LA JOLLA SHORES ASSOCIATION (LJSA) Meeting Minutes March 9, 2005
Next Meeting: Wednesday, May xx, 2005, 7 pm SIO Building T-29.
Present: Pene Bourk, Mark Broido, Andrea Dahlberg, Fran Doolittle, Dan Goese, Ken King, Ann Heinemann, Sherri Lightner, Jane Potter, Greg Salmon; absent: Jackie Booth, Carol Dupont, John Metzger, Sue Weissman.
A. CHAIR Sherri Lightner called the meeting to order at 7:05 pm and the February 9 minutes were approved.
1. Ian Lerner and Isabel Tihanyi will chair the proposed LJSA picnic.
2. The District 1 public 7 pm, March 10 Parking District forum will be for discussion only.
3. Everyone was urged to join the Community Planning Association (CPA) - the designated planning group for LJ. In its recent election, all board members elected were architects, realtors or builders.
4. Jane Potter and Ken King will edit and publish the next LJSA newsletter.
5. City Parks. a. Using parks for commercial enterprises is not allowed. Promote LJ (PLJ) had a permitted car show recently but there was no community input beforehand as is the usual procedure for large events .
b. Benches: The Park Department is planning to take back the oversight of park benches after a period of having communities handle them. Beach benches could cost $5,000 and would be a source of Park & Rec general fund revenue.
6. LJSA representative to the Torrey Pines Joint Corridor Committee Ken King will be away for several months and a replacement is needed. Meetings are every other Monday at the library, 5:30 pm. The project has expanded to include Torrey Pines from Girard Ave. to Pottery Canyon and possibly to LJ Village Dr.
B. TREASURY – via e-mail: March 9 balance: $5,330.15; donations: $150.
C. POLICE. Officer Scott Morrison talked about identify theft and urged everyone to get yearly credit reports.
D. UCSD. Campus Planner Milt Phegley. Projects: The Scripps Institution of Oceanography machine shop will be long term temporarily located near T-29. The conference center does not have the funding to begin building and the early childhood education center is currently not an active project. An advanced technology bridge is planned to replace the current one over I-5. The planning website will have information on project progress and time lines for completion.
E. ELECTION. Ian Lerner and Isabel Tihanyi were elected (replacing Sue Moore & Joe Gusfield).
F. PUBLIC COMMENT. 1. Mary Coakley: A new process 4 cell tower policy was approved by the SD City Council. The issue goes to the CA Coastal Commission for approval, then back to the Council for a final vote.
2. M. Coakley. The South Kellogg Comfort Station footings were poured this week and the art grant was sent in to the Professional Assn of Diving Instructors (PADI). Lithocrete – a sand and shell look flooring - will replace concrete around the comfort station.
3. Pene Bourk. The SD Planning Commission recommended unanimously to the SD City Council that the Site 653/Hillel Project be denied.
5. Deborah Marengo voiced concern that Promote La Jolla (PLJ) was not notified that the parking district would be discussed tonight. She was reminded that the discussion was to be on alternatives to the PLJ Parking District Plan which was presented to LJSA last month.
G. LJ PARKING MANAGEMENT DISTRICT. After letting PLJ present their parking district plan again, Karl ZoBell and Ray Weiss spoke of the ways the PLJ plan should be changed. Foremost, is to reduce PLJ members on the proposed Advisory Board to one and to strike the provision giving PLJ the right to veto other board members. Also discussed was the overly business oriented composition of the proposed board, whether there is a parking problem in LJ, parking meters, enforcement, the unused existing public garages, business employee parking, damage to local businesses if patrons go elsewhere and the percentage of revenue LJ would get. The PLJ plan was submitted to the SD City Council before public input was received as required by Policy 100-18.
H. COMMITTEES. 1. TRAFFIC/TRANSPORTATION (T/T). a. The three-way stop at the Camino del Oro/Calle Frescota intersection was approved
b. MOTION. Passed (Broido 11/0): To send a letter to city staff asking that the right lane on eastbound LJ Village Drive at Villa LJ Drive be changed back to a right turn only lane. This and other related issues will come before T/T In April.
2. LAND USE. a. There is no March LJ Shores Advisory Board meeting.
b. LJ Shores Permit Review (LJSPRC). Geller (2003 Paseo Dorado) was denied pending the presentation of a greenscape plan. The Roberts lot split (2810 Hidden Valley Rd) was continued until requested information is produced. The Rashid lot split (7144 LJ Scenic Dr South) was denied by LJSPRC and the Advisory Board because the plan does not meet PDO requirements.
3. BUSINESS DISTRICT. LJSA and the LJ Village News will publish a directory of LJ Shores businesses that will be distributed to every house. The businesses will have them and it was suggested the lifeguard tower should also. This will be an ongoing project with an initial printing of 5,000 copies.
4. PARKS/BEACHES. 1. a. Fran Doolittle: Benches are allowed in the LJ Shores business district. People on the waiting list for memorial benches at Kellogg Park (which will not take any more) could be contacted to see if they would like to have a bench in the business area. Metal Seahorse benches, similar to those in downtown LJ, seem to be favored and cost around $1,500.
b. Kellogg Park Renovation Plan. LJSA will issue a press release to inform the public that the plan is available for review in the LJ Library. The first public meeting to discuss the plan might take place on April 21 at SIO.
Meeting adjourned 10 pm Ann Heinemann, recording secretary