Willow and Valley Warehouse Project

A paralegal with Lizzoteri LLP speaking for SAFER asked the council to deny the mitigated negative declaration and require a full EIR, citing expert findings on impacts to special-status species, habitat loss, and wildlife mortality.

The applicant with Investment Building Group said the project has gone through the process transparently, the site has been vacant and vandalized for years, and they are willing to address the late-arriving letter privately.

A Dudek biologist responded to SAFER's comments, saying the site is highly disturbed, the cited species concerns don't apply (no nesting cormorant colonies; Cooper's Hawk isn't listed), and standard surveys found no significant unavoidable impacts.