Carmel Valley’s multi-use development project One Paseo will have to wait until May 18 to know if San Diego councilmembers will reverse their previous decision and put the item on a 2016 ballot.
The city council, which approved One Paseo 7-2 in late February, must now decide whether to overturn their initial decision or take the issue to the voters as a ballot item.
Councilmembers discussed the issue on Tuesday but did not make a final decision on the matter. They said no action will be taken until May 18 at 1 p.m., when the council will decide if they would like to rescind their approval and put it on the June 2016 ballots.
The city clerk verified 51,796 verified signatures were collected of the 23,224 that were needed.
The $750 million, 1.4 million square-foot One Paseo Project includes the construction of stores and eateries, the expansion of a movie theater and the addition of more than 600 family apartments and a parking structure in Carmel Valley. Sixty of those apartment units will be affordable housing, the city council mandated.
According to opponents, the council disregarded the voice of community planning groups and thousands of locals who don't want the project to move forward.
They believe it is too big for the Carmel Valley area and will create a traffic nightmare.
But supporters, including the developer Kilroy Realty, say it will bring 1,600 new jobs, 600 new homes and $630 million to the local economy.
Multiple groups banded together to file two separate lawsuits against the project, hoping to block its development in the courts.
