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new and modernized school that prioritizes school safety, learning spaces, traffic flow, community connection, green space and views, and an environmentally focused design. Since 2017, the district has made several changes to the original design, including backing off the original plan of building both the multi-purpose room and kindergarten classrooms on park space. It also attempted to address concerns about the floor plan — which opponents argued was

O C E A NS I DE —T he city clerk has identified insufficiencies with a noTHE tice of intent to circulate VISTA a recall petition that was NEWS recently served to Councilman Chris Rodriguez. The Notice of Intent to recall was first issued to Rodriguez on Nov. 20 with 20 signatures from residents from District 2, which the council member represents on City Council. Rodriguez was first elected to the position in late 2018. RANCHO The notice lists severSFNEWS al reasons why these residents want Rodriguez out of office, including his promoting of the controversial North River Farms development project, recently approved by a majority of council, on social media and before a public hearing. This action, according to proponents, eliminated his fair and impartial analysis of the project and his constituents’ concerns about it. They also take issue with him approving the development and include that in the grounds for recall list as well and claim there is a potential conflict of interest because of the property he owns in South Morro Hills where North River Farms will be built. City Attorney John Mullen has previously stated Rodriguez does not have a conflict of interest because his property is more than 1,000 feet from the development site. Other grounds for recall listed include operating vacation rentals with

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Cardiff School rebuild foes win court ruling By Tawny McCray

ENCINITAS — The second phase of the Cardiff Elementary School campus rebuild has been suspended after a court ruling last week granted a preliminary injunction, and made certain other legal findings, requested by a small group of nearby residents who oppose the project. The ruling from San Diego County Superior Court is the latest in a growing battle between the school district and the residents who have opposed the proposed overhaul since drawings of the redesign were made public in

2017. The plan includes the construction of new buildings and the construction of a new multi-purpose room and outdoor amphitheater on land that is currently part of the district-owned George Berkich Park. Funding for the rebuild comes from Measure GG, a $22 million bond measure approved by nearly 66% of Cardiff voters in 2016. The ruling is part of ongoing litigation brought by the residents and primarily surrounds a $160,000 grant tied to the school playfields. Encinitas and the Cardiff School District accepted the grant more than

25 years ago to improve the playfields. The grant agreement included a stipulation that requires the district to obtain certain state and federal approvals when building any new structures within the then existing school playfield boundary. The current school rebuild plan calls for a small additional encroachment — less than 10% of the overall project site — into the playfield and a corresponding grant agreement boundary adjustment to accommodate the project. The district said it is considering its legal op-

tions with regard to the ruling. “This decision does not change the fact that the district continues to work in good faith to deliver Cardiff voters the new school they were promised as part of this bond measure,” Cardiff School District Superintendent Jill Vinson said in a news release. “We stand behind this project and the priority that it places on student safety and the educational programs of the District.” The Cardiff School rebuild project replaces the 60- to 70-year-old buildings on the school site with a

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