The Coast News, March 2, 2012

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The Hot Rods take to the field during Oceanside Valley Little League Opening Day. Turn to Page A8 for the full story. Photo by Promise Yee

Lot could become sports fields By Bianca Kaplanek

CARLSBAD — A oncecontroversial vacant lot in La Costa Valley could be turned into high school and community sports fields that would eventually be part of a middle school slated for the site if and when the campus is built. The 22-acre lot on Calle Barcelona is owned by SDUHSD, (San Dieguito Union High School District), which serves about 12,000 middle and high school students who live in an 85square-mile area that stretches from Carlsbad to Carmel Valley. The district bought the land in September 1999 for approximately $5.8 million. At the time steady development in the area indicated the need for another middle school because Oak Crest and Diegueùo, which serve students in the north section of the district, were pretty much at capacity. But enrollment began to flatten and by 2005 SDUHSD officials determined a third middle school in the north was no longer needed. They removed a sign that had been placed on the lot by developers. Approximately 2,450 homeowners in La Costa Valley and some surrounding areas pay into community

Proposal to subdivide Ecke Ranch draws skeptics By Jared Whitlock

ENCINITAS — A proposal to subdivide roughly 36 of the 68 acres at the Paul Ecke Ranch, a large-scale flower farm, was hotly contested by some residents during a special hearing at City Hall Feb. 28. Paul Ecke III, who was not in attendance, has previously stated that the subdivision would make it easier for the ranch to acquire bank loans and lease property to agricultural companies that

could take advantage of unused greenhouses. Even though the proposal does not call for development, concerned residents at the hearing voiced concerns that it could open the door for residential and commercial construction. “They failed before and now they’ll try anything to get around the rules,� George Hejduk said. Critics of the proposal TURN TO RANCH ON A19

This vacant lot in La Costa Valley could be developed into fields for high school athletes and community sports groups until enrollment warrants construction of a middle school, which has always been planned for the 22-acre site. Photo by Bianca Kaplanek

facilities district 94-2, a MelloRoos account that funds facilities in the north end of the district. About 2,000 homeowners pay $800 per year and 465 pay $400 annually. According to the 1994 funding and mitigation agreement, CFD 94-2 funds can only be spent to “purchase, construct, expand, improve and/or rehabilitateâ€? Oak Crest and DiegueĂąo middle schools, San Dieguito High School Academy, La Costa Canyon and Sunset high schools, adult education and continuation high school facilities and a new junior high

school in south Carlsbad (La Costa Valley). In 2008 a small group of homeowners calling themselves Friends of North County accused the district of, among other things, misusing the funds and using faulty enrollment projections. They also distributed a flier claiming low-income housing, commercial centers, apartments or industrial parks could be built on the lot. District officials denied the allegations, including one that the land was going to be TURN TO LOT ON A19

City Planner Tom Curriden (left) with Associate Planner J. Alfred Dichoso presides over a special hearing regarding the future of Paul Ecke Ranch. Photo by Jared Whitlock

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