Model Airplane Fields - Breuner Marsh, Istanbul Hezarfen Airfield, Model Airplane Field, Mountain View Park, Reservoir State Park (Paperback)

Chapters: Breuner Marsh, Istanbul Hezarfen Airfield, Model Airplane Field, Mountain View Park, Reservoir State Park, Santa Clara County Model Aircraft Skypark. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 22. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Breuner Marsh is a 238 acre (96 ha) is a disputed, largely open space in Richmond, California made of current and former wetlands with little development. It was purchased in 2000 by Bay Area Wetlands LLC, a company that planned on selling the land to the highest bidding developer. The East Bay Regional Parks District has considered using expropriation to prevent development of the rare undeveloped San Francisco Bay shoreline and to protect endangered species. Bay Wetlands at one point wanted to build "Edgewater Technology Park" but were rebuffed by Parchester residents. Signature Properties, a housing construction firm, bought a six month option at one point, but was unable to persuade the city council to rezone the area from light industrial, since the city wanted revenue building commercial development instead of funds-draining housing that would place addition strain on city services. The East Bay Regional Park District purchased a large portion of the historic marsh in 2008 for $8,830,155. The Park District intends to restore tidal wetlands on the property in addition to adding a component of the Bay Trail. It is located alongside Parchester Village a neighborhood built with the promise of maintaining the marsh development free. However the landowner subsequently sold it off and the new owner Gerry Breuner and during the time he owned the property during the 1970s much of the wetlands were illegally destroyed with the intention of building a civil aviation airport Breuner Field. This was a failure due to community opposition and it became mixed wetl...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=1877771