Planning commission hears sharp public concern over Campbell Technology Park DEIR’s traffic and access analysis

City staff and consultants presented the draft environmental impact report for the Campbell Technology Park project at the Planning Commission’s April 28 hearing, and residents and nearby industrial businesses raised repeated concerns that traffic, single‑point access and heavy‑truck operations are not fully analyzed.

Daniel Fava, the city staff presenter, opened the session by telling the commission and the public that “this is a public comment meeting on the Campbell Technology Park project's draft environmental impact report, the DEIR.” Anna Radnich, a principal planner with consultant Stantec, walked the commission through CEQA basics and the draft EIR’s findings, saying that the CEQA process exists to “identify ways to avoid, reduce, or mitigate significant environmental impacts” and that comments received during the 45‑day review will be incorporated into the final EIR.

The proposed project would redevelop the existing Campbell Technology Park (four parcels spanning about 17 acres and a roughly 280,000‑square‑foot R&D campus) into 290 housing units composed of 27 detached single‑family homes, 149 three‑story townhome‑style units and 114 four‑story townhome‑style units, the…