BREA : Opinions on Hillside Homes to Be Heard
Residents will get a chance at 7 p.m. Tuesday to voice their opinions to the City Council about the latest version of a controversial development plan for the city’s hillsides.
Santa Fe Energy Resources, which owns the once oil-rich land, wants to build 763 homes, a school and parks on 284 acres north of Carbon Canyon Road and east of Valencia Avenue.
The plan has been scaled back several times in answer to residents’ complaints that the proposal would bring more noise and traffic to the area.
Another concern of residents has been that the council will be asked to alter the city’s General Plan, which would allow less than 500 units to be built on the site. The area was once an oil-boom town called Olinda, home to about 3,000 people at its peak.
The latest revision has lowered the number of units from 867 to 763, and will reduce the overall density from 20 units per acre to 10 per acre.
Apartments, townhomes and a care facility for seniors have been dropped from the proposal, officials said. But the plan still includes housing for senior citizens and faculty from Cal State Fullerton and other institutions.
The public hearing will be at 7 p.m. in the Council Chambers, at 1 Civic Center Circle in Brea.
Information: (714) 990-7600.
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