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Residents urge removal of Sanchez Arts Center parcel from surplus/housing proposals
Summary
Public commenters asked the Planning Commission to remove Site 23 (Sanchez Arts Center and adjacent park) from draft surplus‑land/rezoning proposals and to strike any "by‑right" redevelopment language, citing the arts center's community role, jobs and open space value.
Several residents used the June 16 oral‑communications period to press the Planning Commission and staff to remove Site 23 — the Sanchez Arts Center, Margaret Owens Concert Hall, parkland and dog park — from any surplus‑land listings or housing‑element rezoning.
Speakers asked commissioners to recommend that the City Council and staff strip the parcel from surplus or by‑right development language to preserve the existing arts center and open space. Brian Rainero told the commission Site 23 "is not surplus" and urged removal of the "by right provisions"; Dina Verby said the…
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