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8/21/2020 Dyett & Bhatia Mail - Fw: PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING CITY OF DIXON GENERAL PLAN
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George Osner <[email protected]> Fri, Aug 7, 2020 at 3:13 PM
To: Andrew Hill <[email protected]>, Gina Kotos <[email protected]>, Barbara Brenner <[email protected]> Cc: Nubia Goldstein <[email protected]>, Brandi Alexander <[email protected]>
Andrew, et al--I received this comment le er, which seems to me to be a comment on the GP (and a request for certain policy ma ers) but not an EIR comment. However, I wanted you to have it for completeness.
George Osner, AICP
From: Yoli Hickman <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 4, 2020 11:13 AM
To: George Osner <[email protected]>; Jim Lindley <[email protected]>; Joe Leach <[email protected]>; Sco Greeley
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Cc: Yoli Hickman <[email protected]>
Subject: PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING CITY OF DIXON GENERAL PLAN
City of Dixon
Community Development Department 600 East A Street
Dixon, CA 95620
TO: George Osner, Contract Planner Jim Lindley, City Manager
Joe Leach, City Engineer/Public Works Director Scott Greeley, Associate Planner
Thom Bogue, Mayor Steve Bird, Vice Mayor Jim Ernest, Councilmember Devon Minnema, Councilmember Scott Pederson, Councilmember Tonyah Everhart, Chamber of Commerce
RE: PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING GENERAL PLAN UPDATE Dear Ladies and Gentlemen:
I understand that the City of Dixon is making changes and looking to adopt a new General Plan and an accompanying EIR. It is for this reason that I am formally submitting a “public comment” to the attention of the Community Development Department for consideration. I am also submitting a question that I would appreciate a response to. I want to thank you in advance for your time and assistance.
QUESTION:
My family has owned a 3 acre highway commercial zoned property in Dixon for the past 49 years (since 1971) located at 2635 West A Street, off Highway 80. Our property is currently on the sale market and in escrow. The property is under the name of Lozano Family Living Trust, whereby I am the Trustee. We hope to close escrow at the end of September. Family members and myself, along with our two ReMax Listing Agents have had numerous discussions with the City of Dixon regarding various Buyers that have shown interest in developing a gas station on our property. In each of those discussions we have been informed by the City of Dixon that there is language in the General Plan that discourages, and can restrict, no more than 2 gas stations at the same intersection. We have taken a visual survey of how many intersections in Dixon have 2 or more gas stations in one intersection, there are a total of 4. We have lost several potential Buyers that were discouraged from buying our property because of this communication from the City of Dixon. We do not believe that the current Buyer in escrow has plans to place a gas station on our property after being discouraged to do so, and has adjusted his plans accordingly. Here is my question: Can someone please direct me to the exact page and paragraph of the General Plan where this language exists. We have reviewed both the General Plan and the Specific Plan and we do not find this language in either document. Directing us to the exact location of this language would be very helpful. If our current escrow does not close as scheduled, the above information becomes even more important for future potential Buyers.
REQUESTING A CHANGE IN LANGUAGE TO THE GENERAL PLAN:
Our property is located in one of the main entrances to the City of Dixon. We love our community. We have lived in Dixon since 1965. My parents purchased this property 6 years after our arrival. Over the past 55 years the Lozano Family have remained respected members of the community. The City of Dixon and my family have a mutual interest in finding the right Buyer that would service our beloved community. The property is a historic landmark in CA, being the last of the fresh orange juice stands along the 80 Corridor. My family and I plan to donate “The Giant Orange” to the Dixon May Fair Committee “Friends Of The Fair” so that “The Giant Orange” forever keeps its place in history at it’s home in Dixon. A tribute to my parent’s legacy.
Our property has not been developed in decades and there has been no active business operating on our property for many years It is frankly an eye sore as it stands today. It is time we sell our property. There is a new home development underway in Dixon that has been approved under the Specific Plan with approximately 1,400 homes in it’s future. It would make sense to add another gas station on the same street to serve these homes.
We have not sold our property in the past several years, but it is not through lack of trying. The City of Dixon has declined several Buyers efforts for plan development ideas, thus we have lost numerous strong offers. In order to sell our property in the future we must work together. There is no guarantee that the current Buyer will close escrow (who wished to place a gas station on our property but adjusted his plan), therefore my family must continue to advocate for future change to the General Plan so we can sell our property. We are a highway commercial zoned property thus making our property perfect for certain commercial venues and will always attract certain Buyers. Specifically those wanting to place a gas station on our property. Over the years even when we have not had our property on the market for sale, many people have approached us. We have had no Buyers approach us wanting to place Restaurants, Hotels, Grocery Stores, or even Retail Stores on our property for the past 49 years since we have owned it, yet it is been placed on all Commercial Multiple Sales Listing possible. Accordingly, it is time to face reality and if the City of Dixon does not agree to consider a gas station on our property, our property will continue being an eye sore
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8/21/2020 Dyett & Bhatia Mail - Fw: PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING CITY OF DIXON GENERAL PLAN
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Can you also provide to us with a list of land uses that will be allowed by right with additional permits, and those list of land uses disallowed in the Corridor Mixed Use zone area.
Again, on behalf of my family, I thank each of you in advance for your support and consideration. Take good care. All the best,
Yoli Hickman Cell: 415.235.5499 [email protected]