Growth continues in Sacramento, though this particular one won’t right now, and as long as it is congruent with the surrounding area, embraces park space within its development footprint, and contributes to community building, and, if feasible, connects to the Parkway, it should continue.
Most development in the area has roughly approximated those goals, and as they become more a part of the conventional wisdom, more will.
County rejects growth change
Tsakopoulos' plea to extend planning boundary is denied.
By Mary Lynne Vellinga - Bee Staff Writer
Published 12:00 am PDT Thursday, March 15, 2007
The Sacramento County supervisors on Wednesday rejected a developer's proposal that they consider opening up 3,400 acres of pasture along the El Dorado County line for development.
The unanimous vote by the five-member board followed more than five hours of testimony from people opposed to the proposal by developer Angelo K. Tsakopoulos to redraw the county's growth boundary to include his property. More than 100 people signed up to speak.
The decision came despite a last-minute offer by Robert Holderness, the lawyer representing Tsakopoulos' AKT Development, to scale back the request to include only the 500 northernmost acres of the eight-mile swath Tsakopoulos had proposed.
Tsakopoulos had argued that expansion north of White Rock Road by Folsom and growth in adjacent El Dorado County made his land ripe for development.
Three supervisors -- Susan Peters, Roberta MacGlashan and Jimmie Yee -- last month said they needed more information before making a decision.
Planning staff members, who opposed the developer's request, returned with an arsenal of maps showing most land across the county line from the Tsakopoulos property remains zoned for agriculture, although the northern portion abuts developments with thousands of homes and a business park.
"Now that we have that information, it's fairly clear that most of what's on the other side of that land is not urban development," MacGlashan said.
