The Port of San Diego held two public workshops in May to hear ideas from San Diegans about how to best renovate Seaport Village and make use of the Old Police Headquarters, which has been vacant since the 1980s. The workshops are part of a one-year visioning process to set up parameters and principles that will guide the redevelopment of the Old Police Headquarters, about 100,828 square feet of historic buildings connected around a large open-air courtyard, and the nearby Seaport Village, a 90,000-square-foot waterfront tourist attraction with more than 70 specialty retail shops, galleries and restaurants. Goals of the project that were presented at the public workshop include creating a signature entry for Seaport Village, improving pedestrian access around the village and its surrounding walkways, improving the visibility of the waterfront along the seawalk, increasing parking spaces, renovating existing Village buildings and embedding 21st century ideals and overall sustainability. “Input received from the public will be incorporated into a study for the potential redevelopment of Seaport Village that is scheduled to be presented to the Board of Port Commissioners in early fall,” said Marguerite Elicone, representative for the Port of San Diego. “The study will identify and formulate potential design parameters. The re-visioning may also include or incorporate adjacent parcels such as the Harbor Seafood Mart, the Old Police Headquarters, Tuna Harbor and Embarcadero Marina Park North,” she said. Terramar Retail Center, the tenant of Seaport Village and option holder for the redevelopment of the Old Police Headquarters, has a lease with the port that expires in 2018. In September 2010, Terramar submitted a redevelopment plan for its Seaport Village property, which was deemed incomplete by port staff due to non-compliance with the Port Master Plan (PMP), lack of financial and development information and insufficient input by the public, stakeholders and the Board of Port Commissioners. To comply with the PMP, Terramar entered into a three-party agreement with the port and a port-selected urban planning and design consultant, Callison Architects. The three parties will remain in the visioning process — the first step towards material redevelopment — until Aug. 22. Following the establishment of a common set of guidelines, Terramar will submit a final report based on public and stakeholder outreach to the Board of Port Commissioners for review at its regularly scheduled meeting in September. The public may submit comments for Seaport Village’s redevelopment guidelines at seaportfeedback@port- ofsandiego.org or by visiting http://www.portofsandiego.org/seaport-village-planning-project.html.