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Sharp Park restoration in EIR draws sharp opposition; critics call for separate review
Summary
The inclusion of Sharp Park’s Laguna Salada restoration and related golf‑course realignment proposals in the citywide EIR drew sustained opposition from scientist groups, conservation organizations and nearby residents, who said the golf‑course elements were added after scoping and demand separate CEQA review to protect endangered species and account for sea‑level rise risks.
A prominent thread of testimony at the Dec. 15 joint hearing centered on Sharp Park and the Laguna Salata restoration. Environmental groups, independent scientists and nearby residents told commissioners the golf‑course realignment elements included in the final EIR were not part of the original scoping process and require their own, separate review.
Opponents said the design concepts included in the EIR—raising fairways, moving holes and dredging lagoon sediments for habitat creation—were developed outside the earlier public scoping and were presented late in the process. Brent Plater, executive director of Wild Equity Institute, and speakers from the Sierra Club, the National Parks Conservation Association and local university students argued the package “was jammed into” the EIR and that the proposed actions could…
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