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Planning staff opens public comment period on Balboa Park Station Area draft EIR
Summary
Planning staff opened a public hearing on the draft EIR for the Balboa Park Station Area Plan, inviting written comments through Nov. 5, 2007. Commissioners asked clarifying questions about population projections; no public speakers testified during the hearing.
Planning Department staff opened the public hearing on the draft environmental impact report for the Balboa Park Station Area Plan and outlined the project's scope: proposed general plan and code amendments, a new zoning district to encourage transit-oriented mixed-use development around Balboa Park BART and related sites, and potential changes to height and bulk controls.
Rick Cooper, planning staff, asked that written comments be submitted to the department by close of business on Nov. 5, 2007, after which staff will prepare written responses and return to the commission for certification of the EIR. Commissioner Catherine Moore flagged a likely typographical error in the population projection language (questions whether a figure read "60 new residents" should read "60% new residents"), which staff said they would address in the comments-and-responses phase.
No members of the public requested to speak during the hearing; the department left the written comment period open until Nov. 5. The commission accepted the public hearing record and closed oral comment for the night.
