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Vista Heritage Charter School students are playing in between cars and within 60 feet in front of auto repair and tire facilities which creates student safety and environmental issues due to traffic circulation issues and auto contaminants being used. Approximately 20 to 30 vehicles plus are parked along 5`" street where Vista Heritage Charter School has its front entrance, creating noise, fire safety access, traffic congestion, and circulation issues. If one had an emergency today, the Orange County Fire Authority would not be able to safely respond. The Fire Authority would not be able to park on P street nor in the parking lot because currently west bound traffic on 5 h street has been reduced from two lanes to one due to the overflow of street parking being used and currently there is not sufficient parking on the property itself. How does the City protect the children from an overcrowded industrial park with heavy traffic use from tow trucks, semi -trucks, delivery trucks, forklifts, chemical use and other commercial business operations in the immediate vicinity of children? The proposed increase in the volume of students will not only impede the flow of traffic for the established businesses but increased general liability to the business owners who share parking spaces who have expressed concerns about having this industrial park turned into a mixed use development filled with elementary and intermediate students. The livelihood of the small business owners on the property will be negatively impacted due to the school expansion. Property values for the business owners will continue to decrease due to the proposed school expansion and the church expansion in the past. The industrial park is an association and owned in common by all owners. The CC&R's will not permit the use of common area property for individual usage. The CC& R's prohibit the parking lots or driveways from being fenced off or to be used for purposes that infringe on other owners like what is currently being done. Vista Heritage Charter School has coned off areas for PE and playground usage as well as coned off the entire perimeter of the building for student traffic and PE activities. All of which are in violation of the Recorded Reciprocal Parking Agreement as well as pose a danger due to conducting this in an area with heavy commercial business traffic. To ensure compliance, Vista Heritage Charter School should be working with the California Department of Education. To my knowledge, there is not a formal record that Vista Heritage Charter School has chosen to do so. At the May 7, 2019 Council meeting, SAUSD requested that it be formally notified should the City reconsider taking action again. SAUSD was not formally notified in advance of the upcoming December 17, 2019 council meeting. How can the City partner with SAUSD, if it does not honor requests from each other? According to parliamentary procedure which the City council follows, the prevailing side of the May 7, 2019, 3-3 vote, can bring back the action item. The prevailing side is the "NO" vote. Contrary to City staff, the City council did take action. They voted "NO" to reject the school expansion. In an effort to circumvent this process, City staff have chosen to reconsider the item versus the City council. This is unprecedented.