{"id":182,"date":"2015-03-02T18:54:00","date_gmt":"2015-03-02T18:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esconeighbors.wpenginepowered.com\/?p=182"},"modified":"2015-03-02T18:54:00","modified_gmt":"2015-03-02T18:54:00","slug":"reminder-final-oak-creek-decision-wednesday-march-4-at-430-please-attend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/escondidoneighbors.org\/?p=182","title":{"rendered":"REMINDER Final Oak Creek Decision Wednesday MARCH 4 at 4:30 Please Attend"},"content":{"rendered":"

The final City Council hearing and vote for Oak Creek will take place at 4:30 this Wednesday, March 4th.   Information can be found here  <\/span>March 4 Hearing Action Alert<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n

\nLast Chance to Speak out against<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
\nOak Creek Housing Project<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n

\nUrge the City Council to <\/span>Vote NO on Oak Creek<\/span><\/b><\/h1>\n
\nWednesday, March 4, 2015<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
\n4:30 pm<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
\nEscondido City Council Chambers <\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
\n
<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
\nENU Members submitted the following Community Commentary  to the San Diego UT.  It was published Saturday but, since the link is not available, we have provided our submittal below FYI.<\/span><\/div>\n
\n
<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
\n
\nResidents call for action to stem
\ntide of water, development woes<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
\nBy Fred Progner and Ron Forster,
\nMembers, Escondido Neighbors United and residents of southwest Escondido.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/i><\/div>\n
\n
<\/span><\/div>\n
\nWe live in a beautiful rural, oak-studded neighborhood near Felicita
\nPark in North County.  But, pollution and
\ndevelopment threaten our area and we aren\u2019t getting help from local and state
\ngovernment.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
\n
<\/span><\/div>\n
\nWe are
\nstruggling to stop the flow of legacy pollution from the Chatham Barrel Yard, a
\nState \u2018superfund\u2019 site, first discovered over 30 years ago.  Industrial waste from Chatham has contaminated
\ngroundwater and plumes now extend over a mile from the original dump site.  Plumes have traveled under many properties
\nand contaminated local irrigation wells. 
\nIf it keeps going, it could reach Lake Hodges, an emergency water supply
\nreservoir.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
\n
<\/span><\/div>\n
\nAlso, Oak
\nCreek, a gated housing development proposed on farmland adjacent to Felicita
\nPark will soon be voted on by Escondido City Council.  It turns out Oak Creek is not good for oaks
\nor creeks or us.   The proposal will
\ncause the destruction of hundreds of native oak trees and the dense development
\nfootprint adds to threats of erosion and runoff downstream where impacts are
\nalready severe.  County Parks
\nDepartment\u2019s concerns about potential impacts to Felicita Park have yet to be
\naddressed.    <\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
\n
<\/span><\/div>\n
\nAlso
\ntroubling is that past sampling shows the Chatham plumes are under about a
\nthird of the Oak Creek site.  However,
\nconditions cannot be fully known because the property owner refused access to
\ntechnical consultants for scheduled testing of wells on-site.  One of the wells has measured multiple
\ncontaminants in the past so needs to be tested. 
\nSoil vapors and groundwater pollution were measured within the property
\nand some of the new homes are proposed over plume areas.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
\n
<\/span><\/div>\n
\nAlthough the
\nState Department of Toxic Substances Control said the pollution is adequately
\ncharacterized and will degrade given enough time, this contradicts facts on the
\nground.  The most recent monitoring shows
\npollution entering Felicita Creek at the highest levels to date, contamination
\nhas spread to new wells, and wells on the Oak Creek site were prevented from
\nbeing tested.  Having lived with this for
\n20 years already, we question whether the agency charged with protecting human
\nhealth from toxic effects is doing enough.<\/span> <\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
\n
<\/span><\/div>\n
\nOak Creek is
\nalso heavily reliant on constructed storm water features to address increases
\nin runoff.  The City assures us we can
\ntrust that compliance with the storm water permit will ensure no downstream
\nerosion.  However, last week the Regional
\nWater Board filed an official Notice of Violation against the city of Escondido
\nfor many failures to enforce the storm water rules.  We no longer trust that we can rely on City
\noversight.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
\n
<\/span><\/div>\n
\nOur community
\ngroup, Escondido Neighbors United, is calling for action.   <\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
\n
<\/span><\/div>\n
\nWe call on
\nthe City of Escondido to deny Oak Creek, require a less dense alternative, get
\nserious about enforcing storm water rules, and require remediation of pollution
\nbefore annexation.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
\n
<\/span><\/div>\n
\nWe call on
\nDepartment of Toxic Substances Control to require testing of all wells,
\ntreatment systems for contaminated irrigation wells, and precautionary measures
\nto reduce risks.  <\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
\n
<\/span><\/div>\n
\nUntil then,
\nwe will continue to stand up and defend our creek, our beautiful park, and our
\ncommunity.   <\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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