Bell Times EIS Update
From reader Eric B: I was the only person at the Bell Times Environmental Impact Statement scoping public meeting last night (Thursday, June 25th). Somehow, the meeting did not make it on to the District calendar, and the beautiful weather certainly didn't help attendance. There were a couple of interesting takeaways: * Any alternative that doesn't fall within the range of alternatives covered in the final EIS will take a supplemental EIS. Fat chance of that. * The consultant and Pegi McEvoy did not seem real eager to add additional alternatives to the list considered. * The draft EIS is expected to be released sometime in late July for a 30-day comment period. * McEvoy said that state funding is pushing everyone to a 3-tier busing system, and any districts not on that type of system are getting dinged by the state. I'd appreciate anyone who knows about this weighing in. * The consultant said that they would look at positive impacts of changes (eg later ...