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Residents say Euclid mixed-use site has become long-term truck yard; call for no extensions without public review
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Summary
Residents told the Ontario City Council that a 50-acre site approved as a mixed-use development is operating as a 24/7 truck yard under a temporary permit and urged the council to deny further extensions, provide a development timeline and respond to outstanding records requests.
Jennifer Daley told the council the Euclid mixed‑use specific plan site at 7255 East Shafer Avenue is operating as a large, 24/7 truck yard instead of moving forward with the promised housing and commercial development. “This was approved under a TUP, PUP 24,043, which explicitly expires 07/11/2026,” she said, adding that the city is now “asserting an extension to February 2027 based not on the permit itself but on a grading permit with no clear legal basis.”
Daley said the site’s continued industrial use has air‑quality and traffic implications for nearby neighborhoods and urged three steps: no further extension of the truck‑yard use without full public process, a clear and enforceable timeline for when mixed‑use development will begin, and full responses to outstanding public records requests.
Why it matters: Residents said a temporary permit and a promise of community benefits have been converted into a de facto long‑term industrial operation that lacks transparency and apparent accountability. Jennifer Daley framed the issue as erosion of public trust: “Residents are paying attention… promises made to the community do not matter.”
Other public commenters echoed related land‑use concerns. Randy Beckendom argued roughly 200 acres the county proposed to convey should be conserved for regenerative farming and community agriculture rather than being repurposed, and Chris Robles raised questions about planning timelines and public outreach for the city’s broader 2050 plan and truck‑route updates.
What the speakers asked for: Daley requested that the council (1) refuse further extensions of the truck‑yard use without full public process, (2) require an enforceable timeline for development at the Euclid site, and (3) produce outstanding records that residents have requested.
City response at the meeting: No council motion or staff action on the Euclid site was recorded during public comment. The record shows residents raised the matter and asked the council to take procedural and transparency steps; the transcript includes no staff acceptance or formal denial of the specific requests.
Next steps: Residents said they will follow up with records requests and public advocacy. If the council takes up the matter formally, the hearing record shows it would likely require staff analysis of permit authority and any graded‑permit extension basis.
