Scripps Miramar Ranch Planning Group
MEETING MINUTES
Thursday, March 6, 2014 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: 7:04pm
Roll Call: Tamar Silverstein, John Lowe, Bob Ilko, Wally Wulfeck, Stan Williams, John Lyons, Marc Sorensen, Bob Petering, Dan Buell, Julie Ellis, Paul Vaughan, Marvin Miles, Gordon Boerner, Scot Hilberg
B. Absent: Elizabeth Hansen, Mike Asaro, Karen Ringel, Todd Phillips, Gwen Bandt,
C. Modifications to Agenda: Election of Officers to take place next month.
D. Approval of Minutes: February 6, 2013
Motion/2nd: Sorensen/Ilko 11-0-0 Pass
II. Non-Agenda Public Comment: Dr. Fred Simon Running for 52nd District U.S. Congress
III. Announcements
A. Councilmember Mark Kersey (T. Vinson) Not present, sent report
1. Kevin Faulconer has been sworn in as Mayor as well as Scripps Ranch resident Shelley Zimmerman as the San Diego Police Department Chief. Councilman Kersey is looking forward to working with both Mayor Faulconer and Chief Zimmerman on infrastructure and public safety.
2. The Councilmember voted against the Marijuana Storefront Ordinance, citing the concerns regarding proper code enforcement and police funding raised by the Community Planning Committee, as well as the larger difficulties of enforcing and regulating a substance that is still considered illegal by the federal government.
3. The Councilmember voted to approve the mid-year budget, which includes an additional $2 million for a one-year pilot program which puts cameras on cops. Patrol officers will wear small cameras that continuously stream video to a secure data bank. This type of technology has been used in other departments throughout the country, and has shown to decrease complaints against the department, as well as help officers use evidence in court.
4. The City Council also unanimously decided to rescind the Workforce Housing Offset Fee (aka Linkage Fee, Jobs Tax). This is partly due to the great effort the Councilmember and the community undertook during the recent referendum to put the Linkage Fee to a public vote.
5. Please remember to turn off your automated irrigation systems – a good downpour can keep plants well fed for about a week. If there are any trees that have fallen onto public property, please call our office and let us know.
6. And last but not lease, the Councilmember will be hosting a Water Wise Workshop in the District on March 20, 6:00-7:00pm at Mt. Carmel High School. Please RSVP to 619-236-6655 to attend.
B. Supervisor Dave Roberts (E. Bollinger) Not present
C. Assemblymember Brian Maienschein – 77th District (R. Knudsen) special guest from the community of Scripps Ranch. Andrew Erickson who is a senior at Scripps Ranch High School and ASB President and is an intern in Assemblymember Maienschein's office
i. Six pieces of legislation have been submitted.
ii. Two Programs upcoming one on 21Mar14 @10am, to Scripps Ranch High School to raise awareness of Drunk Driving. Save a life foundation to raise awareness of Sudden Cardiac Arrest, 27April14 prescreening for at risk teens.
D. Congressman Scott Peters (S. Benton) Not present
E. Miramar Ranch North Planning Committee (Lorayne Burley)
Reviewed agenda items from last meeting, held elections, Council Policy update discussion and vote, Ad hoc subcommittee meeting held, will go dark in April 2014, next meeting scheduled for May 2014.MRNPG is on a schedule where they will hold eight meetings per year, not once per month.
F. CalTrans Update : Not present
G. Liaison for MCAS- increasing operations during the next couple of weeks, gearing up for deployment. Email was sent out to SRPG members and to the community concerning the increase in activity this month.
IV. Information Reports, Presentations & Discussion
A. Chairperson's Report (W. Wulfeck)
CPC meeting review: Planning Dept is now separate from Development Services, Marijuana Ordinance limits sites (4 per council district and 1000 ft away from certain sites like homes, schools, churches, etc.).
V. Action Items
A. ATT Wireless Telecommunications - Sycamore Estates (M. Chee, D. Munson, MM Telecom Inc.)
Proposal to install 2 antennae disguised as trees onto the water property.
Motion to approve/2nd: Ilko/Sorensen 14-0-0 PASS
B. Review of Council Policy 600-24
Include expansion of comments/voting on anything in San Diego General Plan and Community Plans, no longer just comment/voting on Land Use and zoning issues.
i. Request to review the Excused and Unexcused Absences to encourage volunteerism
ii. Change number of absences to prevent expulsion of members
iii. No fewer than 12 and no more than 20 Planning Group members
Motion/2nd: Williams/Sorensen to recommend approval of revision of CP 600-24, 14-0-0 PASS
C. Election of Members, introduction of the three new candidates on ballot. New members must attend COW workshop online or at a meeting. Our two term limited members, J.Ellis and T.Silverstein were re-elected, along with three new members: Gary Harrison, Emma Lefkowitz, Sandra Wetzel-Smith, and incumbents Gwendolyn Bandt, Scott Hilberg, Stan Williams and Wallace Wulfeck. Bob Petering volunteered to sit out one year, and if needed will be available to return as soon as any vacancies arise due to his this being his third term limited round (3 terms of eight years). Two other members, Elizabeth Hansen and Mike Asaro, are also leaving the Group this year. Thank you Bob, Elizabeth and Mike for all of your hard work and commitment to Scripps Ranch.
D. Election of Officers ( Postponed until next month)
E. Appointment of Subcommittee for review of DEIR on Nob Hill Pipeline Improvements.Responses are due 4April14 from both Planning Groups. Need an Ad hoc subcommittee to look at it. T.Phillips volunteered to be on the subcommittee as a representative of Nob Hill. Ilko and Wulfeck will be on the Adhoc subcommittee also.
VI. Committee Reports
A. SR LMD-MAD (M. Sorensen) – Update
i. Need to keep certain amount of funding in the program ($160K), so how will we keep the funding and complete the projects that are needed? Which projects will go forward and which will be on hold? Looking at projects by zones and target the increase to zones. Need to start educating the community on the need to increase the MAD fees/contributions from property owners.
ii. Several trees were lost during the last storm
B. MCAS Miramar (J. Lyons) – Computers were down so no data to be shared at this time.
C. Ad Hoc Committee on Carroll Canyon Commercial Center (Wulfeck) -- Update. Nothing is happening until the final EIR comes out, now scheduled for late April 2014. Developers would like to meet with any new SRPG members and public to answer questions about the project. The Ad Hoc Subcommittee will schedule a public meeting.
VII. Adjournment: 815 pm Motion/2nd: Petering/Sorensen to Adjourn: 14-0-0 Pass
