LA JOLLA SHORES ASSOCIATION (LJSA) Meeting Minutes July 12, 2006

 

THERE WILL BE NO MEETING IN AUGUST.  Next Meeting: Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2006, 7 pm SIO Building T-29.  Present: Mary Coakley, Joe Dicks, Fran Doolittle, Carol DuPont, Ken King, Todd Lesser, Sherri Lightner, John Metzger, Greg Salmon, Isabelle Tihanyi. Absent: Mark Broido, Andy Coy, Andrea Dahlberg, Ed Furtek, Shirley Goddard – audience 9.

 

A.  CHAIR Sherri Lightner called the meeting to order at 7:05 pm; the June 14th minutes were approved.

1.      Members should check the accuracy of their LJ CPA attendance record at: info@lajollacpa.org.  The CPA will hold a meeting to discuss their bylaws, and community input is needed.

2.      The Planning Commission approved the Adat Yeshurun public right of way use permit application on Thursday, June 22, 2006. LJSA approved, via email, an appeal of that decision to the City Council.  The vote was ratified 9-0-0.

3.      Buoys have been installed at the Beach and Tennis Club to separate swimmers from kayakers.  They will remain until after Labor Day.  A permit for them to be reinstalled next summer will be heard at a Coastal Commission meeting on July 14th.

4.      Ed Furtek has resigned from the Board due to a health problem. A vote will be held at the September meeting to fill the vacancy.

5.      Andrea Dahlberg has volunteered to organize our annual picnic, to be held in late September.

6.      No decision has been made on plans for a 3-story project in Bird Rock

 

B.  TREASURY.  July 13th balance is $3,589.01, with $1,384.35 having been spent for the Spring 2006 Newsletter, and $870.00 received in new donations.

 

 

D.  PUBLIC COMMENT

1.      Joe Dicks expressed his concern about approval of building permits which violate neighborhood CC&Rs.

2.      Althea Brimm asked for direction on whom to complain to about light planes pulling advertising banners over the beach and nearby neighborhoods.  She’s concerned about noise and safety issues.

3.      Alex Varon reported that loud indoor and outdoor activities continue at La Jolla Playhouse extending into the morning hours.  He has met with Milt Phegley and will soon meet with the director of the Playhouse to resolve the problem regarding the impact of outdoor activities on the Playhouse terrace and associated amplified sound on the neighboring community.

4.      Betty Morrison again pleaded for an effort to install crosswalks in the Shores business district, especially at the intersection of Avenida de la Playa and Calle de la Plata.

5.      Rob Whittemore reported that progress has been made in having at least 8 of the homeowners just north of Kellogg Park agreeing that all paint their seawalls the same color, and together combat graffiti.

6.      Joe Dicks asked if there had been a resolution at CPA to the question of 3-story development in sections of La Jolla.

 

E.  KELLOGG PARK – Charlie Williams

1.      Lifeguards have been very responsive in curbing pallet burning in the fire pits.

2.      Park and Rec has done a great job in cleaning up the park and beach.  La Jolla Surfing Association helped in that effort.

3.      Crime is a continuing problem at Kellogg Park and the beach. Some suggestions to curb crime are:

a.      Remove fire pits.  Fire pits were removed from South Mission Beach and that removal was one of the most effective measures in cutting crime.  This would require a properly noticed public hearing.

b.      House a SD Police Department storefront, manned at night, in the LJ Shores lifeguard tower.

4.      Sherri will write a letter on behalf of La Jolla Shores Association to reiterate the need for functioning gates, and requesting police be assigned to the lifeguard tower after 8:00 P.M.

 

F.  CITY REPRESENTATIVE – Chanelle Barry, Councilmember Peters’ Office.

Not present.

 

G. LAUREATE PARK

Park and Rec has been asked to allow permits at Laureate Park for private parties with alcohol.  That Department passed the request on to Sherri for comment.  City code is unclear on the issue.  Parking for private parties in the neighborhood is also a question, which Park and Rec should address. Sherri will reply with a policy statement to Mary Ngai.

 

G.  COMMITTEES.

1.      LAND USE.  Permit Review Committee:  No vote was taken on the Kafaji residence.  The project was deferred with recommendations to increase setbacks, clarify actual zoning and building heights, and provide a 300’ radius study of floor areas to measure bulk and scale.  The application for a street and public right of way vacation at 7902 Roseland Drive was approved. 

2.      TRAFFIC/TRANSPORTATION. The committee voted on Via Capri improvement funding.

3.      PARKS/BEACHES.

a.      The lithocrete map will identify the boating area with symbols and the Beach & Tennis Club beach by a change in sand color.  MOTION. Approved (Dicks, 7-0-0) Bronze logos of SIO and LJ Beach & Tennis Club will be embedded in the lithocrete.  Estimated total cost of the map is $175,000, total donations received approx. $125,000.

b.      A 2 1/2 x 4 1/2’ plaque listing donors will be attached to the south wall of the south comfort station.  MOTION. Approved (Salmon, 7-0-0).

4.      LJ PARKING DISTRICT ADVISORY (PDA) BOARD.  Several “walkabouts” in residential neighborhoods took place in the past month.  Others are planned.

5.      ADVISORY BOARD.  Meeting scheduled for July 18.

 

Meeting adjourned 9:00 pm           Respectfully submitted by Fran Doolittle, substitute recording secretary