On September 29^th the County planning department issued a notice that it would begin environmental review of North Coast Land Holding’s plans for the Seminary property.  The timing of this action coming just days before the October 2^nd Strawberry Design Review Board meeting on the application leaves us scratching our head.

Environmental review is a significant step in the long procedure of processing the NCLH application.

The Seminary Neighborhood Association believes the County was in error in taking this action.  You can read our full appeal here.  Briefly, our argument falls into two broad categories:

First, the application is too vague and leaves too many questions unanswered for it to even be reviewed.

Second, the application is so far beyond what could ever be approved that there is no point in even beginning the lengthy and expensive review process.

The appeal will be heard by the County Planning Commission on Monday, October 30^th at 1:00 pm at the County Civic Center.  Please mark your calendar and plan to attend this critical meeting and support the appeal.

North Coast Land Holdings has filed a revised application with the County which has some new elements but continues to be unresponsive to the complaints of Strawberry residents and the Strawberry Design Review Board.  Like the previous Branson application, this application flies in the face of the Strawberry Community Plan, Seminary Master Plan and its Conditional Use Permit. You can read the letter here.

On July 26^ththe Strawberry community came together to hear about North Coast Land Holding’s latest plans for the Seminary site.  At the conclusion of the meeting, over 200 Strawberry residents completed a survey regarding the future of the site.  The Seminary Neighborhood Association and the Strawberry Community Association wrote a joint letter to NCLH that highlights the survey results and calls on NCLH to engage with the community about the future of the site.  You can read the letter here.

Now that the Strawberry Design Review Board has heard the North Coast Land Holdings/Branson application three times and voted to reject the application, the Seminary Neighborhood Association and the Strawberry Community Association have sent a joint letter to the County explaining how we expect the application to be handled.

While North Coast was a no-show, more than 300 residents attended the Strawberry Design Review Board to protest the developer's plan for the Seminary. Read the IJ recap by clicking here.

In advance of the September 12 Strawberry Design Review Board hearing, the Seminary Neighborhood Association has submitted an official letter regarding the North Coast application for the seminary property. You can view the letter here.

Click here to read the latest IJ article on the secretive rental scheme being conducted at the Seminary site.

The IJ's Dick Spotswood shines a spotlight on North Coast's illegal rental operation at the Seminary. Click here to read the column.

Click here to view George Russell's spot-on analysis of the North Coast/Branson traffic plan.

The Seminary Neighborhood Association has submitted a letter to the County in response to a potential plan by North Coast Land Holdings to rent certain portions of the campus property on an interim basis. Click here to read the letter, which serves as a reminder that the property has only one approved use: a Seminary.