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Thursday, February 19, 2015
FORA
In past editions of the Land Use Report, I have alerted listeners to planning efforts underway on the former Fort Ord. Proposed Fort Ord Regional Urban Design Guidelines are being discussed in various public meetings.
One listener, having heard my earlier reports, promptly let me know that she thought that the whole enterprise was basically misguided, since the kind of “Urban Design” planning efforts now underway are really just a part of “development” efforts, and there is a strong argument that less, not more, development is what ought to be taking place on Fort Ord. There is, in fact, a community group dedicated to that specific policy proposition, called Keep Fort Ord Wild.
If you are not familiar with that group, and would like to find out more, I have provided a link to its website in today’s transcript. I have also put a link in the transcript to the website of the Fort Ord Reuse Authority, or FORA. FORA is the agency overseeing the current planning and development efforts on the former Fort Ord. FORA has an eNotification system in place, to get interested persons involved. I have a link to their sign-up page in today’s transcript, too. In short, check out today’s transcript, at kusp.org/landuse, and get more personally involved!
According to a newspaper story from the Monterey County Herald, over 1,200 people have become involved in the Urban Design planning process so far.
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Former Santa Cruz County Supervisor Gary Patton talks about land use, and land use decisions, with an emphasis on public participation and how the land use process works.