A previously-approved housing development bound for northern San Bernardino is in limbo three months after the county Local Agency Formation Commission moved the controversial project forward by annexing 350 acres of unincorporated land into the city.
Until San Bernardino initiates a separate plan to assume responsibility for 26 additional acres of unincorporated land near the site, however, neither the larger annexation nor the Spring Trails project will go through, Sam Martinez, LAFCO executive officer, said by phone Friday, Jan. 31.
City leaders have declined to commit to such a plan at this time.
“The condition of approval is clear,” Martinez said. “It’s up to (San Bernardino) to take up a resolution” to take in the 26 acres.
Approved by the City Council in 2012, the Spring Trails project calls for the development of 215 residences on 199 acres in one of the northernmost parts of town. San Bernardino would be responsible for providing services to the area, even though the development could take years to come to fruition.
Since property owner Montecito Equities proposed the project more than two decades ago, residents of the Verdemont community have argued, in part, that building so many residences in a high wind- and high fire-hazard zone would put future homeowners in danger.
Furthermore, they’ve said, San Bernardino cannot afford the increased demand for services.
On Oct. 16, after hearing from Councilman Henry Nickel, who represents the area and backs his constituents, as well as about 20 Verdemont and Devore residents, a majority of LAFCO commissioners voted in favor of annexing the 350 acres into San Bernardino, pending the city’s cooperation on taking in the additional acreage.
San Bernardino leaders were asked to put their commitment in writing within a year.
Nickel, who last year called the annexation “ill-advised,” repeated that sentiment when discussing the item recently.
“Even if we pass a resolution” declaring an intent to annex the 26 acres, he asked of city staffers at a recent council meeting, “what are we committing ourselves to in terms of a timeline? And if we fail to follow, what are the consequences? I don’t know how this moves forward. I’m concerned about what we got ourselves into.”
Councilman Jim Mulvihill suggested discussing the annexation plan after the city revises its general plan.
“My concern is the lack of infrastructure” in the area, he said. “There are problems there today, limitations. It’s a high-fire area. I would say in our general plan revision we address those issues, and recognize that if LAFCO comes back and asks when we plan to annex this (island), we can say we’ll annex it when we finish revising our general plan, at a later date.”
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