To: Encinitas City Council, Honorable Mayor and Council Members
Remove the Proposed Housing Element Site#19 from the Encinitas Updated Housing Plan
Stop the City of Encinitas from using Lot#19 to build 168 low-income housing units. It is a land-locked property, located next to the I-5 freeway (which is exposed to extremely poor air-quality) and is accessible only through a few, narrow streets that will exponentially increase traffic and burden that neighborhood with safety issues from the projected increase of over 1,500 car trips per day. http://www.encinitasca.gov/Housing-Plan-Update-2018
Why is this important?
We believe the proposed housing site, Map ID #19, consisting of 6 lots: 682 Clark Ave, 672 Clark Ave, 672 Clark Ave, 2 x Union Street and 556 Union Street if developed, will result in a substantial increase in traffic in our small neighborhoods and will create a health and safety issue. The proposed development (Map ID #19) is buried in our small neighborhood with access only via our rural, narrow streets which already act in a single lane capacity given the street widths combined with the residential street parking. This is true for ALL access points: Clark Ave, La Mirada Ave, Del Rio Ave, Del Riego Ave, and Union St. Additionally, a housing development is now in construction on Clark with no infrastructure or street development to support the increase in traffic. As such, we the undersigned, given the additional hazards the proposed development will present, and in order to protect our children, maintain the safety of our neighborhood and maintain the quality of life in Leucadia, request the City of Encinitas to remove the proposed at Map ID #19 from the housing plan.