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RaceBannon
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Why does it cost so much to build stuff? This is a commercial development in the scrublands of Moreno Valley where jobs are needed for a depressed area.
https://pe.com/2021/04/29/47-million-settlement-reached-in-world-logistics-center-lawsuit/
On Thursday, April 29, developer Highland Fairview and a coalition of environmental groups signed a $47 million settlement agreement intended to blunt the environmental impact of the proposed 40.6-million-square-foot warehouse complex. When completed, the World Logistics Center would include 40.6 million square feet of warehouse space on 2,610 acres — comparable to 700 football fields.
The project was first proposed in 2012. A month after the Moreno Valley City Council approved the project and certified the developers’ environmental impact report in August 2015, a group of environmental groups, including the Center for Community Action and Environmental Justice, Center for Biological Diversity, Coalition for Clean Air, Sierra Club and San Bernardino Valley Audubon Society sued to challenge the city’s approval of the environmental impact report. The case went back and forth in the courts for years, leading to a revised environmental impact report, which the city council approved in June 2020, and yet more legal challenges.
Proposed 2012
Three years later approved in 2015
Cue the lawsuits for the last 6 years
Pay the ransom.
Someone had to carry the costs for 9 years and counting just to get a shot at this happening. Same kind of shit happens for housing and guess what, we have a housing stock shortage. Coincidence?
Pay for 500 grants — between $24,391 and $20,709, depending on the year — to help local truckers buy Class 8 heavy-duty electric trucks
Pay for 60 grants — between $7,632 and $13,040, depending on the year — to help local truckers buy Class 4 through Class 7 medium-duty electric trucks
Pay for 120 grants — between $8,090 and $8,949, depending on the year — for World Logistics Center tenants to buy light-duty electric delivery vehicles
Pay $1.1 million to provide 1,000 $1,000 electric vehicle grants for Moreno Valley residents
Install the maximum amount of rooftop solar panels allowed under Moreno Valley ordinances — and add more if the limit is raised
Install 1,080 electric-vehicle charging stations in World Logistics Center parking lots
Require that at least 90% of forklifts at the complex must be powered by electricity, hydrogen or other non-fossil fuels. No forklifts can be diesel powered.
Require that at least 90% of handheld landscaping equipment, including leaf blowers and hedge trimmers, be electric or meet California Air Resource Board standards
Ensure that hot water for offices and bathrooms be heated by electricity generated by solar electricity
Install all-electrical appliances in building office areas
Prohibit diesel-powered generators outside of emergency conditions
Prohibit trucks from idling at the complex for more than five minutes
Provide an on-site air-conditioned lounge with other amenities for truckers to wait in each warehouse
Strictly limit lighting at the complex to reduce light pollution
Keep trucks at least 350 feet away from the South Jacinto Wildlife Area. Also, buildings must be at least 450 feet away from the area.
Build berms along Redlands Boulevard and Merwin Street before warehouses are completed within 1,000 feet of either road
Place buildings at least 290 feet away from areas zoned for housing
Build walls to reduce noise pollution between the complex and housing areas
Pay 90% of the cost for in-home air filtration systems for eligible residents and homeowners
Take responsibility for preventing illegal truck parking on residential neighborhoods in Moreno Valley
“From a zero-emissions standpoint, it has zero emissions from the largest equipment and heavy-duty trucks down to the smallest lawnmowers,” Martinez said. “Hopefully, it will set the new standard for projects throughout the region.”
Hopefully
https://pe.com/2021/04/29/47-million-settlement-reached-in-world-logistics-center-lawsuit/
On Thursday, April 29, developer Highland Fairview and a coalition of environmental groups signed a $47 million settlement agreement intended to blunt the environmental impact of the proposed 40.6-million-square-foot warehouse complex. When completed, the World Logistics Center would include 40.6 million square feet of warehouse space on 2,610 acres — comparable to 700 football fields.
The project was first proposed in 2012. A month after the Moreno Valley City Council approved the project and certified the developers’ environmental impact report in August 2015, a group of environmental groups, including the Center for Community Action and Environmental Justice, Center for Biological Diversity, Coalition for Clean Air, Sierra Club and San Bernardino Valley Audubon Society sued to challenge the city’s approval of the environmental impact report. The case went back and forth in the courts for years, leading to a revised environmental impact report, which the city council approved in June 2020, and yet more legal challenges.
Proposed 2012
Three years later approved in 2015
Cue the lawsuits for the last 6 years
Pay the ransom.
Someone had to carry the costs for 9 years and counting just to get a shot at this happening. Same kind of shit happens for housing and guess what, we have a housing stock shortage. Coincidence?
Pay for 500 grants — between $24,391 and $20,709, depending on the year — to help local truckers buy Class 8 heavy-duty electric trucks
Pay for 60 grants — between $7,632 and $13,040, depending on the year — to help local truckers buy Class 4 through Class 7 medium-duty electric trucks
Pay for 120 grants — between $8,090 and $8,949, depending on the year — for World Logistics Center tenants to buy light-duty electric delivery vehicles
Pay $1.1 million to provide 1,000 $1,000 electric vehicle grants for Moreno Valley residents
Install the maximum amount of rooftop solar panels allowed under Moreno Valley ordinances — and add more if the limit is raised
Install 1,080 electric-vehicle charging stations in World Logistics Center parking lots
Require that at least 90% of forklifts at the complex must be powered by electricity, hydrogen or other non-fossil fuels. No forklifts can be diesel powered.
Require that at least 90% of handheld landscaping equipment, including leaf blowers and hedge trimmers, be electric or meet California Air Resource Board standards
Ensure that hot water for offices and bathrooms be heated by electricity generated by solar electricity
Install all-electrical appliances in building office areas
Prohibit diesel-powered generators outside of emergency conditions
Prohibit trucks from idling at the complex for more than five minutes
Provide an on-site air-conditioned lounge with other amenities for truckers to wait in each warehouse
Strictly limit lighting at the complex to reduce light pollution
Keep trucks at least 350 feet away from the South Jacinto Wildlife Area. Also, buildings must be at least 450 feet away from the area.
Build berms along Redlands Boulevard and Merwin Street before warehouses are completed within 1,000 feet of either road
Place buildings at least 290 feet away from areas zoned for housing
Build walls to reduce noise pollution between the complex and housing areas
Pay 90% of the cost for in-home air filtration systems for eligible residents and homeowners
Take responsibility for preventing illegal truck parking on residential neighborhoods in Moreno Valley
“From a zero-emissions standpoint, it has zero emissions from the largest equipment and heavy-duty trucks down to the smallest lawnmowers,” Martinez said. “Hopefully, it will set the new standard for projects throughout the region.”
Hopefully
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