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Council authorizes start of park‑abandonment and surplus‑land process for Whispering Hills site amid mixed public reaction
Summary
Lake Forest City Council voted 4–0 to direct staff to begin the municipal park‑abandonment law and Surplus Land Act processes for the 6.5‑acre Whispering Hills site to explore senior affordable housing with a park component; residents raised concerns about outreach, parking, traffic and preservation of green space.
The Lake Forest City Council voted 4–0 on April 7 to authorize staff to begin the municipal park‑abandonment law (MPAL) and Surplus Land Act (SLA) processes for the city‑owned 6.5‑acre Whispering Hills site to explore a concept that would include senior affordable housing alongside a park component.
Assistant City Manager Keith Nieves told the council the site has been undeveloped since before the city's incorporation and was transferred to the city by an IOD (indenture) in 1999 without funding for park construction. Staff presented a conceptual approach intended to balance state affordable‑housing objectives with preservation of publicly accessible open space. Staff said the conceptual illustration showed roughly 65 units but emphasized the number would be determined later through SLA…
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