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Committee urges MidPen to limit Hawthorne’s grading and parking, forms subcommittee to explore town acquisition
Summary
Members urged MidPen to avoid heavy hillside grading and locate any Hawthorne's parking on previously developed land, passed a motion to remind MidPen of conditional-use requirements, and created a subcommittee to explore whether the town should pursue acquisition or other arrangements.
The Portola Valley Open Space Committee urged MidPen (Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District) to avoid large-scale grading and parking in the undeveloped hillside portions of the 79-acre Hawthorne’s parcel and approved a motion asking the town to remind the Open Space District of conditional-use permit requirements. The committee also voted to form a subcommittee to explore whether the town should pursue acquisition or other arrangements to manage the property.
Presenter Betsy summarized MidPen’s timetable: MidPen staff advanced options 9 and 10 to their full board and staff indicated the full board could act at a mid-May meeting. If the board…
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