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Residents ask Needles planners to protect Pioneer Cemetery and riverfront open space during general plan update
Summary
Residents urged the Planning Commission to reclassify Pioneer Cemetery and adjacent parcels as public/open space, raised concerns that the MND may not protect archaeological and historic resources, and proposed riverfront public-space uses and elevated solar on privately owned parcels.
During the City of Needles Planning Commission study session, several residents directly urged commissioners to protect local historic and riverfront sites that they said are not adequately safeguarded in the draft general plan and its mitigated negative declaration.
Ruth Messer Lopez, who identified herself in public comments, asked commissioners to rezone land adjacent to Pioneer Cemetery and the parcel at 417 F Street (also referenced as 1 Grandview) to Public Facilities so that a proposed museum could serve as a gateway to the cemetery. She told the commission the cemetery…
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