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NOV. 17, 2017
SAN MARCOS -NEWS
Decision delayed .com on recreation fees By Bianca Kaplanek
SOLANA BEACH — How much bluff-top property owners must pay to compensate the public for beach that is lost by seawalls they build to protect their homes could remain unknown for at least another year. A 12-month extension was triggered after council members at the Nov. 8 meeting voted unanimously to neither accept nor reject modifications recommended by the California Coastal Commission for the city’s local coastal program land use plan. In the meantime, the city will continue collecting $1,000 per linear foot, which it has done since 2008, and
move forward with geographic segmentation, a plan that will allowTHE the majority of residents to more VISTA easily gain approval for construction projects. NEWS The public recreation impact fee is a Coastal Commission requirement and part of the land use plan the city adopted in 2013 after more than a decade of work. An amendment setting the amount that should be paid was submitted to the state agency in April 2016. More than a year later, RANCHO Coastal Commission staff SFNEWS recommended approval with 16 modifications. Solana Beach was amenable to
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Activists sue Caltrans over freeway flyovers By Aaron Burgin
HONORING MILITARY VETERANS Guests of the city of San Marcos’ Veterans Day Ceremony greet retired Navy veteran Edward Bridges, left, after his presentation highlighting personal experiences of his military service. MORE ON PAGES B5, B8. Photo by Mark Marquez
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est, tallest, most noxious and visually damaging plan it considered for this interchange very near the Torrey Pines Preserve and admits that the impacts to the public are significant,” said Brian Farmer of Citizens for Sensible Traffic Planning. “After getting input on the draft plan five years ago and hearing that the community strongly objects to the enormous concrete 100-foot-plus flyovers, Caltrans is rushing to approve its plan without addressing the legitimate concerns of the community.” The lawsuits ask the court to order Caltrans to vacate its approval of the project TURN TO FLYOVERS ON A16
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REGION — Two community groups have sued the California Department of Transportation for its approval of two flyovers connecting ramps between Interstate 5 and State Route 56 in Carmel Valley that have been in the works for 15 years. Citizens for Sensible Traffic Planning and Citizens for a Responsible Caltrans are targeting the agency’s analysis of the project’s environmental impacts, which they said was flawed, as well as the project itself, which they said will dramatically increase noise and air pollution. “Caltrans chose the loud-
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