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Residents and environmental groups urge Newark to reject ‘Mori/Maori Village’ housing plan on wetland grounds
Summary
Multiple Newark residents, environmental groups and coalition members addressed the council during public comment on Oct. 23 urging the city to oppose a proposed 29‑acre housing development known as Maori Village on land currently occupied by a Pick‑n‑Pull auto dismantler and surrounded by wetlands and flood channels.
Dozens of residents and environmental advocates told the Newark City Council on Oct. 23 they oppose a proposed housing project on the Pick‑n‑Pull site west of the Silliman Center and Union Pacific tracks, arguing the land is a poor place for development and should be restored as wetlands and used for climate resilience.
Speakers including Cara Madden, an East Bay resident who collected petitions, said volunteers gathered signatures from thousands of Bay Area residents opposing the 29‑acre development. “Out of all the people that I spoke with personally, only one individual thought that this development was a good idea,” Madden said, and she delivered stacks…
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