The Broadstone Project is a proposed residential community between LVP2 and Highway 101. The property is currently zoned R-1-SF. This zoning would allow approximately 45 units.
The 2020 Housing Element suggested that the property could be considered for a possible zoning change allowing as many as 109 units. This is NOT a rezoning but just a suggestion that further review be done if there is an interest in developing the property, some of which is in a FEMA flood plain.
The full text of the Housing Element can be found here: https://www.slocity.org/home/showpublisheddocument/30985/637667061640130000
The Developer is proposing 230 Units and a city maintained road thru the flood plain.
Here is part of a letter sums up our situation:
Hi Jacqueline
I have just reviewed your summation of the meeting with the Landstone representative.
While I believe that you accurately represented the Developer’s Presentation, I feel that your summary mistakenly represents to the membership of our community that there are only two possible choices as we move forward. This is a manipulation tactic that the representative employed during his presentation. It is often called a false choice or a false dichotomy.
As of this time roughly half of the the Landstone property is zoned Low Density Residential with the other half zoned Conservaton / Open Space. Without a zoning change the developer would only be able to build roughly 40 single family homes and this would have a positive impact upon the value of our property.
A second option is that the developer may chose to not move forward at all if there is enough ORGANIZED resistance to his plans.
The third and fourth options you detailed in your letter. It is important to understand that there are dozens of other possibilities as well.
The spokesperson at the meeting is a highly trained and skilled manipulator of people involved in local communities where they seek to develop. HE IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO US IN ANY WAY. His fiduciary relationship is with his employer. He is also skilled at reframing so as to make the offensive more palpable. His statement that their proposed road would bring an additional 3300 cars per day turning the corners near our homes doesn’t sound nearly as bad as driving 1.2 million cars per year around a sharp corner where our residents children are playing.
The meeting made clear that the Landstone Company wants only either of the two options presented.
There are a minimum of 4 options that all the owners should be aware of and clear about.
I think you should include the other choices we have in an additional communication to all the resident owners as well as owners that rent out their home. Many members felt hopeless and powerless after the meeting. We are not powerless if we stick together and speak up. There is very little to be gained and much to be lost by endorsing a high density development in our neighboring flood plain.
If we all attend the meeting April 1 we can voice our opinions and preferences.