{"id":223,"date":"2014-09-07T23:59:00","date_gmt":"2014-09-07T23:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esconeighbors.wpenginepowered.com\/?p=223"},"modified":"2014-09-07T23:59:00","modified_gmt":"2014-09-07T23:59:00","slug":"action-alert-please-attend-public-meeting-on-oak-creek-housing-development-sept-22-6-pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/escondidoneighbors.org\/?p=223","title":{"rendered":"Action Alert Please Attend Public Meeting on Oak Creek Housing Development Sept 22 6 pm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here is an action alert about the September 22 6 pm Public Meeting on the DEIR for Oak Creek. We hope you will attend. &nbsp;Please come and share your questions and views. &nbsp;We appreciate the city providing this opportunity.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background: #F9D8CD; border: solid #F9D8CD 3.0pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent1; mso-background-themetint: 51; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-themetint: 51; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0in 0in 0in 0in;\">\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_78 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/escondidoneighbors.org\/?p=223\/#Escondido_Neighbors_United\" >Escondido Neighbors United<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/escondidoneighbors.org\/?p=223\/#Action_Alert\" >Action \nAlert<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Escondido_Neighbors_United\"><\/span>\n<span style=\"color: #9d3511; font-family: &quot;Century&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;\">Escondido Neighbors United <\/span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Century&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"background: #D34817; border: solid #D34817 3.0pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0in 0in 0in 0in;\">\n<h1 align=\"center\" style=\"background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Action_Alert\"><\/span>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Century&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 115%;\">Action<br \/>\nAlert<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<b><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Century&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt;\">Public Meeting <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Century&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 20.0pt;\">Oak Creek Housing<br \/>\nDevelopment and Annexation<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<b><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Century&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 16.0pt;\">Monday, September 22, 2014<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<b><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Century&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 16.0pt;\">6:00 pm<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<b><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Century&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt;\">Escondido City Council Chambers<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Century&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 11.0pt;\">Escondido<br \/>\nwill hold a public meeting on the findings and comments of the Draft Environmental<br \/>\nImpact Report (DEIR) for Oak Creek.&nbsp; Oak<br \/>\nCreek is a proposal by Santa-Monica developers to build 65 homes in a gated<br \/>\ncommunity on existing open space and farmland adjacent to Felicita Park on the<br \/>\n\u2018duck pond\u2019 property in a rural area.&nbsp; It<br \/>\nwill annex over 40-acres to the city.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<b><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Century&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 11.0pt;\">Escondido Neighbors<br \/>\nUnited (ENU) has the following objections to the project.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;\">\n<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-family: Symbol; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;\">\u00b7<span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Century&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 11.0pt;\">New<br \/>\nhomes should not be built on contaminated or unhealthful areas for future<br \/>\nresidents.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;\">\n<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-family: Symbol; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;\">\u00b7<span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Century&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 11.0pt;\">New<br \/>\nhomes should not be built or permitted while area is in a major drought.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;\">\n<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-family: Symbol; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;\">\u00b7<span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Century&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 11.0pt;\">Project<br \/>\nis too dense for the rural character of the area.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;\">\n<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-family: Symbol; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;\">\u00b7<span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Century&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 11.0pt;\">The<br \/>\nCity should not annex contaminated land. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;\">\n<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-family: Symbol; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;\">\u00b7<span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Century&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 11.0pt;\">Impacts<br \/>\nto the mature native trees, creek, and habitat should be avoided.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;\">\n<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-family: Symbol; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;\">\u00b7<span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Century&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 11.0pt;\">Loss<br \/>\nof over 25 acres of quality farmland.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;\">\n<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-family: Symbol; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;\">\u00b7<span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Century&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 11.0pt;\">New<br \/>\ndevelopment should require state-of-the-art energy efficiency, solar, and<br \/>\nlow-impact design features to reduce stormwater pollution. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;\">\n<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-family: Symbol; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;\">\u00b7<span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Century&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 11.0pt;\">Flooding<br \/>\nand traffic increases are underestimated in the DEIR.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"color: #343232; font-family: &quot;Century&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 22.0pt; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 128;\">We<\/span><span style=\"color: red; font-family: &quot;Century&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 22.0pt;\"> <b>OPPOSE <\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Century&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 22.0pt;\">Oak Creek <span style=\"color: #343232; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 128;\">as proposed.&nbsp; <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Century&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt;\">ENU supports cleanup of<br \/>\nthe site and <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Century&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt;\">use for a significant<br \/>\nexpansion of Felicita Park.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Century&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 11.0pt;\">Review<br \/>\nthe DEIR (Executive Summary here) <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.escondido.org\/Data\/Sites\/1\/media\/pdfs\/Planning\/oakcreek\/CD\/VolI-Chapter1-ExecutiveSummary.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #0070c0; font-family: &quot;Century&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 11.0pt;\">https:\/\/www.escondido.org\/Data\/Sites\/1\/media\/pdfs\/Planning\/oakcreek\/CD\/VolI-Chapter1-ExecutiveSummary.pdf<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #0070c0; font-family: &quot;Century&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 11.0pt;\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Century, serif; font-size: 11pt;\">&nbsp;and Project Description&nbsp; <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.escondido.org\/Data\/Sites\/1\/media\/pdfs\/Planning\/oakcreek\/CD\/VolI-Chapter4-ProjectDescription.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #0070c0; font-family: &quot;Century&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 11.0pt;\">https:\/\/www.escondido.org\/Data\/Sites\/1\/media\/pdfs\/Planning\/oakcreek\/CD\/VolI-Chapter4-ProjectDescription.pdf<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #0070c0; font-family: &quot;Century&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 11.0pt;\">&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Century&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 11.0pt;\">and comment to the city on your position.&nbsp; <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<b><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Century&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 11.0pt;\">Comments are due on Sept<br \/>\n29, 2014<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Century&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 11.0pt;\"><br \/>\nto Mr. Bill Martin, Principal Planner, City of Escondido, Planning Division, 201<br \/>\nNorth Broadway, Escondido, CA 92025-2798,Fax 760-839-4313&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><a href=\"mailto:bmartin@escondido.org\"><span style=\"color: #0070c0; font-family: &quot;Century&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 11.0pt;\">bmartin@escondido.org<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #0070c0; font-family: &quot;Century&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 11.0pt;\"> <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Century&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt;\">Please<br \/>\njoin us.&nbsp; Visit our Website for more<br \/>\ninformation <\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.escondidoneighbors.org\/\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Century&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; 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