Historic Waterfall Is Going To Get New Neighboors
Written by admin on December 23, 2009
A former gravel mine that’s home to a historic waterfall will be listed as a potential housing development area in a new citywide plan, the Carlsbad City Council decided Tuesday.
In a 4-0 vote, with Councilman Mark Packard absent because of an illness, the council approved what’s known as its Housing Element —- a state-required document that spells out where the city will allow additional home construction, particularly high-density, low-income housing.
“These units have to go somewhere,” Mayor Bud Lewis said before voted in favor of the controversial housing plan. “The state has us in a Catch-22.”
The council’s decision came after extended testimony from 25 public speakers, with nearly all of them opposed to the proposed housing plan, particularly its plans for the old gravel mine area on the northern edge of the city. Opponents ranged from students in the environmental Green Club at Carlsbad High School to the president of the Buena Vista Audubon Society.
Now, I used to live in this area (above it actually) and it pains my heart to see that they’re going to turn this into ANOTHER residental area…as if there isn’t enough there already. I know they’ll do a nice job of preserving the waterfall but still…it’s just not going to be the same.
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