville Blvd. neighbors and threatens the tree-shaded beauty of our Boulevard.

Signature

 

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Write/Email/Call

 

·                  Candace Andersen – Supervisor District 2

309 Diablo Road, Danville, CA 94526 | (925) 655-2300 | supervisorandersen@bos.cccounty.us

·                  Will Nelson - Principal Planner, Envision 2040

30 Muir Rd. Martinez, CA 94553 | (925) 655-2898 | Will.Nelson@dcd.cccounty.us

·                  Daniel Barrios - Principal Planner, Envision 2040

30 Muir Rd. Martinez, CA 94553 | (925) 655-2901 | Daniel.Barrios@dcd.cccounty.us

·                  John Kopchik – Director of Dept. of Conservation and Development (DCD) 30 Muir Road Martinez, CA 94553 | (925) 655-2780 | John.Kopchik@dcd.cccounty.us

·                  Gavin Newsom, Governor

1303 10th Street, Suite 1173, Sacramento, CA 95814 | (916) 445-2841 | https://govapps.gov.ca.gov/gov40mail/ 

Thank you for your support on this important issue for our Alamo Community.