Cambria Hotel
Proposed Project
The Applicant, Jerry Hunt of VP-RPG Dublin, LLC., applied and was approved by City Planning Commission a permit to construct a 138-room hotel on an existing parking lot located south of the existing Corrie Center office building at 7950 Dublin Boulevard within the Downtown Dublin Specific Plan(DDSP) Transit-Oriented District. The new six (6)-story hotel will consist of four (4) stories of guest rooms and amenities sitting on top of two (2) stories of podium parking.
Link to City Development projects including Cambria Hotel:
Controversy
Once again the City of Dublin is approving a development project without requiring a project level review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Two (2) appeals have been filed with the City of Dublin regarding the City Planning Commission’s approval of the 6-story Cambria Hotel at San Ramon Blvd behind the old Hooters restaurant and Corrie building. The City claimed this project needed no CEQA review because it was consistent with the Downtown Dublin Specific Plan using its 2010 Environmental Impact Report (EIR). The two appeals are based on four (4) individual expert reports submitted to the City prior to the meeting providing substantial evidence that this project needed environmental review.
These four (4) reports were never addressed by the City Planning Staff or addressed after a speaker spoke about the reports during Public Comment at the City Planning Commission meeting on April 28. The project was approved.
Is the City Management really looking out for the welfare of its residents or the developers? Seems like mostly the developers. Is City Management living up to the City’s Missionand Vision statements? Definitely not, given the continuing runaway urban sprawl appearance of our city and the traffic bottlenecks we have now.
What Can You Do
How can we stop this ongoing dilemma?
Elect candidates who really are transparent to the residents and don’t accept campaign contributions from special interest groups and developers. We can’t afford to just shrug our shoulders or give up when we see or know about something not in the interest of residents or our city. It is our city, so speak out through Public Comments during Planning Commission and City Council meetings, write letters and emails to elected officials and the news media, and speak up on social media.
If you agree, please let the elected officials of our city and city management know as they are paid by resident tax money.
City website: www.dublin.ca.gov.
City Council : https://dublin.ca.gov/71/Mayor-City-Council