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Calimesa staff: Sandalwood Travel Center environmental review open; project not a Flying J or Pilot
Summary
City staff said an initial study/mitigated negative declaration for a proposed Sandalwood Travel Center is out for public review Feb. 6–March 9; the director clarified that a social‑media sign claiming 'Flying J/Pilot' is misleading and the proposal is independently branded.
Community Development Director Kelly Lucia told the Planning Commission that the city has released an initial study/mitigated negative declaration and a notice of intent for the project referenced in the meeting as the Sandalwood (transcript also references 'Sandoval' and once reads 'Sandalwood Bridal Center') Travel Center and tentative parcel map 32815, and that the environmental document is now available for public review.
Lucia said the project is proposed at Sandalwood and Seventh Street immediately behind the Bob's Big Boy and Jack in the Box locations. She emphasized the project is not a Flying J or Pilot branded travel center after commissioners shared a social‑media photograph of a sign claiming otherwise; staff asked the developer to remove that…
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