December 19, 2006Planning and Preannexation Agreement • December 22nd, 2006
Introduction and Summary. I write on behalf of the Hillside Open Space Education Coalition (HOSEC), an unincorporated association of your neighboring communities, to urge you not to move forward with the Planning and Preannexation Agreement with Aera Energy, LLC which appears on this evening’s agenda. I do so for five reasons: (i) this Agreement is subject to review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and no CEQA compliance has been undertaken; (ii) there should be a reasonable opportunity for public input before the City moves forward, (iii) the Agreement gives Aera too much control over the CEQA analysis of this project; (iv) this project threatens to severely degrade traffic in and around Diamond Bar and may expose the City and its taxpayers to serious economic risks; and (v) the Agreement is neither balanced nor fair. Accordingly, I urge you not to move forward with this project on these terms at this time. Each of these reasons is elaborated below.
