Make your voice heard, please send your comments to the
City!!
Saratoga City welcomes comments from its
citizens on the SRC Expansion Proposal. You can make comments on
the proposal in general, and send comments to the various
committees and Commissions that will be considering it.
The City recommends that your create a Profile to identify
yourself. This makes commenting easier and enables you to track
the progress of your comments. However, you can submit your
comments individually without creating a Profile. You can create
a Profile here.
The proposal will pass through a number of stages, and
commenting is welcomed at each stage.The full list of milestones
and the latest information on the proposal's progress can be
found by scrolling down to the section headed Process and
Timeline on the
City's web page on the SRC Expansion project.
General comments on the SRC Expansion Proposal
You can make a general comment at any stage. It is particularly
important to comment now to the City Council, ahead of its
meeting on June 5th 2024 that will consider the expansion
proposal. Click
here for the City Council Comment Form.
You can log in with your Profile, if you have created one, as
part of your comment submission.
Environmental Impact Report
The Environmental Impact Report (EIR) is a key document that was
considered by the Planning Commission. A comprehensive and wide
ranging environmental impact review of the proposal was carried
out by an external consultant. There were several opportunities
to comment.
The first opportunity to comment was during the Preparation
Scoping Period, which was set for November 22nd to
December 22nd. The Preparation Scoping Period is held at the
start of the EIR review process. All the key environmental
aspects to be considered were identified during this period.
There was a Public Scoping Meeting on December 9, at which
numerous concerns with the PRS proposal were raised. Thank you
to all who commented during the meeting. Here is a video
recording of the meeting:
At the completion of his work, the consultant submitted a draft
EIR to the City. The final EIR was submitted to the Planning
Commission, which held a public meeting at which it considered
the EIR and decide to recommend the expansion proposal to the
City Council.
Community Meeting
The SRC Expansion Proposal was discussed in a Community Meeting
on November 16, 2021 at 6:00 p.m. Here is a video recording of
the meeting:
You might like to reference the Heritage
Resource Inventory List, (page 3 of 11) which lists the
Odd Fellows Home (the building we refer to as the Manor) as a
building in the Mission Revival Style contributing to the
heritage of Saratoga. This precious resource and its external
setting should not be compromised by any development on the SRC
campus.
The Planning Commission is the key committee. Its recommendation
will be forwarded to the City Council for final approval. It is
recommending the so-called "Master Plan" for SRC expansion to
the City Council.
The City Council will consider the recommendation of the
Planning Commission, and decide the final disposition of the SRC
Expansion Proposal. Click
or tap here to submit a comment to the City Council. The
date(s) of the City Council meeting(s) have not yet been
publicized by the City, but is expected to be on June 5th,
2024.. Please be prepared to attend this/these meeting (s) and
to participate with your comments.