LA JOLLA SHORES ASSOCIATION (LJSA) Meeting Minutes March 8, 2006

 

Next Meeting: Wednesday, April 19, 2006, 7 pm Administration Building, Room 114.  Present: Mark Broido, Mary Coakley, Andrea Dahlberg, Joe Dicks, Carol DuPont, Shirley Goddard, Jim Heaton, Todd Lesser, John Metzger, Greg Salmon, Isabelle Tihanyi; absent:, Andy Coy, Fran Doolittle, Ed Furtek, Ken King, Sherri Lightner, – audience 15.

 

A.  VICE CHAIR Jim Heaton called the meeting to order at 7:05 pm; the February 8th minutes were approved.

 

1.      The San Diego City Council date for the hearing of Site 653/Hillel/project 6098 proposed project is Tuesday, May 9, in the evening at Parker Auditorium, La Jolla High School.

2.      Torrey Pines Elementary School hosted a successful “beach cleanup” Sunday, February 26.  Approximately, 100 students helped and over 80 pounds of trash were collected.

3.      The auxiliary tank at the sewer pump station seems to be working okay.  The County will monitor the pump station’s operating permit.  The City will be find if odors continue to emanate from the manholes.

4.      Carol Drummond sent a map of the proposed street lights for Via Capri, Hidden Valley and Soledad Road, as a result of the current under grounding.  Sherri Lightner to contact Carol with the community’s concern about their lack of involvement in review of placement of lights, the negative impact these new lights will have on property values and traffic calming, and to request an exemption from the mid-block lighting policy for developed areas (Council Policy 200-18).

5.      The LJS Permit & Review Committee and the LJS Advisory Board reviewed Adat Yeshurun’s request for a public right-of-way permit to construct an Eruv in the LJ Shores area.  The first motion made by the Permit & Review Committee resulted in a tie vote.  A subsequent discussion and vote was held to deny the application by a vote of 4-0.  The LJ CPA approved this action on March 2, 2006.  The LJS Advisory Board, by a vote of 4-3, approved the applicants request subject to 2 conditions.  The LJS Advisory Board will meet on March 21, 2006 at 8:30am, Civic Center Plaza to consider clarifying the February motion.

6.      No action was taken at the T&T meeting regarding Via Capri traffic calming.  Residents and the City will propose a plan for traffic calming across all of Via Capri at the next T&T meeting on March 23 at 4:00pm at the Rec Center.

7.      A special meeting of LJ CPA and Promote La Jolla will be held on March 23 (6:30pm at the Rec Center) to discuss and possibly vote on changes to the La Jolla PDO pertaining to altering the zoning of downtown La Jolla from a zone 4 to a zone 3, allowing businesses to be 3 stories as opposed to the current 2 story limit.

 

B.  TREASURY.  March 8 balance $4,092.36.  Received donations totaling $1,015.00.  Expenses were $1,101.70, primarily due to printing.

 

C.  UCSD UPDATE.

1.      Milt Phegley stated that the UC Regents are to consider, at their March meeting, approval to enter into discussions with Burnham Institute for Medical Research, The Scripps Research Institute, and the Salk Institute for Biological Studies.  These discussions will focus around a joint venture between the entities to join forces and seek state funding to build a facility for human embryonic stem cell research in San Diego, the largest of its kind in the US.

2.      UCSD police may join with the San Diego Police Department in patrolling Kellogg Park.

3.      MTS is meeting March 9 to review the proposal of combining MTS bus routes 30 and 34.  If approved, the new route will tentatively start in September 2006.

 

D.  PUBLIC COMMENT

There were numerous complaints and overall concern about the increased illegal activities and violence happening at Kellogg Park and LJ Shores beach.

1.      Charlie Williams, a 3-year resident of LJ Shores, discussed the excessive partying, underage drinking, over 100 pallets burned in one evening, drag racing on the beach and in the park, and lack of police presence and personnel.  He recommended getting rid of the fire pits, similar to Del Mar, Encinitas and Solana Beach.

2.      Janet Delaney confirmed Mr. Williams’s observations and discussed the tagging on the comfort station.  She recommended securing the parking lot and putting the spikes back in.

3.      Pene Bourke noted that fires are not just contained to fire pits, but on the beach.

4.      Mary Coakley and Greg Salmon will bring a proposal to the next scheduled LJSA meeting to address the destruction of the park and beach.  Mark and Greg to attend a city meeting called by Ted Medina on March 14 at 10:30 to discuss the increased violence at Kellogg Park.

Pene Bourke requested clarification of the one way sign when exiting the beach parking lot.  The sign means that drivers should only exit to the right and not turn to the left.  At the next LJSA meeting, Mary Coakley will present a proposal to clarify to drivers how they should exit the parking lot.

 

E.  Dan Wolf – President, Terra Segura International

Dan Wolf made a presentation about organizing a disaster response/preparedness conference.  The goal of the conference is to design and begin implementation of locally appropriate disaster response methods and plans.  The conference will provide education about disasters, seek input from individuals in preparing for a disaster, and conduct a “virtual test” of a disaster scenario in our local neighborhood.  Dan is seeking individuals to participate in this conference.  His contact information is Dan Wolf (619) 546-0748, or danielwolf@terrasegura.org.

 

F.  CITY REPRESENTATIVE – Chanelle Barry, Councilmember Peters’ Office.  No report.

 

G.  COMMITTEES.

1.      LAND USE.  Items on the March 21st agenda are Adat Eruv, Chenango residence (8410 Whale Watch Way) demolition and construction, Engleman 1971 sq ft addition (8475 Paseo del Ocaso), and Gibbs residence (2301 Vallecitos) garage demolition and addition.

2.      TRAFFIC/TRANSPORTATION.  T&T items covered in minutes above.  John Metzger to bring to next T&T a recommendation for directing visitors away from the boat launch area and to appropriate beach parking.

3.      PARKS/BEACHES.  Cliffridge Park comfort station was cleared and painted inside and out.  Plans for bathroom are near completion.  Renovation to begin mid-June.  City wants 35% fee of total project to “oversee” project.  Mary to work with Scott Peter’s office to get this waived.  LJ Baseball to contribute $10,000 and YMCA to contribute $15,000 towards project.

4.      LJ PARKING DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD.  Return questionnaire to Ken King ASAP.  First meeting was held February 9 and governing rules were discussed and voted on.  Next meeting will be March 9 at 8:00am, Museum of Contemporary Art.

 

 

Meeting adjourned 9:03 pm                                                   Andrea Dahlberg, recording secretary