Transcript views / sierra-madre / 2026-02-24

City Council Special Meeting

2026-02-24 · agenda-only view · official agenda ↗ · watch on YouTube ↗

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Public comment (general) from video ▶ 1:31:30

~3 speakers (AI estimate)

SQUA environmental review inadequacy — the pre-Eden-fire EIR is outdated and post-fire changed circumstances require at minimum a supplemental review, not a mere addendum 2 speakers

“the approval of this meadows at Bailey Canyon rest on a pre2025 EIO that never saw an event like the Eden fire. Okay, which did a lot. It got me” ▶ 2:43:10

“addendum is going to cover it. I think that a supplemental needs to be done. Again, just based off of everything that's been said, uh, there's been a lot of change. There's been a lot a lot of” ▶ 4:13:16

Post-fire soil contamination — dioxins found at the FS2 site at levels exceeding EPA residential screening limits, and grading work began before remediation protocols were finalized 2 speakers

“fall asleep on me. Okay. Postfire soil testing found dioxins and heavy metal.” ▶ 3:00:26

“And that is roughly three times over the EPA residential screening limits of 4.8* 10 -6 mg per kilogram.” ▶ 3:00:59

Post-fire hydrology and flood risk — the project's stormwater storage basin was designed for pre-fire conditions; burn scars have sharply elevated erosion, debris-flow, and mudslide hazard 1 speakers

“have not seen it. So, the project's 50 years storm storage was never built for postfire conditions. The burn scars has” ▶ 3:08:11

“postfire conditions. The burn scars has made erosion, debris flow, flood, mud slide risk much higher across the VHFZ zebra. That is” ▶ 3:08:17

Development scale incompatible with neighborhood character — the project's predominantly two-story, larger-footprint homes are mismatched with the surrounding single-story street fabric 1 speakers

“Surrounding homes are 90% singlestory, 10% twotory, but yet the meadows would be flipped the other way around.” ▶ 3:11:49

“houses are big. You know, these guys are two stories, 3 4,000 square feet, double the size of most of the current homes surrounding that area.” ▶ 3:13:24

Inadequate public notification — five immediately neighboring families on Sierra Keys did not receive required notice of the January 15 planning commission hearing 1 speakers

“these are people that did not receive postpart notification for the Jan 15 planning commission meeting.” ▶ 3:19:50

“what happened. What happened that five families that are immediate neighbors to the uh project did not get notification?” ▶ 3:21:15

Bailey Canyon Park restoration — community enthusiasm to reopen the fire-damaged wilderness park and oak grove for residents, school groups, and nature education 1 speakers

“park. So many hundreds of people have stopped and said when is the park going to open? It's it's the trail is one” ▶ 5:32:13

“soon because it's a wonderful it's one of the finer assets of the city and we can offer so much education to children and adults. We've collaborated with the” ▶ 5:32:30

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[4.A] Conference with Real Property Negotiator (G.C. 54956.8) other ▶ 4:44 · 0 min

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[4.B] Public Liability Claims (Gov. Code 54956.95) other ▶ 4:56 · 87 min

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