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Riverwalk project draws mixed public comment; EIR cited as key water-supply analysis

City Council and Local Redevelopment Authority, City of Riverbank · March 26, 2024
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Summary

Public commenters urged the council to protect 2.4 square miles of Riverwalk farmland; another resident cited the draft EIR’s finding of an estimated annual surplus of more than 9,300 acre-feet and argued project groundwater demands would be minimal.

Two members of the public used the council meeting Tuesday to present opposing perspectives on the proposed Riverwalk development, focusing on farmland preservation and water supply analysis in the draft environmental impact report (EIR).

Milt Treweiler urged the council to ‘‘vote no’’ on the Riverwalk project and asked the city to preserve about 2.4 square miles of prime farmland, which he described as…

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