Council denies developer's zoning request for proposed Gardens project

Thank goodness you denied the zoning change. That was going to be a traffic mess. Keep Mission Viejo nice and in keeping with what we enjoy.

Where were you guys when the Mission Viejo lake CA was built. What a waste of water

Thank you for fighting for our city!

Thank you so much for caring about our beautiful community. This project would have been so opposite what Mission Viejo represents. We ha been residents since 1974 and love everything the city stands for.

Thank you for denying the zone change request. This would have been a terrible blow to the quality of our city.

Thank you Planning Commission, City Council and members of the community.

Thank you for saving our beautiful city!

Thank You Thank you for denying what would have been a horrific mess to this beautiful
community. We thank you for listening to us the residents and tax paying voters keep up the good work!

Thank goodness this city has more sense than our neighboring cities; Laguna Niguel is a perfect example. The Laguna Niguel apartments at Cabot, Crown Valley and I-5 are awful and a traffic nightmare. The city of Laguna Niguel clearly has no regard to their residents or neighboring cities - it's shameful and utterly disrespectful to those of us who live in south Mission Viejo.

Great decision. This project is definitely not needed and would have vastly increased traffic at an already very busy corner.

Great job, thank you.
On the comment left about the lake, it’s beautiful and would be great if you could improve the water quality. It’s very sad that the fishing is gone and a bit concerning. The fact we can swim in the lake but it can’t support fish to survive seems wrong. Don’t allow our lake to become like Lake Forest. Keep our city safe and clean.
Thank you for you work
Mark Calkins

Mayor Bucknum:

Thank you and the council for voting against the zone changes that would allow the monstrosity that ValueRock was proposing!

We have lived in Mission Viejo for 53 years. It is a wonderful City with a small town atmosphere. It would be a crime to change the zoning to allow "Monsters" big or small.

Thank you again for putting the welfare of the City and it's people first!!

Thank You for protecting our way of life in Mission Viejo. La Paz and Marguerite don’t need more traffic volume for sure and we don’t need more homes.

Thank you to the MV City Council for protecting the Mission Viejo way of life as it was originally intended.

I have been to the same exact type of building downtown Los Angeles many times with a Whole Foods beneath housing. I have also seen news that a homeless man unprovoked beat a senior man in front of the WF and the WF security stopped the beating on a Saturday over 6 years ago. The senior died in the hospital 2 days later. If you really want to know what this zoning is like, go talk to the security guards downtown and they will tell you.

When I drive down Marguerite, I am disgusted by all the vacant buildings and the wasted potential of the area. Okay, so there won’t be a “monster in the Mission.” Is there EVER going to be progress on fixing the blighted areas along Marguerite? Whatever happened to the Core Area Vision Plan that was going to create a “walkable village” where the Steinmart used to be? Why can’t we have a nice little downtown instead of a bunch of empty and under-used buildings?

All of these other comments mention the “beauty” of Mission Viejo. Where is the beauty and character in a decaying 70s strip mall, whose surface is mostly parking lot? There sure is plenty of charm

Oops, I posted my last comment before I was done editing it.

In short, it is a shame that Mission Viejo has no real downtown and that all efforts to refurbish the shopping centers on Marguerite seem to get shot down.

I support the Core Area Vision Plan, and I hope it doesn’t meet the same fate as the Garden Plaza Project. Mission Viejo deserves better.