Baker Street Warehouse Project

Urged the council not to approve the Baker Street warehouse project, citing roughly 600 daily diesel truck trips, failing intersections on Nichols Road, diesel pollution hot spots near homes and schools, and noise and property-value impacts the city cannot mitigate.

She said many neighbors stayed home due to the scheduling confusion, then slammed the statement of overriding considerations and the M-1 to M-2 push, saying 600 trucks would grind Nichols Road to five miles per hour.

She said the SOC means the city admits it can't fix the damage and is counting on residents' silence, and detailed years of broken promises about grocery stores, a hospital, and safe left turns on Nichols.

She called the economic case inflated, said warehouse jobs are low-wage skeleton crews, and invoked Councilmember Manos's 'white noise' comment while demanding rejection of the M-2 zone change.

He said Baker Street funnels toward the Nichols Road freeway bridge, that 80,000-pound trucks would create gridlock, and lamented the lost promises of a hospital, college and park.

Asked the city to look harder at the project's population and environmental impacts, citing Moreno Valley-style warehouse problems, fire evacuation risk, and disappointment in the planning commission.

LiUNA representative spoke in support, citing construction jobs, apprenticeship opportunities and long-term employment for local workers.

Alberhill Ranch resident opposed the zone change, citing traffic, air and noise pollution and disruption of a quiet community.

Alderwood Place resident said promises made when she bought in 2012 were never kept and urged the commission not to approve the zoning change.

Alberhill Ranch resident said new homebuyers were never told about the warehouses and cited poppy-season traffic that trapped residents in their homes.

Ash Street resident described daily Nichols Road gridlock and asked where trucks would go and how congestion, diesel exhaust, noise and safety would be addressed.

Local resident said the project contradicts the city's action-sports identity and cited water use, pollution, fire hazard 300 feet from homes, and 1,500–1,700 daily I-15 trips.

Local resident and union member described health harms to children near Inland Empire warehouses, wildfire evacuation dangers, and questioned the unknown tenant.

Carpenters union representative spoke in support, citing jobs with area-standard wages and apprenticeship hiring commitments.

Spoke in opposition to M-1 to M-2, saying light manufacturing is fine but the proposal is incompatible with homes, and Nichols Road access is already terrible.

KB Home resident whose home overlooks the site opposed the zone change and project, citing air and water quality and impacts to a nearby school.

New KB Home resident said warehouses don't fit the city's beauty, cited Nichols Road dangers and Lake Street ramp delays, and asked the commission to benefit residents, not corporations.

South Corona resident spoke in support, saying industrial projects fund city services, the zoning change only adds consistency, and local jobs reduce commutes.

Land-planning enthusiast praised the project as well-designed and environmentally sensitive, citing the $9 million road money, school fees and conservation banking.

Lifelong resident who bought in Terracina opposed the project, citing lack of transparency, low-wage warehouse jobs, health risks, fire hazards and Nichols Road traffic.