Hoover School Suit

We have been tracking the purchase and reopening of the old Hoover School as it evolves here and here.  The traffic access has resulted in a group calling itself the Alliance for Responsible Neighborhood Planning making good on the threat of a lawsuit per the Daily Journal here.  As a reminder to all, note which body did the approval

In December, the board approved the mitigated negative declaration for the project which included a traffic plan. Many residents who live near the school, however, felt the approval should be postponed to allow for more discussion and possible changes to the traffic plan.

Even long-timers around town often forget that the city has no say over what the school districts do with their properties.  This is different than other parts of the country where the school district is independent of the municipality...for better or worse.  The DJ piece goes on to note

The district’s proposed student drop-off and pick-up was modified after concerns were raised from the town of Hillsborough. As approved, the plan calls for two 8-foot-wide curbside bays to be created for pick-up and drop-off along the west side of Summit Drive adjacent to the school providing enough curb space for 15 cars, according to the staff report. In addition, the existing school site curb would be shifted west to provide for the bays and two 10-foot-wide vehicle travel lanes, which will increase the width of Summit to 17 feet in some areas.

We'll see if the filing is enough to get some further negotiations going or if it does have to go to court.  Here's what the district office on Trousdale looks like in case you have comments.

Next up after the traffic issue is the redistricting of boundary lines which can be contentious.

Comments

[Joe]

I'll report Lorne's comment about the suit here now that I have posted it:

Now this issue has turned into a lawsuit. So, does this mean the District may be paying interest on their legal fees (assuming they allocate funds from either of the two bond measures to pay for them)??
http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=1761521&title=Neighbors%20sue%20over%20new%20school%20traffic%20plan

[Lincoln Mom]

Great. Just what the BSD needs, to use precious dollars to pay lawyers to defend a lawsuit over traffic. Hill People, if you bought a house near a school, you knew exactly what you were getting yourself into.

[Lorne]

I saw this posted on the Burlingame Hills Community Improvement Associations' website. Looks like it might be an entertaining evening (more drama than even "Homeland") :)

https://sites.google.com/site/burlingamehillscommunity/announcements/burlingameschooldistrictinformationnight

[alittlebird]

Lincoln Mom,
Not if you bought your house near a school that hadn't been a school for way more than a decade!

[Lorne]

Just for keeping track of the Hoover lawsuit case in the San Mateo County Court:

http://openaccess1.sanmateocourt.org/openaccess/CIVIL/casereport.asp?casenumber=519075&courtcode=A&casetype=CIV&dsn=

[Joe]

Thanks, Lorne. This looks to be a very, very handy website. I see the case number in the link, but there is no field to search by case number. Searching on "Burlingame" leads to some interesting results, but I don't see this Hoover case in the list. There are several different names for the School District and multiple different suits current and past, but I don't see this one. Any suggestions on locating it?

[Joe]

Nevermind--it worked fine with another try. But it was fun rooting around for other things. Thanks again!

[hillsider]

Now I've wasted almost an hour looking at lawsuit cases. This is worse than Angry Birds!

[Lorne]

Sorry the link above didn't take you directly to the case. In case you didn't figure it out already, as an alternative,you can always go to the court's case search page (URL link below) and select "CIV-Unlimited" from the Case Type pull down menu, and then enter 519075 for the Court Case #

http://openaccess1.sanmateocourt.org/openaccess/CIVIL/default.asp