Oppose Utility Undergrounding

the most dangerous part of this process is the final vote of citizens in the public meeting only needs to have "more yes votes than no votes" to pass. (not a majority of homeowners in the district)(2 people could vote yes if 3 people were in attendance and screw the rest of us.

Use the money somewhere else

It’s unconscionable to spend this amount of money on something I would consider frivolous and cosmetic when we have true issues like traffic and overdevelopment that are crippling this town.

Would love to have undergrounding but the cost is too great. What's wrong with SDGE picking up the tab. Many old wires are in need of replacement anyway and they need to provide the vehicle to deliver service to their customers. We need better negotiators.

There is NO history of safety issues related to overhead power lines in Coronado; Far too many areas, including all alleys, would NOT be included; and the exorbitant cost would be a dreadful waste of taxpayer funding.

This project is too expensive. The costs far outweigh the benefits. Many losers in this project.

La Jolla looked to do this as well about 20 years ago. Concluded that the cost was not feasible in regard to the benefit. This is not a good use of funds.

Unfair to many neighborhoods. Need a better plan.

Just take down the unused "wires". Assessments are nothing more then a lien on your house which if not paid will be seized and sold.

Immediately, Coronado plaintiffs-residents must pay a good attorney to file in the appropriate court: (1) an Injunction to estop all further city government action on this risky and expensive "Utility Undergrounding" Boondoggle, and (2) a General Plan Lawsuit alleging all of the violations of the Coronado General Plan (your controlling local Land Use Law that restricts all Coronado city government actions) committed by the responsible parties to hold your government decision-makers accountable. Enjoy the disinfecting sunshine and transparency of the Legal Discovery Process, if you still need additional proof of how this risky Coronado boondoggle is being used deliberately as a tool to distract you while simultaneously hiding the $750+ MILLION Coronado government debt, which you and generations of Coronado children are responsible to pay (as future Coronado taxpayers). Otherwise, say "goodbye" to your quiet residential neighborhoods. And say "hello" to worse traffic congestion, noise, pollution, etc. during the massively inconvenient "utility undergrounding" process, which will take many, many years and is likely to fail due to the many mapped and unmapped (known and unknown) earthquake faults running underground in Coronado. In addition to the known and unknown earthquake faults underground in Coronado, your town is plagued by sandy, silty soil which is prone to liquefaction. As a result of Coronado's particular geology, "utility undergrounding" is sure to be an expensive failure, like all the other proposed Coronado boondoggles you can remember. The choice is clear. Each day residents fail to take concrete action that matters in court as above, it gets harder and more expensive to stop a Coronado boondoggle such as this one (and all of the other con games your local government runs on you). Good luck, Coronado residents, and God bless you.

Totally opposed underground utilities.

I am opposed to the proposed utility undergrounding. My opposition is based on personal experience, which I believe is lacking within the Mayor’s office and council. My experience in a small Midwest municipality, population 10,000, in this area of the municipality, about 20 homes, were built between the 1890s and 1953. Utility undergrounding was proposed, using similar non-experience-based sales pitch similar to our management. What we learned during research to determine the home owners’ “real cost” is the municipality’s “estimated cost to homeowners” was severely low because it was based on the “average” with no regard to (1) lawn, garden and hedge replacement (2) actual undergrounding distance on home owner’s property (3) the cost to bring the electrical connection / breaker boxes and some associated up to code – which included in some instances resizing the (inset for the electrical connection box and associated brick and stucco work (4) and other structural work. Those areas / properties within the municipality that did underground did see an increase in property value which was only very slightly greater than historic annual home appreciation in the municipality. I also disagree with using general tax funds for the benefit of a few. I suggest using these general funds to increase our police force to focus on the “known but not spoken Coronado drug challenge” and petty crime (thefts from porches, front and back yards and automobile break-ins.

The current plan is not in the best interest of the community as a whole. Surly there is a better use for the funds.

This seems wasteful in an earthquake prone area. Also, if the city wants to require homeowners to pay thousands to participate, shouldn’t this be put on the ballot for voters to approve?

7 years ago Featured

This project is wrong on so many levels. The creation of "Assessment Districts", especially when sending out questionnaires city wide and then customizing the "districts" using those results; is a blatant "end-around" to circumvent the will of the majority of residents. If you want to do this, have a city-wide referendum; if it passes let's do it (but you know it won't).

I oppose forcing homeowners to pay for this unnecessary project. Stop now

Under-grounding of utilities is an obscene waste of taxpayer funds, particularly when we face sea level rise. Better to spend those funds preparing to protect all of Coronado, than the "beautification" of a small portion. Please see the article at https://timesofsandiego.com/tech/2019/06/20/national-study-rising-sea-level-will-cost-san-diego-county-1-billion-by-2040/ or just look at the FEMA flood maps online.

I am not only against wasting money to underground power lines, but most certainly against the possibility of being forced to pay for this should my neighbors decide to do this.

7 years ago Featured

The project costs so much, places too much burden on homeowners, especially families that have lived here for years. It could put people in risk of losing their homes to increase the home values of some of the most expensive homes already. I am opposed.

As I understand it, this would benefit only a tiny portion of Coronado's citizens. For that reason I am opposed.