FINAL City Council Meeting is MARCH 4, 4:30 pm Last chance to speak out against Oak Creek Housing Development. PLEASE ATTEND

ACTION ALERT  Here is a downloadable version to share with your neighbors and friends.  March 4 Hearing Action Alert

Last Chance to Speak out against

Oak Creek Housing Project

Urge the City Council to Vote NO on Oak Creek

Wednesday, March 4, 2015

4:30 pm

Escondido City Council Chambers

Escondido City Council will make their final decision on the Oak Creek housing development in southwest Escondido.  Oak Creek will build 65 home, gated community in a floodplain on rural open space and farmland adjacent to Felicita Park on the ‘duck pond’ property.  It will annex over 40-acres to the city and build massive homes on compact lots that will encroach on the creeks.  Escondido Neighbors has engaged extensively to try to secure improvements in the project to reduce impacts to wildlife, oak trees, traffic, community character, air quality, water quality, flooding, water supply, contaminated groundwater plume, and cultural resources but improvements have not been made.  In fact, the project was changed and will worsen the impacts. 

Escondido Neighbors United (ENU) OPPOSES the plan for the following reasons: 

·         Project is too dense for the rural character of the area and will have negative impacts on surrounding area and on our beloved Felicita Park.

·         Flooding risks and traffic increases are not adequately addressed or mitigated.

·         Buffer areas between habitat and development are grossly inadequate.

·         Impacts to the mature native trees, creek, and habitat are significant.

·         New homes should not be built over contaminated areas and city should not annex contaminated land.

·         Project allows a minimum development buffer from wetlands of ZERO feet and will irrevocably damage the riparian areas.

·         New proposed project is too extreme a density for this location and community. A more balanced approach should be sought.

·         Project does not adequately avoid impacts to environment and community and the FEIR is deficient in its analysis and mitigation in critical areas.

Help us protect our neighborhood.   OPPOSE Oak Creek as proposed. 

There are better alternatives. Community Alternative

Take Action:                            Attend the hearing on March 4 @ 4:30

Write to the Mayor and Council:

City of Escondido

201 North Broadway

Escondido, CA 92025-2798

Fax 760-839-4313 

Or email:

SAbed@escondido.org

ODiaz@escondido.org

MMorasco@escondido.org

EGallo@escondido.org

JMasson@escondido.org

You can get more information about the project here: http://escondidoneighborsunited.blogspot.com/