LUX at Lomas Encantadas

Opposed the loss of park-zoned acreage sold for $17,500 and raised traffic and pedestrian safety concerns for kids walking to school near the site.

Cited 229 pages of opposition letters and 300+ petition signatures, disputed the developer's distance and traffic claims, and reported residents' own count of 439 vehicles per hour.

Detailed the parkland sale price disparity — $0.72/sq ft versus $3.73/sq ft for adjacent land — and asked the board to deny the rezoning and reverse the sale.

Said the area already has ~1,500 apartment units within two miles plus rising homelessness, and worried about the entrance near a school bus stop and crosswalks.

Argued the city relied on existing zoning to sell the land below the statutory threshold, avoiding public challenge, and questioned whether the hearing was a rubber stamp.

Argued the master plan designates multifamily for Lincoln/Enchanted Hills, not this corner, and questioned parking overflow and HVAC noise impacts on nearby homes.

Demanded a comprehensive independent traffic study accounting for the combined impact of this project plus a 218-unit complex already under construction a mile away.

Noted the project grew from 36 to 55 units after the land sale that was justified as 'access only,' and asked the board to hold the developer to 36 units or deny.

HOA board member who called the parkland sale 'unjust enrichment,' said he'd never met a supporter, and doubted he was invited to the developer's community meetings.

A teacher and parent who walks his kids to the park described the blind hill on Camino Venada and asked the board to deny for safety; also asked Chair Richardson to step down entirely.

Reported his own count of 732 vehicles through the T-intersection on October 1, invited the board to visit the site, and suggested the city buy the land back.

Said she'd rather see a fire station or police substation on the land, citing school walking routes between the two nearby schools.

His nine-year-old walks alone to San Diego Vista each morning; his wife uses a wheelchair. Asked the city to buy the land back and develop it differently.

Asked whether a traffic light or roundabout is planned for the congested corner and said he's totally against the apartments.

Criticized the 75 percent land-sale discount and noted the HOA only got control from AMREP this year, too late to pursue other uses.

Made a master-plan consistency case: R-6 was deliberately limited to Lincoln/Enchanted Hills, the plan prioritizes preserving open space, and asked the board to honor the plan.

Lives within 100 feet of the project and asked for a 'no' vote, adopting the prior speakers' arguments.

Worried about cut-through traffic, U-turns near her congested corner and a school bus stop, and suggested keeping parkland would preserve balloon-landing space.