I had not heard about the demise of the elementary school for the 215 freeway offramps, but it makes some sence. As the off-ramp and overpass is improved, the area around it will suffer incursions. The city should be planning the elementary school location NOW !
Barton Road or even along Michigan in part of the vacant area and not so close to the freeway would be a good elementary school site.
And the library should be near the new elementary school or at the new high school, or between them both.
Barton Road is still the best place for the senior housing or mixed use development, in my opinion. Folks could walk to shopping or dinner and any new development could work well with the existing retirement center at Canal Street, enhancing the village master plans.
Bottom line, we need to follow the MASTER plan for town, not 3 back room deals --- none of which match anything in the general plan, the specific plan or even the zoning code. Urban Land Institute is helping Laguna Niguel develope a master plan for the town, that looks years into the future so that perfectly good buildings are not soon demolished. The Auto Zone building owner was contacted on Friday and knew NOTHING about loosing his building or land to the city for the Jacobsen project!! He has not sold! What a shock, another lie.
Since our entire town of Grand Terrace is in a redevelopment area, and ALL property tax increases go to the RDA, it should serve the people here who pay the taxes and the open land should not just be sold to the highest bidder that makes contributions to city council candidates, or one who contributes to Grand Terrace days of the Chamber of Commerce.
