Keep Fort Ord Wild

08/25/2018

Alert: Despite OVERWHELMING public opposition, FORA is offically bringing back the Eastside Parkway and its worse then ever. The road is now proposed to be an astounding 4.5 miles long and cut through oak woodland along its ENTIRE length. FORA has cleverly tried to rename the project “Northeast-Southwest Arterial Connector Project” but it’s a new version of the Eastside Parkway. While the “old” version of Eastside Parkway connected to and utilized Intergarrison Road on its Eastern Edge, this new version exclusively cuts through the backcountry, including habitat area and oak conservation areas. The beginning of the environmental review process is underway. Please attend one of the two public meetings referenced in the link:http://www.fora.org/Reports/NOP/NOP_NE-SW_Arterial_Connector_Project_8-23-18.pdf

02/03/2018

FORA is actively trying to resurrect the Eastside Parkway --
the freeway to nowhere originally designed for Monterey Downs. KFOW is working with our friends at Land Watch Monterey County to stop it. Stay tuned for more info!

02/03/2018

Reject Eastside Parkway considered by FORAOn Friday, the Fort Ord Reuse Authority (FORA) was considering a decision either to adopt Goals and Objectives for construction of the Eastside Parkway, or reject Goals and Objectives i

02/03/2018

http://www.montereyherald.com/opinion/20180202/letters-to-the-editor-feb-3-2018-reject-eastside-parkway-considered-by-fora

01/14/2017

http://keepfortordwild.org/2017/01/13/keep-fort-ord-wild-wins-lawsuit-over-eastside-parkway/

http://www.montereycountyweekly.com/blogs/news_blog/keep-fort-ord-wild-wins-lawsuit-over-eastside-parkway/article_09c15d7a-d9c3-11e6-bc47-2b1bd13a2abd.html

01/14/2017

http://keepfortordwild.org/2017/01/13/after-a-half-decade-massive-monterey-downs-development-cancelled/

http://www.montereycountyweekly.com/blogs/news_blog/breaking-after-a-half-decade-massive-monterey-downs-development-cancelled/article_c8328c2a-b77c-11e6-b289-236f30a71312.html

11/24/2016

Alert: Seaside City Council to Consider Rescission of Monterey Downs Approvals.

Please attend the December 1st Seaside City Council Meeting. See the links below:

http://seasideca.boardsync.com/Web/Player.aspx?id=495&key=-1&mod=-1&mk=-1&nov=0

http://seasideca.boardsync.com/Web/GenFile.aspx?ar=1943

Agenda item #10 on the Seaside City Council’s Dec. 1 Agenda asks the Council to consider rescission of the general plan amendments, specific plan, and zoning ordinance for Monterey Downs because:
The Project Applicant, Monterey Downs, LLC, informed the City on November 22, 2016, that they do not wish to proceed with the project as currently approved, and declined at this time to enter into an indemnification agreement as required by the approvals for the General Plan Amendment, Specific Plan, and Zone Text and Map Amendments. Therefore, the City Council will consider rescission of the approvals, direction to staff to effectuate that rescission, and remand the Project to the Planning Commission for consideration of further Project Revisions that Project Applicant may wish to propose.

09/06/2016

http://keepfortordwild.org/2016/09/06/urgent-monterey-downs-showdown-this-wednesday-97-please-attend/

The time has come. We knew it would. After six years of fighting this project, the first approval is expected WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

06/08/2016

http://www.montereycountyelections.us/Election%20Result.htm

Thanks to everyone that voted for Jane Parker and Mary Adams. Once again, Monterey Downs and the politicians that support it have been firmly rejected by the voters.

05/23/2016

ACTION ALERT:
Del Rey Oaks is trying to ram through an RV/Trailer park on Fort Ord Land without an Environmental Impact Report or an Election.

Show-up to the City Council meeting 5/24 @ 6pm and demand Del Rey Oaks and the developer prepare a proper Environmental Impact Report.

Where will the water come from? Who will pay for the water and other infrastructure? The 220 spaces in the RV park, when full, would almost double the population of Del Rey Oaks. Del Rey Oaks citizens recently rejected an RV park proposal in another part of town.

Please share!

http://www.delreyoaks.org/userfiles/file/City_Council/Agenda_Packet_Regular_Meeting/20160524.pdf

05/19/2016

http://www.montereycountyweekly.com/news/local_news/developers-try-to-dodge-environmental-review-of-a-proposed-rv/article_041fac30-1d46-11e6-9e0c-1f22755fa01b.html

So much for "regional planning" on Fort Ord. Stay tuned.

It’s a case of truth being stranger than fiction.