Photo via Tice Valley United Facebook page
Earlier this week we learned about a petition to save open space in Pleasant Hill; there is another protest taking place against development plans for 53 homes on 5 acres in the former Jewish Community Center location in Tice Valley, Walnut Creek. More information from ABC 7 News here. Check out the change.org petition here. There will be a city council meeting next Tuesday, December 15th in which this issue will probably be decided. Do you think 53 houses on 5 acres in a suburban neighborhood is too much?
From a Tice Valley resident:
The environmental impact report is highly flawed. It is based on many false assumptions and does not present a full, factual accounting of the impact of this project. This is a belief of the vast majority of those that have read it and live in our community. The primary talking point for Pulte and those that support this project is that they have compromised and listened to the community. This is a falsehood. It is not compromise but rather strategy that they have offered. They went in presented an proposal for an obscene number of homes on the property and came down to an absurd one. I am not sure how anyone actually thought that 71 homes would fit on 5 acres and to reduce to 53 is just an insult. All our community is looking for is responsible development. If the property NEEDS to be re-zoned from open space recreation then look at a true transitional development of 4-5 homes per acre, not 10.
