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The institution has said its extremity for the caller metropolis was to physique caller homes for 400,000 people.
Tuesday, July 23, 2024 3:45PM
The institution hoping to physique a caller metropolis adjacent Fairfield successful Solano County announced the measurement volition nary longer beryllium successful the November ballot contempt getting capable signatures successful May.
SOLANO COUNTY, Calif. -- The institution hoping to physique a caller metropolis adjacent Fairfield successful Solano County announced the measurement volition nary longer beryllium successful the November ballot.
California Forever and Solano County released a connection Monday announcing its withdrawal contempt getting capable signatures successful May to suffice the task connected the ballot.
Solano County Supervisor Mitch Mashburn said successful the connection they volition alternatively taxable an exertion for a General Plan & Zoning Amendment and proceed with the mean region process.
He says this includes mentation for a afloat Environmental Impact Report and the dialog and execution of the Development Agreement.
Jan Sramek, Founder & CEO of California Forever, said his institution volition enactment with Solano County to hole the Environmental Impact Report and Development Agreement implicit the adjacent 2 years, past bring the afloat bundle backmost for support successful 2026.
"This creates opportunities to incorporated further assemblage input, and past supply everyone with entree to nonsubjective analysis, and the afloat presumption of the Development Agreement, including the assemblage benefits. We judge that with this process, we tin physique a shared imaginativeness that passes with a decisive bulk and creates wide statement for the future. We're excited astir moving with the Board of Supervisors, its onshore usage subcommittee, and region unit to marque this happen," Sramek said successful the statement.
The billionaire-backed radical that's moving to physique a caller metropolis successful Solano County filed a ballot inaugural Wednesday to instrumentality to voters.
Supervisor Mashburn said not having the EIR and a afloat negotiated Development Agreement was a mistake.
"This politicized the full project, made it hard for america and our unit to enactment with them, and forced everyone successful our assemblage to instrumentality sides."
The institution collected 20,000 signatures successful the region which was 60% much than required to get connected the ballot.
The concern steadfast that's softly acquired much than 55,000 acres of Solano County farmland is revealing caller details astir its imaginativeness for a caller city.
The institution has said its extremity for the caller metropolis was to physique caller homes for 400,000 people.
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