Could CSUS Be Coming to Belmont After All?

In an unexpected turn of events Tuesday night, Belmont City Councilmember Coralin Feierbach asked the city to reconsider allowing Crystal Spring Uplands School(CSUS) to build a middle school campus on Davis Drive.

During the council comment segment of Tuesday’s meeting, Feierbach told fellow councilmembers that she and one other person met with CSUS officials last week to discuss the possibility.

“A week ago I approached CSUS to see if they’d come back to Belmont,” Feierbach said.

, Feierbach and councilmembers Dave Warden and Christine Wozniak voted “yes” to deny the CSUS development application. Councilmembers David Braunstein and Warren Lieberman, who supported the school’s proposal, voted “no.”

However, a recent drop in the price of the property, and interest by a home developer in the site at 6-8 and 10 Davis Drive prompted Feierbach to reconsider the school’s request to construct a

Initially, Feiberbach was outspoken in her opposition to the school. She cited loss of tax revenue and increased traffic on Ralston Avenue as her major objections. Additionally, Feierbach, Warden and Wozinak were opposed to altering the city's General Plan and rezoning the Davis Drive property from industrial to institutional.

“If they could purchase the Davis Drive property at a lower price and improve the development agreement terms with the city, I would like to reconsider their application,” said Feierbach in her short statement.

Feierbach asked the council to place the CSUS project on the April 23 council agenda as a matter of council interest and clarification.

“Thank you for allowing me to make this announcement,” said Feierbach.

Do you think the city council should reconsider CSUS’s application to build a middle school on Davis Drive? Tell us in the comment section.

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