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Riverbank residents urge council to halt or rethink 'Riverwalk' development at public comment
Summary
Several residents used the public-comment period to oppose the Riverwalk project, citing prime farmland, floodplain concerns, habitat impacts, traffic and lack of affordable housing; some urged waiting for a voter initiative. A community meeting on Riverwalk was scheduled for July 9.
Multiple Riverbank residents used the council’s public-comment period on June 24 to urge the City Council to reconsider the Riverwalk development proposal and to delay formal approval until voters can weigh in on an urban-limit initiative.
Jamie Eggers, appearing online, thanked staff for an early review opportunity of a second draft of the city’s housing element (a separate but related planning matter). Several in-person speakers focused on the Riverwalk plan. Mitchel (first name in transcript) and residents…
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