Manteca planners have heard a group of rural residents northwest of the city loud and clear.
Their message? Keep us in the county.
That’s why municipal staff is recommending the Manteca City Council ask the San Joaquin County Local Agency Formation Commission not to include about 20 rural homes along the east side of Airport Way and straddling Lathrop Road in a request to annex 300 acres as part of the Northwest Airport Way Master Plan.
The master plan includes the 273-acre Center Point business park that is designed to accommodate mega-distribution centers that rely on both rail and trucks and need up to a million square feet of space. That is almost double the size of the largest existing distribution center in Manteca which is Ford Motor Parts in Spreckels Park. That facility has 550,000 square feet.
The city actually didn’t want to consider annexing the rural homes. However, LAFCO staff said the city had to include them in formal studies. The final decision on whether the properties will be annexed with the rest of the land is in the hands of the appointed LAFCO board. The Manteca Planning Commission on a 3-2 vote opted not to embrace the master plan studies due to their concern about residents unhappy about the prospects of being forced into the city.
The City Council meets Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the Civic Center, 1001 W. Center St. to consider adopting the master plan.
The master plan is just part of what the council will be considering. Other parts of the package are a prezone, annexation request, development agreement, general plan amendment, and parcel map.
The master plan dictates design standards including intense landscaping along the distribution centers to shield lighting and buffer noise much like what is found along Spreckels Avenue that effectively masks distribution centers from view.
Community Development Director Frederic Clark noted the Center Point project with its tall buildings will go a long way to block light and noise from the Union Pacific intermodal location in the process of being tripled and is located just a quarter of a mile west of Del Webb at Woodbridge.
The county-approved expansion will provide the UP facility with the opportunity to triple its capacity from 250,000 tractor-trailers loading and unloading annually to 750,000 a year. The overwhelming share of the truck traffic heads west from the site to Interstate 5 via Roth Road through Lathrop.
Clark noted a small percentage of the truck traffic will be reduced by tenants that locate in Center Point. The business park will have its own private at-grade crossing to access the UP intermodal operation.
Center Point consists of 273 acres with 4 million square feet of distribution centers. It is part of an investment firm that California Public Employees Retirement System owns.
Their message? Keep us in the county.
That’s why municipal staff is recommending the Manteca City Council ask the San Joaquin County Local Agency Formation Commission not to include about 20 rural homes along the east side of Airport Way and straddling Lathrop Road in a request to annex 300 acres as part of the Northwest Airport Way Master Plan.
The master plan includes the 273-acre Center Point business park that is designed to accommodate mega-distribution centers that rely on both rail and trucks and need up to a million square feet of space. That is almost double the size of the largest existing distribution center in Manteca which is Ford Motor Parts in Spreckels Park. That facility has 550,000 square feet.
The city actually didn’t want to consider annexing the rural homes. However, LAFCO staff said the city had to include them in formal studies. The final decision on whether the properties will be annexed with the rest of the land is in the hands of the appointed LAFCO board. The Manteca Planning Commission on a 3-2 vote opted not to embrace the master plan studies due to their concern about residents unhappy about the prospects of being forced into the city.
The City Council meets Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the Civic Center, 1001 W. Center St. to consider adopting the master plan.
The master plan is just part of what the council will be considering. Other parts of the package are a prezone, annexation request, development agreement, general plan amendment, and parcel map.
The master plan dictates design standards including intense landscaping along the distribution centers to shield lighting and buffer noise much like what is found along Spreckels Avenue that effectively masks distribution centers from view.
Community Development Director Frederic Clark noted the Center Point project with its tall buildings will go a long way to block light and noise from the Union Pacific intermodal location in the process of being tripled and is located just a quarter of a mile west of Del Webb at Woodbridge.
The county-approved expansion will provide the UP facility with the opportunity to triple its capacity from 250,000 tractor-trailers loading and unloading annually to 750,000 a year. The overwhelming share of the truck traffic heads west from the site to Interstate 5 via Roth Road through Lathrop.
Clark noted a small percentage of the truck traffic will be reduced by tenants that locate in Center Point. The business park will have its own private at-grade crossing to access the UP intermodal operation.
Center Point consists of 273 acres with 4 million square feet of distribution centers. It is part of an investment firm that California Public Employees Retirement System owns.
