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City Council Gives Approval, Takes It Back

SACRAMENTO-After weeks of hearing complaints from community members about a proposed Target-anchored retail development, the Sacramento City Council reverses an earlier decision and adds a few conditions.

By Michelle Savage | Updated on December 06, 2001

SACRAMENTO-The Sacramento City Council reversed its recent approval of a Target shopping center in North Natomas at a meeting this week, telling the developers to redesign the project to make it compatible with a planned light rail station next door.

This reversal came three weeks after the city council voted 6-3 to give approval to the Target center. Since the original decision, the council has been hit with harsh criticism from the public for approving the project, despite the negative effect it would have on the North Natomas Community Plan. Transit officials also complained that it would hinder plans for a new light rail project connecting downtown to the airport.

The developer, E.J. Plesko & Assoc., originally proposed rezoning a 25-acre parcel on Truxel Road to build a 125,000-sf Target store, as well as several smaller stores and restaurants.

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