Voters to Decide on Housing Project, School
Voters will have a chance Nov. 5 to stop a much-debated housing development that would also bring the city its first public high school in four decades.
A referendum placed on the ballot Tuesday by the City Council resulted from a petition drive that ended last week.
The school was scheduled to open in September 2005 with Whispering Hills, an adjacent 175-home development in the eastern foothills. But a petition drive has placed the project on hold.
Phil Schwartze, a former councilman who works for the developer and is seeking a council seat in November, said opponents of the project may spoil the city’s opportunity to have its own high school.
But the citizens group that sponsored the petition drive says the project would have hurt the city by bringing crowding and traffic.
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