Schools
Why you cannot have a Toll Road within 100' of a School...
and Did the Ranch Lie on its Application to the San Diego Water Board?
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The following article explains the danger of a Toll Road within 100’ of a school, and defines the legal basis for pausing this debacle until we can ensure that our children and our communities are protected from unnecessary health and safety risks.
An Injunction must be filed with the San Diego Water Board asking them to revoke the Permit that was issued to The Ranch (not the County). The Ranch lied in its application to the Water Board.
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1) The Ranch stated in its application that there were no “Sensitive Receptors” in the Ranch Plan Area, and
2) The Ranch only received a permit to build a FREE ARTERIAL ROAD- building the 241 Toll Road Extension is expressly excluded from the permit.
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In addition to the above- CUSD is legally obligated to ensure that the Health and Safety of students is protected. That means that Construction stops until the required PROTECTIVE BARRIER is built or new Health and Safety studies are completed.
The Ranch and the County appear to have done some unscrupulous things to get this segment of the Toll Road built. The legal process has not been followed, In addition, there appears to be an unusual relationship between the Ranch and CUSD that must be looked at. CUSD seems to acquire land from the Ranch for school sites that is not ideal for the health and safety of students and they pay very strong prices for that land.
The Purchase of Tesoro High School site has a history of major issues which forced CUSD to purchase additional parcels to accommodate fields and the site did not allow for a secondary entrance to the school.
San Juan Hills High School site (also a “Sensitive Receptor” is sandwiched between a dump, a parkway, a Toll Road and a high pressure gas line and is near major electrical lines.
The gifting of millions of dollars to the Ranch in the purchase of Esencia School site is also troubling ($2.4 million per acre for the Esencia School Site).
So as a taxpayer, I would like to see a stop to the Toll Road at Oso until we can ensure that the process is legal.
AQMD - Air Quality Issues - Land Use - Criteria Sensitive Receptors
Tesoro High School is a "SENSITIVE RECEPTOR"
Source Document: http://www.aqmd.gov/docs/default-source/planning/air-quality-guidance/chapter-2---air-quality-issues-regarding-land-use.pdf
How did this happen?
The Original EIR had two roads- Los Patrones (a FREE ARTERIAL ROAD) next to Tesoro High School; and then farther to the East, was the 241 Tesoro Extension.
What is currently being built is the 241 Toll Road extension. The Toll Road is being built where Los Patrones should be.
Because the Toll Road is much wider, we now have a Toll Road that is less than 100' from Tesoro High School (a Sensitive Receptor).
The Ranch lied on it's application to the San Diego Water Board.
The Ranch stated that there were NO SENSITIVE RECEPTORS IN THE RANCH PLAN AREA.
The Ranch stated that it was building a FREE ARTERIAL ROAD.
The Permit specifically stated that the Permit was NOT for the 241 Tesoro Extension.
see: San Diego Water Boards Certificatioin Number R9-2014-0144 Project "F" Street from "A" Street to Oso Parkway ("F" Street is Los Patrones Parkway)
The Permit needs to be revoked and Health Studies need to be conducted.
Contact Information:
David W. Gibson, Executive Officer
San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board
2375 Northside Drive, Suite 100,
San Diego, CA 92108
