Danville Voters To Decide Magee Preserve Development Project

DANVILLE, CA — Danville will have a special election on March 3, 2020 to decide whether development can move forward on the Magee Preserve project.

The project calls for 69 single-family lots on approximately 29 acres of the 410-acre site. The ballot referendum also calls for preserving the remaining 381 acres as permanent open space and dedicates hiking and biking trails for public use.

The site is located on the south side of Diablo Road and Blackhawk Road extending approximately two miles east from the intersection of Diablo Road/Green Valley Road/McCauley Road.

During its Nov. 5 regularly scheduled meeting, the Danville Town Council unanimously approved the ballot referendum language, which reads:"Shall Town Council Ordinance No. 2019-06 approving the Magee Preserve project, which creates 69 single family lots on approximately 29 acres of the 410 acre site, preserves the remaining 381 acres as permanent open space and dedicates hiking and biking trails for public use on the site, be adopted?"

If voters pass the referendum in March, the property will be rezoned from Agricultural Preserve, General Agricultural District, and Planned Unit Development District to a new Planned Unit Development District.

The cost to the town to place the item on the ballot for the March 2020 statewide primary election is estimated to be between $2 and $3 per registered voter. Based on a current registered voter population of 30,066, the town can expect to incur costs of approximately $60,132 to $90,198, according to town documents.

To find out more about the Danville special election and the Magee Preserve project, visit http://www.danville.ca.gov/711/March-3-2020-Election.