Three speakers at the meeting’s public‑comment period asked the council to oppose rezoning the Andres Duarte school site and Otis Gordon Park for a Crestville townhome rental development.

Sierra Martinez said she spoke “for the younger generation that lost Andres Duarte as our old elementary school” and urged the council to reconsider plans that she said would replace the school site with townhomes and worsen overcrowding at remaining schools.

Tom Reyes, introduced in the meeting as a school board member, told the council that neighborhood residents oppose the Crestville project and criticized developer outreach. ‘‘They have not bothered to reach out to anybody in that neighborhood,’’ Reyes said. He said promotional flyers omitted whether units would be rentals and called a proposed 99‑year lease and a reported under‑$500,000 district receipt ‘‘a bad decision’’ that would not address school capacity needs.

David Van de Wetering, speaking for a neighbor, urged the council to leave the sites as they are and to press the school board for alternatives. He listed questions he suggested the council ask the school board, including the projected cost of moving historic Mount Olive structures, whether a new bond would be required, and how much annual revenue the district would earn from the proposal.

Council members clarified that school‑site decisions fall to the school board, not the city, and referred speakers’ technical questions to the Duarte Unified School District and the district’s representatives present in the chamber. No council action on rezoning or land use was taken at the meeting.