Land Use Agenda for August 27, 2006

1. #88883, 24th/F Street (F Street shell)
Samantha Romaine 749-6087 info item

2. #unk , 2727 Broadway, Exterior/front porch remodel
George Siddell info item

3. #80464, 1018 22nd Street, 2nd SFR on lot in historic district-revisit to committee
Jorge Gracia 819-8323 action item

4. #99343, 3392 C Street, Add bldg with two LR's, two DR's, two Bath's, and one kitchen to SFR lot
Kimberley Prom (no cycle sheet or response sheet rec'd as of today) info item

5. #101706, 838 25th Street, Extensive renovation/addition to registered historic residence covered by the Mills Act
Douglas Holbrook action item

6. #87794, 30th/Broadway, 16unit townhouse project
action item

7. #104554, 2864 C Street, Condo/townhouse project-27units on 1.44ac site (GH1000)
action item

8. #83955, 2919 E Street, new apartments-convert to TM (condominium)
Robt Furey action item

June 2006 Minutes for the Full Planning Committee

GREATER GOLDEN HILL PLANNING COMMITTEE
Wednesday, June 14, 2006  6:30PM
BALBOA PARK GOLF COURSE CLUBHOUSE


6:31     Call to Order
     Additions or Deletions to the Agenda—None.
6:32     District 3 Report, April Chesebro:     

• Utility Boxes will be painted by July.


• Golden Hill Elementary Playing Field – talked with Carl Cohn to keep discussions open between the school, the District, the community and the Council office.          


• Old House Fair – District 3 will have booth.


• Big Kitchen 26th Anniversary will be on Sunday June 14, 2006 from 5-9pm.

6:36     District 8, Diana Jurado-Sainz:

• Golden Hill Elementary Canyon Play Field – Councilman Hueso doesn’t want a joint use field; more meetings are scheduled; currently the school is not pushing for Eminent Domain as a means of resolving the issue.


• CRASH has contacted Councilmember Hueso on the Conditional Use Permit (CUP) in Golden Hill (GH); he is currently not supporting them because of the oversaturation of like facilities in the community.


• At 25th and Broadway the City is removing the red striping to create more parking.


• 6 month community clean up plan is now complete.


• August 27 and 28 will be the dates for the Fiesta Del Sol in Sherman Heights from 11-12.


• Happy to announce the Councilmember received 71% of vote and was re-elected on June 6.

6:41     City Attorney Leah Fields (619-533-4789) appeared to remind us that she is here to help with “Quality of Life” issues (e.g. graffiti, homeless, etc.)
6:44     Community Police Officer, Gary Gonzalez:  

• Re-introduced New Lieutenant Karen Tenne – she has been with the Police Department for 27 years; this will be her 3rd time with Central Command; she was previously with Western and Southern Divisions; her contact number is 619-744-9502.


• Neighborhood Response Team recently netted 7 homeless in GH Park.


• The benches at 25th and Broadway have now been removed.     


• 54 people were arrested in a recent gang sweep.


• National Night Out will be August 1, 2006.

6:50     53rd Congressional District, Katherine Fortner:

• Congresswoman Davis introduced a new bill called the “Identity Theft Protection for the Deceased Act” which aims at curbing the rash of identity thefts for recently deceased individuals to commit illegal acts.


• Neighborhood Days will occur Downtown on July 5, 2006.

6:52     City Planner’s Report, Myles Pomeroy:

• July 1 Agendas will be on the City’s Planning Department’s website and not mailed out in order to save money; you can sign up to have it e-mailed to you.


• GGHPC bylaws need to be in conformance with Policy 600-4??? by next March; it is suggested we use the shell format provided—the yellow shaded areas provide the committee with some flexibility.


• Agendas will also be posted on TV24 and run on weekends after Planning Commission re-runs.


• An in depth training seminar for planning groups will occur on Thursday June 29 at the Topaz Way facility.


• City Council recently amended the Condo Conversion Ordinance which changes some of the regulations for condo conversions.

6:58      Approval of Minutes: MOTION: Motion by S. Stratman, 2nd by B. Lenahan – 9-0-1 to approve minutes; S. Glazebrook abstaining.

PUBLIC COMMENT
6:59      

• Ray Pennisi reported the GGHPC website/blog is up and independent of the CDC; all members of the GGHPC can post to website


• Katherine Willets with the CDC mentioned the desire among members of the community and CDC for a park to be built over S94 from the 22nd to the 25th overpasses; money is the primary issue facing the construction of such a park; it is now in the Plan and she has photos if anyone is interested.

INFORMATION ITEMS
7:03     Chair’s Report

• There wasn’t a May CPC meeting.


• Thank you to Committee members for changing the Land Use meeting so that the  GGHPC Agenda gets noticed to the community in a more timely manner.

7:04     Update on CRASH – House located at 2456 E Street that is seeking a variance under the existing CUP for CRASH to operate an alcohol and drug treatment facility.

• David Muniz-Peavy with Ron Roberts’ office is waiting on info from another staff member on CRASH contracts throughout the county but that staff member is currently out of the office; Roberts does not currently have an official position on the issue yet because Health and Human Services is handling it at this time.


• The Chair will place this item on the Agenda for next month until more info is forthcoming from County.


• Key to the GGHPC is to know how much County resources are being expended to get CRASH into the building contrary to community and District 8’s positions of opposition to the project.


• The realtor for the property expressed that this was one of the 1st facilities in GH and has passed every inspection and a lot of money is being spent to improve the property; it has the same owner as the Broadway House across the street; she appreciates the issue with problems of oversaturation in the community but this is one of the first and has operated successfully over time; she challenged the community: short of this plan what can be done with this property?; It’s a 24 room, 7 bathroom building on a double lot – it could accommodate 5 condos if redeveloped but she wants to do what’s best for neighborhood; other offers for the property included an SDSU professor wanting to buy it and rent rooms for students.

7:20     Alchemy Restaurant – Ron Troyano and Matthew Thomas appeared in front of the GGHPC to discuss the NE corner of 30th and Beech.

• They want to build a restaurant; recognizes there are parking issues exist but applicants are awaiting City’s preliminary review before they address parking.


• They are seeking support in concept from community and GGHPC.


• They want to be open by the end of the year.


• Committee members advised them to be aware of GH sign ordinance.


• Community members expressed concern over late night dining and bar activities in a residential neighborhood; the Alcohol Beverage Commission says that their establishment should operate only until 11pm;.


• Applicants were asked to keep the community and Committee updated.

7:40     CCDC Downtown Tour – Sheila Hardin (619-533-7146).

• The tour will be June 19th from 6:15pm–8pm.


• Those interested should meet at Balboa Golf Course Clubhouse.


• The tour bus can accommodate 42 people so please RSVP to Ms. Hardin.


• Navy Broadway Complex – the plans are still undetermined but CCDC is eager to hear and respond to community member concerns.


• Chair brought up the GH Elementary playing field as an important issue that Nancy Graham should discuss with the GH community before CCDC takes any position on it.

7:46     Flexcar – William Del Valle appeared t discuss.  Flexcar is a car sharing program launched in San Diego two years ago; it is currently in Downtown, Hillcrest and Banker’s Hill; are planning on expanding to Golden Hill; their current fleet includes: Honda Hybrid Civics, pick-ups and SUVs; a Flexcar usually saves 14 parking spots; Mr. Del Valle answered various questions regarding the operations of the Flexcar system/model.
7:52     Golden Hill Elementary Playing Field Update – Rob Leach updated the Committee:
Tom Mitchell of the School District approached some GGHPC and community members last month to discuss the issue and try and reach a middle ground; School administrative staff desires a turf field; there are 5 parcels looked at by the District; parcel A and B are in the south end of the 32nd street canyon; parcel C is south of C Street; parcels D and E would involve eminent domain of houses and the District is currently opposed to taking homes for purposes of the field; the District needs to obtain additional land irrespective of what parcel they utilize for the field; parcels A and B are subject to the previous EIR from construction of the school while all other parcels don’t have an EIR and getting one would add significant time to the construction timeline; the District agreed to look at parcel C again but worry over the EIR issue; accessibility (e.g. bridge, traffic calming measures required) to parcel C and the time it would take the children to travel to parcel C and back in time for next class is unacceptable to the school administration; the District was asked for cost comparisons between parcels A and B vs. C; the crossing of C Street is the biggest reservation for the school administration staff because C Street is so steep; the District would consider construction of only one soccer field on parcels A and not B; Councilmember Hueso would rather have it all in one footprint rather than across C Street or in the canyon; the community mentioned parcel C should be used for teached and administrative staff parking lot and make the existing parking lot the field(s) but the District raised the issue of the Union not going for that idea; what about a tunnel under C Street?  
MOTION: Motion by S. Stratman to form an official sub-committee to act as liaison with School District and continue discussions over this issue with school administration and District staffs – committee to be comprised of at least Rob, Tershia, Brad and Marc, 2nd by J. McWilliams; Motion passed 11-0-0.
MOTION: Motion by J. McWilliams, 2nd by R. Leach to write a letter to City Council members expressing the Committee’s support of the 32 Street Canyon Streambed Restoration grant whenever the Canyon playing field issue appears on the Council docket; Motion passed 9-2-0 (R. Baldwin and M. Burke opposed).
8:47     30th Street Undergrounding Project Update – Hal Tyvoll gave an update:

• PUC found multiple violations with 30th Street undergrounding projects (inadequate noticing, moving of boundaries contrary to Council resolution, etc.).


• The PUC ruled under no circumstances can this project receive a categorical exemption from the EIR review.


• April Chesebro of District 3 stated that Jeffrey Tom is meeting with Nathan Bruner of City Engineering to finalize the plan for the undergrounding and will bring back an update to the Committee next month.

8:56     Old House Fair Booth Volunteering – S. Stratman is currently soliciting Committee members to man the booth for the entire time of the Fair; please contact Steve to volunteer.
9:02     Update on tree removal by SDG&E

• The delay on the replacement of the trees is contingent upon obtaining a watering agreement between the City and the affected residents in the area.  


• District 3 will follow up as SDG&E staff are not responding to residents.  


• District 8 is dealing with a similar problem.

SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS
9:06     Membership and Elections – R. Barrera is now Chair.  One vacancy exists on the Committee.
Parks – Moved to last Wednesday of the month.  No Report.
Code Compliance – In July CC will move to the last Wednesday of the month.  B. Lenahan is now Chair.  No Report.
Transit/Compact – Meets with Parks.  No report.
Balboa Park Committee – No Report; M. Burke will contact L. Burgett for future updates.
Airport Noise Advisory – C. Caffey will now attend instead of D. Caldwell.  Next meeting is July 20th.  No Report.
Historic – J. McWilliams is now Chair.  No Report.

9:09     Adjourn.  

In Attendance: J. McWilliams, S. Glazebrook, R. Baldwin, C. Caffey (not present for Approval of Minutes vote), R. Barrera, S. Stratman, M. Burke, B. Lenahan, R. Leach, P. Shields, T. Philips.  

July 2006 Minutes for the Full Planning Committee

Greater Golden Hill Planning Committee
Board Meeting
Wednesday, July12, 2006
Balboa Park Golf Course Clubhouse
**Approved**

Present:  Chair Patricia Shields; Marc Kratzschmar; Steve Stratman; Dave Caldwell; Richard Baldwin; Richard Barerra; Carole Caffey; Maureen Burke; Tim Doyle, Chris Blatt

Absent: Todd Philips, John McWilliams, Rob Leach, Scott Glazebrook, and Brad Lenahan

Chair Shields called the meeting to order at approx. 6:40 pm by requesting for additions/deletions to the agenda. NONE NOTED
Treasurers Report: Carole Caffey– Treasurer said that we had a balance of $74.74, and informed the committee that she was still trying to get her name on the account.
Community Police Officer: Gary Gonzales was not present- however, Carole Caffey announced that Gary had a conflict, and that Leah Fields (Deputy City Attorney), both wanted us to be aware of “National Night Out” which will take place on Tuesday, August 01, 2006 which is a walk from the Police Headquarters on Broadway to the Central Division Headquarters on Imperial.
District 3- April Chesebro was not present, as she had a conflicting meeting with the Kennsington/Talmage Planning Group.
District 8-

• Diana Jurado-Sainz spoke about the increase in graffiti and passed out graffiti information sheets, which list who to contact when graffiti takes place in specific areas.


• Also said that graffiti eradication was a co-oriented effort of Cal-trans and the County.  Said that meetings with Judges were being set-up to inform them of options for sentences’.  Also mentioned that educational programs were going to be implemented to speak of this problem with youth to educate them of social impacts.  Also spoke of the community clean-ups and paint-outs.


• Said that council member Hueso had requested an update on the different routes for under grounding


• Said that parking re-imbursement would be coming before Council in the next 2-weeks said that $91,281 would be coming to the MID-CITIES (of which Golden Hill is a party to) with a remaining $798,132 remaining but not distributed at this time. Golden Hill CDC is the recipient of these funds for Greater Golden Hill and disperses them accordingly.


• Hal Tyvol-Greater Golden Hill Resident-enquired of Diana if any information was in writing concerning council member Hueso request for the updates referenced above.   Diana said that all request were verbal in nature.


• Tim Doyle (Committee Member) enquired about the benches and phone booths that had been requested to be removed from the 25th Street Corridor.  Diana informed Tim that the benches have been removed (going to the Little Italy area) and that a letter had been sent to SBC/ATT requesting the removal of the phone booth.  No response as of todays date.

76th Assembly District-No one in attendance.

53rd Congressional District-

• Katherine Fortner passed out the July Dispatch


• In addition, she informed us of Congresswoman Davis authoring 2 pieces of legislation (a) Veterans Small Business, and (b) Multi-generational/Bi Lingual Opportunities (?)


• Stated that Congress would be adjourned in August, and that the congresswoman would be holding community forums during this time frame.

City Planner’s Report-

• Myles Pomeroy stated that the agendas for planning committee’s were now posted on the city’s web-site, and that we would have the ability to post minutes as well.  Requested that approved minutes for June be e-mailed to his attention so that he could post.


• Said that the city attorney is writing an opinion that might indicate that Planning Groups are indeed subject to the Brown Act.  This would have ramifications to the committee with regards to noticing and posting of agenda’s.


• Marc Kratzschmar (Committee Member) requested information from Myles concerning rumors regarding the PDO’s of the various Planning Groups being in jeopardy.  Myles stated that indeed a movement was in the works to convert them to a City Wide Zoning Ordinance.  Said that it would be easier to administer, and that economies of scale would result.  Said that however no resources existed for updating the Community Plan.  Said that an existing timetable for review existed with Barrio Logan (no planning group in existence) and Southeast as well as Uptown would be the first to undergo review.  Stated that Greater Golden Hill was in the upper tier of those to be updated.

Approval of Minutes- June 2006- Steve Stratman made a motion to approve the minutes for June as provided by Todd Philips.  Maureen Burke seconded.   7 (approved) - 0 (against) with 3 (abstentions).

Public Comment on non-agenda items-

• Myles Pomeroy (City Planner) commended Sheila Harden- Community Relations Manager for CCDC- on her weight loss.  Sheila acknowledged that she was participating in a Sharp Healthcare weight loss program.   Sheila spoke of the Downtown Development Tour that CCDC arranged for the Planning Committee; she stressed the benefit of the interaction with the Technical Staff, and asked for any concerns to take back to Nancy Graham.  Marc Kratzschmar (Committee Member) enquired of opportunities that existed for development of parkland at the city’s Maintenance Yard located at 21st and B St.  Sheila Harden stated that this land was outside the preview of CCDC but that she would bring a document entitled “Urban Oasis” with identifies 8-specific locations for new parks located within the CCDC boundaries.  Chair Shields spoke of the connector park over the I-5 that was proposed for connecting downtown to Balboa Park.  Sheila requested attendance by members of the planning committee to the CCDC Board meetings.  Chair Shields noted that the committee, being made up of working people, could not attend a meeting scheduled between 2pm and 5pm during the work week.

• Carole Caffey (community member/committee member) noted that a “Market” would be taking place on Saturday’s beginning August 5, 2006 at the Albert Einstein Charter School.  Golden Hill CDC is handling marketing for this 1-year probation program.  Profits are to supplement Albert Einstein’s  20% funding that San Diego City Schools does not finance

• Shelly Shivers (Community Resident) spoke of the need for a 4-way stop sign on Dale at Date Street.  Said that Menji Mei had preformed a traffic study, but was denied the request.  Asked traffic department when test was performed, and was told it was taken at approx. 12-noon.  Requested that another test be given, and again, failed to warrant additional stop signs.  Said that she wrote Councilmember Atkins, but was responded to with a letter that passed the item on to the mayor’s office.  Because Council Dist. 3 had no representation present, Diana from Council Dist 8 agreed to facilitate communication between April Chesebro, Menji Mei and Shelly Shiver.  Myles suggested that we invite Menji Mei to come to our next meeting and update us on procedures with regard to requesting additional stop signs.

• Hal Tyvol (Community Resident) gave a brief summary, and asked for a standing sub-committee to stay focused on this topic.  Chair Shields requested that Hal keep the committee informed as an ad-hoc sub-committee.  Hal stated that the Public Utility Commission has exclusive jurisdiction over 50Kv or above rated lines.  The line in question is 138Kv.  City has authority to underground, however, Rule 20 states the criteria, which states that same location must be utilized.  The city has violated this rule over the years.  Phase 2 would require both Council Action, and Environmental Review.  Chair Shields asked for a briefing from April Chesebro and Jeffery Tom at our August meeting.  

• Information Items:


• Chair’s Report: No mail received. Canyon/Golden Hill Elementary postponed till September due to summer recess.  Said that committee has been having impact with regard to canyon and Crash topics.  Chair Shields discussed the topic of attendance.  Myles Pomeroy (City Planner) consulted the existing by-laws that allow for 3-excused absences during the year (April through March), but said that changes are being proposed for 4-absences (regardless of excuse) and then expulsion.  Spoke of recent frustrations regarding Developmental Services stance on Community Planning Groups at CPC.

• Treatment Programs & Variances-Dave Muniz-Peavy with Supervisors Roberts office spoke.  Said that County was not seeking a variance for the Crash proposed property.  Had a question to provide amount of County resources that went to Crash programs.  Said that 4 contracts existed (2-adult men, and 2-adult women programs) for $4-million.  Chair Shields enquired of the conflict of interest of Ms. Tark (?) advocating for the variance.  Muniz-Peavy declined to speak for Ms. Tark (?). Diana with Council member Hueso office said that Ben Hueso was opposed to the variance.  Questions concerning the zoning of the property presented itself.  It was identified to be GH3000, which would translate into 1-unit per 3000 square feet.  Chair Shields stated that she was under the impression that 5-units would be allowed.  Dave Caldwell (Land-use chair) requested that Dave Muniz-Peavy of Supervisor Roberts office provide a map that shows the number of 5-bed homes within the Greater Golden Hill Planning Area.  Chair Shields requested that this be brought back to the August meeting.  Dave Muniz-Peavy said that he would do his best to provide that information.


• Airport Master Plan EIR- Ted Anasis, AICP-(619)400-2478 returned and gave a status update.  EIR has been released, and is out for public review, which is due by September 18th, and requested public comment.  Identified improvement to terminal 2-West which will open in year 2010.  10-gates will be added onto the 41-acres acquired from the NTC.  Security will increase from 5 to 12-lanes.  Also proposing a second level vehicular departure curb along with parking deck- setback to allow for sunlight, with three pedestrian bridges, plus sky-cap capabilities on the second level.  They will be seeking a coastal development permit.  This project does not include any runway improvements.  Also spoke of the Miramar November 2006 Ballot measure that was supported by the airport board in a 7-2 vote.

Action Items:

• Brooklyn Elementary- postponed- Rob Leach MIA, School Board out till September


• Land-use.  Chair Shields asked if any item needed to be pulled from the Land-use Consent agenda, there being none; a motion was made and seconded to approve the Consent Agenda of the Land-use sub-committee of June 28, 2006.  Approved 10-0-0


• District 3 Sidewalk Study- Jerry McKee and John Moores did not show.


• Mary McClellan-Greater Golden Hill CDC spoke of the grant that they had received from the San Diego Foundation-  They are to have three workshops that support community engagement, dealing with quality of life issues and perceptions as related to affordability. Wants to collect data to be used as a model for other communities within San Diego.  Also informed the committee of “Solar Socials” in Golden Hill Park.  These will be concerts, the first being August 26, 2006.  Local talent will be highlighted.  Marc Kratzschmar asked about how to get change from the various workshops held.  Mary stated that the CDC was still in the running for 1.5 million in Cal-trans grants for 25th Street.


• Paul Broadway (Golden Hill Recreation Council?) and past member of the planning committee spoke of the UPTOWN PLANNERS recent motion to oppose the inclusion of Regional Park Land in the General Plans allocation of Park Lands within a planning area.   Said that this motion was timely, in that Wednesday, July 19th at 2pm a meeting will be held on the 12th Floor to discuss the recreation element of the General Plan.  Paul requested that we have representation at this meeting.  Myles Pomeroy (City Planner) stated that this was a presentation to the Land Use and Housing Committee, and that Nancy Bragetto (sp) would be only educating and soliciting comment on drafts for future direction.

Sub-Committee and Ad-Hoc Committee Reports:

• Membership & Elections: Richard Barerra noted that we will have 2-vacancies with Todd Philips resignation being effective August 1st.  Chair Shields and Steve Stratman noted that if Todd was still in escrow, he could remain on the committee, as he would still own property at that time.  Todd has offered to continue serving as secretary until the position is filled, foregoing any right to vote.  Dana Shutt-Mendibles said that she would like to be considered when she meets the 3-meeting attendance requirement, which would happen at the August 2006 meeting.  Richard Barerra noted that he was looking for other community members to become active members of the committee for future vacancies in the event that they presented themselves.


• Parks-Maureen Burke noted that she will be attending the Balboa Park Committee meetings on a regular basis and reporting to the committee of its actions.   She has been in contact with Laurie Burgett and has exchanged e-mails.  

• Code Compliance- Brad Lenahan was not in attendance, but Chris Blatt explained that Ida Ford was on vacation last month, and that he had called off the meeting.  Steve Stratman (Committee Member) noted that Ray Penisi needed to update the web-site to reflect the change in meeting dates for Code-compliance and Parks/Transportation to the last Wednesday of the month.


• Transportation-Marc Kratzschmar said that they would continue to meet in conjunction with Parks the last Wednesday of the month at 6pm.


• Balboa Park Committee- Laurie Burgett- MIA


• Airport Noise Advisory Committee- Dave noted that the committee meets every other month, and that the next meeting is July 19, 2006.


• Historic- John McWilliams- MIA


• CPC-Chair Pat Shields previously informed the committee of CPC actions during her Chairs Report.

Proposed Items for August 9, 2006-Undergrounding:Jeffery Tom/April Chesebro.
                                                         5-bed homes-Dave Muniz-Peavy with Supervisor Roberts.


Chair Shields adjourned the meeting at 8:30 pm.

Respectfully submitted.

Steven M. Stratman-acting recording secretary.

Agenda for July 12 Full Planning Committee Meeting

GREATER GOLDEN HILL PLANNING COMMITTEE
Final Agenda.  Wednesday, July 12, 2006.  6:30 P.M.***
BALBOA PARK GOLF COURSE CLUBHOUSE-GOLF COURSE DRIVE

6:30     CALL TO ORDER   (please be punctual)

• Additions/Deletions to the Agenda

6:40     Treasurers Report and PASS THE HAT: Carole Caffey
6:45      Community Police-Officer Gary Gonzales          (531-1572)         ggonzales@pd.sandiego.gov
6:50      District 3- April Chesebro                    (236-7758)             achesebro@sandiego.gov
7:00     District 8-  Diana Jurado-Sainz               (236-6688)       djuradosainz@sandiego.gov
7:10     76th Assembly Dist.-Sari Hamerling          (645-3090)             sari.hamerling@asm.ca.gov  
7:15      53rd Congressional Dist. – Katherine Fortner      (280-5353)    katherine.fortner@mail.house.gov
7:25           City Planner’s Report.  Myles Pomeroy.            (235-5219)              mpomeroy@sandiego.gov  
7:30     APPROVAL OF MINUTES:      June 2006

7:35 PUBLIC COMMENT (non-agenda items – 3 minute limit)

7:40 INFORMATION ITEMS

• Chair’s Report.  Mail.  CPC Meeting.  Shields


• Treatment Programs and Variances.  County report – Ron Robert’s office.


• Airport Master Plan EIR.  Ted Anasis, Manager Airport Planning Mgr.


• Report June 19 CDC Downtown Tour.  

7:45 ACTION ITEMS

• Brooklyn Elementary – Play field location.  Update.  GGHPC position.


• Land Use.  (Consent Agenda)


• 2727 Broadway – siding type.  Approved 8/0/0.


• Juniper St. – 7 unit condos.  Approved 8/0/0.


• District 3 Sidewalk Study.  Jerry McKee/John Moores.


• Committee Reports

Greater Golden Hill SUB-COMMITTEE AND AD-HOC COMMITTEE REPORTS

8:20    Membership & Elections – Richard LaBarrera
8:25    Parks - Maureen Burke.  Last Wednesday of the month.
8:27    Code Compliance.  Brad Lenahan
8:30    Transportation/Compact- Marc Kratzschmar
8:35    Balboa Park Committee- Laurie Burgett
8:40    Airport Noise Advisory- Dave Caldwell & Carole Caffey
8:48    Historic- John McWilliams
8:52    CPC -Pat Shields - Community Planners Committee (CPC) | City of San Diego

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May 2006 Minutes for the Full Planning Committee

GREATER GOLDEN HILL PLANNING COMMITTEE
Wednesday, May 10, 2006  6:30 P.M.
BALBOA GOLF COURSE CLUBHOUSE

6:35     Call to Order
          Additions/Deletions to the Agenda – None.
6:36     Treasurer’s Report (PASS THE HAT) – No Report.
6:36     Community Police Officer, Gary Gonzalez

• New Area Lieutenant is Karen Tenne from South Bay; wants to bring her to the June meeting.


• Neighborhood Enforcement Team is doing well; over 300 arrests.


• Mac commented that twice when he called 911, he was not connected to the proper Police station.  Officer Gonzalez will pass along information and would be happy to have a 911 officer come to talk to the group.

6:40      District 3 Report, April Chesebro – No Report.
6:41     District 8 Report, Diana Jurado-Sainz

• New stop sign at 22nd and C Street; conducting a comprehensive study of parking and traffic problems in GH (alleyways like Russ Blvd.);


• Talked to Supervisor to express Hueso’s opposition to CRASH relocation from Sherman Heights to GH;


• Settled the SDG&E tree trimming issue with regards to D8; Mayor’s office does not plan on having community representatives (Steve Lieu is taking care of constituent calls for the Mayor);


• Thanked us for writing the letter of support for funding the Alpha Project projects and the Mayor has pledged to find the funding.

6:45     Mayor’s Representative – No Show.
6:45     76th Assembly District, Sari Hamerling – No Show.
6:46     53rd Congressional District, Katherine Fortner

• Congress was in recess in April; distributed the Davis Dispatch

6:47     City Planner’s Report, Myles Pomeroy

• Planning Dept. will soon have revised policies and administrative guidelines on their website;


• New Planning Director is Bill Anderson and will start May 22nd;


• Planning Department will now be known as City Planning and Community Reinvestment Department and will be joined with the Economic Development Department and Redevelopment Agency;


• Passed out community by community condo conversion statistics.

6:50     Approval of Minutes 7-0-2.
6:51     Land Use Consent Agenda passed 11-0.

PUBLIC COMMENT
6:52     

• PUC 30th Street undergrounding project update by Hal Tyvoll; PUC ruled the North Park project was illegal and the South Park/Golden Hill portion requires an EIR; suggested we provide a standing committee for oversight of the project due to the history of illegality; item will be added to the June Agenda.


• Sheila Hardin from CCDC – downtown redevelopment bus tour is always open to the public and for the Committee members—it would take an hour and a half and be given by John Anderson of CCDC and can be done on any weekday evening if the Committee desires—Monday, May 22 (if the Padres are not playing) at 6:15 P.M.; passed out Navy Broadway Complex information sheet.


• Matthew Thomas presented his plan for the northeast corner of 30th and Beech; he and his partner plan a sit-down, all day operation restaurant/café which is currently in the planning stages; International cuisine; wanted to meet the Committee; 2,750 SF; will be on June Agenda as informational item.


• Kim Groux with update on the 32nd Street replanting of SDG&E clear cut area; cannot get a hold of Drew from SDG&E; District 8 Representative will get a hold of SDG&E; will be placed on June Agenda.

     
INFORMATION ITEMS
7:07     Chair’s Report

• Dave Potter cautioned the CPC that he thinks the new Strong Mayor form of Government is pushing aside planning groups.

7:09     Flexcar, San Diego – Moved to June Agenda.
7:09     CRASH Relocation Proposal – asked to be pushed back in the agenda; Chair indicated that the media is coming at 8:00 P.M. and its not clear we can accommodate the request;
David Muniz-Peavy from Supervisor Roberts’ office is in attendance for this issue (David.Peavy@sdcounty.ca.gov; 619-531-6002) and indicated that someone from the Supervisor’s office will attend our meetings regularly.
7:26     CRASH Revisited – Chris Harris is asking for approval of the CRASH relocation to 2456 E Street; it’s a 7,000 sq. ft. house with 24 bedrooms, 8 bathrooms and has  for 30 years operated under a CUP as Residential Care Facility for 45 mentally disabled adults (f.k.a. CharLou Manor);

• CRASH is having to re-locate out of the Bay View Hospital which is closing and are now looking at CharLou;


• Kathryn Willetts mentioned that this location is within 300 feet of another drug and alcohol treatment facility in violation of a local ordinance and mentioned such ordinances prevent communities becoming oversaturated by such facilities and mentioned the parking to bed ratio problem for the tenant;


• Myles Pomeroy mentioned the 300 foot buffer is only for 6 beds or less and anything over 13 beds is an item heard by the Planning Commission, and there is a ¼ mile separation for residential care facilities instead of 300 feet; the CUP runs with the facility and use;


• Chair asked David Muniz-Peavy to research any County monies/staff time being used as part of this project; many residents expressed concern over the oversaturation issue;


• CRASH expressed their good neighbor philosophy.  Chair will place on the June Agenda.

ACTION ITEMS
7:12     Jerry McKee and John Moores presented the District 3 sidewalk study;

• 2 year study to evaluate the flooding and draining issues in the District that required engineering work to rectify the problem;


• City created a road map of capital improvement projects that the City will fund – these projects are contingent on the City being able to fix adjacent properties to the problem and not just the problem itself; presented the final draft of the Report;


• Dave Caldwell asked about the 75%/25% program through Toni Atkins’ office –no, that is a Streets Division projects and do not participate in this kind of program;


• Steve Stratman suggested to forward this item to the Transit Committee;


• Even if approved tonight, Mr. McKee doesn’t think this will be in the FY07 budget but would have to be included in the FY08 budget;


• Kathryn Willetts suggested instead of grinding streets the City could raise portions of the sidewalks/streets – answer was that if it is cost effective the City will consider that methodology;


• Forwarded to Transit for review and propose for adoption in June.

8:09     Joint Use Play Field at Golden Hill Elementary/32 Street Canyon – Chuck Brown with San Diego Unified School District;

• Definitions: Play fields are primarily for the children; in some communities there aren’t play fields and so the City and the School District combine forces to create a joint use field where the children utilize the field during school hours and the community uses it after hours and on weekends;


• The School District is currently thinking this field will not be a joint use field per se (joint project with the District and the City) but that it would still be available to the community after hours and on weekends;


• Stacy Strand, the play field architect, explained the area they are looking for is 2 acres;


• 5 sites were studied –two sites were rejected because of eminent domain complications, another was rejected because the children would have to cross C Street via a bridge that would need to be built, so they are looking at the two sites in the canyon.


• Community comments included:


• Concern over the taking of the canyon,


• Run off of fertilizer into the river bed,


• The school is undersubscribed,


• The District doing what they want without regard to community/City wishes,


• Build a bridge to the useless lot across the street (the District has done this kind of thing at other school sites like in La Jolla),


• This is the destruction of natural habitat and environmental learning opportunities for children


• Because of it’s unique habitat, the canyon should b preserved and not filled in for playing fields,


• The District is trying to split the community (canyon preservationists vs. parents).


• District responses included:


• The parents of the 450 children who attend the school expect that play field to be built and


• The parents’ voices were not heard in early discussions between the community and the District,


• The District Board has voted down the use of the lot south of C Street 5-0,


• The area they want to build is already desecrated,


• This item will be back in front of the Board of Education in June.  

SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS
9:26     Land Use – Moving to last Wednesday of each month.

9:27     Adjourn

Members in Attendance: Pat Shields, Chris Blatt, Steve Stratman, Todd Philips, Brad Lenahan, Tim Doyle, John McWilliams, Richard Barrera, Rob Leach, Carole Caffey, Richard Baldwin, Dave Caldwell

Absent Members: Maureen Burke*, Marc Kratzschmar, Scott Glazebrook*

* = excused absence

Land Use Agenda for June 28, 2006

Land Use agenda for June 28, 2006 meeting

1. 2727 Broadway, SFR remodel in progress, siding type approval- action
   
2. 847 21st St, Duplex remodel, #90503- info only
   
3. 2849 E St, T Mobile NUP renewal/expired, #100493- info only
   
4. 3265 C St, 62u condo, vesting tentative map, #79596- action
   
5. 2404 C St, 22u condo, #84521- action
   
6. 3101 Juniper St, 7u condo, #93090- action
   
7. 3260 Broadway, 27u town homes (new construction), #100755- info only
   
8. 1231 25th St, 25u condo, #89384- action
   
9. 838 25th St, #101706- remodel + garage/addition to historic site #130a-8. Action

Please let me know if you would like to view any of the project packages prior to 6/28. This could be especially helpful with items 6,7,8, and 9.

Thanks, Dave Caldwell

Distribution of Community Planning Group Agendas

The City of San Diego

ANNOUNCEMENT

DATE:	JUNE 1, 2006
TO:	COMMUNITY PLANNING GROUPS AND INTERESTED PARTIES
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Agenda for June 14 Full Planning Committee Meeting

GREATER GOLDEN HILL PLANNING COMMITTEE
Revised Final Agenda.  Wednesday, June 14, 2006.  6:30 P.M.***
BALBOA PARK GOLF COURSE CLUBHOUSE-GOLF COURSE DRIVE

6:00 – 6:30 Special Presentation:  Proposals for creation of a park over Highway 94.

6:30     CALL TO ORDER   (please be punctual)

• Additions/Deletions to the Agenda

6:40     Treasurers Report and PASS THE HAT: Carole Caffey
6:45      Community Police-Officer Gary Gonzales          (531-1572)         ggonzales@pd.sandiego.gov
6:50      District 3- April Chesebro                    (236-7758)             achesebro@sandiego.gov
7:00     District 8-  Diana Jurado-Sainz               (236-6688)       djuradosainz@sandiego.gov
7:05      Mayor’s Representative: TBD / Steve Lu
7:10     76th Assembly Dist.-Sari Hamerling          (645-3090)             sari.hamerling@asm.ca.gov  
7:15      53rd Congressional Dist. – Katherine Fortner      (280-5353)    katherine.fortner@mail.house.gov
7:25      City Planner’s Report.  Myles Pomeroy.            (235-5219)              mpomeroy@sandiego.gov  
7:30     APPROVAL OF MINUTES:      May 2006

7:35 PUBLIC COMMENT (non-agenda items – 3 minute limit)

7:40 INFORMATION ITEMS

• Chair’s Report.  Mail.  Shields


• Flexcar – San Diego. Jordan Beebe. Program Manager (619) 273-9035. www.flexcar.com


• 2456 E Street.  CRASH Program update.  County report – Ron Robert’s office.


• 30th/Beech Restaurant update.  Mathew Thomas.


• Orientation to “Condemnation” – City Attorney’s Office (Tentative).


• Airport Master Plan EIR.  Ted Anasis, Mgr.


• CDC Downtown Tour.  Committee members and residents will June 19 @ 6:15 pm.

7:45 ACTION ITEMS

• Brooklyn Elementary – Play field location.  Update.  GGHPC position.


• Land Use.  No items for consent agenda.


• Select Undergrounding Watch Dog Sub-committee


• Select Old House Fair Volunteers


• District 3 Sidewalk Study.  Jerry McKee/John Moores.

Greater Golden Hill SUB-COMMITTEE AND AD-HOC COMMITTEE REPORTS

8:20   Membership & Elections – Steve Stratman
8:25    PARKS- TBD Wed of the Month.   Balboa Park Golf-Course Clubhouse-6:00 PM
8:27    Code Compliance.
8:30    Transportation/Compact- Marc Kratzschmar
8:35    Balboa Park Committee- Laurie Burgett
8:40    Airport Noise Advisory- Dave Caldwell
8:48    Historic- TBD
8:52    CPC -Pat Shields - Community Planners Committee (CPC) | City of San Diego

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Land Use Agenda - May 31, 2006

GGHPC Land Use subcommittee agenda: 5/31/06

1. 847 21st Street, #90503, Duplex remodel action item


2. 2849 E Street, T-Mobile tele-site, CUP renewal action item


3. 2759-2767 B Street, Townhomes/Condos on 19,600sf site preliminary review only


4. 1007 30th Street @ Broadway, #54073, 16u on 10ksf site previously seen at 1/5/05 land use-concept only action item


5. Community Park - 22nd to 25th Streets, over Hwy 94. Info as to future presentation of concepts. Kathryn Willetts will describe and provide photos of the architectural design concepts.


6. Alchemy, Beech/30th, parking issues related to restaurant use of commercial space.(new applicant)


7. 2712 C Street, Porch remodel, ministerial project-info only.

Please remember our meetings are now the Last Wednesday of the month, 6:30PM at the Balboa Park Golf Course clubhouse.

April 2006 Minutes for the Full Planning Committee

Greater Golden Hill Planning Committee
Board Meeting
Wednesday, April 12, 2006
Balboa Park Golf Course Clubhouse
**Minutes for Approval**

Present: Chair Patricia Shields; Marc Kratzschmar; Steve Stratman; Dave Caldwell; Richard Baldwin; Brad Lenahan; Rob Leach; Scott Glazebrook; Maureen Burke; Todd Philips
Absent: Chris Blatt (E), Richard Barerra (E), Carole Caffey (unexcused); John McWilliams (unexcused); Tim Doyle (unexcused)

Chair Shields called the meeting to order at approx. 6:35 pm by requesting for additions/deletions to the agenda. NONE NOTED
Treasurers Report: None given – Treasurer MIA
Community Police Officer: Gary Gonzales was not present
District 3- April Chesebro passed out the March and April editions of the “Toni Times” as well as cards with contact information for the City of San Diego.
District 8-

• Diana Jurado-Sainz spoke about the increase in graffiti and the Alpha Project and the Urban Corps roles in addressing this issue. Said that the mayor has removed this program (Take Back the Streets) from being funded by Community Block Grants. Several Council members requested of the mayor for these services to be funded from other sources. Diana requested that the committee write a letter in support of such funding. Rob Leach-committee member- questioned the proper noticing requirement. Chair suggested that given the “emergency” criteria of noticing given the immediacy of the action. Dave Caldwell requested to identify the amount of funding that we would be endorsing. Diana responded that approx. $300,000 per fiscal year expense. After discussion, a motion was made to support the funding without referencing the Council members specific position. A second was made, and the motion was approved in a 9 approval with 1 against.


• Diana informed the committee of a recent incident that implicated a business at 1034 25th Street regarding a death. The District Attorney’s Office is involved in this.


• Diana also informed the committee of “the F Street Skeleton” (24th @ “F”) which has been an “eyesore” in the community for the past 12-years, being a shell construction of a former apartment building. Diana identified that owner/applicant was to appear before a Golden Hill committee that meets on April 19th. Several committee members noted that the applicant was misinformed, as the Land-use Sub-committee would be the proper venue to discuss, and the next meeting would be May 3, 2006. Dave Caldwell questioned the funding of the review process through Developmental Services for this project.


• Diana spoke of parking as being an issue throughout Greater Golden Hill, and identified 10 additional parking spaces being found on 2500 block of Russ Blvd. (a sub-standard street), as well as 4 additional parking spaces on Broadway @ 24th if the bus-stop would be moved to the end of the street instead of the middle of the block.

Mayor’s Representative: None present- Chair Shields requested of Council representatives and City Planner Pomeroy if they knew if Mayor Sanders planned on having representation at community planning meetings. All responded that they had no knowledge of the Mayor’s plans.
76th Assembly District-Sari Hamerling was not in attendance.
53rd Congressional District-

• Katherine Fortner spoke of having a meeting in mid-March with the Postal Service regarding the issues of Graffiti and maintenance of its facility in Golden Hill.


• In addition, she informed us of the Congresswoman missing several votes due to having an accident where she fell in her residence in Washington, D.C..


• She also passed around a clipboard for sign-up for those who wanted to receive her e-mail new letters.


• Chair Shield spoke of having previously attending a workshop on Grant Writing, sponsored by the Congresswoman, and encouraged both Mary McLellan and Tershia d’Elgin to attend an upcoming workshop that is to be held in the summer.

City Planner’s Report-

• Myles Pomeroy stated that the city was in budget crisis, and that one of the Planning Departments cost cutting steps was to stop providing mailings for some community planning items. To be stopped will be the mailing of agendas’, which will be done exclusively by e-mail. Discussion ensued regarding the particulars and ramifications of such action.


• Myles spoke of the upcoming COW for April 29th. He personally delivered invitations to Richard Baldwin and Maureen Burke, and stated that he would call Richard Barerra to make sure that he was aware of the importance in attending the C.O.W.


• Myles also made the committee aware of the SANDAG sponsored Smart Growth workshops being held on April 17th (La Mesa), April 19th (Balboa Park Club) an April 20th (Oceanside) for Trans Net Funding.

Approval of Minutes- March 2006- Steve Stratman made a motion to approve the minutes for approval as provided by Beverly Davis. Dave Caldwell seconded. 8 (approved)- 0 (against) with 2 abstentions.
Public Comment on non-agenda items-

• Chris and Megan Harris-2456 “E” Street came before the committee concerning a property that they hope to “Re-hab” under an existing Conditional Use Permit. The facility is proposed to be run by CRASH, Inc represented by Leila Attar. Ms. Attar gave a brief description of their existing programs that they operate in the Golden Hill House and spoke of being a “Good Neighbor”. Dave Caldwell-committee member- spoke of the moratorium for assisted living facilities in Golden Hill. Myles Pomeroy said that state law supercedes the city’s right to have such a position. Megan Harris stated that they would be seeking a variance to the existing C.U.P. It was noted that a C.U.P. stays with the property, and not with the owners. It was noted that the “level of care” would change with this proposed use, as the previous C.U.P. was for assisted living, whereas this C.U.P. would have “treatment” as its legal threshold.


• David Moren spoke of the addition of a 4-way stop sign at 22nd and “C” Street. He came to commend whoever was responsible. Chair Shield said that although we would like to take credit, that perhaps this was an action sponsored by Dist. 8 and or police officer Gonzales.


• Sheila Harden- Community Relations Manager for CCDC passed out a flyer on the Navy -Broadway Complex. Answered a question concerning the funding for the Downtown Community Plan. Said that consultants where paid 2.9 million over a 4-year period. This excluded any dollars from CCDC staff being charged to this process. If one wants to participate in a 1st or 3rd Saturday bus tour of downtown, please call 619-235-2222.

• Tershia d’Elgin updated the committee on the Golden Hill Elementary play field. Said that the Oversight Committee had established a sub-committee that was to present on this action at its last meeting, but that the action was postponed. Thought that this might be a result of USD law students requesting a supplemental Environmental Impact Report. Also noted that many educational groups had participated in plantings in the canyon. Dave Caldwell-committee member- notified the committee that flyers had been circulated to encourage enrollment in the facility.


• Mary McLellan reported on the GGH-CDC sponsored Charette that had approx. 100- attendees. The main topic at the Charette was “quality of life issues” as well as Golden Hill Park becoming more user friendly. A report of the Charette will be distributed. Noted that city planner Myles Pomeroy had suggested that a “Revititalization Plan” be a result of the Charette.

Information Items:

• Chair’s Report: No mail received. Also was unable to attend last months CPC meeting


• Plan to replant in 32nd @ Hawthorne Canyon-Drew Potocki (city of San Diego) J. C. Thomas (SDG&E) Governmental Affairs and Bruce Taylor (SDG&E) Area Forester provided an overview and answered questions concerning the issues at 30th @ Hawthorne. Admitted to mistakes in “outreach”, however, said that outcome would have been the same. 60-trees removed, when noticing identified “trimming” as the activity. Stated that debris problem still exist and clean-up of canyon would be offered. Stated that 24” box and 13-gallon trees were being proposed for re-planting. Diana Jurado-Sainz interjected that District 8 portion of Greater Golden Hill was “re-prioritized “ for undergrounding of utilities. Work to now occur in year 2009-10. Roger Lewis who lives adjoining the affected property, asked if it was time for him to “get over it, and move-on”. Another resident, Marie Racliff (?) spoke of the species and watering schedule. Questioned both the maintenance responsibility and the trimming notification given. Tershia d’Elgin suggested better solutions.

Action Items:

• Ray Pennisi requested that the Two Year Study of District 3 sidewalks be post-poned till the May 10th meeting. Said that Jerry McKee had not responded to his calls to discuss.


• Land-use- The consent agenda was unanimously approved.


• Formation of the Committee for the coming year- Steve Stratman-membership and elections, passed out ballots with those individuals who had responded to his request for consideration for executive and sub-committee appointments. The following individuals had responded for the following positions:

Chair: Patricia Shields; Land-use: Dave Caldwell; Parks: Maureen Burke; Transportation: Marc Kratzschmar; Historic: John McWilliams; Membership & Elections: Richard Barerra.

• The following individuals volunteered at the meeting to run for the following positions:Secretary: Todd Philips; Code-compliance: Brad Lenahan; Airport Noise: Dave Caldwell


• The following individuals were nominated for the following positions: Chris Blatt-Vice Chair; Carole Caffey-Treasurer. Membership and elections chair asked if anyone wanted to be considered for any of the above positions. There being none, Steve Stratman asked that the slate be approved by acclamation. The motion was seconded, and the executive committee and subcommittee were unanimously approved as delineated above.

Inclusionary Housing-Todd Philips-committee member- kept the committee informed of recent council action regarding Condo Conversions and parking issues.

Land-use Sub-committee Meeting Dates: Steve Stratman-committee member reminded the committee that a proposed change in meeting days had been suggested, and that the committee should address this issue at this time. After several minutes of discussion, a motion was made and seconded, to move the Land-use meeting to the LAST Wednesday of each month, starting with the June 28th meeting. The motion passed on a 9-0-1 vote.

Chair Shields adjourned the meeting at 8:45 pm.

Respectfully submitted.

Steven M. Stratman-acting recording secretary.

Land Use Meeting Schedule Change

We will be changing our Land Use Subcommittee meeting date- still held at the Balboa Park golf course clubhouse- 630 pm. BUT, it will now be the LAST Wednesday of each month (No December meeting, unless special circumstances).

i.e.: The meeting normally held this 7th of June will now occur on May 31st.

The full planning committee will continue to meet on the 2nd Wednesday, and at this point- the code meeting will not change.

Revised Final Agenda for May 10 Full Planning Committee Meeting

GREATER GOLDEN HILL PLANNING COMMITTEE
Revised Final Agenda. Wednesday, May 10, 2006. 6:30 P.M.***
BALBOA PARK GOLF COURSE CLUBHOUSE-GOLF COURSE DRIVE

6:30 CALL TO ORDER (please be punctual)

• Additions/Deletions to the Agenda

6:40 Treasurers Report and PASS THE HAT: Carole Caffey
6:45 Community Police-Officer Gary Gonzales (531-1572) ggonzales@pd.sandiego.gov
6:50 District 3- April Chesebro (236-7758) achesebro@sandiego.gov
7:00 District 8- Diana Jurado-Sainz (236-6688) djuradosainz@sandiego.gov
7:05 Mayor’s Representative: TBD
7:10 76th Assembly Dist.-Sari Hamerling (645-3090) sari.hamerling@asm.ca.gov
7:15 53rd Congressional Dist. – Katherine Fortner (280-5353) katherine.fortner@mail.house.gov
7:25 City Planner’s Report. Myles Pomeroy. (235-5219) mpomeroy@sandiego.gov
7:30 APPROVAL OF MINUTES: April 2006

7:35 PUBLIC COMMENT (non-agenda items-limited to 3 minutes)

7:40 INFORMATION ITEMS

• Chair’s Report. Mail. Community Planners Meeting.


• Flexcar – San Diego. Jordana Beebe. Program Manager(619) 273-9035. www.flexcar.com


• Follow-up on April item on Plan to re-plant in GGH.


• Proposal to relocate County (CRASH) Drug Treatment program from Sherman Heights to CharLou Manor on E Street in Golden Hill.

8:00 ACTION ITEMS

• Joint Use Play Field. SD Unified School District Presentation. Stacy Strand, Architect. School contact – Erika Wilgenburg (619) 725-5602.


• Rept. Two year study of District 3 sidewalks. Jerry McKee. Motion to support report requested.


• Land Use. (Consent Agenda)


• "Cricket" Rigel Meats-#96325, Wireless facility-new carrier. Sub-committee opposed.

Greater Golden Hill SUB-COMMITTEE AND AD-HOC COMMITTEE REPORTS

8:20 Membership & Elections – Steve Stratman (new positions, if any)
8:25 PARKS- TBD Wed of the Month. Balboa Park Golf-Course Clubhouse-6:00 PM
8:27 Code Compliance: Chris Blatt-
8:30 Transportation/Compact- Marc Kratzschmar –Paul Broadway
8:35 Balboa Park Committee- Laurie Burgett
8:40 Airport Noise Advisory- Dave Caldwell
8:48 Historic- TBD
8:52 CPC -Pat Shields - Community Planners Committee (CPC) | City of San Diego

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March 2006 Minutes for the full planning committee

Greater Golden Hill Planning Committee
Meeting of March 8, 2006
Approved Minutes
Obtain agenda at http://www.goldenhillcdc.org/GGHPC/

CALL TO ORDER: 6:35 pm

Members Present: Chris Blatt, Paul Broadway, Laurie Burgett, Carole Caffey, David Caldwell, Beverly Davis, Scott Glazebrook, Marc Kratzschmar, Rob Leach, Brad Lenahan, John McWilliams, Todd Phillips, Bonnie Poppe, Chair: Pat Shields, Steve Stratman.

Absent: Tim Doyle

Request Additions/Deletions to the Agenda –

• Steve Stratman-chair of memberships and elections requested that the minutes reflect that Bonnie Poppe and Laurie Burgett were running the elections, as Steve felt it improper for him to run elections when he was on the ballot.

• Committee member and Chair of the Parks subcommittee, Paul Broadway announced his resignation from the GGHPC, effective at the conclusion of the March 8th meeting. A motion was made and unanimously approved to thank Paul for his past service on the Committee.


• ELECTION: The following people ran for election and made the following statements:

1. Richard Baldwin – Is a scientist and works for not-for-profit organizations. He has little experience with community groups.


2. Richard Barerra – Lives on Granada. Is a community organizer and works with labor organizations to help diversity.


3. Maureen Burke – Has been in Golden Hill for 7 years. Works as a buyer. Her apartment is being converted and she supports it.


4. Carole Caffey – Has lived 6 years in this area. She is interested in serving the community, canyon clean-up and meeting neighbors.


5. Brad Lenahan – Seven years in Golden Hill. He is a Landscape Architect. Brad has learned a lot having been on this committee.


6. John McWilliams (Mac) – Has an inspection business. Belongs to Heritage group and works on Land Use subcommittee.


7. Pat Shields – Retired county worker and now works for the state. Five years in Golden Hill and on the Committee for 3 years. Wants to give community members a voice.


8. Steve Stratman – Appointed in August 1999 to an unexpired term, and elected in 2000, 2002 and 2004, this would be his last term. Chair of membership and elections, and active in Land-Use sub-committees’, he wants to continue working for the community.

• The PDO and other documents will have to be distributed to new members. Also a COW meeting will be required to indemnify members. Committee member, Dave Caldwell read the committee’s mission statement. A discussion will be held next month to discuss this in more detail.


• The Chair thanked Bonnie Poppe and Laurie Burgett for their 8 years of service and for handling the election. Laurie will continue to report to the committee on the Balboa Park Committee until her appointment expires.


• It was announced that all candidates had been elected and were invited to join the committee.

Treasurers Report: Carole Caffey

• $273.90


• Carole wants to add people to the list of those approved to withdraw funds.

Community Police Officer, Gary Gonzales (531-1572) ggonzales@pd.sandiego.gov

• Officer Gonzales thanked people for sending emails regarding what’s happening in the community. He gave Lea Fields a tour of this area. There are 4 officers plus Gary and 1 other downtown officer handling GGH issues. Officer Gonzales thanked Paul Broadway for his cooperation and help in the community.


• Auto theft is still prevalent in our area.

District 3 –April Chesebro (236-7758) achesbro@sandiego.gov

• Absent

District 8 – Diana Juarado-Sainz/Ben Heuso (236-6688) djuradosainz@sandiego.gov

• Ben Heuso introduced himself. Mr. Heuso was recently elected and is looking at a lot of needs in our community; homelessness, crime, gangs. New revenue is being looked at for security, street cleaning, tourist information and other downtown needs. The Torrey Pines Golf Course master plan is also before the Council. Rate increases are being considered for the golf courses. Mr. Heuso wants fore input from the community as to what’s needed.


• Potholes and other maintenance issues are being reported to his office.


• Undergrounding is an issue brought up by Committee Member, Dave Caldwell. Mr. Heuso stated that the entire city would be undergrounded in 15 years. More information may be obtained from their website at www.sandiego.gov/undergrounding.


• Committee Member, Brad Lenahan stated that the 32nd Street canyon-joint-use field is still a hot button with some community members. Mr. Heuso stated that Tershia d’Elgin has invested approx. $800,000 to restore the canyon. He will try to get the Council to support leaving the joint-use field out of consideration.


• Diana Jurado-Sainz reported on the tree issue. This District office was not notified in advance of the tree trimming/cutting. The sizes of the replacement trees are under consideration. Ten or 15 trees on Broadway will be replaced. No more trees will be taken out until after April. If more than 20 trees are taken out of any one area the District is to be notified.


• GGHPC member, Steve Stratman mentioned that the Palm fronds, from the trimming of the trees at Russ & 24th Streets, needed to be taken away. They are becoming refuge for vermin.

Mayor Sanders Representative –

• No representation

76th Assembly District – Sari Hamerling (645-3090) sari.hamerling@asm.ca.gov

• Absent


• Committee member, Marc Kratzschmar announced that there will be a clean up at the 32nd Street canyon on Saturday morning at 9:00 a.m.

53rd Congressional District – Katherine Fortner (280-5353) katherine.fortner@mail.house.gov

• District newsletter was distributed. For information contact her office.


• The revised Patriot Act passed.


• The post office condition is being addressed at a meeting. Committee member, Paul Broadway stated that graffiti needs to be removed within 24 hours.

City Planner – Myles Pomeroy (235-5219) mpomeroy@sandiego.gov

• Welcome remarks were directed to the new members.


• The Planning Department website has the GGHPC by-laws and other documents, such as Administrative Guidelines, PDO, Design guidelines, 25th and 30th Street revitalization plans. Myles will send an email to committee members with a list.


• The next COW (for new members) will be Saturday, April 29 at 9192 Topaz Way, Kearny Mesa. RSVP to 235-5200.


• Myles submitted revised by-laws to Chair, Pat Shields..

Approval of Minutes

• January and February, 2006 minutes approved by those eligible to vote.

PUBLIC COMMENT (Non-Agenda Items) Limited to 3 minutes.

• Mary McLellan, GGHCDC, announced a public meeting on March 18 from 9:00 to 1:00. A handout with details was distributed.


• Sheila Harden, CCDC, stated that there was good GGHPC representation at their last meeting. Affordable housing and other issues are under advisement.


• A bus tour of downtown will be available with details to follow.


• Sheila Harden asked for a roster of GGHPC members. A discussion was held as to the privacy of members. Ultimately a motion was made and unanimously passed to provide such a list to CCDC.


• It was announced that the downtown community plan was adopted.


• Eden Nguyen – Engineering Department – Capital Projects spoke on the revegatation project at the 32nd Street canyon. A map was distributed regarding a temporary fence located at Beech Street which denies access to the canyon. A sign is posted but should be more specific and give more details.

INFORMATION ITEMS

• Chair’s Report – Pat Shields announced that she attended a meeting where the City Attorney was present and asked if land use issues are a problem. Pat will distribute his phone number. The meeting with CCDC went well and Nancy Graham appears to be helpful to GGHPC issues.


• Mail - none

ACTION ITEMS

Land Use (Items from 3/1/06 meeting. Consent Agenda unless pulled for discussion)

1. 1148 23rd Street – Add 1br/1ba 1137 sf house/shop to 5ksf lot, GH 2500, existing garage demo. (Action Item) Approved


2. 1231 25th Street –project 89384 – 25 units TM/condo, 1750sf site, GH2500. Issues: parking, utilities. (Action Item) The subcommittee denied the application based on the fact that the project does not comply with the GGHPC Plan or the “25th Street Revitalization Plan”. Project did not address rectifying any of these inadequacies.


3. 3031 Date Street – project 89194 – 3 unit TM/condo, 6005sf site, GH 1500. Issues: parking, utilities. (Action Item) Approved


4. 1217 28th Street – project 66452 – 10 units TM/condo, previous GGHPC submittal 5/05, issues: parking, utilities. (Action Item) Approved

A motion was made to approve the Consent Agenda. 13 in favor, 1 opposed, 2 abstentions.

GGH-CDC Proposed Banner District Presentation

• Mary McLellan, GHCDC distributed a handout showing the proposed phases and routes of the Banners. The first phase would follow the original trolley route. The 2nd phase would include 19th & Broadway, 19th and “C”, Broadway to Rt. 94 and 26th Street. For more information contact CDC. A motion was made and unanimously passed to support their efforts.

Election Results

• The Chair thanked the Recording Secretary, Beverly Davis, for her past service.

SUB-COMMITTEE AND AD-HOC COMMITTEE REPORTS

PARKS – Paul Broadway –Report of sub-committee meeting of 3-1-06

• No report

CODE COMPLIANCE – Chris Blatt Report of sub-committee meeting of 3-1-06

• No report – information is confidential

LAND-USE – Dave Caldwell Report of sub-committee meeting of 3-1-06

• No report

TRANSPORTATION/COMPACT – Marc Kratzshmar – Paul Broadway

• No report

BALBOA PARK COMMITTEE – Laurie Burgett

• No report

AIRPORT NOISE ADVISORY – Dave Caldwell –

• No report

HISTORIC – Bonnie Poppe –

• No report

CPC MEETING – Patricia Shields – Alternate: Chris Blatt
Community Planners Committee (CPC) City of San Diego

• The General Plan is finished and Pat will send out her notes. Pat asked Steve Stratman to go to Kinkos to have copies made and bound. Committee member, Paul Broadway suggested archiving documents. Ms. McLellan stated that CDC has archives and Christy Rice said that copying service would be available to Steve.

AGENDA ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING – April 12, 2006 Balboa Park Golf Course Clubhouse.

• SDG& E tree replanting.


• To Form the committee for the coming year: Steve Stratman-membership & elections.


• ADJOURNED: 9:00 p.m.

Land Use Subcommittee Agenda for April 5, 2006

1. 2629 B ST. #96513
   7unit TM, .161ac site (GH1500), requesting underground utilities waiver- action item
   
   
2. 3101 Juniper. #93090
   8unit TM, .218ac site (GH#3000), " undergrounding waiver, 13 spaces-16 required, originally built with affordable housing density bonus-3 units now allowed on site. action item
   
   
3. 2002 30th St. #87794
   2835sf comml + 8 row homes + 2 condos on 15ksf site (GH-CC {GH1500}).
   Deviations requested:
   
   
   
   1. Bldg height-33'8" where 30' permitted
      
   2. Residential rear yard setback-10'2" where 15' required
      
   3. Driveway openings-Two, where one is permitted (access for 1 space)
      
   4. Curb length-26' where 45' required (parking access)
      
   5. Parking-1 space located in interior side yard on Grape st., where none allowed
      

Additional info:
Requesting waiver of undergrounded utilities requirement
No cycle issue sheets received-have CPC part 1+2
*action item-but cannot address full cycle issues without city printout.

February 2006 Minutes for the full planning committee

Greater Golden Hill Planning Committee
Meeting of February 8, 2006

Obtain agenda at http://www.goldenhillcdc.org/GGHPC/

CALL TO ORDER: 6:35 pm

Members Present: Chris Blatt, Paul Broadway, Laurie Burgett, Carole Caffey, David Caldwell, Beverly Davis, Tim Doyle, Scott Glazebrook, Marc Kratzschmar, Rob Leach, Brad Lenahan, John McWilliams, Todd Phillips, Bonnie Poppe, Chair: Pat Shields, Steve Stratman.

Absent:

Request Additions/Deletions to the Agenda –

• None.

Mail –

Treasurers Report: Carole Caffey

• $273.90

Community Police Officer, Gary Gonzales (531-1572) ggonzales@pd.sandiego.gov

• A new taskforce has been created to deal with community issues. www.sandiego.gov/police is the website for more information.


• In April Sgt. Tai will be on our agenda.


• The homeless issue is being monitored. 25th & Broadway benches will be removed but suggestions are needed as to where they should be placed.


• Crime statistics were not handed out, rather it was suggested that people go to the website to check their specific area.


• Lea Fields, from the Prosecutor’s office, was present. Call her at 619-533-5500 to report homeless problems.

District 3 –April Chesebro (236-7758) achesbro@sandiego.gov

• Toni Times newsletter was distributed.


• No major updates

District 8 – Diana Jurado-Sainz (236-6688) djuradosainz@sandiego.gov

• SDG&E Tree Report – Speaker from SDG&E spoke on this issue. Residents were notified about 6,000 trees being trimmed. 130 trees have been removed. Community members complained about trees being cut down and not receiving notification. A suggestion was made to have SDG&E come to a GGHPC meeting prior to their seasonal trimming. Ms. Jurado-Sainz was asked to follow up with SDG&E regarding replanting and repairing to check to insure that arborists are present on every site. An arborist spoke about his working with homeowners regarding trees that were causing a problem and the necessity of removing them. Tree Smart Program is in place to replace trees. A community member suggested that people write to their legislators about the need to save canyons and trees. A comment was made that undergrounding wires would solve this problem. It was also suggested that asking your council member to prioritize the undergrounding, taking the trees into consideration. Ms. Jurado-Sainz will bring the 32nd Street undergrounding schedule to the next GGHPC meeting. Both SDG&E and Ms. Jurado-Sainz will appear before the GGHPC in April. SSDG&E tree trimming work in our area is finished for this season.

Mayor Sanders Representative – no representation

76th Assembly Dist – Sari Hamerling (645-3090) sari.hamerling@asm.ca.gov

• Distributed Newsletter

53rd Congressional District – Katherine Fortner (280-5353) katherine.fortner@mail.house.gov

• Ms. Fortner will pass along the community concern about the trees.


• Distributed Newsletter

City Planner’s Report – Myles Pomeroy (235-5219) mpomeroy@sandiego.gov

• The By-laws need to be updated. Chair Pat Shields will prepare a draft and Rob Leach will review it.


• Myles Pomeroy suggested that members re-attend a C.O.W. that is being held on April 29th from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon.


• Betsy McCullough will be Acting Planning Director until the Mayor names a permanent Director.

Approval of Minutes: January, 2006

• The January minutes have not been transcribed. They will be prepared for approval at the March meeting.

PUBLIC COMMENT (non-agenda items)

• A community member announced that there is a “Conserve A Tree” program.


• Bonnie Poppe announced the Save Our Heritage craft sale on March 11, 12 and 13th. Contact Sohosandiego.org for more information.


• Kathryn Willitt will notify this committee regarding plans for 25th Street.


• Mary McClellan, Resource Director at CDC is raising money and wants to know what our priorities are.


• Shiela Harden, CDC will refer the homeless situation to Ms. Graham. On Monday, Feb. 27th at 5:30 p.m. a meeting will be held at the Balboa Park Golf Course Clubhouse meeting room. Jennifer LeSar is the Chair of the Board of Directors and will attend. Ms. Harden distributed a “Downtown Community Plan”. It was suggested that the GGHPC invite the Police representative plus our District representatives.

ACTION ITEMS
Land Use: (Items from 2-1-06 meeting. Consent Agenda unless pulled for discussion.) Unanimously approved.

1. 1018 22nd Street –add 1692 sf SFR to 5000 sf lot with existing 2108 sf SFR. Requesting SDP, plus 5’ encroachment of 3rd floor setback, and increase in FAR from .45 to .75 per historic footnote. Previously presented to GGHPC/LU. (Action)

1. 3025 Fir Street – Cingular Christ United – wireless communication facility added to existing church structure. Review cycle/issues from City, review letter from LU to DSD. (Action)

2404 C Street – Condo unit without enough parking. Dave Caldwell stated that the Land Use Committee did not approve this deviation. It is their position that they must meet city requirements. Myles Pomeroy stated that the city does not have the authority to require people to meet current standards if the unit was built before the present standards were created.

Vacant Property Update – no comment

Nancy Graham – CCDC - absent

Captain C. Bell - absent

Starbucks Sign – Kathryn Willett
Wall signs are not supposed to be above 12 feet from the ground. Starbucks is requesting a variance to allow the sign to be 14 feet above ground. After the applicant’s presentation, public comment and discussion, the GGHPC supports the applicant’s request for variance as to the proposed sign’s height. In supporting the variance the GGHPC notes the following significant facts:

1. The applicant cooperated with the Land Use sub-committee in developing a sign consistent with the spirit of the community plan.


2. The height of the sign while exceeding the height limit, is sufficiently proportionate to the height of the building.


3. the historical nature of the building’s architecture, which the GGHPC supports and encourages, is such that the sign must be placed in a location exceeding the height limit

A vote was taken and was 15 in favor and 1 opposed.

SUB-COMMITTEE AND AD-HOC COMMITTEE REPORTS

MEMBERSHIP & ELECTIONS – Steve Stratman –

• Elections will be held in March. The following seats will be available:Carol Caffey, Brad Lenahan, John McWilliams, Pat Shields, Steve Stratman, Laurie Burgett, Bonnie Poppe, Beverly Davis. Steve asked to be excused from the details of the election since he will be running for reelection. He also asked that members who will not be running for another term notify him as soon as possible.


• A motion was made to put the election at the beginning of the March meeting. Fourteen voted in favor, 1 abstained and 1 opposed.

PARKS – Paul Broadway –Report of sub-committee meeting of 1-4-06

• No report

CODE COMPLIANCE – Chris Blatt Report of sub-committee meeting of 1-4-06

• No report

LAND-USE – Dave Caldwell Report of sub-committee meeting of 1-4-06

• No report

TRANSPORTATION/COMPACT – Marc Kratzshmar – Paul Broadway

• No report

BALBOA PARK COMMITTEE – Laurie Burgett

• A Parking & Circulation Plan is available. Contact Laurie for details.

AIRPORT NOISE ADVISORY – Dave Caldwell –

• A South Park resident has challenged the Airport Permit.

HISTORIC – Bonnie Poppe –

• No report except to note that there is no funding available for this issue.

CPC MEETING – Patricia Shields – Alternate: Chris Blatt
Community Planners Committee (CPC) City of San Diego

• The next meeting will be February 17th, 2006

AGENDA ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING – March 8, 2006 Balboa Park Golf Course Clubhouse.

• Nothing submitted


• ADJOURNED: 9:10 p.m.