BREA : Hillside Community Again Before Council
After numerous delays and at least six major revisions, a controversial plan to build housing on the city’s hillsides will go before the City Council tonight.
The proposal, which would put a master-planned community of homes, apartments, a school and a park on 284 acres of land north of the city, was delayed last month after a majority of council members indicated that they would not support the plan as it was then drafted.
Texas-based Santa Fe Energy Resources Inc., the project developer, has since scaled back the plan by 100 housing units and made other concessions in an attempt to gain approval.
At the Sept. 6 meeting, council members decided not to take action after a marathon session that lasted until 1 a.m., citing the late hour.
Council members Kathryn E. Wiser and Glenn G. Parker voiced the strongest objections, citing heath and safety concerns about the site. The property, which was once home to Orange County’s top petroleum producers, contains abandoned oil wells and storage tanks, and is near an earthquake fault and a landfill.
Mayor Bev Perry, who joined Councilman Burnie Dunlap in support of the plan, said the council will probably decide on the issue tonight.
The council meeting, which will include time for the public to comment on the issue, will be held in council chambers at 1 Civic Center Circle.
Start your day right
Sign up for Essential California for news, features and recommendations from the L.A. Times and beyond in your inbox six days a week.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.
