General Plan - Moreno Valley

CHAPTER 2 – COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENTHowever, the negative aspects of thesecorridors must also be recognized. Majorabove ground lines create negative visualimpacts. Unfortunately, it is not practical toplace power lines of 115kv or greaterunderground. Moreover, the associatedrights-of-way are often unattractive linearfeatures.In 2001, the City created a municipalelectrical utility. The electrical utility wascreated to provide electrical service to newresidents and businesses within areas ofthe City that are being converted from fallowor agricultural lands (Greenfields) tohousing, commercial and industrial uses. In2004, the City began supplying electricity tothe Greenfields within the study area.2.4.4. Natural Gas and Jet FuelThe Southern California Gas Companyprovides natural gas service to the studyarea. The Gas Company maintains acomprehensive system of distribution andservice lines.In addition to local lines, two major 30-footwide transmission line rights-of-way crossthe City of Moreno Valley. Line number"2001" is located in Cottonwood Avenue,and line number "2000" is located inBrodiaea Avenue. Both lines run east -west through the entire study area. Thereare also 8-inch and 12-inch majordistribution supply lines located in IndianAvenue. This line runs north from BrodiaeaAvenue through the study area. All of thesemajor natural gas lines are "high-pressure"lines, meaning that they contain over 60pounds per square inch (psi). In 2000, theFour Corners crude oil pipeline that runsbetween Brodiaea Avenue and AlessandroBoulevard was proposed for conversion tonatural gas.The study area also contains a majornatural gas compressor station, owned andoperated by the San Diego Gas and ElectricCompany (SDG&E). The station is locatedMORENO VALLEY GENERAL PLANat the southwest corner of Virginia Streetand Gato del Sol in the southeast portion ofMoreno Valley. The purpose of this stationis to add pressure to the gas transmissionlines for adequate flow to deliver natural gasto the San Diego area.In addition to natural gas pipelines, a jet fuelpipeline runs through the western part of theCity of Moreno Valley. The jet fuel line runsfrom the City of Colton to the northwestcorner of Moreno Valley and south to MarchAir Reserve Base.2.4.5. Telephone ServiceVerizon and Pacific Bell provideconventional telephone services to thestudy area. Several companies providewireless telephone services.2.4.6. Cable TelevisionAdelphia provides cable television servicewithin the City.2.5 Schools2.5.1 BackgroundThe education system is critical to the wellbeing of any community. Population growthin Moreno Valley has and will continue tonecessitate the construction of new schools.Schools, however, are not a City function.Several school districts and private schoolsprovide educational opportunities within theplanning area ranging from kindergartenthrough junior college.The Moreno Valley Unified School District isthe largest school system in Moreno Valley.It operates nineteen elementary schools, sixmiddle schools and four high schools withinthe city limits. The District also operated acharter school, an adult school, acontinuation high school, a community dayschool, a pre-school, an adult educationschool and an academic center. In addition,there are students enrolled in private andPage 2-8 July 11, 2006