Estate Homes and Cemetery Proposed for Tassajara Valley
Land owners in the unincorporated area of the Tassajara Valley have submitted a proposal to build a new community just north of Dublin in what will soon be part of San Ramon. Spread over 771 acres, the proposed community is tentatively being referred to as “New Farm” and would have roughly 150 single family homes on estate-sized lots and roughly 30 condos or townhomes. Developers have also proposed to build a cemetery, a religious worship center, and a fire training facility. The new cemetery, currently known as the Corrie Creekside Cemetery, would be located approximately two miles from Silvera Ranch and one mile from the future Wallis Ranch project in Dublin.
The City of San Ramon and the Town of Danville have tentatively agreed to split the Tassajara Valley with one quarter of the area going to San Ramon, another quarter going to Danville, and the portion in the middle staying unincorporated Contra Costa County land. San Ramon is pushing hard to obtain approval from the Contra Costa Local Area Formation Commission to include the future New Farm development as part of San Ramon’s sphere of influence. San Ramon’s expanded sphere of influence would include the land north of the Alameda-Contra Costa county line, south of Penny Lane, west of Camino Tassajara, and east of San Ramon’s current city limit. Once this request is approved, San Ramon could proceed to annex the New Farm area and approve a development agreement to begin construction of the homes and the cemetery.
The proposed New Farm development faces many hurdles including voter-mandated growth boundaries, opposition from local environmental groups, and reluctant cooperation from the Town of Danville. As daunting as these hurdles may be, they are no match for San Ramon’s desire to establish a new pipeline of lucrative impact fees to replace the one generated by the Windemere community.
The proposed New Farm project and other future developments in Tassajara Valley would have a significant traffic impact on Dublin residents living near Tassajara Road. Additionally, residents living in Silvera Ranch and the future Wallis Ranch communities may have some objections to living within one or two miles of the proposed Corrie Creekside Cemetery. While the City of Dublin has not taken an official position on the proposed New Farm development, the New Farm developers may mitigate any traffic and land use concerns from Dublin with impact fees or a generous community benefit payment.
Please email Contra Costa Principal Planner Patrick Roche with questions regarding the New Farm project.
1:13 PM on March 2nd, 2010
why a cemetery? is it a lucrative development for the builder? who wants to live near that.
4:03 PM on March 2nd, 2010
They need somewhere to bury the folks that are opposed to developing our hills here in Tassajara Valley
6:39 AM on March 14th, 2010
“New Farm”–what an irony. Exactly what we need to preserve around here is more land for local farming in the future instead of putting up more “estates” and this needs to be addressed on a regional, rather than local, basis.
11:36 PM on March 15th, 2010
If the development goes through then Camino Tassajara must be converted in to a highway.
“New Farm” is insane.
11:39 PM on July 19th, 2010
Looks like the short-sighted and terrible developments (STDs) Dublin is known for are making their way into San Ramon. That is very unfortunate. Stop Kasie and her STDs — Save Tassajara Valley!