The Escondido City Council will hear an appeal of the Planning Commission’s approval of the proposed Hamilton Lane subdivision project located down-gradient and above groundwater contamination from the Chatham Barrel Yard Waste Site in SW Escondido.

Here is the most recent post regarding the issue. Please plan to attend if you can and support the residents living nearby by urging the Council Support the Residents’ appeal and require more information, up-to-date testing, and mitigation prior to beginning this project. 

https://escondidoneighbors.org/?p=390 

Please also file a comment supporting the appeal and cite the need for full testing, information, and mitigation for this project before it moves forward. File a comment here agenda item #8. https://escondido-ca.municodemeetings.com/bc-citycouncil/webform/public-comment 

The Planning Commission approved the project on a 4-1 vote. The dissenting commissioner expressed concern about moving soil on a property associated with the Chatham contamination plume without a Soil Management Plan. The appeal asks the City to require additional site-specific environmental review, including evaluation of potential groundwater and soil vapor concerns associated with the historic Chatham Brothers contamination.
The appeal does not seek to stop development. It requests additional analysis before construction proceeds on a site located within an area that has been monitored by environmental agencies for decades, where remediation goals have still not been met.
Supporters of the appeal include Escondido residents, Escondido Neighbors United, and Sierra Club, North County Group.

MAP AND INFOGRAPHICS

Aerial map

History of Chatham Barrel Yard

Why Soil Vapor is a Concern