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Preserve Our Family-Friendly City As someone who has lived in beautiful Mission Viejo and worked here as a Realtor for 32 years, I disagree with recent information in the OC Register and Saddleback Valley News advocating that we should allow the city council to change whatever they want in the original Master Plan without the approval of Mission Viejo voters. What led me and my family to Mission Viejo, as well as the many people I helped find homes, was the superb planning the Mission Viejo Company undertook to design this incredible, family-friendly city. We have local parks in every neighborhood, golf courses, lots of green space, small shopping centers close enough to walk to but not so large that the sound and traffic would take away the small-town feeling. The most important aspect of that plan, as I remember, was that the projected resident population was not to exceed 95,000. What I have noticed in the last few years is that the city has not adhered to that original plan as completely as perhaps it should have, and as a result, our city is starting to look like too many overbuilt cities. Our streets are in poorest condition I have ever seen here. The traffic light synchronization is 50 years behind, along with many other problems, which have not been addressed, that have resulted from rapid growth. We need to slow down and solve these problems before we continue on the path that will lead Mission Viejo to look like every other overbuilt city. As a Realtor and resident, I urge residents of Mission Viejo to vote YES on The Mission Viejo Right To Vote Initiative, Measure D, in the June 8 Primary Election. This Measure gives residents the right to vote and approve or disapprove “major” zone changes to the original Mission Viejo Master Plan. Lamar Kelsoe |
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