At its upcoming meeting on September 8th, the Piedmont City Council is planning to discuss the plan for development in Blair Park. It appears that the Council wants to move the plan directly into the EIR process without allowing sufficient time for the community to review the revised plan. Friends of Moraga Canyon is sending the following letter to the City Council, and members of the group plan to present our position at the meeting.

If you can, please join us at the meeting on September 8th at 7:30 to show your support for Moraga Canyon. The updated agenda should be posted to the Piedmont City Council website by the Friday before.

The Friends of Moraga Canyon request that the Blair Park item be tabled to allow the Parks, Recreation and Planning Commissions, and the neighborhood and the community, to review the plan before beginning the EIR. The EIR process is designed to review the environmental impacts of the plan, not the plan itself. That review should occur prior to the EIR being started and in fact is required by the City’s Municipal Code.

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