DHS Varner Road logistics center

Applicant representative with Newland Capital praised city staff's two-year review process and said the team will engage with the Sierra Club after the meeting.

EIR consultant with Terra Nova Planning rebutted the Sierra Club letter point by point, showing the new project uses far less water, generates fewer emissions, and makes far fewer trips than the 2018 approval.

Opposed, saying he learned of the project less than an hour earlier and saw no publicity; he worries about Palm Drive traffic and said warehouses are scattered across the city instead of concentrated near existing infrastructure.

Applicant representative from Newland Capital praised city staff, confirmed no cannabis or data-center use, identified the tenant as a third-party logistics firm with 500-800 jobs and local hiring, and projected completion around December 2027.