Last Day to Comment on Portola Hills Housing Proposal

The month-long public commenting period on the preliminary analysis of a 930-house proposed Portola Hills development ends at 5 p.m. Monday.

Baldwin and Sons, a developer that built homes in Portola Hills, has applied to erect the new project. 

Portola Center is one of five new neighborhoods slated for land once barred to residential development because of its proximity to the El Toro Marine Corps Air Station flight path.

Under its current iteration, the Portola Hills proposal would include as many as 930 homes, a 5-acre sports park, various neighborhood parks, a small mixed-use site including up to 10,000 square feet of ground-floor commercial space and upper-story residential units. 

The 243-acre project site is at the intersection of Glenn Ranch and Saddleback Ranch roads.

The city has set up a new website, dubbed "New Neighborhoods," to share information about the five housing developments that either have city approval or are wending their way through the approval process.

Area residents  at . Another , when developers began moving the project forward.

Dozens of Portola Hills residents also discussed the project with Baldwin representatives at two meetings . Baldwin and Sons is the reconstituted version of the company that built the Portola Hills community before going into bankruptcy.

As part of the environmental analysis of the project, the city has prepared an Initial Study, on which the public is invited to comment. See the study here: www.lakeforestca.gov/PortolaCenterIS.

Written comments on the study must be submitted to Ron Santos, senior planner, at rsantos@lakeforestca.gov by 5 p.m. Monday to be considered.