Barry Levinson
I was disappointed but not surprised that the Planning Committee voted for the 32-unit development by Melia Homes on a scant 3.3 acres. One committee member had the audacity to state that the traffic in and around the Laguna Road Elementary School was not the developer’s problem (but it most definitely should be the city of Fullerton’s problem along with the Fullerton School District).
Fitzgerald appointee and sock puppet Larry Bennett
By voting for the zoning change the developer is requesting, you are allowing him to make the traffic problems worse. Therefore, the serious traffic congestion at the beginning and end of each day at Laguna Road School is in fact in part the developer’s problem. The commissioners are making that property much more valuable to the landowner by voting for the zoning change from office/medical space to attached housing, yet giving him a pass on the added traffic congestion and added parking problems the developer will create for the surrounding neighborhood. It seems that as commissioners you are not thinking clearly and certainly ignoring the very legitimate concerns of the community.
Seaborne appointee Gambino that voted to ruin Fullerton with the yes vote on the DCCSP
Dunlap
It is most definitely the city’s responsibility and obligation to make a decision that does not harm any of the residents. This commissioner along with the other 3 voting for its approval, have abdicated that role. This project will exacerbate the traffic congestion and the potential for additional accidents in and around the Laguna Road School.
Big developer puppet Silber who hates cars and loves high density with a yes vote on the disastrous DCCSP
Yes it is also a FSD issue but the last time I looked it is in and within the City of Fullerton. The next traffic injury or death is on the four-committee members, who voted for this (Peter Gambino, Larry Bennett, Silber and Dunlap). It should be noted that this very important vote was made with 2 of the 7-committee members not in attendance, namely Kevin Pendergraft and Ma‘Ayn Johnson.
Agenda 21 SCAG operative Ma’yaan Johnson voted yes for the DCCSP was a no show on this mess
A committee concerned about doing the right thing would have at least postponed the vote until they could get all of the committee members to actually meet their obligation and duty to represent the good people of Fullerton. The way this city conducts business is both indefensible and deplorable.
Bruce’s repeated no show appointee Pendergraft who missed the vote on the DCCSP and missed the vote on this spot zone change-two huge decisions and he decides to stay home-fire this guy and appoint Barry
The “Boss” Joe Felz
P.S. There was not one bit of evidence asked for by the committee or given by Melia Homes that demonstrated that a smaller single-family development was not financially feasible on that 3.3-acre site. The public did speak to a new single-family development across from Laguna Road School of 7 houses on about 3 acres of land. That is obviously financially viable but we are to believe the sales BS of Melia Homes that they need a minimum of 32 homes on 3.3 acres to be financially viable, only a short few hundred feet away. For all the degrees and education represented on this Planning Commission, they sure seem to lack of whole bunch of common sense and objectivity.
Here is the description of the other project from the City of Fullerton.
The project is a residential development that proposes seven single family detached houses on a 2.97 acre lot, with a gross density of 2.57 dwelling units per acre. The lots will range in size from 17,620 square feet to 20,879 square feet. Vehicular access to the houses would be from Laguna Road via gated private drive that would be constructed
September 16, 2014
City of Fullerton – Initial Study Checklist
#1 by Sad But True on July 1, 2016 - 8:01 am
This Planning Commission voted unanimously 5 to 0 for the original far reaching DCCSP. (Two committee members were no-shows for the most important vote in Planning Commission history including Kevin Pendergraft, Mr. Whitaker’s appointee.
This Planning Commission voted 4 to 1 for the Melia Homes Project over the objections of dozens of people from the neighborhood to put attached housing at the rate of approx. 10 units per acre where adjacent property is 2 per acre. This is violating the Fullerton General Plan which states that no new development should negatively impact or change the existing neighborhood. Again two committee members were no-shows for this important vote, Kevin Pendergraft and Ma’Ayn Johnson (recommended for the position by Mayor Fitzgerald and approved unanimously by the entire Fullerton City Council.)
The committee ignored the fact that a developer almost next door is putting in 7 single family homes on 3 acres, disproving Melia Homes contention that a minimum of 32 units is necessary on their 3.3 acre plot to be financially feasible for them. Shamefully, this is not even discussed by our Planning Committee, which allows them to ignore the will of the people, ignore common sense and ignore a real traffic safety issue and votes to give the developer his change in zoning and his 32 unit development. What we are seeing here is that a whole bunch of degrees from college does not ensure either integrity or common sense.
All this is Sad but true.