What is the future of El Corazon?

[espola]

What the city of Oceanside promised the voters --

http://www.ci.oceanside.ca.us/civicax/filebank/blobdload.aspx?blobid=25258

What they got so far --

https://www.google.com/maps/place/I...a733e0983c402!8m2!3d33.2162489!4d-117.2999415

Latest news is that a developer (Sudbury and/or friends, I presume) will build 70 townhome residences on a portion of the property (less than 5 acres - or about 2 soccer fields worth, to put it in familiar terms)

http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/sd-no-corazon-housing-20160914-story.html

This may be a more realistic view --

http://biasandiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Fact-Sheet-11x17.pdf

 

[Eusebio]

Definitely disappointing.

Aside from giving Oceanside Breakers a single field at the front, the facility provides no benefits to local residents on a weekly basis. If I wanted to take my son or daughter there to practice, I'm welcomed by chain-locked fences with trespassing signs. Oceanside residents might as well just have voted to improve the existing parks.

Sure it's nice to have the possibility to have a State/National Cup game in my back yard but by the the unluck of the draw, I'm still driving to Lancaster or Norco for ST/NT Cup, so I've yet to see that benefit.

Every new update about the project is just news of another feature getting scaled back or eliminated. I'm jealous of how Norco managed to deliver a quality soccer complex despite their own sets of problems.

Since Surf now controls the lease at the Polo Fields, I wonder if they'll do anymore upgrades to the SoCal Complex. I'm sure they're content with how things are. And the city can't seem to get their act together, so I wouldn't be surprised if in 5-10 years, the El Corazon is just completely sold to a new developer or they just build a bunch condos around the soccer fields. All condos come equipped with the fresh sweet smell of organic waste being converted into compost.

 

[espola]

Definitely disappointing.

Aside from giving Oceanside Breakers a single field at the front, the facility provides no benefits to local residents on a weekly basis. If I wanted to take my son or daughter there to practice, I'm welcomed by chain-locked fences with trespassing signs. Oceanside residents might as well just have voted to improve the existing parks.

Sure it's nice to have the possibility to have a State/National Cup game in my back yard but by the the unluck of the draw, I'm still driving to Lancaster or Norco for ST/NT Cup, so I've yet to see that benefit.

Every new update about the project is just news of another feature getting scaled back or eliminated. I'm jealous of how Norco managed to deliver a quality soccer complex despite their own sets of problems.

Since Surf now controls the lease at the Polo Fields, I wonder if they'll do anymore upgrades to the SoCal Complex. I'm sure they're content with how things are. And the city can't seem to get their act together, so I wouldn't be surprised if in 5-10 years, the El Corazon is just completely sold to a new developer or they just build a bunch condos around the soccer fields. All condos come equipped with the fresh sweet smell of organic waste being converted into compost.

The only interaction I have had with the city government of Oceanside is when I reported a dead raccoon by the side of the road by way of their online request page. (Within 2 weeks they reported back that it had been disposed of.) Oceanside residents may have better/worse memories of their leaders. It strikes me, however, that any city resident should have standing to insist that the city stick to the agreement and not let Sudbury or Surf Cup Sports or Surf Soccer Club convert it to private use. For example, if I were a city resident, I would ask if the temporary No Parking signs they post on adjacent streets (where parking is otherwise legal) during big events would be enforced by Oceanside PD.

What I remember from the agreement is that Soccer Club of Oceanside gets the use of 5 fields Monday through Friday and a couple of weekends each year, the general public gets access to two more general purpose fields and a public walking trail (associated question - does the public have to pay for parking to enjoy those?)

Full Oceanside City writeup here (it's very long and full of legal doubletalk) --

http://www.ci.oceanside.ca.us/civicax/filebank/blobdload.aspx?blobid=30227

As for the composting yard -- I grew up in small towns surrounded by dairy farms, so I find the smell kind of familiar and comforting. The first time I got out of a car on the campus at UC Davis was just down the block from the dairy barn - "Smells like Vermont!" I told my son.