Some things seem really obvious to us. Carlsbadistan’s needs are pretty simple. We need a public pool, a proper skatepark, and a new high school. But it is crazy how many people seem to get in the way.
Take the new $100 million high school planned for the corner of College and Cannon Road for instance: according to a Bruce Lieberman story in the San Diego Union-Tribune The Carlsbad Unified School District just settled two lawsuit against the school. One with the City of Carlsbad. Yes, the City had sued the school district over “traffic issues associated with the school.” Among other things the school district has agreed to “dedicate a right of way” for the possible extension of Cannon Road and to pay the City $302,000 for improvements to the intersection of El Camino Real and College Boulevard.
In the suit filed by Preserve Calavera the district has agreed to limit the number of parking spaces to fewer than 800, “maximize use of native plants,” and to allow Preserve Calavera to make a presentation to school trustees regarding “teaching gardens.” Yes, people really sue for this sort of thing.
And there’s one more:
A lawsuit by developer Bentley-Wing Properties and Rancho Carlsbad, a nearby homeowners association, claims that the environmental report doesn’t adequately address the high school’s effect on traffic. That suit is not resolved, but school administrators said they were confident it will be settled soon.
All this so the kids of Carlsbadistan can go to school without having to sit in each other laps. We’d like to thank Mark Tanner and the rest of the trustees for soldiering on in the face of all of this.
[Link: San Diego Union-Tribune]
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