Dear Editor, Residents around Half Road and Elm Avenue are up in
arms about the proposed

bus Barn

on what is now Morgan Hill School District agricultural land.
Some residents claim that supervisors are trying to

sneak the proposed bus-barn issue

past the locals to thwart opposition.
Dear Editor,

Residents around Half Road and Elm Avenue are up in arms about the proposed “bus Barn” on what is now Morgan Hill School District agricultural land. Some residents claim that supervisors are trying to “sneak the proposed bus-barn issue” past the locals to thwart opposition. As it looks at this time, it would be like “sneaking the sun past a rooster.” Would it be something else for the school district to “crow about” if they could make it happen without major opposition from local residents?

“Not in my back yard,” say many of the residents around the proposed area and this sentiment is echoed by many others in the outlying areas. Opposition to the proposal is gathering steam, and it will reach a boiling point at the next hearing on the matter. There is serious concern on the part of supervisors that there will be high emotions at the meeting with some loud outbursts of opposition.

Some residents have been quoted as saying that “they have never seen such disregard for the potential residential impact that would accrue from a rash decision to put 30 to 40 buses in the area.” It would admittedly impact the value of homes in the area if the district has its way.

At issue is an estimated $6 million that the district needs to buy property to locate the “bus barn” if the proposed school site falls through.

Many of the residents in the affected area state that, “the area loss to their property values will far exceed $6 million,” and it is unthinkable to take it out of their home value to pay for a “bus barn” and the district has not made sufficient effort to locate the bus facility elsewhere.

Who’s right? Do school interests take precedence over the interests of residents, even when it is obviously detrimental to a neighborhood and there are bitter complaints from residents? It is reported that a pending report from the California Environmental Quality Act may shed light on the feasibility of the project. Until then, it’s anybody’s guess as to what the outcome will be.

Donald Carlton, Morgan Hill

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