Uptown Planners

Uptown Planners Monthly Meeting, Tuesday, December 2, 2003

Uptown Community Planners Agenda

1010 University Avenue, Box 1781 San Diego, Ca. 92103 619/835-9501
NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING
Uptown Planners
Tuesday, December 2, 2003 – 6:30 p.m.
Joyce Beers Community Center, Uptown District
1230 Cleveland Avenue, San Diego, CA (across from Trader Joe’s)

I. Parliamentary Items

a. Introductions
b. Adoption of Agenda and Rules of Order
c. Approval of Minutes
d. Treasurer’s Report

II. Public Communications (2 minutes each maximum)
Non-Agenda Public Comment

III. Government Information

a. Elected Officials (2 minutes each)
a. Todd Gloria, Congressmember Susan Davis
b. Tatiana Ambrosius, Mayor Dick Murphy
c. Margaret Radnick/Craig Casteneda, Councilmember Michael Zucchet
d. Monica Pelaez, Councilmember Toni Atkins

b. City Information Items (5 minutes each)
a. Spruce Street Canyon Sewer Project – Metropolitan Wastewater Dept. – Brian Drummy and Nabeel Qawasm

IV. Chair and Community Reports/Recommendations

a. Chair’s Report and Information
b. Community Associations and Committees (2 minutes each)
Please see Community Calendar. Please contact the Chair before the meeting if you would like to make an announcement.
c. Transportation Report
d. Urban Design and Historic Resources Report
Subcommittee meets at Monday, December 15, 2003 at Uptown Partnership, 3108 5th Avenue, Suite B, San Diego, CA 92101

V. Consent Agenda Action Items – Note: No consent items this month.

VI. Action Items – (50 minutes)

a. Proposed 3 way stop sign – 1st Avenue and Palm – Mike Dibas (10 mins) Proposed addition of stop signs, requested by resident, on 1st Avenue at Palm, just north of 1st Avenue Bridge over Maple Canyon.

b. Pennsylvania Avenue Tentative Map Waiver – Westone Management (10 mins) – Application to waive the requirements for a Tentative Map to convert 48 residential units to condominiums on a 0.570 acre site at 836 W. Pennsylvania Avenue, Hillcrest (Process 3).

c. Essex Street Tentative Map Waiver – Westone Management (10 mins) – Application to waive the requirements for a Tentative Map to convert 39 existing residential units to condominiums on a 0.521 acre site at 1756 Essex Street, Hillcrest (Process 3).

d. Comments on Petco Park Event Transportation and Parking Management Plan (10 mins) – Please review proposed comment letter prior to meeting. Comments due Wednesday, December 3, 2003.

e. Proposed Moratorium on HRB Historic Designations (10 mins) – Due to budget cuts and limited staffing, the Planning Department will propose a 12 month moratorium on historic designations initiated by individuals. City Council Land Use and Housing Committee scheduled to hear this proposal on Wednesday, December 3, 2003.

VII. Information Items – (15 minutes)

a. 2525 2nd Avenue – J. Peter Block Companies – Taal Safdie and Ricardo Rabines – Informational presentation on applicant’s redesign of proposed 120 unit project, including affordable housing, at 2nd Avenue and Laurel, Banker’s Hill. Action will be Process 5, with applicant requesting rezone and community plan amendment.

VIII. Urgent, Non-Agenda Action Items

IX. Planning Committee Business

a. Possible Additional Modifications of Agenda
b. Maintenance of Member Lists

X. Adjournment – Any items on the agenda or added to the agenda may be subject to action. This information will be made available in alternative formats upon request. To request an agenda in alternative format, or to request a sign language or oral interpreter for the meeting, call: (619) 236-6405. See the Uptown Planner’s website at http://www.neighborhoodlink.com/sandiego/uptown for more information about community planning group issues in Uptown.