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After hours of testimony, Riverside council denies appeals and certifies the Riverside Alive final EIR
Summary
Following testimony from labor and environmental groups that the final EIR for the Riverside Alive project omitted parcels, lacked VMT analysis, understudied noise and air hazards and deferred critical studies, the council denied appeals and voted unanimously to certify the final EIR and continue with the environmental process under the maximum development envelope approach.
The Riverside City Council on Jan. 6 voted unanimously to deny appeals and certify the final environmental impact report (EIR) for the Riverside Alive development concept, after hearing extensive public testimony and legal arguments from unions, environmental groups and the project’s supporters.
Planning staff summarized the EIR as analyzing a "maximum development envelope" that would allow up to 168 residential units, 376 hotel rooms, about 220,000 square feet of office and roughly 62,000 square feet of retail, plus multi‑level subterranean parking and a convention center expansion. The draft analysis found significant and unavoidable impacts for operational air quality and greenhouse gas emissions — largely…
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