LA JOLLA SHORES ASSOCIATION (LJSA) Meeting Minutes December 10, 2008

 

 

Next Meeting: Wednesday, January 14, 2009, 7 pm at Martin-Johnson House (Bldg T-29), Scripps Institution of Oceanography.  Present: Terry Winn-Kraszewski, Darren Fulhorst, Dave Laney, Mary Coakley, Jim Heaton, Audrey Keane, Pat Nissan, Sharon Luscomb, Tim Lucas, John Metzger, Ed Furtek and Coco Tihanyi.   Audience 7+.

 

A.   CHAIR Jim Heaton called the meeting to order at 7:04 pm;

1.    November minutes were approved.

2.    Treasury-As of the end of November, balance is $2,187.29.  Payouts in November included LJSA Board Insurance of $1,350 and printing/postage for the ballots of $167.

3.    Chair’s Report-Jim Heaton welcomed newly and re-elected Board members.  New name tags will be brought to the next meeting.  Discussed election of Officers.  Motion: Approved Coakley/Laney 12-0-0: to defer the nomination of Officers until the next month’s meeting.  Jim Heaton asked all Board Members to “respond to all’ if interested in running for a position.  Due date for these responses is 12/24/08.  Jim Heaton also encouraged Board Members to decide what Committees they would be interested in volunteering for as a LJSA Board Member.  Next month these Committees will be established.

 

 

B.   UCSD UPDATE.  Milt Phegley provided the following update:

  1. NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION (NOAA) SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER (SWFSC)
    1. Notice of Completion (NOC) and Draft Environment Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report (EIS/EIR) on the Southwest Fisheries Science Center (SWFSC) Public Comment Period extends to January 12, 2009 Public Hearing will be held at 6pm on December 9, 2008 Draft EIR/EIS is posted on UCSD Community Planning website http://commplan.ucsd.edu
    2. NOAA proposes to develop, construct and operate a new research facility for use by the NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center (SWFSC). The new building will be located on an undeveloped parcel on the UCSD/Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) campus, across La Jolla Shores Drive from the existing SWFSC site.
  2. NORTH CAMPUS HOUSING PHASE II
    1. Tentative public review period on project Environmental Impact Report is proposed to extend from December 8 to January 29, 2009. EIR Public Hearing is tentatively scheduled for January 22, 2009 at 6pm, Room 111A Chancellors Complex
    2. Draft EIR will be available on Community Planning website http://commplan.ucsd.edu
  3. MUIR COLLEGE APARTMENTS PROJECT
    1. The Notice of Completion (NOC) and Draft Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) on the project are tentatively scheduled to be completed on December 22, 2008. Public Comment Period extends to January 28, 2009. No public hearing for this project since it is an MND. Draft MND will be available on UCSD Community Planning website http://commplan.ucsd.edu.
    2. Project will be presented at the UC Regents Meeting in March for Environmental and Design Approval.
  4. REVELLE COLLEGE APARTMENTS AND COMMONS DINING RENOVATION PROJECT -Project will be presented at the UC Regents Meeting in March for Environmental and Design Approval. The environmental review for this project was completed on November 19, 2008.
  5. NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY (NIST) PROJECT -UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography has been awarded $12 million by the U.S. Department of Commerce (DoC)/National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for the construction of a Marine Ecosystem Sensing, Observation and Modeling (MESOM) Laboratory. The remainder of the funding will come from the campus and private funds. The building will be located on the Scripps campus and is scheduled for completion in 2012; however, no final site selection has been made. Additional information is available at http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/newsrel/science/11-08MarineEcosystems.asp
  6. PROJECT INFORMATION SHEETS -Project information sheets and an interactive map are now available on the UCSD Community Planning website http://commplan.ucsd.edu/UCSDprojects.htm for a number of campus projects. Visit the website to learn more about a particular building or project that is in the planning or construction phase or has already been completed.

 

C.   POLICE UPDATE.  Alan Alvarez provided update on increase in solicitors especially during the holiday season with no licenses.  These solicitors are reported to be from out of town and very aggressive.  Please call 619.531.2000 if you encounter issues with this and if they are overly aggressive please call 911.  Mary Coakley reported increase in car thefts in the La Jolla Shores Club-dominions. 

 

 

D.   PUBLIC COMMENT-Mary Coakley thanked LJSA, Audrey Keene, Terry Winn-Kraszewski, Darren Fulhorst, Greg Salmon, LJ Shores Market, Jose Perez and others that were involved for their work on the Christmas Parade and representing La Jolla Shores in the parade.  Others she mentioned were the Rec Council, La Jolla Photo and Imaging for all of their work as well.  

 

E.    Council District 1 Update-Alex Varon is Sherri Lightner’s Council Representative.  Alex provided an update on the Plane Crash tragedy and that Sherri Lightner and Mayor Sanders would be at the special University City meeting to answer questions and provide update date of that meeting_____?.  Alex provided an update that the Fire Pits had been one of the budget cuts by Mayor Sander’s office and that they were in the process of beginning their removal.  The budget cut was approximately $173K.  Izzy Tihanyi mentioned that the LJ Merchants Association has discussed possibly starting and “adopt a fire ring” program.  Alex provided a copy of Mayor Sander’s appointment of Jane Potter, to the La Jolla Shores Planning District Advisory Board.  The Hillel project has been heard twice at City Council and has been postponed to be re-docketed.    

 

K.  COMMITTEES.

1.    Advisory Board- Jim Heaton reported that these meetings are at the Rec Center on the 2nd Tuesday of every month.  Alex Varon will send Jim Heaton the latest list of Board members on this committee as well as the open seats available.  For further information on the local Boards, John Metzger will send the entire list of pertinent La Jolla area Committees to the LJSA Board and a copy to Alex Varon.  Jim Heaton reported that Tim Lucas will start attending these meetings and is willing to be elected to sit on LJ Shores Advisory Board if needed.  At the meeting in December, the Daniels residence and the Children’s School were approved.

2.    TRAFFIC/TRANSPORTATION-no meeting.

3.    PARKS/BEACHES. 

a.    Cliffridge Park bathroom Donor agreement and right of entry permit needs to be approved by City Council.

b.    Torrey Pines Committee-it was brought up that this committee is not in LJ Shores jurisdiction but that some issues overlap and it may be useful for LJSA to have contact with this group.  Major decisions regarding the glider port, park, Torrey Pines golf courses are heard there.

c.    Kellogg Park Playground -approval of the design by the City is scheduled for 12/15/08.  Mary Coakley reported a potential junior lifeguard theme might be a possibility, Wyland has donated the art work for the whale and other ideas include etching story of whale migration, etc on the seat wall.  Mary has written 2 grants for the playground and Map thus far.

d.    Map Project-Mary Coakley reported that they are working on the Fish ID’s replacing signage.

4.    RFP Processes-it was agreed by LJSA that this committee title will be changed to Ocean Recreation.

5.    Business District-new trash/garbage cans are needed- LJ Shores Merchant Association is looking at buying or leasing these.  It was brought up that stop signs should be taller on Avenida de la Playa and night lighting on the street would be very helpful.  LJ Shores Merchant Association next meeting is Monday 1/12/09 at 4PM at Sushi Mori.

6.    Land Use Committee-still need to determine who will sit on this going forward.  Tim Lucas has volunteered.  This will be discussed at next LJSA meeting.

7.    Other Committees that will be discussed at next LJSA meeting are Membership, Fund Raising and Correspondence (including PR, website and newsletter activities.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Meeting adjourned 9:00 pm                                                             Sharon Luscomb, Recording secretary