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Council rejects one-time exception to allow late roundabout grant submission for Leucadia Hygiea project
Summary
The council declined to grant a one-time exception to its agenda-policy rule to accept a late SANDAG Smart Growth grant application for the Leucadia Hygiea roundabout; the motion to deny the exception carried with Mayor Ehlers the lone dissent and two councilmembers absent.
The Encinitas City Council voted not to make a one-time exception to city policy C003 that would have allowed a late submission of a SANDAG Smart Growth Incentive Program (SGIP) grant application for the Leucadia Hygiea roundabout.
Supporters of the Hygiea project, including longtime neighborhood advocates Chris Ryan and June Hansberger, presented a volunteer-prepared grant application and argued the roundabout is a long-delayed safety and mobility improvement for Leucadia Boulevard. They told the council the roundabout project was designed years ago, is shovel-ready and…
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