News of the Arroyo
Title: | Planning Commission Says Do It Right |
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Date: | 2002-08-29 |
Summary: | August 29, 2002 -- The Pasadena Planning Commission considered the Arroyo Seco Master Plan and EIR last night. At the end of a three hour discussion, the the Commission adopted a pointed resolution stating that they cannot recommend certification of the Environmental Impact Report and find the EIR inadequate because it fails to properly address water resources issues, doesn't consider the impact of increased Rose Bowl events, and fails to provide an effective alternative that would restore/conserve the existing character and natural assets of the Arroyo Seco. |
Author: | News |
Publication: | Arroyo Seco News |
Content: | The Pasadena Planning Commission meeting last night was a dynamic, even thrilling, discussion of the future of the Arroyo Seco. Commissioners were receptive and engaged as concerns about the current Arroyo Seco Master Plan and EIR were discussed in some detail. Josh Hart of the Planning Department and Rosa Laveaga of the Parks and Natural Resources Division of Public Works presented the plan. A series of Arroyo advocates came forward to criticize the current plan and make eloquent and dramatic presentations about their hopes to restore and enhance one of our community\'s greatest natural treasures. Speakers included Richard Davis, Cheryl Auger, Pat Locke, Peggy Stewart, David Czamanske, Tim Brick, Diana Britt, Jan Muntz, Ray Dashner, Sylva Blackstone, Robert Witrey, and Mary Barrie. Throughout the three-hour exchange in City Council Chambers, Planning Commissioners, particularly Arnold Siegel, Elizabeth Trussell, Diana Peterson-More, Mark Leon, Richard Janisch, and Merillee Fellows, asked perceptive questions and pointed out flaws in the planning process. Discussion of the AS Master Plan EIR was on the agenda as an information item, but, after a thorough discussion, the Commission adopted a pointed resolution stating that they cannot recommend certification of the Environmental Impact Report and find the EIR inadequate because it fails to properly address water resources issues, including the potential for flood channel removal, doesn\'t consider the impact of increased Rose Bowl events, and fails to provide an effective alternative that would restore/conserve the existing character and natural assets of the Arroyo Seco. The resolution also recommends that the Master Plan should be reopened to reconsider specific inappropriate projects and that consideration of the Arroyo Seco Watershed Restoration Study and its recommendations should be included in the Master Plan and EIR. The vote was unanimous. It was the kind of evening that makes you proud to live in Pasadena. --- |
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