Planning commission hearing on Sept 5 at 6:30 PM
City Council Chambers
1 Civic Center Dr.
San Marcos
PLEASE ATTEND
The agenda item is to consider changes to San Elijo's
master plan. The
proposed changes will have a huge additional impact on
the traffic that
this project will generate. (See Kim Hunter's analysis
below.) They are
proposing to add "casitas", potentially to
every residential unit. The
casitas could be considered the equivalent of a studio
apartment and
they generate an average of 6 trips per day over and
above the 10 trips
per day generated by the average home. We need to be
clear about the
need to resize all roads in, out, and through the
project to accomodate
the traffic.
While you're at it, be sure to tell the planning
commissioners what you
think of the current traffic situation, with multiple
stops, safety
hazards, etc. And let them know how you feel about
changing the name of
Elfin Forest Rd. once it enters the San Elijo project.
This is an important meeting and we need lots of people
there, ready to
speak up.
Thanks.
Evelyn
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(From Kim)
Curt Noland, (San Elijo) will push for
Casitas, plumbing & all. Curt thinks it would be
nice to have the
College kids live in them, but says they won't add
traffic cuz they will
be occupied by members of the family, no different than
if they were in
a 4th or 5th bedroom. There will be a restriction
against renting them
out. That will be San Elijo's argument.
As if family members, upon becoming adults, go on living
in Dad's 5th
bedroom.
As if long lost Cousin Sally, hubby and baby, would be
living in
bedroom 4, if there wasn't that darling Casita out back.
As if Sally and
Hubby don't have cars and drive them every day. As if
rental status
influences the amount of traffic generated by an
apartment.
The addition of Casitas to single family homes has the
potential to
add 15,000 unmitigated traffic trips primarily to Rancho
Santa Fe Rd.&
the Questhaven area, but also to our freeways and main
North County
routes.
It is so important that we defeat this whole proposal.
Additionally, and
this is a huge addition, San Elijo's new plan adds 4.7
acres of
commercial, a 3rd 11.5 acre school, & increases the
night lighted Park
to 22 acres. This translates to another aprox.6,600
unmitigated vehicle
trips. It also rearranges so many planning areas, sizes
& densities
that I didn't bother trying to figure the consequences
out.
We need an environmental report on this whole thing. It
is plain dirty,
underhanded and dishonest for San Marcos to label it
"minor" revisions.
Please come or write and demand a complete environmental
analysis before
the City takes action.
