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Written by John Saiz | Patterson Irrigator
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Friday, 07 November 2008 |
A court decision whether to throw out the city’s lawsuit against a 7.5-square-mile industrial development in Crows Landing has been postponed until Nov. 21. The hearing was initially scheduled for Thursday.
The delay gave both sides the opportunity to review a recent state Supreme Court ruling that the city hopes will give it leverage to halt the project.
PCCP West Park LLC and Stanislaus County are negotiating to turn the former Crows Landing Naval Air Base into a massive industrial center. The Patterson City Council has been a constant critic of the project and its huge scope.
The city sued the county and West Park after county supervisors voted to enter an exclusive negotiation period with the developer. The city argues that an environmental impact report — an extensive study detailing the impacts of the project — needed to be created prior to the supervisors entering the negotiating period.
A similar argument was upheld in the case Save Tara v. City of West Hollywood. The state Supreme Court ruled Oct. 30 that West Hollywood violated state law by not following proper procedures with regards to a senior citizen housing project.
The court determined an environmental impact report should have been completed before the city joined two developers and obtained a federal grant for the project.
Both sides in the West Park case had until Friday to turn in briefs explaining their interpretations of the Tara decision and how it applies to the current case. The briefs should be available for public viewing next week.
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I just want WP to perform the EIR so we can see how they miracously think they can mitigate the pollution from thousands of dirty trucks.
On the other hand, the city should also be focused internally since they are attempting to update the GP without taking GHGs into consideration.....not good.
Fred Ross
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