LOCATION The backdrop of north Orange County and the backdrop of
Rowland Heights; the undeveloped hills between Harbor Blvd.
on the west, across the hills, past the 57 freeway and over the hills on the
east. Click the link to see Shell-Aera
property photos. Click the link to see a video clip with commentary showing
an aerial view of the Shell-Aera Project
Site.
JURISDICTION Ninety percent of the 3,000 acres
lies in Los Angeles County while the remaining 10% lies in Orange County. Click
the link to see
Shell-Aera's proposed plan (242 KB).
Follow
this link for a map you can download on the Maps
page.
Shell-Aera is in discussions with the City of Diamond Bar in an attempt to be
annexed into this development friendly city.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION Shell-Aera proposes to change the
local area plan and zoning to implement a phased development of 3,600 houses, an
18-hole golf course, local community commercial uses, and park space.
This project will bring an additional 40,000 vehicle trips a day to our streets,
destroy the scenic backdrop to north Orange County and Rowland Heights, sever the Puente-Chino
Hills Wildlife Corridor.
STATUS -
UPDATED 12/19/07 On December 19, 2007, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
published in the Federal Register a final rule revising critical habitat for the
federally endangered coastal California gnatcatcher. Critical habitat identifies
geographic areas essential for the conservation of a threatened or endangered
species and which may require special management considerations. A large portion
of the Shell-Aera property is now listed as critical habitat. Download the
ruling by following this link, go
to the PDF's page 32 for information on the Puente-Chino Hills and 174 for a map
of the critical habitat.
nop mEETING - APril 21, 2003 Shell-Aera filed its original Notice of
Preparation (NOP) of an Environmental Impact Report with the Counties of Los
Angeles and Orange on Monday, April 21, 2003. The County of Los Angeles was
the lead agency since 90% of the Shell-Aera project lies within LA's jurisdiction.
Click
the link to read Shell-Aera's Notice of
Preparation (313 KB). Since the original NOP was filed, Shell-Aera's
project was turned down by the Significant Ecological Area Technical Advisory
Committee of Los Angeles County. Read more about this decision in the
Hills For Everyone Newsletter from Summer 2006.
Now, representatives have taken the project to the City of Diamond Bar to not
only annex the property into the City but to also review the development plans. Shell-Aera filed its
second Notice of
Preparation (NOP) of an Environmental Impact Report with the City of Diamond Bar on
Wednesday, May 2, 2007.
Click
the link to read Shell-Aera's Notice of
Preparation (2.47 MB).
nop mEETING - mAY 16TH, 2007 On May 16th the City of Diamond Bar hosted a
meeting describing the 3,600 unit Shell-Aera and solicited public
input. A professional yet volunteer film maker taped the meeting
which is now posted on the web.
See the meeting by the video
clips, which are posted in three parts for easier downloading and
viewing:
DOES SHELL AND EXXON MOBIL NEED THE MONEY FROM 3,600
HOUSES IN OUR BACKYARD? YOU DECIDE. Aera Energy is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Shell and
ExxonMobil.
Shell topped its own record-setting results with an estimated profit of $23
billion for 2005.
Exxon unveiled a profit of about $32 billion for 2005. This will be the largest
single profit in the history of corporate America.
In June 2006, Shell reported that its second-quarter earnings jumped 40 percent
to $7.32 billion in 2006.
Exxon Mobil has made more than $20 billion in profits in just the first six
months in 2006. This new Exxon Mobil report shows the oil company earning more
than $1,300 a second by some estimates.
