At a recent “Conversations with the Mayor”, a resident asked why we are still developing when we are in a drought, and where the water is going to come from. Mayor Bob responded that the water districts have not asked the City Council to stop developing.
While that may be true, EBMUD has declared a Stage 4 critical drought and set a community-wide goal to reduce water use 20% compared to 2013. The Contra Costa Water District Board of Directors set a water conservation requirement of 25% compared to 2013.
There are currently 1,525 new units approved or already under construction in just eight major projects downtown. That represents almost a 5% increase in the City’s housing stock over 2013.
Think about it as you watch your lawn slowly die.
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I'm LATE to this page and discussion but I was working for the City of Walnut Creek when Measure A passed. The Planning Department (s) in those days actually worked for communities. Not like nowadays. Now is political agendas all around. The Planning Department for WC back then made all the businesses integrate their designs with the existing neighborhood too. It was brilliant and made sense. The City of Martinez followed the lead of WC in that (and also in the biennial budget design that I did that won a State award for an outstanding budget design. These days you can't get anyone to give up their "authority" and work for the purpose they were hired for. The betterment of the communities that pay their wages!
...And you can tell, the City of WC abandoned those good practices many years ago.~Cher
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