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PVP vs. the Residents of South Oxnard
Now How do we keep the
Wetlands safe and secure?
---Why not build a
giant parking lot for newly processed autos ...
Protestors,
proponents and concerned citizens came to the
Oxnard City Council
Chambers on Tuesday Sept. 17th to see what the City Council would do
regarding the proposal to add more parking space to the Pacific
Vehicle Processing facility at the southern most landfall of Oxnard.
An attorney for the Sierra Club was heard during the public comments portion of the session as well as other concerned citizens. The attorney's main concern was the blatant fact that the City was about to review and possibly approve a major environmental nightmare without the full benefit and legal requirement of producing an EIR (Environmental Impact Report) which is required by law, by the Coastal Commission and least of all by the City of Oxnard....who's minding the mint?
With a sense of decency
and to the dismay of the Suits who came to testify of how great this
parking lot for PVP was, the City Council tabled any action or
discussion on Item K.2 Planning and Zoning Permit Numbers
02-500-9 (Special Use Permit) and 02-620-2 (General Plan Amendment).
Filed by Pacific Vehicle Processors.
Council Agenda added: Appeal filed by Earth Alert, Beacon Foundation, Sierra Club, and Ventura CoastKeeper. Recommendation was to continue to October 1st meeting.
The Suits will be back
to say how great this new application of asphalt to endangered
wetlands is...and the beleaguered citizens who care will come out
with their "Save the World--Earth First" speeches to
influence the Council in which direction it should go - that of More
Business and Development or possibly the preservation of 5% of the
state of California's last remaining pristine and untouched wetlands.
If the Council is going
to recommend a DEIR/EIR, then we as citizens will be all the better
for it. If the Council ever decides to leave things as is and make
the area a nature preserve, the the planet will be better for it.
However, it would be
good to let us know before 1900hrs on 01 OCT 02.
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