The Coast News, April 26, 2019

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Hotel talks reignite a fierce debate

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By Aaron Burgin

ENCINITAS — A twoyear hiatus hasn’t cooled the debate over a proposed renovation of a Coast Highway 101 hotel. The proposed Portofino Beach Inn conversion into a luxury hotel returned to the Encinitas Planning Commission on April 18, and neighbors resumed their opposition. This time, however, one prominent property owner came armed with an attorney and several experts who disputed the findings in the city staff’s recommendation to approve the project. The Planning Commission continued the hearing to May 2 after its marathon meeting reached the midnight cutoff. But two hours of discussion have set the stage for what will likely be a contentious discussion and decision that — one way or another — will likely be appealed to the City Council. The Planning Commission tabled the project — which has been in process since January 2015 — in May 2017 after residents raised concerns about traffic that the project would divert onto a residential street that runs parallel to Coast Highway 101. After pushing the hearing off until June, July and then September 2017, the city and applicant decided to take the hearing off the calendar to give the developer more time to redesign the project. A spokeswoman for the ownership behind the project, 101 Hotel, Inc., said the TURN TO PORTOFINO ON A9

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‘WINGS OF FREEDOM’ TOUR will arrive on Thursday, May 2, at McClellan-Palomar Airport to honor World War II veterans, featuring planes such as the P-40 Warhawk “Jaws,” shown above, P-51 Mustang “Toulouse Nuts,” B-17 Flying Fortress “Nine O Nine,” B-24 Liberator “Witchcraft” and B-25 Mitchell “Tondelayo” bomber. See Page B23 for more information. Photo courtesy of the Collings Foundation

Senior care facility faces growing ire By Lexy Brodt

SOLANA BEACH — A senior care facility proposed for a vacant lot east of the I-5 is facing growing ire from its potential neighbors, with a special election to determine the fate of its specific plan less than two weeks away. Developer RhodesMoore LLC has proposed an assisted living facility with 96 beds for a 2.9-acre lot off of Genevieve Street RHODES MOORE Principal John DeWald explains the routes and Marine View Avenue. encouraged for staff and visitors to reach the proposed So- A third of the facility would lana Beach facility. Photo by Lexy Brodt serve memory care pa-

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tients. In the upcoming allmail ballot election — which will be held on May 7 — residents will determine the outcome of Measure B. The measure’s approval would expand the lot’s zoning to allow for a state-licensed residential care facility with up to 99 beds. The vote is a mandate of Proposition T — a voter initiative approved in 2000 that requires a public vote for projects that would alter the zoning allowances of a property.

The vote would approve a specific plan overlay on top of the site’s current estate residential zoning, which allows for one to two dwelling units per acre. If approved by voters, the project would still face the Solana Beach City Council and California Coastal Commission for final approvals. The proposed lot has long been vacant — overgrown with foliage and home to only the former TURN TO SENIOR CARE ON A11

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