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Print An innovative, farm-focused housing project meets, or even exceeds, the required environmental standards and ought to be allowed to proceed, the Encinitas City Council decided Wednesday as it rejected an appeal filed by an opponents’ group. “I do not see that there are any problems with the environmental review,” Mayor Catherine Blakespear said, mentioning that the project could have had far more of an environmental impact because it’s proposed to contain half the number of homes that actually could be permitted on the site. Named Fox Point Farms, the new development is proposed to have 250 homes, of which 40 will be set aside for very low income families. The project also includes a 5.5-acre farmland area, a farm stand, a farm-to-table restaurant and a community recreation center. The development, part of a national movement to establish farm-focused housing communities, is proposed to go on a 21.5-acre site at the intersection of Quail Gardens Drive and ....