Introduction
This comment section (blog) should address the draft General Plan's Introduction. While not a formal element, the Introduction is an important component that provides the community's vision for Encinitas in 2035, as articulated and developed during the visioning stage of this update process. It also provides a brief history of the city and an overview of Encinitas' five communities. This section reflects the important vision and policy theme of preserving community character that can be found throughout the updated plan.
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Quality of living will be ruined!
Post #26 by Denise Martin on September 20, 2011 9:09AM
I have lived in Encinitas for 20 years and am very upset about the "proposed" general plan. I live behind the Jorge's commercial lot. By adding dwellings, you will be ruining my view (which is one of the reasons I bought my house). I will be looking into the backside of low-income housing and in turn they will be able to see into my backyard. There will be no more privacy. The value of my home and the quality of my lifestyle will decrease significantly.
Shame on the planners for putting the bulk of the change in one section of the city. Obviously they are interested in minimizing contact with angry homeowners and find it easier to mess with only a few. The fair way would be to spread the income needs out evenly throughout the city.
Sadly, city council emphasizes that this is just a "plan" that hasn't been approved. There will be opportunities for the public's "input". The reality is that they are just saying all of this to appease the angered citizens. I truly believe that they have no intentions on changing anything. They aren't about to spend more time and money on revamping the plan.
I hate all of this political crap. The city's politicians are not looking out for the best interest of the citizens. They should be ashamed of themselves. How do they sleep at night? More traffic, more noise, more people, more pollution, more crowded schools, more crime, less quality of living. People need to knock this plan to the ground and maybe some corrupt "planners" at that.
General Plan 2035 - Lack of Substance
Post #28 by John Public on October 1, 2011 5:47PM
I am disappointed by the general Plan 2035 put forward by the City Of Encinitas. This plan is a sleek advertising document that does not spell out the specifics. The city spent $1.5 million dollars of our taxpayer dollars with a Northern California research company. No doubt the planning department also spent numerous hours in documenting their vision for the city. The city claims they have done a wide outreach program to market this plan and get feedback from the community. However, residents in the New Encinitas area are mostly ignorant of this plan. Only recently did this plan come to public awareness in New Encinitas.
The general plan is misleading. It fails to articulate the real consequences of the plan on the quality of life for the residents of Encinitas 24 years down the road.
Concerns about the 2035 plan
Post #30 by Olivier Canler on October 3, 2011 9:12PM
I have specific concerns about the changes for the El Camino Real corridor:
1) Increased Traffic: The city is planning to convert most commercial areas along the El Camino Real to mixed residential/commercial use area. This will allow the building of over one thousand dwellings along the El Camino Real corridor. In addition, El Camino Real will be reduced from 3 to 2 lanes each way. The city admits they will have to downgrade the traffic from LOS-D to LOS-E. Planning for failure is unacceptable. They should not plan to make the already congested traffic along El Camino Real to get any worse.
El Camino Real is a major thoroughfare for commuters in and out of Encinitas. Adding wider bike lanes and wider sidewalks will do little to ease the traffic. I do not see anywhere in the plan how commuters will be discouraged to use El Camino Real to get to the freeway.
2) Increased pollution: More traffic, more cars, more density with urban dwellings will inevitably result in more pollution
3) Noise: More traffic and irritated drivers will result in more noise.
4) Decreased property value for those living immediately along the El Camino Real corridor. Who wants to buy a house whose backyard is facing an apartment complex?
A percentage of dwellings in the plan will be slated for low and extreme low income housing. This traditionally does not help the property values of surrounding properties.
Do not be fooled by the term "density bonus" used in this plan: What it means is that developers will be able to build as many apartment units as legally possible in a confined space. This allows them to build as many low income housing units to make it worth their investment.
5) Overcrowding in our schools.
6) Years of construction
This plan is ill-conceived and does not reflect the will of the majority of the residents. The city won't spell out the truth about the negative impacts on our community. Residents of Encinitas should wake up and not allow increased urbanization of our city.
New Encinitas not involved in the design of the draft
Post #40 by Olivier Canler on November 16, 2011 5:37PM
What the update to the GP will do to El Camino Real
Post #41 by Olivier Canler on December 4, 2011 8:17AM
Read about the reasons why so many of us object to the proposed land re-zoning and redevelopment of El Camino Real:
visit our website at
www.NewEncinitasResidents.com.
