Monday, September 15, 2014

Stop Further Development in Crazy Cat (Palisades)

by Ellen Esposito

Since its inception in 1992, the Mission Hills Association has been working diligently to monitor development of the Crazy Cat and adjacent mountain areas adjacent to Mission Hills, Piedmont Hills, Ridgecrest Estates, etc. Twice we have advocated for the preservation of the mountainside above the east side of O’Keefe Dr. and have prevailed. New plans for a development called Kern View Estates 2 were scheduled to be presented to City Council on August 19, 2014. The plans, which were approved by the City Planning Commission, call for the construction of 60 townhouse units on this site.

City Council has postponed review of the site plan for 60 days in order to get an appraisal of the property and have time to speak with the landowner, Piedmont Group LLC, regarding a possible sale of the property to the city and/or a property improvement district (PID).  Updates on the status are being posted on the Mission Hills Facebook https://www.facebook.com/MissionHillsAssociation.  We continue to request that friends of the mountain send letters opposing the site development plan to Mayor Leeser and their city council representative.

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