The Solana Highlands project in Solana Beach is moving into the grading phase, Deputy Mayor Jewel Edson said during the city council’s Feb. 13 meeting.
The project will include 260 new housing units to replace 198 units at the existing property, which is a little more than 13 acres located off Stevens and Nardo avenues. Thirty-two of the units are going to be affordable housing for seniors who meet income requirements.
The tenants who have been living there were forced to find other places to live. Property owner H.G. Fenton has been working with some of the outgoing residents on relocation, including an option of placing them in other San Diego properties that the company owns.
The nonprofit Community Resource Center in Encinitas announced last year that it distributed about $25,000, or about $1,500 each, to a select group of tenants to assist with their relocation expenses.
According to an update posted on the city website, the grading phase “will require large quantities of dirt being exported offsite” starting Feb. 15 and running through the next two months.
“Most of the loading onto trucks will be done onsite, however,” according to a city notice, “there may be some queuing of trucks on Nardo that could temporarily impact traffic and parking. Proper traffic control and safety monitoring will be conducted throughout this phase. We ask that those impacted be patient throughout the process.”
Solana Highlands was built in 1970-71. H.G. Fenton began managing the property in 1998, according to a company website. Plans to redevelop the property date back to 2014, according to a Solana Beach city staff report. But the city’s View Assessment Commission recommended that the City Council deny the project. Following a series of revisions over the following years, it received council approval in December 2018.
Credit: Source link