THE HISTORY OF EFFORTS TO
CREATE A PROJECT
AT HIGHWAY 68 & CORRAL DE TIERRA ROAD
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1960: |
El Toro
Area Master Plan designates this corner of Corral de Tierra
Road and Highway 68 for commercial use.
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1970: |
Bill and Nancy
Phelps purchase the commercial property at the corner of Corral
de Tierra Road and Highway 68.
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1975: |
The California
Public Utilities Commission issues decisions to extend water
and sewage service to the site. Phelps Family installs 12-inch
sewer extension, and later installs an eight-inch water main
and three fire hydrants which were tested and approved by the
Salinas Rural Fire District.
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1975: |
The Phelps
Family completes a project environmental impact report (EIR) -
the first EIR done in Monterey county.
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1983: |
The county
adopts an updated Toro Area Plan and Land Use Map, continuing
commercial zoning for the Phelps site.
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1989: |
The Phelps
family begins planning for a neighborhood shopping and social
center for the Corral de Tierra community.
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1992:
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An
independently-administered survey of area residents
demonstrates strong support (92%) for a neighborhood project.
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1992: |
The Monterey
County Board of Supervisors places a B-8 overlay upon
significant portions of the Toro Planning Area.
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1998:
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The Phelps
Family applies to remove the B-8 zoning overlay because county
consultants who designed the overlay testify that the Phelps’
Project has no significant impact on groundwater.
Application
was found complete.
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2002: |
An
independently-administered survey of area residents
demonstrates strong support
(78%) for
the neighborhood-serving commercial center.
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2002: |
The Phelps
family submits an application for a combined development permit
for the project at Highway 68 & Corral de Tierra.
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2004: |
County staff
undertakes new hydrology study and EIR on Phelps’ Family
development application.
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wife, Nancy, purchased the 11-acre site at the corner of Corral de Tierra Road and Highway 68
in 1970. Then (as is true now), the property was zoned for
commercial development. In the three interceding decades, 13,500
residents have settled into homes along the Monterey-Salinas Highway. Today, Bill is joined by his family, some of whom are
also local residents, in continuing work on the project. The
family team is committed to bringing into reality a dream of a
high-quality, neighborhood-serving, commercial and social center
for the Corral de Tierra community.