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Residents urge Baldwin Park to preserve Florence Flanner site as park, oppose Storm Properties housing plan
Summary
Multiple Bassett-area residents told the City Council Aug. 6 they want the Florence Flanner school site preserved for public use and opposed a developer’s plan to build housing on the site, citing park scarcity, safety and traffic concerns.
Dozens of residents and community advocates told the Baldwin Park City Council on Aug. 6 they want the Florence Flanner school site kept as public open space and opposed a proposal by Storm Properties to redevelop the site for housing.
“Florence Planner is on public public land use, open space, and recreation,” said Francisco Arena, who urged the council and the Baldwin Park Unified School District to “preserve and protect the Florence Planner School but as a public land.” Arena and several other speakers cited the Los Angeles County park-needs assessment and the city general plan’s parkland goals as reasons to retain the property for community use.
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