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Letters: July 9, 2010 , Coast News
Just Doesn’t Care?
The following quote tells the story of the eight-year battle the community lost in their quest to have a community park (“Lights planned for field at Hall property park,” July 2, 2010).
“The field lights will directly neighbor Vons shopping center and Interstate 5. ‘If you can’t have lights by the shopping center and freeway, where can you have them?’ Dalager asked.”
The fact is that the area that borders Vons, to the north, is the smallest and only area not directly impacting residents. To the west, east and south are hundreds of residential homes on narrow streets that will lose ocean views, sunset views, their quality of life, their view of stars, their community character, their night time safety and will have decreased property values.
It is obvious that either our mayor does not know this or he just does not care.
Anthony Dippolito
Encinitas
http://thecoastnews.com/view/full_story/8565703/article-Letters--July-9--2010?instance=coast_news_letters_right_column
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Rebuttal to Comments: Lights planned for field at Hall property park
Coast News Article 7/2/10
“Mayor Dan Dalager disagrees. He has been working on City Council for eight years to move Hall property park plans forward through a failed lawsuit that objected to the park being built and continues to support park plans through community objections to field lights.”
Rebuttal: The courts favored the citizens verses the city in the law suit. The law suit was not about the park being built. No one objected to a park being built. It is true that Mayor Dalager will continue to support the building of the park with field lights in spit of the “community objections to field lights.”
“Encinitas is filled with a lot of good decent people who are scared by a small group who spread misinformation,” Dalager said.
Rebuttal: Encinitas is also filled with large group of decent people who are scared to have a change in their community character, quality of life, loss of their ocean views and reduced property values. What misinformation is Mr Dalager indicating is being spread?
“The meeting presented an overview of the light plan and allowed residents to ask questions.”
Rebuttal: The CPP meeting invitation included four items that were erroneous, unclear and misleading. (misinformation)
This meeting was to inform citizens of changes in the General Plan, Design Review Modification, Major use Permit, Coastal Development Permit, and Zoning Code Amendment. The citizens were told at the meeting that they could only ask question only to the athletic light representative and only questions about the lights.
”Phase II construction includes the installation of 22 poles and 144 fixtures to illuminate the fields. Lights will later be installed to light up the planned skate park and aquatic center. The hours that the lights will be on has not been determined.”
Rebuttal: The attendees were told that 34 athletic poles are planned up to ninety feet high and strobe lights on top of the poles may be required for aviation safety.
“If we use 30-foot lights it will blind everyone for miles around,” Dalager said.
Rebuttal: No lights would not “blind everyone for miles around.”
“Taller lights go straight down.”
Rebuttal: The light manufacturer admitted that the light spillage would be equal to 80 full moons and did not know how far away you would have to be to be able to see stars. All of the photos shown by the light representative were from a sky view, not as they would effect homeowners.
Jerry Jacquet and Hakan Sakul
Not only does this show arrogance on the part of the mayor but it also shows his complete disregard and discontent for the people he is supposed to be serving by shoving this thing down our throats and talking about us that way. This project is a done deal unless...we can vote him out and re-elect Teresa in November. So, get active and pass the word around, that's all we can do. Support Teresa and Tony's campaigns or get the lights. It's that simple.
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