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City OKs Natomas development
Last Updated 6:06 am PST Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Story appeared in METRO section, Page B2
SACRAMENTO – The City Council voted unanimously Tuesday evening to annex and rezone 577 acres of North Natomas farmland just outside the city limits and allow construction of 3,500 houses and apartments.
Council members passed an initial "intent" vote for the Greenbriar development last week, but Tuesday's vote was the final action. Mayor Heather Fargo, absent last week, joined her colleagues in supporting the plan.
Building is unlikely to begin before 2010, however, because the federal government has announced it intends to designate North Natomas a flood hazard zone, essentially halting construction.
The Sacramento Area Flood Protection Agency has said it expects to complete sufficient levee improvements by 2010 to ensure the minimum level of 100-year flood protection required by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which would allow growth in the Natomas basin to resume.
– Mary Lynne Vellinga
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