[CPEO-BIF] Brisbane, California "debates massive housing development"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Brisbane: With identity at stake, small town debates massive housing development

By Aaron Kinney
San Jose Mercury News (CA)
July 29, 2016

BRISBANE -- A key decision on the Brisbane Baylands, a massive mixed-use development proposal, will wait until next month, but many residents of this small community in the shadow of San Bruno Mountain have already made up their minds against it.

The Brisbane Planning Commission heard passionate arguments Thursday night for rejecting developer Universal Paragon Corporation's vision of 4,434 homes on 684 mostly vacant acres west of Highway 101, but put off a decision on the project until Aug. 25.

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Tom Heinz, who's lived in Brisbane for 30 years, said his opposition to housing on the Baylands stems from the toxic legacy of the property, which formerly held a rail yard and landfill and is contaminated with lead, arsenic and other toxins. Universal Paragon claims a comprehensive cleanup will allow people to live there safely.


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For there entire article, see
http://www.mercurynews.com/san-mateo-county/ci_30183510/brisbane-identity-at-stake-small-town-debates-massive

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice/Fax: 650/961-8918 
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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