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Perhacs honored by Rotary
Tom Ferrall Staff Writer
A nine-month undercover operation spearheaded by deputies working out the Fallbrook Sheriff’s substation resulted in the confiscation of more than 2 1/2 pounds of methamphetamine – as well as other drugs – and the arrest of 16 individuals. Lt. David Gilmore, commander of the Fallbrook substation, announced the results of the successful operation that was recently completed during the Fallbrook community forum meeting Sept. 15. Arrests were made in Fallbrook and Oceanside and Gilmore reported the operation netted the following: 2.6 pounds of methamphetamine, 50 grams of heroine, more than 12,000 marijuana plants, some militarystyle body armor, and about $7,000 in currency. “We worked with our special investigations division, and other law enforcement agencies around the county helped us out,” said Gilmore. The extensive investigation involved several search warrants, arrest warrants, probations
see UNDERCOVER, page A-10
Shane Gibson photos Fallbrook Art Inc. executive director Mary Perhacs receives the “Service Above Self Award” presented by the Fallbrook Rotary Club at the Lobster on the Green fundraising event, Sept. 16. Perhacs was recognized for her productive work for artists and aspiring artists at the Fallbrook Art Center and the Fallbrook School of the Arts. For more photos, see page A-3.
BUSD approves traffic study change, vegetation removal for Gird Road site
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Fallbrook couple in process of trying to buy Fallbrook Golf Club Tom Ferrall Staff Writer
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A Fallbrook couple is trying to come to the rescue of Gird Valley residents. Gird Valley, Inc., owned and operated by longtime Fallbrook residents Jade and Julie Work, is in the process of trying to buy Fallbrook Golf Club from Jack Lamberson. Escrow is expected to close by the end of the month, according to a press release issued by SaveFallbrookGolfCourse.com on behalf of the Works. Lamberson was served with a notice of default on Sept. 1 from Chicago Title Company, the trustee for Ronald Richards’ D-Day Capital, LLC. Richards, a Beverly Hills attorney who often works with developers, owns the notes on the 116-acre Gird
see COUPLE, page A-8 Goats working for Environmental Land Management clear grass and weeds from BUSD’s 50 acre property on Gird Road.
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Joe Naiman Village News Correspondent A pair of agenda items on the Sept. 6 Bonsall Unified School District (BUSD) board meeting addressed the Gird Road property which is planned to be the future site of Bonsall High School. One 5-0 vote approved a change order to the traffic study for the site based on the likelihood that a high school will be built on the property while another 5-0 vote approved a vegetation removal contract with Environmental Land Management. BUSD owns 50 acres off of Gird Road. Bonsall High School, which opened in August 2014, is currently on the same campus as Sullivan Middle School. The school district intends to build a new high school on the Gird Road property. “We’re hoping a year from now we can start,” said BUSD superintendent Justin Cunningham. Financial and regulatory variables will determine when the initial facilities at the Gird Road location will be able to
accommodate Bonsall High School students, faculty, and classified employees. “We’re hoping that it would be 18-19,” said Cunningham. Bonsall High School opened with only ninth-graders and is expanding by one grade each year until the school has all four grades for 2017-18. Cunningham expects Bonsall High School to have between 400 and 500 students in 2019, but he also expects new development projects within the BUSD boundaries to increase future enrollment. “We’re looking at so much development coming in,” said Cunningham. “We’d better plan a few years out on how many kids we’ll actually have there.” On May 12, the BUSD board voted 4-0, with Timothy Coen absent, to approve a contract with Kunzman Associates, Inc., which is based in Orange, to provide a traffic impact analysis. The scope of work includes reviewing access locations and internal circulation, identifying existing roadway conditions including peak hour
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intersection turning movement volume data, determining the cumulative impact on roads from traffic the school will add, and preparing a traffic impact analysis. The original contract had a limit of $12,250 not including permit and submittal fees with the actual amount being based on hours worked along with specified hourly rates. That initial agreement covered traffic counts at up to seven intersections and was based on an enrollment of 1,200 students. One of the school board’s Jan. 13 actions was to award a contract to Baker Nowicki Design Studio for architectural services for the high school’s capital improvements. Baker Nowicki’s tasks included community outreach, and during the three public planning sessions the potential student enrollment was modified. “Fifteen years from now that could be 1,500 kids there,” Cunningham said. The modified traffic study contract approved Sept. 6 increases the maximum authorized payment
see GIRD, page A-8
Supervisors approve Golf Green Estates final map, secured agreements Joe Naiman Village News Correspondent The final map and security agreements for the Golf Green Estates development have been approved. The 3-0 San Diego County Board of Supervisors vote Sept. 14, with Greg Cox absent for a California State Association of Counties Finance Corporation meeting and Ron Roberts at the American Public Transportation Association annual conference, also accepted five new public streets and additional portions of two existing streets, access rights from various lots to the streets, flowage easements along with access easements to maintain drainage facilities, a pedestrian trail easement, a clear space easement, and noise protection easements.
see MAP, page A-8