Planners to Review Home Depot Proposal
A proposal to build a Home Depot on 10 acres of Ocean View High School property at Golden West Street and Warner Avenue will be considered today by the Planning Commission.
The plan has drawn criticism from neighbors, who say the store will create too much traffic and pose a safety threat to students.
But Huntington Beach Union High School District officials said the 20-year lease agreement with Home Depot for $480,000 a year will provide money to upgrade facilities throughout the district.
Home Depot also will pay to reconfigure the school’s athletics fields to make room for the store. Although some fields may overlap and the school will lose a soccer field, it will get its first tennis courts.
“On paper, it looks very nice for us,” said Lynell Darnall, girls’ athletics director.
The Planning Commission meets at 7 p.m., Council Chambers, City Hall, 2000 Main St. Information: (714) 536-5537.
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