From: Eva Hocks [mailto:hocks@sdsc.edu] 
Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 6:14 PM
To: City Council
Subject: opposition: DEVELOPMENT PLAN (D-8-05) and CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT
(C-17-05) 


Dear City Council Members,


 I strongly oppose to the DEVELOPMENT PLAN (D-8-05) and CONDITIONAL
 USE PERMIT (C-17-05) for the development of a concrete mix plant
 and materials handling operation and installation of a 12,000-gallon
 above ground fuel tank at 2847 Industry Street.

For the following reasons, but not limited to these, I oppose
this action:

1) The residents of the Loma Alta community were not properly
notified about the concrete plant proposed for a 3-acre site. It
seems like their needs and values are not being considered.

2) The bleedwater from the daily truck cleaning is likely to cause
problems in the sewer system and nearby Loma Alta creek.

3) The plant operation will cause traffic problems with the 200 of
big trucks coming out onto the already busy Oceanside Blvd daily.
New traffic regulation at the intersection Industry Street/Oceanside
Blvd/Hoover St were not part of the conditions for this development.
With the population growth coming and the traffic from the Sprinter
transportation system this additional load of heavy vehicles is a
potential high risk for congestion and the resulting pollution along
Oceanside Blvd.

4)The noise level will rise even more beginning at 6am until late at
night in addition to the noise from the Sprinter train. Residents
need their peace and sleep to recuperate for the every day life. But
it seems the city planning commission is not aware of the vicinity
of the plant or doesn't care about the health of their tax paying
citizen?

5)Who is going to monitor this operation to make sure that this
business, which has a record of violating the rules in the past (NCT
Letters to the editor - 5/19/04). Will it respect the rules now? It
is interesting that Robertson's offered at the April 13 2004 meeting
to put $20,000 in a trust fund for fines.

6) A substantive environmental impact report is missing for the
project.  The pollution generated from heavy diesel trucks and the
dust from the sand and gravel and the industrial mixing is an unjust
burden to the neighborhood and it's scenic canyons with its species
of birds, mammals and plants.

The concrete mix plant development will not add to the quality of
life for the Loma Alta nor Firemountain neighborhoods. In contrary
it is likely to damage the good image of those established good
neighborhoods. Increased heavy industrial use does not seem to be
consistent with the current area planning of high density
residential neighborhood development along the Oceanside Blvd.

I cannot comprehend what the planning commission's proximity plans
are with such a diverse development in the Oceanside Blvd vicinity.
Heavy industrial plants do not go well with residential
neighborhood and tourist oriented building developments and do not
create the property tax value of a well planned area for high
quality housing development.

The Oceanside Blvd is one of the major entry ways to Oceanside.
The Sprinter project is in progress and does already create
development plans on Crouch: 12 Condos, 14 houses, shopping mall
and 280 Condos. Oceanside's biggest park and only public golf
course is located on Oceanside Blvd. Golfing right next to heavy
industry?

The city of San Marcos and Vista have already rejected this plant in
2004/2005 because of increased traffic, noise and dust. Serious
concerns about quality of life and property values need to be
addressed in Oceanside as well!

Please reconsider the plan for heavy industry in my near
neighborhood and decide in favor for the residents and a better
quality of quality in Oceanside.

    Thank you,
    Eva Hocks
    555 Hoover St
    Oceanside, CA 92054
    Loma Alta neighborhood resident