[CPEO-BIF] Brisbane, California Baylands

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Tiny Brisbane surveyed about effects of huge Baylands plans

By John Wildermuth
San Francisco Chronicle (CA)
September 7, 2015

Residents of the tiny San Mateo County town of Brisbane are being asked for their opinion on the proposed Baylands project, a huge mixed-use development that could more than triple the city’s population over the next 30 years.

The plan, which has been in the works for more than a decade, calls for putting as many as 4,434 homes, condos and apartments and about 7.5 million square feet of office/industrial/retail space on 684 acres of bay fill and abandoned rail yards that sprawl from the Brisbane Lagoon north to the San Francisco city limits.

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“The whole site is a brownfield, and any land use - parks, housing, commercial - triggers a requirement for lots of remediation and cleanup,” said Swiecki, the city’s development chief.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Tiny-Brisbane-surveyed-about-effects-of-huge-6489653.php?cmpid=gsa-sfgate-result

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope Street
Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650-961-8918 or 650-969-1545
Fax: 650-961-8918
LSiegel@cpeo.org
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