BREA CITY COUNCIL STUDY SESSION ON
CANYON CREST PROJECT SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 16TH
The Planning Commission decision to approve the Canyon Crest project
was appealed to the City Council. Nearly 100 Brea residents joined
former Brea Councilwoman Bev Perry in asking the City Council to
decide the fate of this project. In approving the Environmental
Impact Report for this project on a vote of 3-2, the Planning
Commission issued a whopping three Statements of Overriding
Consideration. This is unprecedented in Brea development history.
This means that Commissioners Prenevost, Grosse and Koos believed
the benefit of adding 165 high end homes in this rural canyon
outweigh the ongoing, unmitigatable negative impacts of air
pollution, increased traffic on the congested Carbon Canyon Road and
removal of 1900 oak and walnut trees.
It is likely the first public hearing will be held October 7th. Save
the Date.
OUR
MISSION "To protect, preserve and restore the environmental resources
and natural environs of the Puente-Chino Hills and surrounding areas for
the enjoyment of current and succeeding generations and to initiate,
sponsor, promote, organize and carry out plans, programs, and activities
that will tend to further these ends."
BACKGROUND Regional efforts to save the Puente-Chino Hills have been
underway for 31 years. Conservationists have been remarkably
successful. In the western part of the Corridor, nearly 4,000 acres have
been purchased as open space. In the east, 14,000 acres have been set
aside as Chino Hills State Park. The entire hillside system is now
connected to the Cleveland National Forest at Coal Canyon.
The task is not finished. Threats to the integrity of Chino Hills State
Park, its borders, and the Wildlife Corridor continue to emerge.
Currently, Hills For Everyone is heavily engaged in the protection of the
“Missing Middle” of the Wildlife Corridor. Tonner Canyon and the hills
between Harbor Boulevard in La Habra Heights and the 57 Freeway in Brea
are threatened by major development projects. If these lands are
developed, wildlife in the western part of the hills will become isolated
and die out. Protection of the "Missing Middle" is essential to the
health of the entire Corridor and the livability of the communities in this
region.
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