Friday, August 16, 2019

Park advocates get TRO on Cardiff Elemenary expansion

From EU comments:
As many of you have seen, major construction is underway at the Cardiff School campus. Most of the original buildings have been demolished, mature trees have been cut down, and significant grading has taken place. As a reminder, all of this work is supposed to be part of "Phase 1" of the project which avoids further violations of the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) Agreement that protects George Berkich Park in perpetuity. In spite of this, the District had Phase 1 plans to create a stormwater detention basin and other destructive work inside the boundary of George Berkich Park.

On July 24, representative of SAVE THE PARK, BUILD THE SCHOOL (STPBTS) appeared in California Superior Court to request a temporary restraining order (TRO) be issued to prevent irreversible damage from taking place at Berkich Park. In a significant win for STPBTS Judge Earl Maas issued this TRO. Language from the TRO clearly states that George Berkich Park is not to be touched until further notice:

“IT IS ORDERED” that Defendant Cardiff School District … be restrained and enjoined from engaging in, committing, or performing, directly or indirectly, by any means whatsoever, the following acts: Performing or causing to be performed any further construction activities for the Cardiff School Modernization and Reconstruction Project within the existing 6(f)(3) boundary … commonly known as George Berkich Park… This Temporary Restraining Order shall be effective until further order from the Court.”

Our continued success in saving the park depends on generous donations made by those who believe George Berkich Park is important to our community. Please consider adding your support by making a tax deductible donation to our cause: https://www.buildtheschoolsavethepark.com/get-involved/

3 comments:

  1. The park agreement gives control of after school and weekend park use to the city's Parks and Rec Departments. This means mostly soccer use. Anyone living near the school knows this. Right now the whole campus is closed for construction, which continues on the outside of the park boundaries. The park is within the school owned land.

    The court order is temporary. It remains to be seen how this will play out in the legal system. The advantage may be on the school's side in the long run. I voted against the bonds, but 66% of voters in Cardiff supported them. I personally would like to see the park land, which is already encroached on, be fully planted with trees and become a much need green area for picnics and dog walking.

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  2. I'm with 9:58. The school district should be made to restore the park immediately. They were hoping to destroy it beyond repair before the courts could weigh in.

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  3. To all ratepayers in the San Dieguito Water District (SDWD):
    The city manager and the Council and Mayor are pulling a fast on the water users. On the SDWD agenda for next week on the consent calendar item 8I is a ploy called reorganizing the water district which shifts management titles, changes titles, and adds the city's waste water divisions to the independent SDWD to make a city utilities department. Why should the SDWD be combined with an inept city department. No to the city manager and her flunky council/mayor on this idea.

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