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Council advances school site selection despite neighborhood traffic, flooding concerns
Summary
Council member Morano urged caution over site selection for a proposed 754-seat primary and intermediate school (LU48), citing traffic, parking and flooding concerns; he said he would vote to move the project forward while pressing for continued community engagement and mitigation.
Council member Morano used the March 26 stated meeting to press for careful mitigation around a proposed new primary and intermediate school site (LU48) in his district, saying residents' concerns about traffic, parking and flooding are "not abstract" and deserve continuing attention.
"These aren't abstract concerns at all. They are real quality of life issues for the people who live there, and they deserve to be taken seriously," Morano said, urging the School Construction Authority and other agencies to remain engaged with neighbors as the project proceeds.
Morano described visiting every school in his district, saying overcrowding is a pressing reality and that the new school would deliver much-needed capacity. He said his support is conditional on continuing steps to mitigate traffic and infrastructure impacts and on ongoing community engagement. On the floor he indicated he would vote aye on the items with the expectation that agencies would follow up.
Background and next steps The LU48 site selection and accompanying resolution were listed among the coupled land-use items on the day's general-orders calendar and were adopted as part of the council's roll-call action on land-use call-ups. Morano asked that the School Construction Authority remain engaged and implement mitigation measures to address community concerns as the project moves forward.
