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FRHD board extends escrow on sale of LEANN RIMES hospital to SUNDAY, SEPT. 17TH DOORS OPEN @5PM SHOW @7PM Aug. 31
Joe Naiman Village News Correspondent
The Bonsall Unified School District (BUSD) will undertake an Environmental Impact Report for the Gird Road site planned for the new Bonsall High School. A recent 5-0 BUSD board vote authorized Environmental Studies Associates to produce an Environmental Impact Report (EIR). In January, the board had approved a contract with ESA for California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) services, which included a maximum payment of $65,000 if only a Mitigated Negative Declaration was required and $98,000 if an EIR was prepared, so the estimated $37,500 cost to prepare the EIR had previously been authorized. Previously-completed technical studies included a Phase 1 environmental site assessment, an environmental hazards evaluation, a biological resources assessment, a preliminary geohazard and geotechnical report, and a traffic report. All of the CEQA categories included findings of less than significant impact, so the initial plan was for the preparation of a Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND).
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The Fallbrook Regional Health District (FRHD) board, by a 4-0 vote Aug. 9, elected to extend escrow on the sale of the Fallbrook Hospital building to Crestwood Behavioral Health, Inc. to Aug. 31. Director Howard Salmon was not in attendance due to business in Sacramento. The action, necessary due to unresolved issues with the county of San Diego regarding the property at 624 East Elder Street, was taken during the board’s regular meeting – a meeting attended by less than a handful of Fallbrook residents. The three previous board meetings – regular meetings June 14 and July 12 and a special meeting July 28 – had attracted standing-room-only crowds that were often animated as people voiced their opinions regarding the sale, and the lack of a public vote on the sale. No public comments were made at the Aug. 9 meeting, which featured an audience that consisted of a few officials from Crestwood, an FRHD intern, and three Fallbrook residents. The FRHD board ratified the sale of the hospital to Crestwood at the special meeting July 28 and escrow was scheduled to close July 31. It didn’t. “There are two things going on,” explained FRHD attorney Blaise Jackson following the meeting. “First, there’s a lot line adjustment that’s necessary, and the second thing has to do with a 1989 agreement (with the county) that was discovered.” The lot line adjustment involves the driveway that runs between the hospital parking lot and Brandon Rd.. “There’s a small corner of it that is attached to 138 Brandon (the address of FRHD offices),” said Jackson. “There’s no reason for us to maintain that little corner of the property. So, you have to go through a land use process to adjust the boundary lines, and we’ve got local engineering surveyors working on that right now. So that’s in process.” The 1989 agreement between the county and the health district required the district to make some street improvements on Elder Street in exchange for the county allowing the district to expand the size of its campus to accommodate a wellness center. “The county granted a major use permit,” said Jackson. “Well, the quid pro quo for that was you’re going to do some street improvements on Elder.” The agreement was news to the current board, which found out there was a lien enacted and recorded in 1989. “We found out that the county, in 1989, required the district to do some street improvements on Elder,” said board president Gordon Tinker. “They were never done. This is a district responsibility and we need to clean it up and get something done that we should have done 25 years ago. “What I’m proposing the board to approve tonight is establishment of an escrow account in the amount satisfactory to San Diego so they know we put the money away – that it can’t be spent on anything else – and an approval of an RFP (request for proposal) for design and construction management for the required street improvements,” concluded Tinker. Tinker’s motion was passed with a 4-0 vote. The board also approved by a 4-0 vote a 2017-2018 budget covering July 1, 2017, through
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Marching Warriors band member Tavion Chatman plays the trumpet during a band camp Shane Gibson photo showcase for friends and family at Fallbrook Stadium, Aug. 11. See more photos on page B-1.
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Courtesy photo Rotary Club of Fallbrook members, from left, Allen Cook, Penny Johnson, Allison Barkley, Bonnie Lentz, Dale Mitchell and Michele Way are ready to serve lunch for FUESD teachers and staff at Ingold Field Aug. 10. See more photos on page A-5.
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David Jones has been selected as the new Bonsall Unified School District superintendent. Jones, who has spent the past six years as the superintendent of the Vallecitos School District and the principal of Vallecitos School, will replace Justin Cunningham, who retired July 31. A 5-0 Bonsall Unified School District board vote Aug. 9 approved a three-year contract for Jones which will pay $165,000 annually along with benefits and reimbursements. “I can’t wait,” Jones said. “I’m real excited about it. I think Bonsall’s a wonderful community.” The school district began a nationwide search for a new superintendent, and the process included input from stakeholders. Board special meetings were convened to interview applicants. “I walked away from the first interview and it was just a good time, a good feeling,” Jones said. “I connected well with the board.” The final interviews took place in mid-July. “The interview process was pretty rigorous in the way they approached it,” Jones said. “They have high expectations for their community.” Prior to 2014, when the Bonsall district transitioned from a K-8 elementary school district to a K-12 unified district, both the Bonsall district and the Vallecitos district fed into the Fallbrook
Shane Gibson photos New Bonsall Unified School District Superintendent David Jones, speaks after the approval of his employment contract during an Aug. 9 BUSD board meeting. Union High School District so Jones previously worked with the Bonsall district in his capacity with Vallecitos. “They have very dedicated teachers,” Jones said of the Bonsall district. “I felt very excited about the Bonsall community. I felt it’s a tight-knit close community,” Jones said. “I feel that I can be a good servant leader in their
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