Scripps Miramar Ranch Planning Group
http://www.scrippsranchplanning.blogspot.comMEETING MINUTES
Thursday, Oct 3, 2013 at 7:00 p.m.
Scripps Ranch Community Library - Community Room
10301 Scripps Lake Drive, San Diego, CA 92131
I. Welcome!
A. Call to order: 7:02pm
Roll Call : Scott Hilberg, Marc Sorensen, Tamar Silverstein, John Lowe, Gwen Bandt, Bob Ilko, Wally Wulfeck, Elizabeth Hansen, Gordon Boerner, Dan Buell, Julie Ellis, , Todd Phillips, Stan Williams, Marvin Miles, Mike Asaro, John Lyons, Karen Ringel, Paul Vaughan,
B. Absent: Bob Petering,
C. Modifications to Agenda: Will move things around on the agenda.
II. Non-Agenda Public Comment (2 min. each) Bob Ilko informed us of the full time work that was done on the Special Edition of the SRCA newsletter. The evacuation plan booklet is included inside the newsletter and contains a map that’s color coded for evacuations. There will be a Morning of Community Service 9am-12pm this month, to distribute materials for fire prevention. Also on 27 October there will be a Community Lunch $8.00 per person at the SR Recreation Center to commemorate the Cedar Fire and celebrate our success in the recovery.
III. Announcements
A. Assemblymember Brian Maienschein – 77th District
Brian thanked the community for providing 3 interns to his office from the ranch.
Shared plans Commemorating 10th year anniversary of the Cedar Fire.
Of the 80 members of the State Assembly 42 members are new due to term limits changed and open primaries. The freshman class is working together, drafted 6 bills thus far: AB465 background checks for youth sports coaches ; community notification of criminals being released back into the community, bipartisan to help foster children who transfer from school to school to have State of California requirements instead of school district to school district requirements, Brian is available to us and his office in the ranch is open, so contact him.
B. Councilmember Mark Kersey (T. Vinson) Not present
C. Supervisor Dave Roberts (E. Bollinger) Not present
D. Congressman Scott Peters (S. Benton) Not present
Miramar Ranch North Planning Committee (Lorayne Burley) Item Moved to IV position on agenda: Similar announcements as our planning group: MRNP voted 12-0 for traffic improvements, including an access bridge for bikes, letter of intent from Whole Foods, and the Apple Store.
E. MCAS Miramar Update (J. Lias)
The Miramar Air Show has been canceled for this weekend.
F. CalTrans Update (G. Fong) Not present
IV. Information Reports, Presentations & Discussion
A. National University School of Health and Human Services (Robin Munro Madaffer, San Diego Land Lawyers) Not present
B. Carroll Canyon Commercial Center (C. Sudberry, Sudberry Properties)
An overflow crowd packed the meeting room to participate in the SRPG community first hearing on this project during the Draft EIR public comment period. On 21October public comments are due into the city on the Draft EIR. Go to SRCA website to read the (800page document). The project is proposing 827K sq.ft. retail space, with a traffic generation rate of 8400 ADT, including a 120K sq.ft. elevated building. The street is approximately 68ft cross section on Carroll Canyon Road, explained city standard sized lanes, proposal to install signalize access to the project, the street is zoned a prime arterial roadway meaning signal light and raised median, distance from freeway exit to left turn lane is approximately 250-300ft. Stacking capacity is about 40 cars. Explained the Level of Service A-F: A-minimum delay to F-excessive delay. A grade up to grade D is acceptable level of service to the city. After the project the grade of the road will be at an acceptable level, even at grades C and D, only grades E and F require mitigation due to being an unacceptable level of service. Currently the road is at an unacceptable level of service, but with the upgrades of this proposed project to the road, the grade of the road will be at an acceptable level. The city traffic engineering stated the other roads in Scripps Ranch are not impacted by this project and therefore, the requested streets were not studied, only Carroll Canyon Road. An observation was made that over the years, bike lanes have been widened and the car lanes have shrunk to become narrower. Request to create a blown up picture of the improvements to the street as mentioned in the Draft EIR, including all of the items discussed and included in project. Carroll Canyon will continue to be 4-lanes with a median. What is the occupancy rate of the business park next to this project? Approximately the office space occupancy rate may be around 70%. The accumulative impact at 3 intersections on Carroll Canyon Road (CCR) is unacceptable to the city and therefore must be mitigated; contributions to the intersections is one way historically this has been addressed. Improvements are added/proposed after the traffic study has been completed. Some day, in the future, CCR will become a six lane road if future projects materialize. This project is asking for a zoning change, once it’s changed to retail, any retailer may come into this property.
C. Parking issue on Scripps Lake Dr.
By the high school a truck parks nearby, neighbor is asking for the red line to be extended to prevent the truck from parking. This is a parking enforcement issue. The problem is it’s on a curb. SRPG will investigate matter.
D. Status Report on Mira Mesa Boulevard Median and Hibert Signal (John Leppert)
Construction on MMB will begin to install a permanent raised median and a left turn pocket and a traffic signal. Posted signs will read No U turn during peak hours 6-9am and 4-6pm. All of the work will be done at night time. Construction will take 4-6 months to complete the project.
E. Spring Canyon Reservoir Scope Work-Bob Ilko
On the 16October there will be a hearing on installing a pipe to save the hillside from the water run-off.
F. Chairperson's Report (W. Wulfeck) postpone
V. Action Items
A. “Top Three Issues” Postpone
B. Schedule for Special Meeting on Carroll Canyon Draft EIR.
C. Motion/2nd: Sorensen/Miles: PASSED
17-0-0
Motion: Advise Adhoc committee to write the letter to the city.
Discussioin: SRPG will conduct an Adhoc Committee meeting. Vons corporate office knows about the project via B.Ilko. SRCA will conduct a survey about this project and the SRCA newsletter will have the issue on the cover. A meeting notice will go out via email for the Adhoc committee meeting.
VI. Approval of Minutes
A. Sept. 5, 2013 Minutes
Motion/2nd: Sorensen/ Vaughan
15-0-2 PASSED
Corrections: None noted
VII. Committee Reports
A. SR LMD-MAD (M. Sorensen) – No update given
B. MCAS Miramar (J. Lyons) – No update given
C. Ad Hoc Committee on Carroll Canyon Commercial Center See above.
VIII. Adjournment: 9:26pm
