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Poor planning
The City Council majority is proposing to add 250
more housing units annually. They plan to annex and develop 413 acres of
Yolo County ag land which is outside the city limits. This project is
proposing 1,864 housing units and would bring more than 5,000
new residents to our City. The impacts from the Covell "Village"project,
located at Covell Blvd. and Pole Line Road, would affect our entire
City.
A new subdivision every five years
This pro-growth policy of an additional 250
housing units a year creates a fast growth General Plan for the City of
Davis. The city would need to annex 300 to 500 acres every 5 years to
fill this requirement to build 1,250 housing units (250 units a year X 5
years =1250 units) . This creates a "domino effect" of major residential
growth on the peripheral of Davis, a subdivision the size of Mace Ranch
every 5 years. This growth will be imposed North, South, East and West
Davis.
Davis Residents should oppose Covell Village and
the 250 more units per year policy.
How fast we grow is the choice of our community. Covell Village is the wrong choice. Even without Covell Village, thousands of additional housing units will soon impact Davis from Woodland's Springlake (5 minutes away) and the University's sprawling West Village project (construction summer of 2006). Why should our community commit so much, so soon, at such risk?
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