Request to Reconsider Lithium-ion Storage Facility at Beeler Canyon Item #2, 2nd Reading of Ordinance No 871
from Consent Calendar
Reasons:
Impact of Otay Mesa and Escondido Lithium-ion Battery Storage Facility Fires Residents’ exposure to Toxic Fumes
Battery Proximity to Beeler Canyon which is in a Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone Doesn’t belong in Poway’s Business Park
Next to a Wildlife Corridor
City News Service Reported on Sept. 11, 2024
Supervisor Joel Anderson said in a statement that
as an elected official representing communities
facing extremefire risk, "it is important that (the
Board of Supervisors) move forward with the
highest and safest standards in the nation in order
to protect our residents."
Escondido
Lithium-ion
Storage
Facility Fire
Sept. 2024
The Escondido Battery Storage Facility- What Happened?
● 500 business were closed
● 2 schools were closed
● Residents had to stay in place or evacuate
Picture of
Otay
Mesa
Fire in
May
2024.
It burned
for 17
days.
Image
taken
from
Stonebridge
Neighborhood
Sept. 2024
Image of Battery
Storage Site
Across the
Canyon
from
Stonebridge
Neighborhood
● Stonebridge, Poway,
Beeler Canyon, Scripps
Ranch Residents,
Schools and the Poway
Business Park will all be
within 3 miles of the
Battery Storage Facility
A Battery Fire has Toxic and Carcinogenic Fumes
Residents,
Schools,
Business
Park
Will have to
Evacuate
Due to Fire and Toxic
Fumes
Below the Facility is Beeler Canyon-
● Residents and Livestock
● Very High Fire Hazard Severity
Zone
● Wildlife Corridor Area
Beeler
Canyon
During
the Rainy
Season
May
2022
Beeler
Canyon
Sept. 2024
As we know
from the
Cedar Fire in
2003 and the
Witch Fire in
2007, canyons
are extremely
dangerous for
wildfires.
A Lithium-ion Battery Storage Facility does not belong near homesand businesses.
Please Keep Residents and Wildlife Safe!