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I am going to assume that like it or not the 204-unit apartment planned for the southwest corner of Myrtle and Olive will be built, since Sacramento has limited the power of local jurisdictions to prevent it. But one concern I think the city might be able to partly address is traffic.
I think it would be a good idea if the city would ask the developer to provide a shuttle service to the train station Monday through Friday, intensively during rush hours and occasionally in between. Perhaps the nearby Paragon and Avalon apartments could help cover the cost. Not a complete solution by any means, but maybe it would keep a few extra cars off the road.
- Brad Haugaard
Isn’t there already a bus? Foothill Transit’s Line 270 stops hourly at Primrose Avenue and Walnut Avenue, on the southwest corner of the same block as the proposed development, and at Myrtle Avenue and Pomona Avenue, adjacent to the Metro station.
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Also, the project’s Draft Environmental Impact Report (open for public comment through August 18) states in section 4.13.8, “Transportation impacts would not occur or would be less than significant; therefore, mitigation is not required.”
https://www.monroviaca.gov/your-government/community-development/planning/development-spotlight/the-701-s-myrtle-development-project
Without an identified impact, why would the developer agree to pay for a shuttle bus in perpetuity?
I agree
ReplyDeleteWith respect, Brad, do you want someone to tell you the limits you must obey in personal mobility?
ReplyDeleteAnd what makes you sure a shuttle would have an impact on traffic? Few people use public transportation if they have a viable option. Do you know what they do for work, if anything? Where do they have to go? How will this shuttle aid them?
I have some experience with city savants and proposed uses of larger properties, most particularly with Pasadena, which gave serious consideration to a number of vacuous ideas about how others should "manage" dirt they supposedly owned. The "stakeholder" farce gave lunatics a voice.
We have met, you are not IMO a lunatic, to be clear. I didn't like the "rack 'em and stack 'em" trend in Monrovia when I lived there, whatever money increases the City Council gets for it playpen. I don't see a long-term viability for this plan given CA's, Monrovia's and LA County's current arcs.
I think that only substantial failure will sober enough people up to change those arcs. Being screamed at for not getting the COVID jab at a private dinner party and my GP doctor exposed to me the lack of thinking that seemed too pervasive to have a life in CA. Heavy taxation to fund people like DumBass and Newsom, being attacked for a "my body, my choice" option (it only works for abortion aficinados, I guess)...
I moved out. I did know three people where I landed but had to rebuild my life. I am blessed for taking on risk.
Societies cannot survive their own cowardice.
Monrovia clearly lives rent-free in someone's head...
DeleteI don't see these hideous monstrosities being built in Sierra Madre. They care about the people there. The people here used to actually care about their lifestyle now it's all about dollars and nothing else. The city used to actually look after the city. There hasn't even been any fire inspections this year. What going on??
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