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The San Ramon City Council is set to consider approving the boundary map and annexation of The Preserve development to a San Ramon Community Facilities District at a meeting Tuesday night.
As part of its conditions of approval, the property owners of The Preserve (formerly known as the Faria Preserve) development are required to provide a funding mechanism to pay for the cost of certain public municipal services. To comply with these regulations, the applicant agreed to annex the development into the City of San Ramon Community Facilities District (CFD) No. 2014-1.
The Preserve is situated on a parcel of land between Bollinger Canyon Road and San Ramon Valley Boulevard, about 1,500 feet north of Crow Canyon Road, within the Northwest Specific Plan Area. The development has a cap of 618 units, and is set to also include a house of worship site, an educational facility site, a community park, a rose garden, water quality ponds and trails with two trailhead staging areas.
The project has been in the works since 2004: the development has gone through lawsuits and modifications, and the application has passed hands from Claremont Homes to Lafferty Communities to CalAtlantic Homes, the current owner. In December, the project’s name was changed from “Faria Preserve” to “The Preserve.”
Specifically, there are four subdivisions in The Preserve subject to annexation — 9443, 9455, 9457 and 9456.
The facilities district is authorized to fund a variety of public facilities and municipal services, such as police services and facilities, parks and recreational services and facilities, street lighting and landscaping services and flood and storm protection and water treatment.
In a separate resolution, the council will consider approving another map authorizing a subdivision improvement agreement for The Preserve’s subdivision 9443. This specific subdivision covers about 21.7 acres on the north side of Faria Preserve Parkway and west of Purdue Road. If approved, 9443 will create 141 residential lots.
Tuesday’s council meeting is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. at City Hall, 7000 Bollinger Canyon Road.
In other business
* Several contract approvals are listed on the consent agenda, specifically for professional and project management services, material testing and construction inspection services, engineering consulting services and geotechnical consulting services.
* The council will consider amending San Ramon municipal code to allow for an expedited permitting process for electric vehicle charging stations.
* In a special joint presentation, San Ramon Valley Fire Chief Paige Meyer and San Ramon Police Chief Dan Pratt will present an award to Tevin Kuruvilla for “meritorious action that resulted in the saving of a human life.”
* Street Smarts coordinator Dolores Pita will give a program update to the council.
* San Ramon division manager Kathi Heimann will present a multi-cultural program update.
* The public hearing will continue for the proposed formation of the Northwest San Ramon Geologic Hazard Abatement District (NWSR GHAD), which would encompass The Preserve Project.
*Transportation specialist PJ Dhoot will present the Safe Routes to School annual report.
* The council will hold a public hearing on an ordinance changing the city’s commissions appointment terms and residency requirement.
The ordinance would amend commissioner selection times to be held in odd years, now that City Council elections take place in even years. Currently, since both are held in even years, there is a possibility that outgoing council members could select new commissioners to four-year terms.
Can you imagine the impact on our traffic?? That’s at least on other 1,500 people added to San Ramon in this project, in addition to the hundreds in the units replacing Golden Skate – this growth is out of control.
Stop taking away our open space and replacing it with buildings! Stop making our small town into Sunnyvale/Walnut Creek type cities!! People who love our small town town are having their home ruined by the greeed of developers… what is the best way to stop all this development of open space?