| Kearny Mesa Planning Group 2003 Meeting's Minutes |
| Minutes of the Regular Meeting January 15, 2003 Executive Committee Members Present: Buzz Gibbs, Brad Black, Kevin Barrie, Richard Vernon, Chris Cohen-Richards, Roz Guthrie, Barbara Ryan, Keith Keeter, Rick Vann, Jim Omsberg, Carl Harry Guests: Kermit Newell, Mark Rowson, Robert J. Basso, Lisa Gonzales, Bill Muser, John Wilhoit, Sherry Godward, Debora Vaness, Bob Haynes, Walt Conwell, Peter Fagrell, Jim Johnson, Troy Burns, Chad Oakley, David Foster, Kathryn Conniff, Steve Horine Buzz Gibbs, Chair, brought the meeting to order at 12:01pm. Minutes of the November meeting were not available to approve. There was no meeting December. Buzz Gibbs then opened the meeting for public comment. None was requested. The Chairman then addressed the mail box items and presented items received during the last month. Highlighted were the following: CPC report, City Council agendas, Infill Housing Report, Housing Committee Report, Airport Reports, Public Facilities Report. Old business included the following: Report that the Sunroad Master Plan was approved in November 2002 and the YMCA approved in January 2003. New Business items included the following: A letter is being sent to property owners and business in the area proposed to be known as �Korea Town� asking for comments. Carl Harry made a presentation on the effect of new local housing on schools with in the area. Area schools have adequate capacity and actual school needs have been less than expected. The Chairman asked the Executive Committee members to think about possible density increases to the Kearny Mesa Master Plan during the coming year. Deborah Vaness, from KB homes, presented a tentative map for 146 multi-level homes with parking below at Sunroad Centrum Buildings to be wood frame construction, stucco, having 4 building types and 4 floor plan types. Application is a process 4, requiring Planning Commission approval. Jim Omsberg made a motion for approval. The motion was seconded and carried 12-0-0. Roz Guthrie and Walk Conwell, representing Jack in the Box, then introduced the new Onnovation Center planned for a portion of the Jack in the Box property in Spectrum for Substantial Conformance Review. This new building is planned to be expansion of their existing headquarters. It will be sited on 4 � acres and house new kitchen and lab facilities plus marketing office space. About 175 people will occupy the 70,000 square foot facility. Walk Conwell then presented the building in detail stating they are on a fast tract with the city building department hoping to start construction in March of 2003. Building will be 35 feet in height, have FAR of .37, be constructed of glass, stone and stucco. The entrance will face North and site will have parking for 265 cars. A shared driveway will provide access to the site and a future expansion for Jack in the Box. A motion was made for approval and carried 9-0-0 with Roz Guthrie absenting. A Tentative Parcel Map was then presented by Bob Basso, owner of the site as Aero Drive and Afton Road. The 2 acres parcel is zoned IP2-1 for industrial and office space. One half of the lot is vacant and was being held for his business�s expansion. That is no longer needed and he wants to split it off as a separate 1 acre lot. A motion was made by Rick Vann and seconded by Jim Omsberg and carried 12-0-0. Next presentation was made by Pete Fagrell of Greystone Homes for a new potential residential project within Spectrum. Site is now zoned IL3-1 and located across from the old Missile Park site. Pete asked the group for support to initiate a Plan Amendment to study this change in use. All costs of the study will be at the expense of Greystone. The project site will need a rezone, tentative map wavier and revisions to both the Spectrum and Kearny Mesa Master Plans. Barbara Ryan made a motion to support their request to initiate a plan amendment. Carl Harry seconded. After a discussion, comments suggested the following issues be addressed: having the whole project master planned, impact on schools, traffic, loss of employment land, impact on adjacent industrial businesses where their business may be incompatible with residential uses. Those comments were added to the motion. The motion carried 9-2-1. The Chairman reported that elections for one half of the Executive Committee are to take place at the March meeting. Members whose terms are expiring are: Brad Black, Chris Cohen-Richards, Buzz Gibbs, Steve Kerch, Keith Keeter, Richard Vernon, Rick Vann and Ruth White. Jim Omsberg will chair a nominating committee. Their being no further business the meeting adjourned at 1:15pm. Chris Cohen-Richards, Acting Secretary |
| Minutes of the Regular Meeting February 19, 2003 Executive Committee Members Present: Brad Black, Ruth White, Jim Omsberg, Richard Vernon, Buzz Gibbs, Alex McGaughran, Jim Johnson, Roz Guthrie, Barbara Ryan, Kevin Barrie Guests Present: Peter Impala, Bryan Kevin, Joe Brikho, Amir (representing Ultramar) , Lisa Gonzales, John Wilhoit, Jackie Ander, Karrie Carlson, Seth Litchney, Donna Ascano, Ernie Anderson Agenda: Storm water pollution prevention Community Issues/Graffiti Team Moving beer and wine license for Nigiya Market Minutes approval, Public Comment, Mailbox Nominating Committee Report Korea Town Beer & Wine/hard liquor for Ultramar Station 4-way stop at Wal-mart and Fry�s and Stone Crest 1) Ernie Anderson, General Services Director at the City of San Diego with Storm water pollution prevention presentation. a) Ernie�s group is responsible for finding out what is causing pollution and taking the appropriate measures to reduce pollution (beach closures, sewer spills, etc). Asks community leaders to talk to people they live and work with. City of San Diego Public Opinion Survey shows that the public�s number one priority is clean bays and beaches. b) They have found that pollution is caused by everybody living here. Specifically, storm drains were engineered and built solely to avoid flooding in urban areas. There was no attention given to water quality- therefore there was no processing of the material that goes into the storm drain. People not paying attention to what goes into the gutters and storm drains is one of the major causes of pollution. Leaves, grass cuttings, oil, and other materials build up in the storm drains and may stay there for months and a lot of bacteria develop. When a rain event occurs, the storm drains get flushed out into the ocean. Sink or sewage water, unlike storm drain water, gets treated in a sewage treatment plant and is then discharged over four miles out into the ocean. Storm drain materials go right to the beach, untreated. So, people need to know that if you don�t want to swim in it, then don�t put it down the storm drain. Nothing should go down the storm drain but rain water. c) He encourages communication and education about pollution. He gave tips to reduce the pollution going into the storm drain (keep car tuned, use mass transit, put pet waste in garbage, sweep yard, etc). Soaps/phosphates and fertilizers that go into the storm drain and will kill life in the lagoons and coastal areas. d) Their goal is to reduce beach postings and closures by 50% by 2004. In the last two years, they have reduced this by 45% so far. e) Someone asked if there was any way to treat it right where it is exiting the storm drain. Can anything be built around those, so that is gets captured before entering the ocean? Ernie responded by explaining that they have developed �low-flow diversion systems� for low-flowsituations � areas that empty directly into Mission Bay and into the ocean. So during regular flow, like over-watering, it does get diverted into the sewers. But as soon as it starts to rain, or you get a significant flow, those diversion systems automatically close. It would be economically impractical, and federal regulations prohibit merging the two systems because of the large volume. If there was a rain event, and the two systems were merged, instead of having flooding, there would be sewage all over the place. f) A question was asked about putting the fossil filter inserts into the storm drain. In response, Ernie explained that if filters are put in, then we need to maintain them and it takes people to do that. Basically, with the State of California�s financial problems, cities and governments look at the things that it takes people to clean. A lot of smaller cities have filters that go into the storm drains. Once those go in, then it takes a workforce to maintain them. Because of economic necessity, this is an expense that the City has not chosen to take. 2) Karrie Karlson representing the Eastern Division made an announcement regarding graffiti team in the community and asked f the group had any community issues. a) She explained that a new team has been set up, consisting of a group of Police Officers whose collateral duty is to work on eradicating graffiti. They are prosecuting graffiti artist. One of the ways is by taking digital pictures of the graffiti. They are not responsible for painting out the graffiti. They document the incidents and place them in a database. They can then track the frequency of the graffiti in a certain area and decipher who wrote it. They can then prosecute them for a felony as opposed to a misdemeanor, by showing a greater number of graffiti incidents performed by a person. So if you see a significant amount of graffiti in a particular area, she asked the group to document it, call the non-emergency number and give them a report. Then have them flag that report so that it goes to the graffiti team. b) It was mentioned that the quick-type burglaries in Kearny Mesa have gone up a lot. Karrie agreed that this is a huge problem. A few people have been arrested, but there are still more out there because it is still happening. A lot of computers and tools are getting stolen from businesses in the area. She encourages businesses with computers to lock windows at night and not to leave tools sitting out. The burglars are cutting through fences. Also, security systems are not always effective for this type of quick-burglary. It takes a while for the police to respond to an alarm call. 3) Peter Impala, representing the little Asian market, Nigiya Market, located on the NW corner of Ostrow and Convoy. They have applied to relocate an existing beer and wine license to another suite in the same shopping complex, since they have doubled their square footage outgrown their existing facility. They are currently waiting for their hearing and essentially want to move their beer and wine license 200 feet north. Motion made to approve it by Jim Omsberg and second the motion by Kevin Berry. The group voted 10-0-0 in favor of the approval. 4) Minutes were approved for November/January 10-0-0 with motion to approve by Jim Omsberg and second by Richard Vernon. 5) Public comment. a) Richard asks council to find out what is holding up the process of putting up entrance signs to Kearny Mesa. b) Twenty trees have been planted in Royal Highlands because of the tree program that he started. Seven more trees will be planted soon. 6) Buzz resented the mailbox. a) There is a presentation from the Eastern Division on the crime over the last year. It mentions that the crash and grab-type incidents have gone up. b) Notice for the Park Side, the request to initiate a plan amendment. He and John went down there to comment on it. The Commissioners didn�t seem to be real favorable of that assessment, but because we asked for it, they did it. c) There is a Managers report on the General Plan Work Program, for exclusionary housing proposed, cities of villages, strategic framework element, general plan, and the action plan. d) The City Managers Budget Forum will be held in Linda Vista, February 20th at 7:00. The city has some real serious budget problems. e) Made more comments regarding the importance of reducing the storm water pollution and how businesses are taking action in this area. 7) Jim Omsberg presented a Nominating Committee report. a) Eight people up for re-election on March 19th, when we meet again. At this time, 7 of the 8 will all participate as candidates for their positions again. He hasn�t heard from Steve Kurch, yet. 8) Korea Town a) Buzz sent out a letter in early January to all 113 property owners in this area around the Korea-town. He got 40 responses back. Thirty either were opposed and two were in favor of renaming the area �Korea Town�. b) A second letter has gone out to the businesses, along with membership applications. New website is �geocities.com� and go to kearnymesaplanninggroup. 9) Ultramar Service Station amendment to the Conditional Use Permit a) Amir, representing Ultramar Service Station, located on Kearny Villa Road, between Fillippi�s and the Butcher Shop restaurants and the 163 freeway, spoke to the group about a request for an amendment to the Conditional Use Permit (C.U.P.) which would allow the sale of hard liquor. The city paperwork says that the amendment is for beer and wine sales, but Amir explained that they are already licensed to sell beer and wine. The amendment he is currently requesting would allow the sale of hard liquor. b) Hours of operation are 6:00am to 12:00am. c) Amir said that it is not uncommon for service stations to sell hard liquor�currently twenty stations sell hard liquor. He feels that it would be an added convenience for the customer. d) Motion to approve beer and wine sales at the existing service station by Jim Johnson, with a second by Richard Vernon, because that is what the city paperwork describes. Vote was 10-0-0 to allow beer and wine sales. (Note, that Ultramar rep says that this permit already exists). e) The group needs to get clarification from the city regarding an amendment to sell hard-liquor before voting on it. 10) We have a request from the Traffic Department for a 4-way stop at Stone Crest and the driveways of Walmart and Frys. There have been 12 accidents this year. Group voted on if they should support that request 8-1-0. |
| Minutes of the Annual Meeting March 16, 2003 Executive Committee Members Present: Buzz Gibbs, Brad Black, Richard Vernon, Chris Cohen-Richards, Roz Guthrie, Barbara Ryan, Keith Keeter, Rich Vann, Jim Omsberg, Carl Harry, Steve Kerch, Jack Ritchie, Glen Best, Barbara Ryan, Jim Johnson Guests: Jon Horing, John Hadaya, Jerry Murdock, Alice Chung, Sun Ja Cho, Lisa Gonzales, John Wilhoit, Jounch H. Oh, Jung Sun, Soon G. Rho, Jae Kim, Kyoung Ahn, San Ker Chun, Sung H. Jang, Eun H Yoo, Lee Ann Kim, Kw Angse Cho, Michael Reilly, Jung Kil Lee, Phoung Jo Moon, Suk Che Han, Mike Kwak, Jay Kmi, Sea-Hwan Oh, Stephen Kim, Ruth White Chairman Buzz Gibbs brought the meeting to order at 12:03pm. Minutes for the February meeting were not available to approve. He then addressed the Executive Group Members asking them to introduce themselves to the audience. The Chairman then addressed the audience, asking for public comment. None was made. The Chairman then presented mail and other items received during the last month. Highlighted were the following: SANDAG I-805/ I-5 Transportation Improvement Committee is asking for volunteer from Kearny Mesa, new project is a requested street vacation for the 5600 block of Kearny Mesa Road, CPC meeting minutes, Councilperson Donna Fry�s newsletter, new guidelines for �Grannie Flats�, Balboa Business Park Condominium project hearing notice, a traffic engineering update of projects in the Kearny Mesa area and a Montgomery Field Master Plan update environmental review has been provided for our comments, to Richard Vernon for comments. Old business items included the following: the land use committee will to meet April 8th regarding increasing the FAR for some of the Kearny Mesa Areas. Jack Ritchie updated the group on the community entry sign location at 805 and Clairemont Mesa Blvd. It needs an encroachment removal agreement (ERA) filed with City of San Diego and CALTRANS is having an issue with the location. The Chairman introduced the first project for actions, the Korea Town Neighborhood Identification Request. He explained that neighborhood identification is done by the city council but requests must come form the recognized area planning group. This is why we have been requested to act on this request. He described the survey that the group had done with property owners and businesses in the subject areas from Balboa Ave. to Vickers St. on Convoy St. and one block west to Ruffner and east to Brinnell St. The Chairman distributed comments received back from the surveys mailed to 111 property owners in that area. Of the 45 received back from the property owners 43 were opposed to the idea, 2 in favor. The Chairman introduced Young Lim, President of the Korean American Association, the applicant. Mr. Lim explained that the area identification would include signs on Convoy St. that would mount on top of existing street signs and be similarly sized. Mr. Lim then presented a survey of 90 business owners in support of the proposal. A large audience from the Korean community and businesses in that area were in attendance. Many spoke in favor. More were in attendance than signed the meeting attendance form. A motion to designate that portion of Kearny Mesa �Korea Town� was made by Jack Ritchie and seconded by Rick Vann. During the discussion of the motion, the executive committee members commented that they felt they needed to uphold the comments received back from the survey. Others commented that Convoy St. could become a diverse area of different ethnic groups. The motion was failed 3-7-1. No second motion was made so the issue was defeated. A second project was substantial conformance review for two signs at the previously recommended Spectrum Retail Center at the intersection of Clairemont Mesa Blvd. And Oberline Dr. The SCR is to allow two free standing signs in the setback area. The Oberline Dr. sign allowed location is impacted by a power line easement so their request is to allow the sign more forward, into the street setback. The Clairemont Mesa Blvd. Sign is requested more forward to allow for the Jack in the Box drive through lane clearance. A motion was made and second for approval as submitted. The motion was failed 4-6-1. A new motion was made and seconded for the sign on Oberline to be as presented and the sign on Clairemont Mesa Blvd. To be moved out of the setback as much as possible, about 12�-0� from the property line. The applicant agreed to move the sign subject to Jack in the Box approval of the clearance from the drive thru land. The motion passed 10-0-1. Elections to the Executive Committee where then held. Each year � of the Executive Committee, eight members are elected to a two year term. The Executive Committee officially represents the group and is votes for officers and all items before the group. The nominees were Brad Black, Chris Cohen-Richards, Buzz Gibbs, Steve Kerch, Keith Keeter, Rick Vann, Richard Vernon and Ruth White. One nominee, Pat Brault asked to be removed from the ballot. Ballots were distributed, members voted, and all were elected to a two year term beginning immediately. The Chairman then called for the election of Officers for the coming year. Buzz Gibbs was nominated as Chair, Jack Ritchie as Vice Chair and Alex McGaughran as Secretary/Treasurer. Upon a motion made, seconded and unanimously approved the slate of nominees was elected. There being no further business the meeting adjourned at 1:15pm. |
| Minutes of the Regular Meeting April 16, 2003 Executive Committee Members Present: Brad Black, Ruth White, Jim Omsberg, Richard Vernon, Kevin Barrie, Alex McGaughran, Buzz Gibbs, Jack Ritchie, Barbara Ryan, Chris Cohen-Richards, Carl Harry Guests present: Mike Reilly, Lisa Gonzalez, Bill Rodewald, Louie Acuna, Bob Bruckart, Kevin Esho, Seth Litchney, Hal Brewer The meeting was opened by Chair Buzz Gibbs at 12:00. Mail Box: CPC minutes mostly on housing issues. COMPACT minutes, Council Agendas, Letter of decision on SCR of Spectrum Retail Center allowed signs in setback with Clairemont Mesa sign moved. Jack in the Box SCR for Innovation Center approved. Balboa Ave tentative parcel map hearing today. Buzz mentioned that at a CPC meeting one person who works on Balboa Ave brought up a complaint that there are no sidewalks or bike lanes on Balboa. 1. Buzz provided an opportunity for any public comment on any issue not on the agenda. There was none. 2. Buzz then presented the first project for action, a CUP amendment for general liquor sales at an existing Ultra Mar gas station. He introduced Hal Brewer, a consultant representing Ultra Mar. Hal described his back-round in liquor licensing. He explained about getting a general license, type 21, allowing hard liquor sales. He passed out a liquor license study/map showing the issued licenses in the area. The mini marts, in order to compete with the supermarkets, are upgrading to general licenses to have more product lines. This mini mart has an existing type 20 license, allowing beer and wine sales, and has had no violations. He reported that the liquor stored for sale will be behind the counter and is a small percentage of the total mini mart inventory. He reported a low percentage of drunk drivers get their liquor from mini marts. They are not increasing the license count in the area. They are canceling the �type 20� beer and wine license upon issuance of the �type 21� general license. A motion to approve CUP amendment as it was presented was made by Carl Harry and second by Jack Ritchie. The vote was 5-6-1. A comment was made why the chair did not vote. Buzz explained that he normally does not vote on items, except for ties. He has been following other groups similar policies. 3. The next project for action was a street vacation request on Kearny Mesa Road. Louie Acuna and Bob Bruckart from Snipes Dye Assoc., representing Harsch Properties, spoke regarding this street vacation of an unused right-of-way portion of Kearny Mesa Road. The proposed vacation is the frontage of an industrial park at 5600 block. The vacation will allow for an increase in the number of parking spaces, no additional buildings are expected. The City�s Real Estate Assets department will set a price for the vacated property. The increase of parking is desired by the property owners. A motion to approve was made by Brad Black and second by Barbara Ryan. The vote was 11-0-1. 4. Chris Cohen-Richards, representing Hickman Field, gave an update on the parking agreement with the City of San Diego for Hickman Field. Chris mentioned that there was a meeting last month with Parks and Rec and the City Attorney. City Council still needs to approve the parking agreement. Once approved, the parking lease will be incorporated into the 25 year lease with the City for Hickman Field. A review meeting is scheduled for later this month. The group had previously authorized Kearny Mesa enhancement fund to be used to match a grant from the County for improvements to Hickman Field. The group would like to see a preliminary budget from Chris showing the cost of the Athletic Center building. 5. Minutes for the February meeting were distributed and reviewed. Motion to approve by Barbara Ryan. The vote was unanimous. 6. The chair discussed the Floor Area Ratio (F.A.R.) increase proposal for some industrial zones. Architect John Turpit has been advocating an increase to allow for redevelopment in Kearny Mesa. A draft letter was discussed. Carl Harry moved that the group authorize Buzz to submit the letter to the City of San Diego with the recommended changed. Jack second. Vote was 8-0-0. 7. Jack Ritchie discussed the community entry sign. There is still not much response from CALTRANS. He recommends that we go back to the City and propose moving the location to the east, away from the CALTRANS portion of a median on Clairemont Mesa Blvd. It will have to be re-permitted for this different location. He also announced that this would be his last KMPG meeting and thanked the group for the opportunity to serve. The chair thanked Jack for his effort on behalf of the group these past years. 8. The meeting adjourned. |
| Minutes of the Regular Meeting May 21st 2003 Executive Committee Members Present: Kevin Barrie, Brad Black, Buzz Gibbs, Roz Guthrie, Carl Harry, Jim Johnson, Steve Kerch, Alex McGaughran, Jim Omsberg, Barbara Ryan, Richard Vernon, Ruth White (Richard Vernon Proxy), Chris Cohen-Richards (Jim Omsberg Proxy) Guests Present: Rick Davy, Jennifer Robinson, Jamel Cherif, Robert Zolezzi, Jeff Williams, Melinda Williams-Tomes, Steve Bonker, John Wilhoit, Lisa Gonzales, Dr. Mike Reilly, Jackie Ander Chairman Buzz Gibbs started the meeting at 12:00 with the following agenda: Approval of April minutes: Motion to approve 13-0-0 Public Comment: Richard Vernon updated the group on the tree planting project. He also presented to the group the results of a meeting with representatives from the Montgomery Field Airport concerning its master plan update. They came to no resolution and now the residents will take it a step further. Jack Ritchie announced that he will be leaving the group and introduced Jeff Williams as his replacement. The committee thanks Jack Ritchie for his contributions to the community planning group. Kevin Barrie announced that he would be leaving the group and introduced Steve Bonker as his replacement. The committee thanks Kevin Barrie for his contributions to the community planning group. Mail Box: Buzz passed around the mail box for the group to review. Conditional use permit variance: Children�s creative and performing arts academy presented a proposed building. After some discussion by the group a motion was made by Jim Johnson to approve and seconded by Steve Kerch. Approved 13-0-0 |
| Minutes of the Regular Meeting June 18, 2003 Members Present: Carl Harry, Chris Cohan-Richards, Richard Vernon, Jim Johnson, Roz Guthrie, Keith Keeter, Barbara Ryan, Alex McGaughran, Buzz Gibbs, Jim Omsberg, Steve Kerch Guest Present: Lisa Gonzalez, Seth Litehney, Robert Zolezzi Chairman Buzz Gibbs started the meeting at 12:00 with the following agenda: Approval of May meeting minutes: Motion to approve Vote / 9-0-2 Public Comment: There was no public comment. Old Business: Kearny Mesa Sign update Buzz has signed the permit to install the sign on Clairemont Mesa Blvd. just east of Shawline in the median. Final cost for the sign graphics work and permits to date is in excessive of $40,000 New Business: The group was asked for a volunteer to serve on an Open Space Canyon committee. No one was interested. Executive board members Kevin Berrie and Jack Ritchie have resigned. The group voted to fill the vacancies with Jeff Williams for Jack Ritchie and Steve Bonker for Kevin Barrie. Motion was made to approve by Barbara Ryan and seconded by Keith Keeter. Approved 11-0-0 Street Closure: Kathy Loper presented to the group about putting on a 10K run. The run would be on the 52 eastbound freeway. The run would be on Sunday morning starting at 7:00am and ending at 10:30am. Motion was made to approve by Jim Johnson and seconded by Barbara Ryan. Approved 10-1-0 Hickman Field Update: Chris Cohan-Richards gave the group an update on the Hickman Field construction. |
| Minutes of Regular Meeting Minutes August 20, 2003 Executive Board members present: Alex McGaughran Chris Cohen-Richards Carl Harry Keith Keeter Rick Vann Brad Black, Barbara Ryan, Jeff Williams, Buzz Gibbs, Jim Omsberg Visitors Present: Dr. Mike Reilly James Cummings, Jackie Ander, Seth Litchney, Lisa Gonzalez, Joy Hagen, John Patterson, Pete Fagrell, Sherry Godward, Patrick McMillin Chairperson Buzz Gibbs started the meeting at 12:00 and asked for public comment. 1. No public comment Mail Box: 1. Miramar Housing Development EIS for the first 1600 houses. 2. Compact minutes from SANDAG Old Business: 1. Hickman Field. Four people from the group met to see what they could do to support Hickman field and see how it could fit in with City Parks and Recreation. The sub-group will be preparing a formal report to present to the committee. Review of minutes from the July meeting. Motion to approve. Approved 10-0-0 New Business: 1. Site Development Plan for A-Way Motors: A-Way motors site development permit for sensitive lands at the corner of Murphy Canyon road and Clairemont Mesa Blvd. Jim Cummings presented the plans for a two-story building designed for automotive repair. The building would be built next to the canyon and a steep hillside. A motion was made to approve with the following comments. a. City Traffic Engineer to look at driveway access with respect to stacking on Clairemont Mesa Blvd. for southbound left turns into site b. Address the parking requirements c. All signage to be placed on the building or a low monument sign at the driveway entrance. d. Geotech report for Settlement and Sewer e. Vehicles that are stored for repair must be stored inside the garage out of public view. f. Group like the appearance of proposed building as an innovative use of site. g. The dissenting member commented that automotive repair use is not appropriate for this gateway site or consistent with adjacent uses Approved 9-1-0 2. Greystone Homes: Introduction of Community Plan Amendment, planned development permits rezone and map waiver for 190 condominiums on 6.4 acres in San Diego Spectrum. Currently has IL-3-1 zoning and they would like a CC-1-3. Pete Fagrell presented the project to the group and included some of the concerns voiced from the City Counsel office. Member comments included a) integration of residential into area, b) access to shopping/food, c) parks and open space, d) schools, e) design and setback consistent with adjacent sites, f) parking requirement This was information for the group and no vote was needed at this time. 3. Angled Parking Proposal for Kearny Mesa Road: The car dealers would like to install angled parking. The group reviewed this request and motion was made to approve with the following comments. a. Recommend a study of new curb lines to narrow down the existing street to slow traffic and open space for angle parking b. Ask the car dealers to install low landscaping on west side of street c. Dealers to install curbs pop-outs at intersections with landscaping d. Additional stripping on southbound lane to slow traffic and allow for back up area outside of traffic lane e. Upgrade the entrance median at Clairemont Mesa Blvd. Approved 10-0-0 4. Existing Community Conditions survey report: Buzz reported on the update to the existing maps of the community. Steve Kerch, Chris Cohen- Richards, buzz Gibbs and Keith Keeter have completed the survey and shared the changes with the group. These plans will be turned into John Wilhoit of the City Planning group to update the community plan. Chairperson Buzz Gibbs adjourned the meeting at 1:00pm. Alex McGaughran, Secretary |
| Minutes of Regular Meeting November 20, 2003 Executive Committee Members Present: Brad Black, Kevin Barrie, Jim Omsberg, Jim Johnson, Alex McGaughran, Barbara Ryan, Chris Cohen-Richards, Richard Vernon Proxies to Jim Omsberg by Buzz Gibbs and Roz Guthrie Guests: Ascaro, Gene Cipparone, Jean Colders, Tom Francini, Lisa Gonzales, John Turpit, Jean Walcher, John Wilhoit, Steve Woods Brad Black, Secretary, opened the meeting at 12:00 and acted as chair for Buzz Gibbs who was not able to attend. October Meeting minutes approve as presented. Mailbox Items: Montgomery Field Master Plan update letter form Planning Department on project issues, Clairemont planning committee requesting support to remove Planning Department from Manager control to City Council, Sunroad Centrum Manager�s Report, Manager�s Report on open space and EIR for Murphy Canyon drainage cleaning. Brad reported the Executive Committee Member and past Chair Glen Best has resigned as he has left the Kearny Mesa area and no longer qualifies for membership. Upon a motion made and seconded, Carl Harry was elected to fill the remaining term of Glen Best on the Executive Committee by a vote of 10-0-0. Gene Cipparone, representing Western Devcon, Inc., owners of parcel U-4 in the Allred/Collins Business and Industrial Park West, presented the application to amend the PID 92-0301 to increase the allowable square footage of Parcel U-4 from 7,000sf to 18,000sf. The areas adjacent to this parcel have been developed in a lower intensity than as approved and the applicant wants to allow the �transfer� of unused ADT�s to this parcel. After discussions including the requirement of sufficient parking, upgrading landscaping and in the spirit of increasing the density of Kearny Mesa were applicable, the group votes 11-0-0 to recommend approval of this PID amendment. It was noted that the City�s initial review had not been received at the time of this meeting. So this recommendation is conditioned on there being no additional issues brought forward in the City assessment letter that are not satisfied by the applicant. Steve Woods presented a Tentative Parcel Map Waiver Application to split an existing five building project on Balboa Ave. into three separate lots. Two lots would be single tenant occupied and the third lot would have three condominium buildings. The project site is 8975 to 9145 Balboa Ave. After discussion, with comments about the Balboa Ave. center median�s condition, the group voted 9-0-2 to recommend approval of the Tentative Parcel Map Waiver. Tom Francini, representing Stu Segal Productions, presented the Studio Diner, a new restaurant being constructed on the Stu Segal Production sound stage property. This was information only project as no discretionary action is required. After the presentation and comments from members, the group voted 9-0-2 in favor of the Studio Diner Project. John Turpit presented a concept for increasing the density in most areas of Kearny Mesa, except the mostly retail areas to get better utilization of scarce land. There were comments from members. It suggests that this be a topic for future land use committee meetings. There being no further business the meeting adjourned. Alex McGaughran, Acting Secretary. |
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Minutes of the Regular Meeting 7/16/2003
Executive Board members present: Alex Mcgaughran Chris Cohan-Richards Carl Harry Keith Keeter Richard Vernon Roz Guthrie Barbara Ryan Steve Kerch Buzz Gibbs Visitors Present: Mitchell Berner Kim Peterson Jackie Ander Mike Strode Geana Ovalle Gene Lyons John Wilhoit Dr. Mike Reilly Robert Zolezzi Lisa Gonzalez Chair Buzz Gibbs started the meeting at 12:00 and asked for public comment. 1. Richard Vernon commented on the tree-planted project and informed the group that within the next two weeks, 25 more new magnolia trees would be planted. 2. A comment was made about a new building going up by the Banner Mattress and Target and why was this not brought to the group before construction began. Buzz informed the group that they would only see the project if it had some discretionary action, a C.U.P or was part of the Master Plan Buzz presented the Mail Box: 1. Community Orientation Workshop (COW) was held on 7/12/2003 and Carl Harry from the group attended. 2. Gail Goldberg�s reply about increasing the F.A.R. for Kearny Mesa. Gail�s response was favorable and said that we should get a high priority on this issue. 3. Miramar will be building 1600 new houses located just north of the 52 freeway at Santo Rd. 4. C.P.C. minutes. 5. San Diego Housing Trust Fund and Land Development Code. Buzz then asked the group if they had reviewed the minutes from the June meeting and called for a vote to approve. Approved 9-0-0. Old Business: 1. Permit for Kearny Mesa entry sign. Permit for sign was approved but location was not and it will require additional permit fee. Buzz Gibbs is working to resolve this issue. New Business: 1. Street Vacation Request�Old Murphy Canyon Road. Kim Peterson presented to the group a proposed project to build a 7200 sq. ft. building across from the Vons and Wal-mart center, more commonly known as the Stone Crest Plaza development center. Kim explained that a new intersection would be created and a road leading to the new building. This building will be the future site for Banner Mattress and traffic would not be an impact to the area. Motion was made to approve. Approved 7-1-1. 2. Stadium Gold C.U.P. Amendment. Mitch Berner presented to the group asking for an extension to the current C.U.P. for an additional 21 years to match the timeline of the existing lease (50 years). Motion to approve. Approved 8-0-1. 3. Hickman Field update. Hickman Field was a private field for public use and now it is a public facility and should get Parks and Recreation funding. Chris presented to the group that they were waiting a date when they could go in front of City Council. He also said that the Little League was in process of moving the batting cages and SDG&E was relocating the electrical lines to make way for the new building. When completed Hickman Field will have a full sized gymnasium with an Olympic size basketball court. Buzz asked for two volunteers to help put together a full report on Hickman Field project to present to the group. Keith Keeter, Steve Kerch, and Buzz Gibbs all volunteered to work on this. 4. Existing Conditions Report. John Wilhol presented 6 maps to the group for updating. The 6 maps included Public and private School, Parks and Open Space, Streets and Traffic Control, Bike Routes and Transit Routes. John asks that these maps be reviewed and updated within one month and that once they are finalized he would present the group with an up-to-date map. 5. Buzz presented the group an E.I.R. for Canyon Sewer Cleaning. Canyons are considered sensitive land area and the city has adopted a new procedure for cleaning the sewers in these areas. |
| Minutes of regularly scheduled meeting
on 09-17-03 Executive Board Members present: Alex McGaughran Jim Omsberg Rick Vann Carl Harry Keith Keeter Roz Guthrie Rivhard Vernon Buzz Gibbs Steve Kerch Visitors Present: Terry Price Bong Lee Jackie Ander Brian Longmore Lisa Gonzalez Mark Stevens Stephan Kerch Dan Stolebarger Pete Fagrell Brian Drache Gary London Jon Hilhoit Ann Gomez Chairperson Buzz Gibbs started the meeting at 12:00 and asked for public comment. 1. No public comment. Mail Box: 1. CpC. Minutes 2. Land Development code amendments 3. Kearny Mesa traffic engineering 4. Sandag Old Business: 1. ultra Mar gas station CUP scheduled for hearing 2. Review of minutes from the August meeting. Motion to approve. Approved 8-0-1. New Business: 1. Jin Kim represented Hanibut Church and presented for a CUP of a 3770 s.f. church in an existing building at Cardin and Ruffin Road. The use would be office and worship area with hours of operations to be Monday through Thurday 6pm to 11pm and on Saturday and Sunday 8am to 11pm. A motion was made to approve with recommendations that landscaping requirements be reviewed. Approved 9-0-0. 2. San Diego Christian worship church CUP amendment to add 4,482 s.f. of space at 9512 Ridgehaven Court. Brian Longmore presented to the group the church�s desire to add a new building to their existing site. Parking was the only objection and Brian explained that they will be using an additional 135 parking spaces that is located directly across the street and is owned by the same owner as the building that they are leasing. The parking use was incorporated in the lease for the building. Hours ofoperation would be Monday through Friday 8am to 5pm with a youth group on Friday from 7pm to 10:30 pm Saturday and Sunday 8am to 11pm. Motion was made to approve with recommendation to extend the CUP to coincide with the lease of the building for 10 years and that it would not be transferable to a different congregation. Approved 9-0-0. 3. The Rock Church � CUP to allow a 22,160 s.f. in an existing 43,800 s.f. single story building on Ruffin Road South. Dan Stolebarger presented to the group about the project. The current number of parking spaces available is 650 and the use their max 600 spaces. The sanctuary seats 1000 people. The majority of the project is interior T.I. Motion was made to approve. Approved 9-0-0. 4. Patrick McMillan from Greystone presented a Plan amendment to the planned development permit rezone and map waiver. The change is use would be form commercial or residential to allow for |