CNWS Neighborhood Alliance Q & A  

What is the Concord Naval Weapons Station Neighborhood Alliance?

The CNWS Neighborhood Alliance is an all-volunteer group of more than 1,500 local families working to preserve maximum open space/parkland on the CNWS. A steering committee meets monthly to help plan the steps we will take.
 
Where are we now in planning the development of the CNWS?

The DEIR (Draft Environmental Impact Report) was released on August 28th. The public had 60 days to comment. Members of the CNWS Neighborhood Alliance Steering Committee and other volunteers familiar with this type of report read the 2,000 page document and provided comments which were turned in to the city. To read those comments follow the DEIR Comments link on this page.

Is the CNWS Neighborhood Alliance happy with the Clustered Village Plan chosen by the Concord City Council for a Navy review? 

The CNWSNA would like to see modifications to the Clustered Village Plan to include less development, fewer housing units, and less traffic congestion, and more open space and parkland. 

After many public workshops, the city narrowed the plans down to two: Clustered Village Plan (with over 12,000 housing units) and the Concentration and Conservation Plan (with over 10,000 housing units).

We were told that both plans were financially feasible.  We preferred the Concentration and Conservation plan with less development and more open space/parkland. 

When we requested a compromise of a hybrid of the two plans, we were told a hybrid would not be financially feasible. We will continue to request less development and more open space and parkland. 
 
We would also prefer that Denkinger Road and West Street are not expanded into the CNWS, connecting to a new road running parallel to Concord Blvd and into Bailey Road, allowing East County traffic to clog our neighborhoods even more during commute hours.
 
What about East Bay Regional Parks? 

We fully support EBRP request for land for a great regional park on the CNWS.  Once this land is turned over to EBRP, it can never be developed.
 
What can I do to help?

Sign up on the CNWSNA mailing list.  We will update you on happenings in the development of the CNWS and ask for your help when necessary.  We may ask you to send an email to the city or attend a City Council meeting if you are able.
 
If you have email, please give us your email address.  This will help us save on postage.  If you do not have a computer, please give us your mailing address.

We will not share your email or US mailing information with any other organization.
 
Email mariegag@att.net or bevhouses@aol.com to join our email list.
Phone contact: Kathy Gleason 925-676-5656

CONCORD NAVAL WEAPONS STATION

NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE

Alliance Goals :

Improvement of Current Concord and East Bay Traffic Congestion

80% Open Space/Park/Recreation

20% development near Concord North BART Station

(Not 13,000 homes originally proposed!)

Preservation of existing trees and wildlife on CNWS

A well planned development to benefit future generations

Designate it Open Space now

Zone it Open Space

Voter approval on final development plan

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Please contact Bev Marshall 925) 825-7915