Background:
Apparently
without direction from City Council, City Staff prepared to apply for a
state grant to build an urban Park. They hope to use an acre of
the Brookhurst Triangle property. Given that the developer will
have to provide some green belt area, the grant would offset some of
those cost but give the public permanent ownership and access to the
proposed urban park. Part of the grant application process
required the City to hold a series of meetings to seek public
input. At the November 10th City Council Meeting, Council members
were not aware the application process had been initiated. Two
additional meetings on the proposed park are scheduled, one in December
and one in January. If grant money were pooled with park
development money, already collected from developers, perhaps there
would be enough to build a real park.
If you support using part of the Brookhurst Triangle property for a
Park, contact City Council or the Recreation Office at City Hall at
714-741-5200.
CITY OFFICIALS SCALED DOWN THE SCOPE OF THE BROOKHUST TRIANGLE PROJECT!
The
City Council, after hearing from the neighborhood Tuesday evening,
elected to scale the scope of the project. According to an
article in the Thursday edition of the OC Register, "Residence of the
Central Garden Grove neighborhood said they didn't
believe the project was realistic. Those who spoke said
they thought the proposed development would decrease quality of life
by adding traffic and parking problems." Several members,
including Cheryl Armstrong, Robin Marcario, Virginia Fuller, Toby Rubin
and Paul Toepel spoke and apparently had an impact. By a
unanimous vote the
project was scaled back from 23 stories to no more than10.
Turning it into a park was a popular option.
THE BACK STORY: The
once dormant Brookhurst Triangle project is being
resurrected. Currently, there is no active development in
progress. In order to encourage a project, on October 1, 2009,
the
Planning
Commission voted 4 to1 to waived the requirement, within limits, for an
environmental impact report. It is conceivable that a new project
could include a 23 story building with 800 apartment units. Sketches of
possible proposals are available on the city's website at
http://www.ci.garden-grove.ca.us/?q=commdev/planning/brookhurst/images
WATER RATE HIKE
HEARING AND NEW
POWER TO THE CITY MANAGER: WHAT HAPPENED.
On August 25th the City
Council voted to increase the water rates enough to cover the increased
cost of
the buying water from the Metropolitan Water District, but they did not
authorize the City Manager to pass along future increases imposed by
the water suppling agencies.
UP-DATED
(First half 2009) POLICE REPORT ON CRIME IN CENTRAL GARDEN:
to read it click here
NEWS
LETTER: The January
News Letter is out! Click
here
to jump to it.
ARCHIVES:
Additional issues and concerns are listed and linked at Archives. Click here to go there.
MONTHLY NEWS LETTERS:
NEXT SCHEDULED BOARD MEETING: (Members and Guest are welcome)
- REGULAR
MEETING: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 at 6:15PM @ Cheryl
Armstrong's home, 12421 Loraleen Street,
Garden
Grove, CA.
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