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Monterey council moves to overrule airport land-use commission on proposed Montessori daycare
Summary
Council adopted draft findings to initiate an attempt to overrule the Monterey County Airport Land Use Commission's consistency determination on a proposed Montessori daycare at 2400 Garden Road; the applicant proposes up to 104 children, 7 a.m.–6 p.m. weekdays. A caller raised health concerns related to nearby wireless infrastructure; council and staff said the issue before them is airport land-use consistency and procedural compliance.
The Monterey City Council adopted a resolution Jan. 20 directing staff to prepare draft findings to initiate the process to overrule the Monterey County Airport Land Use Commission (ALUC) consistency determination for a proposed Montessori daycare at 2400 Garden Road.
Planning Manager Levi Hill recapped the project: conversion of an existing roughly 32,000-square-foot office building to a Montessori daycare serving children aged six weeks to six years, with a proposed maximum enrollment of 104 and proposed hours of 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday. Hill said the item has previously been before the council and was returned with draft findings to begin the ALUC overrule process as provided by the Public Utilities Code. Staff recommended adoption of the attached resolution and directed that notice be provided to the ALUC and the Caltrans Division of Aeronautics.
During public comment, caller Nina Beatty expressed strong opposition, citing local wireless infrastructure and health concerns: “This school ... is not safe for children,” she said, listing alleged risks from microwave radiation and 5G antennas. Council and staff responded by saying the council was following state and federal law on small-cell wireless facilities and that the item currently before the council is limited to the ALUC consistency determination, not wireless permitting.
Council then voted to adopt the resolution and direct staff to provide notice to ALUC and Caltrans. The motion passed unanimously.
What happens next: adopting these draft findings initiates the formal ALUC overrule process; staff will provide the required notices to ALUC and the California Department of Transportation Division of Aeronautics and will return with any required follow-up.
