Evidence
This is the record for the November 10 City Council appeal. The city's file is first. Then three letters. Then the site and the 2014 evacuation.
Official records
- City case file: Site Development Plan SDP24-0009 and Tentative Subdivision Map TSM26-0001
- City of San Marcos Planning Commission page
- CEQA exemption EX25-034
- Supplemental archive of plans, letters, and technical reviews
The city's case file still shows the staff recommendation to approve. A signed denial resolution will be added here when the city posts it.
Community testimony
Three perspectives from people who know this site and its risks. Read the highlights here, then open each full letter.
Community association
On behalf of the San Elijo Hills Community Association, we respectfully submit our unanimous opposition to the proposed apartment complex planned for the final remaining parcel within our town center.
San Elijo Hills Community Association, April 29, 2025
Neighbors beside the site
Our homes border the project site, and we use the adjoining driveways and this section of San Elijo Road every day.
Residents of Prato II, also known as San Elijo Hills 12, the neighborhood next to the site
Land-use attorney
For the following reasons, the Planning Commission should deny this project in its current planned size and location because it will create severe traffic congestion and put the community at great risk.
Richard Salpietra, May 1, 2025, letter to the Planning Department
The site
The triangle lot sits between the two sides of San Elijo Road, beside the school. Cars already park along the road. Published counts of the project's own parking do not match: news coverage has described 10 garage spaces and 11 in a lot, and a project summary circulated by the community lists 37. This page does not choose between those figures.
See the 2014 evacuation, street by street