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RSF Fire enforces weed abatement
State ‘unlikely’ to endorse Cardiff project
By Christina Macone-Greene
RANCHO SANTA FE — While the heavy Southern California rains helped with drought conditions and filled local reservoirs, new weed and grass growth presents a future fire hazard. The Rancho Santa Fe Fire Protection District is urging residents to tackle vegetation abatement and defensible space for fire safety. According to Fire Chief Fred Cox, the current fuel levels are above what they usually are for this time of year. However, this moisture will dry out once the rains come to an official end. “These dry grasses can spread a wildfire quickly into dense native vegetation, our eucalyptus forests and ornamental landscapes which is a huge concern to us,” Cox said. “The Fire District has made it a point to meet with every HOA in the fire district, including the Rancho Santa Fe Association, to discuss expectations and concerns pertaining to vegetation management. These meetings are an opportunity to build rapport with the numerous HOAs and to educate them on the importance of defensible space and the maintenance of common HOA areas.” Cox said the fire district is readying to send its “annual weed abatement mailer” to district residents highlighting the requirements of defensible space as well as how to safeguard your home. “The Fire Prevention Bureau will also be driving throughout the district and looking at all properties for potential hazards,” Cox CIRQUE DU SOLEIL’S “Volta” comes to the Big Top at the Del Mar Fairgrounds. Show times at 4:30 p.m.
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APRIL 12, 2019
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By Aaron Burgin
ENCINITAS — Officials with the Department of State Parks have informed the Cardiff School District that they are unlikely to support the proposed campus redesign and companion boundary adjustment to George Berkich Park. They also signaled that the project would likely be subject to a more extensive environmental review process than previously foreseen, something that opponents to the project have called for. In the email dated March 26, a supervisor from the state parks’ Office of Grants and Local Services outlined three concerns raised by the National Parks Service with the school district’s proposal, which calls for the construction of a multi-purpose room that would open to the field and terrace-style concrete seating on a section of the park, which the district owns. The district needs the approval of both the state and National Park Service because of a 1993 federal grant agreement that requires the park remain in perpetuity unless the agencies endorse a boundary change. That agreement requires the district to replace the lost park land with a corresponding amount of land. School district officials have proposed redrawing the boundary to include the school’s parking lot, which would double in size in the new plan, as well as openTURN TO CARDIFF ON 6