If you read the article in today's Union Tribune on the proposed amendments to the rezoning of the Pacific View property, it sounds like everything is hunky dory and this is just a technicality to continue forward with development. However, there are more than a few residents of the downtown area with concerns. Among them is property owner Donald McPherson, who in a letter to the city opposing the amendments states that the "amendments being considered the planning commission materially violates city and state regulations on several counts." I'm trying to share his letter as a .pdf, which may or may not work. Here is the link to the .pdf as well. There is a meeting in the Poinsettia Room of City Hall this Thursday, July 24 at 6:30 PM.
Another concerned citizen, Joyce Ross, in an email sent to neighbors says "I know we're all exhausted from the many meetings on Pacific View But now is the time when participation is counted in the eyes of the City and the Coastal Commission. In addition, if no one shows up at this meeting, the eventual developer will assume that the community no longer cares and will see himself as having a free rein. So please, DO ATTEND THE MEETING. If some of the issues identified below are important to you, and you cannot attend the meeting, then write a letter to the Planning Dept."
School districts like Encinitas and Del Mar are needing to think outside the box and getting into real estate to fund programs as Basic Aid districts.
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I can't get the pdf to come up.
I thought the city wanted to go "walkable" and "smart" by putting all necessary services and destinations in close proximity. The school was let go BECAUSE they wanted to develop it.
Rebuild it and give our children a place where they can walk to school in a walkable neighborhood. Downtown encinitas is the city's biggest target for "smart" growth.This would make it less walkable for everyone else down there.
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